Year 5 Weekly Blog 05.07.24- ' Hope is being able to see the light despite all the darkness'

Oh how the weeks fly by- only two weeks of the year left (which is really hard to believe). Yet again, the children have had to be flexible- with their usual days not being so usual at this time of the year. Practicing for the play has meant lots of time out of class but the effort, focus and commitment towards this has been excellent.

Our week kicked off with our final enrichment morning- with the children taking part in some morning gardening with Mrs Hotchkiss and Mrs Mather. The children could really apply their eco skills and get stuck straight into the tasks.

Wednesday was also a big day for the children as they got to spend the morning in their new class and with their new teaching team on our transition morning. The children were filled with both excitement and a few nerves. Mrs Harrison reported back to me to say how lovely the class were and that she saw huge potential in the class in such a short amount of time spent with them. The children set a series of personal goals to achieve in Year 6 along with playing some exciting games such as human bingo.

We finished our week off in celebration as the children came dressed in red, white or blue clothing to put us in the spirit of the Euro’s (we need all the hope we can get). A visit from NatWest was also a lovely surprise, in which the children took part in a fraud investigating lesson and how to look out for these dangers online.

Let’s Celebrate

• Ben for being an enthusiastic learner: I have just loved watching you on stage throughout al of our play practices. You really are acting for every minute of the performance. Your comfort and confidence to perform has allowed you to throw yourself straight into any role asked of you. I can’t wait to see this in full motion when you’re in Year 6.

• Ella for being a reflective learner: You are a child who uses our class council sessions so wisely Ella. You take in every word from your teachers on how we can improve in Year 5 and carry out our advice both in and out of the classroom. Keep being you- keep making the right choices and others will follow.

• Virtue Butterflies: Our new virtues for the half term are grateful and generous. This weeks butterfly goes to Rafe. You are so generous with your time as you always spend some time after school to help tidy the classroom- even if it isn’t your mess to clean. Thank you Rafe!

Lunchtime Certificates

• Marvellous Manners- Gabriella

• Role Model of the Week- Millie

Notices

• Wednesday 10th July Music Concert- This will take place at 2pm of this day to celebrate what the children have learned this year in music.

  There will be no music lesson on Monday but clarinets will have to be brought in on Wednesday

• Thursday 11th July- We will be spending the day at St Bedes, along with many other schools in our area for a ‘PE Day’. Children are to come into school in their PE kits so there will be no need for watches and earrings. Plenty of water will be needed.

• Friday 12th July Dominic’s Fundraiser Sports Afternoon- More information available on the blog page in Year 5.

• Y5/Y6 End of Year Play- Letters regarding costumes for the children’s roles in the play have been sent out and need to be brought into school ASAP. There will be three performances of the play on these dates:

  • Monday at 6pm

  • Tuesday at 9:30am

  • Tuesday at 6pm

  Information regarding tickets is available on the Year 5 blog page.

Dominic's Sport's Afternoon- Friday 12th July

On Friday 12th July, Year 5 will be hosting a sports afternoon for the rest of the school in aid of Dominic and to raise money for the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity.

The children have been put into teams and will be hosting an activity/station for the rest of the school.

We discussed as a class what prizes we could have for our raffle. Some children have already brought in some prizes which is amazing such as old fidget toys, teddies, puzzles etc. Any other prizes such as big bars of chocolates, sweets bundles etc would be hugely appreciated. All children are allowed to bake cakes in preparation and to be brought in on the Friday- then our cake sale team will then sell these at break times.

Year 5 parents are welcome to attend and help their child with running their station.

Here is the list of jobs for each child

Money Collectors/Supervisors

Dominic and Rex

Football

Bella, Elsie, Archie, Rafe, Benjamin, Liam

Obstacle Course

Michael, Ella, Pippa, Ben

Benchball

Cora and Rose

Rounders

Arthur, Millie, Faye

Raffle

Esther and Ruby

Cake Sale

Roseanna, Riley, Layla, Jacob

Hydration Station

Erin, Luke, Gabby

Musical Games

Ola, Isaac, Niamh, Sophia

Roll up! Roll up! Year 5 & 6 Play Tickets on sale this week

The hall is alive with singing, dancing and acting as our Year 5 & 6 children are busy preparing for their end of year performance.

They will be performing across 3 different days and times:

Monday 15th July - 6pm

Tuesday 16th July - 9.30am

Tuesday 16th July - 6pm

Each family will initially be allocated 3 tickets across all three performances; with additional tickets going on a waiting list. Once we know all children across the two year groups have the tickets they are allocated to, we can then release the remainders to the waiting list. Tickets are £3 each.

From Wednesday, Mrs Nel will be selling tickets from the school office. Please come knowing what tickets you require and with the correct money in cash.

You are in for such a treat!

Year 5 Weekly Blog 21.06.24- ' Everything is better in pyjamas'

What an action packed week it has been! No better way to start the week than in our PJ’s for our annual Jim Jam Jog. Luckily, we were all good in terms of weather and both children and parents came into school in such good spirits. We raised so much money for a charity very close to the Our Lady’s and it was brilliant to have our firefighters with us on the field- joining in with our morning run.

This week also celebrated our much anticipated ‘Italian Day’. All of these preparation over the past few weeks in DT has led to the children cooking their spaghetti bolognese. A task that I had absolutely no impact on- all of the hard work came from Mrs Mather, Miss Neves and the children. However, myself and Mrs Gregan got to taste test their creations and there were truly delicious- very impressive I must say.

In English, we have finished our plan for our newspaper articles and have began to write up our final edition of the newspaper. The children have loved playing the role of a journalist in choosing their own professional title, choosing which newspaper to work for and creating some puntastically creative headlines.

In Maths, we have delved deeper into our fractions topic and looked at the connection between improper fractions and mixed number fractions and how we convert between the two.

Lots of Geography this week as we have looked into Britain’s natural resources and how we use these. This has been a great insight into how these resources affect our environment and how we as the eco class can positively impact this.

