Year 5 Weekly Blog 14.11.25- 'Lest we forget'

What a lovely and reflective week it has been in Year 5. Our worship leaders this week led us in a beautiful and heart touching liturgy on Tuesday as this marked Armistice Day. We used this as a time to remember those who are resting in heaven and to never forget. The children took a display poppy to write down the name of their loved one who are were remembering. In RE, we have continued looking into the life of David as Mrs Gregan reflected on his reign as king and the children referred to scripture to support their reasonings. To finish off, the children created their own crowns to reflect the qualities of King David. Later in the week, we analysed David’s famous Psalm 23 which portrayed his relationship with God. The children then reflected on their relationship with God to create their own psalm. Can you remember what number your psalm was and why we chose that number?

In English, we have zoned in on our non-fiction texts and started to look at the features of an article (can you remember all 8 features?) We applied this knowledge by analysing our first article text. In Maths, we have been continuing with negative numbers and have been applying these into various contexts such as temperature, sea level and hotel floors. We then broke down tricky word problems of these examples and created number lines to help answer these questions. In Geography, we have been looking into the countries and cities of the world as we expand on our knowledge of the world map. This week, we have been looking at capital cities- how many capital cities can you remember? In PE, we have begun our new sport of netball and have been applying various different types of passes.

Conversation Starters

In ‘My Happy Mind’ this week, we looked at different scenarios when our mind thinks we are in danger when our body isn’t actually in danger. Can you remember which part of the brain is working when this happens? Share the examples we discussed in class and see if your family members can relate to this.

Riddle of the Week

Test your parents on today’s riddle.

Poor people have me.

Rich people need me.

If you eat me, you’ll die. What am I?

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are faith-filled and hopeful. Our winner this week goes to Martha. You are just so faith-filled Martha! You have such a positive outlook on life and you treat everyone with such kindness. Your learning partners really do appreciate these qualities and this allows you to build such loving relationships amongst school.

Learner of the Week: This week, our learner of the week goes to Ava for being an focused and enthusiastic learner. I have noticed a real shift in your focus and enthusiasm in this new half term Ava. You have reflected on the advice given to you by your trusted adults and have applied yourself brilliantly to all aspects of your learning and this is really starting to pay off- fantastic work!

Notices

  • Homework- Please check the homework blog for your child’ weekly homework, including the deadline date.

  • Travelling Nativity has started to go home so please use this as a special time to connect with Jesus and to get you in the Christmas spirit! This will need to be brought back in the following school day.

  • The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Parental Guidance- We are currently reading this book as our class novel. We are due to finish the book just before Christmas and are hoping to watch the film during Christmas memory week. If you have any queries or issues about your child watching this film, please email me. If no emails are received, I will take this as a yes to your child being okay to watch the film.

  • Monday 17th November PJ Day- Please bring £1 in to help raise money for Brian House so you can spend the school day all comfy in your PJ’s. Children can bring a reasonable sized teddy into school to keep them company whilst they are working super hard.

  • Monday 17th November- Next week as part of our HRSE currciulum we will be splitting the class and joining up with year 5 to learn all about girl’s and boy’s bodies- if you would like to know what is being covered please look at our curriculum overiew for HRSE on the website, follow the button below to help direct you. Mrs Harrison will be delivering the girls lesson and I will be delivering the boys.

  • Friday 21st November Year 5 Football Tournament- Please read the blog on the sports page regarding details for this event.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 07.11.25- 'They believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken' John 2:16-22

What a lovely start to the new half term it has been! This week in worship, we have focused on the word ‘temple’ and the children showed such good understanding of what this word means and how important it is to us as faithful learners. In RE, we have been looking into the life of David and how is qualities made him so inspirational within the Bible, particularly in the battle of ‘David vs Goliath’.

It has been an exciting start to our learning as well as Year 5 and 6 came together to share some of their writing as we moderated our work so we understand what is expected come the end of key stage two. The children loved running away with their imagination by writing about a visual stimulus and also reading stories from children in Year 6. We have also started our new English topic of non-fiction texts and we discussed some real life examples of texts that we have both read and written in our lives before. Can you remember the six types of non-fiction texts?

Conversation Starters

On Monday, we began our My Happy Mind lessons in which we recapped about the different parts of our brain (can you remember what Team HAP stands for?). We discussed how our hippocampus where all of our memories are stored. We had a lovely chat and shared some weird and wonderful memories that will always stay in our minds. Share your memory with your parents and see if they remember this. Do they have any memories like this of their own?


Riddle of the Week

Test your parents on today’s riddle.

What is tall when it is young and short when it is old?


Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are faith-filled and hopeful. Our winner this week goes to Albert. You have come back after half term and have been so focused and determined Albert. I am really hopeful for the progress you are going to make this year as you have reflected so well on guidance given by your teachers.

Learning Certificate Winner of the Week: Our winner this week goes to Anna for being an focused and cooperative learner. You have been such a role model of how to engage fully in your lessons Anna and this has really shown in your quality of work. You have been so helpful and loving towards your new learning partner at the start of this half term. Long may it continue.

