This week is Art week at St Luke’s and one of our tasks in Year 5 was digital mark making. The children looked at the different careers that digital mark making can lead to and discussed what they would like to be in the future. We watched an example of Read more…
Year 5 have enjoyed a day out at the cinema and a round of crazy golf. Everyone had a great time and especially enjoyed their pizza and chips afterwards. Their behaviour throughout the day was absolutely amazing and they really did do St Luke’s proud!
This afternoon Year 5 enjoyed a visit to Heywood library. We had fun exploring the books and taking time out to enjoy some reading for pleasure. The children have each checked out a book that they are able to enjoy in school. Well done Year 5 for setting such a Read more…
This half term Juniper’s geography topic is all about ‘Energy and Sustainability’. This afternoon we have looked at what ‘sustainability’ means. The children brought a wealth of knowledge about this to the lesson, discussing how we look after our planet and what we are doing to destroy it. We looked Read more…
The Digital leader had a fantastic opportunity to explore how to merge Computing, Design Technology and Science in an extremely fun and creative way. After learning how to connect the microcontroller by creating an electric circuit, the children then wrote programs using the free software (a block based language, similar Read more…
Juniper have been discussing First Aid and its importance this afternoon. All the children were extremely knowledgeable about what to do in an emergency situation. We looked closely at how to help someone who was unresponsive and breathing/not breathing. There were some very sensible suggestions and we all now have Read more…
This weeks forest school session was made even more fun with the addition of s’mores made on the fire. The children really enjoyed creating flower bombs using soil, clay and seeds. We played lots of team games and hunted for different insects. Year 5 had a great afternoon! Thank you Read more…
This week in English we have been using the laptops to help us research our chosen animals ready to write a non chronological report. We have a wide range of animals chosen, from mudskippers to gorillas. The children have spent lots of time finding out interesting facts ready to create Read more…
This week Juniper have put together a performance of our African song, ‘Shosholoza’. They have used their voices and some African dance moves to produce an amazing final piece. All the children have done a great job in keeping in time with each other and being precise with their movements. Read more…
Juniper have worked so well today using a 3D modelling programme. They worked with 3D images, nets and templates to design a house and log cabin. Everyone thought carefully about what features would need to be included, and even made some ‘pattern fills’ to make the buildings look more realistic. Read more…