This week, the children have been learning about renga, free verse and narrative poems for poetry week. On Monday, the children learnt about renga poetry, which is a traditional form of free-verse Japanese poetry. The children learnt about how renga poems are made up of tankas, consisting of short
This week Year One have been introduced to a new subject – design and technology. First we investigated how toys could move . We discovered that some toys need to be wound up – like our toy caterpillars. The children also learnt that some toys with wheels needed to be pulled backwards firs
This week has been poetry week across the whole school. Year 6 have studied poems by John Agard and discussed the messages and meanings. They particularly enjoyed trying to perform sections of his poems in a similar style to the way he had performed for an audience. After this, the children wrote tw
Over the past three weeks, Year 6 have been learning a range of techniques to develop their sketching skills including hatching, blurring, reflections and showing movement. During this block of work, Year 6 have experimented with different gradings of pencils and have seen that the 6B pencil will na
Earlier this week, the boys and girls in Year 3 had the fantastic opportunity to visit The Great North Museum. They spent time exploring the Egyptian gallery looking at the exhibits about Egyptian life and the Afterlife. They completed a ‘crack the code’ and an ‘object eye spy’ activity, working as
This week has been poetry week across school. It is a week where children get to enjoy listening to poems from different poets; performing extracts from published poems; and, then writing their own poems to share. The poems are linked to the topics across school, meaning that the children have a wea
Reading is an essential part of Harlow Green’s curriculum. Giving the children to read and understand a text is vital across different curriculum areas, but perhaps what is of more importance is developing a love of reading and an interest in books that will remain with the children for life. As par
This term, Year Two have been learning about habitats in Science. Did you know a habitat is where an animal or a plant lives? First, the children found out about some different habitats around the world. They learnt about the ocean, deserts, rainforests and polar habitats and some of the animals and
It has been poetry week this week in English, and the children have been learning about Kennings poetry. This is a form of poetry where something is described without any direct reference. Kenning is an Old Norse word meaning to ‘express a thing in terms of another’. It links closely with our Viking
We have had lots of spooky goings on this week in Nursery! We have been learning all about the festival of Halloween this week and have enjoyed finding out all about how we celebrate this festival on the 31st October every year. as part of our learning we all spent time designing a face to carve int
