Reception Homework to be handed in Monday 16th Novemeber

Nativity lines!

Today your child will have brought home their speaking parts. Please enjoy and prioritise learning these parts! Practise using you clear, loud speaking voice. When practising please practise hearing the line before so that your child knows who they speak after.

Reading and sound cards

Please continue to read each day at home. When reading your school book please also remember to write a brief comment in their reading record. Thank you!

Song practise:


Please practise the lines for Away in a manger. Follow the link below for the Youtube video with the music and lyrics.

Song: Away in a manger

Maths: Counting, matching and ordering

Follow the link or scan the QR code and enjoy this Gingerbread maths game to reinforce our learning of numbers to 10. There are a variety of versions of the game you can play. Enjoy!

Gingerbread counting

Year 5 Homework 10.11.26

Homework to be completed and brought in to school by Tuesday 16th November

Spellings

Let’s revise the previous spellings from last week using the sheet in your books and practice our contractions, when two words join together using an apostrophe- think about what the omission is and where the apostrophe goes:

  1. could've

  2. would've

  3. there's

  4. who's

  5. we'll

  6. won't

  7. here's

  8. mustn't

  9. doesn't

  10. let's

  11. they're

  12. it's

  13. she’ll

  14. weren’t

  15. we’d

Grammar

This week we started our learning of relative clauses in our English lessons. This is a type of subordinate clause (extra information) that starts with a relative pronoun (whose, which, who, that, whom) and can either be found at the end of a main clause or embedded. CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW AND READ THROUGH THE EXPLANATION AND EXAMPLES:

BBC RELATIVE CLAUSES

Then complete the worksheet in your books.

 

Maths

We are continuing to focus on the thousandths column in our decimal work. Please complete the maths sheet, partitioning the whole number, in your books. Then complete the first 3 Anton strands that have been pinned for you. I have shown you the strands below to focus on:

 
Year 5 Autumn optional homework


Year 1 Weekly Blog 6.11.26

What a week we've had in Year 1! We have returned from half term with lots of enthusiasm, new learning and some very exciting activities. From Numberblocks costumes to Forest School adventures and a classroom makeover, there has certainly been plenty going on!

RE

We have started our new RE topic, Prophecy and Promise. This week, we have been learning about the Bible and thinking about God's love for us.

Our Wednesday Word was wisdom. Following our reading, we had a lovely discussion about what wisdom means and thought about how we could make wise choices in the days ahead.

We have also sent home our Travelling Nativity! We are so excited to see where it travels and to hear all about the special moments it shares with your families.


Magic moments!

English

We have now finished reading Supertato, but that doesn't mean the super-writing has stopped! We have continued developing our writing skills through our Supertato adventures, putting our ideas into sentences and building on everything we have learnt throughout the topic.

Maths

We have moved on to counting in decades this week, and our learning has been really hands-on and fun! The children have been exploring how numbers are grouped and counting in tens. It has been brilliant to see everyone getting stuck in and building their confidence.

We also celebrated Numberblocks Day on Friday with lots of exciting Maths activities. The costumes were fantastic and it was wonderful to see so many brilliant Numberblocks outfits! Thank you for helping the children get involved.

Wider learning

We have been exploring our curriculum provision and trying out some new activities. The children have enjoyed their first Computing lesson and have also had a go at sewing! It has been lovely to see them exploring different skills, getting creative and learning through hands-on experiences.

We had a lovely afternoon at Forest School with Mrs Tierney! The children enjoyed lots of playing and exploring before settling down around the fire for a story and a biscuit. It was such a lovely opportunity to enjoy the outdoors together.


GOING DEEPER IN CONVERSATION

A little question to get your child talking about what we have been learning in school. See where the conversation takes you!

“What does it mean to make a wise choice?”

Can they think of a time when they have made a wise decision, helped somebody else or shown kindness? Can they remember our Wednesday Word?

A Few Reminders:

OPAL Launch -Wellies Needed!

Please make sure your child brings a pair of named wellies into school for our upcoming OPAL launch. We want everyone to be ready to get outside, explore and enjoy our outdoor play opportunities, whatever the weather!

Remembrance Day Liturgy

On Wednesday, we will be coming together for a special Remembrance Day liturgy. This will give us an opportunity to pause, reflect and remember those who have given so much for others.

Our Star Virtue ⭐

Our new half-term virtue is Faith-filled and Hopeful. We will be thinking about what it means to have faith, trust in God and remain hopeful, even when things feel difficult.

