Art & Design
Remembrance Day
The children in nursery have been learning about Remembrance Day and have enjoyed making their own Poppy’s.
Class 10
Communication and Language
Nursery have been taking part in regular group time activities to support the development of communication and language. The group activities aim to support the children’s development in listening and attention, speaking and understanding.
Computing
Are We Damaging Our Planet?
This half term, Class 9 have been looking at the damage humans are doing to the planet and the ways in which we can reverse some of that damage. They have made a short documentary – in the style of David Attenborough – to showcase what they have learnt.
Class 10
How are you feeling?
Nursery have been discussing how they are feeling and how they show their emotions. The children had the opportunity to draw a picture showing how they are feeling. This encouraged lots of communication and language opportunities as the children were asked open ended questions, for example, why do you feel Read more…
Arch Alliance
Save our Oceans- A picture speaks a thousand words
During the course of the Year our PLT members have been looking into the importance of recycling. A few facts stood out to us: 1. It takes hundreds of Years for plastic to decompose when not recycled 2. Bottle tops are currently not recycled in our area 3. There is Read more…
Cooperation
Goodbye Year 6!
Well done Year 6 on their fantastic leaver’s assembly. They shared their memories of life at Harwood Park and sang a beautiful song. Awards were given for sporting and drama achievements, as well as outstanding progress and attainment. Two pupils received the Headteacher’s award for an excellent attitude towards all Read more…
Anti-Bullying Ambassadors
Anti-Bullying Ambassadors Teach Year 1!
The Anti-Bullying Ambassadors have been working hard to ensure that children across the school know about bullying and the vital work that the anti-bullying ambassadors do across school. As a result of a recent questionnaire they identified that Year 1 children were a little bit unsure about this, so they Read more…
Character
Speaking and Listening
Today in English, class 11 worked on using effective communication during various games and activities. We discussed how important it was to be able to have good speaking and listening skills and how this would help them as they progress through their school life and eventually worklife too. In one Read more…
British Values
Voting for our Children’s Champion!
This week Class 8 have voted for their Children’s Champion who will represent the voice of children at Rochdale Council. We watched videos from each of the candidates and then held a secret ballot to vote for our favourite. Can you remember why you voted for your favourite candidate?
Class 11
Fun on the farm!
Yesterday we went to Smithills Farm in Bolton. We had a really great day. We saw lots of animals including lambs, sheep, alpacas and goats and we got to feed them! We watched the cows being milked and got to ride on a donkey! We had an ice lolly before Read more…