This week we have been learning about South Africa, our focus has been the story ‘Handa’s Surprise’. In literacy we started by retelling the story using our own character masks. Handa put seven delicious fruit in a basket for her friend , Akeyo. However those cheeky animals took a different Read more…
Firstly, we would like to congratulate all of the children who took part in last weeks science experiment – volcano. We were so impressed to see all the images and videos! This weeks experiment for you to complete at home is called ‘walking rainbow’. This week you will visualise science 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…
Willows have really enjoyed World Book Day in and have been taking part in lots of activities. We took part in a LIVE lesson all about rhyming words and how we can use them in our poetry writing. We loved performing a poem as a class, which told the Read more…
Rather than just celebrating world book day, we have celebrated it all week! We have spend the week reading the book Alice in wonderland and performed scenes, created character descriptions and wrote two poems based on the book. We also listen to a celebrity read the book to us on 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…
This week we have been learning about France, looking at the language they speak, the food they eat and also landmarks within France. Bertie had been to France and left us a letter to read and we guessed where we thought he was. We then worked together to write him Read more…
In art, we have been improving a range of art skills. Before the half term, we enjoyed mixing shades of paint to make different shades of green. We also enjoyed printing using Lego blocks to make lovely bright patterns and we loved making our own stamps Read more…
Thursday 17th February was random acts of kindness day. This year our new Anti-bullying/ Kindness ambassadors helped to come up with some ‘Acts of kindness’ ideas that classes could take part in. Each class then chose a random act of kindness to complete. Reception made kindness cards for a friend Read more…
Today, a group of children from Years 2-6, received their training to become student ‘Mental Health Champions’ for St Luke’s. They spent their morning completing a workshop delivered by One Goal, who are a child centred health and well-being company that specialise in helping primary schools improve mental health and Read more…