Reading is an essential element in Harlow Green’s curriculum and every half-term, the classes pair up as reading buddies. Older children are paired with younger children across the whole school and it is an opportunity for the older children to be the expert. Sometimes they read to the younger child
This week, rhyming, rhythm and imagery have been in the air as it has been poetry week at Harlow Green. All of the children, from each year group, have studied a poet. From John Lyons to Michael Rosen, from John Agard to Shev Silverstein, the children have had the opportunity to study poets from dif
This week, Year 6 have been carrying out an investigation in science to complete their ‘Circuits’ topic. They were set the challenge of making a bulb brighter/dimmer in a circuit. Each group came up with a different idea – from adding more components to the circuit to adding more wires or cells. The
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, particularly speaking and presenting formally to an audience. This opportuni
Last Thursday our Year 5 and 6 Indoor Athletics Team took part in the Gateshead School Sports Partnership Indoor Athletics Competition at Gateshead Stadium . The competition was split into two parts, track and field events. Both our boys’ and girls’ teams were outstanding and gave 100% in every si
Last Thursday one of our Year 5 and 6 Football teams took part in the Felling schools FA cup. The team played excellently in all their games and played really well together as a team. We had to go to penalties to see who would go through to the final……and we came out victorious and qualified f
Friday Afternoon one of our year 5 and 6 Tag rugby Teams took part in the Gateshead School Sports Partnership Tag Rugby Gateshead finals. Our team played so well as a team and have been unbeaten all the way from qualifying rounds all the way through the finals. We have finished 2nd in the whole of
Last night the children in Key Stage 1 and 2 enjoyed our Halloween disco. The hall was decorated with spooky items such as spiders, pumpkins, ghosts, witches hats and ghouls The costumes were fantastic and in some cases, it was difficult to see who was behind their mask. Everyone enjoyed playi
Harvest Festival This year, as part of our Harvest celebrations, we have learnt about the meaning behind harvest through our class assembly times. We found out the importance of gathering crops from the fields. This year we raised donations to send to The People’s Kitchen, where we collected non-per
The Gardening Club have been busy in our pond area, laying new stones in for the path, cutting back some of the trees and beginning the task of revitalising the ponds. When Miss Rowe and Bob first put our ponds in, around 10 years ago we had an abundance of frogs and toads in all three ponds. We wou
