Today, Year 2 went on a trip to St Mary’s Heritage Centre in Gateshead. They learned all about The Great Fire of Gateshead. First, they learned all about the building they were standing in. St Mary’s Heritage Centre is a church that is 850 years old. It is made of stone and has stained glass windows
In RE, we have been exploring Christianity. We have looked at the ten commandments and ranked them from what we thought was the most important to least important. We then went on to learning about the ‘Sermon on the Mount’. We explored the story and looked at the eight beatitudes, learning how t
This week in English, we have’ wrapped up’ our half term unit using different versions of the Cinderella story as stimuli. The skill focus for this week was to understand the purpose of inverted commas used to mark speech, and to create their own speech sentences using inverted commas in the correct
All of Year One have been enjoying learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali as part of their RE lessons. They learnt that Diwali is the festival of light and it is celebrated by lighting Diya lamps, giving presents and sweets and enjoying fireworks. Rangoli patterns are created outside houses
Over the past two weeks, Year Six have been studying different sketching techniques in Art lessons. The children looked at how to represent texture, light and shadow, perspective, reflection and movement. First, they practised their skills by sketching a realistic apple and a scene where mountains a
Reading for pleasure and generating a love of text is of such importance at Harlow Green. In the past, children have enjoyed ‘Reading Buddies’ during events like World Book Day, but we have decided that this is something we want to promote every half-term. Classes have been ‘buddied’ up, with older
In RE, Year 2 have been learning all about Christian weddings. They learned that a Christian is someone who believes in God and follows the teachings of Jesus. First, the children found out who takes part in a Christian wedding. As well as the bride and groom, there is a priest, a best man and, some
Today, the Year 5 and 6 children were visited by two representatives from the NSPCC, who delivered workshops about the importance of speaking out and staying safe. They looked at different scenarios and posed questions for children to think about. The children all responded maturely and really thoug
Friday night is fitness night for some Year 6 children as they stay for an after school fitness session. They do a range of exercise sessions from boxing workouts, to core workouts and always put in 100% effort. getting into good fitness habits at an early age cannot be underestimated as it sets you
This week in English, we have read the next story in our book ‘Beowulf and the Sea-hag’. We have explored how Beowulf’s emotions have changed throughout the story, from defeating Grendel to going to hunt the Sea-hag (his mother). Next week, we are going write instructions to inform Beowulf how to
