Events and Visits
World Book Day at Windy Nook
The whole school excitedly engaged in a wide range of book-related activities in class. We had a week-long book fayre, with many fantastic reads up for grabs. The children also took part in book swaps and voted for Windy Nook's favourite book. In each class, one child...
World Book Day at Windy Nook
On Thursday 5th March, Windy Nook celebrated World Book Day. The whole school excitedly engaged in a wide range of book-related activities in class. We had a week-long book fayre, with many fantastic reads up for grabs. The children also took part in book swaps and...
New Mini Health Champions
Last week four of our KS2 children went to Gateshead Leisure Centre to take part in a Mini Health Champion workshop. The children were a credit to our school, setting a good example with their excellent behaviour and thinking of ideas that they would like to implement...
Owls take part in World Book Day
Article 17: You have the right to get information that is important to your well-being, from radio, newspaper, books, computers and other sources. Adults should make sure that the information you are getting is not harmful, and help you find and understand the...
All Star Cricket Taster Sessions
Today, years 1, 2 and 3 were lucky enough to have a visit from a coach from Durham Cricket Club. The children took part in a number of different activities to practice some basic cricket skills and get an idea what it is all about. The children really enjoyed the...
Mission to Mars!
Today UKS2 were lucky enough to have another visit from Jamie (Miss Clough's son). He is currently studying a masters in Astronautics and Space Engineering at Cranfield University and has a wealth of knowledge and passion to share with the children. They looked...
Operation Encompass Visit Year 5
Today, Ged from Northumbria police visited Year 5 to talk about healthy relationships and friendships. They looked at the seesaw model to balance 'power' in a relationship and how to make it fair. The children got a lot from the visit and took part in some excellent,...
Let there be dancing!
The Dragonflies were invited to Blenheim Court to join the residents and Little Movers Dance leader for a super and uplifting afternoon of dancing, movement and singing. Thank you for the invite. We look forward to another fabulous afternoon. Thank you also for the...
Turbomaths in UKS2
Yesterday, Jayne returned to UKS2 for a Turbomaths session with the children. They all went in to the hall and learnt how exercise affects the body and heart rate. They all then had a turn at riding an exercise bike for 30 to see how their heart rate increased. Each...
Online Safety Workshops in UKS2
A huge thank you once again to 'One Day' for the annual visit to our school to highlight online safety. Obviously online safety is something which happens constantly at Windy Nook but it's always a good to idea to re-focus this important issue! Article 16: You have...
Crossing the road safely!
Nursery learned how to safely cross the road with Sara today. She told us that when we are about to cross the road we need to STOP, LOOK, LISTEN and THINK before doing so. We took part in some excellent role play, pretending to be traffic, pedestrians and lollipop...
Online Safety Parent Workshop: Useful Information
This afternoon, we were lucky enough to have two visitors from the NSPCC to deliver a parent workshop. A huge thank you to the parents who could make it and for those who couldn't, there were some very useful tips and links shared. Parental controls - all O2 stores...