Juniper have absolutely outdone themselves today with their outfits for our Careers day. They are truly an inspiration to us all. What great enthusiasm for the jobs we aspire to have when we grow older. Well done everyone! Enjoy looking at the photos. As well as dressing up, Juniper have Read more
Juniper are learning about electrical circuits this half term. We have looked at the different components that make a circuit. We’ve learnt their symbols and had a go at making some circuits. We discussed what effect removing certain components from a circuit may have, then we put these into practise. Read more
This week for careers week we have linked our English lessons with our history topic of ‘Changing Britain’. We have investigated the life of a local hero, Emmeline Pankhurst. The children have had brilliant discussions about the impact Emmeline’s actions have had on Britain and future generations of women and Read more
This half term we’re learning about installation art. During todays lesson we investigated the explosive artwork of Cai Guo-Qiang. We looked at the techniques used to create the explosive effects he used and created our own scaled down version of an art installation. We used mixed media such as paint, Read more
This half term Juniper are learning to play Hockey. This afternoon we have learnt how to hold the hockey stick correctly and dribble with the ball. We had a go at dribbling and changing direction, as well as sending and returning the ball to each others hockey stick.
Juniper have been litter picking in the park today as part of St Luke’s ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ Day. All the children were extremely enthusiastic and eager to find as much litter as they could!
Today Year 5 completed our stuffed toys. The children have worked ready hard during this unit and and created some brilliant toys. Lots of the children initially found the sewing aspect difficult but persevered and should be very proud of themselves. Well done Year 5!
Juniper enjoyed a lesson with their families this morning. It was lovely to see the joy on their faces. We all worked together, thinking about the Christian value of ‘Love’ to decorate a plant pot ready for Valentines Day. Each child planted a sweetpea inside the pot. Please enjoy the Read more
Science club have been working towards the Crest Award. In order to be successful, the children have the independently complete different challenges. This week the children completed the task ‘Crafty rafts’. We then tested them in water to see which raft held the most amount of counters before it sank.
Juniper have been working on ‘finding the whole’ in Maths this morning. We have used our knowledge of finding fractions of amounts and our times tables to calculate the answers. We’ve drawn some fantastic bar models to visualise and calculate. These have really helped us in our learning.