Last week some of our friends went on a tour of Our Lady’s church with Father Peter. We found out such a lot! Father showed us the font, tabernacle, stained glass windows and all the stations of the cross. Try and ask your child about our tour when you go to Mass on Sunday.
On the way back from church we popped into the social centre for a drink and biscuits, mmmmm. Take a look at our photos
Worship
This week during prayer and liturgy we have been discussing Ascension Day (click here) and Pentecost (click here).
Ascension Day is the 40th day of Easter. It occurs 39 days after Easter Sunday and it focuses on Jesus' ascension after his resurrection, and the message that he gave to his disciples right before he was taken to heaven. It also tells of the coming of the Holy Spirit (Pentecost) as promised by Jesus.
The children have been drawing pictures of what they think heaven looks like with Steph, we are going to put them in our Worship book.
We also asked talked about . . .
our favourite part of God’s world and why they are important to you.
why it is important the we look after God’s world and how we can do that?
what you would change about God’s world?
How could you make God’s world even better?
When we come back after the half term break we are going to go for a walk and find the most amazing thing that God created.
Emma’s Blog
Hello everyone.
I can't believe it’s half-term already!
We have been very busy painting characters for our display all about 'Once upon a time stories'. The children decided which characters they would like to see on the display. We had Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs, Rapunzel, The Big Bad Wolf and many more. All of the characters are from the stories we have been focusing on this half term. They have enjoyed role playing these stories too. We also made a magnificent fairy tale castle with a very long turret for Rapunzel to live in. We used lots of sparkles and metallic paints. It looks so magical, we are so proud of our display.
I hope you all have a fabulous half term. I can't wait to hear what you have all been up to.
Fingers crossed for the sun to keep shining for us.
See you all in 2 weeks.
Emma
Michelle’s blog
Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.
This week we have taken part in lots of different fun challenges. We started with the buzz wire game, where the children had to have a steady hand to be able to move along the buzz wire without setting the buzzer off. It was very tricky. We then had a challenge to see if we could carry the most water from one end of the garden from the other using a scoop. We worked in our house teams and concentrated not to spill any. The next challenge was to work together to fill the numicon board. Numicons use physical shapes and tools to represent numbers and maths. They help children to better visualise the relationship and value of numbers. Each Numicon shape represents a specific number.
This activity was tricky as the shapes didn't all fit at first. The children had to work out that some shapes had to be moved and turned make them to fit on the board. However, we did manage it in the end. The last challenge was a subitising quiz where the children had to say how many objects they could see. They said they wanted to challenge you, so here it is. Click here.
Watch out, they are fast
Have a lovely half term
Michelle
Sports Day
For the children attending Sports Day on Wednesday 11th June 1.15-3.30 pm; could you please ensure your child is wearing shorts, t-shirt and trainers. Also, could you please bring a named bottle of water please.
Your child will have designed their own t shirt to wear during Sports Day, which we have in nursery. Please note before washing the t shirt you must press it for at least three minutes to seal in the colour.
Gym Jam Jog
Thursday 19th June is our fundraising Gym Jam Jog! Please come to school for 8 am and jog with us around the school field to to raise funds for our PTFA so that we can continue to enhance the school environment. It is great fun so join us and get inloved!!! See you there…bright and early and wearing your gym jams.
Induction for September school starters
Thursday 19th of June 3.45-4.45 pm is also the induction session for children joining Reception at Our Lady’s in September 2025. Pop it in your diary. It’s a great chance to meet the team and visit receptions classroom.
Finally, I hope everyone manages to have a restful half term break and I will see you all on Monday 9th June.
Look after each other and stay safe
God bless
Barbara