Archive 2018-19

This week year 4 were very excited about starting our history topic about the Vikings. They have made Viking longships and created a timeline on a Viking sword.

Year 4 have been enjoying learning the skills and rules of Unihoc. They had a go at playing their first game and really got stuck in!  

This week, our new children have been getting to know the Nursery routines and make new friends.  With the help of our returning Nursery children, they have been enjoying playing with the resources on offer and settling in.  

As part of place value in maths, we have been investigating negative numbers. After lots of learning about numbers below zero, we used our knowledge to try and win a number line ‘Tug of War’ game, where the first player to land on a given number won.  

As part of our geography, we have been learning about rivers. To understand the process of river formation, we first needed to understand the water cycle. After some learning, created our own water cycles in sandwich bags and attached them to the windows in order to observe the water cycle in action

During the school holidays, the Nursery has undergone a total refurbishment with new furniture and resources.  Each area of the Nursery, has been carefully developed to facilitate learning linked to the seven areas of the ‘Early Years Foundation Stage’ curriculum and the ‘Characteristics of Effecti

As wild winds hit Harlow Green, one year 2 class had still managed to make some lovely animal nests in our woodland area. Finding sheltered locations was key, it was an excellent way for the children to see how the weather can effect our native creatures. Due to the wind speed increasing, the second

In Geography, the Year 2 children have been hunting the school grounds for map symbols. They have also been learning about compass directions and practising their compass skills by directing a friend around a map. The children are all looking forward to creating their own map later on this week appl

The children in Year 2 have been re-visiting what makes a super sentence. They have been thinking about the correct punctuation as well as checking to make sure it makes sense. The boys and girls were given some very mixed up sentences and they had to read the words carefully and make it in to a sup

Year 2 have had fun using the IPads to explore place value and representing numbers in different ways. They had to choose a number card and then represent it using tens frames on the Ipad. A great start to maths in Year 2!