Reception children are really building in confidence in our Forest School, it is clear to see their growing independence when they are given a free play session. They were taken out in small groups so that they had plenty of adult support if they needed it. They had lots of fun playing on the swings
Year 6 have been getting into the festive spirit this week with various Christmas activities. there was great excitement when designing and making the first ever Harlow Green Christmas Baubles with a Christmas pudding and fairy lights; the children were extremely careful and meticulous in their work
This week Year One have been learning all about the first ever Christmas. The children listened to the Nativity story and then drew a picture. Some even wrote some sentences to accompany their work. Later we learnt about the traditional Christingle services that take part in Christian churches
In Year 3, we have been designing and creating Christmas stocking decorations for our design and technology project. The children carefully designed their stockings and identified the materials they would need to complete their designs. To join the felt to create their stockings, the boys and girls
We had a themed week of the ‘Gingerbread Man’ this week! The children enjoyed listening to different variations of the story and retelling it using props and masks around the classroom. They worked hard to use key words from the story throughout their acting. On Wednesday Reception filled the sc
What a fantastic end to the term! On Tuesday our Christmas party kick started our festivities with the boys and girls thoroughly enjoying playing traditional party games such as pass the parcel and musical statues as well as showing off their dancing skills. Party food was then enjoyed by all as the
Over the last couple of weeks, the children have been learning about the Jewish faith and have studied some of the important beliefs and celebrations. A Sukkah is a temporary hut-like construction, covered in greenery, that Jews would dwell in during the week-long celebration of Sukkot. Sukkot comme
The end of term is upon us and I know that everyone is looking forward to the festivities. Unfortunately, once again, this will be within a challenging context of Covid-19 where we must be careful in how we manage ourselves in order to reduce the risk of catching and transmitting the virus. Howe
This year, we decided to team up with Metro Radio. We joined their Mission Christmas appeal to support local disadvantaged families and help to ensure that all children in the North East wake up to a present this Christmas. The children have really enjoyed watching the pile of presents grow and have
In DT these last two weeks we’ve been exploring Viking longboats and looking at ways that you could hoist up the sail! We started by putting patterns on our sails using influences from what archaeologists have learned about Viking designs and patterns. To make life easier dealing with heavy weights,
