Be the kind of leader that you would follow

This week Year 5 were really excited to meet their Reception buddies. They gave them a special welcome letter and a wooden heart with their name on to introduce themselves. Year 5 will be developing their leadership roles this year and as part this, they will not only be role models to their buddies to Reception but also play leaders to KS1.

Year 5 have had another great week of learning. The children have settled well and are really getting into the swing of things. Many of them have earned themselves lots of house points already because of their great attitude, focused learning, effort and great work. We’re now checking diaries and all bookmarks have  now been updated . I’m so pleased to see so many have already read and are getting their diaries signed each  night - house points are also rewarded for this. Well done Year 5, keep that up! 

On Tuesday the children began their swimming sessions and we were delighted with the way they conducted themselves and represented our school. They made a fabulous start to their lessons and this enabled their swimming teachers to get them sorted into swimming groups quickly and begin working on their new swimming techniques. Well done Year 5!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (LEARN) - Emily

Writing Award - Elsie

Maths Award - Alexander

Our learning this week…

In English the children have explored new vocabulary from our text and they have turned the 1969 lunar landing transcript into punctuated speech.

Our focus in maths has been rounding numbers up to 5-digits to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000. We learnt a little rhyme to help us remember the rules for rounding.

In RE the children have been working with Mrs Mannix. They have discussed the Scientific view of how the World began and also listened to the Creation story from Genesis 1 (Theological view) In science we have been considering different types of evidence, both direct and indirect evidence, for the shape of our Earth.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Callum and Florence. The theme of their liturgy was Be open In the Gospel (Mark 7:31-37) , Jesus helps a man by healing him and this showed that Jesus cares for everyone and we can go to him for help. The children challenged the children to think about how Jesus can help them this week.

“Ephphatha!" Mark 7:31-37

In science we have been considering different types of evidence, both direct and indirect evidence, for the shape of our Earth.

In geography the children have begun to think about what we know already about our local area.

In Spanish we have been recapping what we have been learning in Spanish over the last two years and we focused on greeting each other.

In art we continued to investigate the work of Hundertwasser and worked on copying his style.

In PSHE, we have begun a resilience programme called Bounce Forward as part of our PSHE lessons. Bounce Forward, written by Lancashire Mind and Headstart, is a universal resilience programme, which has been designed to increase wellbeing and resilience in children across Blackpool. Bounce Forward will give the children the opportunity to improve and build up their resilience strategies and skills, in a practical and fun way. This week the focus was sharing information about themselves and thinking about what resilience is. Our definition of resilience is the ability to bounce back when things get tough.

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Homework 

A reminder that a summary of this week’s homework can be found on the Year 5 homework page. Please make sure homework is completed by Tuesday ready for spelling and times table tests. 

Bikeability

Please read and sign the forms as soon as possible and send back into school so that I can confirm numbers and allocate dates. Please be clear on your form whether your child will need to borrow a bike. Thanks for your support.

Well done Year 5, you’ve all worked hard this week. We hope you all have a lovely weekend and we’ll see you on Monday.

Mrs McVey, Mrs Hodgkiss and Miss Andrew

If you need to contact me or have any questions/queries, please contact me on  year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks.

Our first week...

What a great week we’ve had! Year 5 have made a great start to this year and it has been lovely to spend time getting to know them a little better. The children are settling in nicely and learning the new routines - we are excited to be working with them this year!

📚Your child will have come home with a reading book and reading diary this week. At the start of the year we usually use an assessment tool called Star Reader to assess the ZPD of your child’s book (this gauges the level of challenge that your child should be reading), however it has been off line for some of this week so your child has brought a book based on their ZPD from Year 4 - this should align with their new ZPD anyway. ZPDs will be marked down in their diaries once complete. Bookmarks and diaries will be checked regularly so please encourage your child to read daily if they can and they must have their book and diary in every day. Children should aim to read at least 20 minutes a day and discuss their reading if possible with an adult - this will ensure progress is maintained and the expected standard is met.

🏊🏼🩲🩱On Tuesday afternoon, the children will begin their swimming sessions. Please remind your child to bring their costume and towel and if they have longer hair, boys or girls, they should also bring a swimming cap.

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - Natalia

Writing Award - Gabriel

Maths Award - Aibhin

Our learning this week…

In English we have begun a new unit of work which will come from the book, Where We Once Stood, which details first-hand accounts of the six moon landings. This week we have explored new vocabulary and phrases from the opening extracts of the book and have looked at strategies to help us with the meanings of these words. We’ve also discussed whether or not humans should return to the moon and the children have backed up their views by giving reasons and justifying their thoughts.

In Maths the focus has been on place value and the children have been reading and writing 5-digit numbers and recognising the value of each digit..

In RE the children are working with Mrs Mannix and have begun looking at their new topic on Creation.are we have been discussing how the world began and have compared their own views against those of their learning partner.

In Science we will be learning about aspects of Earth and Space. This week the children have shared their existing knowledge of this topic and they took part in a Space quiz to see how much they know already.

In our art lesson we have begun to look at the work of Hundertwasser and have used viewfinders to select and draw a section of his images into their sketchbooks.

PE days

Full PE kit will need to be worn on Tuesdays (swimming) and Wednesdays.

Homework

Year 5 will use online learning for their homework this year, alongside reading and spelling homework. We will spend a bit of time getting familiar with the websites we will use and then we will start next week. I will add more details next week.

Bikeability

Letters about Bikeability have now come home. Please read and sign the forms as soon as possible and send back into school so that I can confirm numbers and allocate dates. Please be clear on your form whether your child will need to borrow a bike. Thanks for your support.

