This week the pupils from Harlow Green have taken part in STEM based activities from Nursery through to Year 6. These activities were all aimed to promote Science, Teachnology, Engineeering and Maths. It has been wonderful to see creativity, perseverance, problem solving and team work shine thro
Year 4 have been applying their number knowledge to calculations using column addition. We used counters to demonstrate our calculations and where the exchanged (or carried) value came from. The children wanted to show you their work and hard they’d focused. Article 29 – we all have the right to
As part of STEM week Year 5 were set The Egg Move Challenge. This exercise encourages the children to hone their problem solving and communication skills. Demonstrating an understanding of how to use a variety of materials, practically learning about forces, using estimation and prediction are just
In maths today the children in Year 2 have been using the cuisenaire rods to help them solve an investigation. The children begun by having some time to play with the equipment and exploring what they noticed about the rods. The boys and girls had lots of wonderful observations about the rods incl
The children in Year 2 have been working with money all week. Today, they completed a very tricky investigation. To be successful, they had to only use silver coins, only use 5 coins, work systematically and find all possibilities. Initially, the boys and girls found this a really difficult concept
