Year 5 have had an explosive end to our installation artwork unit by creating artist research pages about the artist Cai Guo-Qiang. We modelled our backgrounds on the explosive style used by Cai and his love of creating artwork using fireworks and gunpowder. The children used paint and straws to Read more
STEM club have been working towards the Crest Award. The children have looked more into various scientist careers and the skills that are needed. In order to be successful, the children have taken on the role of a scientist and independently completed different challenges/ experiments. This week the children completed Read more
We were very excited to have two police officers visit reception today as part of our people who help us topic. The children asked lots of questions and found out about some of the important jobs that police officers do. They also got the opportunity to try on some of Read more
KS1 Athletics Event. KS 1 children took part in the Heywood Sports partnership athletics competition, held at Heywood Sports Village. First up were the races. The girls were up first and were amazing, competing against other incredible runners. After the initial races, it was the turn of the boys, who Read more
Today was the final lesson of our sculpture and 3d interactive installation unit. We have built on our previous lessons and designs to bring our art work and ideas to life. We learnt about the career and skills of a fashion designer, and for our final piece, the children worked Read more
Over the last few weeks, Year 5 have been working on creating their own games in computing and today became game designers! They have been able to create mazes with golden coins to collect, all whilst avoiding the monsters that will make them lose lives! The children have had to Read more
Sports journalist, Gareth Walker, has donated a number of books to St. Luke’s after being impressed with the work and attitude of our children over the past few years. We always love welcoming Gareth to deliver his Literacy Kicks programme, a 6-session workshop looking at all the key skills needed Read more
Well done to all those children that have been chosen as part of our sports leaders. The children help with activities at lunchtimes and afterschool competitions. We also have our own sports journalist who will be updating our blog with all the sporting activities across school.
This afternoon we have looked at 2 new skills builders for this half term. We’ve had some great discussions around how we can stay positive and be creative. The children have given many examples of how they have achieved these things both in and out of school. See some of Read more
This afternoon Year 5 have enjoyed a visit from the Educational Environment Recycling programme. This involved a fun and informative recycling lesson. The children learnt about the importance of recycling with practical examples of how to recycle well at home and the session included fun, interactive games and materials. Each Read more