Education: Primary
OVER 200 girls descended upon Harlow Rugby Club on Friday morning to take part in the inaugural Tag-Rugby Festival. An amazing 25 teams took part in a series of games designed to improve their skills and understanding of this energetic game. As always the support…
THIRTY-four children from a range of primary schools around Harlow (Little Parndon, Henry Moore, Church Langley, Nazeing, Milwards, Churchgate, The Downs and Fawbert and Barnard), attended an afternoon SEND festival at Church Langley Primary School. The children had an amazing time and the feedback from…
FOLLOWING the morning of secondary school competition, the afternoon of indoor athletics for children in Years 1 and 2 was well attended and received. With an adaptive format to resemble the older age groups, the younger pupils had a great time competing in track and…
TWO Harlow primary schools now have fantastic new football kits thanks to a kind donation from a local estate agency. Town and Country Estates in Harlow sponsored kits for Potter Street Academy and Purford Green Academy. Directors Lee Venables and Geoff Jukes joined teaching staff…
Harlow Junior School Visited by Successful Entrepreneurs from Local Community Pupils at William Martin Church of England Junior School recently attended a special careers fair, where classes had the opportunity to network with a range of entrepreneurs from different professions. Among the group of successful…
WHAT a way to end the week! In contrast to the hectic competitive pace of the morning’s Hockey finals, the annual Multicultural Dance Festival was a coming together and sharing of good practice and fun. Hosted once again by Saint Nicholas school, the theatre provided…
A FITTING end to a wonderful tournament saw the teams from Henry Moore 1 and Church Langley 1 share the title after the final finished 1-1. From the 27 teams who started last week’s qualifiers, the 12 finalists returned to Church Langley Astro to compete…
FREE school meal vouchers will be available for around 50,000 eligible pupils across Essex this February half-term (13-17 Feb) thanks to renewed funding from the Department for Work and Pensions. The funding of £750,000 has been allocated by the Council from the Household Support Fund…
A BAN on cars momentarily stopping outside two Harlow schools during pick up and drop off is set to launch due to ‘inconsiderate’ drivers reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Essex County Council is set to introduce a Red Route prohibiting cars from stopping along Tracyes…
HARRISON Moore, a 29-year-old history teacher at Sir Frederick Gibberd College and Sixth Form in Harlow, says making the switch to teaching was the best career decision he’s ever made – and is calling on those considering a career switch this year to explore the…
IT was all jolly hockey sticks at Church Langley Primary School as 27 teams descended throughout the day to attempt to make it through to the Hockey Finals. Both qualifying events, a morning and an afternoon session, were full-on with an astounding 48 matches played.…
A MEETING was held on Monday night to discuss the much-delayed move of Harlowbury Primary school from Old Harlow to Gilden Park. The audience was composed of concerned parents as well as local residents. In the audience was headteacher Vicky Early and co-chair of Governors,…
LAST week, 15 teachers from across Europe visited Harlow to work with Kingsmoor Academy as part of an Erasmus+ project called, ‘Playing With New Words.’ The project is looking at the effectiveness of games when learning and promoting language acquisition. Teachers from Spain, Romania, Turkey…
A FORMER Head of English at Passmores Academy has passed away. An obituary for John Swallow has been published in The Guardian. Click below for details. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/dec/25/john-swallow-obituary
