Sports Day Superheroes
Reception participated in their Reception class sports day on Thursday, they have been practising their sports day skills for weeks during their PE lessons- and wow did the practice pay off! The children competed in the infamous beanbag race, egg and spoon race, they...
Sports Day and much more!
This week we have continued to focus on activities which link to the story, Mr Gumpy's Outing. We created some excellent drawings of Mr Gumpy in his boat and some of the other characters from the story too. We attached a steering pole to our drawings which was...
A final hello from Kingswood!
Since yesterday morning, the children have once again taken part in an array of fun activities (orienteering, buggy build, areoball and nightline). Lots of laughs and giggles have been had as children have been taking part in the tasks and trying to work together....
More fun at Kingswood!
We have had more fun this morning taking part in a climbing wall challenge at the start of the day. Many children were able to beat their previous height on their second try! We then split off into our three groups and took part in the leap of faith, buggy build and...
A good morning from Kingswood!
Good morning all! A successful first night last night with children taking part in a mini Olympics before bed time where the red team were the champions! Children were then able to head back to their rooms and have some final chats before children were fast asleep. We...
Another busy week!
This week we have focused on different forms of transport, in particular, boats. We read Mr Gumpy's Outing by John Burningham and discussed how Mr Gumpy moves his boat by using a steering pole as opposed to using oars. We watched a video of people using oars in a...
Kingswood Day 1!
A big hello to everyone from Kingswood! We have arrived safely at Kingswood and have spent our day enjoying the wonderful sunshine. During the morning, children were able to have some free time to play games, sit and chat and take lots of pictures on their own...
Look at our Playtimes in KS1!
Playtimes at Windy Nook have just got a bit more exciting. We now have lots of pens, pencils and crayons so the children can be creative at playtimes. We have a big box of books so they can lie on the rugs and read together when the weather is dry. We still have lots...
How does our garden grow?
Mrs Pedersen Wylie and the reception children have been science investigators this week. They have made observations about the salad plants that were planted before half term. The children noted and discussed the changes they have observed and explained why the...
Stick and Stone…. the perfect ten!
This week in nursery, we have focused on the story, Stick and Stone. The story beautifully illustrates the importance of friendship and loneliness by incorporating the main characters, Stick and Stone who make a "perfect 10". We have produced the number ten using,...
Stick Man continued and so much more…
We have had another super busy week! We finished our Stick Man artwork and computer pictures as well as our usual tasks like, making play dough and participating in Squiggle While You Wiggle. We used our play dough to form some numbers as well as making Stick Man and...
Celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Article 13: You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way unless it harms or offends other people. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go...