This is a really interesting challenge that the children threw themselves into with gusto. In class the children were asked “How do I move an object that’s too heavy for me to lift?” They talked in their table groups and came up with some really interesting solutions. We looked at the paramete
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
This is the first News Report from HG NEWS which will be a new, weekly feature allowing Year 6 to experience being a news presenter. The aim is to share some of the events that have occurred over the week in a different way that our community can access.
This term in PE, the children have enjoyed two different sports – Boccia and Golf. Boccia is an inclusive sport that involves children playing a kind of bowls, aiming balls at the jack that is rolled at the start. It is a sit down sport that ensures children of all abilities can access and enjoy.�
In this horrible, rainy weather there’s not a lot to do outside, so it’s the perfect time for grabbing a book and reading. The start of the year always sees some brilliant new book releases and WHSmith and Waterstones have some excellent displays of picture and chapter books that are well worth a lo
This half term, the children taking part in our VEX robotics club participated in a tournament hosted by Nissan. The tournament involved 20 local primary schools who took their own robots to compete in driving skills challenges. Our team appropriately named themselves ‘The Green Machine’, and compet
As part of Harlow Green’s commitment to fostering a love of books and reading for pleasure, classes are ‘buddied’ up and, once a half-term, the older children get a change to read with younger children in school. It is an event that all children look forward to – allowing the KS2 children to be the
Safer Internet Day is held every February all around the world. Safer Internet Day gives us a chance to think about all of the wonderful things technology can help us with, but it is also an opportunity to think about ways we can keep safe online and what to do if we see something we are worried abo
Over the next two weeks, we are developing and perfecting our sewing skills by designing and creating our hand puppets. The children began by researching different types of puppets, watching videos and demonstrations of hand, rod, shadow and string/marionette puppets. We have this week created our
All this term, children across school have been learning about British birds in their Forest School sessions, this is linked to the RSPB Big School Birdwatch. The children have become very good at recognising the different types, where they might expect to see them and how to tell some of the diff