Well done Year 5, you’ve made a great start! We hope you all have a lovely weekend with your families.

Mrs McVey, Mrs Hodgkiss and Miss Andrew

If you need to contact me or have any questions/queries, please contact me on  year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible. This email is not monitored daily so if you need to get in touch urgently, please send a message via the school office or catch me at the door at the end of the day. Thanks.

Welcome to Year 5!

Welcome to Year 5! I hope you have all had a wonderful Summer and are ready to start the new year in Year 5. I look forward to welcoming you into class and look forward to getting to know you all!

I just wanted to let you know our PE days will be Tuesdays (swimming) and Wednesdays.

Tuesdays will be swimming and this will start on Tuesday 10th September and take place each Tuesday afternoon throughout the year. If you haven’t already, please make sure that you have completed and signed the swimming forms given to you at the end of Year 4.

The children will be accompanied to the pool by me, Mrs McVey, and Mrs Hodgkiss and Miss Andrews our class Teaching Assistants. The children will need to come into school on a Tuesday with their school PE kit for the day and will need with them their swimming kit in a separate bag to their school bag. Children will need either a one-piece swimsuit or swimming trunks (please see photo of acceptable type as baggy swim shorts are not allowed) - swim vests are also acceptable for those who prefer to use them, a towel, swim hat for all girls and boys who have a longer hair style or fringe, and goggles (if you returned and signed the goggles letter). The children will not need shampoo or shower gel as they will only have time to rinse and get dressed quickly ready to return to school. If your child has asthma, inhalers will be taken to the pool by the teachers so please make sure your child has an up to date inhaler in school as soon as possible.

This week, please also look out for letters about Bikeability - a bicycle training scheme.

Your child’s new water bottle  will come home with them each evening to ensure that it can be washed and filled ready for the next day. Unfortunately we don’t have spares in school, or cups they can use, so it is important that they bring it in each day. Please also ensure your child brings a coat each day just in case of rain - we will still want to get outside for some fresh air even if it is a bit cold or just a bit of rain. 

Thank you,

Mrs McVey

"How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard" A.A. Milne

Well I really can’t believe that it’s time to say goodbye already. This year has gone by so quickly and I have enjoyed getting to know each of you individually and I am so proud of all of you!  You have all been little stars and have worked so hard throughout the year and I’m really going to miss having you all in Year 5. However, I know you will continue to make us proud in Year 6 and show Mrs Ormerod what you are capable of! I hope you all have an enjoyable Summer and and have lots of fun.  Keep safe and we will see you all when you return as our new Year 6!

A big thank you for all your lovely kind words, cards and gifts. It has been a great year and it has been a pleasure to teach you all! 🙏😊

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

Our Lady’s Talent Show

Our Lady’s was alive with talent yesterday. The show was organised by many of Year 5, who helped the show get off its feet and onto the stage, and was a great success! Well done to all our performers, you were all fabulous!👏🏻🤩👯🎶🎤👏🏻

In the afternoon, we were also treated to a music showcase with performances from Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. Then the choir performed some great songs to finish our afternoon off. Well done to our Year 5 choir members, many of which did solos showing off their beautiful voices! 👏🏻🎶🤩🎤👏🏻

Our Reading Champions…

Well done to our reading champions this half term who have all completed bookmarks for reading regularly at home…

Our award winners:

Golden Award (RESPECT) - Lola Mae

Writing Award - Harriet

Maths Award - Kurt

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Elsie and Harriet. The theme of their liturgy was thankfulness, with a focus on looking back at the good things we’ve been part of during the year. The girls invited the children to show gratitude to God and respond in prayer to the good things ‘He has showered on us’. The children had to share what they can do to spread their love this week. Jesus calls us to spread His love through our words and actions.

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen 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.

Our week...

Drummers

A big well done to our drummers, who performed in a showcase for parents and classes this morning. It was so lovely to see how much you have learnt and improved over the course of the year. Well done!🥁

Saint Bede’s taster day

The children had a lovely day yesterday at St Bede’s. The children spent the whole day doing PE challenges in groups alongside other Year 5 children from Catholic primaries. They did dodge ball, relays, athletic challenges, sprint races, long jump, javelin, throwing and more… They had a good day and were well behaved - Well done, Year 5!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (LEARN) - Corben

Writing Award - Peter

Maths Award - Lilly C

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been looking at the structure and language of balanced arguments and focused on conjunctions and the passive and active voice

In maths this week we have been multiplying fractions .

In RE we have been looking at Jewish celebrations.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Rosie and Mia. The theme of their liturgy was A Prophet Without Honour. In the Gospel (Mark 6:1-6) it tells us how Jesus was rejected by His neighbours. They would not believe that a person they thought they knew so well could have something extraordinary to say to them.

“A prophet is not without honour except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.” Mark

In art we have continued to work on our own drawings inspired by the work of Chris Ofili.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust.

Monday 15th July Moving up afternoon - Year 5 will go up to Year 6 and spend some time with their new teacher in preparation for the new academic year.

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

Tuesday 9th July Swimming as normal. This date has been added back on to make up for the swimming lesson that they had to miss in June due to the pool closure.

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

Work coming home for the Summer…

In preparation for the end of term, please send in a strong bag (e.g.bag for life) so that all work can be sent home on the last day of term before the Summer holiday. Please label the bag with your child’s name. Thank you!

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.

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

“You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Mark 16:16

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - Hallie

Writing Award - Lily T

Maths Award - Grace

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been considering the pros and cons of keeping animals in captivity compared to the wild. This will be the focus of our balanced argument writing. We’ve been watching videos, which highlight the issues, and have been discussing and sharing our own opinions.

