'And you are witnesses of these things' (Luke 24:48)

So you see how it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that, in His name, repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses to this.

Luke 24:46-48

Key Messages (Week beginning Monday 18th March 2024 )
Children will understand:

• Jesus helped His disciples understand the Good News.

• That Jesus’ Resurrection showed that Jesus is the Christ – the Son of God.

• That Jesus calls us to be His witnesses by living our faith.

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child 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 and Carers Need to Know about Persuasive Design Online - This free online safety guide provides insight on persuasive design – highlighting its potential effect on behaviour and providing some tips to minimise its impact.

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.

Our learning this week…

In English, we have started our new class text ‘ The Lost Happy Endings’ by Carol Ann Duffy. This week, we began by exploring a selection of illustrations from the story, immersing ourselves in each scene considering what we might see, hear, smell and feel. The children enjoyed creating their own ‘freeze frames’ of each scene before writing their descriptions in detail.

In Maths we have been continuing to develop our knowledge of fractions. This week we focused on adding and subtracting fractions, applying our knowledge to a range of real life word problems. We also learnt about finding a fraction of a quantity, using bar models to support our understanding.

In RE this week we have been thinking about the importance of the Easter symbols. We researched five symbols in detail, making link to scripture. The children enjoyed creating their own ‘podcasts’ to present their understanding.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be continuing to learn their spellings and tables given out on Tuesday 9th April 2024, this needs to be returned by Monday 15th April 2024.

TTRS: please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday.

Award winners

Golden: Aibhin

Maths: Charlotte

Writing: Callum

Wishing you all a restful weekend.

Kind regards for your continued support.

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgkiss and Mrs Andrew

PERFECT PROMISES: PRESENCE

The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; He has ordered me to build Him a Temple in Jerusalem, in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may His God be with him! Let him go up.

2 Chronicles 36:23

Key Messages (Week beginning Monday 11th March 2024)
Children will understand that:

• God made a promise that He will always be with His people.

• The Holy Spirit is God’s presence in the world and within us.

• We can bring more of God’s presence to the world as we GIVE, ACT and PRAY this Lent.

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child 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 and Carers Need to Know about Persuasive Design Online - This free online safety guide provides insight on persuasive design – highlighting its potential effect on behaviour and providing some tips to minimise its impact.

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.

Year 4 and Year 5 Class Trip

Please see the letter that has come home regards our class trip to Stratford Upon Avon to watch the new RSC production of Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, on Thursday 21st March 2024.

Our learning this week…

In English, we have been continuing to explore the Shakespeare play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. This week we have been developing our understanding of some of the key characters in the play and the children have enjoyed the active approaches, using role play to consider how the characters might feel and respond to the events in the story.

In Maths we have been developing our knowledge of area further, considering how to draw rectilinear shapes and ways in which we might compare the area. The children have also explored a variety of word problems linked to area, to consolidate their understanding further.

In RE this week we have been thinking about ways in which Christians share in the life of Jesus through receiving Holy Communion, prayer and following in the actions of Jesus.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be continuing to learn their spellings and tables given out on Monday 26th February 2024, this needs to be returned by Monday 11th March 2024.

The children have all come home with their login for TTRS, please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday.

Award winners

Golden: Conleth

Maths: Emily

Writing: Natalia

Wishing you all a restful weekend and a happy Mothering Sunday!

kind regards for your continued support.

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgkiss and Mrs Andrew

PERFECT PROMISES: GUIDANCE

God spoke all these words. He said, “I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.”

Exodus 20:1-2

Key Messages (Week Beginning Monday 4th March)
Children will understand that:

• God promises to guide us so we can live in freedom.

• God guides us through His Word, through Jesus and through the Holy Spirit.

• We can GIVE, ACT, and PRAY during Lent to respond to God’s guidance.

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child 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 and Carers Need to Know about Persuasive Design Online - This free online safety guide provides insight on persuasive design – highlighting its potential effect on behaviour and providing some tips to minimise its impact.

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.

