Harthill Primary School

The children in Cherry Class have enjoyed an exciting 15 week journey caring for frogspawn and watching it develop into froglets. This hands-on experience gave the children a wonderful opportunity to observe the life cycle of a frog up close and deepen their understanding of nature. The frogspawn was taken carefully from teh school pond and cared for within a large glass tank. Each week, the children carefully monitored the changes taking place. They watched as the frogspawn

Phew! After a hunt around the whole school and speaking to witnesses, Cherry have found Mrs McGrath's missing bag! After reading 'The Queen's hat' last week, they will now be writing their own story called 'Mrs McGrath's bag'. Well done Cherry!

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.

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

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,...

In gymnastics we have focussed on controlling our bodies, working in groups and showing 'excellent gymnastics' through pointed fingers...

We have had a great time this afternoon using Google Earth pro to explore the moon as part of our science week. We were able to access...

Take a look at our 'behind the scenes' rehearsal photos from the build up and practising in what proved to be an incredible musical...

Willow class put their heart and soul into their Christmas performance of songs and dances from ELF the Musical. We were so proud of each...

We loved rehearsing and performing The Wizard of Oz! I was absolutely blown away by the children's commitment to the performance this...

The Year 4 children visited the local reservoir on invite from A E Yates, the construction company who have carried out vital ...