Singing in LKS2

by K Hill | Oct 18, 2024 | Bluebells, News, Snowdrops, Tulips

This afternoon, LKS2 started their music topic of Life on the Tyne. They started singing songs about the keel row and the industrial times of the North East’s past. Children began learning the songs and thinking about pitch and pace. Once we were more confident...

Computing in LKS2

by K Hill | Sep 27, 2024 | Bluebells, News, Snowdrops, Tulips

The last few weeks, in computing, LKS2 have been learning all about branching databases. We began the topic by looking at yes and no questions and figuring out how to sort objects into different groups. Now confident with this, we were ready to have a go at creating a...

Windy Nook Elects School Council

by Mr Newman | Sep 17, 2024 | Beeches, Bluebells, Elms, Governance, News, Oaks, School Council, Snowdrops, Tulips

Children across Key Stage 2 have been preparing speeches in their bid to represent their classmates on the School Council. Some fantastic and confident pitches were made and all children should be proud of the courage and clarity they showed. In the end, each class...

Walking Water Investigation

by Miss Calam | Sep 11, 2024 | Beeches, Bees, Bluebells, Elms, Nightingales, Oaks, Owls, Robins, Snowdrops, Tulips

During our first week back after the holidays the children have been set a couple of whole school science challenges. All children this week have thought about what science is to them and have either drawn pictures, written captions or short sentences to describe what...

Hello Summer Happiness

by Mr. Hawdon | Jul 18, 2024 | Beeches, Bees, Bluebells, Butterflies and Caterpillars, Dragonflies, Elms, Health and Well-Being, Ladybirds, News, Nightingales, Oaks, Robins, Snowdrops, Tulips

A summer holiday workbook created to help empower you to manage your own happiness by developing your emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence means understanding your feelings and knowing how to handle them in a good way. It’s like being a feelings...