Wyre & Fylde Dance Festival 2026

We are delighted to share some exciting news from Year 6! During our indoor PE sessions on Tuesdays, the children have been working incredibly hard to learn and rehearse a special dance as we prepare to enter the Wyre & Fylde Dance Festival 2026, which will take place in the world-famous Blackpool Tower Ballroom on Tuesday 10th March 2026.

This year's festival theme is "When I Grow Up...", and our dance celebrates the wonderful message that every child can achieve their dreams. Through movement, music and performance, the children will explore the idea that they can be anything they want to be if they dream big, believe in themselves and work hard towards their goals. We feel this is a perfect theme for our Year 6 pupils as they embark on the final stages of their primary school journey and begin to look ahead to exciting new opportunities.

Taking part in this festival is a truly special experience and one that many children remember long after they leave primary school. Performing on the iconic dance floor of the Blackpool Tower Ballroom alongside schools from across the area is an exciting opportunity, and we hope every member of our class will join us in being part of something memorable in their final year together.

We are currently developing our costume ideas, and further information about costumes will be shared with parents next week once our initial plans have come together.

On the day of the festival, the children will spend the entire afternoon at the Tower rehearsing and preparing for the evening performance. School will provide transport to the Blackpool Tower Ballroom. Parents and carers will need to arrange collection from the venue once the show has finished. Full arrangements and further details will be sent out closer to the event.

Ticket Information

Tickets for the festival will go on sale at 12:00pm (midday) on Monday 12th October. We will share the booking link via the Year 6 blog before this date.

Please be aware that there are two separate shows taking place during the festival week. It is therefore very important that parents use the specific booking link shared by school for our performance evening- Tuesday 10th November. The ticketing website does not identify which schools are performing on each night, so parents who search for tickets independently online may accidentally purchase tickets for the wrong performance. Tickets will sell out - so you need to be on it if you want to come and watch.

We are incredibly proud of the enthusiasm, commitment and creativity the children have shown so far, and we cannot wait to see their confidence continue to grow as preparations progress. We are sure this will be a wonderful experience and a fantastic way for our Year 6 children to create lasting memories together during their final year at primary school

Sporting Fixtures for Autumn Term

Fixtures are starting next week for the school netball and football teams. Please see below the dates for each set of fixtures; all of our matches will be played at St Thomas’ School. There will be three schools playing on the night, St Thomas, Our Lady and Clifton in a round robin.

Tuesday 29th September: Football and Netball Blue Team

Tuesday 6th October: Girls’ Football Team

Tuesday 13th October: Football and Netball White Team

TEAM SELECTION

Girls Football (6.10.2026): Louisa, Mia-Grace, Lena, Pheobe, Emilia, Heidi, Marla

Football Blues (29.9.2026): Fletcher, Albert, Hugo, Myles, Heath, George C, Isaac, George L

Football Whites (13.10.2026): Patrick, Edward, Jude Cu, Barnaby, Henry, Freddie, Dexter, Luca, Danny, Jude Cl

Netball Blues (29.9.2026): Lena, Mia-Grace, Emilia, Lettie, Louisa, Alana, Ava, Pheobe, Bea

Netball Whites (13.10.2026): Marla, Heidi, Blythe, Eliza, Ava, Bea, Lettie, Alana

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MATCH CONDUCT

For all matches, school PE kits need to be worn. The footballers will be given a football kit to wear which needs to be returned after the game. Netballers will be given a skirt to wear - school navy PE tops to be worn with it.

As an association of schools, we have come together to establish a code of conduct for all players, parents and staff. Please read the following information so you are ready to support your child at each fixture. No scores are collected or reported - we want the children to be proud to represent the school and to have fun!

Year 5/6 Girls Golf Competition- Tuesday 22nd September

You will remember that we selected the following children to take part in the golf competition that unfortuantly had to be rescheduled and will take place next Tuesday 22nd September (1-3pm). We will take the children down to the event. Parents are welcome to come and watch but views may be restricted due to the surroundings of the golf course. If the children could be collected from the event, that would be great. Please let Mrs Gregan know if this is not possible.

The children taking part are Emilia, Bea and Alice, Louisa, Lucia and Scarlett

Children will have lunch in school as normal and will need a water bottle, PE kit, sunhat and suncream.

