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Robins (Y1/2)

Welcome to Robins

Hi and welcome to Robins. Our teachers are Mrs Preece and Mrs Ferry, who are accompanied by Miss Pearson, Mrs Pattison and Miss Carr.
In Robins we like to have lots of fun with our learning and try to be the best that we can be.

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Important Information for Robins Parents

Homework – KS1 – Owls, Robins and Nightingales
Choose one of the activities each week as a homework task.  You can choose any activity you want from the table and you can record it in your homework book.  Once you have completed the task, colour the box and add the date you completed it.  Homework books will be handed out on a Friday to be returned on the Wednesday.

Spellings

Spellings will be set each Friday and tested the following Friday. Each week, your child’s spellings will be stuck in their reading diary so please ensure it is in school on a Friday. A half termly overview can be found below. Please check carefully which set of spellings your child is learning.

 

Spellings Spring 1
P.E. – Friday
Children must come to school in their school P.E. kit of plain white t-shirt, black shorts, leggings or tracksuit bottoms and plain white or black trainers.
Please check Arbor for regular updates and information.

 

KS1 have a visit from the fire brigade

KS1 have a visit from the fire brigade

The children had a visit today from the fire brigade linked to our Keeping Safe topic and London’s Burning. The children were shown how they tackle fires with the different hoses, the different equipment they need to wear to protect themselves, where the water tank is...

90s Summer Festival 2023

90s Summer Festival 2023

Today was the return of the annual Summer Festival at Windy Nook. We decided on a 90s theme and all of the children really dressed for the occasion. Year 6 led the event, painting banners and manning all of the different stations on offer: bubbles; juice and biscuits;...

KS1 Art Gallery

KS1 Art Gallery

Round 2 for our Windy Nook gallery and this time with EYFS and KS1. What a great evening seeing all of the children’s hard work on their portraits as well as their sketchbooks. It was lovely to see the children so proud of what they had created and showing this off to...

Owls & Robins Homework w.e.14.07.23

Owls & Robins Homework w.e.14.07.23

This week’s homework 14.07.23 for Year 1 is CGP Maths page 28 Money Problems. Children to return completed for Friday 21.07.23 Thanks Mrs Short & Miss Thompson Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to...

School Games Day

School Games Day

This week, across the whole school, we celebrated School Games Day. This is a day where we focus on a mass sports event and look at some of the countries involved with it to celebrate sports achievement. This year, we focussed on the upcoming Women's World Cup. In...

Making good choices in the community

Making good choices in the community

This week KS1 have been learning about community and how to be a kind, helpful member of their own community. In groups they mimed situations for the rest of the class to guess and discussed how each one was about making good choices. The children understood how their...

Owls and Robins Y1 homework

Owls and Robins Y1 homework

This week’s homework 6.723 for Year 1 is CGP Grammar Punctuation and Spelling page 5 Children to return completed for Friday 14.7.23 Thanks Miss Thompson & Mrs Short Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to...

Sources of light in KS1

Sources of light in KS1

The children in KS1 have been learning about light and where it comes from. We discussed how light helps us to see and when there is no light, we have darkness. We discussed 'reflective' 'transparent' and 'opaque' objects. We labelled items in our classroom with these...

KS1 parents Water Cycle Workshop

KS1 parents Water Cycle Workshop

The children of KS1 have had a lovely afternoon working alongside their adults to create a poster all about the water cycle. They watched a video to explain the different stages and then worked together to create some amazing posters. Article 28: You have the right to...

Windy Winners!

Windy Winners!

A huge well done to all of our winners this week - Top Sporstperson and our Value of the Month, which was Friendship. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level you can. Class  Value -...

Windy Nook Sports Day

Windy Nook Sports Day

Today we hosted our annual sports day for children in Reception all the way through to year 6. The children took part in 6 different activities as part of a carousel. They were: sprints, vortex howler throw, egg and spoon race, standing long jump, obstacle relay and...