To kick start the Summer topic, Adventure Awaits!, Nursery have been exploring mini-beasts in Forest School. We started the week reading the story ‘Mad about Minibeasts’ where we learnt about different mini-beasts and where they live. We found out lots of different information and decided to see wha
In Nursery we have been learning about how Easter is celebrated and why. Over the last 2 week we have been learning all about the celebration of Easter. We learnt that Jesus, who we learnt about at Christmas, died at Easter and this is the reason behind the festival celebration. We completed a numbe
Today we held our annual Harlow Green Easter egg competition. There were many highly creative competition entries which are voting extremely challenging. The eggs were displayed around school so that each class could take a tour and have a look at them. Our Rights Respect Officers had the diffic
As part of our PE unit for this half term, The children in Nursery have been focusing on gymnastics. We have been learning about being a gymnast and the different kinds of movements they complete and practice to create a routine. We have learnt different styles of jumping such as; Tuck Jumps Straigh
On Wednesday evening, 46 brave children from Years 5 and 6 took part in the Gateshead School Sports Partnership Dance Festival at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music (The Sage) in Gateshead. This is a huge annual event in Gateshead with hundreds of children taking part across 5 events over
Red Nose Day is a fundraising event run by Comic Relief which aims to create a world free of poverty. The money raised is used to transform lives in the UK and around the world. As a school we believe that raising money for charity is a way of promoting a positive, caring attitude amongst our childr
This week in Nursery we have been looking at signs of Spring. As part of our topic, we have been learning all about signs of Spring. In order to observe growing, we have been growing cress. We first watched a video about to understand what cress is and then learnt how to plant the cress seeds by fol
This week Nursery enjoyed celebrating Shrove Tuesday! We were very excited that it was Pancake Day in Nursery on Tuesday this week. We learnt that Pancake Day is celebrated in February or March each year to mark the beginning of Lent. During Lent we often give up something as a Lenten promise. Som
World Book Day is an annual celebration of authors, illustrators, books and the joy of reading. It encourages children and families to find the fun and enjoyment in reading because reading for pleasure changes lives. At Harlow Green, World Book Day is one of the highlights of the academic year. Ch
This week, we have celebrated world Book Day in school. Part of this celebration, was about looking at new books that the children might like and the teachers being able to offer some advice about authors and the latest books in the shops. With money from their sponsored read, the children are going
