Ickabog Illustrations

8th June 2020D Fawkes

We have seen some fantastic pictures that our children have drawn to enter The Ickabog Illustration Competition.

J.K. Rowling is publishing an original story, The Ickabog (the “Story”), online (https://www.theickabog.com/read-the-story) in instalments over seven weeks, and is inviting children to help her by illustrating the Story.

A new instalment of the Story and illustration themes to go with it will be revealed daily, Monday to Friday, throughout the course of the seven weeks, so do stay tuned.

34 winning illustrations will be selected to bring the serialised story to the printed page when it is published in full, which is intended for November 2020.

Entries are open, and the competition will close at 6pm BST on Friday 17th July 2020.

The Ickabog – Become a famous illustrator!

2nd June 2020D Fawkes

Some exciting news for J.K. Rowling fans! During lockdown, J.K. Rowling – the world famous author of the Harry Potter novels –  has written and is releasing a new story The Ickabog in free instalments on the website tagged in this post.  https://www.theickabog.com/home/

Every day, she will be making suggestions for what you might like to draw. You can enter the official competition being run by J.K Rowling’s publishers, for the chance to have your artwork included in a printed version of the book due out later this year.

Get creative and get drawing! Please also send us some of your wonderful illustrations. We can’t wait to see them.

 

 

Sun Safety

21st April 2020Ms E Winter

Hello everyone,

Hope you’re all enjoying some time outdoors in the sun!

If your child is attending school at the moment we welcome them to bring in sun cream (labelled with their name) which they can apply during the day. Let’s hope this lovely weather is here to stay!

Accelerated Reader at home

15th April 2020D Fawkes

We have been exploring options for the best way for children to access Accelerated Reader at home during school closures. Accelerated Reader is a hugely successful reading program in school, which the children are very enthusiastic about and it has really nurtured a love of reading for our children.

We are currently working to ensure that all of Y4, Y5 and Y6 can access Accelerated Reader at home. Please contact your child’s year group email address to request the school’s unique website link. Our website posts from 6th April gives lots of information about different websites and apps where children can access a wealth of ebooks and audiobooks to support their reading.

Please check the ZPD of each book before reading to ensure success on quizzes. You can do this by searching for the text on www.arbookfind.co.uk

 

Happy reading!

 

 

STEM Activities and Challenges

7th April 2020R Errington

There are lots of brilliant sites and resources available for STEM related activities to carry out during the school closures.

  • Top Gear are releasing challenges for all ages so you can get the whole family competing in the first challenge – to build a car out of household items.

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/top-gear-department-education/topgearchallenge-one-engineering

  • STEM Learning has lots of science, technology, engineering and maths activities for the children and families to carry out.

https://www.stem.org.uk/home-learning/primary

  • Brain Pop has loads of activities for across the curriculum.

https://www.brainpop.com/

  • Lots of zoos and sanctuaries have online events and activities.

https://www.zsl.org/zsl-whipsnade-zoo

  • London’s Science Museum and Natural History Museums have lots of games and resources including virtual tours.

https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/home

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/

We hope you find these useful!

Reading at Harton

6th April 2020D Fawkes

There are a wealth of resources available online to continue to support all of our children with their reading during school closures. Please use the following links.

Oxford Owl

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/

Create your own free account and you can browse a wide range of their books in ebook and audiobook version. You can select books by your child’s age range. This is also a reading scheme we use in school.

Collins Big Cat e-books and worksheets

https://collins.co.uk/pages/big-cat-ebooks

This gives a parent login and then you can browse their available ebooks and there are related printable worksheets linked to most books. This is also a reading scheme we use in school.

 

Audible

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

The amazon company – audible are now providing free audiobooks for the duration of the school closures. All stories are free to stream on desktop computers, laptops, phones or tablets.

 

BorrowBox

This is an app which can be downloaded onto a phone or tablet and used if you have a library membership where you can access a wide range of ebooks and audiobooks.