It is World Book Day on Thursday 7th March! Children are invited to come to school dressed as their favourite book character, or to choose accessories to show their character. It would also be great if the children could bring in a copy of the book that their character is from. We look forward to seeing all the different book characters!

Year 4 and Year 5 Class Trip

Please see the letter that has come home today regards our class trip to Stratford Upon Avon to watch the new RSC production of Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, on Thursday 21st March 2024.

Our learning this week…

In English, we have started to explore the Shakespeare play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. This week we began by developing our understanding of the four worlds within the play and the children enjoyed the active approaches, using role play and freeze framing to grow our knowledge of the main events within each world.

In Maths we have begun our new topic on finding area of shape. This week we used counters to find area and made some comparisons between the area of different shapes. We also started to explore some new vocabulary that we will be using throughout the topic.

In RE this week we have started our new topic ‘Jesus. the Saviour’. We discussed some ways in which Jesus was truly God and at the same time truly human.. The children enjoyed using Bibles to find a range of references from the Gospel Writers to support their own point of view, focusing on Jesus as God and Jesus as human.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be continuing to learn their spellings and tables given out on Monday 26th February 2024, this needs to be returned by Monday 4th March 2024.

The children have all come home with their login for TTRS, please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday.

Award winners

Golden: Olivia

Maths: Eleena

Writing: Brooklyn

Wishing you all a restful weekend

kind regards for your continued support.

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgkiss and Mrs Andrew

PERFECT PROMISES: BLESSING

I will shower blessings on you, I will make your descendants as many as the stars of heaven and the grains of sand on the seashore.

Genesis 22:17

Key Messages of the forthcoming Gospel Reading… (Week Beginning 26th February 2024)

Children will learn that:

• We receive blessing from God as we are Abraham’s descendants.

• We also receive blessingfrom heaven through our relationship with Jesus.

• We can share our blessings to bless others as we GIVE, ACT and PRAY this Lent.

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child 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 and Carers Need to Know about Persuasive Design Online - This free online safety guide provides insight on persuasive design – highlighting its potential effect on behaviour and providing some tips to minimise its impact.

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.

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been working well to edit and improve their own mythical narratives based on our class text ‘Arthur and the Golden Rope’. We have been particularly focusing on how we might use fronted adverbials, prepositions and a range of expanded noun phrases to develop our use of description of characters and setting.

In Maths we have been exploring some ways we can use part whole models to calculate division calculations of 2-digit numbers, using our knowledge of multiples to make the most efficient choices. We have also been learning how to work our remainders when dividing.

In RE this week we have continued to explore our understanding of the ways in which Jesus told parables to help people to understand the Good News. We focused in particular on the the parable of the Unforgiving Servant. The children were able to reflect on the key message of forgiveness and they were encouraged to make links to other teachings of Jesus relating to this theme.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be continuing to learn their spellings and tables given out on Tuesday 20th February 2024, this needs to be returned by Monday 26th February 2024.

The children have all come home with their login for TTRS, please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday.

Award winners

Golden: Martha

Maths: Willow

Writing: Luna

Wishing you all a restful weekend

kind regards for your continued support.

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgkiss and Mrs Andrews

PERFECT PROMISES: BLESSING

I will shower blessings on you, I will make your descendants as many as the stars of heaven and the grains of sand on the seashore.

Genesis 22:17

Key Messages of the forthcoming Gospel Reading… (Week Beginning 5th February 2024)

Children will learn that:

• We receive blessing from God as we are Abraham’s descendants.

• We also receive blessingfrom heaven through our relationship with Jesus.

• We can share our blessings to bless others as we GIVE, ACT and PRAY this Lent.

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child 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 and Carers Need to Know about Persuasive Design Online - This free online safety guide provides insight on persuasive design – highlighting its potential effect on behaviour and providing some tips to minimise its impact.

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.

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been working well to edit and improve their own mythical narratives based on our class text ‘Arthur and the Golden Rope’. We have been particularly focusing on how we might use fronted adverbials, prepositions and a range of expanded noun phrases to develop our use of description of characters and setting.

