This week, Year 6 were able to use their art and design skills as they got ‘crafty’ with an R.E. project. Ever since the children were told to collect resources to bring in last week, there has been a sense of excitement at being able to do some old-fashioned ‘junk modelling.’ However, there was a d
As usual, to mark Armistice Day at Harlow Green, this morning the school fell silent in a period of remembrance. Our school’s head pupils also attended Low Fell’s Remembrance Service which was held at The Boer War Memorial. The Mayor of Gateshead, ex-service men, members of the military, members
We got anti-bullying week 2025 off to a great start today with hundreds of odd socks around school! Anti-bullying week takes place each year and is coordinated by the Anti-bullying Alliance. This year it runs from Monday 10th November until Friday 14th November. This year to celebrate uniqueness, we
On Wednesday November 5th, the Year 6 visited SafetyWorks! in Newcastle to learn more about safety in their everyday life and aspects of anti-social behaviour. SafetyWorks! is a multi-agency interactive safety centre in Newcastle. It enabled the children to participate safely in realistic situations
Our gardening club have been working to sort out our school ponds. We want to rejuvenate our existing ones which are really focused on being wildlife friendly and create a new one that has better access for dipping. They decided to use one of our big raised beds to set it up. This has many positives
Reading is an essential element in Harlow Green’s curriculum and every half-term, the classes pair up as reading buddies. Older children are paired with younger children across the whole school and it is an opportunity for the older children to be the expert. Sometimes they read to the younger child
This week, rhyming, rhythm and imagery have been in the air as it has been poetry week at Harlow Green. All of the children, from each year group, have studied a poet. From John Lyons to Michael Rosen, from John Agard to Shev Silverstein, the children have had the opportunity to study poets from dif
This week, Year 6 have been carrying out an investigation in science to complete their ‘Circuits’ topic. They were set the challenge of making a bulb brighter/dimmer in a circuit. Each group came up with a different idea – from adding more components to the circuit to adding more wires or cells. The
Last Thursday our Year 5 and 6 Indoor Athletics Team took part in the Gateshead School Sports Partnership Indoor Athletics Competition at Gateshead Stadium . The competition was split into two parts, track and field events. Both our boys’ and girls’ teams were outstanding and gave 100% in every si
Last Thursday one of our Year 5 and 6 Football teams took part in the Felling schools FA cup. The team played excellently in all their games and played really well together as a team. We had to go to penalties to see who would go through to the final……and we came out victorious and qualified f
