As part of our safeguarding curriculum, children across school form Year 1– Year 6 have had an assembly and taken part in workshops linked to the NSPCC initiative of ‘Speak out. Stay safe.’ Children demonstrated a fantastic understanding of how to keep themselves safe and they were taught to speak out if they are worried, either to a trusted adult or to Childline.
Please remember in your prayers our children who have made their First Holy Communion. As always they made us very proud and we congratulate them on taking the next step in their faith journey.
The Reception children have thoroughly enjoyed watching baby ducklings hatch from their eggs and have been thrilled to care for them over the past week and a half. The awe, wonder and curiosity that the children have shown, whilst observing and caring for the ducklings, has been astounding. We now have a class full of duckling experts. Our parents and grandparents enjoyed getting to meet the ducklings too.
The children were all sad to see the ducklings go but we know that they will have a happy life at the farm.
What a fantastic day to welcome back our families, with wonderful weather and super sports stars. Everyone showed fantastic team spirit and enjoyed a perfect picnic lunch. Happy times with many memories made.
Well done to our raffle winners! Our school council did a fantastic job at handing out the prizes. Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket.
Reminder: Tomorrow (Monday 25th April) is a Teacher Training Day, children return to school on Tuesday 26th. Please remember that copies of school newsletters, containing dates and important information, are stored on the website and can be viewed at any time. Thank you.
https://ourladylourdesdurham.org/newsletters-2021-22/
Thursday 3rd March 2022 marked 25 years of World Book Day. Lots of activities took place across school to celebrate a love of reading. Check out our class blogs for more information.
Tuesday 8th February is Safer Internet Day. All classes carried out activities related to this year’s theme, ‘All Fun and Games? Exploring respect and relationships online.’ We look forward to sharing some of our learning from the day.
Click on the links below to watch films for parents and carers and complete the E-Safety Quiz on Game Age Ratings.
In school this week we be celebrating children’s mental health week from 7th- 11th February. The theme of the week is ‘Growing Together’. Throughout the week we will be thinking about growing emotionally and finding ways to help each other grow.
To find out more scan and follow the QR code.
On 27th January every year, it is Holocaust Memorial Day.
It’s a day for everyone to remember the millions of people who were killed, or whose lives have been changed, by an event in history called the Holocaust.
At Our Lady of Lourdes we pray for all those who suffered and those who lost their lives as a result of the Holocaust.
You can find out more about the Holocaust and why we designate a special day each year as ‘Holocaust Memorial Day’ by following the link to BBC Newsround, which gives more information and detail https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/38668425
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