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!
This week our focus has been on a Top Reflector and it' a fantastic way of demonstrating speaking and listening skills. Top Attitude was our other award and it's always a difficult one to give out because all of our children demonstrate 'Top Attitudes' on a daily...
Halloween T-Shirt Competition & Dress Up or Down Day
Calling all witches, wizards, skeletons and ghosts. Halloween is almost here! To celebrate, Windy Nook PTFA would love the children of Windy Nook primary School to design a Halloween themed t-shirt. It could be anything Halloween related e.g. a pumpkin, ghost, mummy,...
Golden Time Lego Club
In Lego Club KS1 have had a building frenzy! A well-deserved reward on a Friday afternoon for all their hard work! Article 15: You have the right to choose your own friends and join or set up groups, as long as it isn't harmful to others. Article 13: You have...
Windy Winners!
It's been another amazing week in Windy Nook! The focus has been on science and our children have had the opportunities to display these key skills. Our other award this week was for Top Effort, so well done, as always to our Winners! Windy winners 7.10.21 Class Top...
Robins are historians
Robins have thoroughly enjoyed learning about The Great Fire of London. We have learnt all about how it started, where it started and how the fire was put out. We enjoyed sequencing the events of the fire in our groups. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality...
The New Robins!
Welcome to our new class of Robins 2021/22. The children have settled in very well and have enjoyed learning the new routines of the day and making new friends. We can't wait for the year ahead! Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be...
Windy Winners!
This week our focus has been on history because this links in with our topics UKS2 (Stone Age), LKS2 (Romans) and KS1 (Great Fire of London). Our other award was for Top Attitude, so it's a huge well done to all of our winners! Windy winners 30.9.21 Class ...
Spelling Information for KS1 Parents
Please read the attached document for supporting your child with their spelling. KS1 Spelling Parent Workshop pdf KS1 Spelling Parent Workshop For any further information contact your child's class teacher. Article 2: All children have rights. No child should be...
Health and Well-being Bush Craft Day!
We have had an excellent day with Chris Knox from Wilderness Schooling today. We used flint and steels to light fires so that we could roast marshmallows and make charcoal. We thoroughly enjoyed drawing with the charcoal once it had cooled down. We leaned how a storm...
Windy Winners!
It's been another fantastic week at Windy Nook and as always the children have amazed us all! The main focus this week was on Maths, so well done to all our winners! Class Top Attitude Top Mathematician Dragonflies Jaxon Harper Ladybirds John Grace Robins ...
Information for Parents and Carers
Dear parent/carer, RE: Managing Cases of Covid-19 in Schools As you will be aware, there have been a number of changes to the measures in schools regarding the management of Covid-19. The most significant change has been in relation to a school’s response to positive...
Welcome to KS1- important information for parents and carers
Click on the links below for important information about KS1. If you have any questions ask your child's class teacher or contact Mrs Preece - andreapreece@gatedu.org. Thank you. PDF document- New Welcome to KS1 bklet Sep 2021 Word document- New Welcome to KS1 bklet...