In Maths we have been exploring some ways we can use part whole models to calculate division calculations of 2-digit numbers, using our knowledge of multiples to make the most efficient choices. We have also been learning how to work our remainders when dividing.

In RE this week we have continued to explore our understanding of the ways in which Jesus told parables to help people to understand the Good News. We focused in particular on the the parable of the Unforgiving Servant. The children were able to reflect on the key message of forgiveness and they were encouraged to make links to other teachings of Jesus relating to this theme.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be continuing to learn their spellings and tables given out on Tuesday 20th February 2024, this needs to be returned by Monday 26th February 2024.

The children have all come home with their login for TTRS, please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday.

Award winners

Golden: Martha

Maths: Willow

Writing: Luna

Wishing you all a restful weekend

kind regards for your continued support.

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgkiss and Mrs Andrews

'Don't worry about anything, instead, pray about everything' (Philippians 4:6)

In the morning, long before dawn, He got up and left the house, and went off to a lonely place and prayed there.

Mark 1: 35

Key Messages of the forthcoming Gospel Reading… (Week Beginning 5th February 2024)

Children will learn that:

• Jesus was busy but He prioritised prayer.

• Time away from busyness is important and it helps us to grow/recharge/gain strength.

• We too can find peace and strength when we spend time with God.

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child 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 and Carers Need to Know about Persuasive Design Online - This free online safety guide provides insight on persuasive design – highlighting its potential effect on behaviour and providing some tips to minimise its impact.

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.

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been working hard to plan their own mythical narratives based on our class text ‘Arthur and the Golden Rope’. We have also been exploring ways in which we can use abstract nouns to include more detail in our writing.

In Maths we have begun our new topic on using written methods to calculate longer multiplication and division. This week we have particularly focused on multiplying a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number., comparing two different methods to work efficiently.

In RE this week we have continued to build our understanding of the ways in which Jesus told parables to help people to understand the Good News. We focused in particular on the the parable of the Unforgiving Servant. The children enjoyed making links between the story and the heavenly message for Christians.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be continuing to learn their spellings and tables given out on Monday 5th February 2024, this needs to be returned by Monday 12th February 2024.

The children have all come home with their login for TTRS, please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday.

Award winners

Golden: Oscar

Maths: Beaux

Writing: William

Wishing you all a restful weekend and kind regards for your continued support.

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgkiss and Mrs Andrews

Listen to His Voice! (Deuteronomy 30:20)

And His teaching made a deep impression on them because, unlike the scribes, He taught them with authority.

Mark 1: 22

Key Messages of the forthcoming Gospel Reading… (Week Beginning 29th January 2024)

Children will learn that:

• Jesus’ teaching makes a deep impression on people because it shows us a new way to live.

• Listening carefully and following Jesus helps us to grow more like Him.

• We can show that Jesus influences us through our words and actions.

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child 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…

Smartphone Safety Tips for Young People This information guide has tips to help young smartphone owners stay safe while enjoying using their device.

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.

Our learning this week…

In English we have been continuing to explore our class text ‘Arthur and the Golden Rope’. This week we have been using a range of expanded noun phrases, prepositions, verbs and adverbs to create our own detailed sentences to describe the story setting.

In Maths we have been growing our knowledge of multiplying and dividing by 7, 9, 11 and 12. We have been investigating a variety of methods and strategies to work out answers to a range of word problems.

In RE this week we have thought about the ways in which Jesus told parables to help people to understand the Good News. We focused in particular on the the parable of the Sower. The children enjoyed making links between the story and the heavenly message for Christians.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be continuing to learn their spellings and tables given out on Monday 29th January 2024, this needs to be returned by Monday 5th February 2024.

The children have all come home with their login for TTRS, please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday.

Award winners

Golden: Gabriel

Maths: Hallie

Writing: Jacob

Wishing you all a restful weekend and kind regards for your continued support.

