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Autumn Half Term 1

Results are as follows

1st place Year 6

2nd place Year 1, 2 and 3

5th place Year 4

6th place Year 5

7th place Reception

Congratulations to Year 6 who enjoyed a full

breakfast at Jam Street Café, Whalley Range!

Miss Lily Jayne Moore

Congratulations to Mr

Moore and his wife

Heather on the birth of

their beautiful baby girl.

Lily was born at

1.32am on

21st September

weighing 8lb 11oz

We are all really

looking forward to

meeting her.

To keep up to date with what is

happening in school— why not

follow us on twitter @ourladyspri

As you can see, it’s been an eventful half term.

Thank you to all our parents/carers who attended

our parents evenings, we hope you found it useful.

We are very proud of your children’s achievements

and it’s always nice to hear about their

achievements outside school as well as in. I hope

you have come back refreshed from the half term

holiday and are looking forward to Advent and all

the festivities that the run up to Christmas will

bring. Thanks once again for your support. A Ward

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What a great way to start a new academic year!

On our return to school in September we were

so pleased to announce to our families that

following our last inspection monitoring visit,

OFSTED have officially graded our school as a

GOOD school!

Say Hello to our 2015Say Hello to our 2015Say Hello to our 2015Say Hello to our 2015----2016 School Council2016 School Council2016 School Council2016 School Council

Our new school council have been elected and they areOur new school council have been elected and they areOur new school council have been elected and they areOur new school council have been elected and they are————Year 2Year 2Year 2Year 2----Connah and Krystal, Connah and Krystal, Connah and Krystal, Connah and Krystal, Year 3Year 3Year 3Year 3----Hanna and Kianna, Year 4Hanna and Kianna, Year 4Hanna and Kianna, Year 4Hanna and Kianna, Year 4————Mason (Secretary) and Fiona (ViceMason (Secretary) and Fiona (ViceMason (Secretary) and Fiona (ViceMason (Secretary) and Fiona (Vice----chair), Year 5chair), Year 5chair), Year 5chair), Year 5–––– Sahara and Michael (Treasurer) and Year 6Sahara and Michael (Treasurer) and Year 6Sahara and Michael (Treasurer) and Year 6Sahara and Michael (Treasurer) and Year 6----Isla (Chairperson) and Waleed. The group Isla (Chairperson) and Waleed. The group Isla (Chairperson) and Waleed. The group Isla (Chairperson) and Waleed. The group have already set to work and identified lots of areas where they would like to make have already set to work and identified lots of areas where they would like to make have already set to work and identified lots of areas where they would like to make have already set to work and identified lots of areas where they would like to make

changes. The children have already decided that their first priority this year will be to changes. The children have already decided that their first priority this year will be to changes. The children have already decided that their first priority this year will be to changes. The children have already decided that their first priority this year will be to tackle the amount of litter on the playground after school. Watch out for new litter bins tackle the amount of litter on the playground after school. Watch out for new litter bins tackle the amount of litter on the playground after school. Watch out for new litter bins tackle the amount of litter on the playground after school. Watch out for new litter bins

and a poster campaign happening very soon! and a poster campaign happening very soon! and a poster campaign happening very soon! and a poster campaign happening very soon!

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The Tiger Who Came To TeaThe Tiger Who Came To TeaThe Tiger Who Came To TeaThe Tiger Who Came To Tea

Caprice

Amelie B

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This half term in picturesThis half term in picturesThis half term in picturesThis half term in pictures

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Diyari

Munashe

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Our Lady of Guadalupe

As our whole school religion topic we have been learning about Our

Lady of Guadalupe. Here are some examples of the work that

children from each of the classes in school have produced.

