Welcome to Year 5 2023!

A big hello from the Year 5 team. We hope you have had the most wonderful summer and we can’t wait to welcome you back into school on Monday.

What will I need to bring?

• Your own pencil case including a pencil, biro pen, sharpener, rubber and glue stick. Please can children stick to using regular equipment to limit distractions in lessons.

• Make sure your school uniforms and water bottles are labelled incase they go missing.

• A healthy snack for break times.

PE days

• Outdoor- Wednesday afternoon

• Indoor- Thursday morning

Art

Will be taught on Thursdays

Music

Will be on Monday afternoons. The children’s clarinets are already in school but they will need to remember on the weekend to bring them in regularly ready for Mondays.

Homework

Will go out on Friday afternoons, the same time as the weekly blog, and will be due in the following Thursday.

You are all invited to our Induction evening on Wednesday 13th September. This will be much different to last year, starting at 3:30 and finishing at 5:00. We would love for your child to show you around their new classroom, and for you to become more familiar with our school. You will also be able discover more about the exciting opportunities and topics that they will be learning during their time in Year 5. We will be in the classroom to 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.

We can’t wait to see you all on Monday, and we hope that you all have a wonderful weekend.

Your Year 5 team,

Mr Cornwell and Mrs Mather

Welcome to Year 2!

And just like that the summer is drawing to a close and it’s time to begin to get ready for a new school year!

We hope you have all had had a wonderful summer together, making memories and recharging those batteries ready for the adventure ahead. Your classroom is ready, and we can’t wait to welcome you back on Monday as we begin our journey together in Year 2!

What do I need to bring to school with me?

• Your trays are already filled with your brand new pencil case and writing tools, so there is no need for you to bring any of your own stationary.

• A reminder that all uniform should be clearly labelled, as well as your water bottle.

• Our snack tray will be stocked each day with a choice of two fruits or vegetables, however you are most welcome to bring your own healthy snack for our morning breaktimes.

• We kindly ask that you bring in sun cream (labelled) for your child to apply themselves.

PE Days

• Outdoor - Tuesday afternoon

• Indoor - Thursday morning

Art

• Art will be taught on a Wednesday afternoon. Don’t forget to bring your art shirts with you.

Homework

• New homework will be set on a Tuesday, to be handed in the following Monday (starting 12th September).

• Weekly blog’s will be published on a Friday.

You are always welcome to email us, should you have any concerns or questions: l.hotchkiss@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk c.bassett@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

You are all invited to our Induction evening on Wednesday 13th September. This will be much different to last year, starting at 3:30 and finishing at 5:00. We would love for your child to show you around their new classroom, and for you to become more familiar with our school. You will also be able discover more about the exciting opportunities and topics that they will be learning during their time in Year 2. We will be in the classroom to 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 2 page.

We can’t wait to see you all on Monday, and we hope that you all have a wonderful weekend.

Your Year 2 team,

Mrs Hotchkiss, Miss Bassett, Mrs Maano and Mrs Johnson

Welcome to Year 6 2023!

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 (curious and active) 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. 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 is on a Wednesday, our first one is on Wednesday 6th September.

Art in on a Friday- 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, the same time as the weekly blog, and will be due in the following Thursday.

You are all invited to our Induction evening on Wednesday 13th September. This will be much different to last year, starting at 3:30 and finishing at 5:00. We would love for your child to show you around their new classroom, and for you to become more familiar with our school. You will also be able discover more about the exciting opportunities and topics that they will be learning during their time in Year 5. We will be in the classroom to 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.

Don’t forget to keep those house captain speeches coming in!

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, Mrs Webster and Mrs Barker

Homework for the holidays

Use this summer to prepare and film your House Captain speeches …The children are to film a House Captain speech ready to show the younger children in the second week back in September. On one of our transition days we watched great examples of effective speeches all made by previous Year 6 children. We were very inspired! We recognised that the speech needs to be inspirational, directed at the younger children, unique to us and enjoyable to watch, but must give us/ show us the reasons why they should be voted to be the next leader of their house! So remember to share your qualities, talents and the reasons why you would make a great House Captain! Could all videos please be emailed to Mrs Harrison the first week back in Year 6.

k.harrison@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Have a wonderful summer and see you in Year 6!

Have a wonderful summer!

