Harewood Junior School News

In Year 6, we have started our new topic in Science – Electricity. This week we have been building circuits and drawing circuit diagrams using scientific symbols.

We explored the fascinating findings from Butler’s Farm, an Anglo-Saxon archaeological dig, by investigating a range of secondary sources about the artefacts discovered at the site. By analysing these sources, we were able to make informed deductions about the people buried there and the lives they might have led. The…

On Tuesday 4th November, a group of Year 5 and 6 pupils attended the GSP Science Festival at Denmark Road High School for Girls. They confidently demonstrated how wind turbines generate energy, sharing their knowledge with children from other schools. The group also enjoyed exploring a real school science lab…

A huge well done to all those children who completed their first junior parkrun on Sunday as part of Harewood Junior School’s ‘parkrun primary’ launch event – you were brilliant! Hopefully this is just the start of your running journey. Thank you to all the school staff, parents / carers…

Yesterday after school, families gathered for the return of our popular FOH Family Fun Night, and what an evening it was! The hall buzzed with laughter, friendly competition, and plenty of quiz-time excitement. Thank you to all those that came along and participated. A huge congratulations to the Teachers’ Team,…

Today school had a visit from Stonehouse junior parkrun. John, a volunteer from Stonehouse junior parkrun, spoke to the children in assembly about junior parkrun and the benefits of taking part. We are encouraging all pupils, staff and families connected to Harewood Junior School to come along together to Stonehouse…

Today, some of our Year 6 children joined 400 other local primary school pupils at Wycliffe College to celebrate all things STEM! During the event, we took part in a range of fascinating, hands-on activities — from learning about sequences in card tricks and exploring tessellation patterns, to making goo…