In their weekly French lessons, Year 4A have been learning how to say and write rooms within a home. This week, the children have been learning how to say the different types of rooms you would find in a house in French. They started the lesson by thinking of the different rooms they had in their
Year 4 enjoyed a fused glass workshop in conjunction The Sunderland Glass Centre, creating tiles to represent The Angel of the North. All the children worked in teams to create part of a mosaic of tiles that will fit together to make The Angel of the North. This is part of our Art topic all about
This term in our Forest School we will be taking part in the RSPB Big School Birdwatch. All classes will be involved in this in some way. This week we revisited how we identify birds. Below you can see some of the Year 2 children playing a bird identification game, this helps with their observation
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. This opportunity also gives an insight into the potential of becoming a jour
This term in Science we focus on living organisms and their characteristics. The first lesson is always around the characteristics of all living things, like nutrition, growth and respiration, and then we move on to look at ways to classify organisms. These can include characteristics like can fly,
Sharing success is important at Harlow Green. However, we do not give out lots of prizes as the important aspect is for recognition to be shared genuinely and personally. This is done throughout school regularly and in many ways by all staff; this can range from conversations in corridors, to ce
Every year for the past 4 years, the children have painted and decorated a school bauble for a memento of their time at Harlow Green, but also hopefully for their trees at home! The baubles are produced by the fantastic team at St Margaret’s Centre in Durham City within their Old School Woodcraft de
This week, the children really enjoyed a festive music workshop, courtesy of the live band from Gateshead Music Service. They have visited the school annually for a few years to help us celebrate, sing and dance our way to Christmas with lots of games, songs, activities and fun. Plus, it is great
Today we had a great time at our party with a lot of dancing, party games and prizes! The children had a great dance today, enjoyed Goldilocks panto in the classroom and wrote some exciting stories about a mystery Christmas gift….. Pass the parcel and of course the bauble and spoon race annual tra
A busy term has culminated in a very busy, but positive, couple of weeks. This time is always a lovely period ion school as we have the pleasure of seeing children build towards the feeling of how special Christmas is, in a way only a child can experience. The organisation of Christmas lunch, perf
