Year 6 joined the rest of KS2 on a prayer hunt yesterday. 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. The children really understood the key messages and worked extremely well all day. Well done Year 6.
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 parents, notifying them of the dangers of high volumes of traffic outside school, parking on double yellow lines, and blocking driveways. We then had Read more
Snowdrops went on a prayer hunt during Forest school. They searched for images of Jesus. We discussed the differences and similarities of the pictures. We then thought about what we think Jesus looks like and drew our own Jesus! The children added lots of detail to their pictures, such as crowns and bibles etc. Snowdrops then searched for items in the forest that were broken and things that had fallen off the trees. We created Read more
Juniper enjoyed their Prayer Hunt yesterday. We moved around the school to work in different locations, thinking about God and his wonderful creations. The children thought about seeds and their growth into mighty things; important events in our lives and how they shape us; Christians around the World; transforming broken things into some thing new; Jesus’ different representations and those who are seeking refuge. The children came up with some amazing prayers and really thoughtful 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.
Today we set off in our rockets to travel around the solar system answering missing number addition problems. We showed excellent team work in working with a partner to answer the question written on each planet and write the completed number sentence on our worksheets.
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 Industrial Revolution.
Today year 6 took part in a workshop delivered by Rochdale Pioneer Museum. The workshop consolidated all their knowledge from our topic this half term. The children focused on key vocabulary such as: Victorian Era, Industrial Revolution, agriculture, trading and cotton. The children took part in games, role play and hands on activities focusing on life in Victorian Rochdale from Cotton Mill Kings, to the lives of the working poor’s stinking sewers to spoiled food Read more
In R.E this half term we have been studying ‘Who is a Christian and what do they believe?’ today we had a very special visit from Reverend Kirsty, who came into our class and discussed what it means to be a Christian and described some beliefs that are important to Christians. She then talked about how she as a Christian lives her life by living by Jesus’ teachings.