by K Hill | Sep 6, 2024 | Around The World, Bluebells, News, Science
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...
by Amanda Clough | Jun 21, 2024 | Around The World, Butterflies and Caterpillars, English, Health and Well-Being, IT and Computing, Maths, Outdoor Learning, Science
This week we have participated in the whole school Olympics Celebration Day. We made some fantastic Argentinian Flags on Monday and Tuesday. We painted the appropriate sections light blue and glued on the Argentinian badge. We stripped some Willow sticks of their...
by Mr. Hawdon | May 22, 2024 | Around The World, Beeches, Bees, Bluebells, Butterflies and Caterpillars, Dragonflies, Elms, English, Events and Visits, Health and Well-Being, Ladybirds, News, Nightingales, Oaks, Owls, Proud to Present, Reception, Robins, Snowdrops, Tulips, Willows
Yesterday, Liz Million came to Windy Nook for the day to share her amazing knowledge on illustrating. She worked with the whole school in workshops across the day. Liz began to share her story to the children about how she is from Darlington, went to university in...
by Crowe | May 10, 2024 | Around The World, Beeches, Elms, Events and Visits, Oaks, Outdoor Learning
This term in geography, UKS2 have been looking at trade. In class, we learnt about how trade has changed over time and what is classed as local, national or international. We then had the opportunity to go out on a fieldwork trip where we looked at the different types...
by Mrs Ramanandi | Apr 19, 2024 | Around The World, Nightingales, Owls, Robins
This week the children have been looking at the the Jewish holy book the Torah and why it is special to them. They found out that in the synagogue there is at least one Torah and it has a special cover called a mantle. Jewish families have the Torah as a book at home...
by Mrs Ramanandi | Apr 16, 2024 | Around The World, Nightingales, Owls, Robins
This half terms geography topic was comparing Windy Nook to Ghana in Africa. The children began the topic by locating the UK and Ghana on the map of the world as well as naming and locating the world’s 7 continents and five oceans. Next they compared human and...
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