We love the NHS feature fortnight! (Updated with more work!)

Over the past two weeks, pupils in Class 4 have been working extremely hard on some wonderful NHS-themed work to learn more about the National Health Service and to show our gratitude for all the brave, incredible work they are doing right now in our current situation. I'm delighted to share the results here on our school blog.

We've had some amazing artwork, baking and 'happiness jars' to raise the spirits and show our gratitude for our frontline keyworkers, plus brilliant history work focusing on 'significant' healthcare workers throughout history (I think we know of course that they are ALL significant!) and figures such as Nye Bevan, founder of the NHS. There has been some incredible acrostic poetry work which I would urge you to read - such thoughtful, moving work!

I've also been so impressed by the pupils who have decided to take social action to support the key workers - this is truly inspirational work and really puts into action the message (borrowed from Ghandi) of Archie B - 'Be the change that you want to see'!

I'm so proud of you all - what a credit you are to yourselves and to our school. Well done! Now please take a minute or two to marvel at all of this wonderful work!

Our Special NHS​

Have you really appreciated the NHS? What is your answer? No or Yes? ​

Elderly, young it doesn’t matter who – whatever the problem they’ll be there for you, ​

Running away is not the thing to do - there are lists of people you can talk to,​

One minute with friends, the next in lockdown – the NHS trying to turn this around, ​

Everyone there is giving their best – their hearts and souls to solve this mess,​

Stay at home and save lives as you do - support the NHS – you know you have to!​

Look at this incredible social action project.....

 Astonishing work!

 This poem was even featured on stray fm!

 This request was seen on facebook…..

 …...and look at this incredible response!!

 Wow!

Wonderful newspaper-style history work! 

                                                          Brilliantly effective timelines!

 These 'flower pens' were hand-made and delivered, with an accompanying kind note, to elderly neighbours to help raise a smile and lift the spirits!

 Another superb historical presentation - brilliantly written with a superb level of detail!

Wow! I'm sure you'll all agree that there is an incredible range of work here and I hope this blog post has helped to lift the spirits, remind you that we all remain connected (think of that invisible string!) and hopefully raise a smile too!

Keep up the brilliant work Class 4! 

Year 6 - 'Last day' (so far) photos

Well it's been a few weeks now since the school closure and it's certainly been a year like no other! These photos were taken of (most of) Year 6 on the last day in school (for now!). I hope it won't be long before it is safe for us all to get together again and rest assured Year 6 will get some form of send off whatever happens! I know they will all be dearly missing their friends (and of course their teacher!) but must try to remember that this strange situation isn't going to last forever, even though it can sometimes feel like that! I've been so impressed by the home learning work I've seen so far (along with their Year 5 classmates) and look forward to sharing some of it on here VERY soon...… Take care and stay safe. Mr Sturgess.

I couldn't resist turning these into a GIF for your amusement! 

Easter Egg-stravaganza!

Easter is a time to celebrate spring and to indulge in way too much chocolate! It really is a wonderful time of the year and an egg-cellent excuse to crack out some egg puns to keep us amused!

I hope you enjoy looking at these egg-ceptionally decorated eggs. 

egg-stremely impressive

egg-clusive design

egg-squisite

egg-ceedingly good

egg-spertly done

These children made Easter baskets at school

and planted some sunflower seeds in mosaic pots they made themselves

 and made rainbows to support the NHS!

Hope you all had an eggs-tra special Easter!

Mrs Burnley

Message from Australia

This week I received a message from Australia!

Good Afternoon Harewood School

I attended Harewood C of E Primary School 1958 to 1964 as Linda Susan GAINES.

My Mother attended Harewood Primary School 1939 to 1945 as Audrey Jean CUTHBERTSON.

I currently live in Melbourne Australia working for the Victorian Department of Justice.

I am writing to ask if the school has retained the Honours Board, from my Mother's time at the school, as she would dearly love to have a colour photograph of that board - which shows her name in gold letters as having passed the 11+ Examination 75 years ago.

If you could possibly help me with this request, I should be extremely grateful as it would make an elderly lady very happy indeed.

Thank you and best wishes

Linda

(Mrs L S Sherer - nee Gaines)

PS

I attach current photo of my Mother and a certificate from a book prize I was awarded at Harewood C of E Primary School in 1962.

I thought this was very interesting so I replied.

Hello, thank you for your message from Australia!

I am the assistant head teacher of the school and I have attached a photograph of the honours board which is still on display in our school library. Audrey's name is quite faint at the bottom right, the last few names seem to have a different print to the others, but it can still be read 

There have been a lot of changes at our school over recent years, not least the fact that we have expanded the size of our school building by incorporating the school house next door into our school creating an additional upstairs classroom, we also have a classroom created from space above the school hall. At the moment we have 105 children on role, but as I write the school is closed due to the coronavirus and we are not sure when we will be able to re-open. All the children are being taught at home.

I know the children will be interested in your correspondence and with your permission, I would like to share it with them on our school blog. I often see children looking at and studying that board and I am sure they would be very interested to see a real person whose name is on there. Bringing history to life for them.

Kind regards

Mrs Burnley

and she replied...

Good Afternoon Mrs Burnley and Harewood School,

Thank you so much for taking the time to help us with the Honours Board. My Mother is absolutely thrilled to see it once again, after so many years' absence. She would be delighted to have a Blog article about this, thank you again so much. 

We both have extremely happy memories of Harewood School, which was a perfect start to our education. My Mother has travelled the World, including two World Cruises, but we both still love to visit Harewood (from her home in Leicestershire) when I visit from Australia. 

I went on via Harrogate Grammar School to complete a Linguists Certificate (French and Spanish) Qualification and later a Diploma in Local Government Policy and Law. 

Subsequently, I was elected to the role of Town Mayor of Newmarket, Suffolk, during HM The Queen's Golden Jubilee Year, and attended a luncheon hosted by her in the Bury St Edmunds Athenaeum,  in that same year. So exciting!

I'm attaching a photo from the Wetherby News of Summer 1963, when our Harewood School won the Lord Harewood Cup against Gateways School, in the Annual Sports Day on the Cricket Pitch in Harewood Park. Quite a rivalry existed in those days!

Best wishes

Linda 

I hope you enjoy reading this blog. 

It is so nice to hear from someone now living at the other side of the world who came to our school. It is a lovely reminder of the special place that Harewood school is and how people always have a piece of Harewood with them in their hearts long after they have left us.

Mrs Burnley