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Children in Need
Nursery are supporting Children in Need! We have dressed up and joined in with different “spotty” activities.
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Harwood Park Remembers
Today, pupils and staff joined the rest of the country in observing a two-minute silence to remember the sacrifice of those who fought and lost their lives in war. Freya, from Class 14, played The Last Post on her cornet to signal the beginning of the act of remembrance and Read more…
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Lest We Forget
The community of Heywood gathered this morning to remember those who had lost their lives at war in an effort to secure our futures. They will not be forgotten by Harwood Park or the wider community. They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall Read more…
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What is Remembrance Day?
This week in Class 9, we have been learning about Remembrance Day ahead of next Monday’s commemorations. We watched a video by PoppyScotland about how and why we mark Remembrance Day and why we wear poppies. Then, we coded short animations to explain what we had learnt. We had to Read more…
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Class 9’s PLT Reps
McFinley and Emily were voted on to the Primary Leadership Team last week. They faced stiff competition from several other members of the class, all of whom wrote fantastic manifestos about why they should have been elected. Well done to everyone who put themselves forward and congratulations to McFinley and Read more…
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Class 14 PLT
All children in Class 14 wrote a detailed letter persuading the class to vote for them as their PLT. Children described why they would be a successful candidate and put forward their exciting ideas for the year ahead. 13 children decided to run as a candidate and it was a Read more…
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PLT
The votes have been counted and verified!!! Say hello to Class 5’s PLT members Leo and Amelia! Last week the whole class put great effort into writing detailed applications explaining why they should be the one to represent their peers on the Primary Leadership Team. It was a very close Read more…
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PLT
Class 11 have spoken! The whole class put great effort in to writing thoughtful and mature applications to represent their peers on the Primary Leadership Team. It was a close vote that was finally won by Zoe & Leah. We’re positive that both girls will have an excellent impact throughout Read more…
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Voting for our Children’s Champion
Today in Class 9 we cast our votes for who we want to be Rochdale Children’s Champion. After watching each of the six candidates’ videos in assembly, we put our x in the box on the ballot paper before posting them in the ballot box. If if you want to Read more…
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Should Children Be Allowed to Vote?
This was Class 9’s latest Language and Communication question. They vocabulary they were asked to consider was: democracy comprehension rights equality During the lesson, the children added their own language of the lesson, including: responsibility inappropriate election The debate around this question was spirited but respectful and there were some Read more…