by Mrs Preece | Mar 20, 2020 | Bluebells, Health and Well-Being, Maths, Nightingales, Owls
We never waste a learning opportunity at Windy Nook! The children are singing the 3 times table to the tune of ‘Happy Birthday’ while they wash their hands. We are now 3 times table experts! Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You...
by Mrs Ramanandi | Mar 15, 2020 | Dragonflies, Health and Well-Being, News
The Dragonflies made bread buns after reading the story of The Little Red Hen. They used a recipe, measured the ingredients and helped make the dough. Once the dough had proved, the children kneaded individual portions and prepared it to make bread buns. Once cooked,...
by Amanda Clough | Mar 11, 2020 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, Health and Well-Being, Maths
Nursery are focusing on trains this week so we made some edible collages of trains using a variety of savory ingredients. Before we started, we looked at images of trains (high speed, Metro and steam) and discussed the different shapes within them. Article 28: You...
by Amanda Clough | Mar 5, 2020 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, Health and Well-Being, News, Outdoor Learning, Science
Nursery have been focusing on aeroplanes this week. Over the last two days we have made model aeroplanes and experimented with how we could move them. As scientists we came up with some super ideas! For example, throwing them from the climbing frame and tree,...
by Amanda Clough | Mar 5, 2020 | Events and Visits, Health and Well-Being, News, Sport
Last week four of our KS2 children went to Gateshead Leisure Centre to take part in a Mini Health Champion workshop. The children were a credit to our school, setting a good example with their excellent behaviour and thinking of ideas that they would like to implement...
by Crowe | Feb 28, 2020 | Bluebells, Events and Visits, Health and Well-Being, News, Nightingales, Owls, Robins, Snowdrops, Sport
Today, years 1, 2 and 3 were lucky enough to have a visit from a coach from Durham Cricket Club. The children took part in a number of different activities to practice some basic cricket skills and get an idea what it is all about. The children really enjoyed the...
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