In maths this week we have been adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators to solve problems.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Layla, Peter and Ronnie. The theme of their liturgy was Son of Man. In the Gospel (Mark 16:13-19) it explores what the term the Son of Man means. Through prayer we discover how the titles for Jesus connect us more closely to Him.

“You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Mark 16:16

In Science we have been testing the hardness of different materials.

In Spanish the children have been learning to talk about the pets they have.

In art we have continued to work on our own drawings inspired by the work of Chris Ofili.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust.

Tuesday 9th July Swimming as normal

Thursday 11th July Year 5 St Bede’s Taster day. You will now have received a letter, by email, about the day from St Bede’s (see below for your information). It is a PE focused day so the children will need to wear their full school PE kit and will need to bring a packed lunch (usual school packed lunch rules apply) and their water bottle. Please also ensure your child brings a coat as we will be outside. St Bede’s letter

Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events

Monday 15th July Moving up afternoon - Year 5 will go up to Year 6 and spend some time with their new teacher in preparation for the new academic year.

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

Tuesday 9th July Swimming as normal. This date has been added back on to make up for the swimming lesson that they had to miss in June due to the pool closure.

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

Work coming home for the Summer…

In preparation for the end of term, please send in a strong bag (e.g.bag for life) so that all work can be sent home on the last day of term before the Summer holiday. Please label the bag with your child’s name. Thank you!

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.

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

“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. Well done Year 5!

The results of the KS2 Sport’s day are:

1st Layton 432 🏆WINNERS🏆

2nd Newton 424

3rd Clifton 397

4th Marton 373

Well done everyone!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (RESPECT) - Emilia

Writing Award - YEAR 5 for great work on their own ‘Big write’ - a dilemma narrative.

Maths Award - Corben

Our learning this week…

In English the children finished their own dilemma narrative. We have also begun our new writing unit.

In maths this week we have been adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Grace and James. The theme of their liturgy was Jesus Calms the Storm. In the Gospel (Mark 4:35-41) , Jesus shows a small glimpse of His divinity through His voice calming the stormy sea. Through this we can see how Jesus can restore order where there is chaos and mend the broken. We see how we can be filled with wonder and awe at Jesus’ mighty presence over the stormy seas in our lives. Grace and James reminded the children that when life gets tough, it can be easy to forget that Jesus cares for us - even His close friends sometimes needed reminding! They asked the class to invite the Holy Spirit to increase their faith and hope by asking God to support them.

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

In Science we have grouped materials according to their properties.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust.

In art we finished off our work from Arts week and I think you’l agree, the children did really well. Each child was given a piece of a cut-up landscape picture of Blackpool to paint, experimenting with the colours they use. We then collaged it back together into a triptych. Take a look at their work…

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.

Thursday 11th July Year 5 St Bede’s Taster day (More details will be posted nearer the time).

Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events

Monday 15th July Moving up afternoon - Year 5 will go up to Year 6 and spend some time with their new teacher in preparation for the new academic year.

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

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

“What shall we say the kingdom of God is like?" Mark 4:30

Sky Arts ‘Access All Arts’ Week

This week has been Arts Week in school. Access All Arts week is a nationwide, week-long celebration of the arts, specially designed for primary schools. This week we’ve been on a creative adventure on the theme of ‘Connection’ exploring how the children can connect to themselves, each other and the world around them, through the arts. Drawing inspiration from Mr Doodle, on Monday the children doodled their favourite things onto a landscape. Yesterday, the children had to pick one of the selected landscapes from the art gallery, and using Colour Cards, they mixed different colours and recreated the landscape with a different mood. Today, using a picture of Blackpool cut up into 28 pieces, the children have painted a piece of the cut-up landscape, experimenting with the colours they use. Next week, we will finish it off and collage it back together into a triptych. We’ve had lots of fun! 👩‍🎨🎨🖌️🖼️👨‍🎨

Our award winners:

Golden Award (LEARN) - Peter

Writing Award - Kurt

Maths Award - Rosie

Our learning this week…

In English we have planned and started writing our own dilemma narrative.

In maths this week we have been adding fractions.

In RE we have been learning what the church teaches about other faiths.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Corben and Emelia. The theme of their liturgy was What is the Kingdom of God? Jesus helps us to understand these heavenly ideas by using down to earth stories - The Parable of the Growing Seed and The Parable of the Mustard Seed (Mark 4:26-34) . The children told that Jesus helps us understand that the Word of God (what the Bible teaches us) should produce a crop in our lives and it should change us. They challenged the class to think about the answer to…How can you let the Word of God change your life?

“What shall we say the kingdom of God is like?" Mark 4:30

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust.

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 Popups  This free information guide addresses the online safety risks of pop-ups, letting you know how to make children aware of this prominent marketing technique.

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.

Friday 28th June (am) KS2 Sports Day - provisional subject to weather🤞🏻. Please note KS1’s will be the day before (subject to weather). Alternative dates have been arranged for Sport’s day if the weather is poor, but due to a clash with our taster day at St Bede’s on the 11th July, we won’t be in school.

Thursday 11th July Year 5 St Bede’s Taster day (More details will be posted nearer the time).

Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events

Monday 15th July Moving up afternoon - Year 5 will go up to Year 6 and spend some time with their new teacher in preparation for the new academic year.

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

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

"Anyone who does the will of God, that person is my brother and sister and mother."

Edina Trust Bulb Project winner for England!!