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgkiss and Mrs Andrews

'Repent, and believe the Good News'

There He proclaimed the Good News from God. “The time has come,” He said, “and the Kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the Good News.”

Mark 1: 15

Key Messages of the forthcoming Gospel Reading… (Week Beginning 22nd January 2024)

Children will learn that:

• The first disciples dropped everything to follow Jesus.

• Jesus invites us to leave our old ways behind and follow Him.

• We can follow Jesus through our words and actions.

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child 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…

Smartphone Safety Tips for Young People This information guide has tips to help young smartphone owners stay safe while enjoying using their device.

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.

Our learning this week…

In English we have begun to explore our new class text ‘Arthur and the Golden Rope’. Using illustrations, the children were encouraged to make their own predictions about the mythical narrative.

In Maths we have been growing our knowledge of multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100, with numbers up to 1000. The children have been working hard to use place value grids to represent the numbers and to show how we can make numbers 10 times bigger or 10 times smaller.

In RE this week we have thought about ‘The Presentation of Jesus’ at the temple, considering in detail the trust and faith that Simeon showed in God. The children were then able to make links with Christian beliefs about showing trust and faith in God, and how we might show this within our own lives’.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be continuing to learn their spellings and tables given out on Monday 22nd January 2024, this needs to be returned by Monday 29th January 2024.

The children have all come home with their login for TTRS, please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

PE -

Please note, PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday.

Award winners

Golden: Laura

Maths: Elsie

Writing: Nevaeh

Wishing you all a restful weekend and kind regards for your continued support.

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgkiss and Mrs Andrews

'…so that everyone might believe…' John 1: 7

…so that everyone might believe…

John 1: 7

Key Messages of the forthcoming Gospel Reading… (Week Beginning 18th December 2023)

Children will learn that:

• John the Baptist helped people to recognise Jesus, the light, and believe in Him.

• The shepherds and wise men believed in and worshipped Jesus as their Saviour.

• We too are called to believe in and worship Jesus, the Light of the World.

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child 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…

Smart TVs As these internet-enabled entertainment systems rapidly become standard, find out how to guide children in using such devices safely.

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.

Our learning this week…

In English we have been planning, drafting and writing our own narratives based on the class text ‘Leaf’. The children have worked hard to include a range of fronted adverbials, adjectives and the correct use of sentence punctuation to organise their work effectively.

In Maths we have been growing our knowledge of multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100, with numbers up to 1000. The children have been working hard to use place value grids to represent the numbers and to show how we can make numbers 10 times bigger or 10 times smaller.

In RE this week we have been developing our understanding of the important role that Joseph had within the events of the Nativity. We have explored how Christians might be inspired by the trust that Joseph showed in God and how we might also show this trust in our own lives and towards others.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be continuing to learn their spellings and tables given out on Monday 11th December, this needs to be returned by Monday 8th January 2024.

The children have all come home with their login for TTRS, please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

PE -

Please note, PE days will now be on a Tuesday and Wednesday.

Award winners

Golden: Roma

Maths: Martha

Writing: Conleth

Kind regards for your continued support.

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgkiss and Mrs Andrews

"Look, I am going to send my messenger before you…" Mark 1: 2

Look, I am going to send my messenger before you…

Mark 1: 2

Key Messages of the forthcoming Gospel Reading… (Week Beginning 11th December 2023)

Children will learn that:

• Advent is a time of preparation for Jesus’ birth at Christmas and when He comes again.

• John the Baptist and the angels were messengers of the good news.

• We too can be messengers, sharing God’s message of love through our words and actions.

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child 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…

Smart TVs As these internet-enabled entertainment systems rapidly become standard, find out how to guide children in using such devices safely.

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.

Our learning this week…

In English we have been exploring our new class text ‘Leaf’, discussing the actions of the characters within the story and considering ways in which we could use fronted adverbials to form our own sentences to describe the polar bear in the story and the setting.

In Maths we have been finding the perimeters of a range of rectangles and squares. The children have completed activities involving accurate measuring and we have applied this new learning to a variety of word problems linked to finding perimeter.

