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Nightingales Homework 6.11.26

Nightingales Homework 6.11.26

This week’s homework for Y2 Nightingales is - CPG Maths pages 22 and 23 Times Tables Please return to school by Thursday.

Picture Perfect Photographers!

Picture Perfect Photographers!

This week, KS1 children in Owls, Robins and Nightingales became digital photographers as they explored how to take successful photographs using iPads. The children experimented with taking a variety of photographs, including pictures of buildings, people, selfies,...

Trading Tens and Ones: Becoming Base 10 Experts!

Trading Tens and Ones: Becoming Base 10 Experts!

Owls Class have been developing their understanding of addition and subtraction by using Base 10 equipment to solve two-digit calculations practically. The children explored how numbers are made up of tens and ones and worked carefully through each step of a...

Advice in Communities and Schools project

Advice in Communities and Schools project

The project is funded through the North East MSA's Child Poverty Reduction Programme and provides free, confidential and independent advice to parents, carers and families across Gateshead. The project can help with a wide range of issues, including: Benefits and...

Science raffle

Science raffle

Just a quick reminder that we still have raffle tickets available for our Windy Nook Primary School Science & STEM Raffle, with some fantastic prizes up for grabs! 🎁 For just £1 per strip, you could be one of our lucky winners, with 20 possible prizes to...

Autumn Cooking and Activities in Nursery

Autumn Cooking and Activities in Nursery

This week, the children have been exploring autumn, harvest and seasonal change through a range of pumpkin and apple experiences. As part of our Autumn Cooking Week, the children made pumpkin soup during group time and apple crumble using apples picked from one of our...

Owls Homework and Spellings 23.10.2026

Owls Homework and Spellings 23.10.2026

Owls homework this week is as follows: Grammar, punctuation and Spelling– CGP book pages 5 and 6 'ing' verbs and adjectives READING All children should be completing daily reading – diaries will be checked on Fridays. If your child reads 4 times in a week and an adult...

Computing in Lower Key Stage 2

Computing in Lower Key Stage 2

This half term, our Lower Key Stage 2 children have been exploring branching databases! The children have been developing their computational thinking skills by sorting and classifying information using questions with yes/no answers. They have learnt how to organise...

Celebrating Creativity at Crochet Club

Celebrating Creativity at Crochet Club

This half term, we have enjoyed a very successful Crochet Club with a group of enthusiastic Year 5 and Year 6 pupils. Some children joined the club with a little experience of crocheting, while others were complete beginners. We started by learning the chain stitch,...

Year 5/6 Sportshall Athletics

Year 5/6 Sportshall Athletics

Our Year 5/6 boys’ and girls’ teams put in fantastic performances at Sportshall Athletics. Every child took part in both a track and a field event during the afternoon, giving their all across a range of events. There were some brilliant results, with the teams...