Appointment of a new Principal to Hartley Primary Academy

Dear parents and carers RE: appointment of a new Principal. You will have seen the fantastic Ofsted inspection report at Hartley Primary, making it one of only a small number of schools in England which [...]

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Enterprise Week

During ‘Enterprise Week’ we held a cake sale. The children took part in designing, baking, decorating and selling the cakes & biscuits. Some children designed some cake sale posters as well.

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Frogs Life Cycle

Over the last couple of terms the children have been continuing their learning into the frog life cycle. We have watched the frogspawn develop into frogs and today we released 6 tiny frogs back into [...]

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Jubilee Celebrations

This week we have been taking part in lots of fun activities to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We had the opportunity to take part in a workshop to decorate a ceramic plate and ended [...]

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Term 5 – Sharing the Planet

During Term 5, the children continued their previous learning into the frog lifecycle as we continued to care for the tadpoles. The children were amazed to discover a tadpole had become a froglet at the [...]

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Forest School

Last week the children all took part in a fun and exciting forest school session with ranger Donna. They had opportunities to explore the woods, climb trees and make stick characters. Afterwards we all sat [...]

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Life Cycles

During Term 4 we started our investigation into the life cycle of plants. To further support their learning, each child has had the opportunity to plant their own sunflower seeds. We are learning to care [...]

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Birdwatching

This week some of the children have been following their interest in nature and birds. They have been making bird food, painting bird pictures and taking part in bird watching using our new binoculars. The [...]

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