Year 6 have really enjoyed their music lessons for the last 8 weeks. They have been focusing on base, tone and slap. They have been working hard to produce a piece of music on the drums. The two songs they have been learning are ‘Up town funk you up and Read more
In PE, Year 6 have been looking at how they can create their own routines in gymnastics. They have had to think about skills that can flow after each other, how to balance and travel effectively, and complexity of moves. Sycamore worked extremely hard and were awarded best class in Read more
Year 6 Sycamore welcomed parents and family into our shared learning this morning. We were able to discuss our latest geography topic, Local Fieldwork, as well as the persuasive letters we wrote as part of our English unit. The letters and fieldwork, a traffic survey we conducted outside of school, Read more
As part of our remembrance celebrations, Year 6 took a wreath the lay at the cenotaph in Heywood. Year 6 were joined by Mrs Farrall and Councillor Rush. After laying the wreath, 2 children shared Remembrance prayers and we had the opportunity to spend some quiet reflection time. The children Read more
As part of our remembrance celebrations, Year 6 took a wreath the lay at the cenotaph in Heywood. Year 6 were joined by Mrs Farrall and Councillor Rush. After laying the wreath, 2 children shared Remembrance prayers and we had the opportunity to spend some quiet reflection time. The children Read more
As part of our four operations unit of work, Year 6 looked at order of operations and how we must use BODMAS. We explored how brackets and BODMAS affect our answers, challenged ourselves to use BODMAS to find 30 answers to the same calculation, played connect 4 and even solved Read more
As part of our English unit on persuasive writing, Year 6 were able to share their letters with and ask questions of Councillor Peter Rush. Councillor Rush has worked in the township for more than two decades and is also a governor at St. Luke’s. He provided us with reasons Read more
After noticing high volumes of traffic whilst walking St Luke’s church, Year 6 conducted a traffic survey to investigate how busy the road was outside of school. After some alarming results, the children decided that it would be a good idea to write letters that could be sent to parents, Read more
During our first forest school session, we were able to take part in many activities, including making bird feeders, freeze frames of autumn pictures and finished with trust games. It was very muddy but we had lots of fun!
This week we were fortunate enough to receive a visit from our local police force to teach us some valuable truck safety information. The children were surprised to learn how little a truck driver can see when a person is standing close to the front of the truck. The Read more