Let’s Celebrate

• Cora for being an enthusiastic learner: It may be the last half term of the year, but you are still just as eager to learn than you were back in September. You have thrown yourself straight into our new fractions topic along with putting in the extra effort so early on into our play practice. You have also represented our school excellently in sports competition- playing with such enthusiasm and respect.

• Rose and Pippa for being creative learners: Your creativity in our writing lessons always blow me away. All of those reading hours have been paying off. Creating catchy headlines, using puns, was a match made in heaven task for you two. I can’t wait to read the rest of your articles.

• Virtue Butterflies: Our new virtues for the half term are grateful and generous. This weeks butterfly goes to Elsie and Michael. Elsie, you are always so generous towards the adults in our school. You are always offering to assist any member of staff in a task and you never mind doing a job when asked. Michael, you are so generous towards the other children in our class and are there to always offer a hand when someone needs cheering up.

Lunchtime Certificates

• Marvellous Manners- Luke and Sophia

• Role Model of the Week- Roseanna and Bella

Notices

• Assessment Week- This week, the children will be completing their end of year assessments. Due to the children being so close to Year 6, the children will be completing 6 SAT style papers but tapered to the Year 5 curriculum. I have emphasised that this is more of a celebration of what the children have learned over the year and these scores do not contribute towards any outcome- so there is no need worry. One of these papers will be a spelling test so there will be no spelling homework this week.

• Wednesday 10th July Music Concert- This will take place at 2pm of this day to celebrate what the children have learned this year in music.

• Thursday 11th July- We will be spending the day at St Bedes, along with many other schools in our area for a ‘PE Day’. Children are to come into school in their PE kits so there will be no need for watches and earrings. Plenty of water will be needed.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 14.06.24- 'Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must. Just never give up'

What a way to kick off our final half term of the year than with Sports Day! I’m sure it is not just my favourite day of the school calendar but it will be many of the children also. Luckily, the weather held out for us and even the sunshine was present during the later stages of the afternoon. We could not fault the children’s effort levels and also their attempts to cheer on their houses. Feeling very tired and sore the next day, they were not thrilled to find out that we were running in their PE lesson on Thursday. However, the children got to experience yoga to also celebrate health and happiness week. This relaxation session, along with some vital stretching , I’m sure contributed towards their recovery

In English, we have began planning our newspaper article and keeping with the sports day theme, along with it being the Olympics year, our article will be around the events of ‘Super Saturday London 2012’. The children have read and responded to a celebratory article about this day, to help collect some background knowledge on the events of this day.

In Maths, we have began our final topic of the year- and it’s a big one in fractions. We began by creating a keywords glossary, in which the children can refer to over the next 5 weeks. We then have used pictorial diagrams to compare fractions and using our knowledge of denominators to add and subtract fractions.

Conversation starters…

In Geography, we have been looking at natural resources and some of Britain’s most valuable resources such as coal, petrol, natural gas and oil.

1) Research the current price for petrol in 2024

2) Discuss with your parents how this price has changed over the years

Let’s Celebrate

• Arthur for being a determined learner: After two last minute pull outs- you were required to step up and swim far more than you were expected. You kept going all of the way and never stopped in the swimming gala (even with your goggles breaking). You showed such a positive attitude through out the whole morning and you cheered your teammates on throughout their races.

• Faye for being a focused learner: I have notcied a real improvement in your focus with week Faye. You are becoming less tempted to turn around and chat to your friends- knowing when it is/isn’t the right time to do so. Thank you for taking on this advice and for reflecting over half term. This has given you more confidence in lessons in understanding the work and your hand is shooting up ready to answer questions.

• Virtue Butterflies: Our new virtues for the half term are grateful and generous. This weeks butterfly goes to Esther. You are so grateful for your learning and any opportunity that comes your way.

Lunchtime Certificates

• Marvellous Manners- Niamh

• Role Model of the Week- Isaac

Notices

• Monday 17th June Jim Jam Jog- This will start at 8am on the school field. Children to be in their pj’s for the run (parents feel free to also wear your pj’s). The money that you have been raising, can that be brought in as well.

• Thursday 20th June Year 5 Italian Day- This will be the day that the children are cooking their Spaghetti Bolognese in food technology. All ingredients needed for this will need to be brought in.

• Tuesday 25th June- The Year 5/6 Dynamo Cricket Tournament will take place at Lytham Cricket Club starting at 1pm-5pm. Please check the sports blog in the upcoming days to see if your child has been chosen to take part.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 24.05.24- ‘Humility has the ability to protect our common home’- Pope Francis

What a half term it has been! 5 down and 1 to go. With a very busy end to the week, we had to make sure the start was filled with lots of learning (which it was). In English, after learning and retrieving the features of an article, the children analysed some real life newspapers in order to find each of the features. The fun came with trying to decrypt the headlines by using our reading skills to work out the puns.

In Maths, we finished our conversion of metres, centimetres and millimetres and then used this knowledge to work with litres and millilitres. We also finished our history topic of crime and punishment- where we looked at modern day crimes and how they have impacted society and affected our prison population.

Thursday was a jam-packed day, with us having another visit of Frazier from Fylde Rangers. The class were tasked with trimming and organising our environmental garden in preparations for a potential forest school next year. The children also spent the day prepping for their cooking day after half term, with some tasting I believe taking place.

We finished the week with a CAFOD themed day, with a lovely visit from Diane, to show the children the importance of their fundraising and how their choices can impact communities around the world.

Let’s Celebrate

With us coming to the end of a half term, the children voted on their half termly certificate winners. The focus was engagement in lessons and how well they respond to teacher input. The children have voted for…

Rafe and Bella

• Virtue Butterflies- Our virtues for this half term are learned and wise. Our butterfly goes to Riley. I love the way you play at out on the playground and how you use your creativity to have fun. It is so joyful when you play with children in younger year groups.

