Our week has been fantastic and jam packed with super learning and discussions! We have spent time thinking about how Jesus is the light of the world. The children have all reflected on how they will share His light each day. We have created a display in our classroom to share all of the ways we will be Jesus’ light. Our prayer and liturgy led by the children this week focused on Jesus. The children all held crosses and spent time with God. We sang one of our favourite class hymns, Sing Hosanna - we are really great at the actions too! This is a part of the week we all look forward to, the children just love to have a role during prayer time.

During our learning in RE we have learnt about Candlemas, when Jesus was presented in the temple as the light of the world. We explored how this celebration is celebrated around the world. The children found it so interesting to discover how other cultures celebrate this day.

Going deeper in conversation

During RE we discussed the symbolism of candles in our faith and how special they are. Candles help to us celebrate, to pray, and they bring Jesus closer to us, symbolising the Holy Spirits presence.

When in church this week, can you see candles around the church? Where are they? Why are they there?

Magic moments

This week we continued our learning of Beatrix Potter and have become absolutely brilliant at sharing facts about her! We loved to retrieve our fact knowledge by some more MASTERMIND time - this has been a real hit! The children are great at getting into character and answer questions with knowledge and confidence!

Let’s Celebrate

A huge well done to Diya who has been awarded this weeks learning certificate for being a focused Cooper Crab. Diya, you ALWAYS try do achieve your absolute best! You concentrate so well in every single lesson and we are so impressed with how hard you work! Each piece of work you do, you always make sure you have concentrated carefully, asked super questions and put 100% effort in. This really shows in your immaculate work! Well done Diya.

A huge well done to Willow who has received the Star award for demonstrating our Eloquent and Truthful virtues. Willow, you are always looking out for your friends demonstrating your eloquence through your words, actions and daily interactions with others - sharing Gods message that everyone is precious and we should look after one another. Thank you for being such a special part of our our class!

Reminders

Cold weather: Remember to bring all those warm layers: coats, hats, gloves and scarfs!

Snacks: A gentle reminder that as a school we are trying to reduce waste. At the start of the year we set out on a mission to bring any snacks into school in reusable containers. Please continue to help us with this, sending all snacks in reusable plastic containers. Thank you!

Uniform: Please check your child’s uniform, we have a few pieces missing! We are also missing some black football leggings, they are labelled “procombat” around the waist. Thank you!

Emails:

c.bassett@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

s.hartley@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk