School Awarded Artsmark Silver Award!

29th June 2020Ms A Emmerson

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.’ 

 

 

Five Minute Mindfulness

21st April 2020S Robson

Joe Wicks PE lessons have been so popular with our pupils, and with pupils all over the world. We know that keeping active is especially important at the moment, and maintaining physical health keeps our body healthy, as well as giving the ‘feel good factor’.

Mental wellbeing is as important to us as our physical health, particularly in recent times. So try taking 5 minutes out of a busy, or tiring day to practise 5 minutes of mindfulness – focusing on the present moment. Mindfulness can relax your body and mind, creating a feeling of calm.

Have a go with Tai chi – you can practise outdoors or indoors.

You’ll soon pick it up, and it could become as much a part of your daily routine as… brushing your teeth! Our pupils thoroughly enjoyed it when Ilona, a local Tai chi instructor, gave us lessons during Health and Wellbeing Week.

Follow the NHS Mindfulness link for further advice.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mindfulness/

 

China-Oriental Museum

31st March 2020Ms A Emmerson

The children had a fantastic time visiting the Oriental Museum as part of our China topic. They used art, performance and team work to develop their understanding of China and retell the story of how Chinese New Year began.

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Year 5 Trip to OpenZone@the Word

2nd March 2020L Forster

On 2nd March, 5F spent the day with OpenZone at The Word.

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They prepared for their trip by rehearsing scripts that they delivered in the TV studio in front of a green screen. The topic of their video was ‘Amazing Space’ – with each group covering a different aspect of space, from planets to early rockets to the future of space travel.

Here is the final product:

When not recording in front of the green screen, the children made animations using coding on Scratch3.

To end the afternoon, they worked in pairs to solve a digital escape room – solving lots of puzzles, many of which involved maths and reasoning.

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Visit from French speaking Theatre Company – 24.02.20

2nd March 2020M Noble

Children in Years 3, 4 and 5 were treated to a performance of a play in French by the company Onatti Productions on Monday 24th February. The play, Ecris-moi, told the story of two pen-pals meeting up for the weekend in France, with some confusion ensuing about each other’s identity. There were lots of laughs, as well as some excellent audience participation when children were asked to give the meaning of certain French words or phrases, or to suggest a French word that could be used. Children had a lot of fun whilst reinforcing their knowledge of French greetings and vocabulary around such topics as money, clothing and food. It was also a great way to hear native French speakers in a really fun setting. The children were beautifully behaved throughout, as ever.

Congratulations! Premier League Poetry Prize Winners

By M Noble1st April 2019

Well done to our Key Stage 1 School Council members who won the regional prize after writing a group poem on the theme of Diversity. Their poem was entitled ‘Perfectly No One’.

Click on the link to read their winning poem and find out more about the competition.

Link to Perfectly No One, Shields Gazette Article

Competition Winners with Head Teacher Mrs Ratcliffe

Choir at the 2019 South Tyneside Music Festival

By Ms C Smith21st March 2019

Wow! What a performance at this years South Tyneside Music Festival. A huge well done to all of the choir who performance this afternoon to a huge audience of parents from our school but also from a range of different schools in the area.

The children did Harton proud with their OUTSTANDING performance and they should all be really proud as we all are!

Well done Harton Choir. All your hard work, determination and sheer talent was evident in a fantastic show.

 

Choir at the 2019 South Tyneside Music Festival

21st March 2019admin

Wow! What a performance at this years South Tyneside Music Festival. A huge well done to all of the choir who performance this afternoon to a huge audience of parents from our school but also from a range of different schools in the area.

The children did Harton proud with their OUTSTANDING performance and they should all be really proud as we all are!

Well done Harton Choir. All your hard work, determination and sheer talent was evident in a fantastic show.

 

What a Performance!

By Ms A Emmerson19th February 2019

We have had so much fun improving our writing through performance. The children have written some excellent poems about the Great Fire of London. Today we performed them and the children made improvements to their writing based on their performance. We had a fantastic time!