In RE this week we have been developing our understanding of the ‘Magnificat’ as Mary’s song of joy and praise. The children were able to explain some of the key vocabulary from the scripture and how Christians might show they are living these messages in their own lives’.

Spellings, times tables and homework

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

The children have all come home with their login for TTRS, please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

PE -

Please note, PE days will now be on a Tuesday and Wednesday.

Award winners

Golden:

Maths:

Writing:

Kind regards for your continued support.

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgkiss and Mrs Andrews

'The Son of Man shall come in great glory'

Jesus said to His disciples: ‘When the Son of Man comes in His glory, escorted by all the angels, then He will take His seat on His throne of glory.’

Matthew 25: 31

Key Messages of the forthcoming Gospel Reading… (Week Beginning 27th November 2023)

Children will learn:

• Children will learn that:

  • Jesus will come back and take his seat on His throne of glory.

  • Jesus unites us, heals us, protects us and leads us like a true King.

  • By following Jesus we glorify Him.

TenTen Parent Newsletter

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child 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…

Smart TVs As these internet-enabled entertainment systems rapidly become standard, find out how to guide children in using such devices safely.

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.

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been sharing, editing and writing their final drafts of their own newspaper reports based on our class text ‘The Whale’. We especially focused on the use of past tense, inverted commas and correct punctuation to improve our final copies.

In Maths we have been developing our understanding of problem solving using bar models and the part whole models to support our understanding. The children have worked hard this week to explore a range of mathematical vocabulary relating to addition and subtraction.

In RE the children have been continuing to focus on how Christians try to show their trust in God with reference to the trust that Mary showed at the annunciation.

Spellings, times tables and homework

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

The children have all come home with their login for TTRS, please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

PE -

Please note, PE days will now be on a Tuesday and Wednesday.

Award winners

Golden: Stephen

Maths: Natalia

Writing: Emily

Kind regards for your continued support.

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgkiss and Mrs Andrews

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 Saturday this year - and marks the actual 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 usually 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 that day as part of the commemorations.

In School, we have been commemorating Remembrance Day with class prayer and liturgy. We also came together in the school hall to hold a minutes silence, we were led in reflection by Year 6.

‘So stay awake, because you do not know either the day or the hour. (Matthew 25: 13)

Key Messages of the forthcoming Gospel Reading… (Week Beginning 13th November 2023)

Children will learn:

• Children will learn that:

  • Jesus will return though we don’t know when

  • We should be ready for Jesus’ return by loving Him and loving others

TenTen Parent Newslette

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 6th November, this needs to be returned by the following Monday.

The children have all come home with their login for TTRS, please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

PE -

Please note, PE days will now be on a Tuesday and Wednesday.

Award winners

Golden: Roma

Maths: Luna

Writing: Laura

Kind regards for your continued support.

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgkiss and Mrs Andrews

'I have come that they may have life' John 10:10

‘The greatest among you must be your servant. Anyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and anyone who humbles himself will be exalted.’ (Matthew 23: 12)

Key Messages of the forthcoming Gospel Reading… (Week Beginning 6th November 2023)

Children will learn:

• Children will learn that:

  • True greatness is putting God first before ourselves or other things.

  • Being humble also means focusing on others more than ourselves
    Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newslette

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

Feast of All Saints and School 70th Anniversary

Whole School Mass 1st November 2023

On Wednesday 1st November we attended a whole school parish mass in church at 9.30am. This was a great opportunity to worship and gather within the parish community to celebrate the feast of All Saints Day and also to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of our school . Parents, parishioners and past pupils were warmly welcomed to join us in the School Hall after mass for some refreshments. Well done to our Year 4 representatives for serving refreshments at this celebration!

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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 guides give helpful advice about…

The social media site X, highlighting the major changes since its rebrand from Twitter and the related online safety risks.

Five Nights at Freddy’s: a suspense-filled horror game which has nevertheless attracted a relatively young fan-base.

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.