Our Star Virtue this week is Bobby; he has really embodied our half-term virtues of being Faith-filled and Hopeful. Bobby has been a pleasure to have in the class and has demonstrated these qualities throughout the week. Well done, Bobby! 🌟

Notices:

  • Homework- Please check the homework blog for your child’s weekly homework, including the deadline date.

  • Forest School- For those children attending forest school this term, please make sure they are dressed in appropriate clothes and shoes as it is getting colder now; please make sure they can be wrapped up! Forest school takeover day is 5th November for the whole class.

  • Show and Tell will now take place on Friday afternoons. Children are welcome to bring something in to share with the class, but please remember that toys should be left at home. We look forward to hearing all about the things the children would like to share!

  • Email- a.edwards@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk


Have a wonderful weekend!

Miss Edwards, Mrs Hunter, Mrs Hennessy, Mrs Davis & Miss Canham

Reception Weekly Blog 6.11.26 - "Wisdom is kind and considerate" - Saint James

We have had such a wonderful start back in school. The children were so excited to see each other and their excitement for this weeks learning was a delight to hear! In Re we focused on Mary’s faith in God and how she said yes. We have thought about why Mary said yes to God.. she said yes because she loved God. We then thought about how we can say yes to God through our words and our actions.

GOING DEEPER IN CONVERSATION

This week we began our My Happy Mind learning and discovered three interesting facts about our brains. We learnt that our brains all look the same, they are pink and wrinkly and they are inside our heads. We discovered that our brains help us to do things. This week please have a discussion about what are brains help us to do and what they do not.. for example our brains do not help the grow.

MAGICAL MOMENTS OF LEARNING

Our magic moment this week was our wonderful enrichment afternoon! We had a great time embracing our creative selves, spending the afternoon with Mrs Naylor. We had great fun creating our own jewelled artwork! We have also had a great day today being our favourite Numberblock!

Let’s Celebrate!

A huge congratulations to GWEN who has been awarded our STAR this week. You are so gentle in all that you do and are such a calm friend in our classroom. You are always happy to help and are fantastic at sharing.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

OPAL Launch -Wellies Needed!

Please make sure your child brings a pair of named wellies into school for our upcoming OPAL launch. We want everyone to be ready to get outside, explore and enjoy our outdoor play opportunities, whatever the weather!

Remembrance Day Liturgy

On Wednesday, we will be coming together for a special Remembrance Day liturgy. This will give us an opportunity to pause, reflect and remember those who have given so much for others.

Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Bassett, Mrs Summersall, Mrs Krol, Miss Canham and Miss Woodend.

c.bassett@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Year Three Weekly Blog 06.11.26

Welcome Back Everybody…

It has been lovely to welcome all the children back this week after the October half-term break! We hope that everyone enjoyed some special time with family and friends, had the opportunity to relax and recharge and made some wonderful memories along the way. The children have returned with lots of smiles, enthusiasm and stories to share, and it has been wonderful to see them settling back into their routines, reconnecting with their friends and getting stuck into their learning once again. As we move further into the autumn term, there is lots to look forward to. We are excited to continue building on the children's progress, exploring new learning opportunities and making the most of all the experiences the coming weeks will bring.

As you will all now be aware, one of our very precious families has recently experienced the heartbreaking loss of their daddy. This is an incredibly difficult time for them, and we ask that you keep them in your thoughts and prayers. As a school community, will we continue to surround them with love, compassion and understanding, offering our support in any way that we can. May we be guided by our faith and show kindness, care and sensitivity during this time, with the children at the centre of all that we do.

I have always been immensely proud of our children, but this week they have shown just how kind, caring and compassionate they truly are. Their thoughtfulness, sensitivity and the way they have looked out for one another has been incredibly heartwarming. It is in moments like these that we are reminded that coming to school each day is about so much more than learning in the classroom; it is also about nurturing kindness, empathy, love and understanding. Our children have demonstrated these values beautifully and they should be incredibly proud of themselves. They really are a credit to you all and our school community.

Magical Moments of Learning…


This week in RE, the children have been learning about Laudato Si’ and Pope Francis’ important message about caring for our common home – the Earth. They have explored how we are all called to look after God’s beautiful creation, protect the environment and show kindness and respect towards all living things. Pope Francis reminds us that we all have a responsibility to care for our planet and that even small actions can make a big difference. We can share this message with our younger friends and children around school by being positive role models, encouraging them not to waste water or electricity, to recycle, look after nature, keep our school environment clean and, most importantly, to treat all of God’s creation with love and respect.