  Lunchtime Certificates

  • Marvellous Manners- Roseanna

  • Role Model of the Week- Ola

Notices

• Homework- Please check the homework blog for over half term.

• Half Term- School to close for half on Friday 24th May at normal time. School will reopen on Monday 10th June.

• Tuesday 11th June Sports Day- This will be the second day back after half term so feel free to practice the events over half term. The events and set up will be identical to last year- starting at 1:30-3:00.

• Friday 14th June Swimming Gala- Due to our longer half term and availability at the YMCA pools, we won’t be able to host a trails morning to take race times in order to pick our swimmers for the gala. Therefore, the children who have registered an interest in taking part are to record their own times for freestyle (front crawl), backstroke and breaststroke. It will just be one length of a regular sized swimming pool (25m). Please can a parent or guardian record these times and then let me know their time either via email or written down and brought into school. Ideally, can these times be completed before half term but anytime over half term is great- allowing us to collect everyone’s times and choose who will be competing.

• Monday 17th June Jim Jam Jog- Sponsorship forms have gone out to all children. Get fundraising for a brilliant cause. Money to be brought in on Jim Jam Jog Day.

• Music Wider Opportunities- For the past year, your child has learnt a musical instrument as part of the Wider Opportunity Scheme in school. For our Year 4 children it has been the flute, and for Year 5, the clarinet. As your child progresses to their next class, there will be the opportunity for them to continue to learn the instrument that they have learnt this year, in small groups, if they choose to do so. If your child wants to continue, there will be a cost to these sessions. That will be worked out once we know how many children want to continue their instruments into the next year. 

  Please complete the form below as an expression of interest.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 17.05.24- 'Punishment is not for revenge but to lessen the crime and reform the criminal'

What a week it has been! Monday through to Wednesday was just our usual working week with lots of English and Maths making up the majority, with us squeezing in our final crime and punishment lessons before Thursday’s trip.

As you may of heard, Thursday saw us take a trip to Lancaster to visit both the castle and the police museum. It really did feel like taking a trip through history with the castle being an old 15th century prison and the museum being a more modern 20th century prison. Due to some of the courts still being active in the castle, we were not allowed to take photos but we did manage to get some inside the museum.

We finished the week in a very vibrant way with everyone in green to celebrate ‘Green Day’, in order to raise money for our eco budget and to find more ways to support and grow our environment. Photos are available over on the eco/play blog.

Due to popular demand and with the presence of Miss Liddell (Speech and Language specialist) on our school trip, we used our class council time as an opportunity to learn a new language- sign language. The children were instantly hooked in the idea of learning a new diverse language and have focused on the alphabet, numbers 1-12 and personal statements such as hair/eye colour and names.

What have we been learning this week?

English- After starting our new topic of non fiction texts, we looked at the feature of an article and techniques that reporters/publishers use to hook their reader in.

Maths- Lots and lots of scaling up/down this week, especially with this being such a common skill used in Year 6. This has been used across both of our units with us needing to do this to find percentage of amounts (especially 10%) and also to convert between units.

French- It has been all things family in French these past few weeks. We looked at some basic family statements for us to practice and then created a basic french family tree. The children then had a go at drawing their own family tree- from siblings all the way up to great grandparents.

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.

What was you favourite part of the Lancaster Castle tour?

Which was your favourite room in the police museum and why?

Can you tell your parents your name in British Sign Language?

Let’s Celebrate

• Esther for being an enthusiastic learner- You have shown such intuitiveness and interest during our history topic this half term. You really took in all of the information that was delivered on our school trip and I could tell that you found this information both useful and exciting. You deepened your knowledge even further by asking lots of curious questions throughout the day.

• Sophia for being a reflective learner- Reflecting on feedback is such as vital skill in Year 5, especially when it comes to tricky methods in maths or constant use of grammar but you always reflect on this. You never underestimate the power of the purple pen and understand its importance. Your ever present perfect behaviour out on the playground also shows me that you reflect on what I share during council sessions.

• Virtue Butterflies- Our virtues for this half term are learned and wise. Our butterfly goes to Layla. I love the way you have been playing this week with lots of different people. Your variety of play and your bubbly energy really make you a brilliant playtime partner.

  Lunchtime Certificates

  • Marvellous Manners- Erin

  • Role Model of the Week- Luke

Notices

• Homework- Can all children make sure that they are practicing their spellings and making sure their homework books are back in on Thursdays.

• Thursday 23rd May Eco afternoon- Fraizer from Fylde Rangers will be joining the class this upcoming week for a big project in the environmental garden. Children are to wear jogging bottoms and long sleeve clothing to protect themselves from nettles.

• Thursday 23rd May food tasting- The children will be making their spaghetti boloneise this week in food technology. The children will have the opportunity to eat their final dishes and to try other children’s. If you have any queries about this and would not like your child to take part then please let me know.

• Half Term- School to close for half on Friday 24th May at normal time. School will reopen on Monday 10th June.

• Tuesday 11th June Sports Day- This will be the second day back after half term so feel free to practice the events over half term. The events and set up will be identical to last year- starting at 1:30-3:00.

• Friday 14th June Swimming Gala- Due to our longer half term and availability at the YMCA pools, we won’t be able to host a trails morning to take race times in order to pick our swimmers for the gala. Therefore, the children who have registered an interest in taking part are to record their own times for freestyle (front crawl), backstroke and breaststroke. It will just be one length of a regular sized swimming pool (25m). Please can a parent or guardian record these times and then let me know their time either via email or written down and brought into school. Ideally, can these times be completed before half term but anytime over half term is great- allowing us to collect everyone’s times and choose who will be competing.

• Monday 17th June Jim Jam Jog- Sponsorship forms have gone out to all children. Get fundraising for a brilliant cause. Money to be brought in on Jim Jam Jog Day.

