Welcome New Nursery Friends!
We have had a great first week back in nursery and have been as busy as ever! We have welcomed some new friends who have settled really well. We have continued to take turns at being a Special Helper and work together by communicating with each other to complete tasks...
A Huge Foodbank Thank you!
The school council paid a visit to Gateshead Foodbank this afternoon and delivered the many donations given by our school community. The children had a tour of the foodbank warehouse with Vic, who is one of the volunteers, and learned about how the donations are...
More Christmas Preparations in Nursery
This week we have completed our calendars, made reindeer food to sell at the school fair, practised our Christmas sing-a-long and made a special hat to wear for our sing-a-long. We have incorporated maths and phonics into our Christmas preparations. For example we...
LKS2 Explore The Baltic
Yesterday, the children in years 3 and 4 went on a trip to The Baltic. We began the day by walking over the millennium bridge. We then headed inside where the three classes participated in different activities. The children were given a guided tour of the Land of...
Christmas has started in Nursery!
This week, we have focused on the story, Bear Stays Up which tells the tale of a bear struggling to stay awake in the lead up to Christmas. However, with the help of his friends and some teamwork he succeeds to stay awake. We have had a great time using props to...
Another busy week in Nursery!
We have continued to focus on the book, You be You and independently produce fish themed artwork as well as sculpting fish from play dough. Some of our children made their own register this week after observing the adults in nursery which led to other children making...
Road Safety Day 2022
Windy Nook celebrated Road Safety Day by taking part in various activities that raised awareness of how to be safe when in or around vehicles. Classes took part in practical activities that looked at how a seatbelt/helmet works; the importance of crossings and why...
Inspired by Andy Goldsworthy!
We have been very busy in our outdoor area recently. We have looked at bulbs this week and why we plant bulbs in Autumn, the children then went outside in groups and planted bulbs in the planters using trowels. In our outdoor learning sessions in Reception, the...
Remembrance and Road Safety in Nursery
To commemorate Remembrance Day we made poppies in a variety of ways. We drew and painted poppies and coloured a template of a poppy which has been used to contribute to our whole school display. We also produced pictures of poppies on the interactive white board. We...
Halloween, Fireworks and Apple Crumble!
I have just realised that this post was not posted last week This week as I had saved it into drafts instead of posting it! Please accept my apology! The usual Friday post will be added tomorrow as normal. Miss Clough This week we have focussed on Halloween and...
Bonfire Night celebrations
Throughout this week, Reception have been learning about bonfire night and all the things we can do to be safe. We made firework pictures using chalk, focusing on the different colours and shapes that they make in the sky. On Friday, we made our own bonfire out of...
Year 5 go to Beamish!
Today year 5 all went to the Beamish museum for a day linked to carbon footprint and climate change. Children have been able to visit the different time periods and take a survey of how the different people used to live. They compared the lives of people in the 1800’s...