EYFS | Harton Primary School

Computing at Home

9th April 2020L Forster

There are a wealth of resources available online to continue to support all of our children with computing during school closures. Please use the following links to play online or download apps to your tablet/phones.

Simple step by step coding for children to create their own games – and suited for all ages. Free download from Apple Store or Google Play Store.

Tons of different coding opportunities that are designed to help children progress up to and over an hour of coding and debugging codes. Complete with a certificate at the end to show their achievement.

Follow the link: https://hourofcode.com/uk/learn and tailor to activity to the age/ability of your child.

For Key Stage 2 (Year 3-6), use Scratch to create games using different levels of instructions and codes – from movements to sounds. Play different games made by users and see the codes that made them run.

Simply follow the link: https://scratch.mit.edu/ and create a free account by clicking Join Scratch in the top right.

Digital Escape Room

Using the ICTinSchool website to solve different puzzles and use critical thinking to help escape different types of rooms – from space stations to haunted houses.

Click on the link: http://www.ictinschools.org/escape-room/ (Best played on computer/laptop or large screen tablet)

Daily Challenge – Egg and Spoon Race

9th April 2020H Langley

What a lovely day for our egg and spoon race challenge. It looks like the children had lots of fun!

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Daily Challenge – Scavenger Hunt

8th April 2020H Langley

We were delighted to see children from across the school take part in our Easter/Spring themed scavenger hunt as part of the daily challenged.

Daily Challenge – Complete a space themed craft

7th April 2020H Langley

Today, we have been busy completing our space themed craft. They have definitely shown how creative they are with these amazing creations!

Reading at Harton

6th April 2020D Fawkes

There are a wealth of resources available online to continue to support all of our children with their reading during school closures. Please use the following links.

Oxford Owl

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/

Create your own free account and you can browse a wide range of their books in ebook and audiobook version. You can select books by your child’s age range. This is also a reading scheme we use in school.

Collins Big Cat e-books and worksheets

https://collins.co.uk/pages/big-cat-ebooks

This gives a parent login and then you can browse their available ebooks and there are related printable worksheets linked to most books. This is also a reading scheme we use in school.

Audible

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

The amazon company – audible are now providing free audiobooks for the duration of the school closures. All stories are free to stream on desktop computers, laptops, phones or tablets.

BorrowBox

This is an app which can be downloaded onto a phone or tablet and used if you have a library membership where you can access a wide range of ebooks and audiobooks.

Science Week

3rd April 2020J Twigge

Science Week provided an opportunity to introduce Nursery to the world of knowledge, to engage and inspire an interest in Science. The Nursery children all became Scientists, we carried out lots of experiments and had a visit from Science Buddies and colourful made slime.

We love reading!

1st April 2020L Moore

In YRM, we love reading and listening to different stories. The children like to bring their favourite stories into school to share at home time. The reading corner is very popular and the children enjoy exploring books.

History Visitor

31st March 2020L Moore

Reception enjoyed taking part in History Week. We had workshops with the staff from Newcastle Castle and learned all about castles. The children enjoyed looking at some artefacts and working out what they might have been used for. We also learned how to joust and made some medieval gingerbread.