As you already know, Year 5 were involved with the Edina Trust’s bulb project this year. During the year, we planted daffodil and crocus bulbs and were required to submit rainfall and temperature data daily and data for each bulb once it had flowered. We are delighted to have been picked as the winners for England and we will be able to use the prize money, up to the value of £500, to support science experiences in school. The data that we collected has been collated, alongside data from all the other schools that took part, to contribute to finding out the effects of climate change. Well done Year 5!

Our visit to St Mary’s

This week, Year 5 were given the opportunity to visit St Mary’s to experience what it would be like in High School. The children were put into six different groups to take part in different activities - a tour of St Mary’s, a Worship lead by their student chaplains, Science lesson on Space, geography lesson, PE session and a session where the children made their own Rosary beads. The children all enjoyed their visit and enjoyed working alongside other Year 5 children from other schools.

Thank you!

Thank you for contributing to the PTFA’s Summer Fayre collection with your generous contributions of bottles. The children all looked great today in their different colours and many of their favourite football teams were represented.

Our award winners:

Golden Award (LEARN) - Teddy

Writing Award - Harriet

Maths Award - Olivia S

Drumming

Well done to both Hallie and Harriet who have both passed their bronze medals for drumming - an amazing achievement in such a short time! 👏🏻🥁

Our learning this week…

In English we have been looking at using dialogue to move the action on and to show character in readiness for our big write.

In maths this week we have been developing our understanding fractions as division.

In RE the children have been learning how to pray the Rosary and have explored the beliefs that are contained with the mysteries.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Connie and Zahra. This week we have been praying with the help of the saints. The reading comes from Mark 3: 35

"Anyone who does the will of God, that person is my brother and sister and mother."

The saints of the Kingdom are our brothers and sisters who have gone before us. We are united with them through our love for God and we learn about how to make God our number one priority through their example.

In art we have learnt about the contemporary artist Chris Ofili and have been developing our own work using his style.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust.

Tuesday 19th June 2024 Unfortunately no swimming today as the pool is being used for something else. Swimming will resume the week after.

Friday 28th June (am) KS2 Sports Day - provisional subject to weather🤞🏻. Please note KS1’s will be the day before (subject to weather). Alternative dates have been arranged for Sport’s day if the weather is poor, but due to a clash with our taster day at St Bede’s on the 11th July, we won’t be in school.

Thursday 11th July Year 5 St Bede’s Taster day (More details will be posted nearer the time).

Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events

Monday 15th July Moving up afternoon - Year 5 will go up to Year 6 and spend some time with their new teacher in preparation for the new academic year.

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

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

Year 5 achievements

Wow! Here we are again at the end of another half term. Can you believe we only have one more half term before we reach the end of Year 5? Time flies when you’re having fun! The children have all been working hard and certainly deserve their well earned break. Please do, however, encourage your child to read daily and make time for spellings and times tables - it’s really important to keep up with these so they continue to progress as we reach the end of Year 5 and get ready for Year 6. Happy half term everyone!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (RESPECT) - Darcy

Writing Award - Zahra

Maths Award - Ronnie

Our Reading Champions…📚

Well done to our reading champions this half term who all completed bookmarks for reading regularly at home. 

Well done to Emelia, who is our golden ticket winner and has won a prize for her great home reading this half term.🤩👏🏻

Swimming

Well done to all of Year 5 for their efforts in swimming this year so far. They’ve achieved so much already we thought we better give the certificates out. We will swim all next half term but there will be no swimming in the last week - instead they will have a swimming safety talk with one of the swimming teachers. ⭐️

Our learning this week…

In preparation for our English write, the children have created a mood palette for their chosen beast and have used their ideas to create relative clauses.

In maths this week we have been looking at comparing and ordering fractions and mixed numbers.

In RE the children have been thinking about the meaning of the Lord’s prayer.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Lily T, Olivia S and Olivia W. The girls’ liturgy celebrated Pentecost. After going up to heaven, Jesus sent His Holy Spirit to the disciples and all who believed. Their prayers echoed those of the first week of Eastertide and along with our other daily liturgies this week, they will help the children to grasp more deeply the reality and joy that Christ is alive and that the Holy Spirit lives within us and helps us. The girls’ challenged the children to think how the Holy Spirit can help them in their lives.

“Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” John 20:22-23

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and are continuing to work on latitude and longitude.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is rounders.

Friday 24th May Close for May half term

Monday 10th June School reopens for pupils

Thursday 13th June Year 5 St Mary’s Taster day. We will be there until 2.30pm when we will return to school. The children will need to wear their full school uniform and will need to bring a packed lunch for the day and their water bottle (usual school packed lunch rules apply).

Friday 14th June Non-uniform for PTFA theme EUFA Euros wear football Kit / a team colour and bring

an unopened bottle 🍾 (KS2) for summer fayre bottle tombola.

Friday 28th June (am) KS2 Sports Day - provisional subject to weather🤞🏻. Please note KS1’s will be the day before (subject to weather). Alternative dates have been arranged for Sport’s day if the weather is poor, but due to a clash with our taster day at St Bede’s on the 11th July, we won’t be in school.

Thursday 11th July Year 5 St Bede’s Taster day (More details will be posted nearer the time).

Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events

Monday 15th July Moving up afternoon - Year 5 will go up to Year 6 and spend some time with their new teacher in preparation for the new academic year.

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

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

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Happy half term everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

"And they were filled with the Holy Spirit" Acts 2:4

Today we celebrated the Feast of Pentecost by going over to church and taking part in a liturgy. Pentecost is one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter season and celebrates the beginning of the Church. Pentecost occurs 50 days after the death and resurrection of Jesus, and ten days after his ascension into heaven. When the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles, they preached the Good News of Jesus Christ. Miraculously, people of many different languages and nations could understand the Apostles in their own languages. This miracle reflected God’s desire for the Gospel to be preached to all, and for all the peoples of the earth to be united in faith.

