This week in Year 4 has been very special - our final preparation for making first Holy Communion. Children are ready to take the next step in their journey towards Christ with the Holy Spirit as their guide. This week, in RE they learned about the church being ‘apostolic,’ which means following the teachings of the apostles and spreading the good news of Jesus like them. We had a beautiful worship by Bonnie, Sasha and Bella where we celebrated Mary and crowned her with flowers - our queen of the May.
We are continuing our understanding of fractions in maths and also our ability to trasnslate shapes. We have finished our Science topic on sound - next up, Electricity. In class, we are contiinuing to rehearse hard for our Times table test in June. This week they have tried the ‘Try it out Check’ which mimics the real test and gets them used to it. In History, they have learned to see the Vikings in a better light - focusing on their achievements and lifestyle.
Conversation starters
RE
What does making your Communion mean to you?
History
Were all Vikings bloodthirsty warriors? What else did you learn this week, which gave you a wider view?
Let’s Celebrate
Music stars this week: Vincent and Isla
PE stars this week: Elsie and Barnaby for some creative moves!
Holy Communion Saturday 9th May and Saturday 16th May
Please can children come to the priest’s house (at the side of the church) at 9:15 on Saturday morning. I have reattached the Group list just to be doubly sure. You can drop them off here and then get seated in church on your allocated pews.
Upcoming trips and events:
Wednesday 20th May Year 4 Streetlife Charity beach Walk.
As a class, we have talked lots about people in our society who are marginalised. Children have decided they want to collect for Streetlife - a charity for the homeless. On this day, we would like children to fill their school bags with items for Streetlife’s foodbank (eg pasta, socks, pot noodles and other light items) with the aim of carrying these to the beach- so they can see what it feels like to carry your belongings on your back! As streetlife’s colour is PURPLE, we would love it if children could wear something purple on this day - so they can wear comfortable clothes with maybe a purple top, purple cap or even a purple hair bobble.
Once on the beach, we have lots of plans to do things that link to homes and homeless - such as building a group sandcastle creation, painting pebbles and making beach collages. I am sure we will have an ice-cream too! There is no cost to this trip - other than £2 on the day for an ice-cream.
Wednesday 17th June Sport’s Day Year 3 and 4 9:15am
Friday 19th June Anglo-Saxon and Viking dress up day.
This takes place in school and children will be doing lots of things to consolidate their understanding of these two important invaders to our shores. It is always such a fun day! They will need to come to school dressed as either an Anglo-Saxon person, a Viking person, or a Viking god/ goddess, elf, giant or creature! We are giving you lots of time to plan a costume - please don’t feel you need to buy one. Here are some examples of made costumes below.
We have 2 very exciting trips in July. Although this is a way off, we thought we would give you lots of preparation time and so have popped them on parent pay early. These are:
Thursday 2nd July UCLAN Electricity in Science trip
This trip consolidates our learning in Science. The cost of the trip is £20 payable on parentpay from today
Thursday 9th July Cuerden Valley Park Rivers Trip
This is linked to our Geography unit about Rivers and is a brilliant trip to discover the features of a River. This is £25 payable on parentpay from today.
Friday 3rd July St Bedes Prayer Day.
We are going to St Bedes for a day of prayer. This is a lovely chance for children to encounter their potential high school for the first time, whilst celebrating Jesus’s love.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Lyons, Miss Edwards and Mrs Carragher
a.lyons@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk