In English this week, year four completed their reading of the biography of Usain Bolt. Using their VIPERS skills of sequencing and summarising, they recounted key events in his life and described them. They ordered images with a partner and discussed what they thought were the six key events in his
To begin our new topic for the Summer Term, Nursery have been hunting for minibeasts in Forest School. We started the week finding out what minibeasts are and where they might live. We watched lots of videos and read stories. We found out lots of information and decided to see what we could find on
Today, Joanne from Gateshead Library visited Nursery to share a story session with us. we thoroughly enjoyed our library visit today and listened to stories about moving into Reception. We listened to a story about a dragon who went to school for the first time. He learnt all about the reception rou
For our summer science topic we are learning about plants. Firstly, we learnt what a plant is. On a gloriously sunny day, we all went onto the field for a plant hunt. The children found many different kinds of plant including bluebells, grass, daffodils, daisies and buttercups and they enjoyed
The children in Year 2 enjoyed an exciting treasure hunt outdoors in our school grounds this week. They were set a challenge to listen to some clues which would help them to guess what their English text would be this half term. The first clue was ‘Your book is set in the deep, blue sea. Fin
Our unit of measurement in Maths this week is capacity and volume. After spending some time looking at the scales on the jugs and cylinders, we got out the water and starting measuring! Dying it with food colouring made it much easier to see in the container too. Volume is always interesting so
This week we continued learning about the celebration of Easter. As part of our Easter learning, we found out the meaning behind the chocolate Easter egg. We learnt that it symbolises the tomb that Jesus was buried in. To celebrate Easter weekend, we all hunted the Nursery garden looking for coloure
This term, Year 5 have been putting their culinary skills to the test in Design and Technology as part of our exciting Life in the Rainforest topic. The children designed and made their very own homemade “Dorito-style” crisps using tortilla wraps. After carefully cutting the wraps into triangles
To share all the news and events that happen at Harlow Green Community Primary School, the Year 6 HG News team report weekly. The aim is to build confidence and a range of skills which can be applied in a variety of ways, particularly speaking and presenting formally to an audience. This opportuni
It was an exciting day in year 6 today as the Leaver’s hoodies finally arrived. Part of the right of passage in year 6, is being able to wear a different hoodie than the other children in school. From the minute the letters went out, the children have been asking when they would be arriving and when
