Welcome to Year 6!

We can’t wait to welcome you all back to school for a VERY exciting year, full of challenges, fun learning and service. The classroom is ready for you all to step in to and I know as soon as you come through the door, you are going to make such wonderful leaders of the school. This is your final year at Our Lady’s- let’s make it the best one yet, where we achieve everything we are capable of, love and celebrate one another and serve the school through inspiring all of our younger pupils. Don’t forget to send all of your House Captain Speeches in, your deadline is next Thursday- I have already had a few sent which are wonderful!

Next week we will be focusing on our leadership roles within school and how our two new virtues (love and compassion) will be at the centre of these roles. We will be applying for the jobs we would like, looking at how WE can make a difference in our school and looking at some inspirational leaders of the past.

Don’t forget to come equipped with your own pencil cases, making sure you have all you need in there.

Indoor PE days will be on a Monday and Tuesday (dependent on what group you are in), so please check which day you are on the table below. 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 will not be starting Indoor PE the first week back.

Outdoor PE for everyone is on a Wednesday.

Throughout the holidays, the school library has been completely re-organised and sorted, and we have found that we have many books missing. Please could you have a good look in your homes and return school books if you have any. Thank you!

Important Notices:

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

Don’t forget to bring an art T-shirt in to school to keep in your trays.

On Wednesday 21st September at 6pm is the Year 6 induction evening where we will welcome you all in to the classroom and we can update you with with all the information you need about the upcoming year. This is a great opportunity to meet the teachers (although you know us all already), see the classroom and ask those vital questions.

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

We will welcome Marsden (Kenilworth Road entrance) and Harcourt (St Patrick’s Road entrance) at 8:45am and Bamber (Kenilworth Road entrance) and Plessington (St Patrick’s Road entrance) at 8:50am.
Enjoy your weekend,
Mrs Harrison and the rest of the Year 6 team

Year 6's final weekly blog 'Mary Poppins herself had flown away, but the gifts she had brought would remain for always' by P. L. Travers

What an emotional but beautiful week we have had in Year 6. It is always sad to say goodbye, but my goodness, are they all so ready to spread their wings and fly and High School! It has been such a privilege to have taught Year 6 this last term, they have risen to every challenge, worked their socks off and showed so much love and compassion along the way. They will all be greatly missed by everyone at Our Lady’s.

It has been a week of celebrations and goodbyes… the temperatures couldn’t have been any higher, but nothing could stop our leavers day out on Tuesday. After a beautiful leavers mass, we made our way slowly in the scorching temperatures to complete our crazy golf and then a play and a climb in the shade at Fairhaven. We kept hydrated, the ice cream Miss Hornby treated us to definitely helped, and we had so much fun altogether!

Today was a perfect way to end their primary school journey … this morning the staff performed their very own ‘professional’ pantomime of Cinderella, followed by the surprise flash mob for Miss Hornby and then a special leavers celebration assembly for Miss Hornby, Mrs Curtis and of course Year 6. We then all had lunch, a dance and an ice-lolly with members of staff. Such a lovely way to thank all of Year 6 for the time they have shared with us.

Finally, the Year 6 team would like to thank you all for your continuous trust and support throughout the year. We have loved reading all the children’s cards and kind words and really appreciate any gifts we have received, although the real gift has been to teach all of your beautiful children. Thank you.

Have a wonderful summer and remember what Miss Hornby said… ‘once an Our Lady’s, always an Our Lady’s’ so please do stay in touch.

"Behind you, all your memories. Before you, all your dreams. Around you, all who love you. Within you, all you need."

What to say? It has been an absolute pleasure taking your children on their journey through Year 3! It’s never easy saying goodbye , and today has proven just that. We have loved teaching your children, watching them grow, watching them succeed and watching them grow together as a family. We will miss seeing your smiley faces each morning. We will miss those early starters who each Monday have reminded me about new table places. We will miss the sea of willing faces when we are in need of a job done. We will miss those huge smiles once they have that magic lightbulb moment. I could go on! We know the children are ready for their exciting next chapter in Year 4 and we cannot wait to have many catch ups during our break times together.

The biggest thank you to you parents! You have been so supportive, open and trusting… we never take this for granted! We hope you all have a wonderful summer! Enjoy the adventures, the holidays, and hopefully some rest thrown in there too.

See you in September,

Love the Year 3 team xxx

It's time for us to say goodbye...until September.

It never gets any easier saying cheerio to all our wonderful children and their families at the end of the year. It has been an exceptional year at nursery, where our learning has known no bounds. The children’s sense of self and duty to others is quite remarkable. Each time we have worship their contributions to our group discussions brings a tear to our eyes. Every single child is truly magical.

