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.
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/
https://www.nhs.uk/change4life
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/services/childrens-services/growing-healthy-gateshead/
Young Minds Tel: 0808 8025544 (9.30 – 4pm)
https://www.children-ne.org.uk/mental-health-support
Online counselling and well-being for adults Adult online counselling 12-10pm weekdays 6-10pm weekends
Emotional Health and Well-being Nurse (Lynsey Robson): spoc.hdftgateshead@nhs.et Phone Number: 03000301918
The Greediest Elf
Nursery, Reception and Year 1 had a wonderful time on Tuesday watching a performance called, The Greediest Elf. The show was very entertaining and funny and we laughed a lot! We thoroughly enjoyed joining in with the songs that the Greediest Elf taught us. Article 1:...
Another busy week in nursery!
We have continued to prepare for Christmas this week in nursery. We made a calendar which we will gift to our families at Christmas. We have had lots of practises on the stage in preparation for our Christmas performance. Our singing and signing is improving every...
Windy Nook Choose Respect for Anti-Bullying Week
Last week marked Anti-Bullying Week and the children at Windy Nook celebrated it by working on the theme 'Choose Respect.' They took part in a range of activities from EYFS all the way up to UKS2: designing odd socks, listening to the anti-bullying song, taking part...
Remembrance Day nursery style!
This week in nursery we focussed on Remembrance Day. We made a large poppy collage using any red and black items that we could find in nursery and we participated in a minute silence at 11:00 while standing around our poppy. We produced some beautiful drawings of...
Diwali celebrations and much more!
We have had an extremely busy week in nursery. We have focussed on Diwali for most of the week, making Diva lamps, Rangoli patterns and Mehndi patterns. We used clay to make Diva lamps. We moulded the clay into a sphere, rolled it, stuck our thumb in the top to create...
Delicious Pumpkin Soup in Nursery!
Following on from our pumpkin and Autumn activities last week, we used the flesh and seeds from the pumpkins to make some pumpkin soup and roasted pumpkin seeds. To make our soup we chopped onion and pumpkin, added a stock cube and some water and then we cooked it in...
Food Bank Donations – Thank you
Today, the Trussell Trust Gateshead Foodbank came to collect the kind donations from the school community. The food will be packaged and given out next week, helping to feed some of the 10,000 people who use the service in Gateshead each year. School Councillors met...
Autumn Activities in Nursery
This week we have continued to explore Autumn as a topic. We have produced some Autumn leaf pictures on the interactive white board and played an Autumn themed puzzle game on the computer. We have continued to sweep and rake leaves up from our yard and garden and...
Drug Awareness in UKS2
Last week, Years 5 and 6 had a visit from Northumbria Police to talk about the legal and health implications of drugs. Suzanne discussed the different types of drugs and how these can have a very negative impact on a person's life. The children learnt about the legal...
Kinship Care Week: 7 to 13 October 2024
#KinshipCareWeek is an opportunity to celebrate the incredible role that #KinshipCarers play in children’s lives and society. We know how hard life can be for kinship carers. When kinship carers step in to raise a child of a relative or close friend so much is thrown...
Autumn Leaves and Fruit!
This week we have completed our 'Cauliflower Cards' which look fantastic! We made some playdough by following each step in our recipe booklet. We voted for which colour to use to dye the playdough by placing a counter next to our chosen colour of paint or food...
Another great week in nursery!
We have had a great week in nursery. Our new children appear happy and are very much embracing nursery life which is wonderful. We have ventured into the hall for the first time this week and participated in some singing and dancing sessions. We all had a really good...