Year 6 Weekly Blog - 'He is risen. He is not there.'

What a way to end a wonderful term together! I am sure that you were all moved by the children’s depiction of the Resurrection this morning and hopefully you felt the joy of the resurrection! This morning is what education is all about. The children having the opportunity to think outside of the box, be creative and to express themselves. We are incredibly proud of them all.

This week we met with our reception partners to walk around the stations of the cross, which was a beautiful way to share the events of Holy week …

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We loved the Easter egg hunt the Easter rabbit sent us on …

This week, on top of preparing for our assembly, we have been learning the active and passive voice in English, continuing with our fraction work and the children have recieved feedback from both their reading and grammar papers. All of the children have homeowrk and their papers to look over during the Easter break, I have attached the grammar paper with the links again to aid your revision. They have worked so hard and we are now onto the final push. Support your child the best way you see fit, whatever level input you feel is necessary then please feel free. If you click on the button below, it will take you to the section on the Year 6 web page ‘How to Help Your Child.’ I have updated the page with lots of useful sites for the children to access. If you see there is an area that children need more practice, then these sites should help, but remember one of the most crucial ways is through books. So please make sure you set aside time of Easter to read together. The final weeks after half term will be focused on revision and helping the children in each of the different areas.

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LEARNER OF THE HALF TERM…

Voted for by your classmates for being an excellent learning role model within our classroom. The class think you have shone this half term …

Teddy

Intentional and Prophetic stars

This half term we will be on the lookout for all the children that are intention in their actions. Children who make conscious decisions for the greater good. We will also be spotting children who are prophetic, who choose the right decisions with integrity and who display them publically. These children are the role models of the school. This week we thank Logan for being intentional and prophetic to help others.

Helpers in the morning

This week we have the following children helping to take the younger children to their class:

Isioma Toby Logan Poppy

Notices

• MEDICAL FORMS- we still have some medical forms that need to be completed and sent back to school. Please ensure any conditions and food or other allergies are mentioned in this form.

• CLASS TRIP: On Thursday 7th May we have booked to go to the Grand Theatre to watch the book we will be studying after Easter ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’. Previous year 6 groups have been to watch this performance before and it is most definitely worth watching. The show starts at 2pm in Blackpool, so on this day we will be arriving back at school a later time of approximately 5pm. Payment for the tickets and coach is on ParentPay at £22.

On behalf of the Year 6 team, we wish you all a restful and holy Easter. Take time to spend with each other and to enjoy the beautiful weather- hopefully.

Year 1 Weekly Blog 2.4.26 - "He is not here; he has risen!" - Luke 24:6-7

This week is always so special at Our Lady’s. I will never forget my first Easter here and being in awe at the children’s understanding and emotion when retelling Holy Week, it is always incredible and this year was no different! In class we have spent time reflecting on what we have watched our junior friends portray and each child is coming home with their own Easter reflection book that they have made. We have had tears and so many questions which is so moving. Our children are so young and yet have such a passion in understanding what Jesus went through in His final weeks. I could not be more proud of all our children!

Children’s awards

Our children have chosen both awards this term. It was so lovely to hear their thoughts as to who they feel has shown our learning virtues and who has been a super learner. I think every child was voted by someone! However, a huge and well deserved congratulations to Lily, who was awarded the Star, for being a super kind friend and for always looking after others! Another huge congratulations to Roxie who has been awarded the learning certificate! Your class friends have noticed what a wonderful creative learner you are!

Notices

ART! Next half term the children need a shoe box each. If you have any shoes boxes please keep them to one side for our Art work - thank you in advance!

Wishing you all a very happy, Holy and wonderful Easter

Miss Bassett, Miss Hennessey and Miss Charnely

Friday 2nd April !Lord, by your cross and resurrection, you have set us free. You are the Saviour of the world."

