Year 3 Homework- To be handed in Tuesday 11th November

Spellings

This week we are focusing on common exception words:

1. every
2. busy
3. who
4.improve
5.arrive
6.answer
7.differently
8.enough
9.thought
10. question

Maths - Please complete the questions in your homework book.

Reading
Reading targets have been reset! Children completed their star reading assessments at the end of last half term and now have their new reading levels (ZPD’s).

Class Assembly Script

It’s our class assembly next Tuesday - one last push to get super confident with our lines over the weekend!

Autumn 2 Optional homework will be live on the blog next week.

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Year 1 Homework to be handed in Monday 10th November

Thank you so much to all who attended todays maths workshop! It was such a special morning and the children loved sharing their maths knowledge with you all!

Year 3 Weekly Blog Friday 24th October

Autumn Term 1

And just like that the first half term has come to an end, the children have settled really well into year 3 - this half term has been a term of learning new routines and learning how to be year 3s! The children have done a great job and we are a great year 3 team.

This week we have listened to the Parable of the tax collector and the Pharisee, we thought about being humble and not boastful. We are all unique and should be proud and celebrate our qualities and achievements but we should also value and celebrate those of the people around us.

On Tuesday our prayer leaders led a beautiful worship in which we thought about those around who may need our prayer. As October is the month of the Rosary, we turned to our Mother Mary and asked her to keep these people in our prayer, we made scrolls and added them to our Rosary display.

Our learning this week…

English
We have focused on speech this week and taken on the part of characters in the story Weed by Quentin Blake. We used punctuation clues to identify speech in the text. We looked at picture form the Greenling story by Levi Fold and thought about what the characters would be saying in each picture. We recorded their speech in speech bubbles then in speech marks.

Maths
We’ve continued using the bridging strategy to add and subtract across the 100’s boundary.

Swimming

Our swimming stars this week (As chosen by the swimmers teachers) are: Leo T and Maya.
Swimming will continue after the half term break.

Harvest

Thank you for all your jam donations - as a school we collected a huge amount of food for our local food bank, you can find more info on Mrs Gregan’s blog.

Enrichment

On Wednesday afternoon the children enjoyed gardening with Mrs Hotchkiss and Mrs Mather. They harvested potatoes that were then enjoyed by the children and staff at lunchtime on Thursday - they were delicious.

Book looks and parents day.

It was lovely to see so many of you on Tuesday afternoon, sharing books and moment of pride with your children. Many of you said that you couldn’t believe how much work the children have completed in such a short space of time - they really have worked their socks off and I too am very proud of them.

Thank you for taking the time to come a discuss your children and how they have settled into Year 3 on Friday. It was lovely to hear so many positive comments.

Design Technology

The children have started the next unit of DT work with Mrs Mather - they are sewing. Mrs Mather has asked the children to practise tying knots over half term, small knot in wool or thread - this is in preparation them securing thread when sewing.

Choir and Autumn 2 term clubs

There are lots of extra curricular opportunities for the children next half term from choir to Christmas crafts, judo and archery!

Find more info and sign up here

No certificate this week.

Our virtues next half term will be Faith Filled and Hopeful.

Reminders

• PE Days - Monday (outdoor) and Thursday (swimming)

• Upcoming trip - Stone age to Iron age at Woodmatters - Wednesday 19th November .Please complete permission form above. payment is now open on Parent pay

• School reopens on Monday 3rd November
  

Have a great half term,

Mrs Naylor, Mrs Carter and Mrs Davis

L.naylor@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Drawing-Developing Drawing Skills.

What a busy term we have had! The children have been learning how to add detail into their art by learning the four rules of shading and using their observational skills to draw realistic flowers and seeds. We have then then gone on and let our imaginations run wild as we created our own imaginary blooms. With this done, the children recreated these in the form of Digital Art. They came up with fantastic ideas that would make any garden look colourful and bright!

We are now moving on to Textiles where we will be learning key sewing skills to make cushions.

