What an extravaganza of a day we have had in year one celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Firstly, we all looked resplendent dressed in red, white and blue and positively regal wearing our homemade crowns. At lunch time, we all sat outside with the whole school to hold our street party. We all
As we approach the half-term holiday, I always start thinking about the extra time that I might have for reading – especially if it’s nice and I can read outside. I love picture books and think that they should be shared at all ages. Shh I Have a Plan: (Age 3+) This is a hilarious picture book, wher
Year One have been learning about the world around us and the seaside in Geography. In particular they have been introduced to human and physical features in the environment. They have learnt that physical features such as cliffs, rivers and mountains are natural and created by natural process
We may only have a small woodland but look what we can do with it! Year 1 are building on their relationship with nature through independent play. By learning to love and respect our natural world we encourage the children to want to protect it. First a flash challenge to find any spiky things. The
This term our topic in Year One is “We’re all going on a summer holiday.” The children have enjoyed talking about their trips to the seaside and how they like building sandcastles on the beach and eating fish and chips. The pupils have also had the opportunity to learn about seaside holidays in
In Computing, Year 1 have started their new topic all about programming Bee-Bots. The children began by investigating what the different buttons could do. They were able to identify and use the forwards, backwards, right turn and left turn buttons. It was very tricky to remember that we needed to pr
As a Forest School, we at Harlow Green want to enable our children to enjoy the benefits of risk, but also to develop the self knowledge to work within their own safe limits. It is a balance we achieve through combining taught skills, with application through play. Continuous observation is key to e
This week we have truly taken advantage of the warmer weather. For our summer science topic we are learning about plants and firstly we learnt what a plant is. We all went onto the field for a plant hunt. The children found many different kinds of plant including bluebells, grass, daffodils, d
Year 1 start their Forest School adventures this week. They were so excited to finally get out. First we went on a guided tour of the whole site, then a quick lesson in Stick Safety. This is an important aspect of their learning, allowing children independence as their experience grows. It’s a reall
Welcome to the first Reading Corner of the Summer Term. This week’s book recommendations are a little bit different. As we start to emerge from the pandemic, and life seems to be returning to normal, there is a lot of concern about mental health and how this has been impacted over the previous two y