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been sharing, editing and writing their final drafts of their own descriptions of a scene from our class text ‘The Whale’. We have also started to explore newspaper texts based on the events and characters from the story, we will continue to develop this further next week.

In Maths we have been developing our understanding of subtracting two 4-digit numbers using the column method. We have been exploring the use of bar models and the part whole models to support our understanding.

In RE the children have been continuing to work hard to grow their knowledge of a range of Bible stories. This week we have been researching the stories of David and Goliath and Jonah and the Whale. Considering ways in which they showed their strong faith and trust in God.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 6th November, this needs to be returned by the following Monday.

The children have all come home with their login for TTRS, please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

PE -

Please note, PE days will now be on a Tuesday and Wednesday.

Award winners

Golden: Elsie

Maths: Jacob

Writing: Hallie

Kind regards for your continued support and wishing you all a relaxing weekend.

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgkiss and Mrs Andrews

'love your neighbour as yourself' Matthew 22: 39

You must love the Lord your God… You must love your neighbour as yourself.

Matthew 22: 39

Key Messages of the forthcoming Gospel Reading… (Week Beginning 30th October 2023)

Children will learn that:

Children will learn:

• That God wants us to love Him

• That God want us to love our neighbours

• Some ways to love God and their neighbours
  Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…

TenTen Parent Newslette

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

Feast of All Saints Whole School Mass 1st November 2023

On Wednesday 1st November we will be attending a whole school parish mass in church at 9.30am. This will be a great opportunity to worship and gather within the parish community to celebrate the feast of All Saints Day . Parents and carers are warmly welcomed to join us in church and after in the School Hall for some refreshments.

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been planning and writing their own descriptions of a scene from our class text ‘The Whale’. We were thinking carefully about our use of correct sentence punctuation, expanded noun phrases and using vocabulary to create effect for the reader.

In Maths we have been developing our understanding of adding and subtracting two 4-digit numbers using the column method. We have been exchanging within the ones, tens and hundreds columns and applying this knowledge to a range of word problems.

In RE the children have been continuing to work hard to grow their knowledge of a range of Bible stories. This week we have been researching the stories of Abraham and Moses. Considering ways in which they showed their strong faith and trust in God.

In Science, we have been exploring endangered species. The children used computers to complete research, finding out about reasons why some animals habitats are being harmed and ways in which they are being helped.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 9th October, this needs to be returned by the following Monday.

The children have all come home with their login for TTRS, please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

PE -

Please note, PE days will now be on a Tuesday and Wednesday, as after the half term break the children will be starting the Fit2Go program. So the children do not need to come to school in the PE kits on a Friday.

Award winners

Golden: Leo

Maths: Jacob

Writing: Ellenie

Kind regards for your continued support and wishing you all a relaxing half term break.

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgkiss and Mrs Andrews

'God knows you and invites you to know him'

‘Look, I have prepared my banquet,’ said the king. ‘Everything is ready; come to the feast!’

Matthew 22: 4

Key Messages of the forthcoming Gospel Reading…

Children will learn that:

Children will learn:

• That in accepting God’s invitation we are blessed with joy and a fruitful life.

• That we must look out for and accept the invitations God presents us with.

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

TenTen Parent Newslette

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

Year 4 Class Mass Thursday 12th October 2023

On Thursday Year 4 will be attending the parish mass in church at 9.30am. This will be a great opportunity to worship and gather within the parish community. Parents and carers are warmly welcomed to join us in church.

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been exploring a variety of story extracts to find examples of prepositions, expanded noun phrases and short sentences used for effect. The children were encouraged to explain how these word choices added to the overall effect of the writing for the reader.

In Maths we have been applying our knowledge of place value in numbers up to 10000. We have been rounding numbers to the nearest 1000 and looking for patterns in sequencing of numbers by counting in steps of 25. The children were able to apply their knowledge within a range of word problems.

In RE the children have been working hard to grow their knowledge of a range of Bible stories. This week we have been researching the stories of Abraham and Moses. Considering ways in which they showed their strong faith and trust in God.

