Such a beautiful and heartwarming week for liturgy and celebration this week as we came together for our Father Peter. On Thursday, it marked the 50 year anniversary of Father Peter becoming a priest, in which we celebrated together as the Our Lady family at church to dedicate the mass to him. The children sang Father’s favourite hymns with such love and created such beautiful gifts for him. I hope that the spreading of love and happiness from that mass is spread into your weekend as you read this.
What have we been learning this week?
English- It has been a very independent writing week as the children finished their final drafts of the ‘The Highwayman’ and began to construct their finished piece. You will be amazed with the creativity and imagination that the children have managed to entwine into their writing.
PE- Beautiful weather this week to match up perfectly with our chosen sport for the half term- Cricket. This week it was all things bowling, in which we broke the skill down and focused on the details of the teaching points. We then took this outside and practiced bowling on the right line and length in order to try and hit our wickets.
History- Our dive into crime and punishment from the 15th century onwards has taken us to all things ‘witches’. We discussed as a class what came to mind when we hear the word and if we could make any connections to what we already knew. The shock came to children when they discovered the severity of witchcraft belief back in the 1500’s and the strategies people used to catch and torture them. We then set up our own witch hunt around the classroom, for the children to find the reasons behind the rise of witch hunts during this time.
Deeper thinking questions
Every week now, we would like children to explore their weekly learning at home by discussing interesting questions with family members. This may be at the table during dinner, before bedtime or when out for a walk. However you choose to discuss these questions is up to you but this may give you more of an insight into what we have been learning in class.
Do you think having a jury system is correct? Would you change it?
Has any of your family members/anyone you know been involved in a jury?
Let’s Celebrate
Gabriella for being a resilient learner- You have really put the work in with your multiplication work and it is paying off. You are more fluent with your independent work and you are gaining more confidence from this- Keep this up!
Dominic for being an focused learner- I have been super impressed with your attentiveness and your focus during our tutoring lessons. All of your TTRS practice is paying off as you have been able to catch up on all of our multiplication work.
Virtue Butterflies- Our virtues for this half term are learned and wise. Our butterfly goes to Faye. You really are a role model in terms of your behaviour and how you make wise decisions. This is always seen in class but it is great to see this outside on the playground- as this is a class target of ours.
Lunchtime Certificates
Marvellous Manners- Elsie
Role Model of the Week- Riley
Notices
Football Kits- If you have played for the school football team this year, could you have a look for any kits that you may still have in which they are to be brought back in. This will consists of blue top, blue socks and white socks. This will either be the Our Lady’s kit (with CN Active sponsorship) or the Premier League Primary Stars kit.
Thursday 16th May- We will be going on a school trip to Lancaster to visit the Castle and the Police Museum to further learn about our crime and punishment unit in History. A text will be sent out closer to the time in regards to payments