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...
School open as normal – Tuesday 11th February
School will be open as normal tomorrow. Sorry for any inconvenience caused from today's disruption. Thanks The Windy Nook team
School closed today – Monday 10th February
We regret to inform you that school will have to close today, due to no heating and hot water. We are working hard to resolve the issue as soon as possible but children will not be able to attend school today. We will of course keep you informed of the situation when...
Vicious Vikings!
This week, Lower Key Stage 2 have started a new English unit on the Vikings. We began the lesson by retrieving prior knowledge from our history topic where the children engaged in effective class discussion about what we already know about the Vikings. We then focused...
We’re going on a number hunt!
This week we have focussed on numbers. During our maths sessions we participated in small number hunts in our nursery environment both indoors and outdoors. We also talked about the numbers on the doors of our homes and car registration plates. We played number games...
Year 5/6 Homework 7.2.25
Year 5 and 6 homework this week will be in CGP books. Year 5 Y5 Oaks – Maths- p.56 and 57 – Perimeter Y5 Oaks – English- p.86 and 87 – 'ei' and 'ie' words 1x arithmetic paper on https://mathsbot.com/primary/year5 Reading- 2 x reading plus texts plus at least 10...
Elms Homework 7.2.25
This week’s homework pages for Elms are as below: English: CGP books Page 37 & 38 Maths: Page 27 & 28 Reading Plus: ensure this week’s 5 texts are completed by Thursday. Homework is due in on Thursday 13th February. Any children who have not handed homework...
KS1 Visit Hylton Castle
KS1 headed off to Hylton Castle this week to learn more about castles for their topic 'King of the Castle'. We learned about the armour a knight would wear and had the chance to hold chainmail so we could see how heavy it was. Our tour around the castle showed us how...
Year 5 at Safetyworks!
Last week, Year 5 had the opportunity to visit Safetyworks! as part of our PSHE curriculum. We took part in a number of sessions in small groups that taught us how to stay safe in a number of scenarios. These included: what to do in a house fire; how to stay safe...
Maths in KS1
This week in KS1 we have Maths magicians. Owls and Robins have been looking at addition and subtraction, creating our own number stories and reinforcing number bonds to 10. Nightingales have been multiplying by 10! Why not ask us a tricky question at home and let us...
Happy Chinese New Year!
In nursery this week we have been finding out about Chinese New Year and celebrating it. We thoroughly enjoyed preparing and cooking Chinese stir fry. We demonstrating excellent counting skills by counting the amount of children in our group and giving out the correct...
LKS2’s Special Book
This term, in RE, we have been looking at the Bible and how it contains so many different types of writing. Within the 3 classes, we have each taken a different type of writing and completed our own version. We looked at writing rules, songs, prayers and stories....