This week is Children’s Mental Health week, and in Year 5, we have been lucky enough to have a visit from Mrs Cunningham and KS to discuss all matters mental health! The conversation began with the children trying to articulate what mental health actually is, and they showed a great understanding. T
This week, the children in Year 3 have been learning about Stone Age food. They have researched how people during the Stone Age were known as ‘hunter gatherers’ and they have created their own menu ideas. To create our Stone Age recipes, the children used modern day appliances and utensils although
Yesterday we had three teams take part in the Gateshead School Sports Boccia competition. There were 28 teams who took part from all across Gateshead and all of our three teams did really well and gave their all in every single game. Two of our teams got to the semi-finals with Harlow Green C narr
As you may remember, back in the beginning of December, we shared information about an art project that would be taking place at Harlow Green, which would see artwork being specially created for our school. Leanne Pearce, artist and parent of children who attend Harlow Green, wished to work with us
Today, we celebrated Safer Internet Day 2022 across school. The children engaged in a range of activities to celebrate all the great things we can do online, with a focus on how we can keep safe. This year for Safer Internet Day, we focused on two main areas. The children learnt how they can have fu
Reception children continued to use their map reading skills today to plot out sounds that they heard on the listening walk. They are becoming much more familiar with the layout of the grounds and the landmarks that help them orientate themselves. Principle 1: Forest School is a long-term process of
The week of 7 – 13 February is Children’s Mental Health Week. The week is organised by the charity Place2Be, and focuses on the importance of promoting good mental health and wellbeing for children and young people. The theme of this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is Growing Together. Gr
The children in the Nursery are enjoying playing games! We have been learning how to play Tic Tac Toe, subitizing games, chef games, shopping list games, board games, and skittles. Lots of turn taking, working together, mathematical language, sharing, language, and predictions taking place during th
Chinese New year This week the children have been learning about the celebration of ‘Chinese New Year’. We have taken a dive into their culture and explored how it is different to us. We have tried Chinese dancing, looked at their outfits and what they do to celebrate New Year – dragon dances,
This week, the boys and girls in Reception have been learning all about Chinese New Year. We read a story about the Chinese zodiac and learnt that this year is the year of the Tiger. We had lots of fun during our choosing times playing in our role play Chinese restaurant, painting blossom pictur
