October is Black History Month in the Uk. Today we learnt about why Black History is celebrated, and about significant people within black history, including Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Mary Seacole, Barack Obama and George Washington Cava. We then created our own fact files.
In Willows today we talked about Black History Month where we looked at famous black people that achieved great things! We discussed the meaning behind Black History Month and talked about how we shouldn’t discriminate because of the colour of someone’s skin. The children found it really interesting and loved 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…
We looked at The Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson. We noticed that the Smartest Giant in town was very kind to all the animals in the story. We decided to be kind like the Giant by giving people around the school some scrummy treats! We thought carefully Read more…
As our WW2 topic drew to a close, the children celebrated the end of the war in style. After looking at some of the most important and influential speeches in history, from the likes of Sir Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King, Year 6 wrote their own VE speeches and Read more…
As part of our WW2 topic, we have been studying the book ‘Letters from the Lighthouse’. We looked at writing newspaper reports based on an air raid that the two main characters, Olive and Cliffe, found themselves caught up in whilst visiting the theatre. After reporting on the event, Read more…
After a successful Macmillan coffee morning, which raised over £170, St Luke’s still had a few tasty donations left over. Staff took the remaining cakes and treats to Roeacre Court sheltered housing to help contribute to their coffee morning and provide some extra treats for residents and their visiting family Read more…
Year 6 have been looking at some of the messages sent during WW2, in particular propaganda messages from Axis and Allied leaders. We looked at the messages behind each and decided if they were a truthful message and if they would mislead the public about the war. We used 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…
On Tuesday we had a wonderful time visiting out Linking Project friends at All Saints’ CE Primary School. The theme of the day was ‘All around the world’ making African masks, clay masks, optical illusion art and playing games. Thank you to all at All Saints’ and to the Linking Read more…
