Cricket Taster Sessions in KS1 and LKS2
This week, children in KS1 and LKS2 were lucky enough to have a visit from Durham Cricket Club. The coaches gave them some information about the cricket clubs that they offered in the local area and then gave the children a taster of what attending one of these clubs...
Y5/6 Futsal at Heworth
Yesterday, 15 children from year 5 and 6 attended a futsal skills session at Heworth Grange. hey had an intense 90 minutes of futsal, with a mix of 1 v 1 and 4 v 4 activities that were based around understanding the key techniques and laws of the game. The group...
A live performance – Monday’s Child
The children in the Reception classes an in Key Stage 1 thoroughly enjoyed watching "Monday’s Child", a play directed by Darren Cheek. The play tells the story of the remembering and memories between an old woman and a little girl who sang, played, danced and dressed...
A HUGE Comic Relief Thank You!
A huge THANK YOU to the school community for supporting our Comic Relief fundraising. You have raised an amazing £534.37 The children have had a great day supporting this amazing cause. The school council started the day collecting donations at the school gate....
Space Talks in UKS2
Today, Year 5 and 6 were lucky enough to have a visit from Jamie, Miss Clough's son. He has a special interest in Space and works at RAF Flyingdales where satellites are tracked. He told the children all about how rockets are made, fuelled and launched into space and...
We are supporting Comic Relief
We are supporting the charity Comic Relief this year. This will take place on Friday 18th March. Dress up / dress down: Children are invited to make a donation and in return come to school dressed in non-uniform. We encourage children to wear something red. Please...
Y5 Boy’s Football
Last week, a team of year 5 boys attended an after school football competition. The boys worked really well as a team to play 3 matched against other schools. Unfortunately, they lost 2 of their matches but managed to draw another! The boys had a great time out and...
Fairtrade Fortnight
Last week we enjoyed exploring Fairtrade Fortnight across the school. We have learned about food producers from different parts of the world and the problems that affect farmers in some countries and areas. We learned what the Fairtrade scheme is and the importance...
More fun on World Book Day!
As you'll see in another post, World Book Day was celebrated enthusiastically by staff and children at Windy Nook this week! 3rd March is a day to revel in a love of books and reading, to celebrate the amazing places books can take us and to share our favourite...
World Book Day at Windy Nook!
What a wonderful World Book Day we had at Windy Nook! On 3rd March, along with children all over the country and many parts of the world, the Windy Nookers celebrated the joy and wonder of books. The children had brilliant costumes of many great characters from story...
Growth Mindset in Nightingales
Today in Nightingales we have been comparing growth mindset with fixed mindset. We worked in groups to sort statements into the correct columns. We watched a video to learn about how we can expand our brains. Follow the link below: Your brain is like a muscle - Big...
Keeping Safe Online
Safer Internet Day was on Tuesday 8th February this year. The theme for this year was 'All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online'. In all areas of the school our children participated in a range of activities such as: quizzes, comprehensions and...