Welcome to Bluebells
We are the Bluebells.
Our teacher is Miss Hill, who is accompanied by Miss Jones, Mrs Turnbull and Mrs Barnett. In the Bluebells, we always try our best, ensure we are respectful and make sure to have lots of fun!
Our ethos is ‘Work hard and always try your best’.
Resources:
https://play.spellingshed.com/#/login
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Important information:
Homework is given out on Fridays and should be returned to school on the following Friday morning. This will consist of maths, grammar and vocabulary.
Spellings and times table are expected to be practised regularly over the week. Spellings will go home every 1-2 weeks depending on the spelling rule being learned.
P.E. is on a Monday– children are expected to have their kit to participate (P.E. kit will be taken home after use and not left on school premises).
If your child is having a school lunch please ensure that payment is now done through our online payment service.
27.11.20 – Bluebells Homework
Hello Bluebells, This week's homework is below: MATHS: I have set a task on Conquer Maths for you to try: www.conquermaths.com ENGLISH: Please do pages 6 and 7 of the white homework book. This is looking at articles. Specifically, when to use 'a', 'an' and 'the' in a...
Lighting Up the Room in LKS2
Today in LKS2, Bluebell, Snowdrops and Tulips lit up the classrooms with a practical lesson examining how electrical circuits work. Children discovered that circuits needs power, electrical conductors to carry the current and a complete circuit (i.e. no gaps in the...
Odd Socks Day 2020!
As part of a wide range of activities for Anti-Bullying Week 2020, the children of Windy Nook Primary celebrated Odd Socks Day on Monday 16th November. We had some wonderful combinations of odd socks, with staff and children all getting involved. The idea behind Odd...
Bluebells Homework – 20.11.20
Hello Bluebells Your homework this week is below: ENGLISH: Please try to complete pages 22 and 23 of your English Homework book. This looks at subordinating conjunctions. To help you, remember I SAW A WABUB (if, since, when, although, while, as, before, until,...
Bluebells Bring Fractions to Life
Today, Bluebells learned about fractions by working with some 'concrete' materials to find unit fractions of an amount. They worked in groups to sort a variety of objects including dogs, flowers, books and straws! They were asked to find 1/5, 1/4, 1/3, 1/7 or 1/2 of...
Bluebells Build Bridges
Bluebells explored some more bridge making today. Their task was to design and model a bridge that could be used by a factory to transport their trucks across a river. The bridge had to also allow boats underneath. These are our prototypes ahead of choosing one bridge...
Quacking Time for Children in Need
Bluebells joined in the Children in Need 2020 Duck Race today. Each child chose their own duck from the swimmers available, including: James Pond, Flewis Capaldi and Quack n Cheese. We watched the live race on the Children in Need YouTube page and the race winner,...
13.11.20 – Bluebells Homework
Hello Bluebells! There are 3 tasks to complete by next Friday (20.11.20). Please can your child bring their completed white homework books to school by Friday 20.11.20 for marking in the morning. 1. TIMES TABLES: Practice Times Tables Rockstars 2. ENGLISH: Please use...
Bridge Builders!
As part of our Design Technology learning, Lower Key Stage 2 have been building bridges! We have researched different types of bridge and have moved on to trialling some designs. This week, Tulips, Bluebells and Snowdrops have tested various bridge designs, including...
Remembrance 2020
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...
Cake Fractions with Bluebells
Today, Bluebells got their first taste of fractions - and Mr. Newman's cakes! We have started a new topic in Maths and it is all about understanding how fractions work. We started with 1 whole cake and we then said that if we cut it into 2 equal parts, each part is...
Family Learning On-line Courses for Parents and Carers
We usually offer Family Learning courses at school; however, due to the current pandemic Family Learning have been unable to work with the parents and carers of children in our school and local area. The Family Learning team at Gateshead Council have developed a range...