This term we have been learning about fractions and decimals. We used concrete resources to help our understanding. We used chocolate cake to compare denominators of fractions. We used place value counters and egg boxes to understand decimals and a whole.
Year 4 visited Heywood Library this week. Children chose a range of books including comics, fantasy and historical. Children also chose books from topics we have done in class this year such as Vikings and climate change. They signed their own book out at the till and enjoyed the lovely Read more…
This week, Year 4 had a visit from the illustrator Chris Mould. He told the children about how he became an illustrator, the books he has drawn for and some projects he has been working on. He has drawn the images for the book ‘The Iron Man’ which we read Read more…
As part of their Graphic Novel Project, Year 4 went to Rochdale Town Hall. We took part in an exciting trail to look at different rooms and had passwords and riddles to solve along the way. We looked at the outside of the building to see the gargoyles and grotesques Read more…
This week our school celebrated International Maths Day. The theme this year is ‘Playing with Maths’. For our Maths lesson, children played a variety of board games including chess, trivial pursuit, connect 4, monopoly and more. We discussed how maths is everywhere and how this links to our games such Read more…
Class 9 celebrated World Book Day this week! Children were dressed up as a word such as creative, athletic and magical. We looked at an alternative version of the three little pigs story from the point of view of the wolf. We did some drama to prove the wolf’s innocence Read more…
Grace in class 9 has brought lots of artefacts into class including Roman coins, Roman dice, bullets from WW1 and a lead toy aeroplane. Our class loved looking at the items and discussing how and when they were used.
This week was Children’s Mental Health Week. At Harwood Park, we believe Mental wellbeing is essential for all children. In school we use SCARF (Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience and Friendship) to teach children about positive mental health. We finished the week by holding a ‘wear your scarf to school’ day’! Read more…
In Class 9, we took part in Safer Internet Day this week. We looked at how the internet and devices have changed over the last 20 years including games, phones, watches, music and education. We then designed our own ideas of what we would like to change in the next Read more…
This week in Maths, Class 9 have been learning about division with remainders. We used base 10 equipment to answer questions by sharing the equipment out and discussing the remainders. We also played a game in Fluency called ‘Gladiators’. We thought of Gladiator names and had two competitors and one Read more…