Learning, laughing and loving in 2015
Happy New Year to all the families and friends of Harehills Primary School. I hope you have all enjoyed the Christmas holidays and made the most of the time to have fun and enjoy quality time with one another.
The beginning of a new year offers us chance to set new goals and make new resolutions. In 2015 we as a school will aim to build on all the...
Read MoreStaff and children wore their Bobble Hats or Christmas Hats with pride on Thursday to raise money for the NSPCC and ChildLine.
Every child has a right to have a voice and sometimes a child needs someone to talk to. ChildLine is there for children who find themselves without anyone to talk to and often in desperate situations. It is important to remind...
Our children welcomed the start of the festive season with two special Advent Assemblies. The choir sang and we trimmed our Christmas tree. When the lights on the tree were turned on there was a sharp intake of breath and a quiet "Wow" uttered by children young and old!
We spent a few moments reflecting on the tree and the light from the Advent candle, thinking...
Year 3 classes visited Ripley castle this week. What better way to understand history than go and see and feel it for yourselves. They have also had a go at Archery and they really are starting to understand what being a knight or living in a castle was really like.
Meanwhile F2, Year 1, Year 2 ventured out to the SHINE building to be treated to a performance of The...
Harehills Primary school will not tolerate bullying and we know how to help stop it happening. Miss Melling started this years Anti-Bullying week with a thought provoking assembly reminding children of all the things they could do if they noticed any bullying in school or felt worried that they were a victim of bullying. She set all KS2 classes a challenge of helping a boy...
Read MoreWhen staff refer to children as "great role model", "engaging in everything", "work hard", "excellent attitude to learning", "great sense of humour", "kind" you know that they are the perfect choices for Head Girl and Boy and Deputy Head Girl and Boy.
I am proud to announce that for 2014-15 Tasneem Elforjani (Sandhurst 3) is our new Head Girl and Umayir Hussain...
This week we will mark the centenary of the beginning of the first world war. It is important our children understand the sacrifice that men and women have given by being injured or losing their lives in wars all over the world so that we can live in peace.
We will mark the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month with a two minute silence. All...
Read MoreDarfield 3 children led our Assemblies and reminded us how important it is to have good manners. Using good manners is one of our 5 school rules and I am proud to say visitors to school frequently comment on how polite the children are at Harehills Primary. Members of the public have also praised children wherever we have been on trips out of school. Having good manners is a...
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The hard work and enthusiasm Mr Waddington our PE leader and Mrs Mcmullen Assistant Head teacher have put in to improving involvement in Sport at Harehills Primary was recognised this week. We were successful in achieving the Bronze Sports Mark for school games. Going for Silver is now our aim and with exciting initiatives such as trained Sports Ambassadors I am sure we...
Read MoreA film crew, working on behalf of the NSPCC came into school on Wednesday and filmed clips at Breakfast club, on the minibus and in classrooms around school. Sam Willshaw, our Office Manager and I were filmed talking about the importance of Safer Recruitment.
The film director informs me that the "footage looks absolutely stunning" and he and the camera man were very impressed with...