As usual, to mark Armistice Day at Harlow Green, this morning the school fell silent in a period of remembrance. Our school’s head pupils also attended Low Fell’s Remembrance Service which was held at The Boer War Memorial. The Mayor of Gateshead, ex-service men, members of the military, members
All of Year One have been enjoying learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali as part of their RE lessons. They learnt that Diwali is the festival of light and it is celebrated by lighting Diva lamps, giving presents and sweets and enjoying fireworks. Rangoli patterns are created outside houses
We got anti-bullying week 2025 off to a great start today with hundreds of odd socks around school! Anti-bullying week takes place each year and is coordinated by the Anti-bullying Alliance. This year it runs from Monday 10th November until Friday 14th November. This year to celebrate uniqueness, we
Today, Year Two visited St Mary’s Heritage Centre. They learned all about The Great Fire of Gateshead and how it spread. For the first part of their visit, the children took part in a workshop. They learned that the great fire took place in 1854, when Queen Victoria was the monarch. The boys and g
This week in Science, we have been learning all about forces, with a special focus on air resistance. The children explored how air resistance acts against moving objects and how it can be used to slow things down — just like when a parachute falls through the air. To test their understanding, the
This week, Reception have been learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali and Bonfire Night. We started by reading ‘ Lighting a Diwa Lamp where we found out about the festival of Diwali. We learnt how to make Rangoli patterns with sand and made our own Diwa lamps with salt dough. Later in
In English this week, year four were introduced to their new text ‘Histronauts: A Viking Adventure’. To launch the text, they prepared to go back in time on a Histronaut mission by making gifts for Viking settlers. They made clay necklaces, runestones with Viking writing, warrior helmets, and smal
On Wednesday November 5th, the Year 6 visited SafetyWorks! in Newcastle to learn more about safety in their everyday life and aspects of anti-social behaviour. SafetyWorks! is a multi-agency interactive safety centre in Newcastle. It enabled the children to participate safely in realistic situations
Our gardening club have been working to sort out our school ponds. We want to rejuvenate our existing ones which are really focused on being wildlife friendly and create a new one that has better access for dipping. They decided to use one of our big raised beds to set it up. This has many positives
Searching for mini-beasts, tree-climbing, building, investigating, composting, mulching, digging and some really epic moving and handling, our Forest School offers a wealth of nature led experiences for all the children. An opportunity to open their minds and experiment, to push themselves to dig de
