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Science Week in KS1

Science Week in KS1

This week has been Science Week and this years theme has been Change and Adapt. We have been lucky enough to watch multiple live lessons and also conducted an investigation around ice. We were comparing which material would help melt an ice cube faster. Children were...
World Book Day Celebrations

World Book Day Celebrations

Windy Nook celebrated a fun-packed World Book Day last Thursday, with the entire school taking part in a wide range of activities to cheer-on everything reading. All children received free books thanks to Mr. Atkinson from WHSmith, who kindly supplied these for us. In...
King of the Castle

King of the Castle

KS1 rounded off their ‘King of the Castle’ topic with a DT project. Their brief was to design a castle strong enough to protect the king! The first part of the process was to research different types of castles and identify the features found on both stone...
Humpty Dumpty Sat On a Wall

Humpty Dumpty Sat On a Wall

This half term we have been learning about everyday materials in science. Our investigation was to decide which material would be best at protecting Humpty Dumpty. Investigation focus: comparative test Before the investigation we explored different materials and...