Our family members, friends, members of the community, children and staff all enjoyed a fantastic afternoon on the school grounds at our school fair. Once again, the weather was hot and sunny and everyone enjoyed having a go at traditional games such as lucky dip, scoop a duck and the coconut shy.
In Computing, Year Two have been learning all about programming, using Scratch Junior. They have used coloured blocks to program a character (sprite) to move, change and speak. To begin, the children recapped their learning from Year One. Even though it has been a long time since they last used Scra
This week, the children in Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed their experience learning about space through a VR headset. Last term, the children in Year 5 loved their Earth and Space unit in Science. On Wednesday, the children were thrilled to find out that they had one more lesson to enjoy – this time wi
Today, the 21st of June, is World Music Day. On this day, lots of events are held to celebrate in countries around the globe and it is an opportunity for people to experience lots of different genres of music. Musicians perform free concerts for people to enjoy and people take part in workshops wher
Introducing Harlow Green’s first music video ‘Unwritten’! To coincide with this year’s World Music Day – the school choir and all of the children (with some surprise guest appearances) created our version of Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfied. It tells the story about how our lives remain unwritten a
This week year 4 had the opportunity to experience the world of Virtual Reality, and how this can be used to enhance the curriculum. The theme of the workshop was The Human Body, where they explored the circulatory, digestive and skeletal systems. Each child wore a headset, and took a journey throug
We have enjoyed the sunshine in Nursery this week – so much so we decided to have a picnic! As part of our topic, Adventure Awaits!, we have looked at the season of Summer, sun safety and picnics as our focus. We decided to have a picnic in the Nursery garden during snack time on Wednesday. We first
On Friday 14th June, Nursery and the Harlow Green Toddler Group took part in ‘The Barnardo’s Big Toddle’. The Barnardo’s Big Toddle has become some what of a tradition for our Harlow Green Community. We have been taking part for 4 years now, and we always manage to raise a little money for a turtle-
In Reception this week, we have continued to explore life on the farm by reading ‘What the ladybird heard’ by Julia Donaldson. It has been a busy week for our young learners. The story tells the tale of a small ladybird who helps protect the fine prized cow from the sneaky criminals. The criminals
This week, we have started our new unit using crumbles. The children were fantastic at creating a simple circuit, in pairs, and were able to code this to flash different colours. Year 5 are very excited to see what opportunity they will have next with coding these pieces of equipment! Article 28: We
