Over half term, the children in Class 4 were asked to research Africa and to produce a piece of homework that showed what they had learned. Take a look at the some of the fantastic things the children brought in this week. Holly and Scarlett even worked collaboratively on theirs!
Watch out Team GB – Harwood Park has some future Archery stars! After a few practice shots, the children split into two teams: “Brilliant Batz” and “Flying Foxes” and competed against each other to score the most points. The final score was: Brilliant Batz: 102 Flying Foxes: 111 Also, several members Read more…
Hill Group had their second session on the climbing wall this morning. They all challenged themselves to achieve more than the day before, whether that was climbing to a higher position, reaching the top, or using only certain coloured holds. The staff were really impressed with the attitude of all Read more…
Valley Group completed the ‘Nightline’ activity this afternoon. They had to follow the rope to complete an obstacle course. Sounds easy, right? Well, it would have been had they not been blindfolded. They had to use their communication and team work skills to negotiate the course, which was made even Read more…
Valley Group faced their fears this afternoon in the Trapeze Challenge. They had to climb to the top of a tall tower before jumping off and catching the trapeze bar.
On Tuesday this week, we celebrated Safer Internet Day. It is an event that’s celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people. This year’s theme was “Create, Connect and Share Respect: A better internet starts with you!” Read more…
Today, the children in class 4 have been partitioning two-digit numbers into tens and ones. They looked closely at the digits and worked out their value so they could correctly make the number from the base-10 equipment. Filip even challenged himself by partitioning 100.
Today, the children in Class 4 have been working in pairs/small groups to solve a problem. They used the strategy of simplifying a promblem to sort out the information and used one clue at a time to work out what order the singers in the X Factor queue should be in. Read more…
This week we had our first class assembly in Year One. We used our assembly to showcase all that we had been learning about our local area. The children worked hard to learn their lines and project their voices across the hall. We hope that all the parents and carers Read more…
On Thursday, the school choir took part in the Young Voices concert at Manchester Arena. We joined together with other schools to form a mass choir of 5470 children. After an afternoon rehearsal (and a quick tea break) they performed to a packed arena audience of parents, carers, family and Read more…