• Music Wider Opportunities- For the past year, your child has learnt a musical instrument as part of the Wider Opportunity Scheme in school. For our Year 4 children it has been the flute, and for Year 5, the clarinet. As your child progresses to their next class, there will be the opportunity for them to continue to learn the instrument that they have learnt this year, in small groups, if they choose to do so. If your child wants to continue, there will be a cost to these sessions. That will be worked out once we know how many children want to continue their instruments into the next year. 

  Please complete the form below as an expression of interest.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 10.05.24- ' You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you’

What a lovely and temperature rising week it has been! This week marked a special week in our liturgical calendar with it being the ‘Ascension of Jesus’. We celebrated this as a whole school at church on Thursday- marking the day Jesus Christ ascended into heaven. The mass was filled with many moments of delight and pride, with members of the public commenting on the children’s excellent behaviour and hymn singing.

In our RE lessons this week, it has been a very personal and reflective focus- with the children understanding what their conscience is and using this to decide moral dilemmas. Ask your child if they can remember any of these dilemmas and discuss what would you would do in that scenario.

What have we been learning this week?

English- And just like that, we have finished the famous ‘Highwayman’ poem. The children loved creating their own version of part 1 and also reading stanza by stanza of part 2 and predicting what happens next. We finished the week by starting our new topic, focusing on non-fiction texts. We discussed what this phrase means and linked our prior learning to retrieve common examples of this.

Maths- There has definitely been a year 6 level of focus and work ethic in our maths this week with the children juggling two different units and linking the methods used from each of them. Our first topic has been focusing on percentages and calculating percentage of amounts. Our new topic has been converting units of measure, with us experimenting with measuring heights and how to convert from m, cm and mm.

History- This week focused on a new method of punishment which was introduced in the 1700’s. A quick discussion into the method of transportation and explaining why as a country we chose to do this. We dived into a famous transportation case, where an 8 year old child was trailed and sentenced for this punishment and the consequences of this.

PE- We are now putting our individual skills together and using these in a real game like situations. The application and development of skills have helped create some fantastic games of cricket- both filled with high quality and competitiveness.

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.

Have any of your family members been to Australia? What was it like?

Who is the smallest and tallest member of your household? Can you measure them in meters and then convert this to cm and mm.

Let’s Celebrate

• Archie for being a cooperative learner- Working as a team can often be difficult, especially when it is required both in the classroom and out on the pitch. Your teamwork skills stand out in the classroom, in which any changes of learning partners do not change your focus towards your learning. This year I have seen improvements outside on the playground with your teamwork. This is huge as you know the importance of this quality when it comes to team sports.

• Riley for being a resilient learner- Focus is a big goal for you going into the last part of the year, I can see you have been working to improve on this- Keep going! I have also seen your resilience in subjects that you may not class as your favourites. You kept going when playing cricket in PE, having a really good go with the catches and to also not let your head drop when batting. 

• Virtue Butterflies- Our virtues for this half term are learned and wise. Our butterfly goes to Roseanna. You really are one of our role models when it comes to making wise decisions in the hall at lunch and out on the playground. You never put a foot out of line and our a pleasure to be in the company of.

  Lunchtime Certificates

  • Marvellous Manners- Benjamin

  • Role Model of the Week- Faye

Notices

• Homework- Can all children make sure that they are practicing their spellings and making sure their homework books are back in on Thursdays.

• 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.

  Children are to wear normal school uniform for safety reasons and to all bring a pack lunch on the day. Children are to arrive at school for 8:30am for a 8:45 departure. The coach journey will around 1 hour so any children who require travel sickness bands then please do bring them.

  The payment for the trip is live on parent pay.

• Friday 17th May- This will mark our annual ‘Green Day’ as a part of our eco commitments as a school. Children can bring in £1 to wear green own clothes. The money raised will go towards the children’s eco ideas that were created and voted during our council sessions.

• Swimming Gala 14th June- Due to our longer half term and availability at the YMCA pools, we won’t be able to host a trails morning to take race times in order to pick our swimmers for the gala. Therefore, the children who have registered an interest in taking part are to record their own times for freestyle (front crawl), backstroke and breaststroke. It will just be one length of a regular sized swimming pool (25m). Please can a parent or guardian record these times and then let me know their time either via email or written down and brought into school. Ideally, can these times be completed before half term but anytime over half term is great- allowing us to collect everyone’s times and choose who will be competing.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 3.5.24- ' There is no pillow as soft as a clear conscience'

This week in RE, we have taken our discussions of reconciliation and forgiveness further by looking into how we sin and how we use our conscience to make these decisions. The children really reflected on how they use their own conscience and what conversations they have with themselves before making a decision.

We also had our fifth enrichment morning of the school year, with Year 5 taking a trip down to Reception. The class spent the morning with Mrs Hartley for a lesson of German. The children were greeted upon arrival with some traditional German greetings whilst also learning numbers 1-10. They then tested their knowledge via a game of German bingo!

What have we been learning this week?

English- After finishing our independent write up of part 1 of ‘The Highwayman’, we began to dive into part 2. The anticipation has definitely gone up with all the action unfolding- with the children also not knowing what will happen next.

Science- This week, we decided the use our knowledge of the states of matter, including how they change, to practically discover which materials melt and which burn. This led to our discovery of the terminology ‘reversible/irreversible material’ .

History- The deep dive into the history of crime and punishment has taken a gruesome turn as we looked at the period of time when capital punishment was introduced. We examined one of the first hanging cases in England discussed the social and legal protocols behind this type of sentencing.

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

• Rex for being a resilient learner- Even being the speedster that you are on TT Rockstars, multiplication and division in Year 5 is tricky. At first, you let this get to you but you have persevered through hard work and focus and are really showing progress and fluidity during these lessons.

• Niamh for being a creative learner- I never knew how much of a computer whizz you were! You have blown me away with your creativeness and your knowledge around purple mash during our game creating unit (Almost making it impossible for me to complete your game). I can not wait to see what your final game will look like.