In church, some children from Year 5 were involved in reading out the readings from the Bible - they all read so beautifully, well done! Then, Father Frank invited each class to share the poster that we had all made which had the gifts of the Holy Spirit written on them. Our poster showed the gift of ‘understanding’. Each class also shared the word ‘Peace’ spoken in different languages, just as the disciples had been able to speak in different languages all those years ago. Year 5 shared the word ‘Peace’ in Ukranian - ‘мир’.

In class, alongside wearing bright colours to mark this wonderful joyous celebration, we did some Pentecost crafts to remind us of the coming of the Holy Spirit…

Our award winners:

Golden Award (LEARN) - Harriet

Writing Award - Mia

Maths Award - Dominic

Our learning this week…

In English we have been looking at devices to support cohesion within a text and we have been identifying the features of a dilemma narrative in preparation for our own writing.

In maths this week we have been looking at number sequences involving fractions with the same and with different denominators.

In RE the children have been thinking about prayer and they have read a number of Bible readings where Jesus told us about how we should pray. The children then made their own guide to prayer in response.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Dominic and Teddy. This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Dominic and Teddy. The Gospel this week shows Jesus’ prayer for believers - that we would be one with Him and the Father. We can live in this unity by trusting Jesus, keeping our focus on Him, praying as He did to God the Father, and remaining in His love. The Gospel reading is taken from John 17:11-19.

“Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one,”  John 17:11

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and are continuing to work on latitude and longitude.

In computing this week the children have continued to program a piece of themed music on Sonic Pi .

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is rounders.

Monday 20th May School nurse visit to talk about the changes to bodies in puberty. This is part of our Science curriculum in Year 5 and is also part of our HRSE.

Friday 24th May Non Uniform day – £1 for PTFA funds

Friday 24th May Close for May half term

Monday 10th June School reopens for pupils

Thusrday 13th June Year 5 St Mary’s Taster day (To be confirmed. More details will be posted nearer the time).

Friday 14th June Non-uniform for PTFA theme EUFA Euros wear football Kit / a team colour and bring

an unopened bottle 🍾 (KS2) for summer fayre bottle tombola.

Friday 28th June (am) KS2 Sports Day - provisional subject to weather🤞🏻. Please note KS1’s will be the day before (subject to weather). Alternative dates have been arranged for Sport’s day if the weather is poor, but due to a clash with our taster day at St Bede’s on the 11th July, we won’t be in school.

Thursday 11th July Year 5 St Bede’s Taster day (More details will be posted nearer the time).

Friday 12th July Summer Fayre after school PTFA events

Monday 15th July Moving up afternoon - Year 5 will go up to Year 6 and spend some time with their new teacher in preparation for the new academic year.

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

Friday 19th July 3.15pm Break up for Summer ☀️

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Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

“After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God,” Mark 16:19

Yesterday we went to mass to celebrate the Feast of the Ascension. Year 5 took their buddies to mass and supported them throughout. Father Frank reminded us that the Good News is that Jesus loves us and we should live our lives by being kind, caring and loving towards others. After mass, Father Frank visited our class and congratulated the children on being great role models - it’s so lovely to see that others are noticing the great job their doing. Well done Year 5!

Pop Idol 🎤🎶🎶🤩

Well done to Lilly who took part in the Blackpool Schools’ final for Pop Idol yesterday. She gave a lovely confident performance and both Mia and Olivia were there to cheer her on - thank you girls. A big well done to Willow in Year 4 too! Mrs Parker and I were so proud of both of them, they performed beautifully!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - Zahra

Writing Award - Henry

Maths Award - Lola Mae

Times Tables Rock Star Battle

Well done to all the children who took part and congratulations to Clifton who maintained their lead in the Times Tables Rock Star Battle! ⭐️👏🏻

Our learning this week…

In English we have identified effective verbs and adverbs within our text and the children have explored alternatives. We’ve also identified contrasting characters within the text and conveyed these differences through dialogue.

In maths this week we have been working on changing improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa.

In RE the children have been thinking about the meaning of the Resurrection and what it means for us.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Oscar and Henry. Their liturgy was on the theme of The Ascension when we remember how Jesus was honoured by God and taken up to heaven. We also remember the instructions Jesus left His disciples: to share the good news and do incredible things through the power He would give. The Gospel reading is taken from Mark 16:15-20

“After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God,” Mark 16:19

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and are continuing to work on latitude and longitude.

In computing this week the children have used Sonic Pi to program a piece of themed music.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is rounders.

PTFA Design a logo competition

Don’t forget the PTFA’s competition, ‘Design a logo’. The closing date will be the 17th May and there will be a £1 entry fee. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Good luck everyone!

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Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing,” John 15: 5

Pop Idol

On Monday, Mrs Mannix announced the finalists from our Pop Idol auditions which took place on Friday. It was a very difficult decision to make but our finalists are Lilly C, from our class, and Willow from Year 4. Congratulations to both girls, we wish you both luck in the competition next week. 👏🏻👏🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

A big well done again to all those children who took part in the auditions. If you would like to show your support for Lilly next week, the Pop Idol final will take place on the evening of Thursday 9th May at Montgomery High School. There is usually a small charge to go in and watch the performances, but it would be great to see you there.

Our award winners:

Golden Award (RESPECT) - Grace

Writing Award - Teddy

Maths Award - Hallie

Times Tables Rock Star Battle

At the end of yesterday, these were the results of our Times Tables Rock Star Battle. Well done to Clifton who are in the lead so far! ⭐️👏🏻 Remember, the battle will continue till Tuesday at 7pm. Good luck everyone!

