An outward facing school
It has been as very busy start to the new half term. We have hosted lots of visitors from other schools, including Secondary trainee teachers. It is enjoyable and important to share best practice from our school as well as listening and learning about what is effective in other schools. Snapshots into the life of our school have included school food and lunchtimes,...
Read MoreThe power of a story
Last week was National Storytelling week and all our classes were planning in a bit of extra time to share a story. Year 1 children from Bexley 1 used a very old story to deliver an important message in their assembly. Using Talk4Writing actions they told the story of The Three Little Pigs demonstrating confidence and enthusiasm. They added their own twist to the story...
Read MoreTime to explore 'Moving on up'
In March our Year 6 children will find out which high school they will transfer to in September. An effective transition is so important at any stage of a child's learning journey but especially when the next step involves a change in school. Our Assistant Headteacher Mrs McMullen in partnership with the Vice Assistant Principal from the Co-op Academy has put...
Read MoreIn fine voice
Forty seven KS2 children and seven staff join the UK's largest children's choir when they took part in Young Voices 2016 at Sheffield Arena on Friday 22nd January. It has been a delight to listen to them practise the wide variety of songs chosen for this year's event. The selection of songs has enabled the children to explore different styles of music and learn fun actions which...
Read MoreUsing our imagination
We had several visitors in school during last week working with our children to inspire them to use their imagination and be creative. East Street Arts began an artist project with 30 of our Year 6 children. Their creative ideas will be used along with those from children in other CHESS cluster schools to contribute to a huge sculpture to be sited in the grounds of the...
Read MoreReady to learn
I really enjoyed visiting classrooms last week. Everywhere I went I was greeted by happy, smiling children who were very enthusiastic to talk about their learning. From Romans, tornadoes and number sentences to finding out about Outer Space, every class was inspired and engaged. In assembly we took time to think about the many things we are proud about at Harehills Primary...
Read MoreProud of all we achieved in 2015 and ready to continue to go from strength to strength in 2016!
Happy New Year to all the children, families and friends of Harehills Primary School. I hope 2016 will be a year filled with good luck and lots of happy times.
The beginning of a new year offers us chance to reflect upon all our achievements in the year that has just finished. 2015 was a highly...
Read MoreA bit of festive magic
I joined the F2 children on their trip to Stockeld Park where we all escaped for a few hours into a world of fantasy, magic and mystery which happens at this time of year. Our children behaved perfectly and the conversations inspired by this visit were a joy to listen to.
On Sunday members of our choir joined children from other CHESS schools as part of the Advent...
Read MoreProud to be a healthy school
We are pleased to have been reaccredited with Healthy School status. This is an important award to hold as it recognises that we are an effective school in terms of keeping our children and staff healthy in many ways. The team of assessors recognised the many strengths our school has in the way we encourage healthy eating, heathy minds and bodies and healthy...
Read MoreMake a noise about bullying
Last week was National Anti-bullying week and we launched our week with an assembly aimed at clarifying what bullying actually looks like. All too often our children and sometimes their parents are quick to label an incident as bullying when in reality it is friends teasing one another, being unkind and falling out or children making the wrong choices.
Our Year...
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