Yesterday, our Year 5 and 6 choir visited Grace College to perform some wartime songs in a 1940s tea dance. They were joined by other local schools and residents from local care homes as well as some war veterans. The children sang songs including ‘We’ll Meet Again’ and ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’
Year 3 continue to apply their observations of the world around them into their construction. This week some of the children tried to see if they could increase stability in their tower building by adding vertical sticks. Torrential rain meant the second session stayed inside, hopefully giving the f
Year 2 took a break from their construction work to create a bug hotel. Beginning in class, using leaves and sticks, the children filled small boxes. Then outside they re-purposed an old cupboard, first padding it our with dried leaves and then transferring all their houses into the wooden slots. Th
To commemorate Remembrance Day, Year 6 attended a memorial service in Low Fell. They were joined by the Deputy Mayor, community members and children from other schools to pay their respects to those who fought for their country and those who serve today. They wrote a message of remembrance and laid
After all the rain it was fantastic for our nursery children to enjoy some time outside planting daffodil bulbs ready for Spring. First they found some good spots for planting that will be in the sun. Then they dug out some soil and carefully placed in the bulbs checking that they were the right way
The residents and children at Angel Court surprised themselves with how well their pinch and slab pots have started to come together. Working in pairs, one old, one young, they first manipulated to clay into small bowl shapes. They were then fitted inside each other creating a gap between the two. T
Year 3 continue to hone their construction skills in our Forest School. Following our STEM week tower challenge, the children were asked to look at the world around them as an architect or an engineer might do. Could they spot key features that help to give buildings more strength and stability? The
There was some abnormal spookiness around Harlow Green this afternoon which required some investigation by our pupils. Thankfully, when the children went into lunch they saw that that there was simply a special mealtime organised by our school cooks. Decorations, music and some Halloween themed fo
This week the pupils from Harlow Green have taken part in STEM based activities from Nursery through to Year 6. These activities were all aimed to promote Science, Teachnology, Engineeering and Maths. It has been wonderful to see creativity, perseverance, problem solving and team work shine thro
Due to the kind contributions from parents and carers, we were able to collect a variety of food for Harvest. This food has now been collected by The People’s Kitchen in Newcastle to help those in need. The school received a thank you letter from The People’s Kitchen thanking us for our kind donatio
