This week we have been doing some Design and Technology and in particular focussing on weaving. Our project is to design and then make a table mat. Before making our animal shaped table mats, we designed them and talked about what equipment we would need. Finally we started weaving our table mat
Year 2 spent the first part of their Forest School session in the woods playing a game of Kestrel and the Mice. This speedy hiding game encourages the children to experience what it might be like to be hunted by a bird of prey. Some, like the Sparrowhawk can go from 0-50 kph in 2 seconds and can hov
Reception children went out into the beautiful snow this morning. No wind just buckets of snow. What delight they took in catching it in their mouths! Staring straight up into it and seeing how many flakes you can count. Can you beat 36? Creating snow angels. Then we did some creeping in the woods.
Today we went on a trip to the IKSON Hindu Temple on Westgate Road. The visit to the Mandir is part of our RE focus this term on the Hindu faith and Kirtida the priest always welcomes us with a range of activities including drumming, dressing up, listening to some singing and the Puja prayer cerem
Our music sessions are continuing at Angel Court this half term, but before they began Miss Rowe took the children to Angel Court to give the Platinum Parterre a bit of a face lift. Signs of Spring were all around but under the debris of winter. The children picked up leaves and branches blown down
This week, in Science, we have looked at the human development from birth to old age. We started the week by looking at the seven stages of development (prenatal, baby, child, adolescent, early adulthood, middle adulthood and old age) and investigated the different way your body and mind develops at
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
