Jubilee 2025; Pilgrims of Hope

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.

Luke 1:18-19

As we mark the beginning of the Jubilee Year, we will explore the ways in which this special year can grow our hope and friendship with God. It’s a time to restart, a time for resting with God and a time for worshipping Him!

Key Messages for Whole School Worship

Key Messages
Children will understand that:

• The Year of Jubilee is an opportunity to return to God and grow our friendship with Him.

• Jesus invites us to join Him in His Jubilee mission.

• We can all be Pilgrims of Hope by sharing the hope God gives us.

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

Parent Newsletter

Please follow this link below for more information on this week’s Gospel and to share some interesting activities at home.

Wednesday Word

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters.

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

This month’s online safety guide gives helpful advice about…

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok. This free guide explores the potential online safety risks of TikTok, letting you know how to safeguard children and young people who use the platform.

We hope you find these guides informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all. Thank you.

Our learning this week…

In RE, we have continued our topic ‘Galilee to Jerusalem.’ This week we have explored the ways in which Jesus told Parables as a meaningful way to explain the Kingdom of God. We have focussed on ‘The Parable of the Sower’, the children enjoyed using some active approaches to understand the story further.

In English, we have been continuing to develop understanding of our new class text ‘Rhythm of the Rain’, We have been researching a range of vocabulary from the text and we have been explaining the effect of description on the reader.

In Maths we have continued to explore multiplication and division. This week we have been dividing 1-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers, including calculations involving remainders.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 27th January , this needs to be returned by Monday 3rd February 2025.

Please can you encourage your child to access the TT Rock Stars online, logins have been sent home this week.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Thursday

Award winners

Golden: Jamie

Maths: Freddie

Writing: Penelope

And finally, wishing you all a relaxing weekend

Many thanks for your continued support.

Mrs Parker and Mrs McCooey

"Ask, listen, believe, follow..."

"Do whatever He tells you.”

John 2:5

Key Messages for Whole School Worship

Children will understand that:

• Jesus is always ready to listen to us and help us.

• Mary believed in Jesus and helped others to believe in and listen to Him too.

• We can act on our belief in Jesus by asking Him for help, listening to His guidance, and following His instructions.

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

Parent Newsletter

Please follow this link below for more information on this week’s Gospel and to share some interesting activities at home.

Wednesday Word

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters. 

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

This month’s online safety guide gives helpful advice about…

10 Top Tips for Safety on Social Media. This guide provides expert advice on helping children and young people to use social media responsibly.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all. Thank you.

Our learning this week…

In RE, we have continued our topic ‘Galilee to Jerusalem.’ This week we have explored Christian understanding of ‘The Kingdom of God’, considering ways in which we can live out these messages in our own lives’.

In English, we have been continuing to develop understanding of our new class text ‘Rhythm of the Rain’, We have been researching a range of vocabulary from the text and we have been explaining the effect of description on the reader.

In Maths we have continued to explore multiplication and division. This week we have been multiplying 1-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers, and we have started to use the expanded written method.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 20th January , this needs to be returned by Monday 27th January.

Please can you encourage your child to access the TT Rock Stars online, logins have been sent home this week.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Thursday

Award winners

Golden: Matilda

Maths: Georgie

Writing: Marrianna

And finally, wishing you all a relaxing weekend

Many thanks for your continued support.

Mrs Parker and Mrs McCooey

"He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit" Luke 3:16

"He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit" Luke 3:16

Key Messages for Whole School Worship

Children will understand that:

• Jesus’ baptism revealed that He is God’s beloved Son and set an example for all believers to follow.

• Through baptism we are filled with the Holy Spirit and are invited into God’s family.

• The Holy Spirit guides us in living like Jesus and loving others as God’s family too.

• Our actions can share the love, kindness and generosity of Jesus to others.

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

Parent Newsletter

Please follow this link below for more information on this week’s Gospel and to share some interesting activities at home.

Wednesday Word

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters. 

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

This month’s online safety guide gives helpful advice about…

10 Top Tips for Safety on Social Media. This guide provides expert advice on helping children and young people to use social media responsibly.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all. Thank you.

Our learning this week…

In RE, we have begun our new topic ‘Galilee to Jerusalem.’ This week we have explored the events and meaning at the Epiphany, considering the importance of the three gifts brought by the wise men when they visited Jesus at the stable.