A very special week in Year 4 and indeed the whole school this week - Holy week. It is hard to put into words the depth of emotion felt within school throughout this week as we witness Jesus’s journey to the cross through our class liturgies. Year 4 portrayed Jesus’s agony and trauma in the Garden of Gethsemane with such understanding and beauty. Each one knew their role and felt it keenly. We were so proud of them. After watching the Crucifixion the following day, many children were in tears because they had such compassion for Jesus’s pain and suffering. They then wrote Acrostic poems in class about how Jesus had spoken to them through this event. They were beautiful.

We have been so busy in maths this week - moving onto making numbers 10 and 100 times bigger or smaller and using this to help us solve very tricky multiplications like 56 x 7 and 147 x 8. In English, children have written some amazing stories based on our novel, ‘The Last Bear,’ and we have started a Science mini topic on Food chains.

The children have had such fun together this week - playing outdoors, going on a Easter egg hunt - which was pure joy and of course our famous Easter Egg raffle!

Conversation starters

RE

Why didn’t Jesus ‘Save Himself’ and come down from the cross?

History

Were the Anglo-Saxons Christians?

Let’s Celebrate

This week, our certificates were voted by the children in class. You voted well!

Jude Cuffe was chosen to be demonstrating every learning character because he is sensible, passionate, listens and focuses so well in class. He is a good friend.

Elsie was chosen because she has a smile each day, includes everyone in games and is always kind. She always tries her best and listens well in class. She is helpful and cheers people on.

Sasha received our vortue star this week for being intentional in everything she does. From her effort with her school work to her determination to be a good person, she is inspiring. Well done Sasha.

Wise words from the children - I couldn’t have put it better myself!

Have a lovely Easter with your little chicks. They really are such a pleasure to be with and have all absolutely worked their socks off this half term!

Mrs Lyons and Mrs Carragher

a.lyons@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Sculpture and 3D- Abstract shape and space.

What a busy term of exploration with all things sculpture! The past few weeks have all been about the children using their creativity to turn 2D shapes into 3D sculptures. The emphasis was purely exploratory ways to join and master using varying shapes to create their pieces, which at times were frustrating when things didn’t go as planned. We have looked at how sculptors use both negative and positive spaces to maximize the impact of the work. The children were so creative in turning their cereal box into a work of art and in producing a final piece. 

We have also revisited our drawing topic by using our observational skills to draw British wildlife.

Next half term, we are moving on to cooking and Nutrition where we will focus on seasonal foods.

Have a lovely Easter Break

God Bless

Mrs Mather

Drawing – Expressing Ideas.

Time flies when you’re having fun! The children have really gotten into this topic! We have thought about what the difference is between Street Art and Graffiti, not only in design but in legal terms. We have had the opportunity to explore the street art in Blackpool and have thought about what their story is. The children have created depth and distance by having a go at one point perspectives and vanishing points, along with scaling up using a grid. Using their new found knowledge, the children have planned a piece of work inspired not only by street art, but also an Ecological topic that is close to their heart and feel strongly about. We will continue with this after the half term. They have really shone out and have challenged themselves every step of the way. Well done Year 6!

Next half term we are turning our focus to Photography and Memories.

Have a lovely Easter Break

God Bless

Mrs Mather

Structures and 3D- Bridges

- This half term we have been putting an array of knowledge to the test in our Design and Technology topic. The children have shown such perseverance with building their bridges. We started off looking at the three main types; beam, arch and truss and discovering which type was the strongest. The children were then set the task of having a go at making a spaghetti truss bridge, this task is definitely for the faint hearted- it would test the patience of anyone! The children took it all in their stride and shown impeccable resilience when the spaghetti kept snapping! We then moved on to our woodworking skills, using our maths knowledge to measure and cut accurate lengths to construct their bridge. I am so proud of all the children for navigating this topic so wonderfully with their partners and their enthusiasm in helping others when they could. You have all been wonderful craftspeople Year 5 well done!

We have started our new topic on portraits which we will continue after the holiday, before moving onto Cooking and Nutrition.

Have a lovely Easter Break

God Bless

Mrs Mather

Paper Play!

