As part of the Art work being completed this half term, the children in Year 5 have been investigating colour. We discussed what constitutes a primary, secondary or tertiary colour, as well as how to achieve them, before comparing two blue boxes and explaining what the similarities and differences w
Year 4 familiarised themselves with our Forest School this week. Always interesting to see how the seasons effect the site and what new things there are to investigate. No matter the age the mud kitchen is always busy. The children picked their own plants, many from the herb garden to make some mu
Year 2 enjoyed the winter sun out in our Forest School. This time of year we are focusing on the wild birds that live around our school. Linking to the RSPB Big School Birdwatch, which will take place over the nest few weeks, the children created their own birds nests. Using dried grass, twigs and f
The children in Nursery have had great fun getting ready for Christmas and taking part in lots of Christmas crafts and activities! Each day our naughty elf came to visit, which we all had great fun in trying to find what mess he had made each day. To end the term, we had lots of fun at our Xmas part
THE BAUBLE PROJECT! Remember – look out for your first bauble from our new Bauble Project, coming home this week. The information was sent out on School Ping on Wednesday and our Facebook page and on the website here. Here’s a glimpse of the baubles from across school – from our youngest to our olde
Year 6 have been getting into the festive spirit this week with various Christmas activities. there was great excitement when designing and making the first ever Harlow Green Christmas Baubles with a Christmas pudding and fairy lights; the children were extremely careful and meticulous in their work
What a fantastic end to the term! On Tuesday our Christmas party kick started our festivities with the boys and girls thoroughly enjoying playing traditional party games such as pass the parcel and musical statues as well as showing off their dancing skills. Party food was then enjoyed by all as the
THE BAUBLE PROJECT! This year we have launched a new project across school – The Bauble Project. The aim is that each year in school, the children will use their Art or DT skills to decorate a wooden bauble engraved with the school logo. These have been handmade by volunteers at the charity The Cutt
As this years Forest School sessions come to a close for Christmas, the children were given a free play session so we can observe what they’ve learned and what they’ve really enjoyed. It was great to see how independent and confident they have become. Principle 1: Forest School is a long-term proc
Today was the official announcement to our children that an exciting art project was being undertaken with the aim of producing work for school which would represent our school community. Leanne Billinghurst, who is a parent of children at Harlow Green but also a professional artist, had discussed w
