History
History- explorers
We have started learning about Christopher Columbus and to see what different items he brought back from ‘The America’s’ we became explorers. We used our different senses to try to work out what he brought Read more…
History
History timeline
We are so lucky at St Luke’s to have our own custom timeline out sight so all children can learn and understand the progress of their learning journey. They can see how their current learning Read more…
Science
Stem Club Week 2
This week at Stem Club we’ve been thinking about weights, forces and measures. We set ourselves the challenge of building a bridge from 5 sheets of A4 paper to see how much weight it could Read more…
Science
Magnetism
In our Science lesson this week, we’ve been learning all about magnets. We know that magnets are objects that have a north and south and pole and that can attract/repel other magnetic materials, that two Read more…
Science
Magnetism!
Last week, Year 5 Juniper started their new topic in science on magnetism. Today we learnt all about magnets, when they were discovered and how they work. We even learnt that magnets were first found Read more…
Art & Design
Cai Guo-Qiang inspired Installation Art
This half term we’re learning about installation art. During todays lesson we investigated the explosive artwork of Cai Guo-Qiang. We looked at the techniques used to create explosion effects like Cai used and created our Read more…
British Values
NSPCC Speak Out Stay Safe
In class today, Year 5 Juniper took part in the NSPCC Speak Out Stay Safe assembly and workshop. We were able to discuss the different types of abuse, know that it is never the child’s Read more…
English
Literacy Kicks – Editing
During session four of our Literacy Kicks workshops, we looked at the role of a sub editor and how they edit submitted news reports before publishing. We edited a news article about the growth of Read more…
Learning for Life
Learning for life
This week in learning for life, we were thinking about how to keep our bodies safe and healthy. We talked about how putting sun cream, soap, shampoo, creams and plasters can help us but we Read more…
Forest school
Signs of winter
As we are currently studying the topic ‘weather’ in Science, and ‘Hot and Cold places in Geography’, we took the opportunity to wrap up warm and head outdoors to explore the changes created by our Read more…
Geography
Temperature
In geography this week, we have been learning about temperature and how we measure temperature. We looked at different thermometers before spending time using digital thermometers to test the temperature in different areas. The children Read more…
After school club
Tackling gender stereotypes
This week’s SMSC assembly was about tackling gender stereotypes in careers. KS1 pupils considered what a builder and a florist may look like before meeting Kimberley and her female colleagues who work in construction and Read more…