Today the children absolutely loved French day. They learnt all about where France was and how long it would take to walk from our school to the Eiffel Tower in Paris (nearly 5 days without stopping!) They had a French breakfast of brioche and croissants. They also sang lots Read more
This week in forest school we had lots of fun; we used our knowledge of seasons and weather to discuss changes we could see in the environment and how forest school had changed since we started coming again in September – there are lots more leaves on the floor and Read more
Juniper have enjoyed a day of prayer and reflection today. We’ve been busy building dens and thinking about others in countries who are less fortunate than us. We’ve learnt about the stories trees can tell us and reflected on the stories we can tell from our own lives. We’ve identified Read more
Year 4 are taking part in the linking project this year. We are creating friendships with a Year 4 class from Ashfield valley Primary School. This week the children received letters from their linking friend from Ashfield Valley. They were so excited and we have sent some letters back. The Read more
We celebrated European Day of Language by answering the register in different languages, dancing to French music, learning how to count in French and we used Google maps to find different European countries and their landmarks. We love learning about different languages in Willows, we look forward to learning Read more
As part of the build up to our Harvest festival celebrations, the St. Luke’s community have pulled together to donate tins and foods for Heywood Food Bank. Children and families have kindly brought donations into school over the last few weeks and have provided the food bank with valuable Read more
This week we made nature pictures! They used leaves and other bits they found in the garden to create their masterpieces. To finish our final gardening club session for this half term, we played a few games of hide and seek. They loved it and some children got very creative Read more
In RE, we have been continuing to think about why some people believe in God. We recapped the terms atheist, theist and agnostic. We then went on a walk around the school grounds and found amazing things. We found leaves that had 5 different colours on them. We found living Read more
During our computing lessons, the children have been looking at the effects of too much screen time. All children in Year 6 completed a survey at home to find out how much they actually spent on their screens (TV, phones, iPads, computers etc). The children then completed a poster on Read more
As part of our Online Safety topic, Year 6 recorded their screen time and activity time across a week. We then looked at creating fields before adding the class data to a database. Finally, we were able to analyse the data by creating a range of graphs and Read more