Today we tackled our first STOPS reasoning problem of the year. The children worked in table teams to act out the problem and try to come up with a solution. The Tier 1 and 2 problems, while challenging were solvable pretty quickly, but the Tier 3 problem had everyone stumped Read more…
This week in Beliefs and Values we have been looking at the value of ‘caring’, with a particular focus on caring for our planet, as this links to our topic this half term. We identified several threats to our planet such as pollution, climate change, water shortages and pollution and Read more…
This year’s team of Digital Leaders have now been appointed and are already hard at work. Two Digital leaders are continuing in their post from last year, taking on a more senior role and six new children were appointed after a rigorous application procedure. The Digital Leaders are: Ruby (Senior Read more…
Today, class 9 began their brass lessons with Mr Dixon from the music service. This year they will be learning how to play the cornet. Mr Dixon was extremely impressed with the children’s attitude and behaviour and is looking forward working with them this year. Please keep an eye out Read more…
After a well-fought campaign, we are pleased to announce Class 9’s Primary Leadership Team representatives for this academic year: Ellie-Mae and Ayokumbi. All the children produced fantastic manifestos stating why they would make good Primary Leaders. These letters were presented anonymously to the class and pupils voted on which candidate Read more…
We have had a fantastic first day in Class 9. We spent the morning getting to know our classmates and teachers as well as working in groups to decide what rules and expectations we should have in our classroom. In the afternoon we assigned class jobs and worked as a Read more…
This morning, Class 4 made their own sandwiches for their end of year party. They had a choice of fillings: cheese, jam or ham and they buttered and cut the bread themselves. I’m sure they will be very tasty!
On Tuesday, Class 4 painted their rocks for our Harwood Rocks summer project. Each child will take their rock home later this week and their job is to hide it somewhere over the summer holiday. It can be at the park, at the beach – any public location. They could Read more…
Today, Class 4 began the first stage of their Harwood Rocks project – the design! Each child was given a small piece of paper with a rock shape on it to draw and colour their design in preparation for painting their rocks tomorrow. The children really impressed me with their Read more…
World Cup fever has swept throughout Harwood Park like wildfire this week ahead of England’s semi-final match against Croatia tonight… The consensus is that England will win and that football most definitely IS coming home. Fingers crossed.