Year 2 spent the first part of their Forest School session in the woods playing a game of Kestrel and the Mice. This speedy hiding game encourages the children to experience what it might be like to be hunted by a bird of prey. Some, like the Sparrowhawk can go from 0-50 kph in 2 seconds and can hov
Reception children went out into the beautiful snow this morning. No wind just buckets of snow. What delight they took in catching it in their mouths! Staring straight up into it and seeing how many flakes you can count. Can you beat 36? Creating snow angels. Then we did some creeping in the woods.
Our music sessions are continuing at Angel Court this half term, but before they began Miss Rowe took the children to Angel Court to give the Platinum Parterre a bit of a face lift. Signs of Spring were all around but under the debris of winter. The children picked up leaves and branches blown down
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
On Monday 13th February, Harlow Green Primary School staff and pupils came to school in non-uniform with an aim of raising money for the Turkey/Syria earthquake appeal. During the day, Mr Malik presented an assembly (see below) for children in KS1 and KS2 which explained the difficult subject but wh
Despite the wild weather this week, Reception children still managed to get out into the Forest School. First they were told a traditional tale The Magpie and the Birds Nests, this inspired them to think about why birds create nests and what materials different birds use to make them. They found lot
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
