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!
Winy Winners has a new format moving forward in that we will be presenting two certificates per week. Each week will have a particular focus and this week it is 'Maths'. So a huge well done and thank you to our winners this week! Our Top Effort and Mathematician...
It has been a ‘jammy’ Friday in the Robins
In Year 1 this week we have been learning all about instructions. We have been exploring what instructions are, what they are used for and what they must include. Today we used some instructions that we created as a class to make a jam sandwich. The Robins agreed that...
2’s 5’s and 10’s!
Year 1 have been learning and practising their 2, 5 and 10 times tables in class. To encourage the children to become more confident and fluent with their times tables, they will be tested every Friday. This will start from next week (30.4.21) and for the next two...
Eggsellent Easter Eggs!
What a fantastic response we had to our virtual Easter Egg Competition. There were some amazing designs and we'd like to thanks everyone who participated. Why not have a look at the some of the 'eggselllent' designs below! Well done and congratulations to the...
Windy Winners!
A huge well done to our children today for all their efforts and hard work! Ladybirds - Oliver Dragonflies - Oliver Robins - Evie Owls - Alex Nightingales - Freya Bees - Cole Bluebells - Redoz Tulips - Wania Snowdrops - Luke Elms - Maddie Beeches - Lydia Oaks - all of...
PE for the remainder of the school year
Dear Parent/Carer We have decided to continue doing PE twice a week in KS1 and KS2 until the end of the school year. We think it's extremely important that children are engaging with exercise regularly as this is beneficial for their physical and mental health and...
Language Festival Week
Last week the children took part in a range of language and cultural activities across school. We joined in with Bolivian Carnival dancing, Spanish wake and shake, a French Puppet show and explored a new language each day. The children really enjoyed greeting their...
SELF ISOLATION PAYMENT
£500 SELF ISOLATION PAYMENT Background The government announced a prescribed scheme to help some people who are required to self-isolate from 28th September 2020 onwards and who meet certain criteria. It will remain in place for anyone required to self-isolate up to...
COVID-19 Procedures & Protocols during the Easter Holiday
26th March 2021 Dear parents and carers Thank you As we near the end of this second term of a very disrupted year, 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...
Lateral Flow Device Covid-19 Testing
26th March 2021 Dear parents and carers Lateral Flow Device Covid-19 Testing As you may recall, we wrote to you earlier this month to inform you that the government have made Lateral Flow Devices (LFD) available. These enable rapid COVID-19 testing for adults in...
Easter Craft Packs
Easter Craft Packs Does your child like crafts? If so, the PTFA have put together a selection of low cost, Easter themed craft activities available to purchase, see attached photos at the bottom of the post. Price List Easter themed mini canvas, (bunny reveal,...
Windy Winners!
It's been another fantastic week in Windy Nook and as usual we are rightly proud of our children's achievements. Dragonflies - Aleah Ladybirds - Ella Robins - Bobby Owls - Alex Nightingales - Isla - J Bees - Asher Bluebells - Evan Tulips - Chloe Snowdrops - Max Elms...