• Virtue Butterflies- Our virtues for this half term are learned and wise. Our butterfly goes to Ola for being such a learned person. You are learning every day, both academically and personally. You take in and observe others to process what the right and wrong choice is which has led to you always making the right one.

  Lunchtime Certificates

  • Marvellous Manners- Arthur

  • Role Model of the Week- Ben

Notices

• Bank Holiday Monday- School will be closed this upcoming Monday, so school will be reopen on Tuesday 7th May.

• Homework- Can all children make sure that they are practicing their spellings and making sure their homework books are back in on Thursdays.

• 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. The payment is now live on parent pay.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 26.04.24- ' A true shepherd leads the way and does not simply point the way'

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

Year 5 Weekly Blog 19.04.24- 'Forgiveness does not change the past but it does enlarge the future'

What a brilliant week it has been. The warmer weather really does put us in brighter moods and allows us to access our learning in the outdoor environment. As always, we began our week with RE- where we looked at some key words and how some of our inspirational people from the bible have portrayed these such as love, compassion, forgiveness, mercy and justice.

We then ended the week with a trip to Hope Park to check our bulbs out- back when we planted them prior to Christmas. It was a pleasure to see the children’s hard work had paid off and we used the opportunity to have a class council session and also spend our break time.

What have we been learning this week?

English- We have come to the end of part 1 of our poem ‘The Highwayman’. The children have been really inquisitive in learning new vocabulary and making predictions about what happens next. The children feel really comfortable in identifying poetic devices throughout stanzas and love creating their own versions of these.

PE- With the unpredictability of the weather this week, we were lucky for our outdoor PE lesson to fall on a bright sunny day. We were able to use the field to help develop our cricket skills- with us focusing on both fielding and batting. In our indoor topic, our theme in dance is heroes and villains- where the children have been reenacting their chosen heroes via freeze frames to display their characteristics.

Art- The children have been experimenting and developing their portrait skills- partically self portraits- by using different mediums and mixing these together.

Science- It has been very experimental this week with our theme being soluble materials. We discussed the meaning of our new vocabulary and created common examples of this such as sugar and salt. We then experimented with lots of different materials to assess if they were soluble or not. We have also recapped on the states of matter and how they can change between states but also thinking deeply about how the states are different.

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.

How do you think crime has changed over your lifetime?

Do you think prisons really work?

Let’s Celebrate

• Michael for being a brave learner- Being apart of a school that loves drama, especially with all of our Shakespeare work, is unique so it is brilliant to see children carry on that passion outside of lessons. Choosing to do this at break times offers a different and exciting experience for children, in which it is a brave act to organise on your own. Never be afraid to do what you love and you will reap the benefits.

• Ben for being an determined learner- I have seen this both in and outside the classroom these past few weeks. As competitive as you are, you have put the work in during your SPAG work as you strive for a full house on your grammar check and also earning points for your house in the spelling tests. Your catching and throwing skills have been excellent in PE- where you showed determination when taking those really difficult catches.

• Virtue Butterflies- Our virtues for this half term are learned and wise. Our butterfly goes to Sophia. You do so much for the kitchen staff during lunchtimes in which they massively appreciate. Your manners are impeccable and really do light up the teachers day.

  Lunchtime Certificates

  • Marvellous Manners- Pippa

  • Role Model of the Week- Michael

Notices

• Boys Football Tournaments- There will be a tournament after school for both the A and B boys football teams this upcoming week. They will both take place at Lytham St Annes High School (LSA) and this will be after school from 3:30pm-5:00pm

  • A Team- Monday 22nd April

  • B Team - Thursday 25th April

    CAN WE HAVE ANY SCHOOL FOOTBALL KITS BACK IN ON MONDAY PLEASE

• 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

Year 5 Weekly Blog 12.04.24- ' You are free to choose but you are not free from the consequence'

This week we have reflected on how our actions, regardless of their nature, have a consequence. We discussed what the ‘ripple effect’ is and how our actions can create a series of knock on effects- which is why we should always stick to our class targets of ‘being kind’ and ‘treating others how you would like to be treated’. We referred this to the Bible in how Mary is the untangler of knots- emphaising the importance of forgiveness and making the right choices.

And just like that, we are underway into our third and final term of the year! A mixture of nerves and excitement have been present in the children. Excited for the summer term, the nicer weather and closer to the six week break but also nervous of edging closer to their final year of primary school. The children’s focus, determination and resilience has remained on a high- even after the Easter break- allowing us to really get into our learning for the half term!

What have we been learning this week?

English- We have began our new poetry topic where we have began to investigate and read the opening of ‘The Highwayman’. The children have created a toolkit of their poetic devices and have been able to identify these in our poem. I have been super impressed with the children’s imagery and creative thinking- especially today when they were creating their own metaphors based from stanza one.

Maths- After two weeks of getting stuck into our long multiplication method, the children were amazed to discover ‘short multiplication’- a more effective way of using the same method but to answer bigger multiplication problems. The children have been able to use their times table knowledge to speedily answer difficult calculations- something they should be really proud of.

History- We have started our new topic- Crime and Punishment. This unit has hooked the children instantly, in which they have recognised the significance of the topic and understand the maturity that comes with learning it. We discussed about any crimes that we know of already and analysed these to rank them in order of seriousness. We then have been looking at what Crime was like in the 17th century- to understand why certain crimes were higher and what type of punishments were used.

Science- For this half term, our focus will be all things materials. We kicked the week off with looking at the different properties that a material can have and understanding what the vocabulary means. We have then experimented with different classroom materials to test which properties that have/don’t have.

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.

How do you think crime has changed over your lifetime?

Do you think prisons really work?

Let’s Celebrate

• Arthur for being a focused learner- You have come back after the Easter holidays and got stuck straight into your learning. Your eyes and body posture has been centered towards the teacher which shows that you are ready to learn and you have been able to answer all questions when chosen straight away. Keep this up for the rest of the year!

