Enjoyment For Learning

November 2023

Annual Frodsham Festival

Lantern Parade

As always, the children at St. Luke’s were very excited about taking part in the Annual Frodsham Festival. In preparation for this the children in Year Four took part in the Lantern Workshop. Smiles light up their faces as they parade through the streets with their lanterns. The children really enjoyed the experience.

Follow the Star

Year Five and Six travel on the float.  This year our theme was ‘Follow the Star’. Smiles on faces as they wish everyone a Happy Christmas.

The Choir Perform at the Frodsham Festival

St. Luke’s Choir take centre stage as they perform from their repertoire of contemporary Christmas songs.

 

                          

October 2023

Visit from Digital Wizards for Year 3,4,5 and 6 on Online Safety

Digital Footsteps, this was a really good idea because it made me understand that when we post lots of things online, people can trace it back.  You shouldn’t post personal information. (Sophia Year 5)

Digital Wizards presented this information in a fun and exciting way, which is really important as these are life lessons. (Stanley Year 6)

We really enjoyed the games we played. We did Breaking News, it showed us that we can’t always believe everything we read. (Jacob Year 3)

He shared lots of fun apps. (Iris Year 4)

Sometimes people send you links and if you don’t know who it is, it is best that you don’t click on it. (Sophia Year 5)

Overall, they said, we thought these sessions were brilliant, definitely 10/10 and if possible, we would give it 11/ 10.

September 2023

Visit from Life Education

As part of our Personal Development programme, all classes had a visit from Life Education. There was a variety of different topics covered across school, ranging from 'My Wonderful Body' in Year 1 to 'It's great to be me' in Year 4 to 'Decisions' in Year 6.

 

July 2023

Class 6's trip to Round Ponds

            

 

KS2 trip to Eureka!

To enhance their learning within Science, Key Stage 2 went on a school trip to Eureka! in Warrington. There were lots of exciting rooms and areas to explore with hands on experiences and investigations to complete. It was a great day for all. 

      

      

 

 

Key Stage 2 School Choir performance at AmaSing

      

 

Class 5 Perform with the Hallé Orchestra at Bridgewater Hall

After lots of hard work and practise throughout the year, Class 5 were invited to play alongside the Hallé Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester in a very special concert. It was an incredible experience for the children to be part of and they performed exceptionally well - we are very proud of them. 

         

 

EYFS and KS1 trip to Bewilderwood

EYFS and Key Stage 1 went on a very exciting trip to BeWILDerwood. After reading the special story before we left school, we were excited to see the land of the Boggles. We had a great time building dens, walking through the woods and listening to more stories about the Boggles. We even saw some fairy houses hidden in the woods! Despite the rain showers, we had a fantastic day! 

      

         

 

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June 2023

Summer Fayre at St Luke's

Organised by FoSL, our annual Summer Fayre was a great success! Cake stall, tombola, splat the rat and soak the teacher, there were so many stalls and activities for the whole family to enjoy, and it was wonderful to have so many people attend the event and support the school. Each class also prepared and performed a special song to provide the entertainment for the event. 

      

 

Class 6's residential to Culmington Manor

Class 6 had a great time on their residential to Culmington Manor. They completed lots of outdoor activities and enjoyed working together as a team to complete the different challenges given. 

         

 

Class 6 at the Northwich Crucial Crew Child Safety Event

Our Year 6 class went to Northwich Crucial Crew Child Safety event to participate in a very unique learning event all about keeping safe. They participated in workshops and activities to explore ways to keep safe in different situations. 

      

 

Key Stage 2 School Choir performance at the Royal Cheshire Show

After a successful application, our KS2 School Choir were invited to perform at the main stage at this year's Royal Cheshire Show. Although our day started with a (very!) heavy rain shower, it certainly didn't dampen the choir's spirits and their performance was amazing! It was lovely to hear so many wonderful comments from audience members and the children were a credit to the school throughout the day.

      

 

Class 3 and 4 Bike Skills sessions with Sustrans

Year 3 and 4 were lucky to receive a bike skills session from Sustrans. Within the session, they developed their skills when rising a bike and listened carefully to advice on how to keep safe when riding a bike. It was a great day and, for some of the children, the first time that they had got on a bike. 

         

 

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May 2023

Class 2's residential to Delamere

Class 2 had a great time on their first residential to Delamere. They built dens, went orienteering and enjoyed roasting marshmallows on a camp fire. Despite the drizzly weather, the class had an incredible time. 

