Harthill Primary School

To celebrate Diwali we created bright and colourful rangoli patterns. We used paper plates and oil pastels to create Diya lamps. We used buttons to count out different amounts into colourful Rangoli patterns in our tough tray. Mrs Hamilton used her cooking skills and a great recipe to make coconut Burfi. Once it had cooled and set we all had a taste! We all enjoyed our afternoon celebrating Diwali. We finished our day by taking part in some Diwali dancing in the hall where we

First day back in the icy wind and Birch Class went to the Jubilee Meadow in search for a missing Polar Bear. It was freezing on the top of the hill by the trees, but the view of the valley was incredible! The children huddled together to find out if they could get warm together and realised how cold it could be for a lonely polar bear.

Birch became mechanical engineers in Autumn Term. During the Lego workshop they learnt how to build a helicopter using a motor as well as programming software to make it move with sound and pictures.

Sycamore and Cherry visited All Hallows Church today as part of our RE learning. Reverend Gary told us all about how the church is used, the features of the church and the special jobs he does. We also got to see some of his special clothes and even try them on!

This week we have experiences sub zero temperatures and have noticed lots of changes to our weather and the outdoor environment. We found ice in our mud kitchen area and we decided to fill some different vessels overnight to see what would happen. We tried to submerge items into the water to freeze over night and found that some would float! We used tools to break the ice and moved things into the sun to thaw.

Our Y5s had an amazing day at Skills Street. They worked in teams to design and build a house and construct bridges; practised CPR and found out about the 350 different jobs in the health and social care sectors; boarded a plane to Cairns and became experts on the role of cabin crew and pilots. Finally,  they spent time designing robots of the future and investigating the many job roles within the engineering firm, Gripple. We all had a fabulous day.

Year 6 visited Crucial Crew where they found out  all about water safety, how to contact the emergency services, hoax calls, hate crime and they even took part in a mock trial at a magistrates court. They had a fabulous time and learnt a lot from an exceptional group of emergency service personnel.

The children in Hawthorn had a fabulous time earlier this week visiting Kiveton Library. We were able to spend time choosing and reading...

We had a lovely time in Hawthorn during our transition week. We focused on the book 'Mixed' by Arree Chung which links well with our...

It has been fabulous to meet and spend time with the children in our new classroom. We have learnt about each other and how special we...

Birch Class have enjoyed lots of exciting investigations and knowledge building in their science lessons this year. To celebrate their...

Willow class enjoyed their second visit to Kiveton library earlier this week. The children and staff were treated to an extract from...

At Harthill Primary School, children in the science club recently engaged in a colorful and exciting experiment to explore the concept of...

It was lots of fun taking part in our after school nature club. Going on leaf scavenger hunts, identifying trees in winter, crayon leaf...

Birch class enjoyed learning different elements of gymnastics in their PE lessons. Focussing on balance, contact points, rhythm, shape...

Willow hosted a fabulous class assembly showcasing their learning in geography. Each group shared their research into a different marine...

In Sycamore we have been creating and publishing our own diamante poems, inspired by our class text "The Storm Whale". We first explored...

Chestnut had a great time exploring space and investigating the moon. It was very exciting and interesting to see the moon up close, we...

Hawthorn have been lucky enough to view and handle primary sources of evidence dating back to WW2 as part of our history learning. Last...

Willow were really lucky to be selected by Scholastic to read an exclusive sampler of the first chapter of Pamela Butchart's latest book,...