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
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
This week, the Year 6 children had a shock start to their time when an air-raid siren sounded and they evacuated the building! As part of the ‘Peacekeeprs’ topic that Year 6 study in the Autumn Term, children read the text ‘Friend or Foe’ by Michael Morpurgo. To launch the book, the children are all
This week, the children in Year 5 were introduced to their new English class read, ‘Beowulf’. During our book launch, the children went outside to investigate clues that had been left around to try and work out what our new book could be. The children found some old Anglo-Saxon letters, a warrio
This week, Year 4 were introduced to their new English text ‘How To Train Your Dragon’. Before the big reveal, they enjoyed a hunt around the school field to find some unusual objects that had been left by some mysterious visitors. Using the clues from the objects and an image from the front cover,
In Maths, Year Two have started to learn all about Place Value – the value a digit holds in a number. The boys and girls began their lesson counting in tens. They marched, hopped and jumped while reading the multiples aloud. During the lesson, the children were shown a set of objects and were asked
Our Forest School has been busy this week, collaboration will be an over-arching theme this term and the children really embraced the concept. Some of our classes become mixed as they move through school, it is therefore important that the children are given time to build and rekindle relationships
This week in English, we launched our new text – Prince Cinders! We are reading a number of variations to the traditional Cinderella over the term, and the first one is all about a Prince who must get to the ball. The children got a number of clues to the story including some cleaning equipment, a f
All of the children in Year One have made an amazing start to their new class. This week, we introduced our class English reader ‘Tyrannosaurus Drip’. We started by going on a dinosaur hunt. We even sang a song We’re going on a dinosaur hunt We’re going to catch a big one What a beautiful da