In science lessons, Year 4 have been looking at the entertaining topic of digestion – starting with teeth and how they begin the process of chewing, munching, tearing and breaking down the food we eat. We conducted a demonstration involving toothpaste (our saliva and oesophagus) followed by bread (o
This week Year Two took part in a treasure hunt around the school to find out which book they would be reading in English this term. First, they found a clue in their classroom, telling them that they needed to follow the remaining clues to reach their book. Each clue was written as a rhyme and rev
This term in Year One we will be learning about plants and growing plants. While the sun is shining we have taken the opportunity to learn about different kinds of plants. Firstly we learnt what a plant is and we discovered flowers, trees, fruit and vegetables can all be plants. That was followe
In PE, Year Two have been learning a dance to Thriller by Michael Jackson. To begin, the children found out that music can be counted in beats of eight. The boys and girls listened to the song and practised counting the beats. Throughout the dance, the children had to move their body to represent
We have had an egg-tremely fun week in Reception learning about Easter. The children took part in the whole-school Easter egg competition. We had some brilliant entries; Sonic The Hedgehogs, famous footballers and even Rapunzel. We made Easter cards for our family by painting little chicks and addin
In Nursery we have been learning about how Easter is celebrated and why. Over the last 2 week we have been learning all about the celebration of Easter. We learnt that Jesus, who we learnt about at Christmas, died at Easter and this is the reason behind the festival celebration. We completed a numbe
Year 4 have enjoyed an in depth and extensive study of mountains this term in Geography, both in their formation and their uses. To finish off our topic, we took a trip to the hilliest park we could find – Wharton Park in Durham – our version of a mini-mountain! After last year’s wet and windy day
In Geography, the boys and girls have been learning about rural and urban areas. They began by exploring what these terms mean and identifying rural and urban areas from photographs. They then enjoyed comparing maps of Harlow Green over the years and concluded that it has changed from a rural area
Today we held our annual Harlow Green Easter egg competition. There were many highly creative competition entries which are voting extremely challenging. The eggs were displayed around school so that each class could take a tour and have a look at them. Our Rights Respect Officers had the diffic
Over the last few weeks our school Football team have been busy taking part in the league and cup competitions which have been taking place after school on a Thursday. our Years 5/6 football team took part in the league cup finals which was held at our school. The tournament was scheduled for Octobe