I can not believe we have come to the end of the year! No truer word has been said in jest, when they say time flies when you’re having fun. We have watched the children grow so much this year, not only in size but in love and compassion too. As a staff we have been humble by the little acts of kindness shown to others. We are so proud of you all!

Year 6, it has been an absolute pleasure to share so many memories with you. You are now ready to continue your adventure and meet new people to make memories with. We will miss you all so very much.

Have a wonderful holiday

Good Bless

The Lunchtime Team

It's always hard to say goodbye....

Our final blog is always the hardest. We have cared for your children all year and it is now time for us to let them continue on their journey.

Most of our children will be moving on to Reception in September and I just know they will have the most wonderful adventures with Mrs Hartley and the Reception team. Others will be staying in nursery for another year. We too have lots planned and can’t wait to get going!!

On behalf of all the nursery ladies I would like to say a HUGE ‘thank you’ to you, our fabulous parents. You entrusted your children to us, to nurture and help them grow, and this has been a privilege and an honour.

This year has been an exceptional year and we will miss everyone enormously. I feel so proud of everyone’s achievements, especially that the children aspire to be more like Jesus each day.

Luckily for us we will get to see the children as they progress through the school and we will have a feeling of deep pleasure and satisfaction that we were there when it all began!

Party photos

The Wizard of Oz

Everyone enjoyed this years panto. It was soooo much fun!! There are photos on the school blog but here is one from us to you!

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue and the dreams that you dare to dream, really do come true!

Lastly, I would like to say another heartfelt thank you for all your kind words and generosity they are very much appreciated. We couldn’t have done it without your belief in us and your continued support.

We hope that you all have a lovely summer holiday wherever or whatever you may be doing and remember you all will have a special place in our hearts.

Take care of each other, I am sure I will see you in September.

God Bless and stay safe

Barbara and the Nursery Team

"There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people"- Vincent Van Gogh

Just like that a whole year of school as come to an end…

What a busy term we all had.

During this term we have started our Food Tech and we had a blast of smells and flavours in our art room and around school.

I think it is safe to say that we all had fun and although sometimes a little bit fearful of trying new flavours we all had a go and the results of our makings were super tasty.

Thank you to you all for supporting us and for your patient too, it is a learning curve for the children but for staff too.

Click on your chef’s year groups to see what they have been up to this term.

Have the most amazing summer and enjoy some family time in the sunshine.

" I don't say everything but i paint everything"- Pablo Picasso

In year 1 this term we have started our food tech. We looked at the difference of fruit and vegetables and we watch some fast growth videos of some vegetable and some fruits, from seeds to their ripe state, where we can then eat them.

The children were truly amazing to watach the video of a strawberry and a carrot.

We had a taster session of some fruit and vegetables and from that we made up some smoothies, some look rather green but we didn’t let that stop us and still had a try and it actually wasn’t that bad!

"Creativity is contagious, pass it on!" - Albert Einstein

In year 3, we started our food tech learning all about how eating seasonally can help our environment, we have looked at how different seasons affect the growth of different fruit and vegetables and looked at a world map where we could see where some come from.

We tried some Japanese grilled fruit kebabs with plum sauce, it was different but oh my it was tasty!

We had a chance to make fruit crumble and with this really look at the ingredients we were choosing, having in mind our country seasonal fruits when out shopping for ingredients. We then baked some tarts using seasonal vegetables this time, the art room as like a mini farmers market, it was lovely to see the children taking ownership and being independent with their designing and preparation. These tarts smelled amazing and were so easy and low cost to make!

"Creativity takes courage"- Henry Matisse

In year 2 this term we had food tech. Initially we looked at sugar hidden in drinks and foods and to always check our packages ingredients and try and spot those hidden sugars. We looked in particular at certain drinks that we are familiar with in pairs we worked out the sugar and as a class we used actual sugar to make it visual for us how much actual sugar was in the drinks we were shocked to find just how much sugar was in the orange juice, nearly 10gr of sugar!

We looked at the food wheel and how should our plate look like when we eat, fruit and vegetables being the biggest portion. With eating healthy in mind we all did a “blind” taster session and we soon found out our likes and dislikes, we this in mind children then designed their own healthy wrap. I think its safe to say that we all learnt a lot and had loads of fun designing, preparing and of course eating!

" The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." - Aristotle

In year 6’s food tech we did our own version of “Come and Dine with me”.

