by Mrs Ramanandi | Oct 6, 2025 | Dragonflies, Ladybirds, Reception
Thank you to all the parents who attended our recent Reception reading meeting in school. To support you further at home, we’ve attached a helpful information pack covering phonics and early reading. You can download the presentation as a PDF, which includes QR codes...
by Mrs Ramanandi | Sep 25, 2025 | Dragonflies, Ladybirds, Outdoor Learning, Reception
Our Reception children have been busy exploring, building, and expressing themselves through purposeful play outdoors. They worked together to construct dens, sharing ideas and solving problems. In the music and theatre area, they used rhythm and role play to...
by Mr Newman | Mar 10, 2025 | Beeches, Bluebells, Dragonflies, Elms, English, Events and Visits, Ladybirds, News, Nightingales, Oaks, Owls, Reception, Robins, School Council, Snowdrops, Tulips
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...
by Mr Newman | Jan 17, 2025 | Beeches, Bees, Bluebells, Butterflies and Caterpillars, Dragonflies, Elms, Events and Visits, Ladybirds, News, Nightingales, Oaks, Owls, Reception, Robins, Snowdrops, Tulips
In the 1800s, the city of San Sebastían (in Northern Spain) was under the occupation of ever-changing foreign armies. The people lacked freedom and, annoyed at the soldiers who marched with their drums every day outside the city walls, decided to fight back. To mock...
by Mr Newman | Oct 23, 2024 | Beeches, Bees, Bluebells, Dragonflies, Elms, Events and Visits, Health and Well-Being, News, Nightingales, Oaks, Owls, Reception, Robins, School Council, Snowdrops, Tulips, Willows
Today, the Trussell Trust Gateshead Foodbank came to collect the kind donations from the school community. The food will be packaged and given out next week, helping to feed some of the 10,000 people who use the service in Gateshead each year. School Councillors met...
by R Byrne | Sep 19, 2024 | Dragonflies, Ladybirds, News, Outdoor Learning, Reception
After a revamp of the Reception outdoor yard, the children have been loving playing in the different areas. They have been practising taking turns with toys, e.g. scooters, aprons and the chalk. The staff have been super impressed with how busy the children have been...
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