In Forest School this week, Reception children began their RSPB Big School Birdwatch out in the winter sunshine. In class, using their “hand” binoculars and telescopes, they were shown how much information our eyes can take in. How reducing that information by limiting peripheral vision focuses the
In Reception we have started our new unit of learning – Games. We will be focusing on ball skills for the next few weeks. The children have been learning about moving the balls around the hall using different body parts. They used their hands, elbows, and fingers before completing different kinds of
This week Reception have been celebrating the new calendar year. At welcome time, we changed our calendar to January 2022 and reminded ourselves of the months in a year. We watched a video clip of the New Year’s Eve firework display in London and watched Big Ben chime 12 0’Clock. The children
This week, it has been lovely to see the enthusiasm with which children have shared books that they received for Christmas, or that they read over the holidays. All of the children from across the school were asked to share the book either with their friends, or with the whole class and talk a littl
THE BAUBLE PROJECT! Remember – look out for your first bauble from our new Bauble Project, coming home this week. The information was sent out on School Ping on Wednesday and our Facebook page and on the website here. Here’s a glimpse of the baubles from across school – from our youngest to our olde
We had a themed week of the ‘Gingerbread Man’ this week! The children enjoyed listening to different variations of the story and retelling it using props and masks around the classroom. They worked hard to use key words from the story throughout their acting. On Wednesday Reception filled the sc
The end of term is upon us and I know that everyone is looking forward to the festivities. Unfortunately, once again, this will be within a challenging context of Covid-19 where we must be careful in how we manage ourselves in order to reduce the risk of catching and transmitting the virus. Howe
This year, we decided to team up with Metro Radio. We joined their Mission Christmas appeal to support local disadvantaged families and help to ensure that all children in the North East wake up to a present this Christmas. The children have really enjoyed watching the pile of presents grow and have
Inter faith week was celebrated in November this year, with the aim of increasing awareness of different and distinct faith communities and increasing understanding between people of religious and non-religious belief. At Harlow Green, the week was kicked off with an assembly about the key beliefs o
