In Science, Year 6 have been investigating how light travels in straight lines. Using resources such as hosepipes and straws, they explored how light can be directed through narrow pathways. They discovered that the beam only passes through when everything is in a straight line, proving that light doesn’t bend…
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Rugby session with Mr Montagu – we learned how to hold a rugby ball correctly, pass a rugby ball, catch a rugby ball and score a try.
All year groups enjoyed an online safety assembly from Mr Beardshaw-Brown; reviewing the principles of age-appropriate gaming and PEGI ratings, analysing a range of clips from various games and discussing why they were given their rating. We also reviewed the importance of blocking unwanted users and contacts online, and the…
Please enjoy our player profiles in Mr Beardshaw-Brown’s Writing Club section of some of the girls from our Year 5 & 6 Harewood football team. All content was drafted and edited by our budding journalists – fabulous work!
On Wednesday, we were invaded by Vikings! During our Viking day, we made Viking stew, illuminated letters and sketched icing artefacts.
Year 4 enjoyed a fabulous trip to Slimbridge Wetlands Centre in some wonderful sunshine. Experts taught us about how to identify different birds, their habitats and habits in an interactive workshop. We also spotted multiple species of aviary delights on our self guided tour around the wetlands; keeping a tally…
The Year 4 children truly brought the ‘glorious’ to Glevum as they enjoyed an immersive day of learning linked to their Romans history topic. The children discovered about the different types of Roman soldiers before exploring a variety of battle formations such as the ‘wedge,’ ‘tortoise’ and ‘repel Calvary’ –…
It was fabulous to welcome so many parents and carers to school to celebrate the children’s achievements as part of our Annual Exhibition of Work, with classrooms transformed into interactive art galleries displaying theme work from this year – a huge well done to all of the children!
As all three classes’ butterflies have now emerged, they enter the next stage of their life-cycle. Each class have now released their butterflies.