Notices

  • Homework- Please check the homework blog for your child’ weekly homework, including the deadline date.


  • The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Parental Guidance- We are currently reading this book as our class novel. We are due to finish the book just before Christmas and are hoping to watch the film during Christmas memory week. If you have any queries or issues about your child watching this film, please email me. If no emails are received, I will take this as a yes to your child being okay to watch the film.


  • Remembrance Poppies- If you would like to donate some money for a poppy, ready for Armistice Day on Tuesday 11th, we are asking for a donation of 50p per poppy which can be brought into class or received directly at the office.


  • Monday 17th November PJ Day- Please bring £1 in to help raise money for Brian House so you can spend the school day all comfy in your PJ’s. Children can bring a reasonable sized teddy into school to keep them company whilst they are working super hard.


  • Choir- If you are interested in joining the school choir, or are already an existing member, please sign the form below.

Choir Sign Up

Year 5 Weekly Blog 23.10.25- 'Don't judge each other by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant'

And just like that, we have finished our first half term of Year 5! (and our longest one of the year). The children have settled into life as upper juniors excellently and have worked so hard over these past eight weeks, you all deserve a week off. We have finished our final week of the half term with celebration and togetherness. On Tuesday, we invited you lovely parents in for our annual book look, to show you how hard your child has been working and to get a glimpse into the Year 5 curriculum. On Wednesday, we carried on with our enrichment opportunities for the third year running. To start, the children went back to Year 4 with Mrs Lyons for a bit of musical theatre!

We ended our week by coming together to celebrate our harvest festival. Thank you so much for all of your donations ( I have never seen so many baked beans in my life). Photos of all of our collections are available on Mrs Gregan’s blog. We also had a special visit from two of our local police force to chat with Year 5 and 6 all about Halloween and Bonfire Safety. The children were very responsive and curious with their questions and answers and we may have inspired some future police officers in the making.

Conversation Starters

In preparation for Halloween and Bonfire night, can you remember the ways of how we can stay safe during these two events. Did you learn anything new about the Police, Halloween or Bonfires?

Notices

  • Homework- Please check the homework blog for your child’ weekly homework, including the deadline date.


  • The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Parental Guidance- We are currently reading this book as our class novel. We are due to finish the book just before Christmas and are hoping to watch the film during Christmas memory week. If you have any queries or issues about your child watching this film, please email me. If no emails are received, I will take this as a yes to your child being okay to watch the film.


  • Choir- If you are interested in joining the school choir, or are already an existing member, please sign the form below.

Choir Sign Up

  • Parents Day- Friday 24th October- Here is the full timetable for parents day tomorrow. Appointments will be capped at 10 minutes to allow all appointments to start on time.

Parents Day Appointments

  • School will reopen on Monday 3rd November. Have a wonderful week off!

Year 5 Weekly Blog 17.10.25- ‘I tell you, you will receive justice from the Lord’- Luke 18:1-8’

What a fantastic week it has been in Year 5! We may be seven weeks into the half term but the children are still showing signs of super focus, enthusiasm and work ethic throughout their lessons. We started our week by coming together in our class assembly by sharing some important messages that we have been discussing across this half term. The children sang and dance their hearts out whilst also delivering their powerful and purposeful lines.

We then ended this day also in unity as our worship leaders told us about the parable of the persistent widow and why it is always important to be persistent in life. We then followed this up by talking about how Jesus always wants us to keep praying and no matter how many times we pray, our prayers will always be listened.

Learning has continued to flow throughout the week with the children finishing their independent stories of ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’, which has allowed us to continue reading the novel past chapter two. In Maths, we have continued working with decimal numbers and understanding the value of each digit. This week, the children were very excited to try some ‘ Year 6 Maths’ as we introduced a brand new column- the thousandths. In Art, the children have working on themselves by drawing self portraits, using lots of different skills and techniques along the way.

Riddle of the Week

Test your parents on today’s riddle.

Which letter gets shorter when you add two letters to it?


Question of the Week- conversation starter

This week in RE, we have created our virtue projects ,which are aimed to either help those in need or to protect our environment by following God’s virtues and commandments. Share with your family what your project is going to be and why.



Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are learned and wise. Our winner this week goes to Louisa. I was super impressed with your attitude and commitment in our assembly performances. You lead the way in both the order of speaking but also in what I was asking for during practices. You receive feedback so well Louisa and this will continue to help you grow as a learner.

Learning Certificate Winner of the Week: Our winner this week goes to Nathan for being an focused and cooperative learner. I just love how focused you are Nathan in the classroom. You understand our STAR expectations and you follow these to the best of your ability, which allows you to get the most out of your learning. On top of this, you are such a kind and co-operative learning partner and you use paired working to help maximise your learning.


Notices

  • Homework- Please check the homework blog for your child’ weekly homework, including the deadline date.



