Some of our Y5 and 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!
Harton Choir were randomly selected on Friday 14th February, to be a part of the ‘Choir Of The Year Competition 2025’ at Durham Cathedral.
They had to sing alongside 5 other schools in front of 2 judges.
The children sang ‘Rule The World’ by Take That and they were AMAZING!
Unfortunately, they did not win the competition but they were given some valuable feedback about how they could improve in the future and there were a lot of positive comments about their performance.
Well done, Harton Choir!
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!
Reception performed their final stay and play. We sang songs, decorated cakes, biscuits and created a hanging decoration. We ended our stay and play by showing our amazing dance moves. We had so much fun!!!
Today Reception talked about different places we could host a show. Then we designed and built our own show using Lego. Next, we looked behind the scenes and talked about different jobs people might have at theatres, museums and galleries. After that, we build objects, tools and vehicles that the people doing these jobs might use. It was so much fun !!!
As part of the NE Festival of Languages, our school choir learnt ‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams in French. Our singing has been incorporated into a video with all of the other participating schools. Enjoy!
As part of our Maya topic in History, we had a visit from a Maya warrior called Big Nose.
We had a fantastic day! We learnt about different aspects of Maya life: what they wore, what they ate, their numbers and even some different ways the Maya sacrificed people to please the gods!
We took part in drama activities in groups acting out Maya stories; how to prepare the most important drink from Maya times (chocolatl); a Maya ball game called Pok-a-Tok; and how to prepare a body for burial.
There were Maya artefacts for us to look at and we thought about what they might have been used for, and what clues they gave us about Maya life.
We ended the day all together acting out the Maya creation story. Did you know the Maya believed the first people were made from corn?
What a great start to our new History topic!
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!
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.
