Welcome to Robins
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School Bags: Children should bring their school bag every day.
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Toys: Please check that your child is not bringing toys into school.
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Reading Diaries: These should be brought in daily along with their ditty or reading book.
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Reading Rewards: On Fridays, we count how many times your child has read at home.
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3 times = 1 reward point
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More than 3 times = 1 reward point and a dip in the prize box
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Please make sure reading is recorded in their diary.
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Spellings: Children are given a set of spellings to learn each week.
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These are displayed on the classroom window and in homework books.
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Key Words: Your child has a set of key words to learn in their bag.
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Once they can read the words fluently, we celebrate their achievement and they are given the next level of words.
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Homework Books: Sent home on Fridays and should be returned by the following Wednesday.
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PE Day: Friday
Children should wear: -
Black shorts or joggers
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White t-shirt
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Trainers
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School jumper
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Labelling Clothes: Please ensure all jumpers, cardigans, and coats are clearly labelled with your child’s name.
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Lunch: If your child is having a school lunch, please ensure that payment is now done on Arbor. Please check Arbor for regular updates and information.
Windy Winners!
A huge well done to all our winners this week. Our two awards were for a 'Top Effort and Top Reflector' Class Top Effort Top Reflector Dragonflies Oliver Caleb Ladybirds Ariadne Elsa Robins Heidi Oscar Owls Yomna George Nightingales Leo Jace ...
WN PTFA Splat the Staff and Break the Rules
Windy Nook PTFA will host a summer fun day on Thursday 14th July 2022. Hopefully the children will have lots of fun and we will raise a little bit of money for the PTFA. Break the Rules! The children can break any of the following rules No uniform – come in casual...
WN PTFA Tombola donations needed please
Can you help us raise money by donating a new/unopened item for our Fun Day Tombola? Bottles or cans of wine, spirit, lager and cider – welcome. Bottles, jars or sprays of toiletries – we’ll take those too! Boxes of biscuits and sweets – most definitely. Gift cards or...
KS1 and KS2 Sports Day
On Friday, children in KS1 and KS2 had a fantastic day taking part in their sports day. With some help from Gateshead School Sport Partnership, the children competed in 6 different events. The events were split into scored and non-scored events and the children won...
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...
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...
Robins visit Washington Wetlands
Today Robins climbed on a coach and travelled to Washington Wetlands for a day out. As it was the first full day visit out of school, they were very excited! Our morning was spent pond dipping and learning about the creatures at the centre. The children were able to...
Windy Winners!
This week our children had the opportunity to showcase their geography skills. Our supplementary award was for a 'Top Effort'. As always, it's a huge well done to all of our winners! Class Top Effort Top Geographer Dragonflies Isabelle Emily Ladybirds ...
Making Music!
This term, we have been creating music in our Computing lessons using the programme Purple Mash. We have explored how different instruments can show different feelings and make a happy/sad tune. We have learned how to adjust the volume and tempo of our tunes and...
Robins are brilliant at basketball!
This half term we have thoroughly enjoyed learning new skills in basketball. Here are some pictures of our Robins practising their dribbling and chest passing skills. We applied these skills during our team relay. Article 24: You have the right to the best possible...
Celebrating the Queens Platinum Jubilee
Friday 27th May will see the whole school celebrating the Queens Platinum Jubilee. Children can come to school dressed in red, white and blue. A traditional Punch and Judy show has been arranged, singing by the school choir and sign squad, a royal parade, a picnic...
Windy Winners!
This week our children had the opportunity to display their knowledge of science (Top Scientist) and our additional award this week was for Top Attitude. We also need to make a special mention for our Year 6 children who completed their SATs; needless to say they all...