Month: April 2021

All about the Art this week…

30th April 2021

Lots of exciting art and design & technology projects have been started across the school for this half term. In  Year 6 the children are learning illusion techniques and applying this to their drawings.  Linked with their topics Year 5 are designing and making Greek pots whilst Year 4 are making Ancient Egyptian necklaces and…

International Dance Day

30th April 2021

Year 5 embraced International Dance Day on Thursday 29th April with Luckley House joining in a virtual dance workshop. International Dance Day is a celebration day for those who can see the value and importance of the art form “dance”.  The warm up challenged some of the children and they were definitely limbered up ready…

Learning to throw and hit a target!

30th April 2021

This week Pre-Reception learnt the under and overarm throwing technique and how to throw to a target.  They then used these skills to thrown different types of objects.    There were some great throwing skills and lots of laughter particularly when they had to try and hit the teacher.

School equipment – in French

30th April 2021

In French this term we’ve started to take a look inside our schoolbags, and we can already recognise and name some of the items…can you?

Acting out poems

30th April 2021

Year 1 are working on performance poems this term. Each week they are learning a poem and performing it as a small group or a duo. The children are enjoying working together to decide how they will present their poem, sometimes they are reciting in unison, sometimes dividing the lines between them and sometimes they…

Happy Birthday Mr Rudkin

23rd April 2021

Hip Hip Hooray it’s someone’s birthday! We all had great fun celebrating Mr Rudkin’s birthday with him this week and wish him many happy returns. The day was full of birthday cheer and surprises. The whole school gathered to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ and Year 6 performed a special birthday song and dance. All year groups…

Welcome to Summer Term!

23rd April 2021

Hooray! The start of Summer term and the sun is shining. Lots of smiley happy faces this first week back at school. Exciting things ahead this term so keep any eye out for updates on the news and in your weekly form teacher emails. Here’s to a fresh new term full of learning, fun and…

Music – Beyond the Classroom

23rd April 2021

Year 5 enjoyed their Music lesson ‘al fresco’ this week. Mrs Peacock took full advantage of this gorgeous sunny day and took learning outside. The children loved being outdoors in the fresh air.

Exciting times ahead in the Drama Department!

23rd April 2021

It is going to be an exciting term for the drama department this term. There is less than two weeks until the LAMDA students take their acting exams. Mrs Draper is very impressed with all her young actors, who are now line perfect and ready to give their best performance for the examiner on the…

Le Petit Chaperon Rouge!

23rd April 2021

This half-term Reception are preparing to read a well-known story in French: ‘Le Petit Chaperon Rouge!’ We have started to learn some key words, and next week we will be listening to the story to see if we can hear those words.