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Science Week in LKS2!
This week has been Science Week and this years theme has been Change and Adapt. We have been lucky enough to watch multiple live lessons and also conducted an investigation around ice. We were observing over time what happens to an ice cube in different containers and...
Happy Chinese New Year!
In nursery this week we have been finding out about Chinese New Year and celebrating it. We thoroughly enjoyed preparing and cooking Chinese stir fry. We demonstrating excellent counting skills by counting the amount of children in our group and giving out the correct...
LKS2’s Special Book
This term, in RE, we have been looking at the Bible and how it contains so many different types of writing. Within the 3 classes, we have each taken a different type of writing and completed our own version. We looked at writing rules, songs, prayers and stories....
Celebrating Chinese New Year!
This week, both the Dragonflies and Ladybirds learned all about Chinese New Year and how it is celebrated. The children made their own large dragon head after watching lots of traditional Chinese festivals, the children painted, stuck and decorated the dragon. Whilst...
La Tamborrada – Festival of Drums
In the 1800s, the city of San Sebastían (in Northern Spain) was under the occupation of ever-changing foreign armies. The people lacked freedom and, annoyed at the soldiers who marched with their drums every day outside the city walls, decided to fight back. To mock...
A super space day in nursery!
This week we have continued to help and welcome our new pupils. We have participated in group sessions in the hall to help us get to know each other which we all enjoyed, especially our new children. One of these sessions included a drumming session to celebrate La...
¡Taco Bingo en Windy Nook!
Children in Key Stage 2 have been enjoying learning more Spanish this term. As a new addition to our curriculum, at the end of each half term, we play Taco Bingo. This is like normal Bingo except the children's cards are filled with Spanish vocabulary. The teacher...
Creating Christingles in KS1
KS1 were very lucky to have a visit from Reverend Danie and Elaine on Wednesday this week. We learned about the symbolism of a Christingle and we all made our own. We learned that the orange symbolises the world, the candle symbolises the light, the sticks with the...
Food Bank Donations – Thank you
Today, the Trussell Trust Gateshead Foodbank came to collect the kind donations from the school community. The food will be packaged and given out next week, helping to feed some of the 10,000 people who use the service in Gateshead each year. School Councillors met...
Robins visit Beamish Museum
What a lovely day we had at Beamish! We arrived at ten o'clock and had a ride on an old bus down to our Toy Workshop. We were given an important investigation. We had to play with toys from 1959 and decide which were our favourites and why. The staff listened to our...
Windy Nook Elects School Council
Children across Key Stage 2 have been preparing speeches in their bid to represent their classmates on the School Council. Some fantastic and confident pitches were made and all children should be proud of the courage and clarity they showed. In the end, each class...
Welcome to the Bluebells!
The children in the Bluebells have settled back into school amazingly this week and have impressed all of us with their positive attitudes and willingness to learn! It has been great to see them working together in Maths and English and they have especially enjoyed...