This week we launched our new English text – Stone Girl, Bone Girl. This book is all about the life of Mary Anning, a famous paleontologist. To launch the book, Year One have been learning all about fossils and how they teach us about dinosaurs. Everyone made a fossil using clay. Firstly we had to
Reading is such a powerful tool. We talk to the children a lot about how it can open doors to other worlds and allow them to use their imagination. Reading can also be used to help promote diversity and the world around us, acceptance of others and a greater understanding of our place in society. Th
Miss Rutherfords class had their first Forest School session for this year. In class we had a class discussion about what our school rules, Ready, Respectful and Safe, looks like in the Forest School. The children were confident in their knowledge, Ready is not just getting our bodies ready for the
Yesterday, we all enjoyed a wonderful Halloween lunch prepared by our cooks. The children enjoyed eating in the hall, which was decorated with pumpkins, ghosts, bats and a range of other spooky images. After school, children in Years 1, 2 and 3 enjoyed their Halloween disco and which was closely
This week Year One have been introduced to a new subject – design and technology. First we investigated how toys could move . We discovered that some toys need to be wound up – like our toy caterpillars. The children also learnt that some toys with wheels needed to be pulled backwards firs
This week has been poetry week across school. It is a week where children get to enjoy listening to poems from different poets; performing extracts from published poems; and, then writing their own poems to share. The poems are linked to the topics across school, meaning that the children have a wea
Reading is an essential part of Harlow Green’s curriculum. Giving the children to read and understand a text is vital across different curriculum areas, but perhaps what is of more importance is developing a love of reading and an interest in books that will remain with the children for life. As par
This week, the Year One children have enjoyed finding out about the four seasons and in particular have investigated what happens in Autumn. The children enjoyed taking part in an Autumn hunt in the school grounds. They found out that not only do deciduous trees shed their leaves in Autumn but the
Year 1 got creative this week, Journey Sticks are a lovely way of encouraging the children to observe the changes in nature around them. They can be made at any time of the year and as well as helping the children to develop their fine motor skills give them a lovely memento of their Forest School s
This week in Year 1, we have had a visit from KS and Mrs Cunningham. Firstly we discussed different emotions we feel and we freeze framed different emotions on our body. We talked about how we can have yucky feelings when we are scared, sad and worried. KS and Mrs Cunningham told us a story about a
