Welcome to Snowdrops
Our teacher is Mr Hill.
In our classroom, we believe in the power of teamwork, the joy of learning and the value of effort. We support each other, celebrate our wins (big and small), and tackle challenges with determination and a smile.
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
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 reading. Sometimes, homework will be set online on some of the resources listed above.
Spellings and times tables 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 Thursday– children are expected to come to school in their kit (white t-shirt, black short/joggers, school jumper/cardigan and trainers).
If your child is having a school lunch please ensure that payment is now done through Arbor.
School Council Seek Gardening Legacy
At the start of each academic year, each Key Stage 2 class nominates two school councillors to form the School Council. This year, the school has elected some wonderful councillors who work very hard to make a real difference to life at the school. The children on...
Science Week in LKS2!
This week has been Science Week and this years theme has been Change and Adapt. We have been lucky enough to watch multiple live lessons and also conducted an investigation around ice. We were observing over time what happens to an ice cube in different containers and...
World Book Day Celebrations
Windy Nook celebrated a fun-packed World Book Day last Thursday, with the entire school taking part in a wide range of activities to cheer-on everything reading. All children received free books thanks to Mr. Atkinson from WHSmith, who kindly supplied these for us. In...
How Many Jelly Beans?
The pupils and staff had a fantastic time celebrating the 25th anniversary of Number Day. We based our maths activities around the story 'How Many Jelly Beans?' The day was filled with fun activities focused on exploring the world of statistics and numbers. The...
Achieving the Silver Artsmark Award!
Our journey towards achieving the Artsmark award has been a success! We have been awarded the Silver Award! After 2 years of hard work, we have raised the profile of the arts within school. This award (accredited by Arts Council England) is the only creative quality...
Safer Internet Day 2025
This year, we marked Safer Internet Day (which was on Tuesday 11th February) with special assemblies in our phases and a range of activities in all of our classes. This year's theme was ‘Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online‘. Children...
Windy Nook Prepares for World Book Day
Plans are underway for a fantastic day of literary fun as the school prepares for World Book Day on Thursday 6 March 2025. Children should have come home from school with a letter, detailing all the important events. If you did not receive a letter, please let your...
School open as normal – Tuesday 11th February
School will be open as normal tomorrow. Sorry for any inconvenience caused from today's disruption. Thanks The Windy Nook team
LKS2’s Special Book
This term, in RE, we have been looking at the Bible and how it contains so many different types of writing. Within the 3 classes, we have each taken a different type of writing and completed our own version. We looked at writing rules, songs, prayers and stories....
La Tamborrada – Festival of Drums
In the 1800s, the city of San Sebastían (in Northern Spain) was under the occupation of ever-changing foreign armies. The people lacked freedom and, annoyed at the soldiers who marched with their drums every day outside the city walls, decided to fight back. To mock...
Road Safety in Year 3
Today, Year 3 had a workshop all about road safety. They learnt about the green cross code and talked about some of the dangers when crossing the road. Children learnt the rules they will then put into practise next week when groups will go it into the local area. The...
Crafts in LKS2!
During this week, LKS2 have been making their calendars and their light up Christmas cards. For the calendars, children did a watercolour background with paint dots on top to represent the different seasons. The final paintings were all amazing! For the light up...