Year 4

This week, Year 4 have watched a short film as inspiration for their work in English. The children have loved watching ‘The  Dragon-Slayer’ which portrays the story of an encounter between a brave warrior- Tarragon- and a dragon. The film has a few surprises in it and everyone was pleased to see th

This week the pupils from Harlow Green have taken part in STEM based activities from Nursery through to Year 6.  These activities were all aimed to promote Science, Teachnology, Engineeering and Maths.  It has been wonderful to see creativity, perseverance, problem solving and team work shine thro

On behalf of staff and governors, we wish you all a safe and fun summer.  We look forward to seeing everyone again on Tuesday 3rd September 2019, ready for the challenge of a new academic year.  

On Monday, Year 4 learnt about the history and importance of Bastille Day in France. In addition, we looked at how the national day is celebrated  by French people. In the afternoon, Year 4 looked at how the French Impressionists developed the artistic technique of Pointilism and the children enjoy

A huge well done to Mrs Blinkhorn’s and Mrs Old’s class for their fantastic ideas and print making skills. These are the posters that are going to be used to promote and celebrate the World Transplant Games 2019. The organisers have selected pieces of artwork from each school who took part in the p

Today, the whole school took part in the Soccer Aid Playground Challenge. The School Council and our Rights Respecting Group planned the Playground Challenge. Everyone showed off their football skills while completing the obstacle course. Alongside the Playground Challenge, each year group ran the d

What a fantastic afternoon! The whole of KS2 showed just how fantastic they are with brilliant behaviour, amazing athletics and super sportsmanship! Determination, resilience and team spirit were all clearly demonstrated by the children. The children were all split into 4 teams-the last four countri

Using natural materials they collected Year 4 created collages of creatures, both real and fantastical. They demonstrated a real talent for applying the textures and shapes of the plants to depict the animals characteristics. Some children cut the materials into the shapes they wanted whilst others

This week, Mrs Blinkhorn and Mrs Old’s class have been lucky to work with Northern Printworks to produce posters promoting the World Transplant Games which are to be held in the North East this summer. They have learnt monoprinting techniques and created designs for laser cut stencils. They then use

Today,  4  children went with Mrs Blinkhorn to the Dryden Centre to take part in the Times Up Challenge against 11 other schools from Gateshead. We had a great time undertaking  six challenges based on multiplication and division facts for the times tables. We had to work together to complete the