Young Voices 2026
We had such an amazing time at Young Voices on Monday. The children sang their heart out and we all had a great time.
Inspiring the next generation of gladiators?
The children had wonderful time meeting Zack George, best known as Steel! He talked to the children about the importance of being healthy and following your dreams. We might have future gladiators amongst us here at The Howard!
Thank you to the PTA for organising this wonderful…
Meeting a gladiator
On Monday we had the pleasure of meeting ‘Steel’ from Gladiators.
Class 4 New Classroom
The children in Class 4 returned after Christmas to find that their new classroom was almost finished and ready to move into. Apart from a couple of finishing touches (chairs and internet!) the new building was amazing. The children were really excited and helped with moving furniture and books…
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Pig the Pug
This week in Class 1 we are doing an exciting new text. Yesterday Mrs Gethin and Ralph came over to visit us and brought in a very special parcel. Inside was a brand new story, some cuddly pug toys and a very special book. Mrs Gethin explained that the book would be travelling to all of our…
A special visit from Steel
We had a wonderful morning meeting the Gladiator Steel. We went into the hall with Class 2 and listened to Steel tell us all about being a Gladiator, how he keeps himself healthy and what made he decided he wanted to be a Gladiator. He also did a 30second hand stand which was very…
Building a sentence
During our ‘wonderful winter’ week the children were challenged to build a sentence. They were fantastic at spotting the capital letter and full stop and knew exactly where to place them in their sentences. The children worked hard to use their phonics skills to sound out the words and put them in…
Marvellous Maths
We have been working really hard in Maths this week. We started a new unit called ‘Alive in 5’ and are perfecting our understanding of the numbers 0-5. On Monday we met zero and over the next 2 weeks we are going to be learning all about the numbers up to 5, what they look like, 1 more or less…
What is mark making?
Class 2 have started their next art unit studying sketching. They began by trying to make marks with using their pencils and feet! Then they explored different marks using their hands. They moved on to look at Pablo Picasso and abstract art, creating portraits in his style. Super art work…
A lovely first day back
Class 1 have had a wonderful first day back after the Christmas break. Our learning this week is focuses on the season winter, we couldn’t have asked for a better day to start off our topic! This morning we read our focus text ‘Hello Winter’ and went on a winter scavenger hunt. We found lots of…
Where do we live?
Class 2 had a great time learning about the seven continents of the world. They used atlases, globes and learnt a catchy song to help them identify them. They then showed wonderful team work by building their given continent and then combining them to build a world map puzzle. Such super learning…