Across school at the end of term, all the children take part in a quiz using the app Mentimeter. This quizzes them on all things to do with foundation lessons such as History, Geography, Art, PE, Science and more….The classes ring out with cheers and drum rolls. The children are really used to t
Our School choir, lead by Mrs Holt, have been sharing the joy of song in our local community. First stop, St Ninians Church. Some of the choir were asked to light the advent candles with the curate, George Lackenby, then the performance began. The church was filled with festive songs and despite the
This week, children from Reception to Year 6 enjoyed a music workshop by the fabulous band from Gateshead Music Services. We were entertained with Santa Time! and jokes, Twelve Days of Christmas, dancing Santa and of course full sing-a-longs of all our favourites which we sung very loud! The chi
In music this half term, Year 4 are learning how to play the Ukulele. Mr Langford, from Gateshead Music Service, gave the children a great introduction to the Ukulele this week and also performed some of his own songs which caused a lot of excitement. The children learned all about the history of th
The children in Reception were treated to an Irish dancing taster session this week with Nicola from Jump’n Jig. Everyone found the session thoroughly enjoyable and they learnt some basic skills required for Irish dancing. During the session the children danced with the Jump’n Jig bears, used ma
Today, Harlow Green celebrated Make Music Day (also known as World Music Day). Our theme was world music and each year group looked at a different country. Year Six studied Brazil and created their own compositions; Year 5 focused on Cuba and enjoyed Salsa dancing; Year 4 looked at Mexican music and
Today, Early Years and Key Stage One, were lucky enough to listen to a magical story performed by professional storyteller Chris Bostock. We heard the story, ‘The Tree Of Life’, which tells the story of Tiny Tortoise. He had a wonderful dream of a tree that grew every kind of different fruit. Ow
The children in Reception enjoyed some shady fun on a hot day out in our Forest School. They are really beginning to challenge themselves on the rope lines. Rope lines are physically, very demanding but as the children’s strength and co-ordination improves so they can devise all sorts of different w
As part of our end of term activities, all children from Year 1 to Year 6 take part in a class quiz focussed around their foundation subjects (History, Art, Geography, Science, PE etc) whether it is individually on the iPads or as a class, using the interactive quiz tool – Mentimeter. The teachers
The children in Year 4 have been getting creative with composition. The aim was to compose and perform a rap. The children came up with their own topic which had to be something they were passionate about, the most popular being friendship, saving the environment and pets. They began their lyrics by