  • Parents Day- Friday 24th October- Please read the parents day blog on the Year 5 page and sign up for a slot to hear about your child’s progress and how they have settled into Year 5.




  • Year 5 Book Look Tuesday 21st October- This will be held at 9:00am and this gives you parents a chance to have a look at your child’s work so far in Year 5.



  • Harvest Festival Thursday 23rd October- This year, we will be celebrating harvest festival in school and as usual, each class has been given an item, in which we will be collected for the harvest. This year, Year 5 are collecting beans.


  • Half term- School will finish for half term on Thursday 23rd October at normal time. School will reopen on Monday 3rd November.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 10.10.25- 'Lord, if you're willing, let me clean you'- Matthew 8:1-5

It has been a very reflective week in Year 5, especially in our worships as we celebrated the rosary on Tuesday on ‘one million children day’. It was lovely to see so many of the children’s rosary beads as we came together in worship on this special day. In this weeks gospel, we looked into the story of how Jesus healed the leaper and how he had complete faith and trust in him to carry out such a miracle. We then linked this to gratitude and the classed shared what they are grateful for in their life.

In our RE lessons, we have been looking at all things virtues and understanding what these are, especially with us as a school celebrating these in children weekly. We looked deeply into the meaning of a virtue and also different types of virtues such as theological and cardinal. Do you remember the difference between the two? In English, it has been a full week of independent writing as the children brought their creative ideas to life in our version of ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’. In History, we have been learning about the battle of Marathon and role played this to get a real feel for what it was like.

We finished our week off in good spirits as we celebrated World Mental Health Day. We discussed what we know about the term ‘mental health’ and understood how it is important to know that our emotions are constantly changing (just like the weather) and we discussed mindfulness strategies to help calm us down and also ways to help make us happy.

Kidsafe

Here is what we have learned this week in our kidsafe lesson.

Kidsafe- Session 4

Riddle of the Week

Test your parents on today’s riddle.

Which five letter word, spelt in capital letters, can be read the same when turned upside down?



Question of the Week- conversation starter

This week in RE, we discussed that virtues are habits and qualities that we have which makes us good people. Ask your parents what they would say their biggest virtue is and also what bad habit do they do the most.




Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are learned and wise. Our winner this week goes to Rodnie. You really are a role model Rodnie when it comes to these two virtues! It is no surprise that you said these were your biggest virtues in our RE lesson and I couldn’t agree more. You are so attentive in your lessons and you apply such wisdom into your work.

Learning Certificate Winner of the Week: Our winner this week goes to Jackson for being an focused and creative learner. I have seen a real increase in your level of focus these past couple of weeks Jackson. You are super sharp when it comes to cold calling and have been able to get through more content because of your focus. I love when you put your own creative spin into your work whilst also hitting our learning objectives.


Notices

  • Homework- Please check the homework blog for your child’ weekly homework, including the deadline date.


  • Sports Timetable- A full timetable for all of the sports opportunities this half term is available on the sports page of the school website [engage-sport] along with sports fixtures for this half term.

  • Parents Day- Friday 24th October- Please read the parents day blog on the Year 5 page and sign up for a slot to hear about your child’s progress and how they have settled into Year 5.

  • Year 5 Class Assembly Tuesday 14th October- The children will be performing their assembly twice in the morning. First assembly will begin at 9:15am and the next at 9:35am. You are welcome to attend both of these if you would like.



  • Year 5 Book Look Tuesday 21st October- This will be held at 9:15am and this gives you parents a chance to have a look at your child’s work so far in Year 5.


  • Harvest Festival Thursday 23rd October- This year, we will be celebrating harvest festival in school and as usual, each class has been given an item, in which we will be collected for the harvest. This year, Year 5 are collecting beans.

  • Half term- School will finish for half term on Thursday 23rd October at normal time. School will reopen on Monday 3rd November.

Year 5 Parents Meeting- Friday 24th October 2025

Dear parents,

Thank you for responding to to the request for face to face meetings or virtual. I have 22 responses for virtual meetings and 7 for face to face. As you can see from the form below I have blocked off the times- so face to face is in the morning then virtual all afternoon and then back to face to face in the evening.

Please decide which time is best for you and email me with that time and your child’name. I will book these on a first come first served basis. The form will also be available after school at pick up.

email: c.cornwell@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

or press the CLASS CONTACT button on the Year 5 web page this comes directly to me.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 03.10.25- 'Even if they sin seven times a day and seven times a night, you must forgive them'- Luke 17:1-10

Our theme this week in our liturgy has been about keeping your faith strong, especially when people have sinned against you. The children reflected on the word of the Gospel and how Jesus teaches us to always forgive and the children used our class motto to reflect on this beautifully. The children were able to link this to our RE lessons this week as we focused on what a sin is and how we use our conscience to prevent us from making sins.

Excitement has certainly been ramped up in English as we have began preparing our planning stage for our first narrative write on our class novel. The children have loved applying their own spin to important characters in the book and are already thinking about what pieces of creative writing can they draw from this.

Today has also been our forest school takeover day as we spent the morning getting mucky, climbing trees, relaxing in hammocks and coming together as a team around the fire. We then spent the rest of the morning continuing with our properties of materials topic in Science as we looked at ‘solubility’ with a very interesting practical session to go with this. Tell your parents about what we were doing and the science behind each of the glasses.

Riddle of the Week

Test your parents on today’s riddle.

I have a head but no neck. I have two arms but no hands. What am I?


Question of the Week- conversation starter

This week, I tested your conscience with a game of moral dilemmas. Tell your parents about the dilemmas we discussed and see what choice they would make?


Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are learned and wise. Our winner this week goes to Hugo. You are just so helpful Hugo! You are always wanting to help both your teachers and your classmates. You have taken to life as an upper junior with real maturity, along with your leadership roles, and your teachers really do appreciate all of the support you are providing.

Learning Certificate Winner of the Week: Our winner this week goes to Bea for being an enthusiastic and creative learner. You are just an absolute joy when it comes to creative writing lessons Bea! You just love to write and to apply your own imaginative description in our writing, whilst also using our newly learned grammar skills. This stems from your enthusiasm and love of writing as to why you have produced such excellent pieces of work- keep this up!

Notices

  • Parent’s Day is on Friday October 24th - a great chance for us to have a good chat about how your child is doing. This year, we have two options - we can meet face to face at school, or you may choose to have an online Teams meeting with me. Please fill in the form below indicating which you would prefer, then we can block out the day appropriately.

Year 5 Parents Day options

  • Homework- Please check the homework blog for your child’ weekly homework, including the deadline date.

  • Sports Timetable- A full timetable for all of the sports opportunities this half term is available on the sports page of the school website [engage-sport] along with sports fixtures for this half term.

  • Year 5 Class Assembly Tuesday 14th October- The children will be performing their assembly twice in the morning. First assembly will begin at 9:15am and the next at 9:35am. You are welcome to attend both of these if you would like.

  • Year 5 Book Look Tuesday 21st October- This will be held at 9:15am and this gives you parents a chance to have a look at your child’s work so far in Year 5.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 26.09.25- 'He is rich or poor according to who he is, not according to what he has'

Another wonderful week it has been in Year 5. In our RE lessons this week, we have looked at the true value of happiness and what aspects of life make are important to your happiness. It was lovely to see how the children voted on money being one of their lowest values to their happiness in favour of safety, love, family and friends. This led perfectly into our worship, where we focused on ‘wealth’ and read the story of The Rich Man and Lazarus, according to Luke 13:19-31. The children were really insightful and drew upon the hidden messages in the story such as using your privileges for the greater good and treating others how you would like to be treated.

Our English lessons have been full of excitement with us beginning our class novel- The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. The children have been so drawn into our novel and have read with such expression, along with being super focused during our reading tasks when referring back to the text. The excitement of watching small clips from the film have really excited the children to draw so much description in their creative writing.

We have also began our first science topic of the year which is focusing on properties of materials. We looked at all of the different properties that materials can have and we applied this to everyday materials that we use in school.

Here are some of the key words from our lessons this week varying from key science vocabulary, tricky spellings in writing lessons and unfamilar words found in our class novel

Words of the Week





In our Kidsafe lesson this week, we have been learning about online safety and looking at the do’s and don’ts of what to do online.

Year 5 Kidsafe- Online Safety


Riddle of the Week

Test your parents on today’s riddle.

What type of bird would you use to carry really heavy weights?






Question of the Week- conversation starter

What makes you happy? I loved hearing your responses to this in RE. Ask the same question to your family members.



If you had to rank all of your responses from most important to least, what would it look like and why?

Notices

  • Parent’s Day is on Friday October 24th - a great chance for us to have a good chat about how your child is doing. This year, we have two options - we can meet face to face at school, or you may choose to have an online Teams meeting with me. Please fill in the form below indicating which you would prefer, then we can block out the day appropriately.


Parents day options

Apologies again for the technical faults last week with the consent forms. Please could all parents complete this form ASAP.

Year 5 Consent Forms

  • Homework- Please check the homework blog for your child’ weekly homework, including the deadline date.





  • Forest School- Those children attending forest school, a letter has gone home this week. We will be having our whole class forest school day on 3rd October. Those children attending weekly forest school sessions, you will be sent a text the night before as a reminder.

    Here are a few reminders for any child attending forest school:

    • Those wanting to climb the climbing tree, this cannot be done in wellies. You will have to bring a pair of trainers with you.

    • Children need to get changed for forest school at lunchtime because sessions are to start at 12:50pm which is also the end of lunchtime break.





  • Sports Timetable- A full timetable for all of the sports opportunities this half term is available on the sports page of the school website [engage-sport] along with sports fixtures for this half term.




  • Year 5 Book Look Tuesday 21st October- This will be held at 9:15am and this gives you parents a chance to have a look at your child’s work so far in Year 5.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 19.09.25- 'Demorcacy is not guaranteed. Every generation should preserve it, defend it and fight for it'

It has certainly been a week to remember this week in Year 5. One of the most talked about trips in school took place as we all spent the day in London at the Houses of Parliament! Our day started super early with us arriving at school at 6:45am with everyone on time! We then got the coach down to Preston station and caught the train to London Euston.

It was then the mad rush of the day as we made our way down to the underground and hopped on the tube to Charring Cross. From here, we took a lovely walk up Whitehall, passing famous statues along the way and also 10 Downing Street. This took us up to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. We were then taken on our tour of the Houses of Parliament in which we got to visit both the Houses of Commons and Houses of Lords. Unfortunately, we were not allowed any photography in any of the houses. We then ended our visit with a school style workshop with activities based on what they had learnt on their tour.

After the Houses of Parliament, we had lunch in the Victoria Gardens outside of the Houses which had a lovely view right by the river Thames. We then talk a lovely walk up to ST James Park, where the children had some relaxing time to play. Our last bit of sightseeing was to Buckingham Palace where we saw that the King was in as the flag above was flying high, along with visits from lots of world news stations report the arrival of President Trump.

The children were full of energy and enthusiasm throughout the whole day (even on the coach journey back to school). I can not have asked for more in terms of the children’s focus, responsibility and respectfulness towards the people they interacted with. Here is to many more fantastic trips this year!

Riddle of the Week

Test your parents on today’s riddle.

What starts with e

Ends with e

but only has one letter in it?



Question of the Week- conversation starter

What was your favourite part of our London trip?

What did you learn on the trip that you found interesting and has stuck in your memory?




Let’s Celebrate

Our certificate and star winners this week are…

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are learned and wise. Our winner this week goes to Emilia. You have been an absolute delight to have in Year 5 Emilia. Your love and kindness towards everyone you interact with is just a joy to see. You apply this into your lessons when working with your learning partner and it allows you to get so much learning from these tasks. Excellent work!

Learning Certificate Winner of the Week: Our winner this week goes to Alice for being a focused and curious learner. You have blown me away Alice with how focused you are during lessons, you limit your distractions and you are always sat up correctly and tracking the teacher, an excellent ambassador for our STAR expectations. You carry this level of detail into your book presentation and creative writing which has been a joy to read and mark. Keep it up!


Message from Mrs Gregan

Whenever we start a new school year, we always have to migrate pupils and staff into their new class. This year, the technology that we use to do that has not been as successful for the teachers as it has been for the pupils. As a result, we have lost access to the Parental Consent forms that so many of you filled in prior to Induction Night. These have been deleted as groups have changed. Please can you spend another 5 minutes completing the consent form again this weekend. We are really confident with the information that we gathered before the forms disappeared, we just want to double check and make sure all information gathered is 100% correct. There was still some outstanding forms to be completed too. We are really sorry for the inconvenience and really appreciate you spending a little bit more time to ensure everything is as it should be.

These are available on last weeks blog. If there are any more technical issues then please let me know.


Notices

  • Homework- Please check the homework blog for your child’ weekly homework, including the deadline date.



  • Forest School- Those children attending forest school, a letter has gone home this week. We will be having our whole class forest school day on 3rd October. Those children attending weekly forest school sessions, you will be sent a text the night before as a reminder.

    Here are a few reminders for any child attending forest school:

    • Those wanting to climb the climbing tree, this cannot be done in wellies. You will have to bring a pair of trainers with you.

    • Children need to get changed for forest school at lunchtime because sessions are to start at 12:50pm which is also the end of lunchtime break.



  • Sports Timetable- A full timetable for all of the sports opportunities this half term is available on the sports page of the school website [engage-sport] along with sports fixtures for this half term.



Trip to London Thursday 18th September 2025

On Thursday, we will be going to London to visit the Houses of Parliament in line with our British values within our national curriculum and also linking to our Ancient Greece topic in History.

Here are the key times for arrivals and departures for the day:

6:45am- arrive at school.

7:00am- Coach departs from Our Lady’s to Preston train station.

8:00am- Train departs from Preston station to London Euston.

4:30pm- Train departs from London Euston to Preston train station

6:40pm- Coach departs from Preston train station back to Our Lady’s

7:15pm- Coach arrives back at Our Ladys

If you were to miss the 7:00am coach departure, school will ring you and liase for you to meet us at Preston train station for the 8am train departure.

Children are to arrive in their PE hoody’s with joggers/leggings. Children are to wear their white school polo shirt underneath their hoody. Children will need to bring a coat as there is a chance of rain on the day. The temperature is still quite warm so a thin lightweight but waterproof jacket is recommended.

Children will need to bring 2 packed lunches for their lunch and dinner for the day as we will not be stopping anywhere to buy any food- therefore no money is required on the day to be brought in. Lots of healthy snacks are recommended, along with lots of water, as there will be plenty of times throughout the day to snack but no chocolate, sweets or fizzy drinks are to be brought in- water only

No electronic devices are to be brought on the trip

Children are allowed to bring small items to comfort and entertain them whilst they are on the train such as:

  • reading book

  • deck of cards/card games

  • small notepad and pencils

  • mini transportable games

  • small teddy bear

Whatever item the child is bringing, it needs to fit in their bag as they cannot carry any items around in their hands throughout the day.

If your child suffers from travel sickness, travel bands are recommended to be worn to help aid your child. If there travel sickness is more severe, then any medication used on long travels needs to be brought in on the day in a sealed bag with your child’s name on with timings of when the medication is usually taken.

According to Transport for London, National Rail and Avanti West Coast, there are no planned train/tube strikes for any of the lines and stations that we are attending on the day of travel.

If you have any questions in regards to the trip, then please email me at c.cornwell@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Welcome to Year 5 2025!

We hope you have had an amazing summer break and we can’t wait to hear what you have got up to. We will be welcoming you back on Tuesday as upper juniors who are ready to lead our school as excellent role models. Year 5 an exciting and challenging year but one that will be memorable.

Our virtues for our first half term will be Learned and Wise. These will be at the core of everything we do in school and we are always looking out for children who display these characteristics. These will be important for our class councilor votes that will be taking place in the coming weeks.

Don’t forget to come equipped with your own pencil cases, making sure you have all you need in there but please make sure they are small enough to fit in your chair covers or trays at the end of the day- any that are too big will be sent home.

Indoor PE days will be on a Tuesday. On these days you need to make sure you wear tracksuits but also have a pair of shorts either under your trousers or in your bag to get changed in to. We don’t wear trainers during indoor PE, but if there are any issues with this then I must be informed by an adult. Our first lesson will be on our first day back on Tuesday 2nd September.

Outdoor PE is on a Wednesday, our first one is on Wednesday 3rd September.

Art in on a Monday- please remember to bring in your art tops to stop your uniform from getting paint on- we will keep this in our trays.

Homework- will go out on Friday afternoons and will be due in the following Thursday. Please support us in this process to ensure children complete their homework and hand it in on time. We are trying to prepare them for Year 6 (and also high school) and taking responsibility and accountability is one of the best ways we can do this- we don’t want this to be such a shock next year.

Induction information will be sent out next week, so please look out for when it will be. You will be able discover more about the exciting opportunities and topics that they will be learning during their time in Year 5 and we can answer any questions you may have! More information, such as important forms that will need completing will be available soon so please do keep checking the Year 5 page.

Important Notices:

Please make sure all coats and school uniform is labelled- let’s get off to a good start.

Payment is live on parent pay for our trip to London on Thursday 18th September.

We can’t wait to see you all on Tuesday and hear about your holidays!

Water bottles are essential to keep us hydrated throughout the day.


Enjoy your last few days of the holidays and we look forward to seeing you in Year 5,
Mr Cornwell and Miss Johnson

Final Year 5 Blog of the Year 2024/25

And we have arrived at the end! What a fantastic week to finish off such a wonderful year. As tradition, Year 5 get to take part in Year 6’s end of year performance (which was outstanding!). Our children grew in confidence as each performance went on and really did save their best until last. Some children even stepped in on last minute to read the lines of other children who were absent which showed incredible bravery, resilience and confidence- thank you to those children! We are still scraping the final pieces of glitter and face paint from the carpet but it was all worth it in the end as the Indian braves gave their best war cries and dances whilst our sea creatures glided across the lagoon.

With the final days becoming more relaxed, teachers have ‘forgotten’ to blow the whistle at the end of break times, which has allowed the children to get the most out of their last few break times of the year.

Let’s Celebrate

  • Learner of the Year- This week our award goes to Finley for displaying all of our learning characteristics throughout the whole year. It did not surprise me to see that you had won the children’s vote for this award. Your teachers have always known that you display all of our characteristics so it is brilliant to see that your classmates have also seen this.


  • Virtue Star of the Year- Our winner, voted by the children, for our star of the year goes to Ciaran. You are such a liked member of our class Ciaran but this does not come from your football skills or your jokes, it comes from you being a good and hardworking person- a person who always displays our virtues day in and day out. You are so full of kindness and this is something we all see everyday. Never change in this regard.

Notices

  • Homework- There is no official homework set over the summer but it is vital that children keep on top of their times tables, reading and handwriting so they are ready for Year 6 and can get the ball rolling straight away.

  • Book Collection- Please can everyone have a look at home for any library books, which are to be brought in back in September.

  • Football Kits- Any school football kits that are found at home over summer need to be brought back in to Mr Cornwell in September.

  • School will reopen for the new year on 2nd September.

    Have a fantastic and safe summer holidays!

Year 5 Weekly Blog 11.07.25- ‘Do something this week that your future self will thank you for’

And just like that, we have finished our penultimate week of Year 5! Our week has been dominated by rehearsals for the end of year play. The children have been pulled out of class daily to be rushed into the hall to practice their scenes and they gave done this full of enthusiasm and focus. In between all of this, learning has continued with lots of independent work in our English and RE final units. In English, the children have finished their final drafts of their Highwayman poem and have begun their final piece in their books. In RE, the children have continued their research into other faiths around the world with us looking into all of the big five religions of the world.

