by Mr Newman | Nov 20, 2024 | Beeches, Bees, Bluebells, Butterflies and Caterpillars, Dragonflies, Elms, Events and Visits, Ladybirds, Letters to Parents, News, Newsletters, Nightingales, Oaks, Owls, School Council, Snowdrops, Tulips, Willows
Windy Nook Primary School is gearing up for Christmas with singing, acting and preparations in full steam for the various shows and performances. As usual, the school will be inviting children to wear a Christmas jumper and have a Christmas lunch. These will take...
by Miss Smith | Nov 19, 2024 | Anti Bullying Week, Beeches, Bees, Bluebells, Butterflies and Caterpillars, Dragonflies, Elms, Health and Well-Being, Ladybirds, News, Nightingales, Oaks, Owls, Robins, Snowdrops, Tulips
Last week marked Anti-Bullying Week and the children at Windy Nook celebrated it by working on the theme ‘Choose Respect.’ They took part in a range of activities from EYFS all the way up to UKS2: designing odd socks, listening to the anti-bullying song,...
by Amanda Clough | Nov 15, 2024 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English, Health and Well-Being, IT and Computing, Maths, Outdoor Learning
This week in nursery we focussed on Remembrance Day. We made a large poppy collage using any red and black items that we could find in nursery and we participated inĀ a minute silence at 11:00 while standing around our poppy. We produced some beautiful drawings of...
by Amanda Clough | Nov 8, 2024 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English, Health and Well-Being, IT and Computing, Maths, News, Outdoor Learning, Science
We have had an extremely busy week in nursery. We have focussed on Diwali for most of the week, making Diva lamps, Rangoli patterns and Mehndi patterns. We used clay to make Diva lamps. We moulded the clay into a sphere, rolled it, stuck our thumb in the top to create...
by Amanda Clough | Oct 25, 2024 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English, Health and Well-Being, IT and Computing, Maths, News, Outdoor Learning, Science
Following on from our pumpkin and Autumn activities last week, we used the flesh and seeds from the pumpkins to make some pumpkin soup and roasted pumpkin seeds. To make our soup we chopped onion and pumpkin, added a stock cube and some water and then we cooked it in...
by Mr McKay | Oct 23, 2024 | Beeches, Bluebells, Butterflies and Caterpillars, Dragonflies, Elms, Ladybirds, News, Nightingales, Oaks, Owls, Robins, Snowdrops, Tulips
This morning, we were extremely fortunate to have The Gateshead Music Service visit Windy Nook. They played for all the children across two assemblies and got us up on our feet dancing and singing along to some well known classics. Some of the children had the chance...
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