Over the last few weeks, Year 5 have been writing letters to Scrooge based on their their teacher’s modelled writing. This week, the children are using the writing techniques and grammar they have learnt during the modelled writing, to independently write persuasive letters to the Grinch. Their letters to the Read more…
Congratulations to our new school council! This year, our school council will be running slightly differently. We are now working with ‘Smart School Council’ which gives us access to digital tools that involve every pupil in decision making, social action and developing key skills for life. The school council will Read more…
In History, Year 5 are studying the Benin Kingdom. So far we have learnt about how the Benin Kingdom began, what life was like for the Edo people in the Benin Kingdom and how trade links established and what goods were traded. As part of these lessons we have sketched Read more…
During the last couple of weeks, Year 5 have been working hard on perimeter and area. To help us remember how to calculate perimeter, and to remember the difference between perimeter and area, we learnt a song about Peri the snail.
This week St Luke’s have celebrated both anti-bullying week and Children in Need. Earlier in the week, we watched ‘The Big anti-bullying assembly’ and discussed what bullying is, who can support us if we are being bullied and and how we can help put a stop to bullying. Each class Read more…
On Friday, the whole school recognised and celebrated World Mental Health day by taking part in Hello Yellow to raise money for the fantastic Young Minds charity. The children came to school dressed in yellow, listened to assemblies that taught them about mental health, and took part in a range Read more…
Since returning to school, Year 5 have been producing some fantastic writing based on an animated clip named ‘The present’. So far in our writing, a computer game obsessed Ben, has just received a special gift from his mum. When Ben opens the gift he is surprised to find a Read more…
Year 5 have enjoyed their first session in the forest this week. This half term, we are doing forest science and investigating materials using the outdoor environment. Today we focused on how to keep safe in the area and discussed the rules. We talked about how to look after the Read more…
Year 5 have had a fantastic afternoon with Emma and her crazy creatures. As a special end of year treat, and to link with our current science topic, we had a special visitor come to school with a selection of her fantastic creatures. We met a monitor lizard, snake, scorpion, Read more…
Following the recent media coverage about racist comments made towards members of the England football team, Year 5 pulled away from our usual timetable to discuss our thoughts, feelings and opinions on racism and to learn more about what we can do as individuals to help make a change. I Read more…