In English, we have been exploring word choices within our writing, using dictionaries to understand the meanings of adventurous vocabulary. We have also started our new class text ‘Rhythm of the Rain’, making predictions based on illustrations from the story.

In Maths we have been using known number facts to solve a range of multiplication and division calculations, We have also been working hard to use the ‘greater than’ less than’ and ‘equal’ signs to make comparisons between the values of the total answers

In Science, we have started our new topic ‘Light and Shadows’. This week we thought about the difference between objects that are a source of light and those that are not.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 13th January , this needs to be returned by Monday 20th January.

Please can you encourage your child to access the TT Rock Stars online, logins have been sent home this week.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Thursday

Award winners

Golden: Buddy

Maths: Emilio

Writing: Jacob W

And finally, wishing you all a relaxing weekend

Many thanks for your continued support.

Mrs Parker and Mrs McCooey

Third Sunday of Advent: Joy

The crowds asked John, “What, then, shall we do?” And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.”

Luke 3:10-11

Key Messages for Whole School Worship

Key Messages
Children will understand that:

• We are called to open our lives to Jesus through our words and actions, at Advent and beyond.

• Jesus changes those who invite Him into their lives.

• Our actions can share the love, kindness and generosity of Jesus to others.

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

Parent Newsletter

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters. 

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

This month’s online safety guide gives helpful advice about…

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about Snapchat. This free guide brings you up to date with the risks associated with Snapchat, and lets you know how best to safeguard young people who use the app.

We hope you find these guides informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all. Thank you.

Please follow this link below for more information on this week’s Gospel and to share some interesting activities at home.

Wednesday Word

Our learning this week…

In RE, we have been continuing our topic ‘Prophecy and Promise’. This week we have explored the meaning of the Advent candles, considering the themes of hope, peace, joy and love. The children enjoyed reflecting on ways we can ‘live out’ these qualities during Advent, and then wrote their own Advent promises.

In English we have been busy writing our own fables, following our story mountain plans and including a range of vocabulary, to develop use of detail and description.

In Maths we have been consolidating our knowledge of multiplication and division, We have been using multiplication and division grids and we have also focused on strategies to support finding remainders in division.

In History, we have been continuing our topic on ‘The Stone Age’. This week we have been considering the differences and similarities between Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age with a particular focus on Houses and farming.

Dates for your diary:

🗓 Tuesday 17th December - Christmas meal & Christmas jumper day.

Children are invited to wear their own clothes for the day, and this can include Christmas jumpers, dresses or accessories if they would like - but please don't buy anything especially. We would like to support Save The Children with the Christmas jumper day, and will add a voluntary contribution of £1 to Parentpay for donations to this charity nearer the time.

🗓 Thursday 19th December @ 2.00pm - KS2 Advent Service in Church.

Parents are invited to celebrate the KS2 Advent Service over at Our Lady’s Church in the afternoon of the 19th December. We will be singing some Christmas carols as we tell the story of the Nativity. We do hope you can make it.

🗓 Thursday 19th December - we break up for Christmas at usual finishing time, 3.15pm.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 16th December, this needs to be returned by Monday 6th January.

Please can you encourage your child to access the TT Rock Stars online, logins have been sent home this week.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Thursday

Award winners

Golden: Luke

Maths: Antonio

Writing: Fionn

And finally, wishing you all a relaxing weekend

Many thanks for your continued support.

Mrs Parker and Mrs McCooey

First Sunday of Advent: Hope

Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.

Luke 21:28

Key Messages for Whole School Worship

Key Messages
Children will understand that:

• We have hope because Jesus came to be with us at Christmas, which we prepare for during Advent.

• Jesus gives us strength and courage to face difficulties when we are open to Him.

• When we are open to Jesus we can share His love with those we meet.

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

Parent Newsletter

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters. 

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

This month’s online safety guide gives helpful advice about…

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about Snapchat. This free guide brings you up to date with the risks associated with Snapchat, and lets you know how best to safeguard young people who use the app.

We hope you find these guides informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all. Thank you.

Please follow this link below for more information on this week’s Gospel and to share some interesting activities at home.

