British Science Week In Year 5 Juniper, we have been carrying out lots of exciting activities to celebrate British Science Week. Over the past week, we have had British Science Week themed lessons in many of our subjects. This year’s theme is ‘Being Curious’. Maths In our Maths lesson, we Read more
Yesterday, Year 5 Juniper took part in the Urenco “Sorting Things” Workshop, where they explored different ways scientists separate mixtures. Through a range of hands-on activities, the children investigated sieving, chromatography, indicators and centrifuges, learning how these techniques are used in everyday life and in industry. They tested substances to discover Read more
Year 5 Juniper took part yesterday in an engaging Online Behaviours Workshop, designed to help children navigate the digital world safely, responsibly and confidently. Through interactive discussions and activities, the children explored how online behaviours can affect mental wellbeing, learned about the influence of social media influencers and online advertising, Read more
Today, Year 5 Juniper visited Newhouse Academy to carry out some science experiments with Miss Dawson. The children got a coach journey up to Newhouse where they were greeted with Miss Dawson. We then went to one of the science laboratories where the children were given an introduction to what Read more
In our art topic this half term, year 5 are looking at craft and design, specifically architecture. We have looked at houses and buildings so far and have even made our own drawings of houses. Today, we selected a small area of our drawing from last lesson as if we Read more
Today at St Luke’s, we have come to school with crazy hair to support Comic Relief! The children have loved it and some wanted to share their fantastic efforts! You all looked amazing for a great cause!
This morning, Year 5 have taken part in their very own press conference. This week for careers week, Year 5 were given the engineer Mae Jemison to focus on. Throughout the start of the week we were able to learn lots about Mae by watching videos, reading her stories, and Read more
Session 1 – Ask Throughout careers week, Year 5 have been given an engineering topic that is called ‘The Sky’s The Limit.’ Today we carried out “Session1: Ask” which asked the question ‘How do some things fly better than others?’ We looked into how simple systems work, identifying how each Read more
In Year 5 this half term, we are carrying out a topic on life cycles and reproduction. We started our brand new topic yesterday where we began by looking at the reproductive system of a flower. We discussed the life cycle of a plant and looked at each stage of Read more
In STEM Club this week, our task was called ‘Bridge Blunder’. The children were given the task of building a bridge that would stretch over a 20cm span. The children were only able to use paper, scissors and sellotape to make their creation. This was quite the challenge! Once the Read more