Physical Education
Greater Manchester Cross Country – Representing Rochdale
Well done to Tilly, Alex and Tyler who represented Rochdale in the Greater Manchester Cross Country event this morning. We are very proud of you all.
Careers Related Learning
Sports Journalist Donates Books to St Luke’s
Sports journalist, Gareth Walker, has donated a number of books to St. Luke’s after being impressed with the work and attitude of our children over the past few years. We always love welcoming Gareth to deliver his Literacy Kicks programme, a 6-session workshop looking at all the key skills needed Read more
Art & Design
Art – Portraying self
Year 6 looked at how to use a range of materials to create a 3D image to represent themselves.
Careers Related Learning
St Luke’s Sports Leaders
Well done to all those children that have been chosen as part of our sports leaders. The children help with activities at lunchtimes and afterschool competitions. We also have our own sports journalist who will be updating our blog with all the sporting activities across school.
Physical Education
Hockey
This half term we have been learning how to play hockey. We have been improving our passing and scoring skills
Careers Related Learning
Literacy Kicks – Final Session
After 6 weeks of working with sports journalist, Gareth Walker, Year 6 produced their own opinion pieces are the importance of winning. We were also able to have a Q&A with Gareth around his role and a career in writing and journalism.
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 E-sports. Each session, we focus on a different Paralympian. Today’s was an Iranian sitting volleyball Read more
Careers Related Learning
Sports Journalist Workshop
Year 6 were lucky to have the first of their 6 sports journalism workshops with professional sports journalist, Gareth Walker from Literacy Kicks. Their first report was based on reporting on a major sporting event. Over the next three weeks, they will look at producing opinion pieces, editing a report Read more
Art & Design
Artist Study – Banksy
For our final piece, Year created a double-page spread about the famous artist, Banksy. We took all of the skills we have acquired throughout the unit, looking at the techniques and meanings behind different artwork, and recreated Banksy’s most famous pieces on the styles we have looked at.