Book Fair 2023!
Come and join us for the Windy Nook Book Fair! There are lots of the latest titles, brand new, available on our shelves. The Fair's first day was a huge success - lots of people found great books to enjoy. The Fair continues during break times this week - plus,...
LKS2 Brush Up!
Today, the children in LKS2 were visited by three dentistry students from Newcastle University. The children learned all about oral hygiene. One one station, the children learned all about brushing their teeth. They learned we should brush for two minutes using...
World Book Day 2023!
On Thursday 2nd March, Windy Nook Primary joined schools around the country and around the world to celebrate World Book Day. The idea of this special day is to promote a love of reading and enjoyment of books. We had lots of book-based activities going on in school,...
First Aid for Year 6
Today, children enjoyed a workshop from a visitor who gave information on what to do if they encounter somebody with a minor or major injury. Children pretended to help others with a range of ailments, from banged heads to burns. Children were encouraged to use...
Viking Visit!
On Friday, Years 3 and 4 were lucky enough to be visited by three historians from Durham University for a full day of workshops about the Vikings. The day was the perfect way to round off what has been a brilliant history topic that we've all enjoyed a lot. Throughout...
Safer Internet Day 2023: Parent Information
This afternoon, a workshop was held in school to support parents to have up-to-date knowledge of online safety issues faced by our children. Thank you to parents who were able to attend, and we hope you found the session to be useful and informative. For those parents...
Making story sacks – Family Learning
We delighted to have the opportunity to welcome family learning back at school. Michael from family learning has been working with families and children making story sacks linked to favourite stories. Article 3 All organisations concerned with children should...
Year 5 trip to Safety Works
Today year 5 had the opportunity to go on a trip to Safety Works in Newcastle. They took part in activities about fire safety, road safety, rail safety, safety around dogs and responsible behaviour and choices with the police. Children were able to get involved with...
A monster visit from Gateshead Library
Maria from Gateshead Library service came to launch this years Book Start with this years Reception children, she read the children two stories all about monsters. The stories were called 'Don't Call Me Sweet!' by Smriti Prasadam and 'We're Going to Find a Monster' by...
Victory at the UKS2 Basketball!
This afternoon, 2 teams of children from year 5 and 6 went to Heworth Grange to compete in a basketball competition. The two teams competed in separate groups- year 6 as Windy Nook Team A and year 5 as Windy Nook Team B. Team B had two tough matches against Brandling...
Christmas Service at St. Alban’s
On Tuesday, Years 3-6 delivered a superb Christmas Nativity Service at St. Alban's Church. Our actors, speakers, singers and Sign Squad all played their parts wonderfully well. The church was packed and the congregation was certainly impressed with the quality of the...
A Huge Foodbank Thank you!
The school council paid a visit to Gateshead Foodbank this afternoon and delivered the many donations given by our school community. The children had a tour of the foodbank warehouse with Vic, who is one of the volunteers, and learned about how the donations are...