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...
by Mrs Ramanandi | Feb 28, 2020 | Health and Well-Being, News, PTFA, School Council
The Right Respecting School Councillors were invited to have a meeting with the PTFA. During the meeting the children talked about the day to day life of Windy Nook Primary, sharing all of the fantastic things that happen in school. The PTFA then asked the children...
by Miss Smith | Feb 27, 2020 | Elms, Events and Visits, Health and Well-Being, News, Oaks
Today, Ged from Northumbria police visited Year 5 to talk about healthy relationships and friendships. They looked at the seesaw model to balance ‘power’ in a relationship and how to make it fair. The children got a lot from the visit and took part in some...
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