Over the last week, Year 6 have continued to read and investigate the characters and plot within their English novel – Friend or Foe by Michael Morpurgo. The children have been enjoying the text and there has been much discussion about the characters and how they would feel at different parts in the
This week, the children in Year 5 were introduced to their new English class read, ‘Beowulf’. During our book launch, the children went outside to investigate clues that had been left around to try and work out what our new book could be. The children found some old Viking letters various Viki
In English this week, the boys and girls were set a challenge. The children were asked to use some clues to guess a very famous character from a book. Firstly, the children were given some cleaning items including an apron, a duster, a cloth and a spray bottle. The second clue had arrived in the p
This week saw the launch of our class text ‘Friend or Foe’ by Michael Morpurgo – and the children were in for a surprise when a siren led to them being taken on an air raid into a shelter and then preparing for evacuation to Devon! The book links to our topic on ‘Peacekeepers’ and is set during the
This week, year 4 have been on a hunt for clues about their new English text. The clues were placed around the school field and the children had to follow a map. Although it was a very wet and windy morning, the children were successful in their quest. They found a dragon’s egg, a burning forest, a
This week, in English, Year Two found out that they will be reading One Day on Our Blue Planet: In the Ocean, written by Ella Bailey. To launch their new text the children made a wax resist – a piece of artwork created using oil pastels and watercolour paint. The boys and girls were each given an
The Leavers’ Show is an event that the children look forward to all year – and they certainly didn’t disappoint! As I’m sure you will all agree the children were absolutely amazing in their show. They are such a talented group and this was evident in the singing, dancing, acting, poetry reading, jok
This year, we have introduced a new range of activities for the children to take part in during their time with us at Harlow Green, and one of them is to run a café. In Year 4 we had our first experience of running Harlow Treats Afternoon Tea for parents and family members this week, and afterwards
At Angel Court we have been lucky enough to be working with The Equal Arts Council and Elizabeth Baker, a writer and story teller from the North East. This is linked to our community project Plot to Pot, inspired by the Community Garden we have developed with the residents. We began by learning abou
Year One were so excited to be introduced to their new text in English. As it is set in the Kalahari Desert in Africa, firstly everyone went on an animal safari. The children made safari name badges and then we all took our pretend binoculars and clipboard outside to see which animals we could spo
