Our new text in English this term, is the classic children’s novel ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes. During our first reading week, the children began by making predictions about the story based on different versions of the book’s front cover. They identified clues given by the title, characters and set
As we head into Spring (although you might not know it by the weather) there are a lot of new release children’s books hitting the shops. Even as an adult, I love the chance to look at the latest authors and book titles and can often find myself buying “children’s” books for me to read. I am a huge
Since returning from half-term, the children will all have completed a Star Reader test. This is used to assess their reading and to give them a new level for Accelerated Reader. There is always great excitement when children move up levels and have access to new reading material. Just to remind par
On Tuesday, we were privileged to receive a visit from the Worshipful Mayor of Gateshead Councillor Dot Burnett. The children were excited to see our VIP visitor as she was given a tour of the school by our head boy and head girl. Madam Mayor then lead an assembly for our year five and six pupils
This week Year One were introduced to their new English text – a non-fiction book called ‘Let’s Build a House’. We launched this new book by going outside to collect natural materials. Once the children collected the natural materials, they worked with their partner to build a house. The child
Well – what a fun day that was! World Book Day 2023 was on Thursday 2nd March and the focus throughout school was on enjoying poetry. The children were visited by the poet Rowan McCabe who helped to inspire an interest in performing and writing poems. Over the day, all of the children wrote their ow
It was World Book Day on Thursday 2nd March and, as always, there was much excitement in Harlow Green to see what children and staff were going to come into school dressed up as. It never fails to amaze us, the effort and time that is spent to making and perfecting costumes ready for the day. From t
Our focus this year on World Book Day was ‘Enjoying Poetry.’ We were lucky enough to be visited by the poet Rowan McCabe (see separate post) who performed some of his poems for us. This gave us the opportunity to see what makes a good performance and how clarity and speaking slowly are hugely import
This week, for the Angel of the North’s 25th birthday, we have taken part in creative activities to celebrate this special occasion. We created a kenning poem based on the Angel. We started by listing the different things the Angel reminds us of and what is means to us. When then turned these into
This week has seen the Angel of the North celebrate its 25th birthday. As the closest school, we were eager to play a part in the festivities and applied to Gateshead Library and Arts Services to see if there were any projects that we could be involved in. The children in Year 3 have been lucky enou
