This week, the Year One children have enjoyed finding out about Diwali and how it is celebrated by the Hindu community. Our learning journey started by a virtual trip to the Oriental Museum. Ross and his team taught the children all about the gods and deities. We used hand actions to retell the stor
This half term in Year 5, our Science topic involves us studying the different life cycles of mammals, amphibians and birds. So far, we have looked at the life cycle of a human and the life cycle of a frog. The children were very interested to learn about their own life cycle, and had many questions
In Year 2, we have been learning about staying safe online. One way we have learnt to stay safe is to use an avatar instead of a photo of ourselves. This keeps us safe as it means we are not identifiable as ourselves online. We also discussed that this means that we cannot identify other people onli
This week, Year 4 have used a short film as a stimulus for our English work instead of a text or book. We have loved watching The Dragon Slayer which tells the story of a battle between a warrior and a dragon and has a most unexpected ending! To begin this block of English, we made predictions about
As part of our Remembrance events this year, all the children across school have helped create poems about the poppy and Home – learning about the way World War 2 evacuees left their homes and moved out in the countryside, unable to see their families and loved ones, some for up to 6 years. This
This week in Year 4 we have been working on identifying different types of angles. We have been looking at acute, obtuse and right angles and ensuring that by comparing the size to a right angle, we can identify the angle without using a protractor. We started with making our own split pin angle m
This week in Reception we have been looking at some Autumn celebrations. We have learned all about Halloween and completed lots of different Halloween activities, changed the home corner to a witches kitchen and made our own magic potions outside. We enjoyed telling our friends what we had been doin
Our morning nursery children ventured out into the Autumn sunshine to enjoy some hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows in our Forest School. They chatted and sang as they waited for their snack and showed how safely they can behave in new and unusual environment. Over their years at Harlow Green th
In Year 6, the children have been learning about light and how we see. They have looked at the parts of the eye and written short explanations about how the eye allows us to see. They have also found it interesting to use a protractor to measure angles of incidence and reflection and to consider how
Year 2 have been getting to know their way around our Forest School with an Autumn Sightseeing Tour. Becoming familiar with how to move safely in a natural environment is very important for their future Forest School adventures and of course gives them an important skill set to use when they are out
