English Corner | Windy Nook Primary School

Poet Matt Goodfellow in UKS2

by Miss Smith | Mar 28, 2024 | Beeches, Elms, English Corner, News, Oaks, Proud to Present

This term, Years 5 and 6 have been studying poet Matt Goodfellow in English. They listened to and studied a range of his poems, eventually choosing one to learn and perform to the class. They also looked at his life and used their research to write a biography....

Key Stage One Spelling Workshops

by Mrs Hope | Mar 27, 2024 | Bees, English Corner, News, Nightingales, Owls, Robins

Least week, Robins, Owls, Nightingales and Bees invited parents and carers into school to take part in a spelling workshop. This gave parents and carers an overview of how we teach spelling in school and some useful hints to make practising spellings at home more...

Researching Ghana in Year 2

by Mrs Hope | Mar 22, 2024 | Bees, English Corner, Nightingales

This week, Bees and Nightingales have been researching to find out lots of different information about Ghana. We started the week learning about the differences between fiction and non fiction texts, identifying the different features of both and sorting a range of...

Easter Preparations in Nursery

by Amanda Clough | Mar 22, 2024 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English Corner, Health and Well-Being, Mathemagicians, News, Outdoor Learning, Science

This week in nursery we started to make Easter cards. We folded some card by lining up the corners and made some finger prints on the front of the card using yellow paint. When the paint was dry we transformed them into Easter chicks by drawing eyes, beaks and legs...

Parent Information – Year 1 Phonics Screening Check

by Mrs Ramanandi | Mar 19, 2024 | English Corner, Letters to Parents, News, Owls, Robins

Please find attached the Parent meeting information and a link to a video explaining about the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check. Phonics Screening Check Parent Meeting Information ...

In the hot seat!

by A Thompson | Mar 15, 2024 | English Corner, Owls, Robins

This half term we have been reading the story Beegu in our English lessons. Beegu is not supposed to be on Earth. She is lost. She is a friendly little creature, but the Earth People don’t seem very welcoming at all. However, so far she has only met the BIG...