Mr Leighton, over and out!
Today is a very special day for Mr Leighton as he celebrates his retirement. We wish him all the best after almost 11 years at Windy Nook! Please don't be a stranger.
UKS2 Go Cushion Crazy!
This half term, UKS2 children have been working on designing, making and evaluating cushions to meet a given design brief. We have learnt how to use overstitch, backstitch and blanket stitch, building on our sewing work from KS1 where we used running stitch to make a...
KS1 Get Creative!
As part of our topic ‘Let’s Get Creative’ we have been designing and making Christmas stockings. The children started by researching different types of stockings and making some decisions about the stockings they liked best and why. Next the children designed the...
Crafty Christmas in the Robins
We have been very busy in the Robins over the last few weeks. We have been making Christmas cards, calendars and stockings. Look at our fantastic creations! Article 13: You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by talking, drawing,...
UKS2 Christmas Party
This afternoon Upper Key Stage Two held their Christmas party. The children all looked fabulous and danced their socks off. There were some fantastic dance moves on show from the children and some questionable ones form the staff! Mr Hill played the role of DJ and did...
Crafts in LKS2!
During this week, LKS2 have been making their calendars and their light up Christmas cards. For the calendars, children did a watercolour background with paint dots on top to represent the different seasons. The final paintings were all amazing! For the light up...
Christmas Celebrations in Nursery
We have had a wonderful week in nursery. On Monday we performed six Christmas songs on stage for our families. We sang beautifully and we signed expertly! To celebrate our excellent performance we made and ate pop corn like the characters in two books that we have...
Christmas party time in LKS2!
It was time for the Bluebells, Snowdrops and Tulips to have fun at this year’s Christmas party! The children were lucky enough to have DJ Mr Hill who delivered all the top party tunes – old and new! They also got crisps, cake and juice as well as being treated to a...
KS2 Christmas Service
KS2 were delighted to hold their Christmas Service at St. Alban's Church on Tuesday 17th December! Readers told the story of the Nativity, musicians played a range of festive songs, Sign Squad did a marvellous job of signing Christmas carols, while our choir sang...
¡Taco Bingo en Windy Nook!
Children in Key Stage 2 have been enjoying learning more Spanish this term. As a new addition to our curriculum, at the end of each half term, we play Taco Bingo. This is like normal Bingo except the children's cards are filled with Spanish vocabulary. The teacher...
Nursery information for new children
Please find attached a PDF copy of the parent information power point from the Nursery January starters. Dec 24 power point new starters
‘Lights, Camel, Action’ That’s a wrap!
What a fantastic week KS1 have had. After successful dress rehearsals, they brought down the house on two occasions. There were funky camels and disco stars lighting up the stage of The Bethlehem Broadcasting Company. Caesar was a critical host but left with a smile...