Black History Month 2020
The whole school has been celebrating Black History Month over the past few weeks. In the UK, Black History Month is celebrated every October and it began as a way of remembering important people and events in black history. It has provided a fantastic opportunity...
Election Leaflets!
Some of UKS2 have have reinforced their elections promises with a campaign leaflet. It outlines their promises and more importantly a bit more about themselves. Please click on the links below to read a few. Beeches 1 Beeches 2 Beeches 3 Beeches 4 Beeches 5 Beeches 6...
Robins repeating African patterns!
As part of Black History Month, the Robins have been learning about African cultures and traditions. We explored a range of African patters and textiles. We found out that African patters are strongly influenced by the environment and natural surroundings. We also...
Job Opportunity
A vacancy exists for a School Crossing Patrol outside Windy Nook Primary School The hours of duty to be worked each week (term-time only) are: 8.25 am to 9.05 am and 3.00 pm to 3.35 pm Monday to Friday. You will receive full-training and uniform. Punctuality, good...
Plant Power!
Gardening Club has been working hard again! The groups have planted flowers to brighten up the entrance to the school grounds. They have also planted Tulip bulbs on the top field. Everyone is now an expert at digging out the ground, planting the bud and packing the...
Vote for Me!
Here are the Beeches hard at work on the election campaign. This week in English they have been creating election leaflets to reinforce their election speeches. They are using Publisher to present their work. Watch out for them next week at some point! Article 17: You...
Election Time
Today in Tulips we had our school council elections. A big well done to all of the children who gave speeches! The children explained to others in the class why they would make a good school council member. We then had a class vote deciding who our new school council...
Religious Art
In LKS2 we are learning about Christianity. Over the last few weeks we have been studying different representations of Jesus. In class we copied our favourite representation and described what he looked like in this. We then drew our own image of what we think Jesus...
Bluebells Council Success
This week, children in Bluebells took the opportunity to stand for School Council. The children who wished to take part in the election had to stand in front of the class and tell other children why they wanted to represent our fantastic class on the Council. I was...
Election fever ‘hits’ the Beeches!
The election trail started in the Beeches today with our 4 candidates setting out their respective manifestos. We heard their initial speeches and then they were subjected to a grueling Q and A session from the rest of the class. Tomorrow will be election day and the...
Elms- School Council Speeches
This week in the Elms, those that wanted to run for the School Council, have had the opportunity to perform their speeches in class for everyone to hear. The children and I were very impressed with all of the preparation that went into the speeches over the weekend...
Green Fingered Gardeners
Over the last two weeks the children in Miss Hogg's bubble have loved gardening around school. The children have made scarecrows, planted tomatoes and have loved pulling out weeds. The children have loved their time gardening! Article 29: Your education should help...