To finish off our DT topic for this half term focusing on adapting a recipe, we created our own biscuit boxes fit for purpose. Together we thought of success criteria for the boxes: Target audience packaging budget colours ingredients we then used a template to create our boxes and made them in 3D
Well done to those who represented KS2 Girls football team this week in our brand new kit!
Well done to all the children who represented St Luke’s at the Heywood KS1 athletics competition.
Today, our Ethos Council went to visit Springbank care home. The children made Easter cards with the residents and gave out Easter cakes. We had a great time and really enjoyed spending time with the residents and can’t wait for our next visit!
In D.T this half term we have been making a chair for baby bear. First we made 3 different shapes, a pyramid, cylinder and a cuboid to test their stability. We tested how high the board could go before the ball rolled off. Then, we made the shapes using card and masking tape and tested which shape was the most robust by putting books on top of it to test its strength. We used different Read more…
As part of our Maths investigations, we looked at following a set of rules to create patterns. We had to work out fractions, percentages, ratio, area, perimeter and symmetry.
This year, the Spelling Bee competition was ran for all schools within Rochdale to participate. A clear winner from both Year 6 classes and the one Year 5 class was Kelton. He then went to the semi-final to represent St Luke’s. Kelton progressed onto the final and today he competed against eleven other schools in the Grand Final at Rochdale Town Hall. Kelton did himself, his family and St Luke’s extremely proud today. He is Read more…
To celebrate British Science Week this year, year 6 focused on ‘Communicate to Protect’. This focus this year across the country was time. We first looked at time. What is time? How do we measure time? What careers use time to enable them to be successful? Then, the children were given this brief ‘It has been a very wet winter and the risk of damp and mould in houses is high. In this activity, you Read more…
In todays RE lesson we investigated the betrayal of Jesus in the Easter story. We discussed what betrayal means, how it might make us feel and examples of betrayals that we might have experienced. The children discussed the role of Judas and how he wasn’t a good friend to Jesus. We thought about how we could be good friends to each other and created Easter cards to show our friends in class all of the Read more…
Over the past couple of weeks, Year 4 have been lucky enough to have visits from two teachers from St Ann’s academy. During our sessions, we have been learning through a sequence of lessons called the Way-Maker. Each week we focus on a different aspect of Jesus’ life and how he acted. We have learnt how to be: Servant hearted passionate Compassionate bold Forgiving. we reflect on a passage from the bible each week and Read more…