This afternoon, Willows have been looking at traditional African patterns. We learnt about an African tribe in South Africa called the Ndebele Tribe. We decided to design a rug with traditional African patterns using oil pastels. Whilst we were designing our rugs, we listened to some traditional African music, which Read more…
We have been learning about the artist Andy Goldsworthy who creates art using stones, pebbles and rocks. We created mood boards so we could explore some of his work and then we created our own piece of art work using stones that we collected from around the school grounds. Have Read more…
This week we have been learning about different materials and which materials float or sink. We have also been doing some fantastic plates art work:
Over the past few weeks that Year 1 have been in, we have had lots of fun! Here is a selection of photographs that we have taken over the weeks.
Today we had an art lesson which was linked to our topic Allotment. We first learnt various shading techniques and practised this using various graphic pencils. We then chose a fruit or vegetable to sketch and shade from observation.
We have had such a brilliant, positive start to our new school year. All children have been wonderful and are really happy to be in school, seeing their friends once again. They have all been really positive about moving up into Year 1 and even had a little visit from Read more…
Year 6 have been set the challenge of creating poems and pieces of artwork, ready for the reopening of the Dippy exhibition. Head of Schools for Rochdale, Gillian Barrat, gave the children the opening lines for three verses of a poem which would demonstrate that during lowdown and the pandemic, Read more…
(edited – Missed one out! Here it is above!) Here are some of the amazing entries we received. All were so inventive and Eco friendly. It was so difficult for the staff at St Luke’s to choose. Well done to everyone who entered! We hope you had lots of fun Read more…
Bird feeder competition ends today at 3pm so get your entries in as quick as you can. We have had lots of excellent entries so far! Make sure you enter yours to be in with the chance of winning one of two Amazon vouchers! Good luck
Just to remind everyone that the deadline for the Bird Feeder Competition is Friday 15th May. We have already had some lovely entries but please don’t miss out! Get your entries in by this Friday for a chance to win one of two Amazon eGift cards to spend however you Read more…