In History, we have been continuing to consider what life was like for the Ancient Egyptians. The children created their own timelines, and used computers and a variety of information books to research some of the key events, asking and answering some of their own questions.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 9th October, this needs to be returned by the following Monday.

The children have all come home with their login for TTRS, please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

Award winners

Golden: Emily

Maths: Olivia

Writing: Matilda

Kind regards for your continued support

Mrs Parker and Mrs Hodgkiss

'His love for you is deeper than ocean'

“Yes, the heavens are as high above earth as my ways are above your ways, my thoughts above your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:9)

Key Messages of the forthcoming Gospel Reading…

Children will learn that:

• We don’t earn God’s love – it is freely given.

• It can be difficult to fully understand and appreciate the depth of God’s love for us.

• Our response to this great gift should be one of thanksgiving

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

TenTen Parent Newslette

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

Whole School Mass Tuesday 19th September 2023

On Tuesday Year 4 attended the whole school mass in church at 9.30am. This was a lovely opportunity to gather as a school and parish community to reflect on our return to school and the year ahead. Thank you to the parents and carers who joined us in church.

Our learning this week…

In English the children have continued to explore the story of ‘The Whale’. We have been using illustrations from the story to create our own sentences using a range of prepositions to add more effect.

In Maths we have been partitioning and expanding 4-digit numbers, exploring the value of each digit and representing with base 10 equipment.

In RE the children have been working hard to grow their knowledge of a range of Bible stories. This week we have been researching the first story in the Bible, The creation story.

In History, we have been continuing to consider what life was like for the Ancient Egyptians. The children were encouraged to explain how homes, jobs, beliefs were different than modern day, completing their own research.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 25th September, this needs to be returned by the following Monday.

This week the children have all come home with their login for TTRS, please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

Award winners

Golden: Charlotte

Maths: Gabriel

Writing: Stephen

We would also like to wish Miss Collins a fond farewell and good luck as she leaves to pursue an exciting new opportunity.

Enjoy the weekend

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgkiss and Miss Collins

'Love one another as I have loved you' John 15:12

Peter went up to Jesus and said, “Lord, how often must I forgive my brother if he wrongs me?” Matthew 18: 21

Key Messages of the forthcoming Gospel Reading…

Children will understand that:

•Jesus teaches us to forgive one another, and in doing so, we rebuild relationships and can live out Jesus’ teaching to ‘love one another.’

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

TenTen Parent Newslette

WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.

Wednesday Word

Whole School Mass Tuesday 19th September 2023

On Tuesday Year 4 will be attending the whole school mass in church at 9.30am. This will be a lovely opportunity to gather as a school and parish community to reflect on our return to school and the year ahead. Parents and carers are welcome to join us in church.

Our learning this week…

In English the children have continued to explore the story of ‘The Whale’. We have been using dictionaries to research the meanings of a range of unfamiliar vocabulary and considering the effect on the reader within the context of the narrative.

In Maths we have been investigating rounding to the nearest 100, using 2 and 3 digit numbers. We have also started to count in 1000’s, the children were able to complete a range of sequences and patterns, involving subtraction and addition.

In RE the children have been continuing to reflect on the importance of The Bible for Christians and on how the bible is structured. The children were able to discuss a range of example stories from the bible and explain how the messages of these stories support Christians in their eveyday lives’.

In History, we have been considering life for the Ancient Egyptians. The children were encouraged to explain how homes, jobs, beliefs were different than modern day, completing their own research.

Spellings, times tables and homework

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

This week the children have all come home with their login for TTRS, please can you support your child to access this on a regular basis.

Award winners

Golden: Eleena

Maths: Conleth

Writing: Alexander

Wishing you all a relaxing weekend,

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgkiss and Miss Collins

Welcome to Year 4!

Welcome back to school and to Year 4! The children have had a fantastic first week in our new classroom, and it has been great catching up on all of their summer holiday news, I am looking forward to another year with the class and once again I would like to pass on my gratitude for all your kind gifts at the end of last term, it was greatly appreciated.