• Ruby for being an enthusiastic learner- I have loved your enthusiasm towards poetry and how you have just fully emerged yourself into it. You have enjoyed spotting our poetic devices in our new class poem and you have even been creating your own poems in your free time- which have been a delight to read.

  Excellent work!

• Virtue Butterflies- Our virtues for this half term are learned and wise. Our butterfly goes to Liam- you make such wise decisions both in and out of the classroom which really shows your maturity. You never let a game of football and the emotions get the better of you. Inside the classroom, even when you are sat with friends and they are not making the right choice, you still remain on task regardless of distractions.

  Lunchtime Certificates

  • Marvellous Manners- Rex

  • Role Model of the Week- Ruby

Notices

• Eco Trip- We will be going to Hope Park on Friday to check now our bulbs have grown after we planted them before Christmas. We will be going from 12:30-2:00. This will be weather dependant so make sure to check the forecast in the lead up.

• Netball Tournament- Mrs Gregan will be taking one team to the tournament on Thursday 18th April. Please check the sports page to see if your child has been chosen.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 287.03.24- ' Into your hands Lord, I commend my spirit'

Wow! What an emotional yet exhilarating final week of the term- where we all came together as one to witness Holy Week. Each day, we came into the hall in silence and reflection as we relived the story of Jesus’s death and resurrection. Wednesday was our big day as the children had the biggest of tasks of recreating the Crucifixion of Jesus. The children were fantastic in their character roles, their emotive behaviour and their delivery of prayer and scripture.

With the end of our Holy Week in school, Year 6 closed us out with a beautiful portray of the resurrection which was followed by celebrations of an Easter Egg Hunt! With a surprise visit from our Easter bunny, they had hidden an egg for each child around the gardens of the school. The children’s quick-witted investigating skills came in handy as they all found their eggs!

Let’s Celebrate

With it being the end of a term, the certificates were chosen by the children themselves- with the theme being a reflective learner'. Our winners for this term are;

Michael: You have been chosen by your classmates for:

• Being an excellent learning partner

• Putting lots of work into your handwriting practice

• Pushing through till the end when things get tough

• Taking every word from the teacher and wanting the improve

Elsie: You have been chosen by your classmates for:

• High focus during independent tasks to make sure your work is your best

• Pushing through till the end when things get tough

• You like receiving feedback because it gives you a chance to improve

• Always being kind to everyone and reflect how other people are feeling

Virtue Butterflies: Our butterfly this week goes to Ruby. You live and breath kindness and you are so respectful to all members of staff. You don’t just treat your closest friends with love and compassion but everyone you come across.

Notices

• Homework for half term: Spellings will be the same as last weeks due to not having a spelling test this week. Any missed IXL’s or Art homework from last week needs to be completed. Lots of reading and times tables practice over the Easter break.

• School will reopen on Monday 8th April

Year 5 Weekly Blog 22.03.24- ' Give me your strength when I am discouraged and not to stay crushed by my sadness'

As we approach holy week, we have been balancing our in classroom workload along with our Easter preparations. The children have been brilliant in transition by constantly needing to switching their focus based on the busy schedule.

We have spent the last two science lessons experimenting with shadows by using different types of objects to create different shades of shadows. We were then able to change the size of shadows depending on the distance from the light source to our object.

In Maths, we have began our big topic of multiplication. We have been looking at larger multiplication calculations that are much harder to do mentally- in which we have been partioning our biggest number. We then applied these skills into our new tidy method called ‘Long Multiplication’ or ‘Column Multiplication’.

In English, we have been touching over lots of SPAG skills that we have learnt this year and applying these to grammatically correct examples of work and to break sentences down into different clauses.

In PE, Mr Murray and Mr Holford took the class on an orenteering session, where the class hid objects around the school grounds and the children used maps to locate the hidden objects.

Let’s Celebrate

• Isaac for being a co-operative learner: You really do make mine and Mrs Mather’s life easier when it comes to group activities. You are so adaptive in working alongside anyone and your calming mature approach really makes you a good teammate. Whether it  is a classroom activity or a PE task, you always treat your group in the right manner.
  

• Cora for being an enthusiastic learner: Your focus and attention to detail throughout our assembly practices have been excellent Cora. This is clearly evident by your characterisation and the commitment to your role- you are always staying in character. Great work!

• Virtue Butterflies: Our butterfly this week goes to Pippa for being loving and compassionate. You are not just loving and compassionate towards your friends, which is seen by the teachers everyday on the playground, you are also so kind and respectful towards our members of staff. This really doesn’t go unnoticed.
  

  Lunchtime Certificates

  • Role Model of the Week- Esther

  • Marvelous Manners- Rafe

Notices

• Easter Assembly- Our focus in the lead up to Easter will be the Crucifixion, which will take place on Wednesday 27th March at 9:15am.

• Easter Holidays- School will close for Easter on Thursday 28th March at 2pm

Year 5 Weekly Blog 15.03.24' Help me carry the weight of the great and small sufferings in my life'

What an exciting week it has been! It’s not often that the first thing on a Monday morning is full of excitement and something new but this week it was as we carried out our fourth enrichment session. This time, the children were in Year 1 with Miss Drummond where they took part in some science experiments involving food. I’m not too sure what they were creating but it looked delicious.

The focus of the week was starting our Easter assembly preparations, in which we handed out scripts and also completed our first stage practice. With less than two weeks until the assembly, it is vital that all children learn their lines and when they come in.

In Maths, the children started their new topic with Mrs Gregan and focused on volume- looking at how we use this in everyday practices and the relationships it has with other units of maths. In my maths topic, we have come to the end of division as we look to start multiplication next week. I have never taught a class that enjoys the bus stop method so much and I think that comes from their confidence in understanding the method.

In English, we have discussed, researched and independently written up our first discussion text from scratch which is ‘Should all children learn how to swim?’. The children have loved sharing their points of view and also look at ways to counter argue points previously made.