Year 5 BEBCMAT Sports Festival- Wednesday 8th July

Due to recently joining the Catholic Academic Trust, we have been invited to take part in an inclusive sports festival, taking place at Blackpool Stanley Park, FY3 9HU on Wednesday 8th July.

The event will be 12:30pm-3:00pm. We are currently organising transport to the event, due to multiple schools in our area taking part. Therefore, we will take the children to the event.

Parents are welcome to come down and support the children. Children will need to be picked up from the event at 3pm by yourself or a nominated adult. Please communicate that to Mr Cornwell who will be accompanying your children. If you have any issues, please do speak with us.

The children taking part are;

Martha, Ava, Bea, Anna, Lucia, Heath, Nathan, Rodnie, Albert, Isaac

Children will need to come to school in their PE kits and make sure to bring plenty of water, suncream and also a sunhat.

Year 5/6 Girls Golf Competition- Tuesday 30th June

You will remember that we selected the following children to take part in the golf competition that unfortuantly had to be rescheduled. But the good news is that the girls can still access tickets to the upcoming Women’s Open to be held at Royal Lytham. These are for the girls who will still be taking part in the competition in September.

Registrations are limited to 6 per school, and will automatically close after the 6th is received. All the parents/guardians need to do is fill in the form and they will receive 2 tickets to the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Lytham & St. Anne’s Golf Club on Friday 31st July.

Ticket registration link to share with your SELECTED parents/guardians: https://forms.monday.com/forms/a7e4c61e899ec14e7a77a00e6865f699?r=use1

Deadline for registrations is Sunday 19th July, and tickets will be emailed out sometime on the week commencing Monday 20th July.

One final piece of good news, we have secured a new date for the Lytham & St Anne’s GolfSixes Mini League at the Little Links – Tuesday 22nd September (1-3pm).

The children taking part are Emilia, Bea and Alice, Louisa, Lucia and Scarlett

Parents are welcome to come and watch but views may be restricted due to the surroundings of the golf course.

Children will have lunch in school as normal and will need a water bottle, PE kit, sunhat and suncream.

Year 5/6 Mixed Rounders Tournament- Monday 22nd June

UPDATE - unfortuantly, the rounders tournament has been cancelled. The other schools have withdrawn due to staff sickness, therefore we have no one to play. I will arrange an inter-school match in the summer term as I am as disappointed as the children are! I love rounders. The children can stay in school as normal on Monday and be collected at normal time. Thank you for your understanding.

A group of Year 5/6 children will be selected (Max 9) to take part in a school cluster Rounders competition- hosted by St Bedes on Monday 22nd June. These are children who have been training for cricket:

Charlotte, Daisy, Matilda, Hugo M, John-Paul, Jacob, Isaac, Fletcher and Albert

This event will take place at St Bedes Catholic High School, FY8 4JL with the competition taking place 2pm-4pm.

Parents are able to spectate at the event and parking will be on the All Weather Pitch at St Bedes - via Mythop Road.

Mrs Gregan will be able to take 4 children if needed. Please can you complete the form to indicate how your child could get to the event and whether you could transport. Full school PE kit will be needed.

Girls Dynamo Cricket - LANCASHIRE FINALS

A huge congratulations to the girls for earning a place at next week’s Lancashire Finals; they were amazing!"

Daisy, Charlotte, Matilda, Emilia, Mia-Grace, Lena, Alana, Phoebe

The details are this:

Thursday 9th July 2026 at Farington Cricket Ground, Stanifield Ln, Farington, Lostock Hall, Leyland PR5 5XP

All children must be taken directly to the event and arrive there no later than 9.15am. I am sure you will all support each other with lifts. The first round of matches will start at 10am with the final and presentation at 4pm. Mr Cornwell will be in attendance at the event and will be your port of call.

Parents, friends, and relatives are welcome to come along and support the children but must refrain from coaching the teams. Full school PE kit must be worn. The white t-shirts that the girls were given can be kept for the finals.

Please bring packed lunches for the players, suitable outdoor clothing, water, and sun cream.

This is such an exciting event, I am really hoping to get down in the afternoon to support. Well done girls!

