Mrs Barton, Mrs Plant and Mrs Craddock welcome our new Year 5 class.
Our class Saint is Oscar Romero
Oscar Arnulfo Romero was born into a family of ten on 15th of August in Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador. His father was in charge of the local telegraph office. Sometimes the young Romero helped his father to deliver telegrams. Oscar learned to be a carpenter, making tables, chairs and doors. When he was 14 years old, Oscar wanted to be a priest so he went to study at junior seminary. Some years later, Oscar went to Rome to study and stayed there during World War II. His father and brother died while he was in Rome.
Oscar was ordained a priest and returned to El Salvador. He became famous for his sermons. He also did a lot of parish work like visiting prisons, organising catechism classes and working with others in the Church to provide help and food for the poor. Oscar Romero became Archbishop of San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador.
Violence increased in El Salvador by the mid 1970s, as the government and army began killing poor people who stood up for their rights. When the army killed three people in the village of Tres Calles in Romero’s diocese, he comforted the families and wrote to the President to protest about the murders. Sadly, his friend Fr Rutilio Grande was shot and killed, along with two companions. The following Sunday, Romero allowed only one Mass in the whole diocese - at the Cathedral - where he spoke out against the murders.
As the violence in El Salvador continued, Romero continued to speak out. Every Sunday his sermon was broadcast by radio,the whole country listened. In his sermon on the 23rd March, Romero ordered the army to stop killing people: “In the name of God, and in the name of this suffering people whose cries rise to heaven more loudly each day, I beg you, I implore you, I order you, in the name of God, stop the repression!” The next day, a shot killed Romero as he said Mass.
Oscar Romero’s feast day is the 24th March.
Our Catholic Social Teaching focus this half term is Dignity of the Human Person
Year 5 have linked this focus to El Salvador where Oscar Romero lived. We have looked at how the people of El Salvador lived in poverty and how St Oscar Romero worked hard to change this. He saw the injustice in this country and how the people were not shown dignity by the Government, he was determined to change this. We will be following in the footsteps of St Oscar Romero by being fair, respectful and caring.
Wee remember the words of Jesus, ' Love one another as I have loved you.'
Our virtues for this half term are Curious and Active
Curious: The children will explore God’s creation and ask questions to find out more. Everything around us was created by God. Being curious about these things – from tiny insects to enormous planets, from the languages of the Earth to the patterns made by numbers – brings us closer to God.
Active: We will be working to make things better where we can. Making the right choices to how to act. As we use our curiosity to explore, we find things that could be better: a friend is unhappy; a neighbour is lonely; there is litter in the playground; the whiteboard needs wiping. Some of these problems we can fix. By being active we take responsibility for these tasks and look after God’s creation
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Topics Autumn 1
English - The Great Fire of London - descriptive writing
Maths - Place Value
RE - Creation
History - The British Empire
Geography -
Art - Printing
French - St Thomas Aquinas will be supporting Year 5 with French
PE - Invasion Games
Music - The Greatest Shows
Class Notices
Please ensure that all children have a water bottle in class
Please ensure that your child reads each evening for at least 10 minutes and sign their diary.
Thursday
PE Kit
Friday:
Spelling test
Times table test
Homework given out
Teaching Staff in Year 5
Monday
Mrs Barton
Tuesday
Morning : Mrs Barton Afternoon: Mrs Plant
Wednesday
Morning: Mrs Barton Afternoon: Mrs Plant
Thursday
Morning: Mrs Barton Afternoon: Mrs Plant
Friday
Mrs Barton
