We continue our annual tradition with our baubles and these will be the third one the children should have collected. Each year group has a different design and a different Art or DT skill in the painting used on them – from finger prints, stippling, blending, shading and drawing. We hope that you c
December 1st sees the official start of our Christmas countdown and we couldn’t have asked for a more appropriate day with the snow laying beautifully this morning. Freya from Reception, was given the task of opening Day 1 of our advent calendar which revealed an angel that could be placed above the
The end of term is finally upon us after what has been a long but positive start to the year. Since September, the staff team have continued to work extremely hard to develop our Harlow Green offer, so that children have more to engage with, beyond their lessons. Over the last fifteen weeks, there
This week nursery has been full of glitter and sparkles as we complete our Christmas crafts. The children have been busy competing their Christmas crafts and activities before the end of the autumn term. We have been making Christmas cards for our families using different lengths of card, sequins an
As Christmas draws ever closer, the number of children’s books that are available in shops increases. It’s always lovely to hear the children talking about the books that they want for Christmas and we look forward to the children sharing a book after the holidays. On the cold, winter nights, there
This week we have posted our letters to Santa! We started our week reading a story about a little girl who wrote a letter to Santa and was hoping for a reply. We decided to write our own letters and thought about the things we might like Santa to bring us on Christmas Eve. The children tried hard to
Nursery and Reception have learned a lot about nature already this term. From spikes and stings and sticky things, to mini-beasts and insects. We’ve even watched a battle between a centipede and an earth-worm. This week we have been looking at Fungi. In class we shared some facts about the differe
This week in Nursery, we have been reading the story Stick Man. The children loved joining in with the repeated refrain throughout and were very happy that Stick Man returned to his family, with the help of Santa, at the end of the story. As part of our topic, Little Bear and Me, the children explor
This week, the children have been trying to match a numeral by counting out the correct number of Lego bricks and building them into a tower. They tried really hard and did brilliantly! They have also been building to show big and little towers. The other pictures show them getting the most out of t
Today, the children of Harlow Green took part in a non-uniform day to raise money for Children in Need. It was amazing to see the variety of colourful costumes that the children were wearing in exchange for the kind donations that were given. During P.E. sessions this week, each class were challen
