This term, Year 2 were researching and designing beach huts as part of their DT. We looked into the main structure of beach huts around the world, discussed the materials and colours used to create them before designing our own. Finally, we enjoyed creating the structure and adding the internal decorations to create some wonderful beach huts. 
This week Y3 enjoyed a drama workshop with One Day Create all about Volcanoes and Earthquakes!
We explored the key aspects of the physical geography of volcanoes and earthquakes and examined current natural disasters and significant historical incidents though quizzes and being intrigued by the descriptions of different earthquakes and volcanoes around the world. We acted out and discussed what life would be like if natural disaster occurred in our area and expressed our ideas and feelings through voice, movement, role play and drama!
We also had a visit from Prime VR’s Richard who took us on a journey around the world to explore the different volcanoes! We were amazed how close up we got and it was fantastic to see active volcanoes erupt!
YRW hosted an ‘Easter Stay and Play’ session. First, we welcomed our family members and thanked them for attending. Then, we sang some Easter songs. Next, we decorated eggs in various colours and designs. We had lots of fun and we all had an eggcellent time!!! What do you think of our final creations?
Today we had a special visit from the ‘Tiny Tweeties’. We sang fairytale songs, clapped, danced and tapped to the beat of the music. We had so much fun!
This week, we have been celebrating Lunar New Year and learning about Chinese culture. We learned facts about China, took part in many different crafts, tasted some Chinese food and took part in dragon dancing.
Year 3 have been learning lots about the Romans. This week, we had a special visitor who came to teach us all about The Regina Tombstone. This amazing piece of history was found in South Shields! It is usually displayed at Arbeia Roman Fort but is currently on loan to the British Museum.
With our visitor, we looked closely at the tombstone with our historian heads on. One of the really interesting things about this tombstone is that the inscriptions is not only written in Latin, it also has a line of Palmyrene script as well, and this is unique in Roman Britain!
We thought about the meaning of monuments and then designed our own using creative art!
Year 5 have completed a lot of work recently on Greek myths, particularly looking at Herakles and his twelve labours.
Each class was tasked with acting out one of Herakles’ labours. All groups worked together to produce a fantastic… and very dramatic performance!
Props were used and character’s lines were created by the children.
The Tiny Tweeties came to Nursery today. We enjoyed singing and dancing to nursery rhymes and some of our favourite songs. They brought instruments for us to play too. Thank you Tiny Tweeties!
This week we have been reading the story ‘Elmer’. Today in Art, we have been exploring colour mixing, using the primary colours to make other colours.
We have a fantastic new whole school art display at Harton, all of the children in the school designed a flower using a material of their choice that they had enjoyed working with during the school year.
Here is their amazing work.
Children used oil pastels, paints, collage and pencils to create a flower that is unique to them. We have very talented artists at Harton!