 Have a lovely half term,

God Bless

Mrs Mather

Drawing- Emotions, Depth and Movement.

What a busy half term we have had! Throughout our unit, we have drawn on a memory we hold most dear to enhance our drawing techniques. Thinking about composition, we have looked at foreground, middle ground and back ground and how we use these to enhance the focal point of an art piece. We have taken inspiration from Charlie Mackesy (The boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse) to refine our drawing skills in readiness to create a print. The children’s work has been exceptional as they have explored new techniques to add to their final piece.

We have now moved onto Design and Technology, where we will be making a mechanical book inspired by Greek Mythology.

Have a lovely half term

God Bless

Mrs Mather

This weeks learning landscape....

A week full of finding out. On Monday we went on an adventure to find out about wheat! Our friend Pip took us to a field of wheat. We explored how the wheat was cut down and separated into seeds and stalks by the combine harvester, before it went off to be ground into flour. We were then ready to make bread!!! We buttered and ate the bread at snack time, it was so yummy we made more the following day!

We have been even busier this week with our learning challenges. We have practised our:

• writing

• numbers

• sorting

• shapes

  as well as tending the garden. We swept up nine bags of leaves and planted some rosemary. The children have put it in our small green house and are checking it every day incase it needs a spray of water.

  All week we have been dancing…in the garden and around the nursery and on Wednesday we joined enrichment afternoon with reception. Mrs. Harrison taught us some fabulous dance moves so we could samba around the hall…watch out Strictly Come Dancing!

Worship

This week our worship has centred around Harvest. We all have said ‘thank you to God for our wonderful world and everything he has provided for us. We sang the hymn ‘All things bright and beautiful’ to focus our minds on how beautiful our world really is and how we are all tasked with taking good care of it. On Thursday morning nursery joined the whole school for our Harvest Festival. A big ‘thank you for all your generous donations.

As we have been in a dancing mood we celebrated in nursery by dancing The Harvest Samba. Click here to have a go at home!

This week your child will come home this week with a special Luce key ring. Luce, the official mascot of the Jubilee 2025. Luce is a pilgrim dressed as a typical traveler: a yellow anorak to protect herself from the elements, dirty boots that bear witness to the path she has already traveled, a missionary cross around her neck and the pilgrim's staff in her hand. Particularly evocative are Luce's eyes, which shine with an intense light: they symbolize the hope that is born in the heart of every pilgrim, and reflect the desire for spirituality and connection with the divine. They act as a reminder of the universal message of peace and brotherhood. The choice of a mascot like Luce is part of a broader context, aimed at reaching new generations and promoting intergenerational dialogue. The mascot not only represents the Jubilee, but is also a symbol of community, of welcome and of sharing.

Lastly, can I just say what a fabulous half term it has been. We have been on lots of adventure, some funny, some scary but we have all enjoyed being and learning together. Please have a good rest if you can over the half term because when we get back we have lots more adventures to go on…and Christmas! Nursery will reopen after the holidays on Monday 3rd November.

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

Year 6 Weekly Blog ‘Autumn tells is the season that teaches us that change can be beautiful’

Harvest is a time of thanksgiving and gratitude; to thank God for the things we have and all that God has given to us. Our liturgies this week have been centred around this and our RE this week looked also at the smallest seed- the mustard seed. Year 6 have been reflecting on the parables that Jesus shared with us that taught us about the Kingdom of God and how this can start off so small within us, but as we love and follow in Jesus’ footsteps this can grown in to something more powerful.

Our Children’s Liturgy was all about Justice and praying for those people around the world that are faced with injustice- thank you boys for another moving worship…

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I can’t believe we have come to the end of our first half term in Year 6! It has gone by so quick, but what a start Year 6 have made. They have all grown so much in the last few weeks, developing their independence and reflecting on the areas they know they need to work on- we couldn’t be more prouder of them. Make sure they get lots of rest this short break, so that they are ready and raring to go for another busy, run-up to Christmas. It has been so lovely to talk to you all at the parent’s meetings, celebrating the successes of each one of them. I hope you also enjoyed sharing your children’s books, where I am sure you can see how hard they are all working and how much pride they take in their work.

