Leaf prints

by Amanda Clough | Jun 17, 2021 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English, Health and Well-Being, Maths, Outdoor Learning, Science

This week, we have continued our camping/outdoors theme. We pretended that our maths area was a camp fire and used a frying pan and some fake sausages to help us learn the song, Ten Fat Sausages Sizzling in a Pan. We did some fantastic counting while making the...

Identifying trees

by Amanda Clough | Jun 13, 2021 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English, Health and Well-Being, Maths, News, Outdoor Learning

This week we have enjoyed spending time in our camping site and ice-cream parlour role play area as well as listening to stories about camping and also participating in linking activities. We have made the most of the glorious weather and spent a lot of time outdoors....

Gateshead Council celebrate our Walk to School Day

by Mrs Ramanandi | Jun 11, 2021 | Events and Visits, Health and Well-Being, News, Outdoor Learning

Gateshead Council have written an article celebrating our walk to school initiative which helped highlight the dangers of parking near schools and possible solutions to this. Thanks again to all who turned up to support the campaign! Click on the link below to find...

Orienteering in UKS2

by Crowe | May 27, 2021 | Beeches, Elms, Events and Visits, Health and Well-Being, News, Oaks, Outdoor Learning, Sport

Yesterday Year 5 and 6 got the opportunity to complete some orienteering with B outdoors. The course was set up in the nature park and the children were divided into groups. Each group had a map and a sheet to record their answers. Andy from B outdoors explained to...

Science Week – Biodiversity of the school grounds

by Miss Calam | May 25, 2021 | Beeches, Bees, Bluebells, Butterflies and Caterpillars, Dragonflies, Elms, Ladybirds, News, Nightingales, Oaks, Outdoor Learning, Owls, Robins, Science, Snowdrops, Tulips

Last week was Science week here at Windy Nook and we took the opportunity to look at the biodiversity of our school grounds. Each year group had a specific natural aspect to investigate and we explored all around our school grounds, taking notice of the different...

Mini-beast Exploration During Science Week

by Amanda Clough | May 23, 2021 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English, Health and Well-Being, Maths, News, Outdoor Learning, Science

We have thoroughly enjoyed enticing mini beasts into our nursery garden and identifying them this week. We made four different mini beast traps throughout the week which included; a butterfly bar (mashed banana on a plate), a beetle bucket (a bucket with holes in,...