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
While it’s been a very strange and a little bit scary week, we have tried to have lots of fun in the classroom. We made some cards (but they’re a surprise so no pictures of those), did some exercise in PE, played outside lots and read some new stories. Today Read more
At the the beginning of this week we read the story of the three little pigs. We had lots of different activities linked to the story around the classroom and Miss Horrocks set us a special challenge! We were a bit worried when she said she had invited the big Read more
Thank you to all the family members that joined Birch for their shared learning and lunch this week. The children had so much fun telling and showing you what we have been learning about in topic this half term. They especially loved you getting messy building volcanoes with them. We Read more
This week we have been designing our own superheroes. We have carefully thought about our super powers, adjectives describing our superheroes and what our costume would look like. We have then been very busy designing and making our own capes and masks. Today we have been able to wear them Read more