The Year 6 children have had a fantastic first day leaving the normality of school and home to cross the border into Scotland for their residential experience at Lockerbie Manor. After a quick stop at Gretna Green, where the children started a spontaneous applause for a newly married couple, the chi
The Theatre Royal in Newcastle has a couple of exciting performances coming that may be of interest to parents and children. The Percy Jackson Musical: The Lightning Thief (Wed 27 – Sat 31 Aug) – When New York City teenager Percy Jackson discovers that he is the half-blood son of the Greek god, Pose
Today, Year 6 visited St Ninian’s Church for a transition service in preparation for leaving primary school and the move to secondary school. During the session, the children were engaged in different activities involving reflecting upon their own lives and experiences of school; considering their p
This term, in PE, Year Two have been learning about hockey. First, the children found out that hockey is played with a stick and either a ball or a puck. Did you know that there are lots of different types of hockey? Hockey can be played on ice, on a field and even on roller skates! Next, the childr
Over the last couple of weeks, the children in Year 6 have taken part in a challenge to make £5 grow. The children each had up to £5 (which they had to pay back) to spend enterprise projects. Working in groups, the children had to come up with a business plan, design a logo, make a budget, market
Today we celebrated National Picnic Week. All of the children enjoyed a delicious picnic on the playground which consisted of a wrap, ham and cheese roll, chicken or quorn bites, vegetable sticks a chocolate chip cookie, an ice lolly and a bottle of water. The weather was glorious and the staff en
Yesterday, the Harlow Green community came together to enjoy our annual school fair. Once again, the weather was glorious; the sun shone and the rain stayed away. Parents and children enjoyed having a go at traditional games such as name the teddy, tombola, guess the number of sweets in the jar,
This week Year One have been practising their artistic talents. Closely linked to our theme, “We’re all going on a summer holiday”, the pupils have been observing, drawing and sculpting shells. Firstly, we investigated patterns on a variety of shells and sketched them using pencils. The childr
Following our exciting trip to Hall Hill Farm last week, the children in Reception have continued exploring the topic of farms in the classroom. We’ve been learning the names of different baby animals and talking about where they live on the farm. In literacy, we have enjoyed reading What the Lady
To keep cool this week we have been making milky ice lollies! The weather has been beautiful this week so we decided to make ice lollies as part of our Summer themed mini topic. We put our cutting skills to the test once more and carefully sliced up some strawberries and bananas. We then used forks
