Growing with Reception
This week the children in Ladybirds and Dragonflies brought their beanstalks back into school after looking after them at home all through April. After last seeing them as tiny seeds we were amazed to see some fantastically tall plants! Some of them were nearly as...
School Council Seek Gardening Legacy
At the start of each academic year, each Key Stage 2 class nominates two school councillors to form the School Council. This year, the school has elected some wonderful councillors who work very hard to make a real difference to life at the school. The children on...
Year 1 Phonics Screening Check – Information for Parents
Please find attached a PDF of the information for parents about the phonics screening check. Phonics Screening Check. Information for parents. Below are the previous years Phonics Screening Check Booklets. Please download one per week and practice. Remember for...
Welcome Back – School is open
School is open today and we look forward to welcoming all the children back for the summer term! Thanks, Windy Nook Staff
Planting seeds
This week our story was Jack and the Beanstalk. As part of this we looked at plants and how they grow. We talked about how to look after a plant and that plants start off as a seed. The children were all given a seed, soil and a plant pot and planted their own seeds...
Reception Outdoor Fun
This morning the children in Dragonflies and Ladybirds went on a scavenger hunt and explored our whole school grounds. We wrapped up for the cold winter weather and then looked around to see what plants we could see and whether we thought they were dead or alive. We...
Science Week in Reception
This week has been Science Week and this years theme has been Change and Adapt. Reception have conducted an investigation around ice. We were trying to rescue our trapped toys and investigated white her hot or cold water would help melt an ice cube faster. Children...
The Last Supper in KS1
The children in KS1 have been finding out why Christians have bread and wine at church. They did role play as the disciples, breaking bread and drinking red juice. They thought about how shocked and furious they would have been when Judas betrayed Jesus during the...
We like to boogie!
In PE this week, the Ladybirds and Dragonflies have been practicing dancing using out new pom poms! They danced to the rhythm of the music. Shaking the pom poms high, and low and while trying to keep the beat of the music. Great boogie moves everyone! Article 28: You...
Windy Nook become Geographers!
As part of our Geography topic looking at our local area, KS1 braved the elements today to see which human and physical features they could find in our local area. We soon realised that we would see more human features because we are an urban area but saw plenty of...
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....
Science Week in LKS2!
This week has been Science Week and this years theme has been Change and Adapt. We have been lucky enough to watch multiple live lessons and also conducted an investigation around ice. We were observing over time what happens to an ice cube in different containers and...