Today, Year 5 Juniper visited Newhouse Academy to carry out some science experiments with Miss Dawson. The children got a coach journey up to Newhouse where they were greeted with Miss Dawson. We then went to one of the science laboratories where the children were given an introduction to what Read more
In our art topic this half term, year 5 are looking at craft and design, specifically architecture. We have looked at houses and buildings so far and have even made our own drawings of houses. Today, we selected a small area of our drawing from last lesson as if we Read more
This half term Year 5 will be focusing on architecture. The children will learn all about observational drawing, printmaking, and building design. This unit will encourage children to explore architectural elements and analyse the work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Today, we took advantage of the lovely weather and went outside to Read more
KS2 were treated to a fantastic performance of The Jungle Book by M&M theatre company. All of the children really enjoyed the show and Year 6 were able to take part in a workshop afterwards.
Today at St Luke’s, we have come to school with crazy hair to support Comic Relief! The children have loved it and some wanted to share their fantastic efforts! You all looked amazing for a great cause!
This morning, Year 5 have taken part in their very own press conference. This week for careers week, Year 5 were given the engineer Mae Jemison to focus on. Throughout the start of the week we were able to learn lots about Mae by watching videos, reading her stories, and Read more
Session 1 – Ask Throughout careers week, Year 5 have been given an engineering topic that is called ‘The Sky’s The Limit.’ Today we carried out “Session1: Ask” which asked the question ‘How do some things fly better than others?’ We looked into how simple systems work, identifying how each Read more
In Year 5 this half term, we are carrying out a topic on life cycles and reproduction. We started our brand new topic yesterday where we began by looking at the reproductive system of a flower. We discussed the life cycle of a plant and looked at each stage of Read more
Year 5 have been litter picking today as our part of our ‘Random act of kindness’. Random act of kindness week is a global, annual event dedicated to encouraging, celebrating and practicing small acts of kindness to foster community, positivity and connection. Well done year 5.
Some year 5 children have continued their journey with other Rochdale schools, working scientifically to identify a problem within our local community that we can solve through scientific enquiry. The session took place at Rochdale Town Hall and began with a guest speaker from Cambridge University who spoke with the Read more