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Orienteering in UKS2
Yesterday Year 5 and 6 got the opportunity to complete some orienteering with B outdoors. The course was set up in the nature park and the children were divided into groups. Each group had a map and a sheet to record their answers. Andy from B outdoors explained to...
Last Athletics Club of the Term
Tonight was Nightingales's last athletics club. Over the last 5 weeks the children have learnt a variety of new skills and games. They have also really improved their teamwork skills. It has been great being able to do after school clubs again and the children have...
We are Great Britain
This term in KS1 our topic has been 'We are Great Britain'. The children have been learning about the countries in the United Kingdom. They started by locating them on a map and then they wrote some detailed fact files about each place. They looked at maps, famous...
Testing Properties of Materials
This term UKS2 have began to look at properties of materials and this week we've decided to carry out some investigations. We looked at different types of paper and tried to measure their respective tensile strengths. Further investigations will be carried out next...
Half term COVID19 Procedures and Protocols
26th May 2021 Dear parents and carers Thank you As half term approaches, I’d like to thank you for all your vital support in helping to ensure that Windy Nook has reopened to all safely. Your co-operation at the start and end of the school day has been greatly...
Science Week – Biodiversity of the school grounds
Last week was Science week here at Windy Nook and we took the opportunity to look at the biodiversity of our school grounds. Each year group had a specific natural aspect to investigate and we explored all around our school grounds, taking notice of the different...
Cricket Taster Sessions in KS1
This morning, all classes in KS1 were lucky enough to have a coach from Durham Cricket Club come in to deliver a taster session with them. The children took part in a number of different cricket activities to get an idea of what it's like. Information about All Stars...
Creating Comic Strips in Oaks and Beeches
Over the past two weeks, Oaks and Beeches have been using a short film titled 'Pigeon Impossible' to inspire their writing. As well as creating newspaper reports about the events of the film, we became comic book authors and created our own comic strips to re-tell the...
Debate in the Elms
This past week, Elms have been looking at balanced arguments. Last Thursday, children argued over whether or not pupils should have to wear school uniforms. This week we took a vote and children wanted to debate over whether pets should be allowed in school. Children...
Mini-beast Exploration During Science Week
We have thoroughly enjoyed enticing mini beasts into our nursery garden and identifying them this week. We made four different mini beast traps throughout the week which included; a butterfly bar (mashed banana on a plate), a beetle bucket (a bucket with holes in,...
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