This week all classes took part in the NSPCC PANTS lesson. During these discussions we teach our pupils the following important safety skills without giving explicit information or telling scary stories. We use the ‘PANTS’ acrostic, which is like a green cross code for staying safe from sexual abuse. PANTS stands Read more
Today, both year 6 classes visited the cenotaph in Heywood to pay our respects for Armistice Day. The children read out a lovely poem in remembrance of all we have lost fighting in the wars. The children placed a wreath down with a beautiful message to all the fallen soldiers Read more
This week St Luke’s celebrated World Mental Health Day. Children came to school dressed in Yellow and raised money for YoungMinds. The children also took part in various activities throughout the day based on ‘The 5 Ways To Wellbeing’. Thank you to everyone who has donated so far, we have Read more
As a follow on from Hello Yellow on Monday, Year 6 looked at how they could express the 5 ways to wellbeing through art. They used a piece by Lubaini Himid, named Five, to inspire their use of colours, tones, shapes and lines. They also applied the skills they Read more
Year 1 Oaks read the bible story “Jesus’ Special Friends” and talked about what makes a good friend. We used fruit to represent our Christian values and what we value in a friendship. The blueberries represented kindness, strawberries represented love and so on. At the end we sprinkled ‘happiness’ onto Read more
The children have had a wonderful day today for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We have learnt lots of facts about the Queen and her life during her 70 years on the throne. We have enjoyed making lots of decorations and cakes! We also had a special ‘afternoon tea’ picnic together Read more
The children have had a wonderful day today for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We have learnt lots of facts about the Queen and her life during her 70 years on the throne. We have enjoyed making our own jubilee mementos and having a picnic for our lunch.
We have had so much fun celebrating the Queen’s jubilee. We have been learning all about Queen Elizabeth and have spent today making crafts and icing cakes. We even had a picnic on the grass at dinnertime to celebrate.
As part of our Civil Rights topic, Year 6 looked at examples of artwork that promotes diversity and equality. After discussing different pieces, we decided to recreate Pop Art portraits of Rosa Parks. We used watercolours for the portrait and oil pastels to blend colours for a vibrant background.
