Over the last term we have been continuing our visits to Angel Court Residential Home. The children love to share stories about our hens here at Harlow Green, many of the residents remember helping out in the allotments as children so comparing hen related anecdotes is always fun. We decided we woul
This week the children have been finding out about bears. They enjoyed looking at a non-fiction text on the interactive board about different types of bears. The children were particularly interested in polar bears so we set up an arctic scene in the water tray. The children were fascinated to
This weeks construction challenge was to build a bridge for a bottle. The children were given three lengths of string for use if they chose. They could use only natural sticks, nothing man-made. The bottle had to fit underneath both upright and lying on its side, and the bridge had to be strong enou
This week at nursery, the children have been excited to talk about their experiences of bonfire night. We talked about fireworks and created our own firework pictures using marbles dipped in paint to roll across our pictures. We made a pretend bonfire outside and ate marshmallows that we pretend
Our Year 6 children are now very experienced in the practical skills of Forest School, they have worked hard to develop positive communication strategies and have a confidence and sense of ownership when working outside. From September they have been running their own Forest School sessions. They sp
Our Forest School came alive with the sound of music this week. Inspired by the children, who can often be found banging out rhythms on the odd tree stump. The children were given free reign with the resources to create their own instruments, with some fantastic results. The poly tunnel was raided f
In Forest School we will be introducing some knot work as part of our focus on construction. Last term the children learned about pivot points, how to create rotation points and in class investigated triangulation used in bridge building. We will now extend this topic so the children can build a v
Year 6 were lucky enough to be invited to Joseph Swan to carry out some Forensic science work. They didn’t feel quite so lucky when they were told they would be carrying out tests on the teachers’ ‘urine’ to see who had stolen all of the biscuits. despite this, the children enjoyed using chemicals t
Some Year 5 and 6 children are continuing to learn to play the violin. They meet weekly on a Thursday lunchtime. Great work everyone!
Some children in Year 4 have enjoyed attending violin club this term on a Thursday lunchtime.