Let’s Celebrate

• Pippa for being a co-operative learner: Such a friendly and caring member of the class. This makes you a brilliant learning partner as you are not concerned with who you are sat with- you still give it 100%. You treat all of your classmates the same, making them feel valued and apart of the team.

• Sophia for being an enthusiastic learner: I really could not tell what your favourite or least favourite subject is because you have the same high level of enthusiasm throughout every lesson. You give everything a go and your sole focus is to learn and to tackle any learning task in front of you. A real mature and positive way of approaching the entire curriculum- Keep it up!

• Virtue Butterflies: Our butterfly this week goes to Millie for being loving and compassionate. Your manners are impeccable- you always say please and thank you towards all members of staff and children.

  Lunchtime Certificates

  • Role Model of the Week- Ella

  • Marvelous Manners- Cora

Notices

• Parents Evening Appointments- Next week will be the second half of the appointments, 2:00pm-5:30pm Wednesday 20th March.

Please book your appointments on Mrs Gregan’s blog.

• Easter Assembly- Our focus in the lead up to Easter will be the Crucifixion, which will take place on Wednesday 27th March at 9:15am.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 8.3.24- ' A book is a dream that you hold in your hands'

It is truly one of the most special days in the school calendar! World Book Day brings an opportunity to express themselves through costume and bringing imagination to life via storytelling. Thank you to all of you hard working parents for your help in prepping these costumes and for making the children’s days so special.

We began our day with looking into the ‘Greatest Book in the World’- The Holy Bible. As a class, we discussed some of the most common stories from the bible, in which we retold these stories by designing posters. The children then began to describe their magical object and create description from this- these objects would then play a part in their own story that they created.

After we had finished our story, we created some artwork so reflect our magical object and we paired up with our buddy class to share what we had created. Year 2 also presented a class story that they had created- in which every character of the child’s costume was present in the live retell of the story.

Other than the fun of World Book Day, other aspects of our learning has continued to grow. In Maths, we have continued the hard work with short division and the use of the bus stop method. In English, we have spent the week putting our ideas and developments into formally written paragraphs as a part of our discussion texts.

Let’s Celebrate

• Ola for being a focused learner: You display this learning characteristic in every single lesson Ola. Even when you have missed a day of school, you don’t use it as an opportunity to get out of learning, you are so keen to catch up on any work.

• Elsie for being an inquisitive learner: I love your curiosity to develop your vocabulary! You are always asking for the meaning of new words and looking for ways to expand your range of exciting vocabulary.

• Virtue Butterflies: Our butterfly this week goes to Niamh for being loving and compassionate. You are never one to cause an argument, fall out with anyone or hold a grudge because you handle every social situation with love and kindness.

  Lunchtime Certificates

  • Role Model of the Week- Bella

  • Marvelous Manners- Rose

Notices

• Parents Evening Appointments- This will take place between 2:00pm-5:30pm over the course of two days, which are Wednesday 13th March and Wednesday 20th.

  Please book your appointments on Mrs Gregan’s blog.

• Easter Assembly- Our focus in the lead up to Easter will be the Crucifixion, which will take place on Wednesday 27th March at 9:15am.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 01.03.24- ' Be the reason that someone smiles'

There is no better feeling than doing something for someone- in which they appreciate it. Sometimes we have to give up a bit of our time to help others. Some people choose to do this for others- making a sacrifice. We have looked at how Jesus sacrificed himself when he died for us on the cross. We explored his journey from his sentencing right until his final breath. The children have been able to recall Jesus’ journey and recall the loved ones that joined him on this journey. We used this lesson to then reflect on what sacrifices are we going to make in order to make someone else happy.

In English, we have continued to delve into some intriguing children based discussion topics and create arguments to both propose the motion and to oppose it. We have also trialed out a new style of debating called ‘boxing debating’. This is done to promote rapid reasoning, teamwork and confidence in public speaking. The children have been able to apply some of their persuasive devices into their writing and speaking which has helped boost their arguments.

Short division, or more commonly known as the ‘bus stop method’ has taken over our maths lessons this week- in which the children have been smashing through their work. The confidence the children have taken from all of their times tables work has been applied into this- giving them the best chance of succeeding.

In Science, we have been experimenting all things light and how it travels. After discussing how it travels in straight lines, we tested this by darkening the room and using simple resources to physically see the the light travel.

In French, we looked at ‘French around the world’- in which we analysed the 14 countries in the world that speak french. Using their geography skills, the children used the atlas’ to locate these countries on a map.

Let’s Celebrate

Riley for being an enthusiastic learner: You have taken to short division like a duck to water Riley. Your focus throughout the teacher input (along with your excellent times table knowledge) has helped you grasp the method straight away. This has given you massive confidence to tackle every division problem and to show what you can do.

Archie for being a enthusiastic learner: I had a feeling that you would enjoy our discussion and debating topic and you have certainly shown this these past few weeks. You have been eager to share your persuasive devices during our lessons and also to help your teammates in the debating- even when it isn’t your turn yet.

Virtue Butterflies: Our butterfly this week goes to Michael. You display our virtues of love and compassion in everything you do. No matter how small of a decision, you make every decision with lots of love and compassion, in which you take everyone’s feelings into consideration.

Lunchtime Certificates

• Role Model of the Week-

• Marvelous Manners-

Notices

• Monday 4th March Year 5 Book Look- This will start at 9am and is a chance for the children to share with you some of the work that they have done and are proud of.

• Thursday 7th March World Book Day- Please check to homework blog for more information about this.

• Parents Evening Appointments- This will take place between 2:00pm-5:30pm over the course of two days, which are Wednesday 13th March and Wednesday 20th.

  Please book your appointments on Mrs Gregan’s blog.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 23.3.23- 'Lent is a new beginning, a path leading towards God'

We started the week as a whole school- coming together to celebrate the beginning of lent and to reflect on the importance of this. We then looked at this further in our RE lesson of how Catholics prepare for lent. Our week also finished with a lent celebration as we exchanged Lenten boxes with our Year 2 partners. It was lovely to see the creativity and commitment into making these boxes- which really lit up our younger pupils faces.

