Year 6 had the opportunity to meet our local firefighters on Friday afternoon. They discussed how to be safe on Bonfire night, the important stop, drop and roll routine (which we all tried) and other important safety information. Also, Miss Dytch and Miss McGowan demonstrated how to wear the uniforms and Read more…
We have been learning how important oral health is and how to brush our teeth! Every child has their own toothbrush at school and have also been given one to take home. We will be practising brushing our teeth everyday as well as twice at home. Here’s to even more Read more…
Year Four took part in their sports day this week and it was a roaring success. Every child gave it their all on the carousel of activities and had a great time. However, it’s probably safe to say that Miss French doesn’t have a future in goalkeeping given her performance in Read more…
Now that dodgeball is done, we have moved on to our exciting new PE topic: hockey! Hockey brings with it a lot of special rules to ensure safety for everyone involved. We discussed the correct way to hold a hockey stick, as well as what to do with it when Read more…
On Tuesday we were lucky enough to have a workshop delivered on the problems Social Media may cause and how to ensure we are safe and protected. After a very exciting assembly the three performers came in to do some fun activities and actions based on what we had learnt Read more…
KS2 attended a special assembly today focusing on being safe online. All classes in KS2 will also take part in a workshop highlighting the ways in which we can all ensure we are safe when using the internet.
As I am sure you have already seen, our playground at Harwood Park has had some very exciting additions! The children were itching to climb on and they were finally let free one class at a time. We we discussed safety, turn taking and patience, as well as how Read more…
During a busy assessment week, Class 12 took some time out to take part in a yoga session. This was aimed to relax our minds and give us time to reflect and let go of any of our worries. We did a short meditation to finish it off.
As part of belief and values and also linked to Children’s Mental Health week, we discussed the meaning of inner peace. We explored how acts of meditation, yoga, Thai chi, prayer or simple thought and relaxation were ways to find our own inner peace. In class, we listed to a Read more…
For Safer Internet Day, our Digital Leaders ran an Online Safety Poster competition. The children were asked to design a poster highlighting how to stay safe online for a chance to win an X-Box or PS4 voucher (kindly donated by Smyths Toys). There were over 100 entries, each unique and Read more…