Every year, the children get the chance to decorate a bauble in their year group, using a range of art skills, and collect all 6 as they move through school. This is made possible by the volunteers at Old School Woodcrafts in Durham that is run through The St Margaret’s Centre charity in Durham. T
To share all the news and events that happen at Harlow Green Community Primary School, the Year 6 HG News team report weekly. The aim is to build confidence and a range of skills which can be applied in a variety of ways, particularly speaking and presenting formally to an audience. This opportuni
As we reach the end of this term, it is worth reflecting on what a busy and eventful few months it has been. Alongside the usual rhythm of school life, we’ve faced the challenges of a Chicken Pox outbreak, seasonal flu, winter viruses, and even a couple of storms. Yet, none of these obstacles have
Today, the Nursery children performed their Nativity for their families. We have spent time, over the last month, learning all about the meaning of the Nativity and the first Christmas. We then learnt a number of songs to showcase to our families. We dressed as innkeepers, wise men, shepherds, camel
This week Nursery continued their Christmas m activities and baked gingerbread men. We listened to the traditional tale, the gingerbread man, and joined in with the repeated refrain “run run as fast as you can, you can’t fetch me in the gingerbread man”. We then worked as a team to combine all
This week in Nursery we started the first of our Christmas activities. We enjoyed listening to a story called “letters to Santa” and began by thinking about how we could write him a letter. We then used our super mark making skills to record what gifts we would like to receive on Christmas Day.
Christmas has well and truly started with it being that special time of year where we come together to have our school Christmas dinner. With tables laid, crackers set, tree lights twinkling and cheesy Christmas music playing, our children had a fabulous time eating together. For those having a sc
December the first brings the start of the Christmas countdown at Harlow Green which began with the opening of the school’s advent calendar. One of our children from Reception opened door number 1 to find that the first surprise for our Nativity scene was the Christmas star which is now placed at
This week in Nursery, we have been reading the story ‘Stick Man’. The children loved joining in with the repeated refrain throughout and were very happy that Stick Man returned to his family, with the help of Santa, at the end of the story. As part of our topic, Little Bear and Me, we have explo
As part of National Nursery Rhyme Week, we have spent time learning 4 rhymes; sing a song of sixpence, two little dickie birds, Humpty Dumpty and I hear thunder. This week we have been exploring the sound of rain and thunderstorms. To do this we learnt the song “I hear thunder” and performed it
