Our Buddy System

Our Buddy system is one of the things that makes St Luke's really special! 

Lots of schools buddy up Y6 pupils with reception pupils, but then, of course, Y6 pupils leave.  At St Luke's, our buddies enjoy a three-year relationship.  In Y3, you are not a buddy and do not have a buddy...but you learn how to be a buddy, and it is taken very seriously: it is a great responsibility.  Then, when the Y3 children visit their Y4 teacher towards the end of the school year, they spend time wriitng a letter to a child who will be starting Reception in September.  The letter is posted to the child in the summer holidays, so that they can start to look forward to making memories with their big buddy!

The pair then remain buddies when the older child is in Y4, Y5 and Y6 and the younger one is in Reception, Y1 and Y2.  We walk to church with our buddies, read with our buddies and share lots of other activities, such as autumn walks and orienteering.