Valentina

Freddie

Liliana

Display by Reception Class

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Autumn, Half Term 1 Calendar

September

15th September Cross Country at Chorlton Park

22nd September Cross Country at Chorlton Park

23rd September Beginning of the Year Mass in school

25th September Reception and Year 6 to Mass at St Alphonsus

27th September 1st Sacramental Programme Mass

28th September Tag Rugby Competition Broughton Park Rugby Club

30th September Loreto Roadshow for Y5 and Y6 parents and children

October

1st October Year 6 workshop at The Contact Theatre

2nd October Year 1 to Mass at St Alphonsus Church

5th October Tag Rugby Competition Broughton Park Rugby Club

8th October Girls Football at Whalley Range High School

9th October Year 6 visit to Crucial Crew

9th October Year 2 to Mass at St Alphonsus Church

12th October Year 5 visit to Royal Exchange Theatre Michael

Rosen

13th October “Meet the Teacher” Parent’s Evening

14th October Reception Class tennis lesson

15th October Girls Football at Whalley Range High School

21st October Year 6 visit to Royal Northern College of Music for

Black History Month Celebration

21st October “Meet the Teacher” Parent’s Evening

22nd October Year 6 Attendance and Punctuality reward trip to

Jam Street

23rd October Year 3 to Mass at St Alphonsus Church

23rd October Joy Day—Skipping Workshop

Please take a look at our school calendar for the first half term in school.

This will give you an overview of the activities we have already under-

taken - I’m sure you'll agree it is a pretty impressive list!

Children from Our Lady’s School took part in a

walk of witness with the Catholic community of

Manchester in the 5th Annual ‘Marian Procession’,

a walk to give thanks to the Mother of the

Church, Mary most Holy. The walk started at

10.30am from St Edward’s Church, Thurloe

Street, Rusholme.

The procession of over 1,000 people including

Bishop Arnold and Priests walked along Wilmslow

Road, past Saint Kentigern’s Church and then into

Platt Fields Park. When we got into the Park one

of the first things we saw was a set of rosary

beads made from balloons floating above the area

where the service was to be held. During the

short service someone from St Kentigerns Church

crowned Our Lady and then children from each of

the schools read some bidding prayers. Quincy

read the bidding prayer for our school and then

Natalia Tryk had a balloon which she had to let go

with all of the other

children who had balloons. Each child was then

given a handful of rose petals to throw like con-

fetti at Our Lady’s feet.

A big thank you to all the parents and children

that represented our school so well.

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2015 Marian Procession

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Taino Klaudia

Tristen

Natalia Tryk

Hanna

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God’s Wonderful World Year 1 have been learning all about the wonderful world that God has

created for us. They have been learning how they can help to take care

of the world that God made for us.

Barbara

Shiya

Eloise

Jordan

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Oliwia

The children were then set the task of finding out where some of our favourite foods originated from. They used different ways to display their research.

Martyna

Maks

Omarah

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Chisom Miyah

5 a day for Year 3

Year 3 have been talking about the importance of a balanced diet. They have looked at all the different food groups as shown in the food pyramids below.

Using her knowledge of a healthy diet, Georgina has drawn a picture of what her favourite healthy meal would look like, making sure she used all the food groups and

was on her way to her 5 a day.

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Year 2 Healthy Hearts Miss McGlinchey and Year 2 have been looking at healthy eating and exercise.

They have been learning about how they can enjoy a healthy lifestyle which

will help them to stay healthy

Firstly they looked at the types of foods

they liked to eat. Then they made a tally

chart of their favourite foods.

Then they displayed this information in a

bar chart. This is Allegra’s bar chart

Eniola used this information

to answer questions about

Year 2’s favourite food

Jesse

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What will I be when I grow up?What will I be when I grow up?What will I be when I grow up?What will I be when I grow up?

Mum said “Just as cute”Mum said “Just as cute”Mum said “Just as cute”Mum said “Just as cute”

Dad said “Just as silly”Dad said “Just as silly”Dad said “Just as silly”Dad said “Just as silly”

My sister Angel said “Beautiful as a flower”My sister Angel said “Beautiful as a flower”My sister Angel said “Beautiful as a flower”My sister Angel said “Beautiful as a flower”

My mate Naomi said “a fantastic hairdresser”My mate Naomi said “a fantastic hairdresser”My mate Naomi said “a fantastic hairdresser”My mate Naomi said “a fantastic hairdresser”

My Aunty Joy said “loud as a parrot”My Aunty Joy said “loud as a parrot”My Aunty Joy said “loud as a parrot”My Aunty Joy said “loud as a parrot”

My Uncle Steven said “still my little girl”My Uncle Steven said “still my little girl”My Uncle Steven said “still my little girl”My Uncle Steven said “still my little girl”

My teacher said “really responsible”My teacher said “really responsible”My teacher said “really responsible”My teacher said “really responsible”

My Gran said “a good role model”My Gran said “a good role model”My Gran said “a good role model”My Gran said “a good role model”

What will I be when I grow up?

