PE and Healthy Living statement
Windy Nook Primary School consistently strives to promote active and healthy lifestyles and to provide sporting opportunities for all its pupils.
We offer competitive sport to encourage teamwork, discipline, self respect and how to cope with winning and losing. We also want the children to understand the importance of exercise and keeping healthy.
We do this through our PE and PSHE Curriculum and also through our after school sports, fitness and healthy cookery clubs.
Windy Nook Primary School Teams 2026-2027
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Year 5/6 Tag Rugby |
Year 5/6 Sportshall Athletics |
 Paralympic Festival |
Year 4/5 Girls Football |
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EYFS Multi sports Festival |
Year 5/6 Boys Football |
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Year 5/6 Girls Football |
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Windy Nook Primary School Teams 2025-2026
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Swimming Gala |
Year 5/6 Hockey |
 KS2 Boccia |
Year 5/6 Netball |
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Year 5/6 Basketball |
Paralympics Team |
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Autumn Cup Football |
Cross Country |
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Basketball Team (UKS2) |
Multi-Sport (KS1) |
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Multi-Sport (Rec) |
Paralympics Team |
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Year 5/6 Athletics |
Year 5/6 Mixed Football |
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Autumn Cup Football Team |
Year 5/6 Girl’s Football |
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KS1 Athletics |
KS2 Cross Country |
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Year 5/6 Tag Rugby |
Year 4/5 Girl’s Football |
Sporting Achievement 2025-2026
Congratulations to all of our pupils who have represented Windy Nook this year. Have a look at our achievements below!
| Y5/6 football Heworth |
Winners
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| Year 1/2 athletics | Winners |
| Year 5/6 Basketball Heworth | Winners |
| Y5/6 Football Competition | Winners |
| Year 3/4 Futsal | Winners |
| Football league cup | Winners |
| Y5/6 Cricket | Winners |
| Autumn cup Year 5/6 Football | Runners up |
| Year 5/6 Girls football Girls | Runners up 2 out of 32 teams |
| Boccia Gateshead | Runners up |
| County Finals Boccia | Runners-up 2nd in the county |
| Year 4/5 Girls football | Runners up 2nd out of 25 schools |
| Indoor athletics | Third place |
| Year 5/6 Netball | Third place |
Swimming Statistics for 2025-2026 year 4
As part of PE Year 4 children take part in weekly swimming lessons held at Heworth Leisure Centre. Children get 1 ½ terms of swimming.
41 out of 44 (95%) year 4 pupils could swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25m.
41 out of 44 (95%) year 4 pupils could use a range of strokes (for example, front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke) when they completed swimming lessons.
41 out of 44 (95%) year 4 pupils could perform a safe self-rescue in different water based situations when they completed swimming lesson.
Swimming Statistics for 2005-2026 Year 6
34 out of 49 (69%) of year 6 pupils could swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25m when last assessed in Year 4.
34 out of 49 (69%) year 6 pupils could use a range of strokes (for example, front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke) when they completed swimming lessons.
35 out of 49 (71%) of year 6 pupils could perform a safe self-rescue in different water based situations when they completed swimming lesson.
Swimming Statistics for 2024-2025 year 4
Inter Sports Events 2025-2026
Inter-school competition is for years 3 to 13. At this stage individuals and teams will be selected to represent their school at inter-school competitions, many of which will be leagues. Schools will have the flexibility to decide which sports to enter but are encouraged to involve as many pupils as possible by creating breadth in the sports they offer and depth through the creation of additional teams.
UNICEF RIGHTS RESPECTING:
Article 15 – freedom of association to join groups and meet with other children.
Article 29 – goals of education to develop talents and abilities to their full.
Article 31 – every child has the right to relax, play and take part in wider range of activities.
2025/2026 Sports Teams
Autumn
Year 4 and 5 Girl’s Football
Year 5/6 Tag Rugby
KS2 Cross Country
KS1 Indoor Athletics
Year 5/6 Girl’s Football
Year 5/6 Mixed Football
Year 5/6 Sports Hall Athletics
KS2 Paralympics Festival
KS1 Fun Fitness
KS2 Basketball
Year 5 Skipping Festival
Spring
Year 5/6 Netball
Reception Multi skills
Year 3 and 4 Basketball
KS2 Boccia
Year 5/6 Hockey
KS2 Swimming Gala
KS1 Indoor Football
Year 3/4 Hockey
Dance Festival
UKS2 Football League
KS2 Futsal
Summer :
KS2 Cross Country
KS1 Athletics
KS2 Atheltics
KS1 Multi Sports
Intra School Sports 2025-2026
For many young people sporting competition is the first experienced through intra-house teams, form groups or in PE lessons. This level of competition will build on a school’s existing work to offer pupils a year-round programme of regular intra-school competition in a number of sports that culminate in a School Games Day.
Sports Clubs
Autumn 2025
Girls Football (Y6)
Cross Country (Y4 and Y6)
Rugby Club (UKS2)
Basketball (KS1)
Football Training (UKS2)
Basketball (LKS2)
Basketball (UKS2)
Football Club (KS1)
Spring 2026
Basketball (LKS2)
Football Club (UKS2)
Hockey Club (LSK2)
Tennis Club (LKS2)
Tag Rugby (KS1)
Quad Kids (LKS2)
Tchoukball (LKS2)
Tennis Club (UKS2)
Cricket Club (KS1)
Summer 2026
Football Club (Y6)
Football Club (Y5)
Cricket club (UKS2)
Gardening Club (KS2)
Cricket Club (LKS2)
Multi Skills (Reception)
Footy Skills in the Beeches
The Beeches class completed their first football session last night. Passing and creating space was the main focus and even the rain didn't dampen our spirits! Article 15: You have the right to choose your own friends and join or set up groups, as long as it isn't...
PE for the remainder of the school year
Dear Parent/Carer We have decided to continue doing PE twice a week in KS1 and KS2 until the end of the school year. We think it's extremely important that children are engaging with exercise regularly as this is beneficial for their physical and mental health and...
Dance Reunite Focus Week
This week children in Year 5 and 6 had their final practice of the dance routine they were learning for #DanceReunite. The children have all worked really hard to make sure they knew the routine and were doing it in time to the music. They've learnt a little bit each...
Torch Design Winners
Last week, children across the school designed Olympic torches for the Virtual Torch Relay. A winner from each class in KS1 and KS2 was chosen as well as a winner across EYFS. The designs were judged by Year 5 and 6 torch bearers. Winners: EYFS- Ella Robins- Evie...
‘Footy’ Skills!
The Beeches are focusing on football skills for the rest of this term. It's a fantastic way to get fit and improve your touch on the ball as well. Roll-on grassroots footy coming back at the end of this month too! Article 28: You have the right to a good quality...
Nightingales are loving our extra PE time!
Since returning to school, we have really been focusing on looking after our physical and mental health. In order to do this, we have been doing 2 PE sessions a week. This not only means that children are getting more exercise but they are also doing more than one...
Celebrating the Olympics for Virtual Torch Relay
This week, the whole school has taken part in The Virtual Torch Relay, an event ran across 34 other schools in Gateshead. Children from each class were assigned an Olympic country and came dressed in those colours. The children decorated flags and learned about their...
Dance Festival in Upper Key Stage Two
Although Year 6 won't be able to perform at the Sage as usual this year, we are still taking part in the Gateshead School Sports Partnership Dance Festival. Over the coming weeks, we will be rehearsing a dance themed around #dancereunite. The Beeches had their first...
Year 2 Home Learning Friday 5th March 2021
Good morning Year 2. Live Meets are at 9.30am and 11.00am. Here is your work for today. All work can be accessed via Google Classroom. English Spelling Test Main Task- Animal fact file. Choose a different animal and create a fact file using subheadings. Maths- Google...
Virtual Torch Relay 9.3.21
Dear parents and carers, On the 9th of March Windy Nook will be participating in the Virtual Torch Relay. This is an event ran by the Gateshead School Sports Partnership and has been launched to celebrate the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. The torch has travelled round a...
Brilliant Balancing
This term in PE, year 2 are doing some gymnastics. Today the children started off by learning a variety of 2, 3 and 4 point balances. The children worked hard to make sure their balances were stable and they tried to straighten their arms and legs and point their...
Christmas PE!
Today in Nightingales we mixed PE with a bit of Christmas crafts. This morning we made reindeer and elf headbands for our Christmas themed PE lesson. The children put on their reindeer hats and got into character for our 'Reindeer races'. They then switched to their...
Autumn 1
Year 4 and 5 Girl’s Football
Year 5/6 Tag Rugby
KS2 Cross Country
KS1 Indoor Athletics
Year 5/6 Girl’s Football
Year 5/6 Mixed Football
Year 5/6 Sports Hall Athletics
Autumn 2
KS2 Paralympics Festival
KS1 Fun Fitness
KS2 Basketball
Year 5 Skipping Festival
Spring 1
Year 5/6 Netball
Reception Multi skills
Year 3 and 4 Basketball
KS2 Boccia
Year 5/6 Hockey
KS2 Swimming Gala
KS1 Indoor Football
Spring 2
Year 3/4 Hockey
Dance Festival
UKS2 Football League
KS2 Futsal