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.

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.

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! ️

Tigers in Year 6

24th January 2025D Fawkes

Year 6 are writing lots about tigers this half term in English. At the start of the half term children conducted lots of research and wrote non-chronological reports about tigers and last week the children created their own persuasive adverts for a tiger charity and I am sure you will agree, they are fantastic! We have also been using our sketching skills to create tiger portraits in art lessons. We have some very talented artists!

Harton Choir at the Civic Christmas Carol Concert

16th December 2024N Trotter

On Monday 2nd December, we were so proud of our choir when they sang beautifully alongside a number of other schools at the Carol Concert held at Temple Park.

For obvious reasons, the performance is not filmed but Radio Shields do record the event and it’s due to be aired as follows:

“Tune In to the Sounds of Christmas!

Radio Shields is proud to showcase this year’s South Tyneside Civic Christmas Carol Concert – a festive celebration of music and community spirit!

Broadcast Times:

Monday 16th December at 2 PM

Wednesday 18th December at 2 PM

Friday 20th December at 2 PM”

 

Well done Harton Choir!

 

Africa!

15th October 2024L Moore

This week we have been celebrating Black History Week. We have been talking about what makes us special and learning about different cultures. In topic, we learned about Africa. We found out many facts about the country and compared Africa to the UK. We made some African necklaces and took part in some African dancing.