This week our liturgies have been centred around Luke’s Gospel which is often called “The Road to Emmaus.” It tells the story of two friends on a journey, walking from Jerusalem to a village called Emmaus after the death of Jesus. As they walk, they feel sad, confused and worried because things have not gone how they expected. While they are travelling, Jesus comes alongside them, but they do not recognise him at first. He listens to their worries, asks them questions and explains things gently, helping them to understand what has happened. By the end of the journey, when they sit down to eat together, the friends suddenly realise that Jesus has been with them all along. Their sadness turns into hope and confidence, and they rush back to tell others the good news. The journey in this story is not just about walking from one place to another. It represents a life journey—times when we move forward but feel unsure, frightened or confused about what comes next. Over the next few weeks we will be talking about Year 6’s journey, how change and big events are becoming closer, but what we can learn through this scripture is that we never walk alone, there are always people there to help us, and of course God, and just like the disciples kept walking, children can keep going evem when things are challenging—one question, one day at a time.
Wow what a start to the summer term! We have all come back so well rested and ready to take on the challenges of the term! We have shown so much focus, bravery, reflection and most of all resilience this week! We could not ask the children to work any harder.
Learning has been full on and fast paced this week. I am so impressed by the attitude of the children and their desire to make progress. This week we have mastered our dividing of fractions and have been reasoning around fractions, problem solving and finding fractions of amounts! They are doing brilliant!
Earlier this week we had Enrichment afternoon with Mrs Hotchkiss, where year 6 were planting reading for summer! And of course, we had our golf afternoon, where the children got to have a go at some golf lessons in preparation for an exciting summer!
With a bank holiday coming up, and only a few weeks to go until May, every day is crucial. Please ensure that your children are in school on time to maximise every learning opportunity.
Delving deeper through talk …
What do we need to ensure we do for active listening?
With only three weeks to go until SAT’s, what do you want/ need to work on in this time to feel ready?
Attentive and Discerning Star
This half term we will be on the lookout for all the children that are attentive in the way we look at the world and in others, taking the time to notice the big and the small things each day. We will also be spotting children who are discerning, who choose the right decisions with integrity. These children are the role models of the school. This week we thank John Paul for being attentive and discerning to help others.
Leading Learners
Well done to Ciaran.
Wow Ciaran, you are impressing us so much with your focus, enthusiasm and pure resilience. You are so engaged during lessons, participating fully and getting lost in each task. We loved seeing how resilient you were this week on your Maths, even when others said it couldn’t be done, you continued to challenge yourself, had such a stickability and confidence that you could do it- and you did! What a magical moment- we are very proud of you!
Helpers in the morning
This week we have the following children helping to take the younger children to their class:
Gus Toby Beth Rose
Residential
Not long to go until the residential now- very exciting! Today the children have received the kit list, to show what they need to bring. More information will be sent out nearer the time!
Notices
Please make sure homework is completed and returned on the correct day.
Just in case you want to do a little extra work on spellings- here is the predictions for the SAT’s spelling which I have based the homework round for the next couple of weeks …