Our learning this week…

In English we have been reading more of our text and have explored figurative language.

In maths this week we have begun working on fractions.

In RE the children have been thinking about what they know about the Resurrection of Jesus and have then compared their own ideas to those of others.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Darcy and Lilly. Their liturgy was on the theme of The Vine. The Gospel reading is taken from John 15: 1-8 and offers reassurance and encouragement to all alike: when we are part of the vine, Jesus, we can be rooted and bear good fruit. The girls’ challenged the class to show how they can bear good fruit, such as love, courage and patience each day this week.  “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing,” John 15: 5.

In Science we have looked at growth in children and have investigated different ways children’s growth is measured.

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and are continuing to work on latitude and longitude.

In computing this week the children have begun to tinker with a new software program called Sonic Pi which allows the children to compose their own music.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is rounders.

PTFA Design a logo competition

The PTFA are running a ‘design a logo’ competition as they have never had their own logo before! There will be a letter coming home today explaining how it works - the closing date will be the 17th May and there will be a £1 entry fee. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Good luck everyone!

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Have a lovely long weekend everyone! See you back at school on Tuesday - swimming as normal.

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

“ I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and they know me,” John 10: 14

CAFOD social teaching workshops

This week a representative from CAFOD, the Catholic Agency For Overseas Development, came into school to deliver a social teaching workshop. The children heard about Pope Francis’ letter, the encyclical Fratelli Tutti, which he has written to everyone. In it Pope Francis is asking us to reach out to our sisters and brothers in need, whoever they are, wherever they may come from. We are all challenged to think of ourselves as a single global family living in a common home, and neighbours to all.  At CAFOD, they believe this means moving towards a world where everyone can be the best person they can be just like the Good Samaritan.

Pop Idol

Congratulations to all the children form Year 4 and Year 5 who auditioned for this year’s Pop Idol competition. The children all did themselves proud and we enjoyed their performances. It’s going to be a difficult decision to make but good luck everyone!

School council - we’re recycling batteries!

School council are asking the school to collect batteries for recycling. If you do have any, our council representatives Elsie and Oscar will be collecting them from Monday for the next 12 weeks. These batteries will be collected and then if we get enough, it could mean new books for our school.

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - James

Writing Award - Rosie

Maths Award - Kurt

Our learning this week…

In English we have continued to work on our text King Kong and have explored the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases and have explored synonyms.

In maths this week we have continued to use the short method (bus stop method) to solve division problems including those with remainders.

In RE we have developed knowledge and understanding of the religious signs and the steps involved in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Alexander, Kurt and Tommy. Their liturgy was on the theme of The Good Shepherd. Through listening to Him, the sheep know and recognise His voice and can confidently follow His instructions. The reading comes from the Gospel of John 10: 11 - 18.                             

“ I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and they know me,” John 10: 14

In Science we have investigated the differences in gestation periods between different mammals.

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and are continuing to work on latitude and longitude.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is rounders.

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Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

“ While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” Luke 24: 35 - 48

On Thursday, we all (except Year 6 who are out of school on their residential trip this week) attended church for a whole school mass. Year 5 demonstrated their leadership skills by being good role models and supporting their buddies in church. Some of the children also took part in the mass by reading the first and second readings and the responsorial psalm. Well done to the readers, who read beautifully, and to all of Year 5 by showing their respect and reverance in church.

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - Connie

Writing Award - Lilly Ch & Corben

Maths Award - Olivia S

Our learning this week…

In English the children have been exploring images from our text, KIng Kong, and have described him using similes and metaphors to create a list poem. The children have also predicted the sequence of pictures and have used fronted adverbials of place, manner and time to sequence and make the story flow better.

In maths this week we have continued to use long multiplication methods and have also begun looking at dividing 4-digit numbers using the short method (bus stop method).

In RE we considered what sin means and have been discussing the consequences of wrong choices. The children have also worked together in pairs to plan a liturgy, which they will deliver during this term up to the end of Year 5.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Hallie and Isaac. Their liturgy was on the theme of Seeing Jesus and how kind acts allow us to see Jesus in each other. The reading comes from the Gospel of Luke 24: 35 - 48 and tells how the disciples were shocked at Jesus’ appearance. They could not believe it when they saw He was real - eating ‘before their eyes’. 

“  While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” Luke 24: 35 - 48

In Science we have looked at the foetal development of human babies and compared anatomically correct models.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is rounders.

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Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

Eastertide

Welcome back to our third term of Year 5 - where has the time gone? I hope you all had a wonderful Easter and were able to spend some quality time together as a family. This week the theme of our class liturgies have been Eastertide. Just like Lent helps us to prepare for Easter, Eastertide helps us to prepare for Pentecost, when Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to the disciples. Eastertide is a wonderful time of celebrating Jesus - because He's alive!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (RESPECT) - Zahra

Writing Award - Rosie

Maths Award - Peter

Our learning this week…

In English we have begun our new writing unit using the text ‘King Kong’ by Anthony Browne. Before the text was revealed, the children predicted the story from picture clues from the text. Then the children described the character of King Kong based on an illustration and a line from the text. The children have also written their own expanded noun phrases to describe some images from the text.

In maths this week we have been using short and long multiplication methods.

In RE we considered the actions of the older son in the parable of the prodigal son and have started thinking about what sin means.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Lily T and James. Their liturgy was on the theme of 'Eastertide’. The reading comes from the Gospel of John 20:21 - 33 and the prayers helped the children to grasp more deeply the reality and joy that Christ is alive now and has risen from the dead..

“ Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.  If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” John 20: 21-23

In Science we have looked at the life cycle of mammals.

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and have begun looking at latitude and longitude.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is rounders.

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Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

Happy Easter!

Here we are at the end of another term!  Take a look below at what the children have been up to this week and their achievements. I hope that over the Easter holiday you are all able to enjoy some down time and have a wonderful, happy and Holy Easter with your families. 🐣

Mrs McVey, Miss Evans and Mrs McCooey

We said goodbye to our ducklings 😢…

Sadly, the ducklings have now gone to their new home on a farm where they will be able to wander freely with other ducklings. We’ve really enjoyed watching them grow and getting to know them and we’re really going to miss them as they all have such loveable characters. The children particularly enjoyed watching the ducklings take a paddle in their own mini paddling pool. Yesterday, they paired up with their Reception buddies to share in the joy!

Book Lent challenge complete!📚

I am so delighted with all of Year 5 this week for completing their Lent challenge book. It’s been wonderful to see how enthused they’ve been and I’m impressed with how many children have read more than one of our challenge books - some reading all seven books from the selection. This morning each group sat together over a celebratory cake so that we could talk about the book we had read. It was really lovely to chat about the book and share our thoughts and opinions. Well done Year 5, I’m so proud of you all!

Our Good Friday liturgy

Yesterday, Year 5 led the whole school in a liturgy about Good Friday, the crucufixion of Jesus . This part of the Easter story is a difficult one to tell, as it is the saddest part of the Easter story, but Year 5 were able to reflect on the events so beautifully and showed great reverence - we were so proud of them!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (LEARN) - Layla

Writing Award - Dominic

Maths Award - Hallie

Our Reading Champions…📚

Well done to our reading champions this half term who all completed bookmarks for reading regularly at home. 

When the children read regularly, golden tickets are given out and then we do a draw at the end of each half term. Well done to Hallie, who is our golden ticket winner and has won a prize for her great home reading this half term.🤩👏🏻

Our learning this week…

In English we have been writing a diary entry from the point of view of Puck to conclude our work on A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

In maths this week we have been working on finding the area of shapes and comparing and estimating the areas of different shapes.

In Science we have been tracking the growth of our ducklings and learning more about them.

RE - In the parable of the Lost Son (the prodigal son), the children have identified the important message and have explored who the Father and the Son represent and what the the story tells us about them.

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and are looking at latitude and longitude.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is rounders.

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“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows" Oberon (A Midsummer Night's Dream act 2, scene 1)

We had an amazing trip to Stratford Upon Avon yesterday. The road was long but enjoyable and well worth it nevertheless. The children were fantastic and all had the best time and thoroughly enjoyed the performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare’s language can confuse many adults but our work on the play enabled the children to follow the story and delight in the humour - it was great to see the children’s smiling faces and hear them laugh out loud!

A big thank you to all the adults who joined us on our trip to help make it possible, especially Miss Haggerty, Mrs Veasey and Mrs Wilson - the children were delighted to see them and share the day with them.

Our little visitors…

On Monday we were all very excited to welcome five duckling eggs to our class and one by one on Tuesday our ducklings began to hatch. We arrived to school on Tuesday to find two had hatched over night - Puck and Titania - and then during our maths lesson our third duckling, Oberon, hatched. By the end of the school day, our fourth duckling, Hermia, had arrived and by Wednesday morning our fifth duckling, Demetrius, completed our little family of ducklings. All the ducklings are named after some of the characters from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and have settled into their new home. They will be with us until the end of term and we look forward to watch them grow and take their first paddles in water!

Year 5’s Lenten prayer reflection in church

On Wednesday we went to church take part in a Lenten prayer reflection. Father talked to us about different types of prayer and talking to God. Father Frank talked about bidding prayers and how when we talk to God ,we don’t have to say much because God knows what is needed. Father passed a candle around church and each person was able to ask God for a blessing for someone who they know in need.

We also went to church this afternoon to share in Reception and KS1’s liturgy. Their Palm Sunday liturgy was wonderful. 👏🏻

Our award winners:

Golden Award (CARE) - Hayley Marie

Writing Award - Connie

Maths Award - Zahra

Our learning this week…

In English we have explored the charcter of Puck and how his actions affect the other characters in the play

In maths this week we have continued looking at the perimeter of rectilinear shapes and have used known measurements to work out the measurements of missing sides.

In RE we have begun to look at the story of the Prodigal son and have started thinking about what it means.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Layla, Grace, Connie and Harriet. Their liturgy was on the theme of Sacrificing for others. The reading comes from the Gospel of John 12:20 - 33 and is about Jesus’ sacrificial love for us, and how children can emulate this in small ways in their day to day lives.

“Then a voice came from Heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again. ” John 20: 21

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and have begun looking at latitude and longitude.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is rounders.

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

Our week...

Thank you for supporting our “Dress up for Brian House day” today by sending in your donations. It’s still not too late if you’ve not yet contributed. The children all looked great today in their brightly coloured own clothes. Thank you!

Yesterday, Year 5 had a class mass over at church. Father talked to them about what Reconciliation meant and what we need to do to ‘heal’ the relationship with our friends and with God, when things go wrong. Some of our children joined in with the mass by reading the bidding prayers and by taking up the offertry. All the children behaved beautifully and respectfully. Well done Year 5!

Our award winners:

Golden Award (RESPECT) - Olivia W

Writing Award - Grace

Maths Award - Alexander

Our learning this week…

In English we have explored the argument that takes place between Oberon and Titania, the King and Queen of the fairies, and have discovered the reasons why Titania won’t give up the changeling boy.

