This afternoon, Year 5 had a great time working on an egg drop challenge. The children were given the challenge of creating a parachute to a protect an egg. The children thought about which materials would be best to protect the egg. We then discussed which variables would need to Read more
This morning was very exciting as we had a visit from a Rochdale Council Recycling truck. This truck was special because Nomin’s artwork won a borough-wide art competition and her work has been printed onto the truck. We were all very proud of Nomin and her work looks fantastic and Read more
This week was World Environment Day. We discussed what is happening in the world and what we can do to protect it. We also talked about what the bible says on this topic. In the bible it says that earth has been given to mankind as gift. We talked about Read more
Year 6 have been challenged to design, make and evaluate their own playgrounds in DT. The children have spent the past two days producing their own designs in groups focusing on the design criteria. The playground had to be: fun, safe, something to hide, something to climb up and something Read more
Year 6 have thoroughly enjoyed their new topic in Art, focusing on photo opportunities. Yesterday, using the iPad, children took pictures of fruit in the style of Edward Weston. The children used the photo editing app to edit their images. Have a look at our work.
Year 6 created their own piece of photomontage after taking inspiration from Hannah Hoch and Chris Plowman. Have a look at our pieces of art work.
On Monday year 6 enjoyed a full day of celebrating completing their SATs. All of the staff at St Luke’s are immensely proud of the children for their hard work, commitment and resilience last week when completing their tests. The children have worked so hard leading up to their SATs Read more
Year 5 have had a great time this morning visiting the Golden Mosque in Rochdale. We arrived already knowing a great deal about the Islamic religion (from our RE lessons) and the guide was very impressed with our knowledge. We learnt lots of new things about Islam and were very Read more
Year 6 have taken part in 6 workshops across 3 weeks, looking at the role of sports journalists, guided by journalist, Gareth Walker. Taking a different historical sporting moment each session, Gareth has guided the children through the process of how to create a quality piece of journalistic writing. From Read more
Both year 6 classes have enjoyed completing a scavenger hunt today in the sun looking at all aspects of arithmetic in preparation for their SATs next week. Well done.