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,...
UKS2 Visit Centre for Life
As part of our Space topic, UKS2 visited the Centre for Life in Newcastle to learn about the International Space Station and life beyond our planet. They all took part in a workshop called Destination Space where the children learnt how astronauts live on the...
National Day of Spain launches Windy Nook Spanish
Ayer en Windy Nook, celebramos el el día nacional de españa. Yesterday in Windy Nook, we celebrated National Day of Spain. Ahora, los niños aprenden español en ves de frances en nuestro colegio. Now, children learn Spanish instead of French in our school. Para...
KS1 have a visit from the fire brigade
The children had a visit today from the fire brigade linked to our Keeping Safe topic and London’s Burning. The children were shown how they tackle fires with the different hoses, the different equipment they need to wear to protect themselves, where the water tank is...
Sports Assembly
This morning, we had our sports assembly. Over 120 children have taken part in over 20 sports events this academic year and it was fantastic to be able to celebrate this. Children received medals for the team events that they had represented the school at and some...