What an extremely busy and exciting week we have had in Year 6! From our class assembly and dance festival to our Remembrance Day service at the cenotaph and an African drumming workshop, it has certainly been a week full of wonderful experiences!
In RE, we have been researching women from the Old Testament and exploring their lives and significance. The children have been using their research to create digital presentations, which they will soon be sharing with the rest of the class.
Tuesday was a particularly special day. The children shone in their performances at school during our leadership-themed class assembly and then again on the stage at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom for the dance festival. They have worked incredibly hard preparing for both performances, and it was fantastic to see all their dedication and effort come together. We were so proud of them!
Dance Festival Filming 2026
This years dance festival was filmed by Jon from Memories Made Photography, our school photographer. The film can be downloaded and saved from the button below. There is no charge. The film is for PRIVATE USE ONLY and must NOT be shared with anyone outside of your own family. It must NOT be placed, in full or in part, on social media or any other websites.
On Wednesday, Year 6 represented Our Lady’s beautifully at the Remembrance Day service at Ashton Gardens Cenotaph. The children were thoughtful and reverent throughout, showing great respect as they joined the community in remembering those who have given their lives in service to others. They were a real credit to our school, demonstrating the compassion, maturity and pride we hope to see in our oldest pupils.
Back in the classroom, the children have also produced some beautiful artwork inspired by Remembrance, creating soldier silhouettes and combining them with emotive language to produce some really thoughtful pieces.
On Thursday, we enjoyed something a little different with an African drumming workshop! The children had the opportunity to explore different rhythms, develop their musical skills and work together to create some fantastic sounds.
In Maths, we have continued working with numbers up to one million, exploring multiplication by powers of ten and using our addition skills to calculate with increasingly large multiples of 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000.
In English, we have started an exciting new unit of work focusing on biographies. Over the next few weeks, we will be exploring the features and language choices used by biographers before planning and writing biographies of our own. Alongside this, we will be developing our reading skills, particularly skimming and scanning to locate and retrieve key information efficiently.
Well done, Year 6, for another fantastic week! You have certainly shown just how talented, hardworking and capable you are. I hope you all have a lovely weekend and enjoy a well-deserved rest!
Conversation Starter
In science we have been talking about anomalies and rogue data. Can you explain to your adults what and anomaly is and what might cause them? What can we do to make sure data in scientific investigations is reliable and valid?
Morning Helpers
Scarlett, Mia-Grace, Jackson and Heath
Virtue Star
Our virtue is Faith Filled and Hopeful this half term.
Our star this week is awarded to Ava, who has had a tough week and been feeling quite poorly but still managed to be amazing in our class assembly and dance at the Tower Ballroom. With a little bit of rest she was able to make sure she was well enough to join the rest of the class on Thursday night for Confirmation, because her faith is so important to her.
Information & Reminders
PE days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays. PE kits (school tracksuits) can be worn to school on those days. Please make sure that the children have shorts for indoor PE on a Tuesday.
Travelling Nativity has started going home with children, please remember to return the next day - this ensures we have enough time for it to go home with every child in the build up to Christmas.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Mrs Naylor and Mrs Barker