Christmas Foodbank Donations
This year during the Christmas season we are collecting for the Gateshead Foodbank charity. The Gateshead food bank website have provided a list of urgently needed food items Tinned potatoes Milk - long life Tinned fruit Fruit juice - long life Coffee Custard Tinned...
Children In Need 2022
Today all of the children in school have celebrated and raised money for Children In Need. As a school we have raised an amazing £509.82. A huge thank you to everyone for your generous donations. In classes, the children took part in a spot design competition...
Rights Respecting |School Councillors 2022-23
Congratulations to the children who were voted to represent Windy Nook as our Rights Respecting School Councillors 2022-23. The children are looking forward to representing their school community, as well as helping to support and raising awareness of local, national...
Election Time in KS2
Yesterday in KS2, the children took part in their school council elections. The children have been learning about what makes a good speech. They then spent some time writing a speech explaining why they would make a good school councillor. Each class then listened to...
Celebrating our International School Award!
We are very pleased to announce that we have been reaccredited with the International Schools Award 2022-2025. 'The International School Award rewards schools that have shown a commitment to embedding international awareness and understanding within their class or...
School Soccer Aid 2022
The children enjoyed a day of Soccer Aid challenges. The school council helped design obstacle courses for children to take on. This helped raise an amazing £206 to help UNICEF’s work for children around the world. Thank you for all your support with raising this...
Rangoli Patterns on the Yard
Years 3 and 4 had a colourful celebration of their Hinduism topic by taking to the yard to create Rangoli patterns in chalk. Rangoli patterns are Hindu symbols created at Diwali and children loved attempted to design their own patterns. Article 29: Your education...
Our school vegetable garden
The children are loving looking after our vegetable garden. They have worked extremely hard to weed the patches to prepare them for new seasonal vegetables. We have planted strawberries, spring onions and potatoes. The children love looking at how they grow and...
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...