In English, we have started our new topic of discussion texts and debating. We discussed the differences and similarities between an argument, discussion and a debate and also shared our points on some interesting school based motions such as, ‘Should homework be doubled or banned’ and 'Should we keep wearing school uniforms’.

In Maths, we have finished mulitplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000- in which the children have been excellent in using their place value charts to understand the shifting of digits. We have now began looking at our big division topic and using methods to work out calculations that cannot be done mentally.

In PE, we have started our new indoor and outdoor topics for the half term. We are currently working on our team building skills in OAA to help solve problems in fun based games. It has been brilliant to see all of the children working together really well and encouraging fellow classmates throughout the games. In our indoor topic, we have started our first dance unit of the year, where the theme is ‘Heroes and Villains’. The children worked in groups to discuss different types of superheroes and the qualities they possess that make them heroic. The children then had to reenact these via freeze frames and different movements.

In French, our topic is ‘French around the World’, in which we have been looking at french directions on a compass. We have then used these directions to help guide us through a treasure map to find the gold!

Let’s Celebrate

• Faye for being an enthusiastic learner- Regardless if you’re sat at the front or back and regardless of what subject it is- your enthusiasm to learn and to grow is excellent. You never get yourself down, even if you are struggling- you always power through.

• Niamh for being a focused and creative learner- In every manner throughout the classroom, you are always setting the right example Niamh. I feel like I don’t praise you enough for this but it is simply because you portray this behaviour every single day. You also apply these positive choices into your learning by always listening to instructions  to get the most out of your work.

• Virtue Butterflies- Our new virtues for this half term are love and compassion. Today, we had an earlier break out with the infants and I saw lots of children playing with their younger siblings- in particular Archie and Ben. The way you played with our younger children was delightful to see and how caring and considerate you were towards them. You really made their day.

• Lunchtime Certificates

  • Role Model of the Week- Benjamin

  • Marvelous Manners- Archie

Notices

• Monday 4th March Year 5 Book Look- This will start at 9am and is a chance for the children to share with you some of the work that they have done and are proud of.

• Thursday 7th March World Book Day- The children can dress up as a character from a book and they can also bring in a ‘magical object’, which they’ll use for a storytelling activity. This object could be as simple as a feather, shell, pebble or stick- They will use their imagination to create a story including this item.

• Parents Evening Appointments- This will take place between 2:00pm-5:30pm over the course of two days, which are Wednesday 13th March and Wednesday 20th.

• Extra-Curricular Timetable- This is now available on the sports page of the website, which includes the times and dates of the upcoming sports activities for before and after school. The children have also been given a copy of this.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 09.02.24- It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light'

And just like that, we have reached halfway! It is crazy to think that we are already halfway through to the year-with the focus on Easter after half term which will then take us into summer. It has been a huge week of reflection as we celebrated both ‘Internet Safety Day’ and ‘Children’s Mental Health Week’. On Tuesday, we joined in with the rest of the country for a BBC live lesson which focused on the use of AI and what it is used for in daily life. We then looked at social media and compared each app to its age restriction- in which we discussed why this is and dangers that can arise from using social media.

On Wednesday, we opened the discussion about mental health and talked about what this means and how it is different from your physical health. The children then shared their own strategies which they use to help cope with stress in their life- no matter how big or small. On Wednesday, we also had the luxury of the afternoon out at St Bedes- in which we watched a pupil production of ‘The Lion King’. I was pleased to see the children take inspiration of the talent and hard work on show from the high school pupils.

On Monday afternoon, Year 5 took part in another enrichment afternoon- where they were learning the art of ballroom and Latin dancing with Mrs Harrison. This was a brilliant chance for children to show what they could do and also try out something completely new. Mrs Harrison could not compliment the children enough on their attitude and behaviour throughout the lesson.

In English, there has been lots of independent writing going on as the children finished their sci-fi story plans and completed their own story. In Maths, we touched base again with multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000- where children have understood the relationship between the place values when doing this. After half term, we will be moving to the right by dividing by 10, 100 and 1000.

In PE, it was promised that if our gymnastic sequences were to be completed and recorded by last week, then the most excitable ‘apparatus’ lesson would happen this week. The famous primary school climbing frame and ropes appeared for the first time this year as the children got to try out their balancing skills using some equipment and also test themselves on the ropes. It is fair to say they enjoyed this one.

Let’s Celebrate

With it being the end of a half term, the children have again voted for the certificate winners this week. To mark the halfway point of the school year, the theme has been progress. Who has made the most improvements this year from September- based on our learning characters. Here is who the children voted for and why:

• Layla- Your classmates have noticed your focus, enthusiasm and determination throughout your work in the classroom. You don’t just sit back and act passively during our lessons- you’re always engaged.

• Rose- Your classmates have noticed your determination throughout your maths lessons and have spotted how hard you have been working. Your focus has improved but more importantly your self-belief that you can do it!

• Virtue Butterflies- Our butterfly this week goes to Sophia. You are very truthful in your actions in that you are always there comfort those who need it. You have brought such calmness to the classroom since you have been back and your approach to learning is so eloquent.

• Lunchtime Certificates

  • Role Model of the Week- Millie

  • Marvelous Manners- Jacob

Notices

• Lenten Boxes- Please check the homework blog to see more information about this.

• World Book Day- Will be on Thursday 7th March. The children can dress up as a character from a book and they can also bring in a ‘magical object’, which they’ll use for a storytelling activity. This object could be as simple as a feather, shell, pebble or stick- They will use their imagination to create a story including this item.

• Parents Evening Appointments- This will take place between 2:00pm-5:30pm over the course of two days, which are Wednesday 13th March and Wednesday 20th.

• Extra-Curricular Timetable- This is now available on the sports page of the website, which includes the times and dates of the upcoming sports activities for before and after school. The children have also been given a copy of this.