To share all the news and events that happen at Harlow Green Community Primary School, the Year 6 HG News team report weekly. The aim is to build confidence and a range of skills which can be applied in a variety of ways. This opportunity also gives an insight into the potential of becoming a jour
Visualising shape is a challenging area of maths – sometimes children (and adults including Mrs Jennings) find it hard to see how a net will be folded! Today, the children were given parts of nets which they had to pair together to make a complete net. They had to work out which pairs fit together
Over three days this week, the children across the whole school were spell-bound as they were visited by the illustrator and author Liz Million. Liz writes, illustrates and publishes her own books as well as illustrating for other authors and working in schools. She talked to the children about her
Over the last couple of weeks the children in Year 6 have studied different artists and styles of portraits and have then incorporated this learning into a final piece. The children have appreciated artwork by Pablo Picasso and have discussed his Cubist style of geometric shapes and abstract feature
Harlow Green Celebrates Safer Internet Day 2025 On Tuesday, 11th February, Harlow Green Primary School joined thousands of schools across the country in celebrating Safer Internet Day 2025. This year’s theme, ‘Too Good to be True’, encouraged our children to think critically about what they se
Last week , our Year 5 and 6 Netball team took part in the Gateshead Finals which was held at Gateshead Stadium. The team had to win a competition just to qualify for this event which was already a fantastic achievement. 10 Schools made the finals and we were in a group of 5 and had to fin
This half term, Year Six have been studying the Circulatory System as part of their Science unit of work. The children have learned about how blood travels around the body in order to transport Oxygen to keep us alive. They have studied the different blood vessels and written the journey of a red bl
As part of the topic, ‘How Precious Life is..’ the Year 6 children have been learning about the history of coal and how important it was to the local area. To begin with, the children learnt about the significance of the coal mines in the North East. They considered what coal was used for as wel
Encouraging children to read and seeing them become fluent readers, is one of the most rewarding aspects of being a teacher. The world that opens up when you can read – for enjoyment, pleasure, or to find information for a purpose – is one with endless possibilities. IN school, we use Reading Plus a
Sharing success is important at Harlow Green. However, we do not give out lots of prizes as the important aspect is for recognition to be shared genuinely and personally. This is done throughout school regularly and in many ways by all staff; this can range from conversations in corridors, to ce
