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Identifying trees
This week we have enjoyed spending time in our camping site and ice-cream parlour role play area as well as listening to stories about camping and also participating in linking activities. We have made the most of the glorious weather and spent a lot of time outdoors....
Windy Winners!
Let's hear it for our Windy Winners this week! As usual our children continue to amaze us with their talents and this week has been no exception. Top Handwriter and Top Effort were the certificates that were awarded today. Top Handwriter Top Effort Dragonflies -...
Gateshead Council celebrate our Walk to School Day
Gateshead Council have written an article celebrating our walk to school initiative which helped highlight the dangers of parking near schools and possible solutions to this. Thanks again to all who turned up to support the campaign! Click on the link below to find...
Dragonflies are Busy Bees!
It's been a very busy week in the Dragonflies. This weeks they enjoyed sharing strawberries, exploring what would happen if they shared the same amount of strawberries with more people. The activity was based on the Story "The doorbell rang" By Pat Hutchins. The...
Flower Power in LKS2
This week, the children of Lower Key Stage 2 have been learning about flowers. We went out into the gardens to find out more about the parts of a flower. Exploring the flowerbeds, we found a great variety of plants, differently-coloured petals and enjoyed the wildlife...
Making Fruit Salads in KS1
This week classes in KS1 have researched, planned and made a fruit salad for their DT topic. They started off by looking at pictures of fruit salads and deciding which ones they thought they would like the design and taste of. Then they did some taste testing with...
Living Streets Walk to School Badges
Last month our school signed up for a walking to school initiative with Living Streets. As well as our main walking bus event, the children have also been tracking how they travel to school each day. The more active travel the children do, the closer they get to their...
Role Play in UKS2 – Causes of the First World War
This, Years 5 and 6 have started our new topic, which is all about World War One. The children have been very enthusiastic in our discussion about the causes of the war, and fascinated to discover how alliances shaped the countries which became involved. The...
PowerPoint skills in Nightingales
This term in KS1 we are learning about different types of technology and the places that you might find them. For our first lesson we thought about some of the technology we find around school. The children have begun to create their own PowerPoint presentations with...
Windy Winners!
Our final week in school before half term gave the children the opportunity to show excellence in Attitude and how to be a Top Reflector with RE. Well done to them all! Top Reflector Top Attitude Dragonflies - Ella Ladybirds - Ella Owls - Lainey Robins - Billy...
Read All About It – Rocket Rumble!
Earlier this week, the Beeches and Oaks were looking at the short video clip ' Pigeon Impossible' as a stimulus for writing. With that said, on Monday, they wrote some fantastic newspaper reports! Who is Walter Becket? Was the pigeon a Russian Spy? So many questions...
Orienteering in UKS2
Yesterday Year 5 and 6 got the opportunity to complete some orienteering with B outdoors. The course was set up in the nature park and the children were divided into groups. Each group had a map and a sheet to record their answers. Andy from B outdoors explained to...
Last Athletics Club of the Term
Tonight was Nightingales's last athletics club. Over the last 5 weeks the children have learnt a variety of new skills and games. They have also really improved their teamwork skills. It has been great being able to do after school clubs again and the children have...
We are Great Britain
This term in KS1 our topic has been 'We are Great Britain'. The children have been learning about the countries in the United Kingdom. They started by locating them on a map and then they wrote some detailed fact files about each place. They looked at maps, famous...
Testing Properties of Materials
This term UKS2 have began to look at properties of materials and this week we've decided to carry out some investigations. We looked at different types of paper and tried to measure their respective tensile strengths. Further investigations will be carried out next...
Half term COVID19 Procedures and Protocols
26th May 2021 Dear parents and carers Thank you As half term approaches, I’d like to thank you for all your vital support in helping to ensure that Windy Nook has reopened to all safely. Your co-operation at the start and end of the school day has been greatly...
Science Week – Biodiversity of the school grounds
Last week was Science week here at Windy Nook and we took the opportunity to look at the biodiversity of our school grounds. Each year group had a specific natural aspect to investigate and we explored all around our school grounds, taking notice of the different...
Cricket Taster Sessions in KS1
This morning, all classes in KS1 were lucky enough to have a coach from Durham Cricket Club come in to deliver a taster session with them. The children took part in a number of different cricket activities to get an idea of what it's like. Information about All Stars...
Creating Comic Strips in Oaks and Beeches
Over the past two weeks, Oaks and Beeches have been using a short film titled 'Pigeon Impossible' to inspire their writing. As well as creating newspaper reports about the events of the film, we became comic book authors and created our own comic strips to re-tell the...
Debate in the Elms
This past week, Elms have been looking at balanced arguments. Last Thursday, children argued over whether or not pupils should have to wear school uniforms. This week we took a vote and children wanted to debate over whether pets should be allowed in school. Children...
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