We hope you all enjoyed our assembly. We were so excited about performing it for the school and our families. When deciding how to share the Catholic Social teaching of Dignity, I wanted to tell a story. Of course Dr Seuss is such a great story teller - each poem has an important message/moral. When I picked up the “Sneetches on the Beaches” I could see how much fun it would be to perform. Each rehersal was joyful and we were a really great team - one of our shared Character Strengths (my happy mind lessons). In RE this week we built on our understanding of what happened to Jesus after his baptism. Did you know he went into the dessert for 40 days and 40 nights and there he met the devil! Jesus did not give into temptation and came away ready to serve God. We also decided what qualities we needed to make a good disciple. Would you make a good disciple?
GOING DEEPER IN CONVERSATION
Love of Live and the World - this is one of our Character Strengths. We know that loving life and enjoying God’s world makes us feel great. We also know that the more we do something the stronger this becomes part of our character. What could you plan to do this coming week that engages with God’s beautiful world? You could:
Walk in nature, forest bathe, walk to the sea or go out bird watching.
While your out and about stop and think about how the spaces make you feel.
MAGICAL MOMENTS OF LEARNING
Alongside the assembly we have explored what made the Wright Brothers so special. We thought hard about what they had to do to succeed. We discovered that never gave up and this was crucial to their sucesss. In science, we expanded our vobulary and described different items using labels including: brittle, transluscent, rigid, durable and flexible. In maths we have spotted lots of number bonds and now we are adding and bridging over different multiples of ten (this will come home for homework). Spelling has been fun - lots of new words and a new spelling rule for purals. During English we researched owls in a great deal of detail. Below is a picture of all the facts we have collected and organised. We have already started to write a factual page all about owls. Next week we move onto penguins!
LET’S CELEBRATE
This week our Learner of the week is Emmett. We are so proud of your continued growth as a mathematician. Keep up all the hard work!
Our Virtue Star this week is Kira. Choosing our words carefully and being kind to all our friends is something Kira is great at - Thank you!
Here are two reading target groups - one is the 200% club and the other the 100% club. Two more weeks to go to get that reading target!
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Forest school take over day this term will be Friday 6th February. Please make sure you come to school in your Forest school clothes: Old trousers, wellies or trainers and more trainers for indoor learning. Warm coats, long sleeve jumper, hat, scarf and gloves.
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Martin Mere Trip Monday 9th February. Please come to school early on Monday the 9th - 8:30AM. we will be setting off at 8:40am. The children need to wear their tracksuit with wellies or trainers and a spare pair of shoes in their rucksack with their pack lunch (if you have selected this option on the form below). It may be very cold so coats hats scarves and gloves are required. If your child has a small pair of binoculars and they would like to bring them for birdwatching that would be great - please note that they have to carry these so no adult ones that are heavy Thank you
Parents day please email with yyouur prefered time- February Friday 13th - Please click on the button below to indicate the type of meeting you would prefer. I have displayed an image of the times I am available on the day. Please note the yellow is for virtual and the white face to face.
l.hotchkiss@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk