This week, in Geography, we started our new unit of ‘Human and physical geography within a region of South America and the UK’. The children started the topic by locating South America on a world map. Once we had located South America, we took a closer look at the countries within it, focusing o
Our creative sessions at Angel Court started again this week. Dom, our favourite horticulturalist, came to create some rustic bird feeders to help encourage more wild birds into the community garden. It was lovely to see the residents and children working together chattering away like a little flock
This week, the children investigated clues to find out their new English read. The children were brought down to the hall where a variety of clues had been laid out. These included what appeared to be broken plane windows, an S.O.S sign, the Brazilian flag, claw marks and a newspaper article with
We continue our annual tradition with our baubles and these will be the third one the children should have collected. Each year group has a different design and a different Art or DT skill in the painting used on them – from finger prints, stippling, blending, shading and drawing. We hope that you c
What a fantastically festive week Year 5 have had, in the lead up to Christmas. We have made calendars, cards and baubles, watched a Christmas movie and even a pantomime. However, our favourite part of the week had to be our Christmas party. The children were full of festive cheer (and competitive s
December 1st sees the official start of our Christmas countdown and we couldn’t have asked for a more appropriate day with the snow laying beautifully this morning. Freya from Reception, was given the task of opening Day 1 of our advent calendar which revealed an angel that could be placed above the
The end of term is finally upon us after what has been a long but positive start to the year. Since September, the staff team have continued to work extremely hard to develop our Harlow Green offer, so that children have more to engage with, beyond their lessons. Over the last fifteen weeks, there
The Harlow Green Choir were out and about in the community today, sharing their joy of song. First stop, Eighton Lodge Care Home. Due to Covid restrictions over the last few years we have had to sing from the garden, today it was lovely to be able to perform in their community room. It was a moving
Last week, the children in Year 5 spent some time designing their posters for the 2024 RE calendar, which is hung in each class throughout school. Year 5 created posters representing two different Sikh festivals, Hola Mohalla and Guru Nanak’s birthday. The children enjoyed using their creative skill
This morning, children from Reception to Year Six were treated to a special Christmas music workshop thanks to staff from Gateshead Music Service. We all entered into the festive spirit with a school singalong of several festive classic including ‘Jingle Bells’ and ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’.
