This week there has been a buzz of excitement in school as the author and actor ‘Chris Connaughton’ has visited all of the children. It is not often that a visitor can work from Nursery all the way to Year 6 and leave all of the children mesmerised – but Chris has managed to do this with his stories
It has been a very busy exciting week of sport at Harlow Green. On Monday, our year 5/6 Hockey team took part in the Gateshead Finals which was held at Whickham School. There were 7 schools there who qualified for the finals and our school played outstandingly, winning every single game – crowned ch
Today, we raised money for Comic Relief. All of the children came to school dressed in their own clothes with a Comic Relief theme. During the day, the children found out about how the money raised will people in need. Later, the boys and girls enjoyed telling jokes to their classmates and vo
This week, the boys and girls have been learning about the Jewish festival of Purim. They began by listening to the Story of Esther and can retell the events. They understand that Esther showed courage and bravery at a time when she would have felt worried and scared. Everyone then reflected on how
World Book Day is always full of excitement: children all dressed up; staff in strange costumes; and lots of fun activities planned throughout the day. The day is designed to celebrate the importance of books and foster a love of reading. This year, the whole school have worked from a twisted fairy
On Thursday Morning some of our year KS2 children took part in the Gateshead SSP crteative peformance festival which was held at Gateshead Stadium . The children took part in a range of differnt stations some of those were gymnastics, cheerleading, dancing, drawing and yoga. All the children h
This week in Science, the children have been learning about the main muscles in their bodies. The children first learnt that muscles help our bodies to move, as they are attached to our bones by tendons. The boys and girls learnt the scientific names for the muscles and used the scientific names to
Today, the Rights Respecting Officers visited Ravensworth Terrace to gain ideas about outdoor playtime. Thirteen of our Rights Respecting Officers had the opportunity to visit Ravensworth Terrace to see how playtimes are ran and the provision there is to access at this time. We thoroughly enjoyed se