We also took part in a Live lesson from the RSC yesterday. This Live Lesson focused on the characters of Puck and Moth, looking at extracts from Act 2 Scene 1 and Act 5 Scene 1.  It explored how the actors and director approached these scenes in rehearsals, how they unlocked language and explored a variety of performing choices. 🎭

In maths this week we have continued looking at the perimeter of rectilinear shapes and have used known measurements to work out the measurements of missing sides.

In RE we have begun a new topic on Reconciliation. This week we have discussed the ripple effect and the consequences for others when making good choices. The children thought of times they were helpful towards others and then considered the ripple effect of consequences for others around them.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Hallie, Isaac, Lola Mae and Ronnie. Their liturgy was on the theme of Joy Forever In Heaven based on the reading from John 3: 14-21. Through prayer, the children explored what it means to rejoice that Jesus the light has come into the world. The children shared the message that believing in Jesus brings joy here on earth and forever in heaven.

“But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.” John 3: 21

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and have begun looking at latitude and longitude.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is rounders.

In computing the children have created code to turn their microbit into a pedometer.

Wednesday 20th March Year 5 Lenten prayer reflection in church, 2.40pm - 3.15pm Parents are invited to attend and then they can collect their child at the end of the liturgy. The children will be dismissed from church on this day, so they will take all of their coats, bags etc with them. If you are unable to attend, we are now asking parents/carers to collect their child from church as this is now deemed the safest option due to traffic around school at this time. If your child is attending after school club, we will walk them back to school and take them to after school club once the liturgy is over.

Thursday 21st March School trip - Year 4 & 5 visit to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Thank you for sending back the reply slips and contributions for snacks and drinks. If you’ve not yet paid the contribution of £5 through Parent Pay, please can you do this as soon as possible so we know numbers for ice cream for the interval etc. A copy, with the day’s itinerary, is attached here. RSC visit letter.

A reminder that the children should wear full school uniform, school shoes and bring with them two packed lunches - one for lunch and one for tea time. Usual packed lunch rules apply - no sweets and no fizzy drinks. Food and drink will not be consumed on the coach. There will not be a toilet to use on board the coach so a stop will be made at a service station on both journeys.

To keep the children entertained on the journeys, we have requested a coach with a DVD player so we can watch films. If you’re not happy for your child to watch a PG certificate film, please let us know. The children are not allowed to bring any devices on the trip, but they can however bring a reading book and a notepad and pen if they wish.

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans

World Book Day!📚

Yesterday we celebrated World Book Day. Thanks for supporting us with this event - the children all looked fantastic dressed up in the costume of their favourite book characters. In the morning we joined a live World Book Day event - Footy & Booky Quiz delivered by the National Literacy Strategy in conjunction with Premier League Primary Stars. The children really enjoyed the quiz with questions on books and football and many got all of them right! The children were also given the opportunity to share their book and character costume with the whole class and they wrote book reviews to place in our book corner. 📚

Lenten Book challenge📚

Year 5 have continued to amaze me with their eagerness to read our Lenten challenge books. This week many children have finished their books and elected to read another, which is amazing! If your child has still not finished their first Lenten book, please continue to encourage them to read their chosen book to enable them to enjoy our book club at the end of term.

Well done to those who have already completed some of the books!🤩👏🏻

Our award winners:

Golden Award (LEARN) - Lily T

Writing Award - Harriet

Maths Award - Darcy

Our learning this week…

In English we have explored some of the character relationships in a Midsummer Night’s Dream. From this work, the children have been writing diary entries from the point of view of one of the characters and have also had a go at “Agony Aunt” style letter writing.

In maths this week we have begun to look at finding the perimeter of rectangles.

In RE we have read about the truly inspirational Saint Bakhita, who lived out the Beatitude, “Blessed are the are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy”. We read about her difficult life and how when she started to learn about God, she understood that she had to forgive the people who treated her badly and to pray for them.

This week’s prayer and liturgy was planned and led by Gabriel, Kurt and Oscar. Their liturgy was on the theme of Jesus Clears the Temple Courts based on the reading from John 2: 13-25, where we hear that Jesus was upset with the money lenders in the temple so turned over the tables and drove them out. The prayers helped the children to reflect on injustice and how they can play their part in putting things right by choosing God’s way.

“Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” John 2: 9

In geography the children are working with Mrs Mannix and have begun looking at their new topic on latitude and longitude.

In PE the children are working with PE specialist Erin from Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The focus of their lessons this half term is rounders.

In computing the children have continued to explore using a micro-bit to execute code.

Friday 15th March Dress up for Brian House Children can come in to school in something bright, something comfy, something stripy, whatever you want to wear and remember a contribution to our charity.

Wednesday 20th March Year 5 Lenten prayer reflection in church, 2.40pm Parents are invited to attend and then they can collect their child at the end of the liturgy. (The children will be dismissed from church on this day, so they will take all of their coats, bags etc with them. If you are unable to attend, your child will return to school with their class teacher as normal. For further information, please see email from Mrs Mannix that was sent home earlier this week.

Thursday 21st March School trip - Year 4 & 5 visit to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Thanks to those of you who have already sent back the reply slips and contributions for snacks and drinks. If you’ve not yet signed the letter to give permission or paid the contribution of £5 through Parent Pay, please can you do this as soon as possible so we know numbers. A copy is attached here in case you haven’t received it. RSC visit letter.

To read this week’s Good News Gospel reading, please follow the link to share the Gospel at home with your family. These are really child-friendly resources to share at home. Good News Gospel

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

TenTen Parent Newsletter

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

Mrs McVey, Mrs McCooey and Miss Evans