Today’s forest school concentrated on our Christian value of ‘Trust’ and incorporated lots of our skills builder skills. We used teamwork and leadership skills to create dens and obstacle courses. The children were blindfolded and had to work together and use our listening and speaking skills to guide their teammates Read more…
Thank you to the parents who joined us for shared learning this week. We all enjoyed showing you our skills builder skills problem solving by figuring out what the ancient Chinese characters said. And our history/ art skills by making our own oracle bones which ancient Chinese people used to Read more…
Year 5 have been learning about the incredible installation artist Cai Guo-Qiang, and creating artist study pages about his work and life. The children used paint and straws to recreate his explosive style. We researched facts about Cai and chose our favourite ones to add to our pages. The final Read more…
Today, Year 5 had our Christmas party. The children had a great time in the hall playing games, dancing and eating lots of treats. We had a Christmas quiz in class and started watching a Christmas movie. Well done Year 5 for excellent behaviour and a brilliant morning.
Yesterday Pine made some lovely Christingles. They thought about their preparation for the Christingle service in Church this morning and the meaning behind the different parts of the Christingle. Today in church they were absolutely amazing. They sung beautifully and really joined in with the actions for the song while Read more…
This week Year 5 have been thinking about angels and the role they play in the Christmas story. Christians believe that angels are God’s special messengers and, in the Christmas story, angels bring special messages to various people. The children worked together to place events from the Christmas story into Read more…
Year 6 were able to work with Breaking Barriers once again, this time watching the monologue “Blind Side” as well as the video “Level the Playing Field” which featured a number of St Luke’s pupils. The video and workshop focused on the issue of VAWG (Violence Against Women and Girls). Read more…
This term Year 6 have had a music teacher from Rochdale Music Service delivering our lessons on Boomwhackers. The children have been looking at key vocabulary, focusing on a new word each lesson. The children have been looking at how to play the Boomwhackers, where you can hit them, how Read more…
During shared learning this week, we discussed our Geography topic with our parents. We then looked at The Skills Builders, specifically problem solving and creativity. The children were also able to identify careers related Geography and our topic – Fieldwork. Thank you to all parents who joined us for Rowan’s Read more…
Today well-being ambassador had a great opportunity to have some well-being training from the school nurses team and your trust. we learnt all about stress and healthy eating