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

TenTen Parent Newslette

Our learning this week…

In English the children have started to explore the story of ‘The Whale’. We begun by exploring a range of beautiful illustrations from the text and creating some of our own expanded noun phrases.

In Maths we have been learning about place value in numbers up to 1000, the children were able to use base 10 equipment to support their understanding and we have been investigating rounding to the nearest 10, using 2 and 3 digit numbers.

In RE the children began their new topic ‘The Bible’ by reflecting on the importance of The Bible for Christians and on how the bible is structured. The children particularly enjoyed designing their own front covers for a Bible, considering key stories or religious figures they might want to present.

In History, we have started our new topic on the Ancient Egyptians. We began by looking at a range of artefacts and thinking of some questions we could ask to explore further.

Spellings, times tables and homework

The children will be coming home with their spellings and homework on Monday 11th September, this needs to be returned by the following Monday. So the first spellings and times tables tests will be on Monday 18th September.

Award winners

Golden: Zachary

Maths: Callum

Writing: Martha

Wishing you all a relaxing weekend,

Mrs Parker, Mrs Hodgekiss and Miss Colline

"So do please now and then, Come and see us again" - Roald Dahl

“We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three.
So do please now and then
Come and see us again,
The Giraffe and the Pelly and me.

"All you do is to look
At a page in this book
Because that’s where we always will be.
No book ever ends
When it’s full of your friends
The Giraffe and the Pelly and me.”

―Roald Dahl

Year 4’s final class story today proved extremely relevant as we made our goodbyes and they moved forward on their journey through KS2.

The 2022/23 Year 4 cohort have been a delight to teach and will always hold a special in my heart. I truly wish that I could teach them forever! I will never forget the memories that we have made and the lessons that this class have taught me. I could not be prouder of the resilience and confidence they have gained this year.

Good luck on your journey into Year 5! As one chapter ends, so another begins …

A big thank you for the kind gifts and cards, I was blown away by your generosity and could not be more grateful.

Miss Whitehead.

Year 4's Week!

Year 4’s Learning this week:

English: Year 4 have written and edited their twisted fairy tale endings this week.

Year 4 have also continued working on their Shakespeare learning for Mrs Ormerod. Year 4 have been exploring The Taming of the Shrew through English and Drama. This week we explored how Kate is treated in the play by Petruchio. This raised the topic of how people should be treated and how it made us feel that women were historically treated as less than men. Year 4 raised some very thoughtful and interesting opinions and questions around this topic.

Maths: Year 4 have been exploring Time this week, practising telling the time as well as their problem solving.

RE: This week, Year 4 have been learning about the different colours, signs and symbols used throughout the Church’s liturgical year and their deeper meaning.

PE: Year 4 have continued taking part in their tag rugby sessions.

Spanish: Year 4 have continued identifying and translating the important objects within their classroom this week.

DT: Year 4 have carried on designing their mindfulness timer and turning this into a prototype.

Computing: Year 4 have continued transferring their website designs onto a virtual platform this week, using teamwork to create their final product with care and pride.

Notices:

Please make sure you are reading at home regularly and recording this in reading records.

Please make sure you are still practising times tables on TT Rock stars and The Daily Ten on Topmarks regularly. Hit the Button on Topmarks is also a fantastic resource for times tables practise.

Another good resource for times tables is the Pinpoint Mathematics times tables check: https://www.themathsfactor.com/times-tables-check/pinpoint/#/.

School reports will be given out on Monday 17th July, if you wish to discuss your child’s report please contact the Year 4 class email.

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 guides give helpful advice about…

• Rumble - This free online safety guide profiles Rumble, a video-sharing platform which features some outspoken influencers and, frequently, uncompromising political views.

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.

Congratulations to our award winners this week!

Golden Award - Gabriel

Maths Award - Corben

Writing Award - Dominic

A big thank you from Miss Whitehead, Mrs Dunford and Mrs Connolly!