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Fraction Fantastic in UKS2
This term, UKS2 worked on place value and the basic operations in maths before moving on to look at fractions. The children have recapped how to find equivalent fractions and have used this to support new learning in adding and subtracting fractions; multiplying and...
Windy Winners!
This week our awards were for Top Reader and Top Growth Investigator. Well done to all of our winners Class Top Reader Top Investigator Dragonflies (Phonics) Francesca Lily Ladybirds (Phonics) Lilly Oscar Robins Louie Hudson Owls Ariadne ...
Space Art in UKS2!
This half term, our topic has been all about space. As part of this, we have studied and created pieces of artwork based on space. The children started by analysing pieces of work by Peter Thorpe and then created a rocket picture inspired by his work. They then also...
National Day of Spain launches Windy Nook Spanish
Ayer en Windy Nook, celebramos el el día nacional de españa. Yesterday in Windy Nook, we celebrated National Day of Spain. Ahora, los niños aprenden español en ves de frances en nuestro colegio. Now, children learn Spanish instead of French in our school. Para...
Performance Poetry in UKS2
Last week, children in years 5 and 6 looked at war poetry with a particular focus on 'In Flanders Fields' by John McCrae. They explored the imagery used within the poem and how it was structured, later using this as inspiration to write their own World War 1 themed...
Meet our Rights Respecting School Council Members
Congratulations to the children who were voted by their peers to represent Windy Nook Rights Respecting School Council. A huge thank you to all of the children who worked very hard on speeches and presentations. Staff and pupils were very impressed and I know it was...
Kind Hands in Nursery
We have continued to focus on following our nursery routine and getting to know each other this week. We read the story, Picasso's Trousers and talked about how we are all artists like Picasso. We have now all completed self portrait paintings which look fantastic...
Windy Winners!
This week our awards were for Top Writer and Top Growth Mindset. Well done to all of our winners. Class Top Growth Mindset Top Writer Robins Thea Amaris Owls Ariadne Lucas Nightingales Harry Joel Bluebells Heidi Hamed Tulips Alfie ...
Sports Assembly
This morning, we had our sports assembly. Over 120 children have taken part in over 20 sports events this academic year and it was fantastic to be able to celebrate this. Children received medals for the team events that they had represented the school at and some...
KS1 Art Gallery
Round 2 for our Windy Nook gallery and this time with EYFS and KS1. What a great evening seeing all of the children’s hard work on their portraits as well as their sketchbooks. It was lovely to see the children so proud of what they had created and showing this off to...
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...