As you know we had our Pirate Party on Monday…..it was sooooo very hot we had to split our time between indoors and outdoors. A regular dousing down with the hose pipe kept us cool, and soggy!

We had games such as walk the plank, pass the cannonball, finds the treasure, musical spots and many many more pirate themed games. One of the children said “it’s the best party I’ve been to”. Job done!!!!

So you can share in our fun we have put some photographs together for you. Here goes……

Finally, I would like to say thank you for choosing to send your child to Our Lady’s. We all feel very privileged to have been able to work alongside your child and yourselves. We have watched them blossom and grow and we are all so very proud of their achievements.

I know they will continue to grow as they move through the school and rest assured I will always have my eye on them. Please continue to keep in touch with us….. you belong to Our Lady’s!

Have the most splendid summer and remember to stay safe and well. We look forward to seeing the children in their school uniforms and also to the children who will be returning to nursery in September.

God bless

Barbara, Colette, Michelle, Stephanie, Justine and Frances

Year 6 Weekly Blog ‘Winds In The East, Mist Coming In’ Mary Poppins

I can’t believe we are now coming to the end of the children’s Our Lady’s journey, but what a week we have had! The start of the week was the play, and oh my what a performance it was (we told you, you were in for a treat)! The children rose to having an audience and delivered a fantastic show to the rest of the school on Monday morning and then to all their family and friends in the evening. I am sure you all were as teary as we were, as we brimmed with pride, watching what they have all achieved together as a class. They sang, danced and acted their hearts out and of course enjoyed every minute …

On Wednesday we continued our learning on transition, we discussed and reflected on our time at Our Lady’, thinking about the times when we were ‘kid average’ and when we were ‘kid awesome’, learning about how our attitude towards our learning is all our own choice and how we can use this to drive our learning forward at high school. On Thursday/ Friday they then looked at the growth mindset in detail, how we can re-program our brains to never say we can’t do something, but know that we need more practice and how we will approach new areas or challenges. They were all so open and ready to share their feelings and thoughts around all of this. They might not know this yet some of them, but they are all so ready for their next chapter and they all will fly!

On the last day (Wednesday) we thought it would be lovely if the Year 6 parents came to collect your children at the later time of 2:25pm, this gives more time on the playground to say your goodbyes and to take any pictures that you may want to take of their final day at Primary School.

Our leavers day out looks like its set to be a hot one, we will still be going ahead with this day however, we have made some slight changes and will be further assessed on Monday. After the golf at Fairhaven, instead of a walk along the front and playing games on the beach, we have decided to stay at Fairhaven and have our lunch, as their is much more shade. It is imperative that all children MUST have a bag with them, containing plenty of fluids, snacks, hat and sun-cream. They are able to wear their own clothes on this day, however please could we be mindful of the appropriateness of outfits as attending mass first. Sensible shoes for walking must also be worn.

Well done to Emma and Adam

We have carried on with Mrs Gregan’s tradition of letting the children choose who they believe deserve the end of term certificates, I have to say it was a very close one but these two children got the most votes:

Emma for always being so helpful and Jolly. Adam for trying his hardest in all his work and going that extra mile to reach your goals. Well done to the both of you.

VITAL REMINDERS

Remember to bring a spare polo shirt to school on Monday for staff and Year 6 to sign.

Please remember water bottles, hats and sun-cream next week- it’s going to be a hot one!

On Monday could children please bring a couple of plastic bags ready for books to be sent home.

Monday 18th July- Mass to celebrate Miss Hornby at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church.

Tuesday Leavers mass 9:30am followed by the leavers day out.

Wednesday is the final day- pick up at 2:25pm on the playground.

Year 3 blog 15.7. 22 “There’s The Whole World At Your Feet.” - Bert to the Banks children

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious….. could some up our week nicely!

We started the week in the best way possible… watching our Year 6 perform their play, Mary Poppins. It felt like the biggest treat and we were all hooked from start to finish! Not only was it great to watch but it also inspired us when back in the classroom. In English this week, we have been learning more about the poem, The Spider and the Fly. The children have worked in small groups to create pieces of drama based around a part of the poem. We have been so impressed by how well they have worked together, cooperating with each other with compassion and valuing one another’s contributions.

This week in RE we have been learning all about Saint Paul, who, we discovered was originally called Saul. We put our new found drama skills to the test once again and the children created the most wonderful versions of his specials journey to Damascus. We were SO impressed with how the children managed to weave Christian sacraments, traditions and rituals into their pieces of drama.. which showcased their wonderful depth of understanding about our faith. Well done Year 3 you completely WOWED us!

We have also continued to develop our net and ball skills in PE this week. We have continued to improve our own games ready to teach to other groups next week. Each group has created a unique game.. we have a very creative bunch! I think these new games will very much be enjoyed by the rest of the class during our final PE lesson next week!

