This week, Year 5 began their new Science topic ‘Electrical Circuits’. Our first lesson was all about static electricity. We learnt how static electricity is created, why we feel static shock, when we see evidence of static electricity and how thunder and lightning is created. To support our understanding, we Read more
This week in Forest School, Year 5 have focused their learning on British Science Week. The theme for British Science Week has been ‘Growth’. We discussed how growth is all around us and everyone took part in some exciting science activities. We talked about how the population is growing and Read more
This week, Year have been creating art work for the hall display. As part of our Art topic ‘Every picture tells a story’, Year 5 really enjoyed studying the artist Banksy and so we decided to look at some of his most famous pieces in more detail. Banksy’s work is Read more
This week at Forest School, Year 5 discussed things we may have done wrong in the past and how we moved on from them. The children discussed how sometimes they have arguments with people and say things that they don’t mean and then feel sorry afterwards. We used role play Read more
Year 5 were excited to create art work for a whole school competition this afternoon. For the competition, each year group has been given one of our Christian values to focus their art work on- the winning art from each year group will be displayed in our new entrance.
Year 6 had the chance to have a first try of the new DigiSmart app. We have used DigiSmart for a couple of years at St. Luke’s, so the children were well-placed to look at the changes and what was new! ‘DigiSmart Comprehension: Protest & Power’ helps to build children Read more
This week Year 5 have enjoyed getting back to Forest School. We recapped the rules and played some games to ensure we remembered them. We are linking our sessions to our PSHE lessons and thinking about Easter. We discussed what forgiveness is and why it is important. We also talked Read more
This week Year 5 have been celebrating World Book day. We have dressed up as Book characters, took part in a live lesson, wrote book reviews, designed a new book cover for a book we have enjoyed, made book marks, completed mindful colouring of some inspiring quotes from books, and Read more
As part of our World Book Day celebrations, Year 6 looked at learning, writing and performing a range of poems to celebrate reading. We also designed front covers for the class novels which have inspired our reading and writing this year. All of our activities have helped contribute towards meeting Read more
This morning, Year 6 had a visitor, Reverend Kirsty who came in to task about Ash Wednesday. The children took part in lots of discussions where they had to decide how sorry they would be for a particular incident. Ash Wednesday is all about how Christians confess their sins and Read more