This week in Year 4, we continued to develop and perfect our sewing skills by creating our puppets. The children began by drawing carefully around a template on felt and then used fabric scissors to cut this out. They then repeated this step to create the back of their puppet. The children chose whi
This week Year One were introduced to their new English text – a non-fiction book called ‘Let’s Build a House’. We launched this new book by going outside to collect natural materials. Once the children collected the natural materials, they worked with their partner to build a house. The child
Well – what a fun day that was! World Book Day 2023 was on Thursday 2nd March and the focus throughout school was on enjoying poetry. The children were visited by the poet Rowan McCabe who helped to inspire an interest in performing and writing poems. Over the day, all of the children wrote their ow
Rowan McCabe, the first door-to-door poet, visited Harlow Green on Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd March. Over the course of the two days, all of the children from Year 1 to Year 6 were lucky enough to hear some of his poetry in assembly and then have a class workshop, where Rowan shared some ideas abou
It was World Book Day on Thursday 2nd March and, as always, there was much excitement in Harlow Green to see what children and staff were going to come into school dressed up as. It never fails to amaze us, the effort and time that is spent to making and perfecting costumes ready for the day. From t
Our focus this year on World Book Day was ‘Enjoying Poetry.’ We were lucky enough to be visited by the poet Rowan McCabe (see separate post) who performed some of his poems for us. This gave us the opportunity to see what makes a good performance and how clarity and speaking slowly are hugely import
This week the theme in Nursery has been cooking! The children started this week by listening to a story called ‘Jake Bakes a Monster Cake’ and learning two new nursery rhymes called ‘Pat a cake’ & ‘Hot cross bun’. The children then talked about food they like and dislike and why and
In DT, Year Two have designed and made a healthy packed lunch. As part of their research, the children looked at the school packed lunch policy to get a better understanding of what a healthy packed lunch should include. Using the policy, the children looked at several different packed lunches and d
On Monday 13th February, Harlow Green Primary School staff and pupils came to school in non-uniform with an aim of raising money for the Turkey/Syria earthquake appeal. During the day, Mr Malik presented an assembly (see below) for children in KS1 and KS2 which explained the difficult subject but wh
Despite the wild weather this week, Reception children still managed to get out into the Forest School. First they were told a traditional tale The Magpie and the Birds Nests, this inspired them to think about why birds create nests and what materials different birds use to make them. They found lot
