Our Lady’s RC Primary School
Weekly Update
2016-2017
Issue 5: 07/10/2016
Class News
Nursery— October is the month of Mary so the children in Nursery have been making
a collage of Mary
Reception– Kayde—We have been learning about the letter ‘g’ and singing the song
‘gurgling down the drain’ and we have also learned about guardian angels
Year 1— Zofia—We have been investigating 2 digit numbers like 30, 40, 50
Year 2— Aleksandra—We have been learning to take away, 50 — 25 = 25
Year 3— Larissa—We have been using pastels to create pictures of rainforest
creatures. I drew some butterflies!
Year 4— Georgina—We have been learning about deserts and the people who live in
them. We learnt that nomads wonder around from place to place
Year 5— Zeiko—We are learning about planets. Jupiter is the biggest planet, Venus
is the hottest planet and Mercury is the smallest planet!
Year 6— Christy—In science we have been learning about the eye and all the
different parts of the eye. (Christy was then able to correctly name all the
different parts of the eye for me)
This weeks attendance—w/e 07/10/16
Whole School Attendance 96%
Class
% Attendance
Lateness
No. of children
Nursery
90.8
2 hrs 34 mins
5
Reception
90.5
15 mins
1
Year 1
97.7
33 mins
2
Year 2
99.7
26 mins
3
Year 3
96.2
2 hrs 14 mins
3
Year 4
95.8
29 mins
2
Year 5
98.6
1 hr 11 mins
5
Year 6
97.4
2 hrs 17 mins
3
Figures in red indicate result is below the expectation for schools in
Manchester average. Numbers in green indicate the result is above
the expectation for schools in Manchester.
STARS OF THE WEEK
Nursery—
Nursery— Eleeza
Reception—
Reception— Rafah
Year 1—
1— Elim
Year 2—
2— Olga
Year 3—
3— Jesse
Year 4—
4— Mateusz
Year 5—
5— Mason
Year 6—
6— Monzir
12th
19th
19th
20th
Oct—
Oct—
Oct—
Oct—
21st Oct—
31st Oct—
31st Oct—
8th Nov—
16th Nov—
23rd Nov—
Diary Dates:
‘Meet the Teacher’ Parents Evening
Y3-Y6— Girl’s Football School Squad
‘Meet the Teacher’ Parents Evening
Y6 trip to Royal Northern College of Music for
Black History Celebration
School closes for half term
School reopens
Y6 performance of Romeo and Juliet at The
Contact Theatre
Cross Country Finals, Phillips Park
School Health—Whole school weighing and
Measuring
Y3-Y6— Girl’s Football School Squad
Please contact Carrie by Monday 10th October if you wish to order tickets for the
upcoming Year 6 performance of Romeo and Juliet at The Contact Theatre on
Monday 31st October 2016—the price for tickets is £10 per adult, £6 per concession.
Year 6 children are bringing home order forms this evening!
The last few places are still available in our reception class for this current academic year.
If you know of anybody who is unhappy with the school they have been allocated and
might be looking to change schools please ask them to call Carrie on
0161 226 2767.
May we please remind you that sweets, crisps and fizzy drinks are
NOT ALLOWED in school, even in lunchboxes. As part of the
Manchester Healthy Schools Programme it is our duty to promote
healthy eating and lifestyles.
Please try to send healthy foods for lunchboxes and playtimes.
To keep up to date with what’s going
on in school you can check our
regularly updated website, the class
blog or you can follow us on
twitter @ourladyspri
Prayer that our Bishop, John Arnold has
asked us all to pray as
often as possible.
“Stay with us Lord on our
journey”