The children in Year 4 have been getting creative with composition. The aim was to compose and perform a rap. The children came up with their own topic which had to be something they were passionate about, the most popular being friendship, saving the environment and pets. They began their lyrics by
Although there are concerns about a rise in cases of Covid-19, the national guidance for the public and for schools is that we are now in the stage of ‘living with Covid’. The last two years have been a long and exhausting period which has been unprecedented in many ways. Over this time, we have b
Forest School adventures for our Year 4’s. The flash challenge was to move our new logs into our site. This activity requires positive communication skills, a very difficult job if you don’t co-operate. They made it look easy however and were delighted by their own determination. They then continued
The last session for this half term saw Year six enjoying natural den building in the woods. Trying to make a shelter waterproof can be very tricky without tarps. They used leafy foliage to create layers to protect from the wind and rain. Meanwhile in music, they have been learning to sing the song
With the Government moving to their ‘Living with Covid’ strategy, it is important that we provide families with the latest information regarding managing children’s absence. There is now an assumption that testing will not occur as PCR tests are not routinely available and LFD tests are no longer fr
We have recently started working with Feeding Families, a local charity who provide emergency food parcels to families in the North East. We have a stock of 10 food boxes at school which we can distribute to families who need them. The boxes contain dry food supplies for 3 days for two people and ar
In Art, Year Two have been learning all about tie-dye. First, they learned about Yokisho Wada, a Japanese artist. She uses a dyeing technique called Shibori, which is very similar to tie-dye. The children said whether they liked her artwork or not and described how it made them feel. The children th
This week, Reception have been learning about real superheroes in the form of those who help us. Literacy We read the story ‘Everyday Superheroes’ in our Literacy session, which showed us just some of the ‘superheroes’ that help us every single day as part of their jobs. We have talked about, and l
This week Year One have been learning about the life cycle of a frog. The children started their learning journey by watching a video of a real life frog grow. The children were amazed at the different growing stages of a frog – frogspawn, tadpole, froglet and frog. The pupils created a frog mobile
During our geography work this term, the boys and girls in Year 3 have been learning about our local area. First, they researched rural and urban areas to identify these different areas. In order to investigate how Harlow Green has changed over time, the children studied a range of historical maps o
