This term in music, Class 13 are looking at different Jazz composers alongside the variety of music they have looked at in previous years. This week, we were able to test out our skills on the glockenspiels and began learning our first Jazz piece.
This week, Year 6 had a visit from a theatre company who presented a workshop titled ‘Crossing the Lines’ . This workshop showed children the dangers and issues of child exploitation and allowed the children think what they would do in that situation. This workshop allowed children to have valuable Read more…
This week in Class 13, we have celebrated Maths Week! Maths is a key part of everyone’s life and our aim this week was to show everyone that maths is fun! This week, we took part in the national TT Rockstars competition and putout times table knowledge to the test. Read more…
Year 6 have researched the famous artist Claude Monet and his use of texture and colour for landscapes. This week, children explored painting as an impressionist by painting a section of one of his famous paintings the Poppy Field. We will continue to explore this skill further over the next Read more…
Harwood Park took part in National Maths week. Each class used real-life experiences to see when Maths is used in every day life and for possible future careers. Year 6 took part in a Year 6 restaurant scenario. Children chose their favourite meal and calculated how much it would cost. Read more…
A group of children from Year 6 went to Heywood Memorial Gardens this morning to lay a poppy wreath for Harwood Park. Phoenix in Class 14 wrote a beautiful message that is displayed on the wreath. The children also enjoyed looking at the benches and reading the information on the Read more…
In Class 13 today, we have explored a variety of artefacts, all linking to World War One. Some of the children got to dress up as soldiers, we smelt some aroma cubes that showed the children what it would smell like in a trench and looked at a mess Tim Read more…
Year 6 used WW1 aretfacts from Touchstones Museum to deepen their understanding of WW1. We looked at different items including coloured poppies and their representations, a wooden dummy rifle, mess tins, a white feather for cowardice and a Princess Mary tin. Children also had the opportunity to smell aroma cubes Read more…
Class 14 had a lot of fun playing a multiplication game to consolidate their times tables.