Wednesday Word

Our learning this week…

In RE, we have been continuing our topic ‘Prophecy and Promise’. This week we have explored the story of The Annunciation, considering how this event was the fulfillment of the prophecy made be Isaiah in the Old Testament. The children were able to reflect on the strength of Mary’s faith and trust in God.

In English we have started to plan our own fables based on our class texts ‘Fox’ and ‘Bear’. The children were encouraged to use a ‘story mountain’ to structure their stories and we developed our use of character description.

In Maths we have been consolidating our knowledge of multiplication and division, in solving a variety of real life word problems. We have also been using estimating and checking strategies to ensure answers are accurate.

In History, we have been continuing our topic on ‘The Stone Age’. This week we have been considering the differences and similarities between stone age and bronze age, with a particular focus on gathering and hunting food.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 2nd December, this needs to be returned by the following Monday.

Please can you encourage your child to access the TT Rock Stars online, logins have been sent home this week.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Thursday

Award winners

Golden: Jacob F

Maths: Matilda

Writing: Fearne

And finally, wishing you all a relaxing weekend

Many thanks for your continued support.

Mrs Parker and Mrs McCooey

God's Unchanging Love (Ezekiel 11:14-25)

Heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away.

Mark 13:31

Key Messages for Whole School Worship

Key Messages
Children will understand that:

• Change is a part of life.

• God’s love for us, revealed in His Word, will never change.

• God’s unchanging love is the reason for our hope.

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

Parent Newsletter

Please follow this link below for more information on this week’s Gospel and to share some interesting activities at home.

Wednesday Word

Our learning this week…

In RE, we have begun our new topic ‘Prophecy and Promise’. This week we have explored the importance of Sunday for Christians, as a Holy day and we developed our understanding of some key Gospel quotes, considering how these words might bring comfort and inspiration.

In English we have been exploring the use of past and perfect present tense within our class text ‘Fox’. We have also been creating our own poetry based on the main characters of the story, Fox and Magpie. The children worked hard to use a range of adjectives and verbs to add interest to their writing.

In Maths we have been consolidating our knowledge of addition and subtraction in solving a variety of real life word problems. We have also been using estimating and checking strategies to ensure answers are accurate.

In History, we have been continuing our topic on ‘The Stone Age’. This week we have been exploring a range of artefacts found in an ancient burial site. We thought carefully about what the artefact might tell us about the lives of people in Stone Age Britain.

In Science, we have been completing our investigation to find out if people with longer femurs are able to jump further. The children were able to use their recorded results to draw their own conclusions. We have also been researching different types of ‘Animal Diets’ including, Herbivores, Carnivores and Omnivores.

Wild Animals – VR Experience! Supporting Science at Our Lady’s Monday 18th NOVEMBER

We will welcome into school a Wild Animals VR workshop from Education Group to work with Year 1, 2 and 3. (Each of these classes is learning about Animals this term, including Humans, so is fits beautifully with our curriculum.) We are really excited to bring to life our Science work with such a wonderful experience for the children. We are keen to bring as many learning opportunities as possible to Our Lady’s to widen the children’s knowledge, deepen their understanding and bring the world of learning to life in a way that will excite and engage them. To support us with this we are asking for a voluntary contribution of £3 per child from parents. If you are able to contribute, please go to your Parent Pay account where this donation will be added. Many thanks for your support. (The rest of the cost of the visit will be met by school.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 18th November , this needs to be returned by the following Monday.

Please can you encourage your child to access the TT Rock Stars online, logins have been sent home this week.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Thursday

Award winners

Golden: William

Maths: Buddy

Writing: Coric

And finally, wishing you all a relaxing weekend

Many thanks for your continued support.

Mrs Parker and Mrs McCooey

Lest we forget

Every year the country comes together for Remembrance Sunday.

A period of silence is held at 11am to remember the people who have died in wars around the world.

Remembrance Day - is on Monday this year - and marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918.

Remembrance Sunday is also marked each year, and falls on the second Sunday in November.

The royal family will lay wreaths at the Cenotaph and the UK will have a moment of silence at 11 o'clock on Remembrance Sunday as part of the commemorations.

In School, we will be commemorating Remembrance Day with class prayer and liturgy. We will also come together in the school hall to hold a minutes silence, and to share a visual reflection of our poppies.

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

Parent Newsletter

Please follow this link below for more information on this week’s Gospel and to share some interesting activities at home.

Wednesday Word

Our learning this week…

In RE, we have been continuing to develop our understanding within the topic ‘Creation and Covenant’. This week we have explored the canticle of St Francis, considering the wonder and awe of God’s creation.

In English we have begun our new topic based on fables. We have read and explored our main class text ‘Fox’ considering the actions of the characters, particularly using the words ‘betrayal’ and ‘loyalty’. The children have also worked hard to use dictionaries to find definitions for new words within the text.

In Maths we have been exploring addition and subtraction of 3-digit numbers. We have been continuing to build our understanding in using the column method and the children are showing increasing confidence in making exchanges into the tens and hundreds columns.

In History, we have started our new topic on ‘Stone Age Britain’. This week we investigated the settlement of Skara Brae, considering clues we can learn about the ways Stone Age people would have lived.

In Science, we have been completing our investigation to discover whether the length of femur bones effects the length of jump. The children were able to use measuring tapes and we discussed the importance of a fair test.

Wild Animals – VR Experience! Supporting Science at Our Lady’s MONDAY 18th NOVEMBER

We will welcome into school a Wild Animals VR workshop from Education Group to work with Year 1, 2 and 3. (Each of these classes is learning about Animals this term, including Humans, so is fits beautifully with our curriculum.) We are really excited to bring to life our Science work with such a wonderful experience for the children. We are keen to bring as many learning opportunities as possible to Our Lady’s to widen the children’s knowledge, deepen their understanding and bring the world of learning to life in a way that will excite and engage them. To support us with this we are asking for a voluntary contribution of £3 per child from parents. If you are able to contribute, please go to your Parent Pay account where this donation will be added. Many thanks for your support. (The rest of the cost of the visit will be met by school.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 11th November , this needs to be returned by the following Monday.

Please can you encourage your child to access the TT Rock Stars online, logins have been sent home this week.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Thursday

Award winners

Golden: Sofia

Maths: Natan

Writing: Josiah

And finally, wishing you all a relaxing weekend

Many thanks for your continued support.

Mrs Parker and Mrs McCooey

Pray. He's listening and He cares. (Mark 10:51)

‘Then Jesus spoke, “What do you want me to do for you?’” “Rabbuni,” the blind man said to Him, “Master, let me see again.”

Mark 10:51

Key Messages for Whole School Worship

Key Messages
Children will understand that:

• Jesus wants us to be persistent and call to Him in prayer.

• Our eyes of faith help us to look deeper and see Jesus as our Lord.

• Jesus, through our eyes of faith, can lead us to close friendship with God.

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

Parent Newsletter

Please follow this link below for more information on this week’s Gospel and to share some interesting activities at home.

Wednesday Word

Our learning this week…

In RE, we have been continuing to develop our understanding within the topic ‘Creation and Covenant’. This week we have explored the ways in which we can care and look after God’s World.

In English the children have been continuing to plan and write their own narratives based on ‘The Iron Man’. We have been focusing on using correct punctuation and we have started to organise our writing into paragraphs.

In Maths we have been exploring dividing and multiplying by 3. The children worked hard using counters to represent calculations, we then used our understanding to apply this knowledge to working out answers to some word problems.

In Geography the children completed research on Paris, discovering key landmarks of the capital city of France.

In Science, we have been labelling the human skeleton and we have been growing our understanding about the role our bones have in protecting organs, allowing movement and giving our bodies structure.

Wild Animals – VR Experience! Supporting Science at Our Lady’s TUESDAY 26th NOVEMBER

We will welcome into school a Wild Animals VR workshop from Education Group to work with Year 1, 2 and 3. (Each of these classes is learning about Animals this term, including Humans, so is fits beautifully with our curriculum.) We are really excited to bring to life our Science work with such a wonderful experience for the children. We are keen to bring as many learning opportunities as possible to Our Lady’s to widen the children’s knowledge, deepen their understanding and bring the world of learning to life in a way that will excite and engage them. To support us with this we are asking for a voluntary contribution of £3 per child from parents. If you are able to contribute, please go to your Parent Pay account where this donation will be added. Many thanks for your support. (The rest of the cost of the visit will be met by school.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Tuesday 29th October , this needs to be returned by the following Monday.

