Merry Christmas, Mr Scrooge

Here are some photos from our first performance

Carol Singers

Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Past

Some Urchins

Tiny Tim with Mr and Mrs Cratchitt

The Cratchitt Children

Scrooge and Bob Cratchitt

Merry Christmas Mr.Scrooge!

It's time to put on make-up! It's time to light the lights!! Yes, it's Christmas production time. This year we are putting on our very own version of A Christmas Carol. We've all been working very hard to learn our lines. With Mrs. Reynolds help this year's production promises to be one of our best ever!

This morning the photographer from the Wetherby News came to take our pictures for the production supplement they are producing. Look out for us hitting the headlines soon!

Maskaraiders at Dance Festival

The Maskaraiders, one of our Year 6 dance groups, performed at the RJC Dance Festival at Wetherby High School.

I've had to edit the video slightly (due to upload limits) but you still get all the highlights!

The Best in Leeds

In the Primary School League Tables for 2009, just published in both the Times and Telegraph newspapers, Harewood has come out as the top performing school in Leeds, and one of the top schools in the country. The tables are drawn up from Key Stage 2 assessment results, aggregated over the last 3 years. Whilst it is true that league tables of this kind are far too simplistic to show the true value of a school, it is nice to see that this narrow academic measure reflects what we believe about the school as a whole, that we are one of the best around!

Primary Maths Challenge

A team from Harewood competed in the final of the Primary Maths Challenge at the Grammar School at Leeds. They had to complete a series of individual and team challenges, all against the clock. They reached the final via the qualification heat earlier in the term. We were the smallest school there, competing against much larger schools from both the public and private sectors. The team did very well managing a score of 49, just 10 less then the eventual winners. Well done, all of you.

Seeing the light

We all thoroughly enjoyed Science Week last week. Class 3 wrote recounts of their week for homework. Here is Abbas' thoughts on the week.

Science Week
On Monday it was the first day of Science Week and we did lots of experiments, for example, how to bend light around corners using mirrors. We also made periscopes and used them to see over the top of our desks.

Mr. Bishop came to talk to us about the eye. Did you know that your pupil is a hole? Also you have a jelly like substance in your eye (joke, I want mine to be lime jelly! ha ha).

On Wednesday a lady called Liz from the Lempen Puppet Theatre visited school. She performed her show 'Journey of a Turtle'. After the show she explained how she had made each of her puppets. In the afternoon Class 3 and Class 4 took part in a shadow puppet workshop. We made our own shadow puppets, they were amazing! Unfortunately, mine went all wrong.

We made periscopes and it was really fun, I thought Zac's was the best. On Friday it was the last day of Science Week. In assembly each class did a presentation to explain the activities they had been doing. Caius and I were at the end of our presentation, so I got pretty nervous, but I stood up and said my line loudly and clearly. It was a great end to a very action packed week!

Kallista plays in an Orchestra

On Wednesday and Thursday morning this week I went to Boston Spa High School to play my violin in an Orchestra (The EPoS Gifted and Talented Orchestra! - Mr M). There were children from all around Leeds coming to play in the Orchestra. It was great fun especially when we played in a concert to our mums and dads. The pieces we played were the ones had learnt during two days.

Kallista E Lawson-Tovey