We have really enjoyed celebrating Reading Week at Harewood Junior School. From Drop Everything and Read, to dressing up as our favourite characters, everyone has been surrounded by books and reading! Thank you to all that attended our Whole School Reading Breakfast this week and we hope the children enjoy…
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The children thoroughly enjoyed a fantastic trip to Bristol where they immersed themselves in an incredible range of science-linked activities; including concepts such as weightlessness, gravity, space, physics, how people age, velocity, sound, and much, much more!
There was much glee and excitement (even more than usual!) in our Friday celebration assemblies as Friends of Harewood unveiled the results of their fabulous fundraising – over £6000 worth of new iPads! These devices will plan an integral part in enhancing all of our children’s learning experiences across the…
We welcomed PC Mike and PC Beth from the Gloucestershire Schoolbeat team to deliver assemblies about keeping safe online as part of our Safer Internet Day 2025 activities. Their sessions covered key concepts such as privacy settings, age guidelines, keeping personal information safe and digital footprints. This vital messaging underpins…
Last week our choir took a trip to the BP Pule Live Arena in Birmingham. They performed as part of the Young Voices choir, which was made up of of 5,217 children from across the country. All the children sang their hearts out and made memories that will last forever!…
‘In the Net’ visited our school to deliver a drama performance that taught us how to stay safe online; including key messages such as not to send pictures of ourselves to others, that cyberbullying online has the same impact as real life bullying and to carefully consider our online communications…
Congratulations to ER who was a fabulous ambassador for our school as she delivered a simply fantastic speech – all about Lego – in front of an audience of 50 people at Elmbridge Primary in the ‘Look Who’s Talking’ LKS2 oracy final. She was clear, confident, articulate and passionate, speaking…
It was wonderful to welcome so many parents and carers for our hard-hitting, highly informative online safety workshop delivered by Simon Williams from the Digital Intelligence Investigations team at Gloucestershire Constabulary. The wide ranging discussion and guidance covered topics such as understanding online risks, social media and apps safety and…
As part of our science unit, we visited Holmleigh Park High School’s science department to explore how space rockets expel force downwards to thrust the rocket into space. After watching the rocket launch, we created our own mini rocks using vinegar & bicarbonate of soda and left them go POP!