Today everyone at Harlow Green was invited to come into school wearing red, white, blue or sports kit to celebrate England’s first match in this year’s World Cup. The festivities kicked off with an assembly this morning. Each class is following two different teams that they have drawn at random. We
In the lead up to the Year 5/6 tennis competition, our Year 5 tennis club have started practice again. The children have been serving overarm as well as fine-tuning their forehands and backhands. A few warm up games (such as tig) and skill-based activities have also been attempted to keep the sess
Continuing with our Gnome theme, the children decided they wanted more ‘houselike’ structures. Some used our tools to create dwellings, other improvised, converting nesting boxes into a gnome village. The children also made some little wooden gnomes. These have been played with by all year groups, t
The Year 5 and 6 children have competed in the annual Glynwood Games. The children were entered in running, throwing and jumping events and the games concluded with the relays. The Year 5 team eventually came 4th and the Year 6 team came 3rd. All of the children really tried in their events were the
This week across all Forest School sessions we have been learning about the history of Gnomes. This is part of an RHS campaign linked to the film Sherlock Gnomes, the purpose of which is to encourage our children’s interest in gardening. Gnomes are protectors of living things, both under and over gr
A massive thank you to everyone who attended our food festival this year, once again it was a great success! There were lots of delicious food stalls, activities and even some beautiful weather throughout the afternoon. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves, indulging in the weather, some footb
Year 5 have been studying the works of artist Chris Ofili. We combined the use of a bold background and then over layed with contrasting dot work. We enjoyed using a different tool and technique to create imaginative images!
As part of their Heritage Hunters Topic, Year 5 children enjoyed a trip to Birtley. They were able to hear more about the Birtley Belgians who set up the village of Elisabethville during World War One and made shells for the war effort. The children visited the only remaining building – a garage tha
In Year 5, the children have been learning how to play tennis. They have worked on their forehand and backhand strokes and today had the opportunity to actually hit the ball over the net. It proved difficult to get a rally going, but they worked extremely hard. They realised that sometimes it is bet
In English, we launched a new text for this half-term. The book is called ‘Holes’ and in the story boys in a prison camp have to dig a hole 5ft long, 5ft wide and 5ft deep in the desert every day as a punishment. We had to go and measure a space that was 5ft to see how gig this hole was. The charact
