Learning for Life
Random Act of Kindness
Juniper have been litter picking in the park today as part of St Luke’s ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ Day. All the children were extremely enthusiastic and eager to find as much litter as they could!
Christian Values
Random Acts of Kindness at Springbank Carehome
This week, St Luke’s are celebrating Random acts of Kindness day. As part of the activities, we decided to spread kindness to our linked care-home Springbank. Some children from KS2, selected for excellent behaviour and attitudes to learning this half-term, attended the care-home to have ‘a cake and a chat’ Read more…
Equality & Diversity
Mental Health Week
This week was Mental Health Week, the theme was ‘My Voice Matters’. We had lots of discussions in class about what Mental Health is and who they can talk to so they can get their voice heard, we also discussed what things are important to us, what helps us feel Read more…
Christian Values
Secret friend
This week is Children’s Mental Health with the theme ‘being ourself’. We talked about how everyone is unique and special. We’re then given a name of someone in our class and it was our jobs to do something this week to make them smile! This could be anything from leaving Read more…
Art & Design
3D sculptures in forest school
In art, year 1 have been learning about and creating 3D art. This week, in forest school, we created our own 3D sculptures, of an animal of our choice, using clay and natural materials. After working so hard in lessons today, we also had some free time exploring forest school Read more…
Learning for Life
The 4 R’s
This afternoon Juniper have had a visit from Rochdale’s environment education officer. They have learnt all about the 4r’s – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Recover. There was some great participation in the discussion and the children now know what goes into each of the rubbish bins we have at home. Read more…
Learning for Life
PANTS
We have all completed our PANTS lesson to discuss the importance of keeping safe. We created an acrostic poem to explain what PANTS means: Privates are private Always remember your body belongs to you No means no Talk about secrets that upset you Speak up, someone can help. We then Read more…
Art & Design
Protest Posters
As part of our history topic, Civil Rights, we have been looking at protests and the balance between safety and freedom as our big question. We looked at global issues and how people protest to make their voice heard. We then focussed on the BLM protests and protest for equality. Read more…
PSHCE
A visit from the Oral Health Nurse
This morning, year 4 enjoyed a visit from the Oral Heath team to tell us how to keep our teeth clean. 🦷
Learning for Life
The importance of good oral health and hygiene
This morning, year 4 had a visit from our school nurse. Michelle told us all about the importance oral hygiene, we learnt what teeth are and how to look after them, what we use our teeth for, how many teeth we have and which are deciduous and permanent and the Read more…