Final Year 5 Blog of the Year 17.07.26

Wow! What a final week of Year 5, a final week of teaching for myself and what a year these children have had. I could write endless essays about these children and the year we have had, which is why I have written a thank you letter in each of the children’s gift bags. The week we have had has been action-packed! The first two days (and nights) of our week were fixated on the end of year play- hosted by Year 6. The children thrived in their roles and really enjoyed performing infront of a large audience- this has made the teachers very excited for next years play for when they take the lead. From the day the children walked through the door in September, they were set a class reading challenge by the previous Year 5 class (you may have seen this on the door during pick ups). As of last week, the children surpassed their target and ended the year with a total of 16,074,914 words read based on quizzes from Accelerated Reader- a fantastic group achievement. Because of this, we took the class out to Hope Street Park yesterday afternoon for an extended break time. The children played football, ran down zip lines, swung back and fourth and just had fun in the sun!

From myself and Miss Johnson (soon to be Mrs Austin), we would like to thank all you children and parents for the most amazing year together and we wish you the most amazing summer and for a brilliant year ahead in Year 6.

Conversation starters

Reflection- It is always good to reflect when a journey comes to and end and to also discuss the new journey to begin?

What have you loved the most about Year 5? What will you miss?

What are you looking forward to the most about Year 6?

Water Safety- Mrs Mather spoke on Monday about the importance of this. Many of you will be by water over your summer holidays so what do you remember from this lesson?

Let’s Celebrate

The children have been voting for their learner and star of the year- the winners are…

Virtue Star of the Year: Emilia

Learner of the Year: Bea


Notices

  • Summer Homework- Please make sure the children keep on top of their reading.handwriting, spelling and times tables over the summer holiday- ready to start their final year in primary school!

  • Parent Pay- Please make sure all outstanding balances are settled before the end of the school year.

Year 1's final weekly blog of the year 17.7.26!

What can we say?! It has been an absolute gift to teach your children this year. It is truly such a blessing to welcome their smiley faces each morning, hear the lastest updates about all of the wonderful things that they have been up to and to be a part of their primary school journey!

We have had a busy final week together and a huge thank you for all of the generous donations towards our CAFOD fundraiser! The children definitely earnt their donations as lots and lots of walking took place!

We also shared a wonderful prayer and liturgy with our Year 5 partners…

Today has been full of celebration and happy tears! We started the day with our Star Charter assembly which was just brilliant! There really is so much to celebrate!

We would also like to say the biggest thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your very kind and generous gifts, we are overwhelmed and extremally grateful!

We wish you a wonderful summer holidays!

All our love,

Miss Bassett and Miss Hennessey

It's been an amazing year...

It’s always difficult to say goodbye at the end of the school year. It has been a truly fantastic year and all the nursery team could not be more proud of each and every child in nursery. Learning this year has been at an optimal level and the children are now ready to continue their journey into Reception.

Each child throughout the year has nurtured and grown their relationship with Jesus…we really are ‘Team Jesus’. We have become something greater than ourselves. We are part of a team that is led by the Saviour Himself and we recognise how each and every one of us plays a vital role in His plan.

On behalf of the nursery ladies I would like to say an enormous thank you to YOU, the parents, grandparents who have made this year a success. You have trusted us with most treasured possessions and that has enabled us to work our magic. It has been such a privilege to work alongside your child, they will remain in our hearts forever, Thank you.

Celebration Party

Such a wonderful day, everyone embraced the superhero theme and had a jolly good time. We played splat Spiderman, superhero tin can alley, musical bumps, musical statues, musical ‘pick up’ and did lots and lots of dancing! Finally we all got water bombed by someone…we think it must have been Evil Pea!!!!

We had ice lollies for snack because it was sooo very hot and in the afternoon we made popcorn and had a movie afternoon, we were exhausted! Such FUN!!!!

It just remains for me to say another massive ‘thank you’ for all the cards, kind words and gifts that you given so generously, it has been our pleasure and we will watch carefully their progress through school.

Have a wonderful summer break and I will see you all in September, if not in nursery but over the garden wall in Reception.

Remember to keep yourselves safe.

God Bless

Barbara

Have an amazing fun filled, action packed summer holiday!

And so another school year draws to a close, I cannot believe how fast it has flown by! Our second year as a club has been a terrific success, thank you so much for your support in making our new venture so. Your kindness and generosity of donations, has been so greatly appreciated, thank you.                