Chefs entered a draw and we had two groups making Starters, Mains and desserts. In each session two judges were draw for a taster of the meals cooked and a score given to the team.

The chef’s had some key ingredients for their meals, peppers for starters, salmon for mains and pineapple for desserts. The chefs were encouraged to research online for recipes with thses ingredients. The results were amazing, everything looked delicious and smelled amazing.

Well done year 6 on completing the challenge.

"Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while working!"- Henry Matisse

In year 5 the food tech was all about eating healthy and make healthy choices when making and designing their own Bolognese.

I think it is fair to say that some Bolognese’s were unique and had some unusual ingredients but they smelled delicious.

I think the chef’s in year 5 have enjoyed their taster sessions, enjoyed their cooking as well as eating their Bolognese’s afterwards .

"Everything you can imagine is real!" - Pablo Picasso

In year 4 during our food tech it was all about making a basic recipe into our own, but trying to be aware of the costs too.

We designed our own biscuits boxes.

Tried a very basic biscuit recipe and then bake it with our own favourite add ingredients, chefs had to work in groups and then be mindful of each others likes and come to an agreement on what ingredients to use so everyone was happy with the end result. I think the chef’s did really well at problem solving and everyone was happy with their end results. I even had some biscuits coming my way that were tried an baked at home. Cooking is a life skill, keep practising and changing ingredients!

Our school ... our class ... is richer because of you

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 at High School! It has been such a privilege to have taught Year 6 this year and we have loved every minute being with the on their magical journey. 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. After a beautiful leavers mass for our Year 6 and dear Miss Hodges, we made our way to complete our crazy golf, chippy lunch and then the parachute games the children have been desperately asking for. The ice cream’s Mrs Gregan treated us to were also wonderful. We had so much fun altogether- Harriet sadly you were too poorly to come and missed you but you were there with us in spirit!

Wow, what a performance! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was amazing! We are so proud of them all…

Today was a perfect way to end their primary school journey … this morning the staff performed their very own ‘professional’ pantomime of The Wizard of Oz. 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 Mrs Gregan said… ‘once an Our Lady’s, always an Our Lady’s’ so please do stay in touch.

Year 1 Weekly Blog 20.7.23 'How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard'

‘How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard’

A.A. Milne

Gosh I don’t even know where to start, I have loved joining the Our Ladys family this year and you have been so welcoming and supportive.

First of all thank you for the effort you all put in to make that incredible video, I have watched it many times and cried! The lovely words from you all have also made me cry and I am grateful that I have been lucky enough to teach your amazing children this year. I am very proud of them and I love them all. Finally thank you for all the presents I have been spoilt.

This week we have enjoyed making butterflies, watching Year 6s brilliant performance of Charlie and the choclate factory, watching Matilda and so much more.

Let’s Celebrate:

Well done to our awardees, this week the children voted and gave wonderfull reasons why auch as you are kind and compassionate, you play with everyone and you are a good friend.

Henry has loved going home with everyone and is looking foward to meeting the new Year 1s :).

Reading Challenge: So many certficate winners this week, thank you for all the effort you put in at home it really did make a huge different and I am so pleased that I can finally say we ALL passed our phonics screening, this is a huge achievement! Well done :)

Have a lovely summer holiday.

Love from

Miss Drummond, Miss Johnson and Mrs Carragher

Year 2 Weekly Blog Thursday 20th July

And just like that Year 2 was done!
What an amazing year we have had having fun and making memories whilst learning. Your children really are a credit to you, it has been a pleasure to watch your children learn and grow and do so with such enthusiasm, I have had the most amazing first year at Our Ladys and cannot wait for the next.
Trips, visits, performances and lots of laughs! Let’s do it all again!

Thank you for all your support and the lovely cards and gifts.

Well done to our Learners of the Year - as voted for by the year 2 children.

Rodnie
Rodnie’s friends have voted for him as learner of the year because he is always ready to learn and puts his hand up lots in class. His friends describe him as hard working,  focused, kind and caring. Rodnie is a fantastic role model, Well done!

Scarlett

Scarlett’s friends have voted for her as learner of the year because she is always focused and listens. She is helpful and kind. They describe her as a kind loving person who always does the right thing. Scarlett is always happy and is a great friend.

I couldn’t agree more Scarlett, Well done

Notices

School reopens on Monday 4th September

Have a great summer!
Mrs Marham, Mrs Maano and Mrs Carragher