by Miss Calam | Nov 15, 2024 | Dragonflies, Ladybirds, News, Outdoor Learning
This week the children have been helping clear up the mountains of leaves on the yard. We have used brushes, hands, litter pickers and other items to pick up leaves and put them in our compost piles. We have also had fun using some of the leaves in our role play games...
by Mrs Hope | Nov 15, 2024 | Beeches, Elms, English Corner, News, Oaks
Over the past two weeks, Years 5 and 6 have been studying and enjoying a range of poetry inspired by World War One. This week, we have focussed on ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen, culminating in putting together performances of the poem which we...
by Mr Brown | Nov 8, 2024 | News
This week, Windy Nook Primary was visited by a group of very talented musicians who delivered a superb guitar and singing workshop. The event was highly interactive. Children sang, did vocal exercises and body percussion. They also did dance actions to the live guitar...
by Amanda Clough | Nov 8, 2024 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English Corner, Health and Well-Being, IT and Computing, Mathemagicians, 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 K Hill | Nov 8, 2024 | Bluebells, English Corner, News, Snowdrops, Tulips
This week the children in LKS2 have been visited by the Night Gardener! The Gardener left muddy footprints along with chopped leaves and branches on Monday. He also left his scissors with a note saying, “These are for you.” Children were shocked by the...
by Mrs Traynor | Oct 31, 2024 | Beeches, News, Oaks, science
Last week, the children investigated whether exercise increases brain power. They took part in three activities which included: beep test, own pace and control. Before and after the tests, the children completed a ‘Stroop Test’ to see if they improved...
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