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We have now read up to chapter 10 of our class novel and it has definitely left us wanting more- I can’t wait to read more when we get back and find out just what Daniel’s next test will be! We have looked closer in to the characters, finding evidence from the book as to whether they are good or evil and have even wrote a diary entry as the main character. In Maths we are continuing with our ‘redistribution’ strategy, compensating numbers to make tricky calculations easier to manage! In History, we looked closely as to why Henry broke away from the Catholic church, doing a spot of drama, advising him, to help him make his decision. What a busy week…

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Year 6 had a great time back in year 5 with Mr Cornwell for enrichment! The children spent an hour playing card games and having great fun, as you can see from the photos …

We also had a very special visit from the police to talk about Halloween and Bonfire night safety …

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Bikeability is the first Friday back after half term (7th November) and the following Friday, so please remember to bring your bikes and helmets, unless you stated on the online form that you need to borrow and bike. Please come in at usual time and leave the bikes in the bike rack, with helmets attached. PE kits need to be worn this day, raincoat and bottles of water please. On the Friday children complete level 1, this assesses the child’s competence on a bike and whether they are safe enough to progress to level 2 the following week, where it will be on the road around the school. The isntructors will not pass any child that they feel would be a danger to themselves or others, so as well as their bike skills they will also be monitoring the children’s listening skills. We will find out on the Firday who has passed to move on to the next level the following week.

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Notices

• Make sure all children read over half term please to keep that fluency going!

• Biekability (7th and 14th November)

• After half term could all children bring in shoe boxes ready for their art project and any spare if you have them!

• Would your child like to be in choir? If so please sign up on the following link …

  Become a member of Choir - Autumn 2 2025 – Fill in form

Year 1 Weekly Blog - "When we live humbly, God takes our small efforts and creates great things." - Pope Francis

Happy Half Term!

What a fantastic start to the new school! The transition from Reception and play based learning, to the Year 1 curriculum is huge, but our children were so ready for this transition. We could not be more proud of them and how they thirst to learn and absolutely love each step! As we write this we think back to so many special moments: The Evil Pea’s Appearance, learning their own prayer and liturgies, seeing each child’s enthusiasm and excitement to write their spellings each week, creating artwork with nature from God’s beautiful world, filling someone's bucket with another droplet. They are such sponges with a real thirst for learning and care for each other, what lucky teachers we are!

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We have been led once again, so beautifully during our child led prayer and liturgy, the children shared a special message about harvest and thanksgiving. Our children chose to sing “If I were a butterfly” which we loved singing along to! In this weeks Gospel we focused how to be humble and what the word meant. We listened to a piece of scripture about a humble tax collector and a proud Pharisee. God teaches us that we should live humbly like the tax collector. We discussed what the word humble meant, and we came to realise that it means to be humble we do not that we are better or more important than others, instead we are honest and say sorry to God if we do wrong.

Going deeper in my learning

As a family, name one of each other’s special God-given gifts, something that you admire in the other person. Then each of you name a gift that you are especially grateful for - it could be a quality, skill or attitude. Decide on a way that you will use that gift to help someone in this coming week.

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On Thursday Morning we spent time together as a school community to celebrate our harvest mass. A huge thank you for all the very kind donations, what a difference it will make to those in our local area who need it!

The children have also been busy writing their own stories of Supertato and you will be so proud to see their writing, they have done such an amazing job.

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A huge thank you to you all for meeting with us today to celebrate your child’s start in Year 1, there has been so much to celebrate!

We hope you all have a wonderful half term, time to recharge our batteries ready for the next half term as we journey towards Christmas (eeeek!)

Warmest wishes,

Miss Bassett and Mrs Hartley

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Year 4 Football Teams

Information for the Year 4 Football friendly on Tuesday 4th November. We have had to change the match format due to the failing light at this time of the year, impending weather and to ensure that both matches can take place. Please see below which match your child will be playing in and where the match will be. Games will need to start promptly so please collect your child and take them to the school their match is at.

Game 1 v Heyhouses: 3.45pm kick off at HEYHOUSES with Mr Nay

Henry S

Freddie

Jack

Scarlett

Hallie

Theo

Seamus

Henry C

Game 2 v St Thomas: 3.40pm kick off at ST THOMAS with Mr Cornwell

Jude Cl

Jude Cu

Marla

Heidi

Danny

Barnaby

Patrick

Luca

All children need to be collected from school and taken to either Heyhouses new school or St Thomas’s depending on what time they are playing. All children playing will be given a school football kit, they just need to have football boots and shin pads. This is the first time that we have had Year 4 playing football and will be a nice opportunity before school teams in Year 5.

Autumn 2 Extra-Curricular Timetable

Please find below the clubs on offer for this next half term. Keep an eye on the dates of when things start and finish. Due to Christmas, they are all at different times.

Please sign up to the clubs using the buttons below.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 23.10.25- 'Don't judge each other by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant'

And just like that, we have finished our first half term of Year 5! (and our longest one of the year). The children have settled into life as upper juniors excellently and have worked so hard over these past eight weeks, you all deserve a week off. We have finished our final week of the half term with celebration and togetherness. On Tuesday, we invited you lovely parents in for our annual book look, to show you how hard your child has been working and to get a glimpse into the Year 5 curriculum. On Wednesday, we carried on with our enrichment opportunities for the third year running. To start, the children went back to Year 4 with Mrs Lyons for a bit of musical theatre!

We ended our week by coming together to celebrate our harvest festival. Thank you so much for all of your donations ( I have never seen so many baked beans in my life). Photos of all of our collections are available on Mrs Gregan’s blog. We also had a special visit from two of our local police force to chat with Year 5 and 6 all about Halloween and Bonfire Safety. The children were very responsive and curious with their questions and answers and we may have inspired some future police officers in the making.

Conversation Starters

In preparation for Halloween and Bonfire night, can you remember the ways of how we can stay safe during these two events. Did you learn anything new about the Police, Halloween or Bonfires?

Notices

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

• The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Parental Guidance- We are currently reading this book as our class novel. We are due to finish the book just before Christmas and are hoping to watch the film during Christmas memory week. If you have any queries or issues about your child watching this film, please email me. If no emails are received, I will take this as a yes to your child being okay to watch the film.

• Choir- If you are interested in joining the school choir, or are already an existing member, please sign the form below.

• Parents Day- Friday 24th October- Here is the full timetable for parents day tomorrow. Appointments will be capped at 10 minutes to allow all appointments to start on time.

• School will reopen on Monday 3rd November. Have a wonderful week off!

Year 5 Half Term Homework- Due Thursday 6th November

Compulsory Homework

Reading

Everyone has been given a reading target to complete over half term (there should be a post it note in their book). Rocket reading targets will reset and be changed over half term so make sure you are ready to quiz when you come back to school!

Times Tables

Lots of TTRS practice to keep being super speedy- a large majority of the Year 5 Maths curriculum is based on solid times tables knowledge so keep practicing- even if you have already gone green!

Spellings

The children have a spelling sheet to complete which is based on this weeks spellings. The children should be familiar with how to complete this as we have practiced this in our spelling lesson.

Vocabulary check- Our tricky Year 5 spellings are the final 5 spellings on our test. Use a dictionary to find the definitions of these words and write them in your homework book.

1. pound

2. coin

3. note

4. eight

5. arrive

6. quarter

7. knew

8. whole

9. father

10. scent

11. criticise

12. interfere

13. community

14. opportunity

15. symbol

Art

The children have began making their pop up books, in which they will create a book about a Greek myth. Watch the video below and choose a myth you would like to create your book about. Note down four main parts of the story for your book. There is a playlist of 12 other myths in the top right corner of the video. Choose which myth you would like from the list of videos.