Y4 Tennis
well done to our tennis team who won silver at Cardinal Hume School. The team competed against 8 other schools to win a medal. The team showed great individual efforts winning their games and team competitions which all counts towards the total by the end. A real team...
Online Safety Parent Information Session
Last week, we held our online safety parent information session which was hosted by our safeguarding partners, Clennel Education Solutions. The session included key messages about how to keep our children safe online. A number of useful resources and links were...
Cricket Tasters
On Friday, we were very lucky to have Mr Mawson back in school to deliver some cricket taster sessions. Mr Mawson now works for Durham Cricket and came in to give the children a taster of a cricket session. He did a range of different activities and games with all...
Y5 Crank It Up Project Gets Underway
This week, the children in Year 5 have been introduced to a STEM challenge set by the Beamish Museum. In the first session we had a visit from Beamish where they explained the challenge: to make a toy crane out of K-Nex pieces. There are a number of rules as a team...
What a Fabulous Eggstratvaganza!
We have had some eggstratigant and fantastic entries into this years competition. We have loved seeing all the amazing designs. A huge thank you to all the families who have taken part. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education....
Easter Service at St Albans
Once again our children excelled at St Alban's Church for our Easter service. Everything from musicians, Sign Squad, Singing and especially the Year 5 children who narrated the service was excellent. We would like to that St Alban's Church and Rev. Danie for allowing...
Upper Key Stage 2 visit to the Hancock Museum
This week, children in Upper Key Stage 2 visited the Hancock Museum to consolidate their learning from their science topic on evolution and inheritance. The children took part in an interactive workshop about how different species of birds’ beaks have adapted to their...
Another Fantastic Year at the Dance Festival!
On Tuesday, a group of children form year 5 and 6 were lucky enough to attend the Gateshead schools Dance Festival. The children had put weeks of hard work into after school practices to learn their routine. The theme for the event was 'Equality' and we chose to...
Comic Relief at Windy Nook
Staff and children at Windy Nook made a great effort on Friday to support comic relief, with many wearing red to support the day. Children shared their best jokes in a competition which saw a winner chosen from each class. As well as the show of support in clothing...
Amazing Hockey in LKS2
Yesterday students from Year 3/4 took part in a Hockey tournament a lot of the students were from the after school Hockey club the previous term. Competing in three teams all students saw success against other schools, with two of our teams making it through to the...
#LetGirlsPlay Celebration Day
On Friday, we celebrated a national event by taking part in the #LetGirlsPlay campaign. This campaign is designed to help get more girls involved in football and address some of the gender inequalities that currently exist. As part of this day, children had an...
Inspiration in Christianity with UKS2
This term, children in years 5 and 6 have been looking at inspirational figures with a particular focus on those linked to the Christian faith. They have studied a number of important people, such as Jesus and Mother Teresa, and reflected on how their lives and...