To begin our ID topic, which is all about us and who we are, we sketched ourselves by identifying the key characteristics of our faces. We looked at our eyes, hair, nose and mouth, paying attention to size, shape and colour. We used half of our own face as a Read more
We made backgrounds for our new books. We blew the paint so it moved around the page. It made some fantastic effects! We have also started creating our Iron Man portraits. Stay tuned for more pictures…
Year 6 continued their work on inheritance, evolution and Darwin by exploring what DNA is, how it helps decide what type of person we will be and how genetic engineering and selective breeding have affected living things around us. We studied selective breeding in dogs, looking at how species Read more
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 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 Read more
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!
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 Read more
On Stephen Lawrence Day we learnt about how our differences make us special. We learnt what the term descrimination meant and how we can be aware how our behaviours can effect others. We created jigsaw pieces including special things about ourselves showing no matter what our differences ‘we all Read more
We we have had lots of fun this week creating kites out of recycled newspaper! We loved seeing if they could blow in the wind. 🌬🌬🌬 T
This week has been eco week at St Luke’s. We have talked about what is spoiling our world and what we can do to help this and what we can do to help create an eco friendly school. This links with our RE in which we are learning about the Read more