This week, we have immersed ourselves into a new Geography topic! Fortunately, the sunshine made an little appearance, so we were able to take our learning outside! The children had a wonderful time developing their map-reading and navigation skills, learning how to use a compass and exploring the eight points of a compass. We discovered how these different directions help us to navigate and find our way around the world, before putting our new knowledge into practice outside. The children loved identifying the different compass points, following directions and challenging themselves to think carefully about which way to travel. It was lovely to see their enthusiasm, curiosity and teamwork shining through as they took their learning beyond the classroom.

In Maths this week, the children have been working incredibly hard on finding 100 more and 100 less than a range of different three-digit numbers. They have been developing their understanding of place value, thinking carefully about how the hundreds digit changes and using their knowledge of number to help them work out the answers. I have been so impressed by their determination, resilience and willingness to challenge themselves, particularly when tackling trickier numbers. Lots of fantastic mathematical thinking taking place!

Today we have had a fantastic time celebrating all things Maths! We came to school dressed as Maths Rockstars, looking fabulous and ready to show off our number skills. Throughout the day, we took part in lots of exciting Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) challenges, putting our multiplication knowledge, speed and accuracy to the test. There was lots of enthusiasm, teamwork and friendly competition as everyone got involved and challenged themselves to improve. We have had a brilliant day celebrating Maths and showing that learning can be fun, exciting and full of rockstar energy!

In English this week, the children have been learning all about direct speech and exploring the rules we need to follow when writing speech in our sentences. They have been identifying direct speech within sentences and developing their understanding of how to use inverted commas (speech marks) correctly, alongside the importance of punctuation.

On Tuesday, the children took part in an Enrichment afternoon, where they got stuck into some wonderful gardening with Mrs Hotchkiss! Safe to say…the children had a fabulous time making bird feeders for our Forest School area and placing them onto the trees for our wildlife.

Going Deeper in Conversation…

“What are the 4 cardinal points on a compass?”

“Can you name the other 4 intercardinal points on a compass?”

A little question to get your child talking about what we have been learning in school. See where the conversation takes you!

Let’s Celebrate…

This week, our Virtue Star is Marcel!

Marcel has been an absolute shining star, demonstrating our virtues of being faith-filled and hopeful so beautifully! His enthusiasm and engagement during our RE lessons have been wonderful to see. He approaches every discussion with such thoughtfulness, curiosity and a genuine willingness to explore and deepen his understanding of our faith. Marcel thinks so deeply about the questions we explore, often sharing such meaningful reflections and showing a maturity that is truly lovely to see.

Alongside this, Marcel's kindness towards his friends shines through every single day. He is always considerate of others, showing warmth, compassion and a genuine care for those around him. His ability to listen, reflect and approach things with such a positive and hopeful outlook makes him a very special member of our class. Marcel, we are so incredibly proud of you! Keep sharing your wonderful thoughts, growing in faith and letting your beautiful light shine!

Key Messages and Reminders…

  • Wellies can now be brought into school to be stored in our wellie sheds! Please can we ask that these are clearly named and labelled.

  • The Travelling Nativity has also started making it’s way home with some of our children this week. Please can we ask that this is brought back to school each morning with the children so it can go home to another family that day.

  • Homework will now be coming home with the children on a Friday. We would like this to be brought back the following Thursday. We feel this is better for the children and their learning, as by Friday, we will have taught everything for that week.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to pop me an email:

e.brookes@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Thank you once again for all of your continued support. We hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Miss Brookes and Mrs Austin





Welcome back...

I hope everyone has had a splendid half term break and are ready for an extremely busy (but fun) next few weeks.

Prayer and Liturgy

This week we have started our ‘Prophecy and Promise’ topic with ‘Mary is Chosen’. Our key words this week were YES, MARY and BABY.

We started our session with a special invitation. This is what it said:

Dear Children,

I want to tell you about someone incredibly important – Jesus. He is very special because He came to Earth to show everyone how much I love them.

Do you want to hear the wonderful story of how He was born?

I’m inviting you to learn more about Jesus, and to feel the love and joy that He brings. 

As you hear more stories about Jesus, remember that these stories are My special way of telling you how much you are loved. I’m so happy you are here, and I can’t wait for you to know more about My Son, Jesus, and all the wonderful things He has done just for you!

