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Book Fair 6th – 13th March!

Book Fair 6th – 13th March!

The annual Windy Nook Book Fair is upon us! From 6th – 13th March, you can come to the school hall and select from a range brand new, top-quality children’s books. Come and browse the range of fiction and non-fiction, classics and new books, as well as a huge...

How Many Jelly Beans?

How Many Jelly Beans?

The pupils and staff had a fantastic time celebrating the 25th anniversary of Number Day. We based our maths activities around the story 'How Many Jelly Beans?' The day was filled with fun activities focused on exploring the world of statistics and numbers. The...

Achieving the Silver Artsmark Award!

Achieving the Silver Artsmark Award!

Our journey towards achieving the Artsmark award has been a success! We have been awarded the Silver Award! After 2 years of hard work, we have raised the profile of the arts within school. This award (accredited by Arts Council England) is the only creative quality...

Basketball Champions

Basketball Champions

Wow! Some of our Year 3 and 4 students took part in a basketball competition and managed to win every game without conceding a single basket! Their hard work, determination, and teamwork paid off as they were crowned tournament champions. A huge well done to everyone...

February 25 Newsletter

February 25 Newsletter

Please click on the document below for a copy of February's newsletter. Should you require a paper version then please ask at reception. February 25 Newsletter Article 13: You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by talking, drawing,...

Valentine’s Day and much more!

Valentine’s Day and much more!

This week in nursery we have continued to focus on numbers. We completed some fabulous writing to describe what we found during our number hunt last week and we made a display in our classroom. We also discussed Valentines Day and thought about the people that we...

Year 5/6 Homework 14.2.25

Year 5/6 Homework 14.2.25

Year 5 and 6 homework this week will be in CGP books. Year 5 Y5 Oaks – Maths- p.60 and 61  – Estimating Volume and Capacity 1x arithmetic paper on https://mathsbot.com/primary/year5 Reading- 2 x reading plus texts plus at least 10 minutes reading per night recorded in...

Safer Internet Day 2025

Safer Internet Day 2025

This year, we marked Safer Internet Day (which was on Tuesday 11th February) with special assemblies in our phases and a range of activities in all of our classes. This year's theme was ‘Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online‘. Children...

Taco Bingo!

Taco Bingo!

This week, LKS2 have been playing bingo in Spanish! The children have been learning a range of phrases - linked to fruit - and have had to look out for them on their bingo card. This was a muy bien way to round off another super Spanish topic! Hasta La Huego! Article...

Windy Nook Prepares for World Book Day

Windy Nook Prepares for World Book Day

Plans are underway for a fantastic day of literary fun as the school prepares for World Book Day on Thursday 6 March 2025. Children should have come home from school with a letter, detailing all the important events. If you did not receive a letter, please let your...

Elms Homework 14.2.25

Elms Homework 14.2.25

This week’s homework pages for Elms are as below: English: CGP books Pages 8 & 9 Maths: Pages 16 & 17 Reading Plus: ensure this week’s 5 texts are completed by Thursday. Homework is due in on Thursday 20th February. Any children who have not handed homework in...

Learning About Grace Nichols in Elms

Learning About Grace Nichols in Elms

Over the past couple of weeks, Elms have been studying the poet Grace Nichols. We have read, performed and analysed some of her brilliant poems and learnt about the poet herself. We researched her life and worked together in groups to create the fantastic...