      The children have had so much fun, enjoying everything from arts and crafts, a good board game to relaxing with a good book. Being a child led club, the possibilities have been endless as new games have been created, equipment used to enhance roleplay and of course sporting activities a plenty. Whatever the children have chosen to do, they have done so with love and compassion in their hearts for one another. Friendships have been forged that will last and memories made.

 

We hope you have a wonderful summer holiday full of fun and adventure.

God Bless

The All Stars Team.

 

Forest School "Come Dine with Me"

What a fantastic half term it has been! The children have been absolutely amazing with their collaborative skills in planning their three-course campfire banquet! They truly out did themselves with the teamwork involved in creating their menus. Mrs Tierney and myself were so proud of the delicious meals created. It was so lovely to spend time with the children chatting about memories and aspirations for the future as the food was cooking. It is so very rare in the busy school schedule to have moments like these, with memories created on the spot.

 

And so, to the end of the school year. It has been an absolute pleasure to be part of your childs journey throughout their school life at Our Lady’s. I wish Year 6 every success for the future and may their creativity shine through.

 

Have a wonderful summer holiday

God Bless

Mrs Mather

Soft Toy

What a fantastic term we have had! The skill of needlecraft is one of the most, trickiest skills to master. Your children have been so resilient and determined to complete their toy. From planning, creating their own template, adding embelishments, such as applique and running stitch. To learning the skill of blanket stitch. The children were fantastic and produced amazing work, I am so proud of them!

And so to the end of the year and how it has flown! It has been an absolute pleasure joining the children on their creative journey. From building bridges to bolognaise, every moment has been fantastic! I look forward to teaching them all again next year.

Have a wonderful summer holiday and I look forward to seeing you all next year.

 

God Bless

Mrs Mather

Drawing

 

What a wonderful term we have had, I cannot believe how quickly it has gone! It has been such a calm, creative time with the children. We have refined our skills by thinking deeply about tone, using different levels of pressure to create light and dark with pencil crayons, producing quality observational drawings of chocolate! We explored the realm of proportion and how it can be used to create comical art as well as the importance in more tradition artwork. We finally thought about composition and how important how aesthetically pleasing pieces encourage imagination and draws a person in.

 

And so to the end of year, it has been an absolute pleasure to explore the world of art and DT with your children, their progress and attention to detail has been outstanding. To watch them grow in all their artistic traits. I cannot wait to see how they fly next year!

 

Have a wonderful summer holiday and I look forward to seeing you all next year.

God Bless

Mrs Mather

Pnuematic Toy

What a super term we have had! The beauty of Design Technology is that we delve into so many subjects to enable creativity to flow. In this topic, we delved into the world of pneumatics to help us understand how certain machinery and vehicles work. Armed with this knowledge, the children let their creative juices flow to design a pneumatic toy that moves. In this case a moving monster or animal that can open its mouth. The children were elated when the finished product worked! They were so proud of themselves, as I was too.

 

And so, to the end of another year, my how it has flown by! It has been an absolute pleasure teaching the children and I for one, cannot wait to see how they fly next year!

 

Have a wonderful summer holiday and I look forward to seeing you all next year.

God Bless

Mrs Mather

Cooking and Nutrition-Wraps

What a fantastic term we have had! I cannot believe how quickly it has flown by! This half term, we have focussed on Cooking and Nutrition. We have Learned about the 5 food groups and what it means to have a balanced diet.  Together we have planned and made a healthy wrap. Thank you for your support in this, it is truly appreciated. Th e wraps were very well thought out, containing the groups of carbs, protein, dairy and fruit and veg. I hope they enjoyed them!

 

And so we come to the end of another year and what a year has been! It has been an absolute pleasure to teach your children this year, they have come so far in their creative planning and final artworks. I am so very proud of them and it has been an absolute pleasure teaching them. I look very much to teaching them again next year, where we can grow our skills and creative minds together.

 

Have a wonderful summer holiday and I look forward to seeing you all next year.

