It has been a very busy exciting week of sport at Harlow Green. On Monday, our year 5/6 Hockey team took part in the Gateshead Finals which was held at Whickham School. There were 7 schools there who qualified for the finals and our school played outstandingly, winning every single game – crowned ch
Today, we raised money for Comic Relief. All of the children came to school dressed in their own clothes with a Comic Relief theme. During the day, the children found out about how the money raised will people in need. Later, the boys and girls enjoyed telling jokes to their classmates and vo
This week, Year 6 were lucky to be visited by Chef Nick Fairley, who worked with them to create two healthy dishes from America. He also talked to them about the possibilities that are open to children who enjoy cooking and his career path to becoming a chef, an educator and to owning his own cooker
Over the last two weeks, Year 6 have been learning about fractions, decimals and percentage in their maths lessons. To begin with, the children had to become familiar with percentage, decimal and fraction equivalents. Knowing these equivalences allowed the children to compare and order them. The chi
The school has three easy to remember rules: READY, RESPECTFUL and SAFE. In recognition of those who have been following these rules to a high degree, on a daily basis, as well as trying their very best in all that they do, teachers nominate children to have time with Mr Malik where they can have
World Book Day is always full of excitement: children all dressed up; staff in strange costumes; and lots of fun activities planned throughout the day. The day is designed to celebrate the importance of books and foster a love of reading. This year, the whole school have worked from a twisted fairy
Year 6 have been learning about more robust methods of shelter building. This simple debris shelter design is a really effective way of creating a weather-proof shelter, quickly. Miss Rowe had built a small scale model, this was a free standing shelter but this design also works well if you use the
On Wednesday afternoon some of our year 5/6 children took part in the Gateshead East hockey competition which was held at Lord Lawson school. We had two teams who took part in the competition they both played really well and played cohesively as a team. Both teams played five games each
Year 6 have been looking at different types of birds nests. Most birds in this country build cup style nests, but there are many different types of nest across the world. Today the children attempted to make “oven” or “dome” nests. They used clay as a base, some fashioned 2 pinch pots firs