As the nights get darker and colder, it is often lovely to curl up and read a book. Throughout the day, we talk to the children regularly about the importance of reading for pleasure and how it can help to develop vocabulary and develop an understanding of the world around them. This week’s books ar
In PSHE, Year Two have been learning about the importance of community. They learned that a community is a group with something in common. The children recognised they were a part of lots of communities – football teams, dancing classes and the area where they live. This week, the children discussed
It is lovely reading and looking at the books to recommend each week for Book Corner. This week, there are two new books that have just been published in 2021 – both are award winning and were a pleasure to read. Invisible (Age 2-any age): A really heart-warming story of a little girl who does the h
In Year 2, we have been showing off our fantastic artistic talents. First, we used the primary colours to create the secondary colours. So we mixed red and yellow paint to make orange, blue and yellow paint to make green and blue and red to make purple. Then, we learnt that if we added some white pa
As it gets ever closer to Christmas, hopefully all of the children have asked Santa for a book to read. Below, are two award winning books published this year. The Littlest Yak (Age 4+) : A brilliant, rhyming picture book that teaches little ones (and big ones) to celebrate their unique talents. Twi
In Year 2, we have been learning how to take fantastic photographs on the iPads in Computing. The children have learnt about what makes a good photo and what makes a bad photo. They now know the subject needs to be central and they need to frame their photograph so that all of the desired subject fi
This week’s ‘Book Corner’ sees two new books that come highly recommended by BookTrust. Story Soup (aged 3-6) is a wonderful and interesting story about two arguing siblings (I’m sure many of you recognise this) and how this leads to the creation of a creative story with many twists and turns. Looki
In Geography, Year 2 have been learning all about maps. First, the children learnt that maps use symbols as there isn’t enough room on a map to write words/sentences. The children learnt about some basic map symbols and what they represented. Then they went on a map symbol hunt around the grounds of
Reading is an essential part of Harlow Green’s curriculum and fostering a life-long love of reading within the children is of fundamental importance. Sometimes, we can get bogged down as readers into reading books by the same author and we forget to look at new books that are available. In ‘Reading
