Congratulations to Morning Nursery, YRB, Y1H, Y2E, Y3L, Y4C, Y5J and Y6F.
The winning classes were delighted with their prizes! They received a class cookery book and will choose a healthy recipe from it to bake with Mrs Seales, our Cook. Delicious!
This year as part of Anti-Bullying Week, we decided to hold our own version of The Great British Bake Off. The focus was on sharing, teamwork, and health and wellbeing.
Each year group decided on a healthy dish to make. They enjoyed creating and eating their version of the chosen dish. Our Cook judged each class’s efforts. She was looking for presentation, teamwork and the health benefits of the dish.
Each winning class in the year group will receive a class cookery book from which to choose a healthy recipe to bake with Cook. Results to be announced soon!
Our Anti-Bullying Week got off to a relaxing start with something new. Year groups 1 – 6 had Tai Chi sessions with Ilona, our Tai Chi instructor. It was a great success, with pupils and staff stating how calm and at ease they felt after it.
Classes from Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 were treated to an entertaining and interactive assembly by Hannah, a facilitator from Bigfoot Arts Education. The assembly and workshops were on an anti-bullying theme and called ‘It’s Good to be Me’.
Key Stage 2 classes also had an assembly and workshops on the theme of diversity and respecting others called ‘The Bigger Picture 2’. The assembly featured four monologues featuring four different characters experiencing racism, cyberbullying, or inequality of some kind.
Each year group had a new story book to read to accompany Anti-Bullying Week. The books inspired some brilliant PSHE and written work. The stories were enjoyed by pupils and created plenty of discussion.
We celebrated with all of our Anti-Bullying Week and Eco-warrior Day competition winners in assembly today. The entries throughout the whole school were of a very high standard. Well done everyone! All competition winners went home with a fantastic book linked to the theme of the competition.
Nursery and Reception classes were treated to Teamwork and Friendship workshops by Jessica from Dance City on Wednesday. The children were having a super time finding out similarities and differences between them, and worked as a team to help other groups decide what they were posing as.
Three of our Year 6 School Council members have taken up their new roles as Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer. They are doing a great job so far. Points on the agenda today were allocating fundraising money to charities and related projects in school, voting on our design-a-sign allotment competition, and feedback from our recent Eco-warrior Day and Anti-Bullying Week. There has also been a suggestion to start a new club, run in part by some School Council members. Watch this space!
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A visitor called Kim came to visit us on Monday. She follows the Jewish faith and regularly attends the synagogue in Newcastle. She brought us lots of Jewish artefacts to see and try on, and lots of objects which help children and adults practise their faith. We answered questions because we had been learning about Hanukkah and aspects of Jewish tradition. She was so interesting!
There was a party-like atmosphere at the annual FAB Awards in Jarrow Focus theatre on Wednesday. It was the 10th anniversary of the awards, and everyone had a ‘fab’ time!.
Harton’s Super Safety Squad helped to present the awards, and a Y6 School Council member and one of our Y6 Playground Buddies showed the guests our Anti-Bullying work. Harton Primary School had 2 entries – one for the Role Model Award, and one for the Main Award.
Our pupils were incredibly eloquent, and as usual, excellent role models. We were delighted with our certificates and awards, and parents came along to share the occasion.
