To link to the RSPB Birdwatch, the children across school have been learning about birds in their Forest School sessions. Through predator and prey games, stalking in the woods to thinking about feeding patterns and camouflage in the woolly worm hunt, we have all had birds on the brain. Finally the
In English, we are loving reading When The Mountains Roared and this week we have been looking at the plight of the endangered snow leopards, so we can write a persuasive letter to the Indian government to ask for their support to help! It ties in nicely with our Geography topic too on mountains a
In Year 4 this term, we have been learning all about editing photos. First, the children thought about the positives and the negatives of photo editing. The children realised that photo editing could mean they don’t see the whole picture, or that the picture is completely faked! We realised that we
This term in Maths we introduce a lot of new concepts to the children, starting with more formal methods of short division, then developing their knowledge of fractions and starting decimals. This week we have been using the counters in lessons to look at division with remainders. Dividing 5 by
Still learning about birds in preparation for the RSPB Big School Birdwatch, Year 4 set off on a Woolly Worm Hunt. An activity designed to really make the children think about how birds feed and how difficult that can be, especially in winter. Children work with a partner. They first create a small
This week we have started our studies all about the Hindu faith. We looked at key symbols, beliefs and locations of the Hindu faith including its origin and the range of Gods and Goddesses. We looked more closely at some of the different forms, features and qualities that the Gods had and how and
With the current cold weather, there really is nothing better to do than curl up in bed or lie in front of a fire reading a book. There are so many great new releases coming out in 2023 – from well-know authors like Julia Donaldson, to new authors and books from other cultures. I hope that you will
The new year has started brilliantly for Harlow Green’s reading stars in KS2. All of the children have taken a Star Reader test in Accelerated Reader to get a new reading range and they have all been able to select from the new books in the scheme. The children have also continued to use Reading Plu
The last two weeks have seen our Reading Buddies programme taking place again across school. Each half-term, older children read with their buddy class. It is a great opportunity to be leaders and for the younger children to read and discuss a book with somebody. It was lovely to see so many of the
This term during all of our Forest School sessions we will be learning about birds and taking part in the RSPB Big School Birdwatch. You can join in the survey at home too with the Big Garden Birdwatch. The first week back has seen some predictably wild January weather, so with this in mind the sess
