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17/10/25

We’re delighted to welcome our annual  African Drumming sessions back at BG! 🥁🎶 Pupils are feeling the rhythm, learning, and celebrating culture & community. 🌍✨

16/10/25

🚀 What an inspiring afternoon! Year 5 Bamburgh were thrilled to meet Dr Alice Bunn OBE, Chief Exec of  & former  leader 🌍✨She spoke about life in space, showed a replica of Tim Peake’s suit, & shared amazing insights into the ISS 👩‍🚀🔭💫

16/10/25

Year 6 Bodiam had an inspiring art trip to the South Bank today! 🧑‍🎨🚌 Studying Stephen Wiltshire’s incredible cityscapes, pupils sketched London’s skyline with focus and attention to detail. 🏙️🖊️✨ So proud of their creativity!

15/10/25

Year 2 Hever Class have had a brilliant day at Hever Castle, their class namesake. The children loved visiting the childhood home of Anne Boleyn! 🏰👑There were grand rooms, portraits & suits of armour, and stories of Henry VIII which all brought the Tudors to life 🛡️📜

14/10/25

Year 3 Warwick Class are having a rock-solid day at the Horniman Museum 🏛️🚌 They've enjoyed a hands-on workshop, which brought our history topic to life: The Stone Age! 🪨🦴🔍

11/10/25

🪔🎨 We’re hosting a Diwali Art Exhibition on Fri 17th at Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green! Bring in your beautiful Diwali-inspired art to display & celebrate together by Friday Morning. ✨📅

08/10/25

🏆 CHAMPIONS! Our Y5 & Y6 netball team won the Red Cluster competition at    vs Beckenham, Orpington & Shortlands! 🔴💪 Amazing teamwork, slick passing & brilliant defending from everyone 🙌So proud of you all!

07/10/25

Brilliant effort from our Year 3 & 4 netballers at Harris Primary Beckenham! 🏐💙 Mixed 5-a-side vs Beckenham, Shortlands & Orpington — we finished 3rd! 🥉 So proud of the teamwork & sportsmanship. Thanks to our hosts  ! 👏

06/10/25

Year 1 Windsor went on a Geography adventure in Beckenham! 🌿🗺️Wildlife-spotting in Kelsey Park 🦆🌳 and exploring the bustling high street 🛍️—learning about plants, animals & our local environment. Proud of our curious explorers! 💚

06/10/25

This morning, Reception Leeds cooked with Kiddy Cook! Inspired by Goldilocks & the Three Bears, children mixed, measured & tasted to make their own “just right” porridge bowls. Storytelling + life skills = delicious learning! 😋👏

06/10/25

Year 6 Bodiam geographers swapped urban Beckenham for rural Eynsford today! Map skills 🗺️, landmark spotting 📍, the River Darent 🏞️, and historic bridges 🌉 made geography come alive!

02/10/25

What a day at HPABG! 🌳 Reception were introduced to Forest School, then celebrated  with joyful dancing 💃🏾🕺🏿and rounded it off with calming yoga 🧘‍♀️🧘‍♂️ — minds and bodies refreshed! ✨

02/10/25

Celebrating  with a vibrant Caribbean & African Dance Workshop in Reception Leeds Class! 🌍💃🏾🕺🏾🎶 Culture, community, and lots of joy! 🪘✨

02/10/25

Today’s lunch was extra special — a pupil-designed menu! 🧑‍🍳✨ Our School Council polled every class 🗳️ and the winner was… chicken burgers! 🐔🍔🎉 A massive thank you to our brilliant pupils and to Chef Dee!

01/10/25

Year 4 Pevensey had a brilliant day at the British Museum! 🏛️🇬🇷 Exploring Ancient Greece to deepen our History learning — from democracy ⚖️ and drama 🎭 to maths 📐 and myths 🏺, we can still see their legacy today. 📚✨

30/09/25

Year 5 Bamburgh blasted off at the Science Museum today! 🚀🧑‍🚀 From planets to orbits, our Earth & Space learning came to life. 🌍🪐🔭 So much curiosity, so many wow moments  ! ✨

26/09/25

🎉🏆 Huge congratulations to some of our amazing Year 3 Warwick class for shining at the 2025 ‘Chinese Bridge’ Mandarin Competition! 🇨🇳✨ Their performance wowed the judges and earned them a well-deserved award! 👏🌟

24/09/25

What an afternoon at Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green! 🌟 Author Penny Chrimes wowed us with a gripping assembly 🎤✨ about her new book Hero: The Highway Girl. Then she held an exclusive playground book sale, which had our avid readers buzzing with joy! 📚

17/09/25

🏑 Hockey Enrichment Morning at Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green! Big thanks to coach Sam Dhjavit for fast, fun drills—close control, passing, shooting & defence. Teamwork and confidence soaring in Years 5 & 6! 👏

15/09/25

🐞📚 Ladybird Nursery Buddy Reading is back for the new academic year! 🌟 Children with lovely reading records visited our friends at Ladybird for some cosy story time. Proud of our super readers! 💚 Ladybird is such an amazing nursery! 🐞📚

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Year 1 summer holiday work

 

Paddington Bear

Writing aim: To write a narrative continuation of the story

Story text PDF: Click here

 

Link to resource & video lessons

Screen Shot

Vocabulary

Mon

Resource

https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9MjIwMzk0Nw==

Video Lesson:

Original story

Cartoon adaptation of Chapter 1

Video Lesson 1  

unique

voyage

anxious

vibrant

thrilled

clumsy

Tue

Resource

https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9MjIwMzkyNg==

 

Video Lesson:

Video Lesson 2

 

Wed

Resources:

https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9MjIwNDczMQ==

 

Video Lesson:

Video Lesson 3

 

Thur

Resources:

https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9MjIwNDc3NQ==

 

Video Lesson:

Video Lesson 4

Success criteria:

I have remembered one space between each word

I have remembered full stops and capital letters

I have used capital letters for names

I have used the key words

I have read my work to check it makes sense

I have written a BOYS sentence

Fri

Resources:

https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9MjIwNDkyOQ==

Video Lesson:

Video Lesson 5

 

Week 2

Paddington Bear

Writing aim: To write a narrative continuation of the story

 

Link to resource

Screen Shot

Vocabulary

Mon

Resource:

https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9MjIwNTA4OQ==

 

Video Lesson:

Video Lesson 6

buffet

politely

battered

nudge

elated

glared

Tue

Resources:

https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9MjIwNTE0NA==

 

Video Lesson:

Video Lesson 7

 

Wed

Resources:

https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9MjIwNTE1Ng==

 

Video Lesson:

Video Lesson 8

 

Thur

Resources

https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9MjIwNTE3Mg==

 

Video Lesson:

Video Lesson 9

 

Fri

Resources

https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9MjIwNTE5Mg==

 

Video Lesson:

Video Lesson 10

Success criteria:

I have remembered one space between each word

I have remembered full stops and capital letters

I have used capital letters for names

I have used the key words

I have read my work to check it makes sense

I have included an exclamation mark

I have written a BOYS sentence

 

You could also try one of these websites:

https://www.freechildrenstories.com/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary

https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks1/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/

https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/

www.bbc.co.uk/learning

www.natgeokids.com/uk

www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home

www.twinkl.co.uk

www.teachyourmonstertoread.com