With all My love, now and forever.

We all agreed we wanted to learn more about Jesus! We heard a story about somebody else that said ‘yes’ to God. Click here.

Mary was chosen by God to give birth to his Son.

Mary was very special because she was always kind and loving to everyone. God saw how good she was and chose her for an important job. He sent an angel to ask Mary if she would be the mother of Jesus, His Son. Even though she was surprised, Mary trusted God and wasn’t afraid, because she knew He would take care of her. Mary was happy because she believed in God's love and care.

Our child – led worship this week was about ‘All Saints Day’. We listened to the words from the Gospel about Jesus blessing everyone and the saintly virtues of kindness, mercy and trust in God to honour all saints. We discussed how we can be like the saints – we had some wonderful ideas. Helping Mummy and Daddy, smiling at others, helping someone who has fallen down. These attributes can be our ‘superpower’ to help others and be just like Jesus.

We finished with ‘He’s got the whole world in His hands’ - Click here.  

Learning Landscape

We have certainly hit the ground running this week! In four days we have:

  • found out all about Bonfire Night and firework safety

  • made computer firework pictures

  • started to discuss Remembrance Day and why we wear a poppy

  • painted poppies to go all around our cross of peace

  • learnt a new sound ‘t’- down the tower across the tower

  • had the most fabulous Maths Challenge Day! Numberblocks everywhere!! Watch out on next weeks blog for fun photos!

Drop on session

This terms drop in session is being held on Thursday 10th December 3.45 pm - 4.45 pm. Please pop in to see all the wonderful learning your child has been doing at nursery. We look forward to seeing you.

Nativity

This year the Foundation Nativity is being held on 1st (dress rehearsal only, we require the children to be present if possible but this is not a parent performance) 2nd and 3rd December (9.30 am) The parents performance will be a ticket only event with only 4 tickets being allowed per family over two performance. We usually charge for the tickets with the money collected being donated to charity.

Your child will require a pair of plain white leggings, a plain white t shirt (named please) and one strand of silver tinsel. We have the rest of the costumes ready and waiting at nursery!

Please note that after the performance we will keep hold of the t-shirts in readiness for the children designing their sports day t shirt.

Zipper club

Well done to everyone who can now zip up their own coat!!! Keep practising we need everyone to join the Zipper Club!

Travelling Nativity

This week our Travelling Nativity will be coming home for you enjoy as a family. If you could read the story and talk about the figures with your child, that would be great. We will be travelling to the stable together at nursery too! Please keep the sack overnight and then return it to nursery for another friend to enjoy. If you could email me some photos of your child using the resources we will display them at nursery.

Phew, I think that’s it for today, I told you we had been busy!

Have a good rest this weekend, next week is busy too! Don’t forget to stay safe if you are going to a Bonfire this weekend

God bless

Barbara

Year 5 Weekly Blog - Friday 6th November "Being a Rockstar is the intersection of who you are and who you want to be" Slash

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:3)

During our class liturgy this week, we reflected on the Gospel of Matthew 5:1-12, where Jesus shares the Beatitudes with His disciples. Together, we explored how the Beatitudes teach us to live as followers of Christ by being humble, merciful, kind, compassionate, peaceful and faithful, even when things are difficult. The children considered how these teachings can guide our actions at home, in school and within our community, helping us to show God's love through the choices we make each day. To help put our faith into action, I gave the children a 'going forth' mission to live out one of the Beatitudes during the week, such as showing mercy by forgiving someone, being a peacemaker during a disagreement, helping someone who was feeling sad or lonely, standing up for what is right, including others in games, showing kindness to those in need, or demonstrating humility by putting the needs of others before their own.

MAGIC MOMENTS…

What a wonderful week we have had in Year 5! The children returned after the half term break refreshed, ready and raring to go, and have truly worked their socks off in all of their lessons. We have made great progress with our class novel, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and have been developing our reading comprehension skills by focusing on answering questions using Point and Evidence, carefully ensuring that the evidence we select matches and supports the point we are making. In Maths, we have continued our work on decimals, exploring numbers with two decimal places and using our reasoning skills to explain our thinking. In Science, the children came to the rescue when faced with my 'baking disaster' and worked scientifically to suggest how we could separate a mixture of flour, raisins and sugar, making sensible predictions about what would happen and thoroughly enjoying the investigation!

