Year 3

Year 3 had a magical surprise this week when they opened their new English text, The Ancient Egypt Sleepover by Stephen Davies. Inside each book was a golden ticket — a mysterious invitation to the British Museum! The next day, the classroom transformed into an Egyptian adventure zone! The boys an

Reading is an essential element in Harlow Green’s curriculum and every half-term, the classes pair up as reading buddies. Older children are paired with younger children across the whole school and it is an opportunity for the older children to be the expert. Sometimes they read to the younger child

This week, rhyming, rhythm and imagery have been in the air as it has been poetry week at Harlow Green. All of the children, from each year group, have studied a poet. From John Lyons to Michael Rosen, from John Agard to Shev Silverstein, the children have had the opportunity to study poets from dif

To share all the news and events that happen at Harlow Green Community Primary School, the Year 6 HG News team report weekly. The aim is to build confidence and a range of skills which can be applied in a variety of ways, particularly speaking and presenting formally to an audience.  This opportuni

The children have fully embraced this terms Forest School theme All About the Team. With new teachers and new classes and some being mixed, it’s so important to support the children through this time. We want to help them to build strong relationships, open up to new experiences and treat others wit

Last night the children in Key Stage 1 and 2 enjoyed our Halloween disco.  The hall was decorated with spooky items such as spiders, pumpkins, ghosts, witches hats and ghouls  The costumes were fantastic and in some cases, it was difficult to see who was behind their mask.  Everyone enjoyed playi

This week, Year 3  had a wonderful time exploring the world of poetry! We began by listening to some of Michael Rosen’s lively and funny poems — the children loved his playful use of rhythm and expression. Inspired by his words, we then explored a new style of poetry: diamante poems. The pupils

Harvest Festival This year, as part of our Harvest celebrations, we have learnt about the meaning behind harvest through our class assembly times. We found out the importance of gathering crops from the fields. This year we raised donations to send to The People’s Kitchen, where we collected non-per

Sharing success is important at Harlow Green.  However, we do not give out lots of prizes as the important aspect is for recognition to be shared genuinely and personally.  This is done throughout school regularly and in many ways by all staff; this can range from conversations in corridors, to ce

This week in their Forest School sessions the children have really run with the idea of Fairy Tales after making bridges for Billy Goats last week. In music they have been learning a blues version of the story of The Three Little Pigs, so it was lovely to hear them singing whilst they worked. They b