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

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

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

Let’s Celebrate

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

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

Notices

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

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

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

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

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

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

Year 5 Homework- Due Thursday 26th June

IXL

• Maths (AA9) - subtract fractions with the same denominator

• Maths (CC5)- Multiply unit fractions by whole numbers

Spellings

Can you remember the theme in this weeks spellings.

1. didn’t

2. couldn’t

3. shouldn’t

4. can’t

5. observant

6. substance

7. hesitant

8. pregnancy

9. relevant

10. tolerance

11. vacancy

12. elegant

13. assistance

14. defiant

15. distance

Mrs Barkers group

1. vison

2. waiting

3. babies

4. recent

5. patient

6. employ

7. gently

8. helper

9. rude

10. far

This week...

Another busy week at school! As soon as the children arrived on Monday they noticed how big our caterpillars had grown! They look like they will be super pupa’s before long! Click here to find our more about the life cycle of a butterfly.

The weather has meant we have been able to be outside lots! The children love to learn in the natural environment. Our flowers are blooming, we have strawberries, blackberries, beans and peas. The pumpkins and squash and corn are also looking promising!

Worship

This week we read the Gospel which focused on Jesus’ gift of bread and fishes and how he fed the 5000. We discussed the word ‘nourish’ and how we eat healthy foods to nourish our bodies but also how else we could be nourished, perhaps a special friendship, being praised praying and by opening our hearts to Jesus. With Jesus’ love we will always be nourished.

We watched a short video about the the feeding of the 5000. Click here to watch.

Jubilee Year of Hope Pledge

The Jubilee Year of Hope, designated for 2025 by Pope Francis, is a special year of pilgrimage and reconciliation within the Catholic Church, emphasizing themes of hope, solidarity, and renewal. A key aspect of this year is the "Jubilee Pledge," where individuals and communities commit to actions that promote justice, love, and peace, both locally and globally. 

The Jubilee Pledge is a personal and communal commitment to living out the values of the Jubilee Year, especially by promoting Catholic Social Teaching. It involves promises to act with justice, love, and peace in everyday life, recognising the dignity of every person and the interconnectedness of the global community. 

This week we visited the worship area in school to think about issues like poverty, injustice, and the impacts of conflict and climate change. Next week we will be writing our collective promises. Examples include caring for creation, working for justice, and promoting forgiveness and reconciliation.

Meet number 10

We have started to investigate the number 10: we found out: Ten is both ten ones and also one ten. This incorporates the concept of unitising. young children needs lots of experience of exchanging ten ones for one ten and recognising their equivalence ( they have the same value). Ten plays a special role in other numbers that follow, e.g. 11 is one ten and one more!

Click here to meet 10.

Under the Sea

This week we have been finding out what creatures live under the see. We have already found out lots of fun facts about whales and sharks! The children are in the process of creating and underwater display!

Click here to find out more!

This is a great story with lots of information… Commotion in the Ocean. Click here.

Forest School

Last Friday we visited Miss Lavelle in Forest School…we LOVE Forest School!

Take a look at what we got up to.

Emma’s Blog

Hello everyone, 

We have been having lots of fun and learning in the sun in nursery this week.

We have some great news, as our caterpillars have been growing this week (there are really big!). The children have loved coming in each day, checking on how they are doing, and watching them change each day. We can't wait to see what happens to them next week.

We have met the number 10 this week which the children have been exited about. They have all been working their brains by putting numbers in order 1 to 10, and working out number puzzles. We love numbers in nursery.

We have started a new topic all about 'under the sea'. We have been looking at different types of marine life, considering what they look like, the sounds they make, and what we think they eat. The children have been creating some wonderful paintings of different marine life to go on the wall. They look so marvellous. Well done children.

Have a fantastic weekend in the sun, and see you all next week.

Emma

Michelle’s Blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this weeks blog

This week we have met number 10 and have practiced counting to 10 at every opportunity. Our favourite was counting 10 jumps. Why not see if your child can do this for you?

We have also grown our brains as we discover creatures that live under the sea, including the 50 toothed shark. We drew our own underwater world in chalk in the garden.

We were excited to find out our strawberries were ready to eat. So we washed them and ate them in the garden. They were delicious!

Work out Wednesday was so much fun, as we got to explore Reception and play with our Reception friends. It's not long now till our oldest children will be in Reception. Check here for some advice on school readiness. Click here. 

Have a wonderful weekend 

Michelle 

Well done to everyone who joined in the Gym Jam Jog this morning! Here are a few snaps!

I said it had been a busy week!!

I think everyone deserves a good rest this weekend. Fingers crossed for good weather.

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

Year 4 Weekly blog Friday 20th June. "Collaboration is the essence of life."

What an eventful week we have had in year 4! Monday was our sports day - and I am sure you will agree the children just did brilliantly - such team spirit was shown, but also such determination to do their very best and succeed! Teaching this class is such a pleasure because they are like this with everything - they want to give their all!

In maths, the children were filmed on Wednesday to showcase their super skills in Mastering number. This lesson was watched by lots of teachers from other schools who are new to this super approach to maths, so they could learn from us. I was so proud of their sheer joy and again their unwavering enthusiasm!

This week in our English lessons, we have started reading Viking myths and finding out all about the Norse Cosmos. Children have been doing some reading quizzes and practising their comprehension.

Have a look at the pictures of our lovely English displays below - from our last class novel.

Also this week, we have had our Jim Jam Jog and our enrichment - the children had a lovely dance with Mrs Harrison! What a week!

Conversation starters

Science

How do we keep safe with electricity in the home?

My Happy mind

What helps you concentrate and be engaged in things?

Let’s Celebrate!.

Our learning certificate this week is another double whammy. A Roger Robin/Clara Clownfish goes to Fletcher for being such a brilliant helper to teachers and also for being someone who pays such good attention in everything. Well done!

Our virtues for this half term are Compassionate and Loving. This week we have noticed Martha. You are so thoughtful and kind to everyone and are often seen looking after the little ones.

Notices

Wednesday 25th June Year 4 Viking day. Children can come to school dressed as Vikings/Anglo-Saxons or Viking gods or goddesses. HOWEVER, THEY WILL BE IN FOREST SCHOOL FOR HALF THE DAY, SO NEED A LONG SLEEVED TOP AND TRACKSUIT BOTTOMS IN THEI SCHOOL BAGS TO GET CHANGED INTO.

Tuesday 1st July St Bede’s Prayer day visit.

Sunday 6th July Holy Communion family mass and breakfast in parish centre.

Tuesday 8th July Rivers trip to Cuerdale Valley Park. This trip is now payable on parentpay £20. Children will be getting in the river and will need Wellies, outdoor clothing, sunhat and also a complete change of clothing including extra socks. Please fill in the lunch form below for both trips - (To St Bedes and The Rivers Trip) The trip leaders at Cuerden Valley are encouraging ZERO WASTE and have asked us to try and bring a lunch which has minimal waste. More details given next week.

Monday 14th July Flute concert for parents in school at 2:15pm. Children will be showing you all they have accomplished in their flute lessons this year.

Have a lovely weekend

Mrs Lyons and Miss Bray

Year 6 Weekly Blog 'Faith is trusting in God even when you don't understand his plan'

Another fantastic week was had in Year 6, the weather has been much improved and we have been making the most of it! The children are working so hard both in the hall, in the classroom and around the school. We couldn’t be prouder of their independence and maturity. The play is coming together , children have come much more prepared for each scene, as they have clearly been practicing their words and songs! We can’t wait for you to see it.

This week we have been looking at a short animation and creating our own stories around this to advance action- they have used wonderful vocabulary to create a spooky atmomsphere!

Bikeability was fabulous on Monday, we came prepared and ready to focus and even got out on the road on the first day! I think the instructors were very impressed with the groups they had! We go again next Monday for level 2- so please remember to bring bikes and helmets again!

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Yesterday we had our annual Gym-Jam Jog Extravaganza and wow what a turn out! It was wonderful to see so many people coming together, having fun and jogging (of course) to help us raise money to go towards our wonderful school- thank you so much for all of your donations! We had so many parents joining in too, which made it all the more special! Thank you to all of those that joined us …

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Delving deeper through talk …

Is there anything that you are worried or fear in the future? What or who do you need to have faith in to help give you strength or overcome this fear?

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Well done to Gabriella

Gabriella, what a ray of sunshine you are! You are working so hard and showing just how you have grown as a learner during this half term. You are using all the skills you have learnt throughout the year and applying it to your work, showing just what an independent learner you have become!

Love and Compassionate Stars

This half term we will be on the lookout for all the children that stop and notice how others are experiencing their lives, and how they feel, and why they say and believe what they do.  Ultimately, it is what makes us kind and, at a deeper level, opens up the possibility of being loving through our just and merciful actions and forgiving words. This week we thank Benjamin for always being compassionate and loving with others.

This week we have the following children helping to take the younger children to their class:

Niamh Pippa Riley Isaac

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Important Notices:

• Bikeability next Monday again- please remember to bring bikes, helmets, suncream and plenty of water!

• Family Mass at Our Lady Star of the Sea Sunday 6th July- 9:30am

• Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th July- Play performances- tickets to be released soon.

• Wednesday 16th July- Leavers Mass at 9:30am

• Thursday 17th July- Leavers Day Out

• Friday 18th July- break up at 2pm

Year 3 Weekly Blog 20th June

What an amazing week, filled with sunshine and fun!

Worship Our class worship was led this week by Blythe, Logan, Bella, Elsie and  Dexter. We listen to the story of Philip and how spread the word of God. As a class we thought about how we spreads God’s work, we decided that it was not just through speech but in acts of kindness, care and love. We though about times we had show care and compassion and times others had shown us care. Thank you for leading our liturgy Blythe, Logan, Bella, Elsie and  Dexter, you will be our prayer leaders this week. 

On Thursday we watched the Mark 10 Little Liturgy. We meet Jesus as he spoke in front of a great crowd but there was a problem, they needed something to eat. His disciples brought him five loaves and two fish and Jesus worked a wonderful miracle. Greg helped us reflect upon the Gospel for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. We then gathered with Jesus to pray, we thought about those who are not as lucky as us and may be hungry.

Sports Day and Gym Jam Jog

I’m sure you will agree we had a fantastic sports afternoon, the sun was shining and the children were superstars. Thank you so much to the parents and friend who came and supported the children and cheered them on.
It was lovely to see so many families jogging together on Thursday morning for our annual Jim Jam Jog. Check out the picture on Mrs Gregan’s blog.

Our learning this week…

English We have started reading the classical poem ‘The Spider and the Fly’, the children have written statements and questions around illustartations form the text and started to make prediction about what they will think will happen.

Maths - We are column addition and subtraction experts - the children have smashed these units and I am so proud of them. We have started looking at fractions - recognising the whole and parts of everyday objects. For example, the cake is the whole, the parts are the icing, the sponge, the chocolate chips and the cake case. Can your child recognise the parts and wholes of items out and about this weekend?

Spelling - this weeks spelling are more homophones: weather, whether, heel, heal, he’ll, accept, except, affect and effect. Spelling quiz will be 30th June.

Science - We have continued looking at magnetism and non contact forces. We experimented with magnets and wrote statements about what happened when like poles were put together eg north to north and opposite poles were put together eg south to north. We added attract and repel to our scientific vocabulary and used these in our statements.

Conversation starter…

What is the most courageous thing you’ve ever done?
How did you feel after you had done it?

As we come closer to the end of the school year, children might be starting to feel nervous about moving classes and meeting new teachers. It would be a good time to remind them of how they felt at the beginning of year 3 and how far they have come.
Are they proud proud of their achievements?

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Certificates

Our learner of the week is Jude
You have impressed the adults in class this week with your learning attitude. You have been focused and engaged particularly in maths. You have worked cooperatively with your learning partner and solved tricky problems together. We can see your brain growing right in front of us! Keep up the hard work Jude!

This half term’s virtues are Loving and Compassion.

Our Virtue butterflies this week have been awarded to Blythe.

Reminders

• PE Days - Wednesday (outdoor) and Thursday (indoor).

• Sponsored swim money - to be in by Friday 20th June

• Glazey Days class trip - we will be visiting Glazey Days in Fleetwood on Wednesday 9th July. We will be travelling by bus and coach (keeping the cost down), then speding some creative time in their studio to paint pottery. The cost of the cost of the trip is £20 and can be paid on parentpay. More info to follow next week.

Year 4 homework to be handed in on Thursday 26th June

Spelling

Please complete spelling tasks from book

Music

Practise your flute pieces

Optional Home Learning - Summer 2

Have a good look at these. There are some lovely tasks to complete

Year 5 Weekly Blog 13.06.25- 'A father is one friend whom we can always rely on'

What a jam-packed first week back it has been- we have certainly getting close to summer as the heat has cranked up this week! Sports days have started taking place, with Year 5 loving the music booming out just outside our classroom. Our sports day is just around the corner with the date and time of this down below in our notices. We have also began our preparations for the end of year play by hosting auditions for some small speaking roles amongst Year 6 and also practicing our songs in the hall with Mrs Harrison. We have also welcome our Year 6 helpers into our classroom on Mondays and Tuesdays with them being put to work straight away, whilst also being a kind and approaching supporters of our Year 5 children.

Learning has taken place straight away with us starting our final units in some of our subjects. Maths has been all things fractions as we have been recapping our knowledge of key words and linking this to our Year 5 curriculum. In English, we have dived into the world of poetry and have been reading the poem ‘The Highwayman’ which has huge links to our history topic of crime and punishment.

We have also been secretly making fathers day cards - so mothers, please keep these hidden until Sunday!

Let’s Celebrate

• Learner of the Week- This week our award goes to Seth for being an enthusiastic learner. You have really started our last half term with a spring in your step Seth. You have been engaging with lessons so profoundly and your hand has been shooting up ready to share your knowledge. Keep this up!

• Virtue Star of the Week- Our virtues for this half term are love and compassion and our winner this week goes to Lilly. The Year 5 staff team have just loved how eloquent, gentle and loving you have been towards our younger children this week (especially with Hugo). You have given up your own break times to make sure our little friends are okay and have gone out of your way to help them.

Notices

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

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

• Year 5 Sports Day- Will take place on Wednesday 18th June, starting at 1:30pm.

• Gym Jam Jog- Will take place on Thursday 19th June. Bring your pajamas, running trainers and enthusiasm for an early 8am start!

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

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

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

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

Year 5 Homework- Due Thursday 19th June

IXL

• Maths (AA9) - subtract fractions with the same denominator

• Maths (CC5)- Multiply unit fractions by whole numbers

Spellings

Can you remember the theme in this weeks spellings.

1. didn’t

2. couldn’t

3. shouldn’t

4. can’t

5. observant

6. substance

7. hesitant

8. pregnancy

9. relevant

10. tolerance

11. vacancy

12. elegant

13. assistance

14. defiant

15. distance

Mrs Barkers group

1. vison

Ready Steady Go! Sports Day Special !!!!

Well, we certainly have hit the ground running this half term!

The sun shone and everyone had a fabulous time. We have been practising our fundamental movement skills all year in readiness for this moment. I hope you enjoyed watching as much as we enjoyed taking part.

With regards to our bespoke t-shirts, please remember to press them for three minutes before washing to seal in the colours. Ut would be a shame to lose such wonderful art work.

Take a look at our photos!

Emma’s blog

Hello, and welcome back everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful half term. It has been lovely hearing what you have all been up to over the break.

The children have got right back into nursery life.

A big well done for everyone who took part in Sports Day, it was fantastic! You all have worked so hard preparing yourselves, and we were so lucky the sun was out for us.

 The children have been playing detectives in the garden, finding lots of different mini beasts. They were looking under lots of different objects in the garden. They found spiders, spider eggs, a slug, and lots more, but we also found a magnificent butterfly that had fluffy legs and body. Take a look at the picture and see if you ca find out what kind of butterfly it is!

We have had some visitors delivered to nursery this week, five baby caterpillars for us to look after! We are all excited for what will happen to them and watch their metamorphosis. It's all very exciting.

Have a wonderful weekend and Fathers Day on Sunday.

Emma

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.

I hope you all had a wonderful half-term break and got to spend some time with your friends and family.

This week has been all about Sports day and what a glorious sunny afternoon it was. I am so proud of all the children, they all did brilliantly. Thank you to you all for your support too.

We have been growing our brains this week as we have explored symmetry and patterns. We had a special delivery this week as our caterpillars arrived. We discovered that when they are butterflies they have symmetrical wings, where the pattern is the same on each side. We made our own  butterfly and had to make each wing the same.

Why not go on a butterfly hunt this weekend.

Have a lovely weekend 

Michelle 

Symmetry-Matching

We have been finding our about the life cycle of a butterfly. We noticed that a butterflies wings are the same on each side of its body….they match! Here’s a good game to play at home. Click here.

Have the most wonderful weekend everyone, we will see you on Monday!

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

Year 4 Weekly blog Friday 13th June "The door of heaven is the heart of Jesus. The key to the door is prayer and love."

Today, we celebrated mass at St Joseph’s church, together with First Holy Communicants from lots of different local schools. Our theme was the Sacred Heart of Jesus, reminding us Jesus gave His body so we could feel His perfect love. Children joined in with responses, complete with sign language and sang with gusto.

In our Happy mind this week, we talked about what it means to ‘engage’ in learning and how important this is. We had a discussion about being able to give things our total focus and attention and how difficult this can be in the age of screen time.

This week in maths, children have been learning all about symmetry - how many lines of symmetry different shapes have and how we can reflect shapes over a mirror line. We have grown our knowledge of certain quadrilaterals - like kites, trapeziums, parallelograms and rhombuses.

Children enjoyed working in their biscuit teams to make their biscuits with Mrs Mather this week.

This week in our English lessons, we have been focusing on reading questions. We have started our new novel, “Odd and the Frost Giants,’ and made sure we have mastered all year 4 reading skills. We have also been learning all about the Viking cosmos and children have been creating these in groups.

In PE, we have done a lot of running and hurdling this week. Also we have been practising our obstacle race.

Have a look at our beautiful images in the film below from our proud moments at the Grand Theatre in the Tempest - sent by the photographers. What a special event to look back on with fondness forever.

Conversation starters

Maths

How many shapes can you now name? How many symmetrical patterns can you see in nature?

My Happy mind

What helps you concentrate and be engaged in things?

Let’s Celebrate!.

Our learning certificate this week is another double whammy. A Roger Robin/Clara Clownfish goes to Hugo for being a learner with such interest and curiosity in his learning - especially with shape. You have also been there offering your help to me and to others this week - like an angel!

Our virtues for this half term are Compassionate and Loving. The first person who comes to mind in class when I think of these virtues is you Phoebe. You have a real gift from God in spotting the needs of others and then showing your love to them by helping.

Notices

Monday 16th June Sports Day - 1:30-3:00 Please ensure children are wearing PE kits - no earrings and have water bottles and sun hats if needed.

Thursday 19th June Its our annual Gym Jam Jog. Children can come in wearing their PJ’s. Sponsor forms have gone out so lets get collecting!

Wednesday 25th June Year 4 Viking day. Children can come to school dressed as Vikings/Anglo-Saxons or Viking gods or goddesses. More detail given in Home learning this week.

Tuesday 1st July St Bede’s Prayer day visit.

Sunday 6th July Holy Communion family mass and breakfast in parish centre.

Tuesday 8th July Rivers trip to Cuerdale Valley Park. This trip is now payable on parentpay £20. Children will be getting in the river and will need Wellies, outdoor clothing, sunhat and also a complete change of clothing including extra socks. Please fill in the lunch form below for both trips - (To St Bedes and The Rivers Trip) The trip leaders at Cuerden Valley are encouraging ZERO WASTE and have asked us to try and bring a lunch which has minimal waste. More details given next week.

Monday 14th July Flute concert for parents in school at 2:15pm. Children will be showing you all they have accomplished in their flute lessons this year.

Have a lovely weekend

Mrs Lyons and Miss Bray