The children rolled up their sleeves on Monday as it to time for masterchef. On the menu was spaghetti bolognese with the children working on the clock to finish their creative dishes. I hope you all had the chance to have a taste of all of their hardwork.


Let’s Celebrate

  • Learner of the Week- This week our award goes to Rose for being a focused and brave learner. It has been such a disruptive with all of our play practices and yet when we have come back into the classroom for our key pieces of learning, you have been so focused as usual. I feel like I have seen a different side to you since we have started our play practices and you have really shone on stage- I can’t wait to see this in full during our performances next week.



  • Virtue Star of the Week- Our virtues for this half term are love and compassion and our winner this week goes to Jacob. I have sensed a real growth in you Jacob as we have come to the end of Year 5. You have shown qualities that show that you are ready for Year 6. You have been so considerate towards your staff members and have been always on hand to help- this has not gone unnoticed.


Notices

  • KS2 Music Concert- For those children who have flute lessons on a Monday, your concert will be held on Monday 14th July at 2pm. Parents are welcome to attend and watch all of the hard work that they have done this year with a musical instrument.


  • Year 6 End of Year Play- The dates for the parent viewings are listed below. These will be pre paid tickets.


  • Monday 14th July at 6:30pm

  • Tuesday 15th July at 9:15am

  • Tuesday 15th July at 6:30pm


  • Book Collection- Please can everyone have a look at home for any library books that need to be brought back in before we finish for summer.


  • Please can everyone bring a plastic bag in on Monday or Tuesday so that they can start taking their school books home.


  • School will close for summer on Friday 18th July at 2pm.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 04.07.25- 'With transition, we have two options. To step forward into growth or to step back into safety'

What a week it has been! We have entered the final month on our schooling calendar with us only weeks away from the finishing line! With this time of year, comes lots of exciting days out with this week being our transition week at Our Lady’s. Wednesday saw us off to St Bedes for our high school transition day, along with five other schools in our Catholic cluster. The theme for the day was Science and Technology, with us being split into small groups and going off carrying out experiments and cooking challenges! The children’s behaviour, attitude and representation of the school was impeccable. I could not be prouder of Year 5. As Mr Marsden (St Bede’s Headteacher) said, ‘I can always spot an Our Lady’s child when they come to my school based on the way they conduct themselves’. Mrs Gregan came with us and was on point as chief photographer.

The following day was also transition themed with this being Our Lady’s move up day, with Year 5 moving up to Year 6 for the morning. Mrs Harrison could not speak highly enough of the children, carrying the same qualities from the previous day.

We have continued to develop our cricketing skills in PE this week by focusing on our batting technique.

End of Year Play- Costumes

Details are listed below in regards to tickets and dates of the performances. Our class have been split into mermaids and indians (your child will know which one they are playing for the play). These costumes need to be brought into school ASAP in a plastic bag with your name on the bag.

Mermaids/Mermen- Swimming costume (girls) and a vest or plain t-shirt for the boys. If possible, choose colours that are bright to fit the theme of the scene so blues and greens would be good if possible.

Indians- pair of brown, grey or black shorts. The rest of these costumes have been provided.


  • Let’s Celebrate

    • Learner of the Week- This week our award goes to Matilda for being a focused and cooperative learner. Even with our learning being disrupted with play practice and trying to work in intense heat in our classroom, your commitment, enthusiasm and kindness never drops below your incredible standards. This just shows that you are ready to lead our school as a role model and the responsibilities of a Year 6 pupil.




    • Virtue Star of the Week- Our virtues for this half term are love and compassion and our winner this week goes to John-Paul. Transition week is always a fun and exciting week with lots of new opportunities but it is also important in making good impressions. You do this every single day Johnny so I had absolutely no worries about you in your transition days this week- an excellent role model.


    Notices

  • Homework- Please check the homework blog to keep on track of your child’s SPAG, multiplication and division practice and also their reading.


  • Mini Vinnie Raffle- Our Mini Vinnie team are hosting a raffle which takes place this Monday 7th July. It is 50p per ticket or £2 for a strip. Prizes will include, toys, sweets, chocolates and books. The Mini Vinnies will be setting up a stall at the end of the day on Monday if children and parents are interested. Reminder for all mini vinnies to remember to bring in their prizes for the raffle.


  • Food Technology (Spaghetti Bolognese)- This week, your child went home with an ingredients list for their cooking lesson this Monday 7th July. If your child has not mentioned this, please check their bag to find their list. These ingredients will need to be brought in on Monday.

  • KS2 Music Concert- For those children who have flute lessons on a Monday, your concert will be held on Monday 14th July at 2pm. Parents are welcome to attend and watch all of the hard work that they have done this year with a musical instrument.


  • Year 6 End of Year Play- The dates for the parent viewings are listed below. These will be pre paid tickets.


  • Monday 14th July at 6:30pm

  • Tuesday 15th July at 9:15am

  • Tuesday 15th July at 6:30pm

Year 5 Weekly Blog 27.06.25- 'Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances'

Let’s Celebrate

  • Learner of the Week- This week our award goes to Matilda for being a focused and cooperative learner. Even with our learning being disrupted with play practice and trying to work in intense heat in our classroom, your commitment, enthusiasm and kindness never drops below your incredible standards. This just shows that you are ready to lead our school as a role model and the responsibilities of a Year 6 pupil.




  • Virtue Star of the Week- Our virtues for this half term are love and compassion and our winner this week goes to John-Paul. Transition week is always a fun and exciting week with lots of new opportunities but it is also important in making good impressions. You do this every single day Johnny so I had absolutely no worries about you in your transition days this week- an excellent role model.




End of Year Play

It is tradition that Year 5 get a peak behind the curtain and have a small role to play in the Year 6 end of year play. Dates of the play are listed below. We have some of the costumes already for our specific characters but we need your help. You may have some of these costumes/props already or they could be bought online via cheaper websites such as shein, temu, vinted etc.

Under The Sea (Mermaids/Mermen and Sea Creatures)

Charlotte, Rory, Beth, Grace, Rose, Toby, Lilly, Poppy, Daisy, Matilda, Isioma, Tilly, Logan, Amelia, Joseph


Indians (Native Americans)

Lorenzo, John-Paul, Hugo, Jacob, Sean, Tomy, Josh, Ciaran, Teddy, Hudson, Louis, William, Finley, Gus, Seth



Notices

  • Homework- Please check the homework blog to keep on track of your child’s SPAG, multiplication and division practice and also their reading.






  • Extra Curricular Activities- Please check the sports blog for new and existing sports clubs taking place this half term, including game and tournament dates.





  • Football Trials Tuesday 1st July - If you haven’t already and are interested in competing in the school football team, sign up via the sports page. There will be two trail dates to attend.





  • St Bedes Science and Technology Day Wednesday 2nd July- We will be having our annual taster day at St Bedes. School pick up times at Our Lady’s will be as normal. Children will need to be in their full school uniform (school jumper and not a PE hoody). You may bring a pack lunch with you or you can choose to have a school pack lunch. Please complete the form below to select your childs lunch for this day.

St Bedes Lunch options

  • Year 6 End of Year Play- The dates for the parent viewings are listed below. These will be pre paid tickets.

  • Monday 14th July at 6:30pm

  • Tuesday 15th July at 9:15am

  • Tuesday 15th July at 6:30pm

Year 5 Weekly Blog 20.06.25- ‘Pain is temporary but being a champion is for a lifetime’- Usain Bolt

What a week it has been! I think we can agree that it has surely been the hottest week of the school year. What better activity to do in the blistering heat? Make the children do lots and lots of running! Luckily, our sports day this year fell on a glorious sunny day. The children absolutely ran their socks off and showed such a healthy competitive spirit. It was Harcourt who dominated the Year 5/6 sports day and it was these points which led them to becoming overall Our Lady’s Sports Day Champions!

If that wasn’t enough, the following morning saw us carry out some more running but in a slightly different environment. Pajamas, teddies and parents were all present for our annual Gym Jam Jog festival. The overall funds raised is available on Mrs Gregan’s blog and it is an amazing amount.

Let’s Celebrate

  • Learner of the Week- This week our award goes to Hudson for being an enthusiastic and cooperative learner. You really stood out to me during our sports day this week. You were so enthusiastic about the whole afternoon and carried such a positive energy into every task, which really rubbed off on your team. Your teamwork skills were really on show too! Always cheering on your fellow teammates and you did not let your head drop when results didn’t go your way.

  • Virtue Star of the Week- Our virtues for this half term are love and compassion and our winner this week goes to Amelia. Outside play is always a delight but especially when we have weather like this. I love the way you play with your friends and the creative nature of your games. This kindness and duty to look after others is why you are such a valued member of our mini vinnies.



Notices

  • Homework- Please check the homework blog to keep on track of your child’s SPAG, multiplication and division practice and also their reading.

  • Extra Curricular Activities- Please check the sports blog for new and existing sports clubs taking place this half term, including game and tournament dates.

  • Football Trials Tuesday 24th June- If you haven’t already and are interested in competing in the school football team, sign up via the sports page. There will be two trail dates to attend.

  • LSA Open Evening Thursday 26th June 4:40pm-7:00pm

  • Charity Football Match Friday 27th June- If you are interested in playing in a charity football match along with St Peter’s and St Bedes, please check the sports page for more information.

  • St Bedes Science and Technology Day Wednesday 2nd July- We will be having our annual taster day at St Bedes. School pick up times at Our Lady’s will be as normal. Children will need to be in their full school uniform (school jumper and not a PE hoody). You may bring a pack lunch with you or you can choose to have a school pack lunch. Please complete the form below to select your childs lunch for this day.

Lunch options for St Bedes trip