Reception

As you will be aware, probably the most challenging aspects of management in relation to Covid-19 protocols is regarding the beginning and end of the school day.  For all schools, this is where we have the largest group of people to manage, especially at the end of the day. The same procedures are

As children who have been Home Learning prepare this week to return to school, we wanted to provide some materials that parents/carers may be able to use over the next few days to help their children remember what it is like at Harlow Green and understand why they are returning now. Firstly, as we d

As you will probably remember, Harlow Green agreed to take part in an important study regarding Covid-19 which involved Covid-19 tests and antibody tests for staff and children.  That programme was suspended for this lockdown period but will be restarting as children return. At Harlow Green, we had

On Monday, the Prime Minister confirmed the news that schools will reopen to all pupils from Monday 8th March.  After a considerable amount of time away from school for the vast majority of pupils, this will be welcomed news for children, parents and school staff. Although this second lockdown has

It has been lovely to see the children both at home and school enjoying lots of fun activities with a focus on well being this week.  After such a busy half term of learning it was great to be able to embrace this themed week and get in a relaxed frame of mind ready for half term.  The arrival of

We really appreciate your co-operation and participation in the Covid-19 study during the first term.  The aim is that this will continue once schools are fully reopened. In order for the scientists to get the full use of the data from this study, we need all those who have been involved to complet

As mentioned last week, we recognise that Home Learning can, at times, be challenging for the household and we appreciate the effort parents/carers and children are making with a second, sustained period at home.  Within this in mind, our learning schedule for the final week of half-term (see below

Dear parent/carer, I’m sure that by now many of you will have heard Prime Minister Johnson’s statement regarding school closures, so I am writing to you to ensure everyone was as up-to-date as possible. The key announcements from yesterday in parliament were as follows: The earliest schools migh

Next week, on February 2nd 2021, it is officially Groundhog Day in the United States of America .  Anyone who has seen the film of the same name will know that the term ‘Groundhog Day’ has come to represent the repeating of the same day over and over and over again.  I am sure that many of us feel

Class Meets As we progress our Home Learning, the next stage is to introduce the opportunity for the children to meet virtually and safely, supported by their class teacher.  This will be primarily to enable interaction between the children in a supported way and to allow them to see one another to