This week in Reception we celebrated National Nursery Rhyme Week 2025, and the children had a wonderful time learning this year’s five rhymes: Sing a Song of Sixpence, Humpty Dumpty, When I Was One (I Played the Drum), I Hear Thunder, and Two Little Dickie Birds. Throughout the week the children t
This half-term, Year 6 have been reading ‘Tales of World War Two’, a book containing true stories from the war, within their English lessons. This book has allowed them to learn about real events and the effects they had on people in the war. The section on Dunkirk was very informative and reall
This term, Year Two have begun their new English text, Vlad and the Great Fire of London. They have taken part in a range of activities to help them engage with the story and have enjoyed learning about London in 1666. To launch the book, the children explored what houses were like in London at that
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 Monday we launched our new English text – Dear Dinosaur. When the pupils arrived at school they discovered that they had received a mysterious letter and a mysterious parcel. Everyone was so excited to open it and once the letter was opened, it revealed that it was from T-Rex, one of the main c
Year 3 had a magical surprise this week when they opened their new English text, The Ancient Egypt Sleepover by Stephen Davies. Inside each book was a golden ticket — a mysterious invitation to the British Museum! The next day, the classroom transformed into an Egyptian adventure zone! The boys an
Reading is an essential element in Harlow Green’s curriculum and every half-term, the classes pair up as reading buddies. Older children are paired with younger children across the whole school and it is an opportunity for the older children to be the expert. Sometimes they read to the younger child
This week, we’ve had a fantastic time exploring all things Halloween! The children have really embraced the spooky theme with lots of curiosity and creativity. We began by reading ‘Funnybones’ and learning about the main bones in our bodies, including the skull, spine, ribs, and pelvis. The ch
This week, rhyming, rhythm and imagery have been in the air as it has been poetry week at Harlow Green. All of the children, from each year group, have studied a poet. From John Lyons to Michael Rosen, from John Agard to Shev Silverstein, the children have had the opportunity to study poets from dif
