Welcome
Welcome to Windy Nook
The principle purpose of Windy Nook Primary School is to provide high quality education to enable pupils to achieve success. This website aims to give you a taster of the school, as well as providing regular updated information for both parents/carers and pupils and we hope that you find what you are looking for.
We hope that our website reflects our endeavour to create an atmosphere of mutual consideration and respect regardless of age, gender, race, religious beliefs, disability, social or home background and family circumstances. It is a celebration of all of the fabulous work and activities that our children participate in. Please feel free to leave a comment or contact the school direct with any queries you may have.
Thank you and enjoy your visit.
Lucie Forrest – Head Teacher
Attendance Last Week
- Whole School Attendance 97.47%
- Whole School Attendance 96.46%
- Ladybirds 96.19%
- Owls 98.62%
- Bluebells 98.26%
- Tulips 94.52%
- Oaks 100.00%
- Dragonflies 96.67%
- Robins 97.04%
- Nightingales 95.33%
- Snowdrops 98.57%
- Elms 98.89%
- Beeches 98.33%
Our Classes
Coming Up
School News
Year 6 Entrepreneurs!
Today Year 6 received some exciting news today, as Joanne from Virgin Money came in to launch the ‘Make £5 Grow Scheme’. Basically they have been given a small amount of money to invest in an opportunity or their choosing – hopefully they’ll...
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Fun with capacity!!!
This week in Maths the Robins have been learning about capacity. We have been estimating and measuring using cups and millilitres. We had lots of fun with the water....
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Who stole the Maypole?
The Snowdrops’ had lots of fun this week becoming super sleuths, by using their fabulous maths skills to solve the clues, break the codes and eliminate suspects. Working collaboratively, they measured, converted units, used their knowledge of 2D an 3D shape...
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Hunting for Creepy Crawlies
Nursery children say – We like spiders, we like worms. They don’t sting and they don’t spread germs. Worms have no legs, spiders have eight. We think spiders and worms are great. These are just...
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Wood you believe it? A gift from the National Trust!
We would like to say a huge thank you to Helen McDonald who works for the National Trust as Head Ranger at Gibside. I contacted Helen as I had spotted some fantastic logs being chopped down at Gibside and I thought to myself how much the children would enjoy them in...
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Comic Art Part 2!
Tulips have been working hard over the past few weeks looking at Pop Art and how it can be recreated. They have focused on Roy Lichtenstein and are currently working on a project using photographs of themselves. They’ve traced their features and are in the...
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CEOP - KEEPING SAFE
When should I report to CEOP?
CEOP helps children stay safe online. Has someone acted inappropriately towards you online, or to a child or young person you know? It may be being asked to do something that makes you feel uncomfortable or someone being insistent on meeting up. You can report it to CEOP below.
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