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...
Non Uniform Day in support for the Ukraine Crisis
As a school community, children and staff want to show support for the crisis in Ukraine. This Friday (8th April) we will be holding a non-uniform day for a donation in support of the UNICEF Ukraine Emergency Appeal. Children and staff can wear non uniform and are...
Stepping into Spring!
We have made the most of the beautiful Spring weather this week and worked as a team to tidy our nursery garden. We weeded some of the planting boxes, raked leaves and washed some equipment. During our Friday outdoor session, we walked to our compost heap to deposit...
A HUGE Comic Relief Thank You!
A huge THANK YOU to the school community for supporting our Comic Relief fundraising. You have raised an amazing £534.37 The children have had a great day supporting this amazing cause. The school council started the day collecting donations at the school gate....
Year 6 Samba Drumming Final Performance
Over the past term, Year 6 children have been learning how to play the Samba drums with Miss Matherson. They have played a range of instruments such as the agogo, kaiser drums and ganza shakers. On Friday, the children took part in the final performance showcasing...
Fairtrade Fun at the Tuckshop!
As part of our 'Fairtrade Fortnight', our school council ran a very successful Fairtrade tuck shop for the whole school. We sold a number of Fairtrade sweet treats, including Divine Chocolate bars and Mars bars. The children worked so hard to organise and run the...
School council – Proud to present all of the work we have done!
The Rights Respecting School Councillors have spend a the last 3 weeks meeting at lunch times to word process articles for our Rights Respecting display in the hall. They have worked collaboratively to decide what to write about and to choose the photos that...