This afternoon Pine have been introduced to two new ‘skills builders’. We have discussed in detail the qualities needed to be a good problem solver and what makes someone creative. We’ve investigated different jobs that require these two skills and discussed how we are problem solvers and creative within school Read more…
This week in PE Pine have been working on improving their basketball skills. The lesson focused on dribbling, attacking, defending and shielding the ball. Have a look at how well we’ve done by scrolling through our photographs.
This morning Pine have been recalling previous learning about nouns. Their recollection of the different types of noun and being able to give examples was absolutely brilliant! Well done everyone!
Today Pine have take part in a MoneySense workshop as part of our finance week at St Luke’s. Two volunteers from Natwest came to tell us all about their careers in finance and what their job involves on a daily basis. The children worked together in groups, with support from Read more…
Pine have been learning how to be assertive this afternoon. We discussed the meaning of the word and read some examples of assertiveness. We then looked at some real-life situations that we could find ourselves in and how we would deal with them assertively. We acted out some of these Read more…
This afternoon Pine have been carrying out a separating investigation. We used our knowledge of filtering and sieving to separate our river water back into pure substances. We used lots of equipment: filter paper, funnels, beakers, sieves. We discussed our ideas and planned our method. We finished with some fantastic Read more…
Today in our Collective Worship we have been learning about Black History month. This is celebrated every year in the month of October to recognise the achievements of black people, both past and present, who have made a difference to the lives of others. We’ve read about Rosa Parks, Barrack Read more…
Today we celebrated European Day of Languages. We started our day off by coming into school dressed in the colours of the French flag, and enjoyed a tasty breakfast of French croissants and brioche. We were able to take part in a dance workshop to learn a dance routine to Read more…
This afternoon in Pine, the children have been introduced to our ‘Skills Builder’ programme. These are a group of 8 essential skills that are highly transferrable, and support us to do any job, anywhere. Over the course of the year we will be looking at each of these skills in Read more…
During this week’s RE lesson we’ve been thinking about answers to the question: Is God real? What do Christians think? The children came up with some really thought-provoking answers. We then discussed what we thought God might look like. We made references to titles he’s been given in the Bible, Read more…