Welcome to Tulips
Our teacher is Mr Brown, who is accompanied by Mrs Boyle.
Our class philosophy is to work hard, encourage one another and have fun!
Resources:
https://play.spellingshed.com/#/login
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/menus/multiplication.htm
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Important information:
Homework is given out on Fridays and returned the following Friday. This will consist of maths, grammar and vocabulary.
Spellings and times tables are expected to be practised regularly over the week. We take home a new set of spellings every Monday, to learn for our test each Friday. Reading diaries should be signed by an adult each evening after children read at home.
P.E. is on a Tuesday – children should wear their PE kit to school on Tuesdays.
If your child is having a school lunch, please ensure that payment is now done through our online payment service.
Nissan In A Box!
What a great time we had on the 'Nissan-In-A-Box' project! The children of Lower Key Stage 2 learned about Japanese culture, read books, tried origami and even built toy cars to replicate the Nissan production line. It was great to see the children learn so much about...
Community in LKS2
This week, Lower Key Stage 2 have been learning about communities for their RE lesson. The children conducted a poll in class about which clubs and communities we each belonged to. Our results showed that communities can take on many forms. We learned that a community...
Los Helados
This half term, Lower Key Stage 2 have been learning all about ice-cream in their Spanish lessons and for the past four weeks we have prepared them to be able to order an ice-cream in Spanish. This afternoon, staff arranged for children to come down and order the...
Y4/5 Girl’s Football
Students from Year 4 and 5 took part in a exciting football competition at Gateshead power league. Throughout the day, they demonstrated fantastic teamwork, determination, and sportsmanship. one of our teams finished 2nd out of 32 teams an incredible achievement! well...
Science in Lower KS2
This week, the children in Lower Key Stage 2 have been learning about how to classify animals by grouping them using shared characteristics. We then looked at how to create classification keys and create appropriate questions for them. The children were then tasked...
Perfect Pop Art!
This week, Lower Key Stage 2 have been using a printing technique for their Pop-Art portraits. The children drew around the outlines of a portrait photograph - something regularly done in the Pop-Art movement - and then traced these outlines to create a new portrait....
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...