We continue to take part in the Creative Storytelling sessions with the charity Equal Arts and our friends at Angel Court. This week we finished the collage, adding the printed adjectives in strips to represent the winds hair. Leaves were cut out and then curled and stuck into the winds flowing lock
Our gardening club began this week. Bob showed the children what will need doing in the allotments over the next few weeks. First job to collect the potatoes and turn over the soil, getting the raised bed ready for re-planting. They had a good haul and divided the produce between themselves to take
Reception had the pleasure of meeting our school hens up close this morning. Miss Rowe brought four of the hens into class, Nora, our largest, Silkie, our oldest, Winter, our smallest and the newly named Feather. All the children had the opportunity to stroke their soft feathers and some children he
Forest School this morning for Year 4 and more rain! But that didn’t dampen our spirits, we headed out to put into practice our fire-making skills. Miss Rowe had some help with the main campfire, the boys laid the tinder and kindling, then had a go at lighting it. Not easy in very wet conditions and
So impressive to see two of our newly appointed Outdoor Workers already having the confidence to run some games of Sticky Feet with the Year 1 children. Just getting yourself heard outside in the rain can be a real challenge, but both girls really found their voices today. That got everyone warmed u
The children enjoyed an afternoon with the residents of Angel Court and a creative writer from The Equal Arts Council. These sessions tie into the everyone’s love of nature. Last week we began with a story about how the trees lose their leaves, this week the sessions continued with a tale about Gret
Year 6 children headed out to the Forest School this week to begin in a block of sessions that have a definite theme running in the background but still follow the guiding principles of the Forest School. Last lesson we stayed in class avoiding the torrential rain and set the scene for the next few
This week the Nursery children had their first Forest School session. Miss Rowe was so impressed with how well they sat and listened in class and had a very lively discussion about what our school rules Ready, Respectful and Safe look like in the Forest School. Then we headed out onto the woods. We
We are delighted to share how well the Reception children have settled in during their visits this week. It has been a joy to watch them enjoy staying for lunch, where they sampled new foods and engaged in lively conversations with their peers. The children have also thoroughly explored both the cla
Year 6 lead our Nursery children in a Forest School session and demonstrated why this part of our weekly life at Harlow Green is so important. In a formal sense this is why we do it: “The process helps and facilitates more than knowledge-gathering, it helps learners develop socially, emotionally, sp
