A group of Year 5 children have continued their scientific journey at Rochdale Town hall. We are involved in a project with other Rochdale schools to investigate an aspect of renewable energy. Our children have decided to try to answer the question: If our school was to buy solar panels, Read more
Pine have learnt all about the lifecycle of an amphibian today. We have compared the lifecycles of different amphibians and played a leap frog game to test our knowledge. We discussed in groups how temperature may affect an egg hatching and worked scientifically by using data to draw conclusions.
What another fantastic effort from our pupils this week at home. Some wonderful science experimenting going on! Well done everyone, you really rose to the challenge of making water rise.
What a brilliant effort at home this week everyone! Well done, make sure you come to see Mrs Grindrod or Miss Maxwell to have your experiment card hole punched. What amazing scientists we have! This week you have explored and investigated colours by creating a walking rainbow. Because of capillary Read more
Wow, what a fantastic effort from some of our pupils this week! They have been busy creating erupting volcanoes at home. They carried out the following experiment to see an erupting volcano: Combine the vinegar, water, dish soap and 2 drops of food colouring into the empty soda bottle. Use Read more
This week is Careers Week at St Luke’s with a focus on engineering and in Pine today we have been looking into the life of Mae Jemison – the first African-American black woman to become an astronaut. During our lesson we held a press conference for Mae. Children took on the role of being Mae Jemison and answered questions from other class members. The children displayed some excellent confident formal speaking and asked some fantastic questions – Why is engineering important in space? What skills do you need to be successful? What was your biggest challenge?
This half term Pine are learning about lifecycles and reproduction in plants. In our lesson today we have dissected lilies and tulips to identify the different parts of a flower. We have observed and compared equivalent parts in different flowers and described the lifecycle of a plant, including the reproductive Read more
Year 5 have been litter picking today as our part of our ‘Random act of kindness’. Random act of kindness week is a global, annual event dedicated to encouraging, celebrating and practicing small acts of kindness to foster community, positivity and connection. Well done year 5.
Some year 5 children have continued their journey with other Rochdale schools, working scientifically to identify a problem within our local community that we can solve through scientific enquiry. The session took place at Rochdale Town Hall and began with a guest speaker from Cambridge University who spoke with the Read more
This week has been all about toast! The children have learnt about ‘Murphy’s Law’ that ‘if something can go wrong it will go wrong!’ They have investigated the question, ‘Why does toast always land buttered side down?’ We have had great fun investigating whether or not the thickness of the Read more