As part of our research into Darwin and his Theory of Evolution, Year 6 investigated what fossils are, where they are found, how they are formed and what types of fossils there are. We created information booklets using our 4 sentence paragraph strategy: statement, question, exclamation and command. The children had the chance to explore the different types of fossils thanks to Wardle Academy, who kindly made their own fossil collection available for us to Read more
Abert has had a very busy first few days in Carcassonne and has loved every minute. He has taken his first french lesson, taken part in a task where he has used his french knowledge to speak to locals, taken part in a game of platonk, had a picnic in the park , visited a local book shop, watched some of the local triathlon and tasted much of the local cuisine including d’escargots which is Read more
We have worked really hard this week so on Thursday afternoon we had lots of fun with flowers. We made some gift tags for some lavender bags, drew pictures of flowers on purple mash, wrote acrostic poems, watched a video on how to draw a flower and we completed an ‘all about me’ flower as well.
Nous Sommes arrives en Carcasonne, La France 🇫🇷 Albert, Madame Lomax and Madame Ellison have arrived safely in Carcasonne. Albert loved the flight and we are all excited to learn new vocabulary, learn about French culture and bring back lots of ideas to support French at St Luke’s. Keep a look out for updates on Albert’s journey.
As part of our topic we have been learning about changing state. This week we have used our design and technology skills to design and create chocolate creations. We had lots of fun adding exciting ingredients. We then created advertisements.
We became artists in Year 1 this week and created observational drawings of famous landmarks in the United Kingdom. Have a look at some of our masterpieces!
Year 4 have been working hard in English, writing Macbeth’s diary recount. To help us plan our work, we enjoyed acting out the scenes after King Duncan’s death in class today. We have some amazing actors and actresses!
This week the children have combined together, their knowledge of Martin Luther King from our topic heroes and villains, our knowledge of the environment from ECO week, ideas discussed in PSHE on Stephen Lawrence day and our English skills, to write our own “I have a dream” poems. The children have produced such lovely pieces of writing that some will be displayed on our wall along with our drawings of Martin Luther King.
In our topic lessons we have been learning about the Great Fire of London. We learnt that the fire started in a bakery where bread was made so we followed instructions to make our own bread rolls. We then got to try the bread – it was very yummy!
This week we have linked our current English book to our science work to begin investigating how we can find Peter Pan a new shadow. We learnt about transparent, translucent and opaque materials and what happens to light as it travels towards the material. We looked at various materials and predicted if it was transparent, translucent or opaque before carrying out the investigation using torches and recording our results. We also found out how shadows Read more