Over the past two weeks, the children have been exploring the Ancient Egyptians and learning about some of the advances they made. First, we started with an introduction to the Ancient Egyptians and the children became archaeologists and studied different artefacts and images to piece together who t
Mrs Softley – Assistant Head teacher, SENDCo, Mental Health Lead My name is Mrs Softley and I am delighted to introduce myself as the new Assistant Head Teacher, Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Co-ordinator (SENDCo) and Mental Health & Wellbeing Lead for Harlow Green Community Prim
For their construction this week Year 6 children were encouraged to see if they could incorporate a moving part. They were asked to think about using the topography of the land and repurposing objects in an imaginative way. Despite lots of chat in class about the various kinds of motions possible, w
This weeks heavy rain meant that it was difficult for our friends at Angel Court to get out into the garden so the children went along to help. They cleaned out the new hens, giving them fresh food, water and bedding. Miss Rowe put up some tarps to create a shelter so the young birds have a dry area
Construction will be the main theme across year groups during our Forest School sessions this term. Construction covers a huge breadth of activities, so the children will be encouraged to build using all sorts of materials. From wood and clay, sticks and stones, words and music, stories and song, a
Today, Reception children met with our Year 4 classes to share stories. It was lovely to see the year 4 children reading so enthusiastically and encouraging the younger children to join in and discuss the stories. Article 13: We all have the right to share what we learn, think and feel with ot
All of the children in Year One have made an amazing start to their new class. This week, we introduced our class English reader ‘Tyrannosaurus Drip’. We started by going on a dinosaur hunt. We even sang a song We’re going on a dinosaur hunt We’re going to catch a big one What a beautiful da
To launch our new English text in Year 4, the children went on a treasure hunt around the school grounds to find clues. They followed a map showing the location of the clues that were hidden around the edge of the school field. The first clue was a huge black egg in a burnt-out nest, which the child
Hatching time came this week and the whole school got involved. It all started with chick number 1, Dave, who arrived promptly. The children took great delight in hearing the tap, tap, tap of the chicks as they start pipping from their shells. The chicks that hatch are left inside the incubator so t
On Tuesday it was time to candle our hatching eggs for the first time. They have been in the incubator for “eggactly” a week so the time had come to see which ones were fertilised. The “hentastic” Jos from Henpower came to support us and answer any questions the children had. The candling process in