 

God Bless

Mrs Mather

Robin Hood Raffle Prizes

The draw has been made and the winning tickets and their prizes are listed below. Please share this with friends and family who too bought tickets. Over £200 has been raised for Brain Tumour Research - thank you all so much. Please bring the winning ticket into the school office to claim your prize.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 10.07.26- 'The end of a journey means the start of another one'

And just like that, we have finsihed our penaultimate week of Year 5! A week where we welcomed back the blazing sun (and sticky humidity) with there being plenty of suncream worn and water drank. With lots of extra curricular activites taking place, it was a rush to finish our last remaining units of learning in Year 5. In RE, we got our quiz heads on and we had a look back at all of our units that we have covered this year. Each team were given a different unit to create a quix in order to test the other teams. In English, after re-writing our versions of part one of the highwayman, we tucked into part 2 to find out how our historic story finished, with many children getting their predictions correct.

Lots of our Year 5 children have really been baking in the sun this week with some end of year sports competitions. We took a group of children to Stanley Park, Blackpool for our first entry into the BEBCMAT sports festival, our newly formed academic trust. The children ran their socks off, jumped into the sandiest of sandpits and bounced countlessly in a variety of different physical activities. The following day, our girls cricket team took part in the Lancashire County Finals at the newly opened Lancashire Training Ground. The girls played with such enthusiasm and showed some excellent progression from last weeks competition.

Conversation starters

Reflection- It is always good to reflect when a journey comes to and end and to also discuss the new journey to begin?

What have you loved the most about Year 5? What will you miss?

What are you looking forward to the most about Year 6?

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are curious and active. The star this week goes to Louisa. You have been so active across the entire year Louisa. You have worked your socks off. It is all of your hard work to why you have had such a brilliant year in Year 5. Make sure to carry this into Year 6.

Learner of the Week: Our certificate winner this week goes to Anna for being a resilient and entusiastic learner. On Wednesday, you did something that you don’t usually do- compete in an athletics event outside of school. You had such a positive attitude throughout the day (regardless of the extreme heat) and you had a go at everything. It was children like you, with your attitude and response across the day, that made the event such an enjoyable afternoon for us all.


Notices

  • Year 6 Residential- Children have gone home with letters regarding next years school residential trips, including deadlines for costs to be submitted. If your child has lost their letter, please ask the office for a copy. The payments are live on parent pay.

  • Homework- For the children who completed last weeks homework, there will be no more official homework for our final week of the year. Please keep up with your times tables and reading across the summer holidays- to make sure you are ready for Year 6.

  • Plastic Bags- Please can all children bring in a strong plastic bag on Monday, ready to take your learning books home for the year.

  • Parent Pay- Please make sure all outstanding balances are settled before the end of the school year.

  • End of Year Play- There will be three performances for parents and family to come and see. Monday 13th July at 6pm, Tuesday 14th July at 9:15am and Tuesday 14th July at 6pm. Please purchase your tickets from Mrs Nel at the front office and for any further enquiries in regards to tickets. Children will need to be back at school for no later than 5:40pm on the 6pm performances.

  • School will finish for summer on Friday 17th July at 2pm.

Year 6 Weekly Blog 'It's the Final Countdown!'

"Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop" (Matthew 13:8).

In this week's Gospel, Jesus says, "Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop" (Matthew 13:8). This reminds us that our hearts are like soil. When we listen carefully to God's word, make kind choices, and try our best to do what is right, we are like the good soil where seeds can grow strong. In our final couple of weeks, year 6 have many opportunities to show kindness, work hard, include others, and be positive role models as they prepare for the next stage of their journey. Just as a tiny seed can grow into something amazing when it is cared for, the small choices we make each day can help us grow into the person God created us to be and make a positive difference in the lives of others.

Not long now until ‘Robin Hood’- we can’t wait for you to see it …

It has been another busy week next week, with the play. Most of you have ordered and received your tickets now. The show starts at 6:00pm and will be approximately 1.5 hours long. The children need to arrive at school at 5:40pm, to get changed in to their costumes. They all look fabulous in their outfits! Here is a sneaky peak at rehearsals …

Forest school has been wonderful this week, the children have climbed, explored and played. A beautiful way to spend an afternoon …

We are all looking forward to the leaver’s day out next THURSDAY! It is imperative that all children MUST have a bag with them, containing plenty of fluids, a snack, hat and sun-cream/ waterproof coat dependent on the weather. We will be out ALL day, come rain or shine, so having the right things is so vital! They are able to wear their own clothes on this day, leavers hoodies might be nice for pictures? Sensible shoes for walking must also be worn, as we are doing ALOT of walking! The PTFA are kindly subsidizing the cost for some of the trip, but we are please asking for a small contrubution of £8, which is now on parent pay- many thanks.

