Another busy week in nursery!

We have continued to prepare for Christmas this week in nursery. We made a calendar which we will gift to our families at Christmas. We have had lots of practises on the stage in preparation for our Christmas performance. Our singing and signing is improving every...

Building Bridges

This term, one of our D&T projects involves building a bridge. The children have worked on all of the important stages of the process: research, prototype, design, make and evaluate. Each class used materials such as straws and paper, as well as sticky tape and...

Gateshead Children and Young Peoples Primary Care Mental Health Service

Gateshead Children and Young Peoples Primary Care Mental Health Service are looking forward to delivering another month of drop ins.  Their theme this month is supporting children with sleep. However, they welcome anyone to come along and chat about children's...

Parental Code of Conduct.

Please find attached our Parental Code of Conduct. Staff and pupils have their own Codes of Conduct which they are expected to follow when on school property.  This leads to a safe and harmonious place for us all to work and study. The school governors decided that...

Y5/6 Athletics Finals

Our Year 5/6 athletics team qualified for the final and finished 8th out of 50 schools—a fantastic achievement! The students displayed outstanding effort, determination, and team spirit throughout the competition. We are incredibly proud of their hard work and...

Y1/2 Athletics

Our Year 1/2 students had a fantastic time at Gateshead College, where they participated in an athletics competition. The children gave their all in every event, demonstrating great determination and enthusiasm. It was wonderful to see them supporting each other and...

Autumn Cup

Our Year 5/6 football team participated in a fantastic tournament at Roman Road Primary School. The team went unbeaten throughout the qualifiers, demonstrating excellent teamwork and determination to secure their place in the final. The final will take place later in...

Y6 Girls Football

Our Year 6 girls headed to Gateshead Power League for a football tournament. They went unbeaten in the group stage, secured a fantastic win in the quarter-final, and fought hard in the semi-final. Despite narrowly missing out on the final, they finished an incredible...

Welcome

Welcome to Windy Nook

school entranceThe principle purpose of Windy Nook Primary School is to provide high quality education to enable pupils to achieve success. This website aims to give you a taster of the school, as well as providing regular updated information for both parents/carers and pupils and we hope that you find what you are looking for.

We hope that our website reflects our endeavour to create an atmosphere of mutual consideration and respect regardless of age, gender, race, religious beliefs, disability, social or home background and family circumstances. It is a celebration of all of the fabulous work and activities that our children participate in. Please feel free to leave a comment or contact the school direct with any queries you may have.

Thank you and enjoy your visit.

Lucie Forrest – Head Teacher

Attendance Last Week

  • Whole School Attendance 93.7% 93.7%
  • Whole School Attendance without Nursery 93.3% 93.3%

  • Dragonflies (Rec.) 88.8% 88.8%
  • Ladybirds (Rec.) 92.6% 92.6%
  • Robins (Year 1/2) 94.0% 94.0%
  • Owls (Year 1/2) 90.1% 90.1%
  • Nightingales (Year 2) 89.6% 89.6%
  • Bluebells (Year 3) 93.0% 93.0%
  • Snowdrops (Year 3/4) 96.2% 96.2%
  • Tulips (Year 4) 96.1% 96.1%
  • Elms (Year 5) 94.2% 94.2%
  • Oaks (Year 5/6) 100% 100%
  • Beeches (Year 6) 91.9% 91.9%

School News

Welcome to Lower Key Stage 2

The children in Lower Key Stage 2 have settled well into their new classes and are adapting well to routines. This week the children have been researching the planets in our Solar System, ready to produce their own factfile next week. They are learning a mnemonic to...

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Wecome back everyone!

What a brilliant start to the new school year! The children have had a settled start and so has the weather. The first school newsletter of the year is full of general reminders for you. Sept 14

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Start of New Term

The staff at Windy Nook Primary School all hope that our pupils have had a great holiday and look forward to seeing them again on Tuesday 2nd September. School starts at 8.50 a.m and children should be on the yard ready for the bell at       8.45 a.m. Monday 1st...

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Are your fingers blue or green?

Gardening Club have had a great time over the last six weeks making the school site look great and have also planted crops of carrots, leeks, chillies and lettuce for later in the season. Last night's reward was re-painting the planters we have been working on!

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