Yesterday, the Harlow Green community came together to enjoy our annual school fair. Once again, the weather was glorious; the sun shone and the rain stayed away. Parents and children enjoyed having a go at traditional games such as name the teddy, tombola, guess the number of sweets in the jar,
As always, reading in Harlow Green is at the forefront of the curriculum. Whether this is class texts in English, reading for pleasure books at the end of the day, or children’s individual readers, there is a great emphasis on the children reading and engaging with a range of texts. With the money
Over the summer term, Year Six have been studying volcanoes as part of their Geography topic. In the first lesson, the children learned about why volcanoes erupt. It was very interesting to learn about the theory of ‘plate tectonics’ which means the plates which make up the Earth (a bit like a j
Harlow Green is a school community that embraces diversity with an understanding that our differences should be celebrated as they make us who we are with each and everyone one of us being special on our own way. Although we do lots of work within the curriculum and during assemblies to support unde
Eight pupils in Year 6 represented our school in a mini tennis competition at Cardinal Hume School. Over the last few weeks, they have worked hard during tennis club, with Mr Malk and Mr McMann. to improve their tennis skills. During the tournament, everyone competed with great enthusiasm duri
Today, the Year 6 children have enjoyed a visit to The Roman Army Museum and Vindolanda. The children began the day at the Roman Army Museum where they were taught by a Roman centurion in an interactive classroom. In the classroom, the children spoke in Latin, counted to ten and were taught about th
This week, the children in Year 6 have continued to work on 3D sculptures in art. They compared the work of Giacometti with that of Henry Moore and were encouraged to use artistic vocabulary in their discussions. They then designed their own sculptures in Giacometti’s elongated style. The theme for
It has been a very busy half term for our girls football team. They have taken part in 2 competitions over the last couple of weeks. The first one was held at Gateshead Power League in Dunston there were 32 teams who took part. We played some group games which we won our group and then it was the kn
Last Week our two year 5 and 6 cricket teams took part in the Gateshead SSP Cricket Tournament which was held at Felling Cricket Club. Both teams played really well as a team especially when they were fielding communication between players was really good to hear. Every child had a go at batting and
In Year 6, this week the art unit of work has focused on sculpture. To begin the unit of work, the children looked at the work of a famous sculptor – Henry Moore. This allowed the children to see how he had created sculptures and how the outline shapes were more important in their artwork than lot
