Year 4 have enjoyed the start of their Geography topic this half term, all about mountains. To begin with, we have learned about how the structure of the Earth affects its features. Using pieces of paper, they demonstrated how the Earth’s tectonic plates can move in different ways to create mounta
In History, Year 3 have been learning about life through the ages. First, they were introduced to the term ‘prehistory’ meaning the period of time before written records. They then began by exploring the Stone Age. Initially, the children became archaeologists and using images, discussed a range of
World Religion Day falls on the third Sunday in January each year. The day is an opportunity to promote understanding and peace between all religions. As a way of celebrating the day, the boys and girls at Harlow Green have all been learning about the Sikh faith. Throughout the school, there was a l
In order to celebrate World Religion Day, Year Six joined the rest of the school in learning about the religion of Sikhi. This morning, each class attended a Bhangra dance workshop in the hall and enjoyed dressing up and learning routines which included hand movements, leg movements and even spins!
This week in our reception class, the children embarked on an exciting exploration of their homes. We began by reading the delightful story “Me on the Map” by Joan Sweeney, which sparked their imaginations. Following this, they examined photographs of their own bedrooms and created detailed plans of
Today, as usual on a Friday, the children in Year 6 have worked incredibly hard on a practice arithmetic test. The lesson began with the children practising written subtraction with decimals and short and long division. Over the course of the lesson, the children completed written methods with all f
In their weekly French lessons, Year 4A have been learning how to say and write rooms within a home. This week, the children have been learning how to say the different types of rooms you would find in a house in French. They started the lesson by thinking of the different rooms they had in their
This week in maths, the boys and girls have been working on multiplying 2-digit by one digit numbers. We began by recapping how to partition 2 digit numbers into 10s and 1s and they then used counters and a place value chart to support their understanding of the short multiplication method. They enj
After the children played some bird identification games, where they had to find birds from name only rather than images, the children were encouraged to build some Mega-nests. First as a whole class, then in teams. They could only use fir trees and they had to make sure all team mates were off the
This term, Nursery are looking at the sport of gymnastics! We have started a new unit of work for PE, called Jumping Jacks. We will be looking at lots of different ways of travelling, moving and jumping to become fantastic gymnasts. This week we started by doing some mat work which focused on di