This term, the children have been looking at the different ways they could use paper. From 3D drawings through to sculptures. We have had so much fun manipulating paper into tower sculptures, the tree of life 3d art and a collaborative whole class spider sculpture! The children have shown so much resilience when the paper would not bend the way they wanted it to. This topic has been perfect for their fine motor skills and building up their finger muscles by rolling an array of different sized cylinders to produce their tower sculptures. Their imagination has run wild with this topic and they produced fabulous work!

Next half term, we will be looking at woven wonders.

Have a lovely Easter Break

God Bless

Mrs Mather

Torches and Cooking and Nutrition

This half term we have been exploring electrical systems and how they have developed over time. The children were tasked with making a torch to fit a set design criterion. They could either; design and make a torch for a police officer or someone who enjoyed caving. They had to decide on the relevant style of torch, taking the specific criteria for each person into consideration. This could be either in the form of a hand held or a head torch. The children were very creative in completing their torch with an off/on switch and were all successful in making a fully functioning torch!

 We have now started our next topic of Cooking and Nutrition. The children have planned their adapted recipe, designed their packaging and looked at budgeting. After Easter, they will be making their packaging and them, baking their final product.

Have a lovely Easter Break

God Bless

Mrs Mather

Drawing-Tone and Texture

My word, time flies when you’re having fun! I cannot believe we are at the end of another term! This term, we have turned our attention to our drawing skills. We have looked at how to shade using the four golden rules, thought about and explored how we can add texture into our work to create detail. We have seen like an artist by using shapes to help aid us in the development of forming an idea. We have of course, used our teddies from home to combine our skills in the form of observational drawings. They look fantastic! The detail included is wonderful, well done Year 2!

Next half term, we will be returning to Mechanisms and fairgrounds.

Have a lovely Easter Break

God Bless

Mrs Mather

Year 5 Weekly Blog 02.04.26- ' Into your hands, I commend my spirit'

Come July and when we reflect on all of the weeks throughout Year 5- holy week will remain as the most special. The incredible journey that the school have taken us on, from Jesus’ arrival into Jerusalem to his resurrection just one week later. On Wednesday, the children did themselves, their parents and the entire school proud with their liturgy of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The children embodied their roles and spoke, expressed, and moved with such purpose.

To celebrate this, we were treated to an Easter Egg hunt in forest school later that morning. More Easter egg fun followed on Thursday with our annual Easter egg raffle.

Conversation starters

HRE- We have looked at ‘self-talk’ and how we can view and interpret situations in either a positive or negative mindset. We used the ‘glass half full or half empty’ example of how we can view the same situation but with different mindsets. Do any of your family members use any positive mindset techniques? Do they follow any inspirational/motivational quotes to keep their mindset in a positive state?

Let’s Celebrate

To bring an end to our second term of the year, the children have been voting for who has displayed our virtues and learning characters consistently throughout the entire term.

Virtue Star of the Term: Scarlett

Learner of the Term: Rodnie

Notices

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

• Trip to the Grand 7th May- We will be seeing a live performance of ‘The Boy in the Back of the Class’ - a novel in which the children will be reading in Year 6. Payment is now live on parentpay.

• Trip to Lancaster Castle and Police Museum 14th May- Our final history topic of the year will be ‘Crime and Punishment’ , in which this trip offers a detailed tour through history. Payment is now live on parentpay.

Year 5 Easter Holidays Homework

Compulsory Homework

Reading

At least 20 minutes minimum a day.

Maths and English- ANTON

We are trialing out a new online homework system called ‘ANTON’. The children have been given a demonstration of how to website works and all children have their QR code stuck on the inside of their homework work to log in.

The children are to complete all of the tasks below, which have been added to their to do lists on ANTON.

Short Mutliplication 1

Short Division 1

Clauses

Year 6 Home Learning 2.04.26

Maths

Please complete the SAT’s style word problems and make sure you show your working out. Then please complete the first four sections (see below) of this following following strand on ANTON areas:

Reading

Please complete the two reading comprehensions. This is a short reading test, to help you with your fluency and speed. Please read and complete the questions in 10 minutes.