Year 6 Dynamo Cricket Competition- Tuesday 16th June

Despite over 25 children across Year 5 and 6 taking part in the school cricket club, we are only allowed to take a maximum of 10 children to the Lytham St Annes Dynamo Cricket Tournament, with us fielding a team of 8 children at a time.

Children have been chosen based on interest, participation and skill shown througout PE lessons and the cricket club sessions.

The children selected are;

Toby, William, Seth, Gus, Lorenzo, Rory, Gus, Logan, Kieran, Hudson

This will take place on Tuesday 16th June at Lytham Cricket Club, FY8 5QD.

This event will be 1:00pm-5:00pm (subject to finishing earlier based on the number of schools participating). Therefore, children will need to be picked up from school at 12:30pm and taken to the cricket club and also be picked up from the cricket club once the tournament has ended.

Summer 2 Extra-Curricular

Please see the timetable for extra-curricular sessions this Summer 2. There are some wonderful opportunities to get involved - but with limited spaces. Where there is a set number of children, names will be drawn out of a hat if more are interested.

For CN Active’s paid football club, your child must be signed up before the sessions start and payment must be made. There is still some outstanding payment from last half term.

Year 5 and 6 Swimming Gala- Friday 22nd May

This will be taking place at Palatine Leisure Centre in South Shore.

207 St Anne's Rd, Blackpool FY4 2AP

This event will be taking place in the morning so parents will have to take their children straight to Palatine- WE ARE NOT MEETING AT SCHOOL.

Arrival time is between 8:30am-8:45am. We will be getting changed at 8:50am so please arrive before this time.

Parents are welcome to stay and watch as there is a seating area up above the pool.

The event will end between 12:00-12:30 so parents will have to take their children back to school ready for lunch and the afternoon at school.

Please make sure you have your swimming costume, goggles (if needed), a towel, and a swimming cap (nessessary for girls) and any medical requirements if needed.

The children taking part are;

Year 5

Lettie, Phoebe, Emilia, Ellie-Rose, Mia-Grace, George C, Jackson, Nathan, Hugo H

Year 6

Charlotte, Rose, Beth, Logan, John Paul, William, Louis, Jacob, Rory, Tommy

Year 3 Football

Following the cancellation of the Year 3 football tournament, schools were left to organise their own fixtures if wanted. Next Tuesday, 28th April, we have rescheduled the Year 3 football to take place at Heyhouses. The children will play there v Heyhouses.

The children will need football boots and shin pads. School football kit will be given out next week. The children will need to be collected from school and taken straight to Heyhouses. Matches start at 3.50pm and finish by around 4.40pm at the latest.

Our Lady White: Daniel, Benji, Seamus, Eliana, Olivia and Henry

Our Lady Blue: Ronnie, Alfie, Theo, Leo T, Emilia, Reyan and Daisy

Representing the school is a big thing and for me, conduct is the most important part of this; ability is second. Playing for school is a proud moment and should be not taken lightly - I am excited that the children will experience this; we have not played Year 3 football before. We all have to adhere to a code of conduct to ensure that the children have an enjoyable experience.

No dogs are allowed on site and parents will be unable to use any facilities there.

Year 5 & 6 Swimming Gala

This year’s swimming gala for Year 5 and 6 children will take place on Friday 22nd May from 9am - 12 midday at Palatine Leisure Centre. Usually, those children who want to trial for the swimming team are taken to St Annes Swimming Pool to try out, but with the swimming pool now being closed, we have to try something different.

To represent the school in the gala, your child has to be a strong and competent swimmer in a 25m pool. They will be racing against other children from other schools. Please complete the form below indicating whether your child would want to represent the school and their preference of strokes; as well as some swimming experience. We can then look to build a team with the information that we have got.

Children seleted will need to be taken to Palatine in the morning, parents are welcome to stay to support, and then collected to be brought back to school once the event is over.

Summer 1 Extra-Curricular

Please see the timetable for extra-curricular sessions this Summer 1.

Netball this week…

We have a match on Tuesday at Heyhouses v St Thomas and Heyhouses.

The girls needed for the match this week are:

Year 6 - Tilly, Isioma Year 5 - Bea, Lena, Phoebe, Ava, Alana

Please can the girls be picked up from school and taken to Heyhouses. They will need to be in full PE kit.

School Photographs are taking place on Wednesday 25th March - sport team photographs will be taken on this day.