On Wednesday we had a very special visitor… Mrs Lyons! It was so wonderful for the children to get to know their new teacher… asking her some very difficult and important questions! We now know Mrs Lyons’ favourite food (a particular calamari), her house team (Bamber) and her favourite colour (purple) to name but a few! I know Mrs Lyons loved getting to know everyone and is very much looking forward to teaching them next year!

Certificates

For the final time this year the children have chosen the certificates, once again impressing us with their ability to recognise in once another what makes them such wonderful learners. This time we ended up with a four-way tie. A huge well done to these four children. To be recoginsed by so many of your peers shows how hard you have worked this year! Thank you for making wonderful learning partners and for always trying your upmost! We know that making a mistake helps us to learn more, managing distractions is crucial, and helping and learning from others can be so powerful… each once of you demonstrate this each and every day!

Elsie… “for being focused and helping others to grow!” “for being kind and generous to others!” “you are a great learning partner and easy to work with.” “you have worked hard and your handwriting is really neat.”

Esther… “thank you for helping me!” “you are very, very kind!” “you make everyone happy and help people in our class.” “for always working well in a team.” “thank you for helping me!” “you are very, very kind!”

Rafe… “for being so co-operative and a great learning partner!” “you are always so focused!” “for sharing your ideas during our class discussions.” “for helping other people focus.”

Isaac… “for being a great partner to sit next to!” “you are always so focused!” “for trying your hardest in all of our lessons.” “for always being engaged in your learning.”

We now head into our final week together. We have absolutely loved being a part of your children’s journey. Watching them grow in confidence, developing crucial social skills and of course seeing them crack tricky new concepts has been such a joy! We cannot wait to enjoy our last few days in year 3, with a fresh box of tissues close at hand!

Below are some of the important notices to be award of:

  1. Miss Hornby’s mass - Monday at 6:30pm in church, then at the parish centre afterwards. You are all so welcome to celebrate our amazing headteacher.

  2. On Wednesday, HARCOURT can come in house colours as they won the housepoint competition this half term.

  3. Children will be bringing school books home on Monday now. Please ensure they have a plastic bag.

  4. Please have a good search in bedrooms etc for any school reading books so we can return them to our library ready for next year.

  5. We break up on Wednesday at 2:00pm

Your Year 3 team x

Only three days left......

We have been preparing the children for the next stage of the Foundation Stage, Reception. Mrs. Hartley came for a play on Wednesday and had a lovely time. She can’t wait to see the children in September!

The nursery ladies can’t believe it’s nearly time to say goodbye, we are all so sad.

Key person blog

We’ve had a lovely week in nursery enjoying the sunshine playing in our wonderful garden. We have made full use of the sand pit and our wonderful water area. In preparation for our Pirate Party on Monday morning we constructed a huge pirate ship and have been firing the canon, walking the plank and singing pirate songs. We have also made lots of treasure maps to hunt for buried treasure.

The children made a huge bed from crash mats and had a whopping game of ‘there were 10 in the bed’! No one went to sleep, especially with the rock band that was taking place on the stage!

To practise our catching and throwing skills we hung some large hoops in the trees. We had to throw bean bags, balls and loopies through the hoops. We are getting very good!

The children have been of measuring the height of many different things around nursery, so look out for a piece of string coming home!

The obstacle courses and whacky races have been great fun and the children have been moving our bodies around in lots of different and creative ways.

The children have been enjoying assembly with the whole school, something we haven’t done for such a long time. It was so lovely to be together again!

On Monday we watched the Year 6 production of Mary Poppins.. The children have really loved singing the songs especially “Let’s Go Fly A Kite”, which they sang on the way back from a trip to the beach.

The children have been tending the garden every day and we have now seen the fruits of our labour (no pun intended). We have harvested some pea’s and strawberries and our beanstalks and sunflowers are getting ever taller and taller.

As always we loved our trip to the beach! The photos show how much we love it!

 Barbara, Michelle, Colette, Stephanie and Frances

We had a visit from our friend Supercroccy this week. He is our helpful Super Hero. We all made Ninja headbands and went on an adventure to capture a lion that had escaped from the zoo. We all chose our special super power and were ready to go! What great fun!!!!!!

May I remind everyone that on Monday it is our Leavers Pirate Party. All the children (and nursery ladies) are invited to come wearing their pirate costumes…..arghhhhhhh! We will be having a fish and chip lunch, so no need to send a packed lunch that day! It starts at 10.00 am and finishes at 12.30 pm!

Also, school will be finishing at 2.00 pm on Wednesday for the summer holidays.

Have a wonderful weekend and we will see you on Monday for our last few days.

Barbara