As the Magi followed the star, so Epiphany reminds us that God still places light on our path—guiding us toward truth, hope, and the places where Christ is quietly waiting to be found.

Earlier this week we celebrated the Epiphany with a beautiful liturgy from the chiuldren. This day celebrates the moment when the Magi followed a star to find the newborn Christ, recognizing Him as the light of the world. For us, that guiding star symbolises how God continues to lead us—often quietly—through the uncertainties of our own lives. Just as the wise men trusted the light set before them, we are invited to trust God's guidance, believing that He directs our steps toward truth, hope, and deeper encounter with Christ. As part of their going forth mission, the children then responded by writing the ways in which they will continue shining the light of advent this year.

This half term, we are looking at what it means to be Eloquent and Truthful. As we look for God in all things and use his teachings to speak his words eloquently and truthfully in our every day life. Earlier this week we shared a liturgy where we looked at these virtues and shared the bible scripture, when God calls Moses from the burning bush (Exodus 3), Moses initially protests that he is “slow of speech.” Yet God assures him that He will be with his mouth and give him the words to say. This shows that true eloquence is not about perfect articulation or polished skill, but about speaking with God. Moses becomes eloquent precisely because he allows God to speak through him. His eloquence is rooted in humility and obedience, not in natural talent. We then discussed how we can use these two virtues in our lives, the children were then asked to write a prayer on ‘flames’ to add to our ‘burning bush’ display in the classroom.

Wishing you all a very happy new year. It has been so lovely to welcome the children back to school this week, despite the bitter cold earlier this week. The most important part of any school is the people within it. We have loved seeing the smiles and listening to all of the wonderful stories that the festive season has brought.

The children have been thinking about what 2026 might look like for them. The children have all reflected on their year ahead and thought about their new year’s resolutions- what do they want to improve this year and what are they going to do to achieve this. They are all going to come across some monumental experiences and opportunities this year. Some of them will be challenging, some will be exciting, some they will be anxious about. Whatever happens, they know they have the skills to tackle it with great resilience and determination. I have to say, they have all come back to school extremely well rested and ready to take on all the challenges they come across in their learning- I am so proud of them this week, they have worked so hard!

This week we have done lots of work on rlounding to the power of 10, looking at the critical digit and identifying the previous and next multiples, as well as working on the accuracy of our arithmetic work. Our focus in English has been on gathering content, analysing biographies, looking at it’s features and using cohesive devices. Next week, we will spend each day writing a paragraph on our class biography of Henry VIII, I can’t wait to see how they put everything they have learnt in to practice. This week in indoor PE we have been practicing and developing our athletics events and trying to beat our personal best in speed bounce, standing long jump and triple jump. Children have now completed their level 2 cycling proficency, they worked hard on developing their road skills and had a lovely afternoon cycling to Fairhaven Lake- I bet they slept well that night!

Delving deeper through talk …

What is your new years resolution this year? What do you know you want to improve on and master before the end of year 6?

How can you be eloquent and truthful in your life by letting God speak through you and following his guiding light just as the Wise Men followed His star?

Leading Learners

Well done to Rory.

Rory, you work tirelessly in lessons to be the best you can be and I love teaching you as you are so focused and engaged, with your great attention, you have the ability to think deeply about subjects, taking your learning that step further! Your thirst for learning is contagious and how you strive to challenge yourself in your work is wonderful- keep this up Rory!

Eloquent and Truthful Stars

This half term we will be on the lookout for all the children that are eloquent in their words, that show the language to ask questions, express emotions, speak beliefs, talk about matters of faith and hope, debate points of view, and engage in conversation. Those who are truthful, who speak the truth about themselves and others. These children are the role models of the school. This week we thank Tilly for always being eloquent and truthful.

Helpers in the mornings:

This week and for the first week back after Christmas we have the following children helping to take the younger children to their class:

Charlotte Seth Toby Isioma

Notices

Indoor Athletics Competition- Will take place on Wednesday 14th January at Lytham St Annes Sportshall. Those that have been picked will have been informed and information will be on the sports page.

Forest School- Next Friday Year 6 have their Forest school takeover. The following are the groups below, where group 1 will be doing forest school first, therefore can come in to school in their forest school clothes. So will need to bring their uniforms in and get changed after. Group 2 will come to school in their uniform and will get changed in to forest school clothes at school.

Please make sure they have warm clothes: coats, hats and gloves.

Homework is handed in every Thursday and goes out on Friday.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.