Grammar

Please complete the revision map on word classes. Have a look at your grammar paper and then look at what areas you need to practise and follow the relevant links on the paper below to revise those areas:

You could even have a look at the following areas to help you …

Holy Week

It has been a sombre yet joyful week at nursery. We have joined the whole school in the Holy Week assemblies. Together, we have walked alongside Jesus from His triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to His final hours on the cross and then the culmination of Holy Week, the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The older children have depicted this using words dance drama so very beautifully you couldn’t help but be moved emotionally.

Learning Landscape

The children have had a fun packed week full of Easter celebration activities. We have:

• played pin the tail on the bunny (that was great fun!)

• sang Easter songs

• created using Easter craft resources

• joined Reception for an Easter Egg Hunt!

• joined in the Easter egg raffle

• met the chicks that Year 2 have hatched

• joined a hot cross bun gathering with Reception

• played hot potato/mashed potato!

• …and had a jolly good time!

This term has been the most amazing twelve weeks. The children’s learning has been off the scale! They have started to demonstrate everything we have been learning since September. When we return after the Easter break we will be pushing forward to achieve even greater things! I would like to thank you all for your support of nursery and all the hard work you put in at home to help your child’s learning at school It is greatly appreciated.

I hope you all have a Happy and Holy Easter, not too many eggs!

Stay safe and God bless

Barbara

Year 5 Weekly Blog 27.03.26- 'This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee'- Matthew 21:1-11

Time really does fly by when you are having fun! It is hard to believe that we have begun our holy week liturgies- ready for the build up of such an important moment in our Catholic faith. Our prayer leaders this week began this for us by leading a worship about Jesus’ arrival into Jerusalem, by the waving of palm leaves. The leaders asked us to reflect on who our role models are and why we look up to/celebrate these people. This is because Jesus did so many good things and lived an inspirational life- in which he became a role model to us all. This led perfectly into Year 2’s interpretation of Palm Sunday the following morning. We also used our RE lessons to help prepare for holy week by looking at the sorrowful mysteries. During advent, we looked into the joyful mysteries, which told the sequencing of the birth of Jesus. This week, we have linked the sequences of Jesus’ death and used artwork and scripture to reflect on this.

In Maths, it has been all things multiplication and times tables as we have been looking at factorisation- factors of products and finding their factor partners for the correct multiplication. In English, we have been planning for our final sci-fi story of this unit. We have completed lots of mini story writes, focusing on particular writing skills and focuses- now the children get to combine all of their skills for their big sci-fi story!

Conversation starters

HRE- We have looked at ‘self-talk’ and how we can view and interpret situations in either a positive or negative mindset. We used the ‘glass half full or half empty’ example of how we can view the same situation but with different mindsets. Do any of your family members use any positive mindset techniques? Do they follow any inspirational/motivational quotes to keep their mindset in a positive state?

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Bea

Our virtues for this half term are intentional and prophetic. Our star this week goes to Bea. We have covered some big topics in RE this year, such as the beatitudes, the commandments and the virtues. All of these have been created by the most influential figures in our faith as a guidance of how we should live as Catholics in God’s world. I can truely say Bea that you are someone who intentionally lives within these teachings, in which you do so prophetically as seen as one of our leaders of the Mini Vinnies.

Learner of the Week: Hugo

It has been amazing to see how you enjoyed those Year 5 visits during our sci-fi lessons back when you were in Year 3 Hugo. I can’t believe you remember the lessons I taught those years ago and you have shown the same level of enthusiasm during our creative story writing this year in sci-fi. The way you have applied all of our writing skills into your independent work is just amazing to see and the outcome of your writing speaks for itself.

Notices

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

• Year 5 Easter Assembly- Wednesday 1st April

• School closes on Friday 2nd April at 2pm

• Trip to the Grand 7th May- We will be seeing a live performance of ‘The Boy in the Back of the Class’ - a novel in which the children will be reading in Year 6. Payment is now live on parentpay.

• Trip to Lancaster Castle and Police Museum 14th May- Our final history topic of the year will be ‘Crime and Punishment’ , in which this trip offers a detailed tour through history. Payment is now live on parentpay.