During Music lessons, Year 4 have been looking at Rock n Roll. So far we have looked at different rock and rock artists such as Elvis Presley and Bill Haley. We have learnt how to perform the hand jive and are currently learning how to ‘ walk the baseline’ using the glockenspiels.
Birch have had a great day today learning all about VE Day! We’ve done some dancing, flag making, cabbage soup tasting… (yuck!) and had a lovely interactive Zoom call with the lovely Mr Dilly! We learnt lots from him and saw some amazing photographs.
Thank you to all parents and carers who helped us celebrate VEday! The children experienced life in the 1940s by making cabbage soup; looking through and working out how ration books worked; having a dance workshop to learn how to dance the Lindy Hop and had a 1940s lunch outside We all had a great day!
This week and next week, we are reading the story, ‘The Gingerbread Man’. Reception have been designing their own gingerbread person this week. They have been creating their own life size gingerbread outside with chalk. They drew around themselves with a partner and then designed them on the floor.
This week, St Luke’s have celebrated the 80th Anniversary VE Day! Year 5 Juniper came in dressed in red, white and blue to mark the occasion. We began our day with a wonderful assembly with Miss Fisher where we learnt all about VE Day and why it is such an important day. We even got to see some real war medals that one of the children’s great great grandad had earned in the war! After Read more
Today, the whole school celebrated VE Day. We took part in an assembly, in which we learnt all about what VE Day is, what it was like during the war, and the reasons why we celebrate it and think about those who lost their lives. We also designed and made our own war medals, paper party hats and learnt a war song in Makaton. Our favourite part was trying a recipe made from rations during Read more
We have had such a great day learning about VE Day. We started the day with an assembly from Miss Fisher who told us all about VE Day and why we celebrate it. Afterwards we watched a video about people celebrating and then created a diary entry pretending we had been part of the street parties to celebrate the end of the war. After break time we then made Duchess soup, this was a really Read more
We had lots of fun today at the Science and industry museum. We learnt lots about the human body ready for our next science topic. Did you know your taste buds only last two weeks and then regrow!
As part of an exciting collaborative project, Year 4 joined forces with pupils from Marland Hill and created masks through a special art and poetry initiative exploring identity, creativity, and connection. We used our hobbies, likes, and parts of our personalities to create meaningful drawings that represented who we are. Each piece of artwork came with an explanation, helping others understand our stories and what makes us unique. We then took part in a brilliant Read more
Year 4 Trip to the Science and Industry Museum, Manchester Year 4 had an exciting and educational trip to the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester! The day was packed with hands-on learning, starting with fun experiments and interactive workshops all about our senses. One of the highlights of the visit was the Operation Ouch! Brains, Bogies and You exhibition, which had us laughing, learning, and getting a bit grossed out—in the best way possible! Read more