This week, Year One and Year Two have performed their Christmas show – Prickly Hay! The story is about a stable boy, named Sam, and his helpful friend, Shrew. Together, they make sure that the manger is filled with soft, comfortable hay for the baby Jesus. While doing their important job, lots of vi
The children in Year 2 have been working hard to design and make their own fire engines. Firstly, they looked at some toy fire engines and talked about the features, describing which ones they liked and also providing reasons why. They enjoyed drawing their own engines and labelling features suc
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
In Computing, Year Two have been learning how to take good-quality photographs. They have compared different photographs, including their own, explaining which ones are better and how each image could be improved. To begin, the children sorted a range of devices into those that could be used to take
This week, our school was filled with festive creativity as we welcomed Reverend Danie and Reverend Elaine from St Ninian’s Church to lead some Advent window workshops. It was a fantastic, hands-on experience for our students and their families! Together, they crafted beautiful Advent windows using
In History, Year Two have been learning all about the Great Fire of Gateshead. They visited St Mary’s Heritage Centre to find out where and how the fire started. Did you know that St Mary’s is one of the few buildings to have survived the fire? To begin, the children sequenced the key events of
Friday 14th November marks the Children in Need Appeal night. To celebrate Pudsey Bear and raise some money all the children, and staff, came into school dressed in their Pudsey Bear attire, spots and accessories. The school has been covered in yellow and thousands of spots today to show our support
This term, Year Two have begun their new English text, Vlad and the Great Fire of London. They have taken part in a range of activities to help them engage with the story and have enjoyed learning about London in 1666. To launch the book, the children explored what houses were like in London at that
Learning about fires is particularly important at this time of year. Year 2 children have been learning about the Great Fire of London, in class they created their own houses using cardboard boxes. They decorated the houses marking on the wooden frames that would have been part of the houses origin
