Year 5 Homework due Thursday 5th February

Compulsory Homework

Maths

We have been working so hard on short division by dividing 3 digit numbers, using our new found method- the bus stop method. We have began to look at calculations that cannot be divided equally and will require regrouping and remainders. Please read the example question carefully and complete the questions on your sheet.

Reading

Reading targets have been set for the new half term so lets get quizzing so we can smash our targets. 20 minutes minimum a day.

Spellings

Very tricky spellings this week- will require daily practice in order for these to become sticky spellings. Teach your parents our new ‘square spelling’ activity along with our ‘triangle spelling’. Use this to help practice those tricky words.

Practice writing these words three times on the line in your BEST handwriting. Make sure to complete lots of mini spelling tests in preparation for our weekly test on Friday.

  1. unfit

  2. unsafe

  3. unequal

  4. uncertain

  5. uncommon

  6. untidy

  7. unusual

  8. unfair

  9. unimportant

  10. unfinished

  11. unexpected

  12. unfold

  13. uncomfortable

  14. unfortunate

  15. unknown

Year 1 Weekly Blog 30.1.26 - "A happy heart is a sign of God's spirit within us."

This week we used drama to retell the story of Zacchaeus. We focused particularly on how being with Jesus changed him! The children all pretended that they were a Jewish person, while Zacchaeus went around taking money from them, more than he should have been taking! We had lots of very serious, angry faces forwards the unfair tax collector.. we have many budding actors! We have chosen to base our assembly around this bible story as we have continued to think about our Catholic Social teaching, “Option for the poor”. During our snack times we have been enjoying talking about our CST, “Option for the Poor” and the children have decided on two ways we could help. The first is our own Food bank, and so we have now created a dedicated space in our class for any food donations. Each half term we will send these items to a local food bank to help our community. Thank you to Hope, who has already kicked this off bringing in spare tins from home, all off her own back! The second idea is a penny pot. This is for any loose change we may have. Once this pot is full we will look to see which charity we as a class would like to donate our pennies to.

Going deeper in conversation

Last week we thought about the character strengths we hold. This week I want you to think about which character strength you want to develop…

Magic moments

Although it may have been cold this week during our PE outside, it was wonderful to see their teamwork skills! The children worked so well together, encouraging their team and celebrating others. Each one of them has really developed their throwing, catching and kicking skills this half term and their confidence is shining!

Let’s Celebrate

A huge well done to Leo who has been an enthusiastic Bobby Bee! Leo, your enthusiasm for learning has been so wonderful to see and we have enjoyed watching you join in with our class discussions; sharing your thoughts and observations with more confidence. Learning new things is exciting, thank you for sharing your enthusiasm with us all! Well done Leo!

A huge well done to Eddie who has received the Star Virtue award this week. Eddie, you demonstrate your eloquence and truthfulness on a daily basis. From taking the time to greet others, ask about their day and wish them a lovely evening; to recognising why it is important to speak truthfully, even when that might be hard. These qualities help to create a calm, happy and safe classroom environment and set such a wonderful example to others. Thank you for shining so brightly just by being you. Well done Eddie!

Reminders

Our class assembly: On Tuesday 10th February it is our class assembly starting at 9:10/9:35. Today the children have come home with a line to learn. Please practise these at home with big clear story telling voices so we are ready to practise on Monday! We’ve had fun practising these in class today and expression is very much encouraged!

Parents meetings: Thank you to everyone who has already made an appointment. For those who have not yet, please email with some preferred times. Parents day is on Friday 13th February.

Cold weather: Remember to bring all those warm layers: coats, hats, gloves and scarfs!

Snacks: A gentle reminder that as a school we are trying to reduce waste. At the start of the year we set out on a mission to bring any snacks into school in reusable containers. Please continue to help us with this, sending all snacks in reusable plastic containers. Thank you!

Emails:

c.bassett@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

s.hartley@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Year 6 Weekly Blog 29.01.26 'Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.'

This week we have reflected on this week’s gospel, The Beatitudes, the special teachings that Jesus gave during the Sermon on the Mount. We talked about how the Beatitudeas are like little messages that show us how to live in a loving, kind, and peaceful way. They important because they help us understand what makes someone truly happy and build a storng relationship with God. They are like a guide from Jesus that teaches us how to be more like Him every day.

Thank you to the following children for leading us in a class liturgy earlier this week, focusing on Jesus’ first miracle …the Wedding at Cana, where Jesus turned the water in to wine.

Where has our learning taken us this week?


We have had another great week in Year 6, with lots of hard work, resilience and of course laughter! Look at our wonderful Rosa Parks Biographies! We can’t wait to get them on display. The children loved writing and desingning their own work! In PE we got out the large apparatus and explored part- weight bearing balances with our partners. In RE we have been looking closely at John’s Gospels and Jesus’ miracles, discussing what John was teaching us about Jesus’ divinity, looking at the literal and the spiritual meaning of the gospels. On Wednesday, they got to express the feeding of the 5000 in their art work …

Next week …

On Monday, as part of the HRSE currciulum, the girls with have a lesson covering menstration. During this session, children will learn about the nature and role of menstruation in the fertility cycle, and that fertility is involved in the start of life. We will also cover some practical ways to manage the onset of menstruation. If you would like to look in a bit more detail as to what is being discussed, to support you with further conversations at home, then please follow the link below which gives you an outline of the lesson. You will need to log on with the details provided below:

https://www.tentenresources.co.uk/parent-portal/life-to-the-full-plus/menstruation/

Delving deeper through talk …

What examples of Subsidiarity do we have in our schools? Can you explain to your parents.

Leading Learners

Well done to Logan this week.

Logan we have been so proud of how you have worked this week and your beautiful writing. You have shown just what a capable young man you are, with the amount, effort and quality of what you have written. You have listen to feedback, used your resilience to address your targets with independence and worked so hard to produce work that I know you are proud of, just as much as us!

Eloquent and Truthful Stars

This half term we will be on the lookout for all the children that are eloquent in their words, that show the language to ask questions, express emotions, speak beliefs, talk about matters of faith and hope, debate points of view, and engage in conversation. Those who are truthful, who speak the truth about themselves and others. These children are the role models of the school. This week we thank Hudson for being eloquent and truthful.

Helpers in the morning

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

Joseph Ciaran Charlotte Poppy

Notices

  • February Friday 13th - Please email me or come after school to let me know your prefered time for parents day. I have displayed an image of the times I am available on the day. Please note the yellow is for virtual and the white face to face. Please email with your prefered time and I’ll email back on a first come system.

    k.harrsion@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

  • Homework- Please check the homework every week and keep helping your child with any work that they are struggling with. It is important to make sure we are reading for at least 15/20 minutes a day at home to keep broadening our vocabulary, practising fluency and for some of us we need to be able to read with speed, whilst still undertsanding the text- this only comes through regulalr practice, please help them.

Year 6 Home Learning 30.01.26

Homework to be completed and handed in to school on Thursday.

Reading - Please complete the comprehension - can you complete the reading and questions in 20 minutes?

Maths- Please complete the missing number long multiplication sheet in your books and do 10 minutes of TT Rockstars every night!

Please complete the division using the bus stop method- this will help when we do long division next week!

Spelling-Please complete the speeling sheet, collecting words and practising, ready for a spelling quiz and dictation next Thursday.

Year 1 Homework to be handed in on 2.2.26

Thank you for this weeks super home learning. Don’t forget that if you have a go at some of the optional homework to please bring this in or send a photograph as we would love to make a display with these things in our classroom.

Also don’t forget to email you preferred time slots for our parents meetings.

On Tuesday 10th February we have our class assembly at 9:10. The children will be bringing home their speaking line on Friday, please include this into your homework this week. Nice clear, loud, confident voices!

Spring 1 optional homework

DANCE COMPETITION ARRANGEMENTS 2026

The time is here and we have now finished our dance, we are so excited to share it with you all. Here are the arrangements for next Monday …

We will leave school at 12:45pm by coach to the Blackpool Tower, where 4 members of staff will be taking the group and staying with them in to the evening. The children will be there all afternoon, to allow time to practise and go through the show. Therefore, they will need to bring a packed lunch for their evening meal. We recommend that they have a hot school dinner for lunch before they go, to ensure they have something warm and filling before a long afternoon/evening. Snacks throughout the event are welcomed, but please no sweets/ chocolate and no fizzy drinks, although one juice is permitted. As it is a long afternoon, with waiting time, please feel free to pack a good book, any homework to complete and maybe a puzzle/ colouring book to keep them busy (no electrical devices or aything of value). Children will not be able to see any of the audience before or during the show.

Children are only permitted to leave once the show and results have finished, due to safeguarding reasons. Once the competition has finished, children will then go backstage to collect their belongs and then we will take them to our school’s pick up point which is outside the entrance to Primark, so please meet us there. Please make sure you tell us when you take your child, to ensure a safe transition as it does get very busy!I will have all mobile contact numbers in case there are any problems, so  please ensure you have your mobiles with you on the night. Please fill in the form below to let us know who will be taking your child home on the evening:

dance competion form

Doors open to the public on the evening at 5:45pm- make sure you have your tickets. The anticipated finsihing time is 9:30pm.

Please make sure that children have their black leggings in school this Friday and then bring them again in to school on Monday.

Children can wear their PE kits this day. Please make sure you pack plenty of water and if your child needs an inhaler, please ensure they have this. We will also door hair in the afternoon, so pack a brush and plenty of bobbles/ hair grip- boys gel? We are hoping to add a bit of face glitter and hair glitter- we will also be asking permission on the form for this.

Any questions or queries about the event, please come and see me.

Year 6 Weekly Blog 23.01.26 'To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try' Rosa Parks

“Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4:19-23

This week in the teacher’s liturgy we looked closely at this week’s Gospel,Matthew 4:19–23, and how is shows Jesus calling His first disciples and inviting them to leave everything behind to follow Him. We reflected on how this reminds us that Jesus still calls each one of us to be His disciples. We may not drop fishing nets like the first disciples, but we can say “yes” to God by trusting Him, having faith in His guidance, and choosing to follow His teachings every day. Being a disciple means listening to Jesus, helping others, spreading kindness, and believing that God has a plan for us. When we say “yes” to God, just like the disciples did, we become part of His mission in the world.

Thank you to the following children who led us in Liturgy this week, reflecting on the name Jesus and how it means “God saves.” This reminds us that Jesus came to Earth to bring us God’s love and to save us by showing us the right way to live. For us, His name is very special because it tells us who He is and what His mission was. When we say the name “Jesus,” we remember that He is always with us, guiding us, helping us, and loving us. It encourages us to trust Him, follow His teachings, and share His love with others every day.

Where has our learning taken us this week?

We have had a lovely week in class. Full of hard work, enthusiasm and deep reflection- and we even managed to watch the Dr Who episode where the doctor met Rosa Parks, which was such a great tool to use before we wrote our wonderful Biographies. The children were so gripped and great conversations led on from this about the injustice of the time. Next week the children will write their Outcome 2 biographies on Rosa Parks. We have done so much work leading up to this, gathering vocabulary, cohesive devices and practising our use of semi colons, the children have such a wealth of knowledge and tools - I am looking forward to reading them! Here is a few pictures of the week…

From next week the children will attempt practice SAT’s whole papers. Year 6 have of course have attempted example questions since September, but this is the first time they have seen them as a whole paper. This is not a benchmark for their learning, and their score when they get it is not relevant at this time, as we have not yet covered the whole Year 6 curriculum. This is simply to give the children an insight as to what the papers look like, the style of questionning, to come across misconceptions sooner, rather than later, giving the children the time and space to reflect and evaluate in a safe space. They will be getting a bit of feedback on these once they have took them, but please do not, at this point, focus on scores, instead please ask that important question … what did you learn? We have to teach the children to see beyond the immediate scores and instead see this as a process, a journey of self-reflection and learning.

Delving deeper through talk …

What was Rosa Parks famous for? What did she strive to do?

My Happy Mind…

What character strength are you most grateful for and why?

Leading Learners

Well done to Ciaran this week.

We are so impressed with your focus on your learning this week, you really couldn’t work any harder. You work well in lessons, which shows in the progress you have made. We love the way you are always curious to find the solution to problems with such steely determination and you are always keen to share your thoughts with such enthusiasm!

Eloquent and Truthful Stars

This half term we will be on the lookout for all the children that are eloquent in their words, that show the language to ask questions, express emotions, speak beliefs, talk about matters of faith and hope, debate points of view, and engage in conversation. Those who are truthful, who speak the truth about themselves and others. These children are the role models of the school. This week we thank Lorenzo for being eloquent and truthful.

Helpers in the morning

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

Lily Isioma Jacob Lorenzo

Notices

  • Next Wednesday the NHS are here to measure height and weight. There is also a short survey for the children to complete in regards to their mental well-being. Please make sure you have read the letter you recieved before Christmas, so you know what to expect on this day.

  • February Friday 13th - Please click on the button below to indicate the type of meeting you would prefer. I have displayed an image of the times I am available on the day. Please note the yellow is for virtual and tthe white face to face. Please email with your prefered time and I’ll email back on a first come system.

    k.harrsion@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

parents meeting preference



This week...

Worship

This week in Worship we have continued our ‘Galilee to Jerusalem’ topic. Our key words this week were WELCOME, LOVE and JESUS. This week was the story of Jesus welcoming the children. The session began with asking the children to consider the ways they might welcome a new child into their class e.g. smile, offer to play, sit next to them. This was such a lovely way to begin the week as we have welcomed new children into our nursery – we are so happy to have some new friends!

We listened to the story of Jesus welcoming the children and discussed how Jesus loves everyone and came to Earth for us all. This fed into our child led worship on Thursday where we discussed Jesus being the light of the world. We thought about how we can be followers of Jesus – being kind, helpful, looking after our family and friends. In our floor book we drew ourselves around a picture of Jesus to visually represent Jesus welcoming everyone. We added our ideas of how we can follow Jesus, linking to the idea that we, too, can show love and welcome others in our words and actions.

Learning landscape

A fun week!

  • We have been building rockets using magnetic shapes; we had to follow instructions which was tricky!

  • We have visited forest school and have used water colours to capture the natural environment.

  • We have complete tasks at Story Dough time, we made jumping giants!!! Story Dough is a sensory medium to develop oral storytelling, vocabulary, imagination, and fine motor skills in young children; acting as a playful, "pop-up" literacy activity full of joy, adventure, and nonsense.

  • We have had fun counting and learning how to make sevens with the Numberblocks. We watched a short video in which we met the fluffies! One finds a friendly furball, two of them tickle Two and soon Numberland is full of fun and fluffies! Click here to watch at home and see if you can make ‘sevens’ at home. We used the numicon to practice making sevens.

  • Lots of ICT this week. We have used paint programmes to design a shape rocket and the IPad to play rocket number games.

  • We have also been practicing writing ‘a’ (round the apple and down the leaf) and number 1 (one line down like a stick makes a 1, that was quick). Don’t forget your duck fingers everyone!

Parents Day

Parents Day is being held on Friday 13th February. It is your opportunity to come along to nursery and speak to your child’s key person or Barbara (Senco). The interview sheets will be available from next week to book your time slot. If you are struggling to come along on that date please let us know. We look forward to seeing you.

Have to most wonderful weekend

Stay safe and God bless

Barbara

Year 1 Weekly Blog 23.1.26 - "Community is the place where love is proven, where we learn to forgive, to begin again, and to serve one another." - St Teresa of Calcutta

Another super week in Year 1! The children really do just love to learn! In Prayer and liturgy we have focused once again on Jesus, reflecting on how we can follow in His footsteps and asking Him to help us and those in need around the world. In RE we have learned more about Jesus as a young boy. We listened to a piece of scripture about when Jesus, Mary and Joseph and how they went to visit the temple. When leaving Mary and Joseph realised that Jesus was not with them. After spending a long time searching they returned to the temple, where they found Jesus teaching the elders of the church. Jesus was surprised to hear Marys confusion, saying, “Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” Jesus spent His younger years growing closer to God so that He would be ready to share the Good News. The children split into groups and created great pieces of drama to retell this piece of scripture. Following this lesson we went onto hear how Jesus gathered the first Christians, and how Simon, Andrew, James and John, all left there things and followed Him. We created beautiful cards to share the Good News with others…

Going deeper in conversation

Each week we have a My Happy Mind lesson. We are currently learning to celebrate our brains and their strengths. Can your child explain these different character strengths. Maybe you could identify each others strengths as a family.

Magic moments

During computing this week the children continued to develop their drag and drop skills by creating their own themed games. This brought great delight. One of the very wonderful moments within these lessons is the teamwork and problem solving skills that we get to see. The children really love to help one another and seeing their happiness knowing they have done something that has helped is just lovely! We also looked at ‘whole’ and ‘not ‘whole’ in maths - hunting down all the items we could find that were a whole. and cutting a pizza into parts.

Let’s Celebrate

A huge well done to Maggie who has been a focused Cooper Crab. Maggie, you’ve taken some really big steps this half term and we can see how your focus is helping you to engage in our class discussions and share your ideas. In our science lessons you have been sharing your observations and thoughts, helping others to consider things they hadn’t thought of. We are really proud of you Maggie, keep up the focus. Well done!

A huge well done to Sadie who has received our Star Virtue award for being Eloquent. Sadie you treat others with kindness; you make others around you smile and bring so much joy and positivity into our classroom and to our school. Thank you for shining so brightly. Well done Sadie!

Reminders

Our class assembly: On Tuesday 10th February it is our class assembly starting at 9:30.

Parents meetings: On Friday 13th February we will have our mid year parents meetings. Please complete the survey below to indicate whether you would prefer a face to face or virtual appointment. I have also displayed an image of the times I am available on the day. Yellow indicates virtual and the white face to face. Please email with your preferred time and I’ll email back on a first come system.

Parents meeting survey

Cold weather: Remember to bring all those warm layers: coats, hats, gloves and scarfs!

Snacks: A gentle reminder that as a school we are trying to reduce waste. At the start of the year we set out on a mission to bring any snacks into school in reusable containers. Please continue to help us with this, sending all snacks in reusable plastic containers. Thank you!

Uniform: Please check your child’s uniform, we have a few pieces missing! We are also missing some black football leggings, they are labelled “procombat” around the waist. There has also been a mix up with football trainers and a school T-Shirt. Please check you have all the correct items over the weekend and we can do a big swap and return belongings to the right homes next week. Thank you for your help!

Finally, each child came home with a letter today regarding some important information. Our wonderful Mrs Hartley has made a very difficult decision, and will be leaving us at the end of this half term. She has not made this decision lightly but knows what is right for her and her family. It has been a privilege to work alongside her and I am sure she will continue to pop into school because she will really miss seeing all of the children! We now have a couple of weeks to make her feel as special as she really is.

Emails:

c.bassett@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

s.hartley@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk