Welcome to Snowdrops
Teacher: Mr Hill
Welcome to Snowdrops! We want our classroom to be a safe, positive and encouraging environment where everyone feels valued, supported and ready to learn. In Snowdrops, we work together, listen to one another and celebrate everyone’s achievements. We believe that everyone has a voice, and we encourage children to share their ideas, ask questions and have confidence in their learning.
We are looking forward to a fantastic year filled with exciting learning, new experiences and lots of fun!
Homework
Homework is set every Friday and should be completed and returned by the following Friday.
Spellings
Spellings will be sent home at the beginning of each spelling unit. Some spelling units will last for a number of weeks, so children may keep the same spelling list for more than one week.
Please check the spelling sheet carefully for information about the spelling test date. Regular practice at home will really help children to develop their spelling skills and confidence.
Times Tables
Times tables should be practised regularly to build speed, accuracy and confidence with multiplication and division facts.
Little and often is best – even a few minutes of practice each day can make a big difference!
Reading
Children should read at home every day for a minimum of 10–15 minutes.
Daily reading is essential for developing children’s fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and love of reading, so please encourage your child to make reading part of their everyday routine.
PE – Thursday
Our PE day is Thursday. Please make sure children have the correct PE kit in school.
Resources:
https://play.spellingshed.com/#/login
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://student.readingplus.com/seereader/api/sec/login
https://www.conquermaths.com/login/
https://www.purplemash.com/sch/windy-ne10
90s Summer Festival 2023
Today was the return of the annual Summer Festival at Windy Nook. We decided on a 90s theme and all of the children really dressed for the occasion. Year 6 led the event, painting banners and manning all of the different stations on offer: bubbles; juice and biscuits;...
School Council Visit the Hydrogen Home
On Wednesday morning, our school councillors visited Northern Gas and Power's Hydrogen Home. The children participated in a workshop learning about fossil fuels, hydrogen production and the importance of reducing our carbon footprints. They thought about ways they...
School Games Day
This week, across the whole school, we celebrated School Games Day. This is a day where we focus on a mass sports event and look at some of the countries involved with it to celebrate sports achievement. This year, we focussed on the upcoming Women's World Cup. In...
Athletics Festival
Children headed to Gateshead stadium to compete in the athletics festival. They competed in a range of track and field events against other schools. All children tried really hard and showed great sportsmanship. Some students managed to qualify for the semi-finals...
Windy Nook KS2 Art Gallery
In celebration of all of our amazing art work created at Windy Nook, on Thursday, we set up our very own gallery! Each KS2 class had the opportunity to create a colourful portrait of themselves that was then displayed in the hall for school and parents/carers to come...
Discounted Meals during the Summer Holidays!
Below is a list of places, which are quite local who are offering free or discounted meals over the holiday period.
Windy Winners!
A huge well done to all of our winners this week - Top Sporstperson and our Value of the Month, which was Friendship. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level you can. Class Value -...
Windy Nook Sports Day
Today we hosted our annual sports day for children in Reception all the way through to year 6. The children took part in 6 different activities as part of a carousel. They were: sprints, vortex howler throw, egg and spoon race, standing long jump, obstacle relay and...
Coding on Logo in Y3/4
This week, Year 3 and 4 have been using a program called Logo. We were set the challenge to see if we could write a code to direct the turtle to form the first initial of our names. It was tricky as we had to consider how many degrees to rotate the turtle and in which...
Football Frenzy!
As part of this term's PE, Years 3 and 4 have kicked off their football lessons. The children worked on ball control and dribbling skills. Each class was coached in walking and running with the ball at their feet, plus dribbling past defenders and looking for space....
LKS2 Quad Kids
Yesterday, 20 children from years 3 and 4 participated in a quad kids athletics event. All children participated in four events: the 50m sprint, howler throw, 400m run and the standing long jump. One of our teams came 5th out of 21 teams. The children showed fantastic...
Cricket Taster Sessions
Before half term children across KS1 and KS2 got the opportuni9ty to take part in crocket tasters with Mr Mawson who came on behalf of Durham Cricket Club. He did a range of cricket activities to give them an idea of what clubs outside of school may be like. Felling...