Reports will be sent out on Monday, I hope you enjoy reading and reflecting on them, they have so much to celebrate from their time at Our Lady’s but like everyone, always something to take away and learn from. The most important part of your child’s report, is the one written by us, as their teacher. We celebrate the WHOLE child, not just their performance on one day, so please let this be your focus and not the SAT’s results. SAT’s results will be sent out at the later date on Thursday, as explained on last week’s blog. Please have a good look at them along with the explanation- the standardized score on reaching expected for all papers was 100 and for Greater Depth is 110. Remember, results from a test never define you as a person, just look at what they have all achieved this year- there is so much to celebrate and be proud of!

Well done to Hugo!

Wow Hugo, our eyes are drawn to you while you are on stage. You have grown so much in confidence and we are so proud of how you have listened to directions, took risks and let yourself go! Your enthusaism and desire to give your all is really shown in rehearsals, keep this up as it is magical! Thank you for working so hard on your character, and doing your absolute best on stage!

Curious and Active Stars

This half term we will be on the lookout for all the children who are active by taking part wholeheartedly, helping others, and using their talents to make a positive difference, just as Jesus showed love through his actions. We will also be looking for the children who are curious by asking questions, exploring new ideas, and seeking to understand the world around them, following Jesus who taught through wonder, stories, and discovery. These children live out these virtues with Jesus at the centre, letting his example inspire both their curiosity and their actions each day. This week we thank Charlotte for always being active and curious.

Shout out to the girl’s cricket team…

Well done to our girl’s cricket team who took part in the county finals competition yesterday!

Final Notices:

PLEASE BRING X2 PLASTIC BAGS IN TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY READY TO BRING BOOKS HOME

Spare school shirts (not to be worn) for signing need to come in to school on Wednesday 15th July and be kept in trays until ready for signing on the last day.

Robin Hood: Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th July at 6:00pm. Please arrive at school at 5:40pm.

The Play will be filmed Tuesday morning and DVD’s for the performance will be available soon!

Leavers Mass Wednesday 15th July 9:30-10:30am

Thursday 16th July- The leavers day out

Friday 17th July- Break up at 2pm.

Have a lovely, restful weekend.

Year 1 Weekly Blog 10.7.26 - "Listen at least as much as you talk."

In this week’s Gospel, Jesus shares with us the very special parable of the Sower. Jesus tells this parable to encourage us to listen to Him and to act on what Jesus tells us to do. In class we thought about this, what does Jesus want us to do. The children shared many thoughts, “to be kind to everyone,” and “to look after our world to help all of the creatures.”

In RE lessons we have been thinking about the global Christian community and how we can help and spread Gods love… Here are some pictures of our wonderful work…

Going deeper in conversation

This week we have been thinking about who we will be when we grow up. We have discussed how jobs are for anyone, no jobs for girls and jobs for boys. We have also thought about our talents and how we can use these… Please spend some times together thinking and sharing your own unique gifts and talents and how you could use these talents to make other people happy

Magic moments

The children have been so looking forward to sports day and on Monday afternoon we took to the field and really enjoyed each event! The children tried so hard and most importantly worked as a team, celebrating one another which was so wonderful! Well done everyone and a big thank you to all of you who came to cheer us on!

Let’s celebrate

A huge well done to Isabella who has been awarded our Star award this week. Isabella you have grown in confidence and always go out of your way to help others. When you see that there is a job that needs doing you are always happy to help and love to know that you have done something kind!

Our learning certificate this week goes to Arla, you have challenged yourself every day! You love to learn and are just a delight to spend time with each day! You work so hard, always pushing yourself. You look after others, care about their feelings and have such a positive impact in our classroom! You are a true joy.

Reminders:

Sponsored Fancy dress walk! In Year 1 we have decided to raise money for CAFOD by taking part in a fancy dress sponsored walk! This will be on Tuesday 14th July. Please make sure your Year 1 child comes into school in fancy dress with sensible shoes, any donations would be greatly appreciated.

School closes next week for the Summer on Friday at 2:00pm.

We hope you have a wonderful weekend, as we get ready for our final week together in Year 1 (Sob! We really do not want this year to end! May already have shed a tear or two!)

Miss Bassett and Miss Hennessy.

c.bassett@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk