Last day of term...Goodbye Harewood!

It's the last day of term!! It's also the last day at Harewood for year 6's, Mrs Brotherton, and myself. I just thought i would write a quick blog to say thank you. I have been at Harewood now for just over 12 months, starting on 11th May 2009 as a student on a 6 week placement - only 6 weeks turned into a whole year. Since September i have worked in class 3 with Miss King, and can honestly say i have had an absolutely brilliant time. It has been a pleasure to come to work everyday. During my year, i have also worked with other classes, particularly class 4, starting with High Adventure back in September. Although i have been on alot of adventure weeks before with other organisations, i had never had as much fun as we all did that week. The children were great fun, and so was Mrs Brotherton! We still share memories of that week every time we meet. Following on from High Adventure, we have been on lots and lots of sporting activities, football, rugby, swimming, more rugby, more football etc etc. It was an absolute pleasure to accompany the children on these visits. They are very proud of our school, and represent it so well.

Its been a packed year with so much success for Harewood, and i would just like to thank Mr Madeley for letting me stay! Miss King and Class 3 for putting up with me! I really have had a brilliant year with you!! All the staff....not forgetting those wonderful dinnerladies :) but most importantly to the children - Thank you for been such a pleasure to work with.
I wish everyone all the very best in the future.

Mr Cullingworth

Class 4 making micro-organisms

Lots of micro-organisms!

streptococcus

salmonella

In Class 4 we have been learning about micro-organisms. Micro-organisms are very small living things which can only be seen through a microscope. They are EVERYWHERE around us (even in our stomachs and up our noses!). Some are harmful but others are extremely good for us. Although very small, they come in many shapes and sizes. We had some fun making different ones using play dough.

Sports Day

Tuesday saw the whole school out on the field for our annual sports day. We had a fantastic day! Class 3 wrote about their experiences in our Literacy lesson. This is what Zac wrote ....

"Year 4 boys line up!" shouted Mr. Madeley.
As we strolled to the start line my body felt excited and ready. My heart was pounding. Mr Madeley blew his whistle and I bolted like a horse coming out of its stable. Before I knew it the race was over and I was receiving my red card. I was proud of myself.

Well done to everyone who took part and helped make the afternoon so successful.

All the fun of the fair!

A great big thank you to the PTA for organising another fabulous summer fair. Everyone that came along had a great time.

There were so many things to do: face painting, competitions, cakes to buy and burgers to eat!

Thank you to all the parents that came along and supported the event and helped make it such a success.

The ladies on the cake stall certainly had a good time and delivered service with a smile!

Were you lucky enough to pull out a winning tombola ticket?

The cafe was busy all afternoon. The samosas and cakes were delicious! Thank you to everyone who sent in a donation for one of the stalls.

Class One's Busy International Week

Class One had such a busy International Week. Look at all the things we did. Thank you to all our 'international visitors' who came to the classroom on Friday. We hope you enjoyed yourselves.

This picture shows some of us doing our Greek dancing.

Mariela, from Argentina came to talk to us on Thursday.

Did you have a go with the Digiridu?

Look at our brilliant homework.

Did you help make our Recycled Rainbow Fish?

Australian, Aboriginal art work


Have a look at the gallery to see our fantastic 3D shape fishes.

Making our fishes.

Making the food.

At the start of the day.Aboriginal art inspired by cave drawings.

Under the sea music for the Great Barrier Reef display.

Around the World

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On Friday the 25th of June, the school held an open house for all parents to come and see our classes. It was International Week, every class had at least three countries.


Class 1 looked at Australia, Greece and Argentina. Class 2 studied Brazil, Italy and New Zealand. Class 4 researched USA, France, Mexico and Argentina. Finally Class 3 had eight countries: Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, Chile, Honduras, Cameroon, Spain and Denmark.

There were foods to taste, games to play and powerpoints packed full of information to look at.

We had a really great time in each class.

Our parents had a great time too! They took part in our quizzes and tasted the international cuisine.

Some parents even volunteered to have their faces painted.

Lots and lots of visitors took our international trip - it got very hot in the classrooms.

In Class 1 we did some Greek dancing. Class 1 had been practising and were able to give us a demonstration.

In Class 2 we tasted some Italian food. In Class 3 we played on the powerpoint quizzes, and in Class 4 we won lots of sweets!

Each class had lots of visitors, so did the hall which had our '1 goal' campaign going on. Everyone had to sign the supporters scarf. The petition got over one hundred signatures. We will send the scarf to the Prime Minister.

As we travelled around the world, we had a passport. We each got given a stamp for every country we visited. We all enjoyed International Week and I hope we can do it again!