Mum said “Beautiful”

Dad said “A woman”

My sister Saffie said “ Just as silly”

My mate Herman said “Just as strange”

My Auntie Kadija said “Just as smart”

My uncle Jake said “Just as strong”

My teacher said “Brainier”

My Gran said “Nicer”

You can be:

An amazing acrobat or a brainy builder

A clever copycat or a dazzling dancer

An elephant trainer or a fantastic fire-fighter

A gorgeous gang or a happy heart

An ignorant idol or a jokey journalist

A karate kangaroo or a late lady

A magnificent millionaire or a narrow narrator

An obsessive officer or a packaging person

A quality questioner or a racing rascal

A scared scientist or a tackling tiger

An unlucky uncle or a victorious vet

A waiting waiter or an excellent x-ray operator

Mariama

AnneshaAnneshaAnneshaAnnesha

Lila

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Year 5 Poetry The You Can Be ABC

You can be:

An amazing artist or a busy basketballer

A curious clown or a dizzy dentist

An exciting engineer or a fashionable florist

A great gardener or a heroic hiker

An independent ice-skater or a jolly juggler

A keen kick boxer or a lovely lollipop taster

A marvellous moonwalker or a needy night patrol man

An over the top omelette maker or a painful puncher

A quarrelsome queen or a rude rugby player

A secret spy or a theatrical theatre actor

An understated underpants cleaner or a vicious vet

A warm hearted winner or an excellent x-ray hoarder

A youthful yoga instructor or a zany zookeeper

Sahara

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The class looked at ways of keeping fit, both at home and at school.

Ted and Allegra explain to

us why we need our heart

and lungs, and how they

keep us healthy.

Ted

Allegra

Amelia has recorded

her favourite ways of

keeping fit.

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What a busy nursery!

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My grass head is funny. It has

grass coming out of the

head. I needed water to make

Illustration by MiaIllustration by MiaIllustration by MiaIllustration by Mia

KrystalKrystalKrystalKrystal

KermaniKermaniKermaniKermani

Looking For WebsterLooking For WebsterLooking For WebsterLooking For Webster

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Illustration by IgorIllustration by IgorIllustration by IgorIllustration by Igor

MariamMariamMariamMariam

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Weronika

Levi

Shanae

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Et tu Brute Year 6 have been working very hard preparing for their performance of Julius Caesar at

The Contact Theatre on November 3rd. As part of their English lessons they have been

taking inspiration from the play to write their own adaptation from the point of view of

Brutus. Here are just a couple of pieces of their excellent work.

I think I do deserve to be the leader or Rome, I would be better for Rome, My family has led

Rome for years and I shall continue the tradition, The only way to take his place is to kill him. Tomorrow I will get you Julius Caesar I can’t believe I am going to do this, he is my friend……. Friend or city, friend or ci….. It’s decided, City. It was Cassius idea and he did warn me but all I want is good for the city

Day 2 (the Ides)

I have asked a soothsayer to tell Caesar that the ides of March is today, if I told the sooth-

sayer to tell Caesar that this is the day of his death then he wouldn’t come to the Senate House. There is no going back.

Later……..

I did it! But while I stabbed, a little voice said DON’T!, EVERYBODY WILL FIND OUT

THAT YOU’RE A MURDERER, THEN NOBODY WILL WANT YOU FOR KING” his last words were “Et tu Brute”? Then fall Caesar!” When I heard that my heart started pounding, It’s a horrible feeling, I was sweaty and hot but the thought that I will become King thinking about that….. cheered me up.

Day 3

I couldn't sleep all night thinking about that …...It is such a horrible feeling, I’m not really hun-

gry or thirsty and I don’t feel well, I have never killed anyone and I never thought I would. I feel flat, I don’t know anything, I don’t know what to do, I am beginning to regret this. I feel so guilty, my heart is still pounding and I am very exhausted, I haven’t had any sleep. But, here is a posi-tive side, I bet nobody liked him, he kept on showing off about him winning the battle with Pompeii and he got Antony to pretend to give him a crown so he would have everybody telling him to accept it.

