Yet another week has flown by as we are approaching the half way point of this half term! Regardless of the very cold and icy weather conditions, the children have soldiered on and cracked on with their learning as usual.
In English, we have been using our sci-fi nouns to produce extended noun phrases. The children have also been able to link their science knowledge of the solar system into their sci-fi writing to discuss planets, outer space and other outer world objects. In Maths, we have continued with our factors topic with many factor bugs being drawn to find all of our factor pairs. Recently, we have been linking this to multiples and analysing common multiples between different numbers.
We started our new History topic this week as we look into faiths of the world- in particular Islam. We have been discussing the origins of each of the ‘Big 5’ religions and where in the world these religions arose from.
The children’s favourite lesson of the week I’m sure would of been science this week as we looked at the phases of the moon. Knowing the full cycle of the moon along with the specific names of the phases can be difficult so we used a particular diagram (with famous connections with the moon) to help remember this.
It was a big week for Our Lady sports as many members of the class got to represent the school in the Fylde Athletics Competition at Blackpool Sports Centre. The children ran their socks off on the track and gave it their all in the field events to get Our Lady’s to our highest finish in years. Special shoutout to Daisy, Matilda, Rose and Beth for winning the opening race of the day in the obstacle relay and also John-Paul and Lorenzo for winning the highly anticipated 6 lap paarluf race. The rest of the class spent the afternoon with Mrs Harrison and Mrs Webster up in Year 6, in which their focus was the Pilgrims of Hope with some religious themed crafts activities. Both Year 6 teachers were full of praise in regards to the children’s behaviour, attitude and work ethic. A quick collaboration video of this event is available on Mrs Gregan’s blog.
Conversation starters
My Happy Mind: This week we have been reflecting on what we are grateful for and looking around the classroom to say why we are grateful for each and every one of us. Tell every member of your household why you love them and why you are grateful to have them in your lives.
Class Novel: In our class novel, we have been talking of different types of dialogue and how accents and languages are different from each other. Is there anyone in your family or do your parents know anyone with any distinctive accents.
Let’s Celebrate!
John-Paul for being a focused and co-operative learner: Such a trustworthy, passionate and kind friend. Your focus in class is impeccable. You just get your head down and get on with whatever task you have-your progress is all down to your hard work. This paid off massively in your athletics competition as you helped your team to victory in the toughest race of the event- You deserve it!
Virtue Star of the Week: This week, our virtue star goes to William. You are such a caring and considerate friend William. You treat your fellow classmates which the love, respect and kindness that you wish you to be treated with- a true follower of our class slogan. The class are very lucky to have a classmate like yourself and I hope you understand that- your love and kindness does not go unnoticed.
Lunchtime Certificates
Role Model of the Week- Ciaran
Marvelous Manners- Hudson
Notices
Homework- Please check the homework blog and keep helping your child with any work that they are struggling with- especially our spellings. It is important to make sure we are reading for at least 15 minutes a day at home to keep broadening our vocabulary, description and sentence structure.
Eco Trip Wednesday 5th February- We will be going down to the Sand Dunes to plant Christmas Trees, ready to be grown for Christmas 2025! The children will need to bring clothes/shoes that they don’t mind getting dirty along with a waterproof coat.
PE Days- Our PE days have changed slightly with our outdoor session being on Mondays and our indoor session on Wednesdays.
Fidget Toys- If this has not been discussed with your class teacher, then any sort of fidget toys are not to be brought into school. Please can bags be checked incase these have been left in from the weekend. Trading cards and chewing gum should also be kept at home.
