Dip and Dab!
Today, KS1 and 2 had a visit from Dip and Dab from the BigFoot Arts Company. They put on a hilarious panto for the children and everyone joined in to have a fantastic time. Thank you to all of the parents and carers for your contributions to allow us to give the...
Christingles in KS1 and LKS2
This week, we have been lucky enough to have Reverend Danie and John visit us from St Alban's Church. They came into our classes to talk to us about light at Christmas time. We found out that Christians believe Jesus is the light of the world and they taught us a song...
A visit from Angela’s Ark
This half term, KS1 have been learning about animals. We learned that scientists group animals based on different things. For example; what they eat, their body parts, their habitat etc. To help us with this topic, we had a visit from Angela's Ark. Angela brought...
LKS2 Diwali celebration and Hinduism workshop
This week in LKS2, we were lucky enough to have Kirtida Richardson from the ISKON Hindu temple in Newcastle come to visit us. She delivered a fantastic workshop giving us an insight into the religion of Hinduism and allowing us to explore her beliefs further. Kirtida...
Anti Bullying and NSPCC Workshops
Last week, children across the school celebrated anti-bullying week by completing a number of activities to 'make a noise' about bullying. KS2 children also took part in Speak Out Stay Safe workshops delivered by volunteers from the NSPCC to learn about bullying and...
Road Safety Week
This week, children have been learning all about the dangers of the road and how to stay safe as pedestrians/cyclists. We had some workshops on Road Safety delivered by Tyne and Wear Safety, assemblies with Living Streets to learn about the importance of walking to...
Year 6 Trip to Nissan
This week, children in year 6 have had a fantastic opportunity to visit Nissan in Sunderland. While there, the children learnt about the history of Nissan including some the Japanese traditions the company uses. They made a Daruma doll, which wishes them luck, to...
Year 6 Football
Our Year 6 boys football team participated in the Gateshead FC National League Cup. We achieved 2nd place out of 24 teams, demonstrating excellent teamwork skills and team morale. it's been a fantastic term of sports here at Windy Nook. Article 24: You have the right...
Indoor Athletics
Our Year 5 and 6 indoor athletics team participated in a Gateshead School Sports partnership event, At Gateshead Stadium. The competition was split into two parts, track and field events. Our team demonstrated great determination in their events, and their efforts...
A visit to Gateshead Food Bank
Some of the School Council members from Windy Nook visited Gateshead Food Bank, Team Valley. They gathered together the food and household items, that have been generously donated by our school community, and travelled to the warehouse. On arrival, we were greeted by...
A Spooktacular Halloween Disco
The PTFA organised and hosted 3 back to back spooktacular Halloween Discos yesterday!!! There were spooky decorations, a tuck shop and fantastic music and games played all night long. The children all dressed in their best Halloween costumes and danced til they...
KS1’s The Great Fire of London Parent Workshop
To end our topic London's Burning we invited our parents into school to take part in a workshop to create houses from 1666 when The Great Fire of London took place. The children used a cereal box for the main structure of the house along with paper, card, cellotape,...