This week, Year 3 have been developing their reading fluency through Reader’s Theatre, using our end-of-day class text. The children focused particularly on adding expression to their reading, thinking carefully about how characters might be feeling and how this should be reflected in their voices.
Sharing success is important at Harlow Green. However, we do not give out lots of prizes as the important aspect is for recognition to be shared genuinely and personally. This is done throughout school regularly and in many ways by all staff; this can range from conversations in corridors, to ce
Rain doesn’t stop the children embracing their natural world, as you can see they have been very busy in their Forest School sessions. Making prey houses camouflaged from birds of prey. They also completed the RSPB Big School Birdwatch and were really surprised how many birds they saw despite the we
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
After a block of calculating, we are enjoying a couple of weeks getting stuck into measurement. We started this week revisiting the smaller units of length (mm and cm) and then extending this on to metres. Within measurement, we look at how to record measurement, how to measure something and draw
The snow and ice certainly played its part in slowing down our planned work for the yard but could not stop it! With hard work, determination and reliance, Bill finally completed his work creating our newest play area. With the small apparatus removed, a large soft surface area has been developed
In Art, our new topic is all about colours and how from three single primary colours, all other colours are mixed. In Key Stage 1, the children learn about primary and secondary colours, and in Year 3, we add tertiary colours and then start exploring tints and tones by using white to change those co
This week we have been learning about birds of prey, their characteristics compared to our familiar garden birds and how and what they hunt. With this in mind once out in the Forest school the children tried their hand at making prey homes that were camouflaged from the sky so no hovering kestrels c
Year 3 have had an amazing time travelling thousands of years into the past as part of their Stone Age learning! To celebrate the end of the topic, the children took part in a fantastic hands-on workshop led by Jo, who helped bring history to life in the most exciting way. Using a giant string timel
As part of our All About the Birds topic, the children have been looking at the structures of different nests. They’ve watched videos of the nest building in action and looked at some real birds nests in class. They then took this information and applied it to their own nest building. Before the chi
