Year 5 Weekly Blog 04.09.26- ‘Every great journey starts with just a small step’

Life is a canvas. You are the paint. Make your mark

We started our first day with a liturgy as a whole school, where Mrs Gregan read us the story ‘The Dot’ by Peter H Reynolds, a beautifully simple story with a powerful message about courage, self-belief and the impact that each of us can have. Through Vashti's journey, children discover that every great achievement begins with a small step, and that having the confidence to try can inspire others to do the same. As a school, we are using the story's deeper meaning to encourage our children to think about the mark they leave on their class, our school and the wider world. We want them to understand that their words, actions and choices matter, and to reflect on the kind, responsible and positive individuals they aspire to be. By fostering thoughtful discussions and meaningful opportunities for children to contribute to their community, we hope to help them recognise the difference they can make every day. With this in mind all classes have been set a task and a colour to create their own dot for the front of the school, to create a beautiful whole class display at the front of the school, which year 5 completed today- we can’t wait to see what it looks like! What mark will they leave this year? I am excited to see.

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What a wonderful start to the new school year it has been. Year 5 have a come back to school enthusaistic, ready to learn and are already showing real signs of their upper juinioir leadership. It has been a mixed bag of weather this week but that has not stopped the children exploring and having fun out on the playground. Our classroom is starting to come together with signs of learning coming to life- it would be great for parents to see this next Wednesday at our induction evening.

Let’s Celebrate

As agreed, through our school council, our learning awards will no longer be handed out in assembly on Friday.

We now have mini certficates to recognise children’s excellence in learning behaviours such as enthusiasm, determination and creativity.

These will be given when we spot children trying really hard to be the best version of themselves. Keep an eye out for these - many have already been awarded!

The Virtue Star remains and will be awarded next week. We are trying to be Loving and Compassionate

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Would your child like to be considered for class councillor?

Have you ever been a Class Councillor? Would you like this opportunity at Our Lady’s? Now is your chance …

If any year 5 pupil would like to be considered in our class votes then they need to prepare a short speech, presentation or poster that outlines why their class should vote for them and why they would be the right person for this job- the voice of year! We are voting next Wednesday, so if they would like to put thmeselves fowards then they must make sure they prepare and bring in anything they need ready for Wednesday afternoon.

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Notices

Please complete the following parental consent form for the year ahead. This gives your permission for various things, such as school trips, usage of technology and photographs to be put on the website- thank you I already have 25 complete.

In addition, if your child has a medical condition such as asthma or an allergy that we need to know then please complete the medical form below - thank you once again for those who have completed.

Induction Evening on Wednesday 9th September 3:45 and 4:45pm. This is a chance to know more about the routines in Year 5 such as reading, homework, curriculum and also the opportunity to ask questions.

PE on Thursday and Friday

Homework will be given out next Tuesday ready to hand in again the following Monday!

Book Collection- Please can everyone have a look at home for any library books that they may have taken home at the end of last year.

Have a lovely weekend

Mrs Harrison and Mrs Tierney

Welcome to Year 5 2026!

A very warm welcome to all our children and families as we begin an exciting new school year in Year 5!

I hope you have all enjoyed a wonderful summer break and are feeling refreshed, ready, and enthusiastic about the adventures ahead. Year 5 is a fantastic year filled with exciting learning opportunities, new challenges, and plenty of memorable experiences. We have lots to look forward to, from engaging topics and creative projects to developing new skills and growing in confidence.

As we start this journey together, I would like to encourage all children to come to school each day with a positive attitude, ready to work hard and challenge themselves. Year 5 is an important stage in your learning journey, and I know that every child has the potential to achieve great things. There may be times when learning feels challenging, but it is through resilience, determination, and a willingness to step outside our comfort zones that we make the most progress. I am excited to see everyone embrace new opportunities and aim high throughout the year.

This year is also a special one for me. I am delighted to be starting a new chapter in a different year group and am incredibly pleased that this wonderful class will be the first group to join me on that journey. Both Mrs Tierney and myself, are looking forward to getting to know each and every child, celebrating their successes, supporting them through challenges, and creating a classroom environment where everyone feels valued, encouraged, and inspired to do their very best.

Together, we will make Year 5 a year filled with learning, laughter, achievement, and growth. I cannot wait to see what we accomplish as a team. Here's to a fantastic year ahead!

Getting organised …

Our virtues for our first half term will be Loving and Compassionate. 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 Thursday. 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 Thursday 3rd September.

Outdoor PE is on a Friday, our first one is on Friday 4th September.

Art is on a Thursday- 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 Tuesday afternoons and will be due in the following Monday. 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 Night - Wednesday 9th September 3:45pm & 4:45pm. This is your chance to see Year 5 classroom for yourself, 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!

Forms- Please complete the following consent form for the year ahead. This gives your permission for various things, such as school trips, usage of technology and photgraphs to be put on the website:

If your child has a medical condition such as asthma or an allergy that we need to know then please complete the following medical form:

Important Notices:

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

Please remember that there is now a No Jewelery policy except for an anologue watch (no smart watches)

We can’t wait to see you all on Thursday 3rd September 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,
Mrs Harrison and Mrs Tierney

Final Year 5 Blog of the Year 17.07.26

Wow! What a final week of Year 5, a final week of teaching for myself and what a year these children have had. I could write endless essays about these children and the year we have had, which is why I have written a thank you letter in each of the children’s gift bags. The week we have had has been action-packed! The first two days (and nights) of our week were fixated on the end of year play- hosted by Year 6. The children thrived in their roles and really enjoyed performing infront of a large audience- this has made the teachers very excited for next years play for when they take the lead. From the day the children walked through the door in September, they were set a class reading challenge by the previous Year 5 class (you may have seen this on the door during pick ups). As of last week, the children surpassed their target and ended the year with a total of 16,074,914 words read based on quizzes from Accelerated Reader- a fantastic group achievement. Because of this, we took the class out to Hope Street Park yesterday afternoon for an extended break time. The children played football, ran down zip lines, swung back and fourth and just had fun in the sun!

From myself and Miss Johnson (soon to be Mrs Austin), we would like to thank all you children and parents for the most amazing year together and we wish you the most amazing summer and for a brilliant year ahead in Year 6.

Conversation starters

Reflection- It is always good to reflect when a journey comes to and end and to also discuss the new journey to begin?

What have you loved the most about Year 5? What will you miss?

What are you looking forward to the most about Year 6?

Water Safety- Mrs Mather spoke on Monday about the importance of this. Many of you will be by water over your summer holidays so what do you remember from this lesson?

Let’s Celebrate

The children have been voting for their learner and star of the year- the winners are…

Virtue Star of the Year: Emilia

Learner of the Year: Bea

Notices

• Summer Homework- Please make sure the children keep on top of their reading.handwriting, spelling and times tables over the summer holiday- ready to start their final year in primary school!

• Parent Pay- Please make sure all outstanding balances are settled before the end of the school year.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 10.07.26- 'The end of a journey means the start of another one'

And just like that, we have finsihed our penaultimate week of Year 5! A week where we welcomed back the blazing sun (and sticky humidity) with there being plenty of suncream worn and water drank. With lots of extra curricular activites taking place, it was a rush to finish our last remaining units of learning in Year 5. In RE, we got our quiz heads on and we had a look back at all of our units that we have covered this year. Each team were given a different unit to create a quix in order to test the other teams. In English, after re-writing our versions of part one of the highwayman, we tucked into part 2 to find out how our historic story finished, with many children getting their predictions correct.

Lots of our Year 5 children have really been baking in the sun this week with some end of year sports competitions. We took a group of children to Stanley Park, Blackpool for our first entry into the BEBCMAT sports festival, our newly formed academic trust. The children ran their socks off, jumped into the sandiest of sandpits and bounced countlessly in a variety of different physical activities. The following day, our girls cricket team took part in the Lancashire County Finals at the newly opened Lancashire Training Ground. The girls played with such enthusiasm and showed some excellent progression from last weeks competition.

Conversation starters

Reflection- It is always good to reflect when a journey comes to and end and to also discuss the new journey to begin?

What have you loved the most about Year 5? What will you miss?

What are you looking forward to the most about Year 6?

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are curious and active. The star this week goes to Louisa. You have been so active across the entire year Louisa. You have worked your socks off. It is all of your hard work to why you have had such a brilliant year in Year 5. Make sure to carry this into Year 6.

Learner of the Week: Our certificate winner this week goes to Anna for being a resilient and entusiastic learner. On Wednesday, you did something that you don’t usually do- compete in an athletics event outside of school. You had such a positive attitude throughout the day (regardless of the extreme heat) and you had a go at everything. It was children like you, with your attitude and response across the day, that made the event such an enjoyable afternoon for us all.

Notices

• Year 6 Residential- Children have gone home with letters regarding next years school residential trips, including deadlines for costs to be submitted. If your child has lost their letter, please ask the office for a copy. The payments are live on parent pay.

• Homework- For the children who completed last weeks homework, there will be no more official homework for our final week of the year. Please keep up with your times tables and reading across the summer holidays- to make sure you are ready for Year 6.

• Plastic Bags- Please can all children bring in a strong plastic bag on Monday, ready to take your learning books home for the year.

• Parent Pay- Please make sure all outstanding balances are settled before the end of the school year.

• End of Year Play- There will be three performances for parents and family to come and see. Monday 13th July at 6pm, Tuesday 14th July at 9:15am and Tuesday 14th July at 6pm. Please purchase your tickets from Mrs Nel at the front office and for any further enquiries in regards to tickets. Children will need to be back at school for no later than 5:40pm on the 6pm performances.

• School will finish for summer on Friday 17th July at 2pm.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 03.07.26-’ The best way to deal with change is to plunge into it, move with it and join in the dance’

This week has certainly been a week of looking into the future and preparing for the next two stages of the children’s lives in school. On Wednesday, we took a trip to St Bedes for our high school transition day. The theme was Science and Technology, with the children being split into different groups with children from different schools. They got struck straight into the labs and dived into some high school investigating and making activities. The following day. the children spent the morning up in Year 6 for their Our Lady’s transition day. Classmates and teachers were familiar to the children but they loved spending time in their new classroom, ready for September. Rehearsals for the end of year play continue to ramp up with us now being off script for our songs and speaking lines (keep practicing these at home).

Our week was started off in celebration as our girls cricket team took the field and participated in the Fylde and Wyre County trials. The girls played so well and with so much spirit. They came out as the best performing school in the fylde district and have been rewarded with a full day out of school next week, to compete in the Lancashire finals- where we will represent Fylde.

Conversation starters

Maths- We have been using the hours on a clock to help identify different types of angles. We have now been telling the time in angles and not using the actual time language itself. Teach your parents about our new way to tell the time.

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are curious and active. The star this week goes to Ava. High school transitions are a big thing because it is about making a good first impression in your future setting. You did an excellent job with this and you were a real ambassador for our school. You were so active in all of your science and tech activities which showed a brilliant attitude to your future learning.

Learner of the Week: Our certificate winner this week goes to Rosa for being a resilient and determined learner. We may be coming towards to end of our school year but your focus has remained sky high these past few weeks Rosa. Your determination during our independent tasks is amazing and you manage your distractions so well.

Notices

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

• Year 6 Residential- Children have gone home with letters regarding next years school residential trips, including deadlines for costs to be submitted. If your child has lost their letter, please ask the office for a copy. The payments are live on parent pay.

• Year 5 Sports Festival Wednesday 8th July - A group of 10 children have been selected to take part in a sports festival. Details are on the sports blog.

• Girls Cricket County Finals Thursday 9th July- For those girls who took part in last weeks cricket competition, details are available on the sports blog for our county finals.

• End of Year Play Dress Rehearsal Friday 10th July- Children will have to bring in a pair of black leggings/shorts along with a plane brown/green t-shirt to ressemble a 12th Century poor street urchin for the Robin Hood play. These need to be brought in ASAP in order for us to try these on and work out what else we need to alter with our costumes. Bring your clothes in a spare bag with your name labelled or written on the bag.

• End of Year Play- There will be three performances for parents and family to come and see. Monday 13th July at 6pm, Tuesday 14th July at 9:15am and Tuesday 14th July at 6pm. Please purchase your tickets from Mrs Nel at the front office and for any further enquiries in regards to tickets. Children will need to be back at school for no later than 5:40pm on the 6pm performances.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 26.06.26- ‘Happiness and work rose up together with the sun, radiant like it’

Well it has certainly been a week life no other at Our Lady’s! temperatures sky high with suncream and cool downs being the main theme for the week. The children have been taking some end of year quizzes across English and Maths this week, in which they have been applying their retrieval skills across various types of questions.

Wednesday was certaintly a highlight of the week with our annual ‘Gym Jam Jog’, in which the children would have been delighted to spend the rest of the day in cooling loungewear. To end our heatwave, we were all treated to a visit from the Mr Whippy van for a refreshing and well needed ice cream.

Conversation starters

Geography- We have been completing fact file quizzes on ANTON for the countries playing in this years World Cup. Can you remember an interesting fact about one of your countries? Something that you didn’t know before?

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are curious and active. The star this week goes to Lucia. Working in these weather conditions is certainly no easy task and yet you have powered on this week, without a fuss, and continued to throw yourself into all of our activities this week. You have done this too with such a positive mindset and openess to include everyone else.

Learner of the Week: Our certificate winner this week goes to Scarlett for being a creative and enthusiastic learner. Poetry can be difficult, especially because the style of writing is so different from what we usually do throughout the year. However, you have smashed our Highywayman topic this half term Scarlett, throwing all of your enthusiasm and creative writing skills into your stanzas in which you have produced a beautiful final display for this.

Notices

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

• Year 6 Residential- Children have gone home with letters regarding next years school residential trips, including deadlines for costs to be submitted. If your child has lost their letter, please ask the office for a copy. The payments are live on parent pay.

• Girls Cricket Competition Monday 29h June- The children playing in this competition has been informed. Details are on the sports page of the website.

• Girls Golf Competition Tuesday 30th June- A group of 6 girls from Year 5 will be chosen to take part in this competition. Please check the sports blog for further details.

• St Bedes Taster Day Wednesday 1st July- Children will need to come to school in full school uniform (no PE kits) with their own pack lunch.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 19.06.26- ' Let's celebrate the spirit of sportsmanship and the joy of playing together'

What an exhilerating week it has been! I think it is fair to say that we have all earned a well deserved break over the weekend. Our week started with the children using their delicate hand skills in DT for sewing. The following day consisted of our preparations for the end of year play, in which we have began to rehearse our second song that Year 5 are partaking in the play. Wednesday was our most anticipated day, as we all prayed for the weather to hold, for the Year 5/6 sports day! The sun was shining and the children were certainly running, along with jumping, passing, balancing and throwing. Congratulations to Harcourt for winning the upper KS2 sports day, giving their house a lead in the overall scores for the school cup. I simply could not have asked the children to run anymore when it came to our PE lesson the following day, which gave us a perfect opportunity to test our new golf equipment out- in preparations for the girls golf competition coming up. Unfortunately, unlike sports day, the weather did not hold up and our play around the golf course was halted by the heavy rain.

Conversation starters

Geography- We have been completing fact file quizzes on ANTON for the countries playing in this years World Cup. Can you remember an interesting fact about one of your countries? Something that you didn’t know before?

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are curious and active. The star this week goes to Albert. Summer is certainly a time for sports and you have been super active this week. You had to run lots of double laps for your house on sports day and you did this with such a great attitude (even though you were very tired!). You also showed off your skills in our golf lessons during PE this week too!

Learner of the Week: Our certificate winner this week goes to Mia-Grace for being a focused and determined learner. I could not have faulted your work ethic and determination across this whole year Mia-Grace. Even when it is a subject you don’t necessary love (like maths) you still give it 100% and you are always trying to improve yourself through your learning- this has been amazing to see.

Notices

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

• Year 6 Residential- Children have gone home with letters regarding next years school residential trips, including deadlines for costs to be submitted. If your child has lost their letter, please ask the office for a copy. The payments are live on parent pay.

• Year 5/6 Rounders Tournament Monday 22nd June- A small group of children have been selected to take part in this. Please check the sports page for more information.

• Gym Jam Jog- This has been rescheduled for Wedneaday 24th June starting at 8 am. Don’t forget to bring in your sponsor forms in on this day!

• Girls Cricket Competition Thursday 25th June- The children playing in this competition has been informed. Details are on the sports page of the website.

• Girls Golf Competition Tuesday 30th June- A group of 3 girls from Year 5 will be chosen to take part in this competition. Futher details are to be released on the sports page.

• St Bedes Taster Day Wednesday 1st July- Children will need to come to school in full school uniform (no PE kits) with their own pack lunch.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 12.06.26- 'A covenant made with God should not be regarded as restrictive but as protective'

What a fantastic first week back it has been to start our final half term together in Year 5! We may be in June but the British weather still continues to ellude us with a variety of different forecasts throughout the week. Year 5 started the week off in the kitchen as they turned into cooks to make their team spaghetti bolognese. It was straight from the kitchen to the stage as Mrs Gregan began working on our roles in the Year 6 end of year play- with lots of singing dancing and acting.

In RE, we have been retrieving on previous knowledge learned across the year such as books of the bible and God’s first covenant. The children teamed up to collect and share knowledge on what they know about the Bible and to complete the ‘Bible Bookshelf Challenge’- a race to find all 73 books of the bible. The children then created their own story booklets on God’s first covenant with Abraham- by using scripture to help construct their story.

Conversation starters

Geography- Our lesson on the flags of the world was timed perfectly with the start of the FIFA World Cup. How many countries do you recognise who are playing in the World Cup? Could you identify what their flag is? (There are 48 teams in total!)

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are curious and active. The star this week goes to George C. You have been so active this week across our whole curriculum and you have worked really well with all of your learning partners this week. You are so curious when it comes to your creative writing- particulary your description.

Learner of the Week: Our certificate winner this week goes to Joseph for being a focused and determined learner. We have seen a massive shift in your work ethic this week Joseph. You have started your final half term off in an amazing way! You have been so resilent in your independent work this week and have put in so much hard work into bettering yourself- this has been amazing to see.

Notices

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

• Year 6 Residential- Children have gone home with letters regarding next years school residential trips, including deadlines for costs to be submitted. If your child has lost their letter, please ask the office for a copy. The payments are live on parent pay.

• Sports Day Wednesday 17th June starting at 1:30pm

• Girls Cricket Competition Thursday 25th June. The children playing in this competition has been informed. Details are on the sports page of the website.

• St Bedes Taster Day Wednesday 1st July- Children will need to come to school in full school uniform (no PE kits) with their own pack lunch.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 15.05.26- ‘To be a saint is not a privelege for the few but a vocation for everyone’

What a week it has been in Year 5! We have been super focused throughout our Maths and English topics this week, with us diving into some tricky Year 5/6 fractions work by finding equivalent fractions and using this to add fractions with different denominators. In English, we have been planning and writing our final disucssion text of our half term, looking at whether school uniform should be banned or not? In RE, we have reflected on the saints of our Catholic community and analysed what a saint is and how someone would become a saint. Next week, we will be looking at the saint of our school, our mother Mary, in finer detail and depicting pieces of artwork of her.

The highlight of our week was our trip to Lancaster on Thursday, to visit Lancaster Castle and Police Museum. The children loved taking steps through history and seeing what we have learnt in lessons in the flesh. The children particulary enjoyed the unifrom department of the police musuem and dressing up as officers. We ended our week with a short walk to our parish center to spend the morning with our parishioners to come together as a community in the good old spirits of a ‘pub quiz’

Conversation starters

History- What do you remember about our trip to Lancaster? Tell your parents some interesting facts that you learnt on your day out.

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are attentive and discerning. This week, the star of the week goes to Phoebe. You are always so discerning Phoebe, especially when it comes to other people’s feelings and making sure they feel respected and included. You are so attentive to their needs and are always on hand to offer both emotional and physical support when needed.

Learner of the Week: This week, the learner of the week goes to Fletcher. You have absolutely loved our history topic this half term. You have gone about our learning in a mature manner, with the nature of the information, and have loved sharing your own knowledge during our discussions. You impressed our tour guides a lot with your answers to their questions and also adding in your own facts.

Notices

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

• Forest school takeover day Thursday 21st June- We will be spending the afternoon as a whole class outside. Please come wearing the appropriate clothing for forest school (no shorts and a coat will be needed). Children can come into school wearing these clothes to save time for them to get changed.

• Swimming Gala Friday 22nd May- details are live on the sports blog of the school website for those children who have signed up for the competition.

• Gym Jam Jog Friday 12th June- This will begin at 8am.

• Sports Day Wednesday 17th June starting at 1:30pm

• St Bedes Taster Day Wednesday 1st July- Children will need to come to school in full school uniform (no PE kits) with their own pack lunch.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 08.05.26- 'The natural word is the greatest source of excitement, visual beauty and interlectual interest'- Sir David Attenborough

What a week it has been in Year 5! A shorter week in days but still feeling like a long week in activites. Learning has continued to flow with us finishing off our focus of apostles and the apostolic mission in RE, as we looked at the stature of the church and where hiarachy of the laity and apostles in our Catholic Church. On Thursday, we took a grip to the Grand, along with Year 6, to see ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’. This is a powerful novel, based on a true story and current real life events, that the children will read in Year 6 next year. We ended our week in celebration of Sir David Attenborough. We came into school in our earth coloured clothes and we wrote biographies about our chosen icon. We finished this off by watching some of his classic documentaries from ‘Planet Earth’. Well done to chose children who entered the arts and crafts competition for this, your creations were beautiful!

Conversation starters

RE- If you wanted to become the next Pope, which 6 other roles within the Catholic Church would you have to have first? Can you remember the order of the stature of the Church?

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are attentive and discerning. With no whole school assembly today, the winner of star of the week was voted for by the children. This week, the stars of the week are Myles and Scarlett- both recieving the most votes.

Notices

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

• Trip to Lancaster Castle and Police Museum 14th May- Please go over to this blog to complete the lunch options and also to see for departures and arrivals.

• Swimming Gala Friday 22nd May- details are live on the sports blog of the school website for those children interested in taking part in the Lytham St Annes swimming gala.

• Gym Jam Jog Friday 12th June- This will begin at 8am.

• Sports Day Wednesday 17th June starting at 1:30pm

• St Bedes Taster Day Wednesday 1st July- Children will need to come to school in full school uniform (no PE kits) with their own pack lunch.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 01.05.26- 'Mary shows us that God accomplishes great deeds through those who are most humble'

April has certainly flown by and by some miracle- We are in May! In RE, we have continued our work with learning about the apostles and their apostolic mission, in particularly ‘The Apostles Creed’. We have been analysing dogma by dogma to really understand the meaning of the statements and how that reflects with our Catholic beliefs.

Learning has continued to flow this week, particularly in Maths as we are flying through our fractions unit, with this week us looking at unit fractions of amounts. We have begun to plan our first discussion text write up by creating arguments and finding research about ‘Should all children learn how to swim?’

Children have continued to show their creativity in our gymnastics unit of balance movements with apparatus, by showing some excellent teamwork skills.

Conversation starters

RE- Can you remember what you chose for your badge for the Apostolic Mission, what would your parents choose to do in order to keep this mission?

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are attentive and discerning. This week our star goes to Alana. You are just so discerning Alana, particularly when out on the playground. I always see you playing with different people, in order to make sure everyone is involved. You are always making sure your friends are okay and are helping resolve situations- rather than be at the center of them.

Learner of the Week for being a focused and enthusiastic learner goes to Louisa. Changing Maths/English places, along with base camp places, can make it difficult to focus with new learning partners and potential distractions. You have shown that this does not affect you and your level of focus remains the same throughout these changes. This has given you more confidence with your learning and you are seeing the results.

Notices

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

• Trip to the Grand 7th May- We will be seeing a live performance of ‘The Boy in the Back of the Class’ - a novel in which the children will be reading in Year 6. Payment is now live on parentpay. Children will be leaving school at 1pm and we will be picked up via a coach at 4:30pm. We will be back at school around 5pm. Please make sure your child has provisions for being picked up at this time.

• Trip to Lancaster Castle and Police Museum 14th May- Please go over to this blog to complete the lunch options and also to see for departures and arrivals.

• Swimming Gala Friday 22nd May- details are live on the sports blog of the school website for those children interested in taking part in the Lytham St Annes swimming gala.

Trip to Lancaster Castle- Thursday 14th May

The coach will be leaving from school at 8:45am, so all children need to be in school for 8:30am at the St Patrick’s road gate entrance (next to the school field).

We will be leaving Lancaster at 2pm to drive back to school so we should be back at school for 3:30pm. Any delays due to traffic or breakdown, Mrs Nel will send a text out to notify our ETA.

Children will need to be in full school uniform.

Please complete the lunch options form below. For those who do not complete the form, I will assume that you are having a pack lunch from home. Complete this ASAP so I can give Jacqui enough time to prepare in the kitchen.

Kind regards

Mr Cornwell

Year 5 Weekly Blog 24.04.26- ' As the Father has sent me, I am sending' John 20-21

What a lovely week it has been, with the sun certainly shining- both temperature and spirits have been raised. Our week began with a lovely trip to St Annes library, after an invitation to take part in a non-fiction project. The children were sent to find a non-fiction book of their interest and to find interesting facts for a wall display at the library. Children also got the chance to take out some books to borrow in order to read at home (12th May deadline for those who have done so).

Our focus this week in RE has been about the ‘Apostolic Mission’, we discussed what our key word ‘apostle’ meant and any connections we had surrounding this word. We then shared how we as Catholics can carry out this mission as we created our own badges in order to display this. Learning has continued to flow across the curriculum, with us moving onto multiplying both improper and mixed number fractions, improving our language to make our discussion texts more formal and to learning about new crimes and punishments taking place across history.

Conversation starters

RE- Can you remember what you chose for your badge for the Apostolic Mission, what would your parents choose to do in order to keep this mission?

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are attentive and discerning. This week our star goes to Lettie. You are so discerning by always offering support and help to your members of staff, even across the school. I have noticed improvements in your attentiveness in class which has brought about more confidence in your academic ability.

Learner of the Week for being a focused and determined learner goes to Myles. Managing distractions is such a difficult thing to overcome, especially when we turn towards the end of the year. You do this so well Myles, even when you are close by to your friends, and this allows you to stay on task and hit those learning targets throughout the lesson. I have seen a big shift in your determination to complete your independent tasks which bodes excellently with your level of focus.

Notices

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

• Trip to the Grand 7th May- We will be seeing a live performance of ‘The Boy in the Back of the Class’ - a novel in which the children will be reading in Year 6. Payment is now live on parentpay. Children will be leaving school at 1pm and we will be picked up via a coach at 4:30pm. We will be back at school around 5pm. Please make sure your child has provisions for being picked up at this time.

• Trip to Lancaster Castle and Police Museum 14th May- Our final history topic of the year will be ‘Crime and Punishment’ , in which this trip offers a detailed tour through history. Payment is now live on parentpay.

• Swimming Gala Friday 22nd May- Mrs Gregan will be releasing details in regards to children’s interest and trail sessions for our swimming gala.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 17.04.26- ‘Faith is what makes things possible’

And just like that, we have started our summer term (our last term in Year 5!). You wouldn’t be able to tell that we had been off for a week as the children have jumped straight back into their school routines and learning has lifted off yet again. Our RE reflections this week have looked at the relationship between Peter and Jesus. We looked into the life of Peter and what made him so inspirational and one of Jesus’ most trusted disciples. We also analysed the strength of his faith by looking through bible passages to find examples of both strong and weak faith towards Jesus.

We have just finished our multiplication topic, by using our knowledge of factors and multiples to solve word problems. We have now begun our final Maths topic of year 5 (yes a 12 week topic!) of fractions. Just like our previous topics, this carries a large amount of times tables knowledge in which us being super speedy, will be vital in achieving those expected targets at the end of the year. In English, we are looking at discussions, arguments and debates. We started with some ‘rapid reasoning’ games in order to build our arguments, whilst also learning the difference between our three key words. We have had a very exciting indoor PE lesson, where we revisited our prior skills of counter balance movements in gymnastics- but this time with the apparatus!

Conversation starters

RE- Think of a time when you have had really strong faith? When did you feel really confident in yourself or someone else?

Think of a time when you have had weak faith? When did you feel unsure or unconfident about something?

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtues for this half term are attentive and discerning. This week our star goes to Lena. By this point in our academic year, and preparing for Year 6, becoming independent learners is a huge part of being an upper KS2 child. I just love how you are always attentive to following simple instructions and you do this at the first time of asking. This allows you to focus more time on your learning. Keep it up!

Learner of the Week goes to Nathan. You have picked up in this final half term exactly where you left off before Easter-super focused across all of our lessons whilst showing such enthusiasm to learn and challenge yourself. This has been seen especially throughout our Maths and Science topics this week. Keep up the excellent work.

Notices

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

• Trip to the Grand 7th May- We will be seeing a live performance of ‘The Boy in the Back of the Class’ - a novel in which the children will be reading in Year 6. Payment is now live on parentpay. Children will be leaving school at 1pm and we will be picked up via a coach at 4:30pm. We will be back at school around 5pm. Please make sure your child has provisions for being picked up at this time.

• Trip to Lancaster Castle and Police Museum 14th May- Our final history topic of the year will be ‘Crime and Punishment’ , in which this trip offers a detailed tour through history. Payment is now live on parentpay.

• Swimming Gala Friday 22nd May- Mrs Gregan will be releasing details in regards to children’s interest and trail sessions for our swimming gala.

The Road to the Open - Trophy Tour

For the first time ever, both the men’s and women’s golf open is to be played in the same region this year - Royal Birkdale for the Men and Royal Lytham for the Women. One of my roles is to chair the sports committee for our local primary schools and through this, we have been asked by The Golf Foundation to run a competition in the lead up to the Open at Royal Lytham this year. The staff in our schools will be receiving training for our Year 5 & 6 pupils this coming Tuesday after school.

However, something much more exciting is being put in place. On Tuesday afternoon, our Year 5 and 6 pupils will be receiving a taster session from The Golf Foundation - and they will be part of the Trophy Tour. Both the Claret Jug and the AIG trophy will be on site at school. As part of the Year 5 & 6 afternoon, they will have the opportunity to talk to The Golf Foundation and have photos taken with the trophies whilst they are in school.

As this is such a monumental event, photography will be taken for media purposes by The Golf Foundation, local papers and possibly Granada reports, who we are hoping will cover the event just like they did for the Dance Competition in February. On Tuesday, the children will need to be in full PE kit - navy shorts (not football badged or those which are incredibly short) and the correct colour trainers - as well as school polo top or PE top and school hoodie.

As this event will be publicised beyond the school website, I need consent for each child with regards to the photography taking place. Please can this form be completed before Monday so it can be collated and shared with The Golf Foundation before Tuesday.

Thank you - Mrs Gregan

Year 5 Weekly Blog 02.04.26- ' Into your hands, I commend my spirit'

Come July and when we reflect on all of the weeks throughout Year 5- holy week will remain as the most special. The incredible journey that the school have taken us on, from Jesus’ arrival into Jerusalem to his resurrection just one week later. On Wednesday, the children did themselves, their parents and the entire school proud with their liturgy of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The children embodied their roles and spoke, expressed, and moved with such purpose.

To celebrate this, we were treated to an Easter Egg hunt in forest school later that morning. More Easter egg fun followed on Thursday with our annual Easter egg raffle.

Conversation starters

HRE- We have looked at ‘self-talk’ and how we can view and interpret situations in either a positive or negative mindset. We used the ‘glass half full or half empty’ example of how we can view the same situation but with different mindsets. Do any of your family members use any positive mindset techniques? Do they follow any inspirational/motivational quotes to keep their mindset in a positive state?

Let’s Celebrate

To bring an end to our second term of the year, the children have been voting for who has displayed our virtues and learning characters consistently throughout the entire term.

Virtue Star of the Term: Scarlett

Learner of the Term: Rodnie

Notices

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

• Trip to the Grand 7th May- We will be seeing a live performance of ‘The Boy in the Back of the Class’ - a novel in which the children will be reading in Year 6. Payment is now live on parentpay.

• Trip to Lancaster Castle and Police Museum 14th May- Our final history topic of the year will be ‘Crime and Punishment’ , in which this trip offers a detailed tour through history. Payment is now live on parentpay.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 27.03.26- 'This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee'- Matthew 21:1-11

Time really does fly by when you are having fun! It is hard to believe that we have begun our holy week liturgies- ready for the build up of such an important moment in our Catholic faith. Our prayer leaders this week began this for us by leading a worship about Jesus’ arrival into Jerusalem, by the waving of palm leaves. The leaders asked us to reflect on who our role models are and why we look up to/celebrate these people. This is because Jesus did so many good things and lived an inspirational life- in which he became a role model to us all. This led perfectly into Year 2’s interpretation of Palm Sunday the following morning. We also used our RE lessons to help prepare for holy week by looking at the sorrowful mysteries. During advent, we looked into the joyful mysteries, which told the sequencing of the birth of Jesus. This week, we have linked the sequences of Jesus’ death and used artwork and scripture to reflect on this.

In Maths, it has been all things multiplication and times tables as we have been looking at factorisation- factors of products and finding their factor partners for the correct multiplication. In English, we have been planning for our final sci-fi story of this unit. We have completed lots of mini story writes, focusing on particular writing skills and focuses- now the children get to combine all of their skills for their big sci-fi story!

Conversation starters

HRE- We have looked at ‘self-talk’ and how we can view and interpret situations in either a positive or negative mindset. We used the ‘glass half full or half empty’ example of how we can view the same situation but with different mindsets. Do any of your family members use any positive mindset techniques? Do they follow any inspirational/motivational quotes to keep their mindset in a positive state?

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Bea

Our virtues for this half term are intentional and prophetic. Our star this week goes to Bea. We have covered some big topics in RE this year, such as the beatitudes, the commandments and the virtues. All of these have been created by the most influential figures in our faith as a guidance of how we should live as Catholics in God’s world. I can truely say Bea that you are someone who intentionally lives within these teachings, in which you do so prophetically as seen as one of our leaders of the Mini Vinnies.

Learner of the Week: Hugo

It has been amazing to see how you enjoyed those Year 5 visits during our sci-fi lessons back when you were in Year 3 Hugo. I can’t believe you remember the lessons I taught those years ago and you have shown the same level of enthusiasm during our creative story writing this year in sci-fi. The way you have applied all of our writing skills into your independent work is just amazing to see and the outcome of your writing speaks for itself.

Notices

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

• Year 5 Easter Assembly- Wednesday 1st April

• School closes on Friday 2nd April at 2pm

• Trip to the Grand 7th May- We will be seeing a live performance of ‘The Boy in the Back of the Class’ - a novel in which the children will be reading in Year 6. Payment is now live on parentpay.

• Trip to Lancaster Castle and Police Museum 14th May- Our final history topic of the year will be ‘Crime and Punishment’ , in which this trip offers a detailed tour through history. Payment is now live on parentpay.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 20.03.26- 'Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.

What a week it has been in Year 5! The sun has been shining, the field has reopened for play and this has certainly lifted spirits amongst the children. We have continued to be reflective in our RE lessons and worship this week, particularly in RE by reflecting on our Lenten promises, as we have reached the halfway point of our Lenten journey. In liturgy, we reflected on what it would be like to be omnipotent, to be all powerful. We shared ideas about what we would do if we had this ability and then listened to scripture to hear how Jesus used his power to help those in need.

Learning has continued to flow, with us continuing to work with multiplication in Maths, by using our prior knowledge to calculate volume with 3 or more numbers. In English, we have been getting very creative by using a combination of descriptive skills such as extended noun phrases, similes and personification to blend into our sci-fi story writing. In Science, things got very tasty as me delved into the phases of the moon and how our image of the moon changes during its cycle- this was highlighted by comparing Jaffa Cakes to the moon in a famous 1999 advert.

Conversation starters

Science- Has anyone in your family seen the famous ‘Jaffa Cake Moon Advert’ from 1999?, if so, explain to them why this advert is scientifically wrong- we spotted 3 big inaccuracies in the advert.

RE- Lent- We have reflected on our Lenten promises this week and discussed how we have faced temptations throughout our journey. How are your family members doing with their lenten promise? Have they faced any tempations? Have they stuck to their word and kept their promise?

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star: Anna

‘Treat others have you would like to be treated’ These words have been up in our classroom all year and is something we wish everyone to aspire to- you are someone who certainly lives by this motto Anna. You treat everyone with such kindness and love and this is why your classmates return the favour- because of how well you treat them.

Learner of the Week: Rodnie

You really could win this award every week Rodnie! Your work ethic, attitude and love of learning is just second to none. You really do set the benchmark in these departments and you are a pleasure to both teach and work alongside with your classmates. These attributes will be vital for Year 6 next year.

Notices

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

• Monday 23rd March- Bring an Easter Egg to school. Children can come into school in their own clothes with the small cost of donating an easter egg for our easter raffle.

• School Photo Day- Wednesday 25th March

• Year 5 Easter Assembly- Wednesday 1st April

• School closes on Friday 2nd April at 2pm

Year 5 Weekly Blog 13.03.26- 'For judgement, I have come into this world so that the blind will see'- John 9:1-41

What a lovely flowing week it has been in Year 5. We have ramped up our Holy Week preparations by getting into the hall to practice our Easter assembly of the crucifixion. The children have really been getting into their role and have understood the importance of what they are betraying- we can’t wait for you to see it! In RE, we have reflected on previous knowledge to combine both conscience and sin and how we use these together. This led into our next lesson of ‘Heaven’, where we reflected on what we think heaven would look like and thinking about life in holy paradise.

Learning has continued to flow in Year 5. We haver been tackling lots of tricky arithmetic questions in Maths by multiplying and dividing decimal fractions. In English, we have created sci-fi specific extended noun phrases to help construct story openings. In Geography, we have gone old school by using OS maps to find the exact location of places on the Fylde Coast using 4 figure grid references. In RHE, we have been discussing the feeling of ‘Under Pressure’ and sharing our experiences of this, whilst looking at lots of different ways we can feel under pressure and also put children under pressure. We then role-played different scenarios of pressure as we had to guess which group had each pressure.

Conversation starters

Geography- We have gone old school, in a time where google maps did not exist, by using OS maps. Go on a scavenger hunt around your house to see if you have any OS maps and tell your parents how to find 4 figure grid references.

RE- When was the last time you used your conscience? We have been discussing how we use our conscience to make choices in our day to day lives, whether they are good or bad. Can you remember a time where you used your conscience to prevent yourself from committing a sin?

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star: Martha

You are just so intentional and prophetic in your actions every single day Martha. You show so much love, kindness and patience towards your classmates. I have seen you provide a lot of love and support for your friends this week when they have needed it the most. Keep being that beacon of love and kindness throughout our school Martha.

Learner of the Week: Alice

I have loved your super focused attention this week Alice. You have been a woman on a mission when it comes to independent tasks and you are determined to complete the work to the best of your ability. This is especially seen when there is an artistic element to the activity, which we know you absolutely thrive in.

Notices

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

• Monday 23rd March- Bring an Easter Egg to school. Children can come into school in their own clothes with the small cost of donating an easter egg for our easter raffle.

• School Photo Day- Wednesday 25th March

• Year 5 Easter Assembly- Wednesday 1st April

• School closes on Friday 2nd April at 2pm