This week, Year 4 were introduced to their new English text ‘How To Train Your Dragon’. Before the big reveal, they enjoyed a hunt around the school field to find some unusual objects that had been left by some mysterious visitors. Using the clues from the objects and an image from the front cover,
In Maths, Year Two have started to learn all about Place Value – the value a digit holds in a number. The boys and girls began their lesson counting in tens. They marched, hopped and jumped while reading the multiples aloud. During the lesson, the children were shown a set of objects and were asked
Our Forest School has been busy this week, collaboration will be an over-arching theme this term and the children really embraced the concept. Some of our classes become mixed as they move through school, it is therefore important that the children are given time to build and rekindle relationships
This week in English, we launched our new text – Prince Cinders! We are reading a number of variations to the traditional Cinderella over the term, and the first one is all about a Prince who must get to the ball. The children got a number of clues to the story including some cleaning equipment, a f
All of the children in Year One have made an amazing start to their new class. This week, we introduced our class English reader ‘Tyrannosaurus Drip’. We started by going on a dinosaur hunt. We even sang a song We’re going on a dinosaur hunt We’re going to catch a big one What a beautiful da
This week the children are being welcomed back to our Forest School. It has been lovely to see so many new faces amongst our big Harlow Green family and it is important for them to find their feet gently. With this in mind we went out onto the site and lay down together. If the children wanted they
Inside Out 2: Saying Goodbye to Harlow Green! Below are some of the videos from the morning performance for the school. I hope they make you smile as you remember what stars the children were! https://vimeo.com/1103069402/50ef3670ed?ts=0&share=copy https://vimeo.com/1103069439/eb64a60740?ts=0&a
In our Design and Technology work this term, the boys and girls in Year 3 have been designing and creating a medieval catapult. Our work began with research into attacks on castles and methods that would have been employed such as mining or undertaking a siege. As part of our research, the childre
As part of Gateshead Council’s promotion of the new Calderwood park, Harlow Green Rights Respect Officers were invited to visit for a photo shoot. On a beautiful summer’s day, our children took the short walk ready to have some fun! It was brilliant to have the opportunity to test out the apparatu
In year 6, the children have been learning about the Romans and the use of chariots as a form of entertainment and in warfare. There was great excitement when wood was finally delivered to school and the children had the opportunity to use the hacksaws and glue guns to produce a model of a chariot.
