Over the past few years, Harton Primary has had the privilege of working with Lumb Bank writing retreat in Yorkshire. The children and staff stay at Lumb Bank for one week in an 18th-century mill owner’s house in West Yorkshire, which once belonged to Ted Hughes. It’s set in 20 acres of woodland with breathtaking views of the valley below.
The children work with well-known and successful authors of children’s books and undertake workshops and drama activities which inform their writing. In previous years, Year 6 children have had this opportunity. However, earlier this year, sixteen of our Year 5 children were chosen to attend. They worked with Liz Flanagan and Anthony McGowan, two amazing authors who gave the children invaluable advice and feedback on their work.
The children created an Anthology of their work which consisted of poetry, short stories and word association sentences. They produced some amazing writing and represented the school fantastically. What a great week we had!
I can’t believe that it has been over 3 months that we have been in lock down and away from school. The children have definitely been making the most of the situation and have made some fantastic memories. These are some of their favourites.
We are delighted to announce that Harton Primary School has been awarded an Artsmark Silver Award by the Art Council of England! We have only worked towards this award for 4 terms so this is an incredible achievement.
We are very proud this award and look forward developing our creative arts curriculum even further in the future!
The assessor made the following comment about the fantastic opportunities we provide at Harton:
‘It is good to see the progress your school has made in developing the Arts in just 4 terms. A new music scheme has been adopted and some valuable CPD has been given to staff in this and other arts. There have been several successful events and initiatives, including your Arts week, your Year 2 Heritage Learning Project and your Pen Pal Portrait Project, making some good links with other settings and establishing partnerships with arts providers and organisations.’
We are very proud of Harvey Goodin in year 6. We heard yesterday that Harvey is receiving a bravery letter from the paramedics. He behaved very calmly during an emergency when a family member took ill. He called the emergency services, gave all the correct details and thankfully the ambulance arrived quickly.
Well done Harvey, everyone at Harton Primary is very proud of you.
This week’s Times Tables Rockstars Champions, who have achieved the highest percentage of accurate answers over the last 2 weeks, are…
Congratulations Y4E!!
The individual Rockstars Champion, who has improved the most over the last 2 weeks, is in Y4C. Well Done!
Keep up all your hard work, especially those taking part in Battle of the Bands!
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Yesterday was National Writing Day and this year’s challenge was for the children to write a 24 word story in 7 minutes. Our children’s entries were fantastic and some of them rather moving. Even 24 words can have such a powerful effect.
Our daily challenge was to decorate a stone and hide them on our daily walks. I wonder if you can you find any when you are having your exercise.
This challenge was to relax and be pampered or have a makeover. I hope they are now feeling nice and refreshed!
Some of our children really enjoyed our alphabet scavenger hunt. They had to find something in their home for every letter of the alphabet.
For the Great Science Share we asked the children to take part in a science experiment at home. The children were able to choose their own experiment and it looks like they have really enjoyed themselves.