Our highlight of the week was undoubtedly seeing all of the fantastic rockstars arrive in class on Friday. It was amazing to see the effort that both the children and parents had put into their costumes, and the children worked incredibly hard on their TT Rock Stars times tables throughout the day. Well done, Year 5!

GOING DEEPER IN CONVERSATION

How can I separate a solution- such as water and salt? Water or sugar?

How have you put the Beatitudes in action this week?

LET’S CELEBRATE

This half term we will be on the lookout for all the children that are intention in their actions. Children who show great faith in themselves, others and God. We will also be spotting children who are hopeful, who show hope for the future, enabling us to trust ourselves and those around us with the decisions that will shape our future. These children are the role models of the school. This week we thank Barnaby for always being faithfilled and hopeful.

Notices

  • Throughout our study of the book ‘The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe’ I have planned to show the children clips of the film to enhance their writing and understanding of the novel. This film is a PG. If you do not give permission or have any concerns regarding this then please do let me know via email:

    k.harrison@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

  • Homework- Please check the homework blog for your child’ weekly homework, including the deadline date.

  • Sports Timetable- A full timetable for all of the sports opportunites this half term is available on the sports page of the school website [engage-sport]

Have a wonderful weekend from Mrs Harrison, Mrs Tierney and Miss Simpson

Year 6 Weekly Blog Friday 6th November

Another busy and productive week in Year 6!

Our RE lessons have focused on some of the women from the Old Testament. We have explored their lives, the roles they played in biblical times and considered how their experiences and opportunities compare with those of women in society today. Over the nest couple of weeks we will be looking at some of the women’s lives in more detail and making presentation to share with the class.

We have been busy writing our adapted stories. We have been working hard to include a balance of dialogue, description and action to bring our characters and stories to life. There have been some fantastic ideas developing! In Maths, we have been investigating what happens to the difference when the subtrahend (the number being subtracted) is increased or decreased in a subtraction equation. We have been exploring patterns and using our mathematical reasoning to explain what happens.

Our class assembly is fast approaching, so we have spent lots of time practising and getting everything ready for next Tuesday. We are looking forward to sharing our hard work with you!

TT Rock Stars Day was amazing! The children looked absolutely fabulous in their rock star outfits and really embraced the occasion. I set them a multiplication challenge, which led to them creating some wonderful star decorations. These will be taking pride of place on our class Christmas tree in a few weeks’ time! Perhaps they could share the challenge with you at home and see if you can give it a go too!

A huge well done to our boys’ football team, who represented Our Lady’s so brilliantly at the tournament at Poolfoot. We are very proud of you!

Conversation Starter

What is Remembrance Day? Why are poppies significant?

Morning Helpers

Nathan, Alana, George C and Fletcher

Virtue Star

Our virtue is Faith Filled and Hopeful this half term.

Our star this week is awarded to George C, who has really stood out helping his reception partner this week. Well done George.


Information & Reminders

  • PE days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays. PE kits (school tracksuits) can be worn to school on those days. Please make sure that the children have shorts for indoor PE on a Tuesday.

  • Class assembly - Tuesday 10th November 9.15am

  • Dance Festival - Tuesday 10th November. Please see blog post

  • Wednesday - Remembrance Day. We will be walking to Ashton Gardens Cenotaph to represent our school at the Memorial Service.

  • Don’t forget your wellies! The field will be open next week to those children who have brought in their wellies.

  • We are collecting buckets and spades in preparation for our new sandpit being built.

  • Eco councilors - please bring a change of clothes to school on Monday. Mrs Teirney needs your help, you will need clothes that you don’t mind getting a bit messy or muddy and suitable shoes.

  • Travelling Nativity has started going home with children, please remember to return the next day - this ensures we have enough time for it to go home with every child in the build up to Christmas.

Have a wonderful weekend,
Mrs Naylor and Mrs Barker

Year 6 Homework 5th November - to be handed in Wednesday 11th November




Homework to be handed in on Wednesday 11th November

Assembly lines

It is our class assembly next Tuesday (10th November), do you know your lines off by heart. Please practise reading them loudly, clearly and not too fast.

Unwritten Dance For Assembly!

Reading

Reading targets have been reset, please read every night. Let’s see who can reach their target this half term!

Spellings and Handwriting

This week spelling focus this week is double consonants - Can you find any more words with double consonants?

Write this weeks spelling words in sentences in your neatest handwriting.



Maths -

Practise times tables at least 3 times this week.
Your TT Rockstars passwords are on the inside cover of your homework books.

