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Health and Well-Being

Health and Well Being Statement

At Windy Nook Primary School, we understand the need for everyone in our school to have a healthy lifestyle. This helps pupils and staff to do their best and build on their achievements. We actively promote physical and emotional health, and aim to equip pupils with the understanding and skills they need to make informed decisions about their health, both now and in the future. By championing healthy eating, healthy lifestyles and emotional health and well-being, we are aiming to continue to raise standards and improve levels of pupil achievement.

We have posted some useful links below. These are health and well-being websites for your use and information.
Science Week in Nursery

Science Week in Nursery

We have had a great time being scientists this week. We all experienced going inside of a dome which was situated in our school hall. The dome had a projector inside and showed projected stars and constellations, planets and astronauts on the moon. We also took part...

Five Little Sunflowers!

Five Little Sunflowers!

We have continued to explore our beach treasure this week. We finished drawing some beach treasure of our choice which has been made into a beautiful display in nursery. We completed beach themed pictures and games on the interactive white board and continued to share...

Beach treasure!

Beach treasure!

We have started our new beach topic this week. We explored and examined crabs, seaweed, shells, pebbles and drift wood in our investigation area using magnifying glasses. We also shared the book, Look what we found at the beach which is a beautifully illustrated and...

Reading and much more!

Reading and much more!

In maths this week we focused on counting and recognising numbers. We played a game with baking trays and pictures of biscuits. We counted the amount of chocolate chips in each biscuit and matched it to the number written on the tray. We also played a game called Miss...

Musical Fun in KS1

Musical Fun in KS1

In KS1 we have been learning about beat, pitch, pulse and rhythm in Music lessons. We were really good at the clapping game 'Hi Lo Chickalo' and we loved taking different roles with the song 'We will Rock You'! We had to really concentrate to get it right but it was a...

Making Football Friends Across The Phases!

Making Football Friends Across The Phases!

Robins had a lovely surprise on Friday when the Year 6 children joined their PE lesson. They loved their extra football tuition and enjoyed getting to know some of the older children.   Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and...

Super snails and much more!

Super snails and much more!

This week we have continued to learn more facts about worms and composting. We started to make a display of what is compostable and which insects we can find in a compost bin. So far we have produced some fantastic worms, fruit flies and snails. We have enjoyed the...

Another busy week in nursery!

Another busy week in nursery!

This week we have continued to find out about worms and composting. We shared a non-fiction book about worms and we have learned that worms do not have eyes or teeth, they produce slime to help them move around in earth and they do not have a skeleton! We also found...

Welcome new friends in nursery!

Welcome new friends in nursery!

We have had a lovely first week back after Easter. We welcomed three new friends who have settled into nursery life amazingly well. This half term we are focusing on composting and worms. We read the story, A Worm called Wallace this week which is a fictional story...

Ice investigations in nursery

Ice investigations in nursery

As well as continuing to find out more about Spring, we have been investigating ice this week to participate in Science Week. We completed two different investigations. We compared the look of ice made with water, salt and water, food colouring and water and lemonade....

Shrove Tuesday and much more!

Shrove Tuesday and much more!

This week we have introduced our new topics for this half term which are Spring and baby animals/mammals. We played a mother and baby animal matching game on the interactive white board and shared some topic based stories during snack time. We are looking forward to...

Champion Gymnasts in KS1!

Champion Gymnasts in KS1!

KS1 have been learning about how to be a champion gymnast this half term. They have stepped up to the challenge showing many different ways to travel and balance using their big and small body parts.         Article 13: You have the right to find...