Please can you encourage your child to access the TT Rock Stars online, logins have been sent home this week.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Thursday

Award winners

Golden: Jacob W

Maths: Oscar

Writing: Antonia

And finally, wishing you all a relaxing weekend

Many thanks for your continued support.

Mrs Parker and Mrs McCooey

'God is Love' (1 John 4:16)

‘Anyone who is not against us is for us.’

Mark 9:40

Key Messages for next week’s Whole School Worship
Key Messages
Children will understand that:

• Jealousy can stop us from celebrating and encouraging others.

• Jesus asks us not to stand in the way of others’ attempts to do good.

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

Parent Newsletter

Please follow this link below for more information on this week’s Gospel and to share some interesting activities at home.

Wednesday Word

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been using a range of conjunctions and sentence starters to produce their own creative sentences linked to the story of ‘The Iron Man’.

In Maths we have been using addition and subtraction to solve calculations involving adding and taking away 1 or 10 from a 3-digit number. We have explored calculations which involve making exchanges.

In Geography the children investigated the capital cities of the countries of Europe, using maps and atlas’ to locate .

In Science, we have thought about the differences between exoskeletons, endoskeletons and hydrostatic skeletons, exploring some of the key advantages and disadvantages of each type of skeleton.

In RE, we have been continuing to develop our understanding within the topic ‘Creation and Covenant’. This week we have explored the poetic language of the Creation Story within the Book of Genesis.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 30th September , this needs to be returned by the following Monday.

Please can you encourage your child to access the TT Rock Stars online, logins have been sent home this week.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Thursday

Award winners

Golden: Aaliyah

Maths: Jamie

Writing: Sofia

And finally, wishing you all a lovely weekend,

Mrs Parker, Miss Evans and Mrs McCooey

Anyone who wants to be first, must be the very last and the servant of all. Mark 9:35

Key Messages for next week’s Whole School Worship
Children will understand that:

• ‘Greatness’ isn’t about winning or being the best.

• Jesus sets us an example to follow: to be great in God’s sight, we must put others first.

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

Parent Newsletter

Wednesday Word

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been developing their dictionary skills, exploring a range of vocabulary from the story of The Iron Man (by Ted Hughes). We have also been using noun phrases to build up our own creative sentences linked to the events of the first chapter of the story.

In Maths we have been continuing to learn about place value in numbers up to 1000, this week we have been applying our knowledge to answer a range of word problems involving counting in steps of 100 and 50.

In Geography the children explored the features of a variety of European countries, considering different currencies, governments and flags.

In Science, we have thought about the differences between vertebrates and invertebrates. The children were able to sort animals into the two different categories.

In RE, we have been continuing to develop our understanding within the topic ‘Creation and Covenant’. This week we have explored how we are all called to grow spiritually, using the ‘Fruits of the Spirit’ as our guide.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 23rd September , this needs to be returned by the following Monday.

Please can you encourage your child to access the TT Rock Stars online, logins have been sent home this week.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Thursday

Award winners

Golden: Josiah

Maths: Fionn

Writing: Emilio

And finally, wishing you all a lovely weekend,

Mrs Parker, Miss Evans and Mrs McCooey

'Take up your cross and follow me' (Matthew 16:24-26)

Key Messages for next week’s Whole School Worship…
Children will understand that:

• God’s plans are so much bigger than ours.

• Following Jesus means thinking of others before ourselves.

• When we trust in God’s plans – we can be sure that Jesus will be with us.

Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

Parent Newsletter

Wednesday Word

Our learning this week…

In English the children have continued to explore the story of The Iron Man, this week we have been considering the effect of vocabulary within the text on the reader.

In Maths we have been continuing to learn about place value in numbers up to 1000, the children were working to add and subtract 1, 10 and 100 to 3-digit numbers. Well done everyone!

In Geography the children used an atlas to locate some countries within Europe, using this to complete their own maps of the continent of Europe.

In Science, we have been using food labels to investigate the amounts of nutrients within food and to consider the traffic light system of food labelling to help support a healthy balanced diet.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 9th September , this needs to be returned by the following Monday. So the first spellings and times tables tests will be on Monday 16th September.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Thursday

Award winners

Golden: Fearne

Maths: Aaliyah

Writing: Matilda

And finally, wishing you all a lovely weekend,

Mrs Parker, Miss Evans and Mrs McCooey

Welcome to Year 3!