Complete the arithmetic questions in your homework book.

We need our Faith Leaders - become a Mini Vinnie!

For the past few years, we have run a successful Mini-Vinnie group at school who have led our school in Faith. The mission of this group of children is to turn concern into action and to be visibly supporting our community. From foodbanks to joining other groups, it is about how we can do good in our world.

This year, as well as being Mini-Vinnies, they will form our Sanctuary Squad. As a school of BEBCMAT, all school are schools of sanctuary. A place that is a home to everyone. Throughout the year we will be working towards gaining accreditation - and we need a squad to do it!

Mini Vinnies runs on a Monday after school from 3.30 - 4.15pm and is led by Miss Bassett. The club runs every other Monday and this term is on the dates:

Monday 9th November

Monday 23rd November

Monday 30th November

Monday 14th December

If your child is in Year 2, 3, 4 ,5 or 6 - then they can be a part of our group. In today’s world, we need all of our wonderful younger children to help in any way they can!

Sign up for Mini Vinnies


Football Tournaments Information

Friday 6th November: Football Blue Team

9.45am arrival for a start at 10:30am - 3:30pm

Fletcher, Albert, Hugo, Myles, Heath, George C, Isaac, George L

As we previous fixtures, and I am sure you will want to support, please can the children be taken to Poolfoot Farm for the tournaments. I know you will work together for this - any problems with transport, please do let me know.

Information from the organiser:

  • Games will be two halves of 6 minutes. In the knock out stages, teams will play a 3 minute one way golden goal game for which a re-toss and deciding of kick off or chosen end will take place. Should the game still be a draw then the game will go to penalties from 3 nominated players of each team moving on the alternate penalty kicks if required.

  • There will be gaps between games to eat lunch so please note that we will not be having a scheduled lunch, this will be at your discretion as to when lunch will be eaten.

  • Please remember that win, loose or draw, the conduct of you, your players and parents will be on show to all. All games will be refereed by young leaders, please support them and respect the invaluable role they play!

  • The highest finishing Wyre Primary School will go on to represent Wyre at the Lancashire Schools Finals (7 a side and 10 in a squad) as well as representing Fleetwood Football Community Trust in the next round of the Premier League Primary Starts Football Cup. The highest finishing Fylde school will go on to represent Fylde at the Lancashire Schools Finals.

The children will need to be in full Our Lady football kit - Mr Nay will be with you for the tournament day. Please ensure that you have enough lunch and drinks with you for the event.

Tournament fixtures

Tuesday 1st December: Girls’ Football Team

12pm arrival for a start at 12:30pm - 4:30pm

Friday 27th November: Football White Team

12.30pm arrival for a start at 1pm - 4:30pm

TEAM SELECTION

Girls Football : Louisa, Mia-Grace, Lena, Pheobe, Emilia, Heidi, Marla

Football Blues : Fletcher, Albert, Hugo, Myles, Heath, George C, Isaac, George L

Football Whites: Patrick, Edward, Jude Cu, Barnaby, Henry, Freddie, Dexter, Luca, Danny, Jude Cl

All games are 7 a side with a squad of 10 and the "no heading rule" to be adopted.

All events take place at Poolfoot Farm Sport & Leisure Complex, Thornton-Cleveleys.

The highest finishing Wyre team and highest finishing Fylde team from these events (except the B Team competition) will progress to the Lancashire County Finals.

Transport for these events is becoming incredibly expensive so we are asking our parents and families of the children to support by taking them too the event if possible. The Football Blue team will go straight to Poolfoot on Friday 6th November - Mr Nay will meet you there. The other teams will come into school first and be collected from school for the event. Towards half term, I will contact the Blue team regarding transport for the event.

MATCH CONDUCT

For all matches, school PE kits need to be worn. The footballers will be given a football kit to wear which needs to be returned after the game. Netballers will be given a skirt to wear - school navy PE tops to be worn with it.

As an association of schools, we have come together to establish a code of conduct for all players, parents and staff. Please read the following information so you are ready to support your child at each fixture. No scores are collected or reported - we want the children to be proud to represent the school and to have fun!

Reception Homework to be handed in on Monday 9th November

Reading

Please enjoy reading your child’s reading book this week alongside your bedtime stories.

During our meetings we spoke about Fred talk: Speaking in singular sounds and your child hearing the whole word, (we call this blending). Please make this a part of daily life. c-a-t… p-i-t…

Don’t forget to leave a little comment in your child’s reading record to let us know how you are finding reading time at home- we love to celebrate this in class!