Spring 2 Extra-Curricular Timetable

Welcome to Spring 2 clubs - we also have some new opportunities for the children to be involved in including: Lego Coding with Mrs Naylor for Year 4 & 5.

As well as the timetable below there is also our Mini-Vinnie group who will meet on the following Mondays:

23rd February, 9th & 23rd March

SPORT FIXTURES FOR THIS HALF TERM:

Tuesday 3rd March - Girls Football @ Heyhouses

Tuesday 10th March - Netball and Football A Team @ Heyhouses

Tuesday 17th March - Netball and Football B Team @ Heyhouses

Tuesday 24th March - Year 3 Football TBC

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Please sign up to the clubs using the buttons below. For those clubs with a limited amount of places, names will be collated and drawn out of a hat ready for the club to start the following week.

DANCE COMPETITION ARRANGEMENTS 2026

The time is here and we have now finished our dance, we are so excited to share it with you all. Here are the arrangements for next Monday …

We will leave school at 12:45pm by coach to the Blackpool Tower, where 4 members of staff will be taking the group and staying with them in to the evening. The children will be there all afternoon, to allow time to practise and go through the show. Therefore, they will need to bring a packed lunch for their evening meal. We recommend that they have a hot school dinner for lunch before they go, to ensure they have something warm and filling before a long afternoon/evening. Snacks throughout the event are welcomed, but please no sweets/ chocolate and no fizzy drinks, although one juice is permitted. As it is a long afternoon, with waiting time, please feel free to pack a good book, any homework to complete and maybe a puzzle/ colouring book to keep them busy (no electrical devices or aything of value). Children will not be able to see any of the audience before or during the show.

Children are only permitted to leave once the show and results have finished, due to safeguarding reasons. Once the competition has finished, children will then go backstage to collect their belongs and then we will take them to our school’s pick up point which is outside the entrance to Primark, so please meet us there. Please make sure you tell us when you take your child, to ensure a safe transition as it does get very busy!I will have all mobile contact numbers in case there are any problems, so  please ensure you have your mobiles with you on the night. Please fill in the form below to let us know who will be taking your child home on the evening:

Doors open to the public on the evening at 5:45pm- make sure you have your tickets. The anticipated finsihing time is 9:30pm.

Please make sure that children have their black leggings in school this Friday and then bring them again in to school on Monday.

Children can wear their PE kits this day. Please make sure you pack plenty of water and if your child needs an inhaler, please ensure they have this. We will also door hair in the afternoon, so pack a brush and plenty of bobbles/ hair grip- boys gel? We are hoping to add a bit of face glitter and hair glitter- we will also be asking permission on the form for this.

Any questions or queries about the event, please come and see me.

Dance Update

Dance rehearsals are coming on so well, they are all such stars- focused, enthsuaistic and willing to give everything a go! We are so excited for you to see what we have created! It promises to be a memorable experience for everyone involved. To make this event truly spectacular, we need your support…

We are now getting together the costumes and equipment for our performace, to ensure all children look the part and feel confident on the stage! We are running with the Olympic theme and all children have their own colours from the Olympic ring. All we ask that you provide your child with straight-legged, plain black leggings or skins.

Could we please ask for a small contribution of £10 towards the rest of the costumes and the transport to the event, which is now on ParentPay. This will cover the rest of the costume, which is a coloured t-shirts, elasticated ribbons for on their arms, hair and face glitter, hair accessories and as mentioned before will go towards the coach to the event. Your contribution will help us embark on this exciting journey, giving the children an opportunity to showcase their hard work and talent. They have been practicing with enthusiasm and dedication, and we want to make sure their efforts are celebrated in the best possible way.

Together, we can make this event unforgettable for our young dancers!

Thank you for your continued support.

Dance Tickets - Tower Ballroom

The Dance Competition is being held at Blackpool Tower Ballroom on Monday 2nd February. The children will be there for the afternoon, but doors will open for the public from 5.45pm with the competition starting at 6.30pm. More details around the arrangements will be sent out nearer the time for your logistics and what the children will need but for now…

THE TICKETS ARE ON SALE.

This event will sell out so please purchase your tickets as soon as possible as once they are gone - they are gone. If you click on the button below, it will take you to the Blackpool Tower Ballroom via Ticketsource.