What a fantastic day we have had at Magna! We have explored fire, air and water and completed a workshop on magnets and metals, which fit really well with the topic we have been studying this half-term. We have had so much fun!! So much so, that a few of Read more
This week has been French and Art week at St Luke’s. In art, we looked at the artist Monet. We worked on Art techniques such as mixing colours and creating texture using tissue, newspaper and different brush strokes before creating a background for our final piece. We then used charcoal Read more
To link in with our metals topic, we have been writing explanation texts for iRobots. We began by watching an award winning short film about a robot dog and discussed things such as its movements, how we understood its emotions and its relationship with its owner. We then wrote an Read more
As part of our mighty metals topic we have looked at different types of metals and their properties including metals that easily rust. We then completed an experiment to see what happens to copper coins when placed in various liquids. Our recorded results showed that liquids that contain acid, sugar Read more
As part of our mighty metals topic we have been learning about forces. We went to Queen’s Park to look at what forces were present in the playground. We then drew and labelled forces and contact or non-contact force on the equipment. We then focussed on the force friction by Read more
In PSHE today, we looked at the statement ‘No way through isn’t true’. We first discussed what we though this meant and shared our ideas. Boris the heart smart and boot helped us to do this. We decided this meant that we should never give up and no matter how Read more
In maths today, we began our next block of learning, which includes shapes, angles and rotation. In our lesson today we revised and deepened our knowledge of position, direction and movement from Year 2. To do this, the class split into 3 groups and each group completed a paractical, verbal Read more
When Miss Lomax got into school this morning, she found something strange in the school grounds. Year 3 went to explore. We found a really large outline of what looked like a body but was much too big and oddly shaped. We questioned what it may be and how it Read more
Our time in Carcasonne has come to an end. We are at the airport ready for our flight home to Manchester. Had a fantastic final few days including more language lessons, walking around Carcasonne castle learning about the history and much more. However, ours and Albert’s favourite day was yesterday Read more
Abert has had a very busy first few days in Carcassonne and has loved every minute. He has taken his first french lesson, taken part in a task where he has used his french knowledge to speak to locals, taken part in a game of platonk, had a picnic in Read more