Spring 2 Extra-Curricular Opportunities

With the sun now shining and daffodils in bloom, we are hoping that all of the outside events can get up and running this half term.

As per previous terms, the Mini-Vinnie group will continue to run on a Monday after school and Choir on a Thursday whilst they prepare for The Big Sing at Lowther Pavillion on the 5th March - only for a few weeks then there will be a break until Summer. On a Tuesday after school, Mr Nay will be working with our All Stars children as part of our club offer there.

We have two school football and netball fixtures this half term due to other schools pulling out of the league. These will be on Tuesday 18th and 25th March for the football and netball and Thursday 20th and 27th March for the girls football.

Tuesday 18th/20th March v Lytham CofE @ LSA

Tuesday 25th/27th March v Clifton @ LSA

Please do look carefully at the dates that the clubs will run on so you are aware when they start and then stop.

Please sign up to the clubs using the buttons below.

Year 1 Tea Dance

Our Year 1 class will be performing at Marine Hall on Tuesday 11th March. We are super excited with what we have put together and cannot wait to share it with you. There are 10 schools who will be taking part. The children will be transported to and from Fleetwood by coach, but tickets are now live for you to book. Click on the button below to book your seats.

Tickets are allocated by Marine Hall and the Wyre and Fylde Sports Partnership - we have no control over those. Last year there was some families who were not successful in getting tickets and we put on a coffee morning tea dance in the school hall for all. We will do this again this year too.

Spring 1 Extra-Curricular Opportunities

Here is our Spring 1 extra-curricular offer. Please click on the button below to see what is available and what your child can sign up for. If you child attends the All Stars Wrap Around Care at school and would like to take part in the clubs, please still complete the form so that we can amend registers. Children will be able to attend All Stars before of after the clubs.

As per previous terms, the Mini-Vinnie group will continue to run on a Monday after school and Choir on a Thursday whilst they prepare for The Big Sing at Lowther Pavillion on the 5th March. On a Tuesday after school, Mr Nay will be working with our All Stars children as part of our club offer there.

Please sign up to the clubs using the buttons below.

Family Mass - Sunday 1st December

On Sunday 1st December, we will have our second family mass in church. Our first family mass was so well attended; thank you to everyone who came. This Mass will be extra special as it is the first Sunday of Advent - what a lovely way to start it together.

The children who will be directly involved in the Mass on Sunday are on the PDF below. If your child’s name isn’t listed, they will be involved, just sat with you taking part in the mass. Those children who are in the choir, will be sat in the choir loft with the parish choir. The readers and offertory children can sit with their parents and come up when it is there turn for involvement. Staff will be present too to support.

For the homily, as with every homily on the 1st Sunday of Advent, there will be a letter read out written by Bishop Paul. Having been visited by Bishop Paul this year, it will be special for the children to hear directly from him in a letter.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday 1st December. Following mass, there is the monthly coffee and craft club at the Parish Centre. Please do attend if you are able to.

Football Tournament - Tuesday 5th October

Next Tuesday, there is a football tournament being held for A teams across Fylde, ran by the Schools Sports Partnership. We have decided to enter our team.

The tournament will be held on Tuesday 5th November from 12.30pm - 4.00pm at AKS on the fields. All parking needs to take place off site on either King Edward Promenade or Inner Promenade.

The children will have their lunch before leaving for the tournament, please collect your child at 12.30pm from school and take them to AKS. Mr Nay and Mr Cornwell will accompany the children there. Please could you let Mr Corwell know who is collecting your child, if it is not you, their parent. They need to be in their school football kit, shin pads and football boots and plenty of layers for this chilly weather. Please ensure that they have plenty of water and snacks for the afternoon.

The children, staff and parents are representing our school on the day, we need to ensure that we are respectful to all there.

The boys playing in the tournament are:

Archie, Liam, Benjamin, Ben, Rafe, Lorenzo, Logan, Rex,

Where does the light come from in your life? - Castlerigg Day 2

This has been a key message for us today at Castlerigg - Where does the light come from in your life? Yesterday was all about how we shine our light and today, reflecting on others and what we are grateful for in our lives.

Before bed last night, we had the most incredibly experience - night time prayer. The chapel here at Castlerigg is the old stable building, which is perfect as we prepare for the arrival of Jesus this Christmas. Daisy, the youth worker here, took us through a section of prayer and used the story of Narnia to illustrate it. Here she compared the character of Aslan to Jesus Christ, who too sacrificed himself for the good of his friends. It was incredibly moving and it took me a while to recover after; as you can tell from the images below. We then snuggled up and listened to a bedtime story from Lily. A rather lovely end to our first day.

This afternoon we headed off to the lake for some much needed reflection and fresh air. The children found out about places of interest in Keswick, headed to Derwent Water to skim stones then wandered to Fitz Park for some time together. It was so lovely to take in the views of the lake and spend some time in God’s world. The children were great.

After a delicious tea of pizza, wedges, salad and fruit, we are now getting ready to settle down for mass in the chapel. The children have written bidding prayers and are ready to sing.

Enjoy your night and we will see you tomorrow. We are departing at 2pm so should be back at school for 4pm - we will keep you posted!

Autumn 2 Extra-Curricular Clubs and Opportunities.

Please click on the button below to see what is available this half term and what your child can sign up for. As always, we will rotate options throughout the year to give all children access, whilst also looking at the competitions taking place. If you child attends the All Stars Wrap Around Care at school and would like to take part in the clubs, please still complete the form so that we can amend registers. Children will be able to attend All Stars before of after the clubs.

We are tweaking what we offer through Judo Education and now offering it as a permanent club where the children will compete and grade. This is really exciting and a lovely development for our school. The children who sign up will be the same children throughout the rest of the year. This will be run direct through Judo Education.

It is lovely that our choir is back on with Miss Woodend as we approach Christmas. Every Thursday, from the second week back, Miss Woodend will be leading a group of children from Years 4, 5 & 6. We are so excited to see what you do! This will then lead into the Big Sing Festival in Spring.

Please sign up to the clubs using the buttons below.

Year 6 Dance Festival

Historically, the dance festival has always been operated across Year 5 & 6, sometimes Year 4, but this year, we are just doing it with Year 6. With Mrs Harrison being our dance specialist, we want to maximise her time - whilst also giving the children a really special experience. We have never used 30 children before, but this is the year, and seeing how much they have enjoyed Shakespeare in recent years; I think they will love it. Below you will find all of the information regarding the performance and when it will be - Tuesday 26th November . Tickets for it go on sale today at midday - these will be direct from The Winter Gardens. The button below will take you to their website.

The theme this year is magic - which we know will inspire them all - and just have fun!

Family Mass - Sunday 6th October

On Sunday, we will have our first family mass in church. Family mass takes place every Sunday at 9.30am, but we are now wanting to involve the children more in this - which is just lovely. I understand that not everyone will be able to come, you all have commitments, this is just another opportunity if you choose too.

The children who will be directly involved in the Mass on Sunday are above on the PDF. If your child’s name isn’t listed, they will be involved, just sat with you taking part in the mass. Those children who are in the choir, will be sat in the choir loft with the parish choir. The readers and offertory children can sit with their parents and come up when it is there turn for involvement. Staff will be present too to support. We can then choose different children for readings, choir and offertory at our next mass in December, and throughout the year.

Sometimes, those families with children sit towards the back of church, but Father Peter will be addressing his homily to all of the children in the congregation so please do come a little bit closer to be part of that. There are 14 children making up our choir, so you should really be able to hear them!

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday. Following mass, there is the monthly coffee and craft club at the Parish Centre. Please do attend if you are able to.

Annual Flu Vaccination

This vaccination is recommended to help protect your child against flu. Flu can be an unpleasant illness and can cause serious complications. Vaccinating your child will also help protect more vulnerable family and friends by preventing the spread of Flu. There may be a rebound in Flu levels this coming winter following low levels in the past 2 years. The vaccination is free and is a quick, simple, painless spray up the nose. Our vaccinations in school will take place on Monday 14th September.

Please complete the online consent form.

If you DO NOT wish your child to be vaccinated for whatever reason please complete the form stating NO and the reasons.

Online Consent Form: 

Use the link below to access the online consent form and enter the unique school code with BP in capital letters - BP119627

Please inform the School Vaccination Team (Not School) of the following:

 •           If your child has steroid tablets prescribed two weeks prior to vaccination.

•           If in the few days prior to vaccination your child has been wheezy.

•           If after consenting you take your child to your GP surgery to receive their vaccination

 It is your responsibility to contact the school vaccination team to ensure they do not receive the immunisation again. Our contact details are:

 Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde: 01253 951984 Morecambe / Lancaster 01524 519430

All Stars - Sessions and Payment Information

What a brilliant week we have had with the new All Stars Club in school. It is always daunting setting something new up, especially when the one at St Thomas’s was so successful, but I think we have made a really good start - and I cannot thank the staff enough for what they have done. The children are great and are giving us more ideas about what they would like to do. I am sure that it will continue to evolve over the next term. Some of our sessions are already fully booked - which is just wonderful!

As we are a new club, and could only register as of the 1st September, things are taking a little while to finalise. Things like being a tax free childcare provider is in process; we are just waiting for our registration number. So here are a few pointers for you:

  • Mrs Nel is in the process of working out what each child needs to pay for the club. This will be put on Parent Pay this week. We have decided to charge half-termly, rather than termly, to give families greater flexibility and to also ensure that you are being charged for the sessions that you will be attending over the half-term. Payment will still need to be made at the beginning of each half-term so that costs for the club can be covered. If you are not paying via Parent Pay, and instead via a different method, please just send an email to Mrs Nel. You will be able to see via Parent Pay what you owe for each half-term. This will be smoother going forward. The summer holidays and being a new provider has stalled this.

  • One of the main drivers for bringing All Stars here is so that children can access before and after school extra-curricular sessions. Now that the timetable has been finalised, you need to let Mrs Nel know by email whether your child will not be attending All Stars due to them attending another club in school. For example, if you have signed your child up for multi-skills and they are arriving at school at 8am, then you can relinquish your All Stars place for that morning and you will not be charged. However, if you child arrives at school at 7.45am for All Stars, and then they go into the club at 8am, we will need to reserve payment for their space. Please can you let Mrs Nel know by email if your child is attending a sports club for the specified time, therefore will not need an All Stars place. I hope this makes sense. If you can do that ASAP, then costings can be calculated.

All payments will be on Parent Pay by Friday of this week.

Please continue to bare with us. Some of the set up is beyond our control and we are waiting on other organisations to send information to us. We will continue to communicate with you throughout. Please do ask any questions if you have them and we will get back to you when we can.

Mrs Nel’s email is bursar@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Autumn 1 Extra-Curricular Opportunities and Names

As we start our new year starts, so does our extra-curricular offer. Please click on the button below to see what is available and what your child can sign up for. As always, we will rotate options throughout the year to give all children access, whilst also looking at the competitions taking place. If you child attends the All Stars Wrap Around Care at school and would like to take part in the clubs, please still complete the form so that we can amend registers. Children will be able to attend All Stars before of after the clubs.

Please sign up to the clubs using the buttons below.

Welcome to Year 1

Welcome to Year 1

We are so excited to welcome you all back to school this week and cannot wait to start making some memories together! Miss Hanlon, Mrs Maano and Mrs Ely will be waiting eagerly to greet you all on Tuesday morning.

 Please don’t forget to bring your water bottles, your healthy snacks, your coats and a lovely bright smile!

 Things to know:

Our PE days are Monday and Friday, the children can come into school in their PE kits on these days.

Our art is on a Thursday, please bring in your art tops for this to avoid getting your uniform messy.

Induction information will be sent out next week, so please look out for when it will be. You will be able discover more about the exciting opportunities and topics that they will be learning during their time in Year 1 and we can 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 1 page.

 If you have any medication please send this in ASAP and drop me an email.

If there is any information you would like me to know or any questions you may have please don’t hesitate to send me an email and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

j.hanlon@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Please use this email at any time to share, messages any concerns and those special pictures celebrating achievements beyond school for our hall proud cloud.

Please make sure all belongings are labelled from coats to water bottles. If they have a name they almost always find their way back home.

We look forward to hearing all about your summer holidays and spending lots of time together over the course of the year!

Roll up! Roll up! Year 5 & 6 Play Tickets on sale this week

The hall is alive with singing, dancing and acting as our Year 5 & 6 children are busy preparing for their end of year performance.

They will be performing across 3 different days and times:

Monday 15th July - 6pm

Tuesday 16th July - 9.30am

Tuesday 16th July - 6pm

Each family will initially be allocated 3 tickets across all three performances; with additional tickets going on a waiting list. Once we know all children across the two year groups have the tickets they are allocated to, we can then release the remainders to the waiting list. Tickets are £3 each.

From Wednesday, Mrs Nel will be selling tickets from the school office. Please come knowing what tickets you require and with the correct money in cash.

You are in for such a treat!

Year 6 Weekly Home Learning 9/05/24

IT’S THE FINAL PUSH …

The children are very clear about what they need to do and the areas that they need to develop. Please look at the ‘How to Help Your Child’ button on the Year 6 page. There are lots of resources for the children to access as well as the revision boxes that are in the classroom.

READING- Have a go at the short reading task. Please also ensure you’re reading for AT LEAST 40 minutes per day.

GPS- Have a go at the revision map I have sent you, focus on the sentence functions.

There may be other areas you want to go over that you have identified from the last papers you completed.

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Year 6 Weekly Home Learning 2.05.24

IT’S THE FINAL PUSH …

The children are very clear about what they need to do and the areas that they need to develop. Please look at the ‘How to Help Your Child’ button on the Year 6 page. There are lots of resources for the children to access as well as the revision boxes that are in the classroom.

Maths: Please have a go and complete the maths reasoning paper. You could do this along side an adult or do it to the time- it should take you 40 minutes to complete the test.

READING- Please complete the SAT’s reading paper- some of you definitely need to practise this paper to ensure you complete the test in one hour.

GPS- Have a go at the revision map on punctuation I have sent you.

There may be other areas you want to go over that you have identified from the last paper you completed.

OPTIONAL