I would like to begin by saying a massive well done to all the children in Year 3 this week, they have settled in well to being upstairs in their new classroom and it has been a pleasure getting to know them.

Our learning this week…

In English the children have started to explore the story of The Iron Man, they were able to develop their use of vocabulary to describe the story setting.

In Maths we have learnt started to learn about place value in numbers up to 1000, the children were able to use base 10 equipment to support their understanding.

In Geography the children began their new topic by researching facts about Europe and recapping the location of the seven world continents.

In Science, we started our new topic all about animals including humans. This week we explored the key features of a balanced diet.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 9th September , this needs to be returned by the following Monday. So the first spellings and times tables tests will be on Monday 16th September.

Award winners

Golden: Marianna

Maths: Nina

Writing: Jacob F

And finally, wishing you all a lovely weekend,

Mrs Parker, Miss Evans and Mrs McCooey

"Talent is a pursued interest." Bob Ross

What a busy last week of term! We have had an amazing time, celebrating talents, practicing public speaking skills, reflecting on the year and enjoying the lovely weather!

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

Thursday was Our Lady’s Got Talent. So many children shared so many talents. From Year 3 we had:

Layla - Tap dancing

Amara - Playing piano

Erin - Dancing

Luna - Gymnastics

Matilda and Priya - Gymnastics

Penny - Dancing

Macie- Drumming

Ava - Singing and acting

Jessie - Singing and dancing.

We also had Year 3’s Got Talent today, for those who’s talents are less suited to the hall:

Penny, speaking about her eyes.

Noah, Elsie, Artie, Macie, Archer, James, Priya, Sienna, Austin and Frazer - Showing their football skills.

Erin - Telling jokes

Alistair - showing his skills with the devil sticks.

Matilda, Willow, Priya, Luna and Annie - Cheer.

Jessie - Acro moves

I know there’s even more people with craft, art or other talents that are more difficult to show at events like this. They are all part of what makes us, us!

We also had our moving up day, as it wasn’t meeting a new teacher, the children shared the more unusual facts about themselves!

In English, we have been practicing speaking and listening, culminating in the children doing a short presentation about a topic that interests them. Excellent speaking and listening from everyone!

In Maths, we have revised our skills in using the four operations: addition, subtraction, division and multiplication.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Nicholas for working hard to make kind and respectful choices.

The Maths award went to Frazer, for his consistent effort in learning multiplication facts.

The Writing award went to Archer, for composing and excellent (and hilarious) speech.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters. 

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

This week’s online safety poster give helpful advice about…

• Stay Safe Online This Summer - This free online safety poster can help young people to stay safer online over summer.

Thank you for everything this year. Have a safe and relaxing summer break.

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

For All You Give, Thank You!

The theme of the final daily prayers for this school year is thankfulness, with a focus on looking back at the good things we’ve been part of during the year. Children will spend time in a posture of gratitude to God and respond in prayer to the good things ‘He has showered on us’ (Ephesians 1:8).

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

On Wednesday, we watch Year 6’s end of day performance. Year 3 were so respectful and a wonderful example of how to watch and enjoy a show!

Today is the PTFA’s Summer Fair, I do hope you have all had a lovely time!

In English, we have finished our “Into The Forest” unit and have spent the end of the week revising spelling rules and practising speaking and listening skills.

In Maths, have continued our mass unit, measuring, comparing, adding and subtracting mass and solving problems with mass.

In PE, we have played games using our cricket skills.

In Science we have investigated shadows and completed a comparative fair test to work out how the angle of a light affects the length of the shadow.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Elsie, for excellent learning in all topics this week.

The Maths award went to Archer, for his excellent verbal reasoning during the mass unit.

The Writing award went to Cameron, for his improved writing Stamina.

📅📌IMPORTANT DATES📌📅:

Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events

Tuesday 16th July 9.15am Year 6 Leavers mass whole school and families in church

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Earrings should not be worn on PE days.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

• Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters. 

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

This month’s online safety guide gives helpful advice about…

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Palworld  This free guide explores the immensely successful game, Palworld, detailing the risks it may pose to younger players and offering advice on how to let them enjoy this title safely.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

Staying Safe Online

Here are some online safety guides for parents, particularly focussing on Roblox and Minecraft. I’ve also included online safety information about Snapchat and TikTok.

Please make sure your child understands that they are not in trouble and that by letting you or another trusted adult know if there is a problem or concern, we can all work to make sure they are kept safe.

As ever, if you have any questions or concerns, please talk to myself, Mrs Dunford or Mrs Mannix.

Thank you for your help and support,

Mr Bourn.

“Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?" Mark 4:40

Sports Day

We had a lovely end to the week with Sports day. Thank you to all of you who were able to come and support the children in their races, I know the children enjoyed having you all there to cheer them on.
I am so proud of all of Year 3.

Here are the KS2 results:

1st Layton 432 🏆WINNERS🏆

2nd Newton 424

3rd Clifton 397

4th Marton 373

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

We finished our shadow boxes on Monday, I love the end results and I hope you do too! Here are all the photos I took of the finished products.

In English, we have completing our lost narrative, there have been so many different ways that children have written about getting lost in the woods. I’ve loved seeing your creativity and writing skills shine

In Maths, have continued our shape unit, looking at 2D and 3D shapes.

In PE, we have been practicing for sports day.

In Geography we have looked at how volcanoes form and what the different parts of a volcano are.

In Science we have investigated shadows and completed a comparative fair test to work out how dark shadows were.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Austin for being a wonderful helper and a respect role model.

The Maths award went to Alicia for her excellent work on 2D and 3D shapes.

The Writing award went to James for his fabulous writing and improvement on his handwriting.

📅📌IMPORTANT DATES📌📅:

Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events

Tuesday 16th July 9.15am Year 6 Leavers mass whole school and families in church

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Earrings should not be worn on PE days.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

• Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters. 

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

This month’s online safety guide gives helpful advice about…

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Palworld  This free guide explores the immensely successful game, Palworld, detailing the risks it may pose to younger players and offering advice on how to let them enjoy this title safely.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. Psalms 86: 15

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In English, the children have completely an independent write where a character gets lost and then reunited. I have loved seeing their creativity and writing skills blooming!

In Maths, we have started our new topic, mass. We’ve measured the mass of things practically in kilograms and grams and completed some calculations using grams and kilograms.

In PE, we have been developing cricket skills.

In RE, we investigated how Jewish people in Britain celebrate Passover and why they celebrate it.

In Music, we sang Three Little Birds and listened to some 15th century music.

In E-Safety, we talked about how the internet can make us feel and what to do when it goes wrong. The children had very good ideas about this, I am sure they do put these ideas into practice.

In Spanish, we have learned the names of family members.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Cameron, for his caring attitude.

The Maths award went to Finlay, for taking more time and care with his work. .

The Writing award went to Artie for his excellent improvement in handwriting.

📅📌IMPORTANT DATES📌📅:

Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events

Tuesday 16th July 9.15am Year 6 Leavers mass whole school and families in church

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Earrings should not be worn on PE days.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

• Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters. 
Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

It has been brought to our attention, that some children are regularly using these games, Roblox and Minecraft, and these apps on social media, Snapchat and Tiktok. The following safety guides give some great advice about keeping your children safe online, please take the time to read them, check your child’s device settings and discuss them with your child so they know what to do if something happens and they don’t feel safe when using them.

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Roblox  This free online safety guide focuses on Roblox. It highlights a number of risks such as online daters, in-app purchases and contact with strangers.

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Minecraft  This free online safety guide focuses on Minecraft. It highlights a number of risks such as in-game purchases, addiction and chatting with strangers.

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Snapchat  This free online safety guide focuses on Snapchat. It highlights a number of risks such as sexting, visible location and contact from strangers.

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Tiktok  This free online safety guide focuses on TikTok. It highlights a number of risks such as age-inappropriate content, dangerous challenges and contact with strangers.

We hope you find these guides informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all. Thank you.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

“What can we say the kingdom of God is like? What parable can we find for it?”

Arts week starts next week June, we will be creating a 3d collage. For this we need shoeboxes, or shoebox sized boxes. If you have any spare that you do not need please send them in with your child.

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In English, we have started our new book, Into the Forest. We have been working hard on developing our writing skills.

In Maths, we have started our new topic: Angles and Properties of Shape. We have been finding right angles in shapes today.

In Science, we started our new topic light. Investigating the difference between light and dark.

In Geography, we started our new topic: Volcanoes! Lots of children had lots of prior knowledge about this, from Pompeii to all sorts of facts!

In PE, we started fielding and batting games.

In RE, we have been exploring the Exodus.

Well done to our stars this week:

Jessie - For her kindness and empathy.

Erin - for the hard work she has put into learning her multiplication facts.

Frazer - for his effort in English.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

Pentecost (Copy)

This week, the Gospel gives us assurance that when we pray in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, God hears us. Children’s prayers will centre on Jesus’ divine promise - to be with us. This requires that we remember Him and listen to Him.

It is the end of a very busy half term! I hope you all get chance to rest before the beginning of the next half term.

Arts week starts in June, we will be creating a 3d collage. For this we need shoeboxes, or shoebox sized boxes. If you have any spare that you do not need please send them in with your child.

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In English, we have written poems inspired by The Jumblies. We did not quite finish our class novel, I’ve found a video of a teacher reading it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppwMU8oiOWk&list=PLTu0_fe0F5VmwKkYKJeHyBue5Q2jqheIx&index=15

In Maths, we continued the time topic. The “Battle of the bands” ended, with Marton winning! Well done! There will be another competition in the new term, but there will be a daily 5 minute limit.

In Science, we observed how the plants are growing in different conditions, dyed daisies red and sorted seeds by how they are distributed.

In History, we evaluated whether Alfred the Great should have the title “Great” and gave reasons for our decisions.

In PE, we continued the Athletics module, running, jumping and throwing.

In RE, we have been considering the Mystery of the Holy Trinity and trying to describe the belief in it. .

We have finished our 2D collage unit, it was very difficult to choose which pieces to put up as display. I had to shuffle them together and pick at random!

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Noah, for his thoughtful attitude.

The Maths award went to Archer for his effort in his time work.

The Writing award went to Annie for her excellent History work.

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Earrings should not be worn on PE days.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

• Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters.

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

This month’s online safety guide gives helpful advice about…

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Helldivers 2 This free Wake up Wednesday guide discusses the online safety risks of the video game Helldivers 2 and offers advice on how to safeguard younger players.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

We hope you have a lovely weekend and a safe and relaxing half term break.

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford

Pentecost

We have celebrated Pentecost today, it was lovely to see so many children wearing bright colours. Father Frank led a lovely, joyful Pentecost liturgy and then we had an extended playtime with the whole school.

This week we’re celebrating Pentecost! After going up to Heaven, Jesus sent His Holy Spirit to the disciples and all who believed.

We have been extremely busy with our learning in Year 3 this week. Here’s what we have been up to…

In English, we have started looking at the poetry of Edward Lear

In Maths, we continued the time topic. The “Battle of the bands is ongoing!

In Science, we observed how the plants are growing in different conditions.

In PE, we continued the Athletics module, running, jumping and throwing.

In RE, we have been thinking about how the early Church links to how Catholics gather for Mass today.

In Art we cut paper to create mirrored pieces inspired by Henri Matisse.

🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟

The Golden Award went to Layla

The Maths award went to Ava

The Writing award went to Jessie

📌NOTICES 📌:

• Reading records, reading books and water bottles need to be in school every day, please.

• Y3’s PE days remain the same, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Earrings should not be worn on PE days.

• Homework is available on the Y3 Homework section of the website.

• Air-Up and similar bottles are not appropriate for school, we have had a few issues with them leaking.

Catholic life

The following resources are a great way of keeping you all informed of our current liturgy themes and of the weekly Gospel scripture, with some activities that the children can complete at home. We hope you find these resources useful and that they help you to support prayer and worship in your own homes.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/faithfulness?pid=MTA101634&v=74.6

http://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters.

Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.

This month’s online safety guide gives helpful advice about…

What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Helldivers 2 This free Wake up Wednesday guide discusses the online safety risks of the video game Helldivers 2 and offers advice on how to safeguard younger players.

We hope you find this guide informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mr Bourn and Mrs Dunford