Maths

This week we have been focusing on the number five: five fingers on one hand! Please help your child to spot 5 in and around their world this week. Any pictures of your maths learning are always welcomed-please email them to myself and we can incorporate these into our focused learning.

Fine motor challenge!

This week we have been learning more about Bonfire night. This week please create a colourful drawing of your favourite firework patterns.

DANCE FESTIVAL ARRANGEMENTS 2026

The time is here and we have now finished our dance, we are so excited to share it with you all. Here are the arrangements for next Tuesday…

We will leave school at 1pm by coach to the Blackpool Tower, where 4 members of staff will be taking the group and staying with them in to the evening. The children will be there all afternoon, to allow time to practise and run through the show. Therefore, they will need to bring a packed lunch for their evening meal. We recommend that they have a hot school dinner for lunch before they go, to ensure they have something warm and filling before a long afternoon/evening. Snacks throughout the event are welcomed, but please no sweets/ chocolate and no fizzy drinks, although one juice is permitted. As it is a long afternoon, with waiting time, please feel free to pack a good book, any homework to complete and maybe a puzzle/ colouring book to keep them busy (no electrical devices or aything of value). Children will not be able to see any of the audience before or during the show.

Children are only permitted to leave once the show has finished, due to safeguarding reasons. Once the competition has finished (approximately 9:15pm), children will then go backstage to collect their belongs and then we will take them to our school’s pick up point which is outside the entrance to Boots on Bank Hey Street, so please meet us there- we can not let your child go until we are at this meeting point. Please make sure you tell us when you take your child, to ensure a safe transition as it does get very busy!I will have all mobile contact numbers in case there are any problems, so  please ensure you have your mobiles with you on the night. Please fill in the form below to let us know who will be taking your child home on the evening:

dance festival form

Doors open to the public on the evening at 5:30pm- make sure you have your tickets. The anticipated finsihing time is 9:15pm.

Please make sure that children have their costumes in school and leave them in school ready for the day- they need to be in a clearly labelled bag.

Children can wear their PE kits this day. Please make sure you pack plenty of water and if your child needs an inhaler, please ensure they have this. We will also door hair in the afternoon, so pack a brush and plenty of bobbles/ hair grip- boys gel? We might even add a bit of face glitter and hair glitter- we will also be asking permission on the form for this.

Any questions or queries about the event, please contact me via email:

k.harrison@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Year 1 homework to be handed in Monday 9th November

READING

Please continue having the children read their RWInc (phonics) books at home daily!

Please also explore together the library book that the children have brought home to read for pleasure!

MATHS

This week, the children have maths sheets stuck in their homework books.

English:

This week, we would like the children to put their imaginations to the test! Having explored Evil Pea's mischievous plans in Supertato, the children have been challenged to design their very own trap to catch Supertato. Can they think of a clever way for Evil Pea to catch our superhero? We would love to see their creative designs, complete with labels and a sentence explaining how their trap will work. Don't forget those capital letters, finger spaces and full stops!

We can't wait to see the children's creative ideas!

I have also included a pack of high-frequency words that the children should read and learn little and often! When the children know these fluently, they will move up a set!

SPELLING:

Please practise the high-frequency words in your child's word pack, as well as the handwriting activity stuck into their homework book. Encourage the children to form their letters carefully and take their time!

Handwriting

Your child should have high-frequency words stuck in their book to practice their handwriting.

Note: Please don’t worry if your child’s book does not have these exact documents; I have adapted some homework tasks to children’s specific targets in their learning!

Year 5 Homework 3.11.26

Homework to be completed and brought in to school by Tuesday 9th November

Spellings

The focus this week in spelling is silent letters. Some words are spelt with 'silent' letters. This is usually because the pronunciation of these words has changed over hundreds of years but the spelling has remained the same.

knight

knitting

knocked

kneel

knot

gnarl

honest

knuckle

knife

known

knoweldge

crumb

climb

doubt

debt

Reading

Please make sure you are reading every night for at least 15 minutes! Let’s practise our fluency by reading aloud to our parents and making sure we are reading with speed, accuracy and expression. Parents please check for understanding by continously asking questions about what they have read.

Maths

We are now focusing on the thousanths colum in our decimal work. Please complete the maths sheets in your books.

Year 5 Autumn 1 optional homework