Phonics and firework fun!
Another busy week in nursery! On Tuesday we used some sticks to produce some fantastic sounds for our phonics session. We tapped on lots of different materials like; wood, metal, rubber, concrete and plastic and then described what each noise sounded like. Our focus...
Poetry Fireworks in LKS2
To mark Bonfire Night, the children of Snowdrops, Tulips and Bluebells read, discussed and answered questions on a poem about firework safety. The poem is called 'Firework Night' and is by Enid Blyton. The three classes unpicked vocabulary, looked for clues and made...
Reading Ideas: Mental Health and Well-being
During these difficult times, we want to offer as much support to the families in our community as possible. We have been amazed so far this term by the children's resilience on their return to school, and very proud of how our community has dealt with the challenges...
Autumn walks and Halloween fun!
The Dragonflies have had a fabulous week of fun learning this week. They have explored the great outdoors looking for signs of autumn, collecting autumn leaves and other autumn treasures. They have also spent lots of time outdoor making wands, a witches lair and...
Fantastic Mr Fox
Over the last few weeks in Tulips the children have been enjoying reading Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl. The children have written character descriptions of Mr Fox and the three farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean. They produced some fantastic writing! For the last two...
Another busy week in nursery!
This week we have been looking at the book, Only One You by Linda Kranz. The book beautifully demonstrates diversity and trying to be the best that we can be to enable us to make the world a better place. We painted stones to resemble the fish from the story and we...
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...
Year 5 News Reporters
This term UKS2 have been looking at natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes. This week we have looked at a natural disaster a little closer to home- flooding. The children looked at a few examples of major floods in the UK and the impact it has had on the...
Support with phonics and early reading
Please find attached a video explaining about phonics and early reading at Windy Nook Primary...
Baby goes to market
We have had another busy week in nursery! We have continued our diversity theme this week which corresponds with Black History Month. We have focused on the story of Baby goes to market by Atinuke. We thoroughly enjoyed exploring the story through drama and by making...
Drama in Elms!
This week Year 5 have been using drama to help with their writing. The children tested out different sounds they could make using only their voices to create a dreadful storm, changing the intensity to match the severity of the weather. They then divided into groups...
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...