Year 2

This week in Year 2, we had the fantastic opportunity to visit the Discovery Museum and take part in a workshop all about the Great Fire of Gateshead and Newcastle. The children learnt lots of interesting facts about the Great Fire of Gateshead and Newcastle and about the Victorian times, which is w

Year 2 took a break from their construction work to create a bug hotel. Beginning in class, using leaves and sticks, the children filled small boxes. Then outside they re-purposed an old cupboard, first padding it our with dried leaves and then transferring all their houses into the wooden slots. Th

Each week, three children from Year 1-6 will be selected by their teachers to have a very special award: Hot Chocolate with Mr Malik.  These children will have constantly been trying their best, been respectful, polite and friendly, helped others and produced work to the highest standard they can.�

In Year 2, the pupils have been learning to exchange ten ones for a ten.  This is in preparation for later this week when they apply this rule to the column method when adding.  It was wonderful to see how competitive yet supportive the children were with their partner.  They all had the opportun

There was some abnormal spookiness around Harlow Green this afternoon which required some investigation by our pupils.  Thankfully, when the children went into lunch they saw that that there was simply a special mealtime organised by our school cooks. Decorations, music and some Halloween themed fo

Due to the kind contributions from parents and carers, we were able to collect a variety of food for Harvest. This food has now been collected by The People’s Kitchen in Newcastle to help those in need. The school received a thank you letter from The People’s Kitchen thanking us for our kind donatio

Due to the kind contributions from the Harlow Green school community, we have been able to collect a variety of food which will be shared with those in need over the cold autumn and winter months. Yesterday, members of The People’s Kitchen came to collect the items and were helped by children from o

Making tipees is a fantastic skill that encourages to children to understand strong structure.  Working out how best to interlock the branches, gives stability and coverage to the outer walls of the tipee.  As the children become master builders, they can develop those skills to work on a much lar

In our assembly today, Mr Malik explained that this Thursday was National Poetry Day.  It was explained how poems come in many different forms and how they can express how we feel and what we think about at different times. Mr Malik shared a poem called ‘If I were King’, by A.A. Milne (the author o

As Autumn unfolds so our weather has changed this week. Therefore during our Forest School sessions in Year 2 we took the opportunity to practice getting into and out of our waterproofs, no mean feat in a class of 30. The children were so enthusiastic, they followed instructions really well. You can