      

 

Let's Walk for Class 3 and Class 4

The children in Class 3 and 4 had a great time participating in the very important 'Let's Walk' workshop delivered by Frodsham's PSCOs. Within small groups, the children listened carefully to messages about how to keep safe when out and about. They then went on a walk out of the school grounds to talk about how to keep safe when walking to and from school and crossing roads. 

      

   

First Holy Communion

Congratulations to our First Holy Communicants this year. After completing their preparations, the children completed their First Holy Communion in front of their family and friends. After their special day, we also celebrated as a school family and were very proud of them all for completing the next stage of the faith journey. 

      

 

King Charles' Coronation

To celebrate the historical event of the Coronation of King Charles, all classes throughout school enjoyed activities linked with this royal event. The children in EYFS decided to put their baking skills to the test and created their own afternoon tea completed with freshly baked scones and carefully cut finger sandwiches. Other classes completed different crafts and enjoyed learning about the different parts of the Coronation ceremony.

         

 

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April 2023

Class 4's residential to Tattenhall

Class 4 thoroughly enjoyed their residential to Tattenhall. They participated in an afternoon of zip lining, low ropes and tree climbing as well as a special workshop with a local artist. As you can see by the photographs, they had a great time!

      

 

Easter 

Easter is a very important time in the church's calendar and, during Holy Week, we focus on the important events that occurred during that week. Alongside learning about the messages and true meaning of Easter, we also spent time celebrating Easter with an Easter bonnet parade and Easter crafts. We were also very lucky to witness new life in real life with our chicks.  

      

      

 

Frodsham Fire Service visit EYFS

As part of our Knowledge and Understanding of the World learning, we explored the different people who help us in our community. A member of Frodsham Fire Service visited our classroom to discuss their job and they showed us all of the different equipment and uniform that they use. The children even got to try on the helmet. 

      

 

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March 2023

Hoops for Health

Year 5 and 6 enjoyed a basketball and healthy eating session with 3 professional basketball players from Cheshire Phoenix Basketball. They had workshops focusing on basketball skills and then discussed the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. It was great to meet the basketball players. 

      

 

British Science Week

To celebrate British Science Week, the whole school participated in different activities to work on developing scientific skills. Guest speakers were invited to discuss how they use science in their jobs and it was really inspiring for the children to hear. 

  

       

 

Class 3's Residential to Barnstondale

Class 3 enjoyed their residential to Barnstondale. They were very active with wall-climbing, zip lining and woodland walks and particularly enjoyed roasting marshmallows on the fire. 

         

 

Class 6's Ancient Greek Day

To enhance their history topic based on Ancient Greece, Class 6 enjoyed their very own Ancient Greek Day. Dressed in their amazing costumes, the class participated in a Greek dancing workshop, created their very own crowns from paper vines and sampled some Greek food. 

      

 

World Book Day

To celebrate World Book Day this year, the children were asked to dress up as a word. There was a fantastic range of vocabulary throughout the school and lots of creative costumes. During the day, we enjoyed listening to the story of The Word Collector as well as reading and sharing our favourite books with our friends. 

            

 

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February 2023

Chicks in EYFS

We had a very EGG-citing delivery in our EYFS classroom! Seven eggs were delivered in a special container that kept them warm. The next day, there were chicks! After they had hatched, the children helped to move them into their brooder box and thoroughly enjoyed watching them grow. Each day, we talked about what they needed to keep growing and took excellent care of them whilst they were staying with us. 

      

 

Children's Mental Health Week

Throughout Children's Mental Health Week, all classes took some time to focus on well-being and reflect on what we can do to help us feel calm and relaxed. During Buddy Time, EYFS/ Year 1 enjoyed a walk with their buddies and talked about their week together. 

      

 

Class 5 and 6 New Age Kurling

Year 5 and 6 enjoyed a session to learn a new sport from New Age Kurling. Although it was tricky at first, the children persevered and worked as a team to master the techniques taught and they thoroughly enjoyed the lesson. 

      

 

National Storytelling Week

To celebrate National Storytelling Week, the whole school enjoyed a week of sharing different stories together. As an extra celebration, the children were invited to wear their PJs for the day. We also had a hot chocolate during our story time as a special treat - yum!

      

      

 

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January 2023

EYFS celebrate Chinese New Year

Our EYFS class thoroughly enjoyed learning all about Chinese New Year. The role play area transformed into a very successful Chinese restaurant with helpful staff and very happy customers. The children also enjoyed different challenges within the provision including a funky finger activity with pom poms and chopsticks. The highlight of the week was the Chinese banquet. The children enjoyed trying different foods and some of us even had a try at using chopsticks.