Celebrating the Rights Respecting Silver Award
We are pleased to announce that We have been awarded the Silver Rights Aware Award for Rights Respecting. Silver Rights Aware is the second stage of the Rights Respecting Schools Award. It is granted by UNICEF UK to schools that show good progress towards embedding...
Preparing for Shabbat
Article 12: you have the right to an opinion and to be listened to. Article 14: You have the right to choose your own religion and beliefs. Your parents should help you decide what is right and wrong, and what is best for you. Article 17: You have the right to get...
Food Bank Donations
We are currently collecting donations for our local foodbank. Please read the letter attached for more information. Foodbanks - Letter to Parents
How does our garden grow?
Mrs Pedersen Wylie and the reception children have been science investigators this week. They have made observations about the salad plants that were planted before half term. The children noted and discussed the changes they have observed and explained why the...
Celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Article 13: You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way unless it harms or offends other people. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go...
Rainforest Experts
This half term in Tulips, our topic has been rainforests. In science and geography lessons, the children have been learning about rainforests and the plants, animals and people that live there. They have conducted research about the dangers of deforestation and...
Investigating fruit and vegetables
Over the last two weeks, Reception have been focusing on the stories 'Oliver's Vegetables' and 'Oliver's Fruit Salad' by Vivian French. The children have explored where fruit and vegetables come from and why we need to eat fruit and vegetables as part of a healthy...
Green Fingers! Our first week of Gardening club
Monday night was our first week of Gardening club and the KS1 children had so much fun! We worked together to prepare the soil, before planting and watering a variety of plants around the Chicken Coop - a memorial dedicated to Mrs Greaves. We would also like to thanks...
Learning About Food Hunger
The children of Tulips, Snowdrops and Bluebells have been learning about hunger in the world. We learned that 810 million people on Earth are malnourished and that much of the world's food goes to waste. Our discussion then moved on to how we can harvest more food and...
Spring has sprung in Reception
Spring has officially sprung in Reception, this week we have been focusing on our outdoor area. We have been digging and planting flowers and vegetables in our garden. We have created a brand new digging area, focusing on being safe with the tools and sharing our...
KS2 Easter Service at St. Albans!
Well it was time for some Easter celebrations this week with Windy Nook's annual Easter service back up and running at St Albans Church. The whole of KS2 put on an amazing show for parents and it was wonderful to have all the children back together singing! Year 5...
Tree Planting at Whitehills
Yesterday, a group of our Year 6 children participated in some tree planting. This is part of the 'Welcome to the Whitehills Community Woodland Creation Project' Living Woods North East is co-ordinating the establishment phase of this project on behalf of Gateshead...