Julia Kolodzieczyk

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Year 4 have also been learning about the bible and have designed their own covers.

Rafal

Jennifer

Tyler

Dominik

Fiona

Mason

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Year 4 cross curricular work

In Year 4 we have been looking at a range of three dimensional shapes in Maths.

By using a net we have cut them out and folded them into solid shapes.

We decided to illustrate them with all the things we could say 'Thank you' for.

Lincoln w

anted to

say

thank yo

u for “My

family, m

y friends

, the

world”

Louiza said

thank you

for “My hom

e, food

and water, f

riends”

Oliviya

h is tha

nkful

for “My

house

, the

world,

family”

Skye thanks God for

“love, dogs and family”

Tyler said thank you for “The

Earth, family and food”

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“CRY HAVOC AND LET’S SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR” (Marc Antony (Julius Caesar)

(What shall I do? Should I join the plot to kill Julius? He’s my friend, he trusts me)

“I do fear the people choose Caesar as their King” Rome should always be a

republic. My grandfather dedicated his life to make Rome a republic for the better, the least I can do is to honour my family by keeping it that way. Some-thing needs to be done! Cassius suggested that we kill Caesar today, and today my loyal servant Lucius has found some letters in his quarters that read “Brutus though sleep‘st and see thy self speak, strike redress! “Speak, strike, re-dress—am I entreated to speak and strike? (take action). A bit later my friend Cassius came to my house and told the rest of the conspirators that I’m going to join the plot to kill Caesar tomorrow—no going back now!

ET TU BRUTE falls….

March XX XL IV BC (Ides of March)

So I set out the next day with Caesar and the conspirators with my dagger in

my satchel feeling guilty. I hardly got any sleep last night, I was thinking about killing my noble friend when we got to the Senate house we distracted Caesar then took the dagger, I was the last one….. I plunged the dagger into his heart , Caesar called out “Et tu Brute” then he fell . Then Antony came to Caesar saying “O mighty Caesar ! Dost thy lie so low? Then he turned to us “ I know not gentle men , what go , who else must be let blood”

I assured Mark that we had no plan to kill him , “could I speak at his funeral

Mark asked. I was thinking he might turn the public against him , then I told him to take Caesar’s body and do not blame us in your speech. But speak all the good you can.

Jasmine Richardson

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I remem

ber whe

n it wa

s Mrs

Page’s b

irthday

and sh

e would

always

buy us

an ice c

ream and

in assem

bly I re

member

singing

I am a C

, I am a

CH…..

She

always

made m

e laugh

Sab

rina

I’ll miss Mrs Page because she

was a really amazing teacher.

She always used to make us

laugh and I’m sure she’ll be

happy in heaven teaching the

angels.

Ciara

We will all miss Mrs Page. I am

glad she’s in a better place. She

always used to make me laugh.

Roselle

Mrs Page I will always love

you and I hope your big

toe doesn’t twitch too

much in heaven.

Isla

I remember

in assembly s

he

always used

to tell the be

ar

hunt story an

d how she

used to pat h

er lap and

when she us

ed to tell fun

ny

jokes. Mrs Page

always

pushed us to

do the best

we

could. Christ

y

I remember in nursery

she used to talk to us in

a squeaky voice. It was

really funny and made

me laugh.

Lakeisha

Mrs Page was a great teacher.

She encouraged us to do our

best in school.

Chris

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This birthday rap was This birthday rap was This birthday rap was This birthday rap was written for Mrs Page by written for Mrs Page by written for Mrs Page by written for Mrs Page by children who were in Mr children who were in Mr children who were in Mr children who were in Mr Moore’s Year 5 class in Moore’s Year 5 class in Moore’s Year 5 class in Moore’s Year 5 class in 2013. The rap appeared 2013. The rap appeared 2013. The rap appeared 2013. The rap appeared on the first page of the on the first page of the on the first page of the on the first page of the first ever edition of our first ever edition of our first ever edition of our first ever edition of our school newspaper and school newspaper and school newspaper and school newspaper and we think it sums Mrs we think it sums Mrs we think it sums Mrs we think it sums Mrs Page up perfectly!Page up perfectly!Page up perfectly!Page up perfectly!