As part of our remembrance celebrations, Year 6 took a wreath the lay at the cenotaph in Heywood. Year 6 were joined by Mrs Farrall and Councillor Rush. After laying the wreath, 2 children shared Remembrance prayers and we had the opportunity to spend some quiet reflection time. The children Read more…
As part of our four operations unit of work, Year 6 looked at order of operations and how we must use BODMAS. We explored how brackets and BODMAS affect our answers, challenged ourselves to use BODMAS to find 30 answers to the same calculation, played connect 4 and even solved Read more…
As part of our English unit on persuasive writing, Year 6 were able to share their letters with and ask questions of Councillor Peter Rush. Councillor Rush has worked in the township for more than two decades and is also a governor at St. Luke’s. He provided us with reasons Read more…
During our first forest school session, we were able to take part in many activities, including making bird feeders, freeze frames of autumn pictures and finished with trust games. It was very muddy but we had lots of fun!
After noticing high volumes of traffic whilst walking St Luke’s church, Year 6 conducted a traffic survey to investigate how busy the road was outside of school. After some alarming results, the children decided that it would be a good idea to write letters that could be sent to Read more…
Year 6 joined the rest of KS2 on a prayer hunt. We took part in various activities across school, focusing on the following themes: Different representations of Jesus Seeds of Peace Prayer for refuge and safety Tree rings The World and Christianity Transforming natural materials into art.
Boys from Year 5&6 managed to win the FA Cup football competition, finishing first above 6 other schools. Well done to all of the boys who played.
Year 6 were lucky to have a workshop with the Rochdale Pioneer Museum. We were able to build on all of our prior knowledge from our Industrial Revolution unit in History. We looked at living conditions, working conditions in factories, and how Rochdale was a key boom town during the Read more…
Year 6 have been sharing their interests and favourite book recommendations during our social reading time. We use it as a time to read together, talk about the books we like and suggest books for each other to read.
Year 6 looked at answering questions on the painting ‘Gassed’ by John Singer Sargent. We looked at the story behind the image and looked at who the people were, where they were and what they could be thinking and feeling at that moment. We then looked at a specific aspect Read more…