Peter Rabbit is ready to hop out onto the Tales on the Tyne trail!

17th June 2026ajennings
We are so lucky to be part of the Tales on the Tyne sculpture trail to raise vital funds for St Oswald’s Hospice. We are so excited to announce that our own little Peter Rabbit sculpture will be on display at…..🥁🥁🥁🥁 Seven Stories at Ouseburn!!! 
The trail will open on Wednesday 14th July and will run until Monday 14th September 2026. It would be amazing to get as many children as possible from Harton to visit our own Peter and see the amazing artwork that was designed and painted in school. Here is a link to Seven Stories for more information about the venue https://sevenstories.org.uk/.
There are also many other Peter rabbit sculptures to see and with a dedicated trail map and app, the summer holidays is the perfect time to go out and see some amazing art in the wild.
We can’t reveal our final painted Peter but here are some photos of the children hard at work painting to get him ready! 🐰

Year 2 – St Mary’s Lighthouse

8th May 2026D Wilkinson

Year 2 had so much fun at St Mary’s Lighthouse.  We created art using a range of natural materials on the beach.  Next, we observed the seals soaking up the sun and having a little swim.  Then we climbed all of the 137 steps to reach the top of the lighthouse for an amazing view.  Finally, we explored the rock pools and identified different sea creatures.

Dance City

20th February 2026D Fawkes

Some of our Y6 girls had a very exciting opportunity today to visit Dance City in Newcastle as part of South Tyneside’s School Sport Network. The girls learned a dance routine and then they had the opportunity to choreograph their own routine and perform it. It was a fantastic morning!

 

Year 2 Chinese Art

16th January 2026E Jones

Year 2 have started their new Art topic of ‘Chinese Art’ which links with their English and Geography work. This week we have explored different types of Chinese art such as calligraphy, porcelain, silk and Chinese paintings and we practised sketching some of the different patterns we found.

Songs of Nature and Space: A Stellar Term for Our Choir!

14th July 2025N Trotter

Over the past two months, our choir has worked incredibly hard to learn a wide variety of new songs. They were fortunate to collaborate with the Durham Cathedral Music Programme and take part in a wonderful performance at the Cathedral, alongside other schools from South Tyneside. The event featured songs themed around animals and the beautiful message of All Things Bright and Wonderful.

Just last week, the choir took to the stage again—this time at The Glasshouse in Newcastle—performing with several other schools in a concert themed around space. As always, our choir members demonstrated maturity, poise, and a true passion for music, representing our school brilliantly. Well done!

Reception STEM Week

7th June 2025D Wilkinson

This week Reception had lots of fun designing and creating ocean vehicles.  We talked about the variety of jobs people do around the ocean. We showed fantastic teamwork, and improved our thinking and problem solving skills.  We also learned lots of interesting facts about how to keep our oceans safe for all living things. Look at some of our amazing creations!!!

Year 3 art club’s super shaking dogs!

19th May 2025ajennings

Year 3 art club have been inspired by artist, Iris Scott and her “Shakin’ wet dogs” collection. They created their own amazing interpretations of the art work using finger painting techniques, layering colour to create texture. Finally, they used a paintbrush to add splashes of blues and greens showing the water flying from the dog’s fur.

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The children were so proud of their finished pieces of work!

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Year 3 art club

24th March 2025ajennings

Year 3 had a fantastic first art club drawing their own self portraits. We looked at different artists and their interpretation of self portraits then children completed a portrait of themselves using mirrors and photographs to help them. They were encouraged to think about shading to enhance their drawings and add details. We finished the session with a gallery tour where they looked at the sketches and gave positive feedback to each other.

There are some very talented artists in year 3! ️