Owls research a famous author for World Book Day
Article 12: you have the right to an opinion and to be listened to. Article 13: You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way unless it harms or offends other people. Article 17: You have...
Cosy World Book Day in Nursey
We have had a calm and cosy World Book Day today in our PJ's! We took part in a book swap, received two free books to share with our families and of course shared lots of books with each other. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be...
World Book WEEK in Robins!
Robins have had a great day dressing up for World Book Day but the fun didn't end there! All week the children have been learning about our author Jill Murphy and have written fact files about her. They've listened to a number of her books, designed new front covers...
World Book Day at Windy Nook
Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. We have had a fantastic World Book Day at Windy Nook. Thank you for all your efforts in supporting your children getting dressed in a brilliant variety of story book characters. Paul Atkinson, manager at W H...
Book Worms at Windy Nook!
Year 2 had such a surprise when they were allowed to choose not one but two brand new books today! They couldn't wait to start reading them! They have been having fun reading and doing lots of World book Day activities. Article 17: You have the right to get...
Formal Letters
Here are the Beeches (morning class) hard at work typing up their formal letters. This is giving them the opportunities to combine two important life skills (formal writing and word processing). Watch out for their finished letters some time soon. Article 28: You have...
The Book Fair is on!
Article 29: You have the right to develop your abilities. As you can see the Book Fair is in full swing. It has been really popular with some great book titles available. It is open Wednesday and Thursday during morning break 10.30 - 10.45 and after school from 3.15 -...
Visit Camp Green Lake!
In Year 5, we have been reading Louis Sachar's novel 'Holes'. Camp Green Lake is the unpleasant prison camp where the hero of the story, Stanley, is sent to dig holes. We imagined that Camp Green Lake was a holiday camp, and created brochures using persuasive language...
Another busy week in the Dragonflies class
It’s been another busy week in the Dragonflies class. The children have been exploring lots of mathematical concepts this week. They have learnt about 3D shapes and have enjoyed counting the aqua beads using the numicon. They have also enjoyed exploring volume and...
Poets and we didn’t know it!
This week the Bluebells have been learning all about a special type of poem called a cinquain. We learnt that a cinquain is a poem with 5 lines, which must have a certain number of syllables for each line. The children planned their two poems they were going to write....
Waiter, Waiter there’s a fly in my soup!
This week we have been looking at formal language in English. We do like a bit of role-play in the Beeches so we decided to set up some restaurant scenarios. As ever their drama skills were fantastic. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You...
Bookworms Unite!
There's so much to do at Windy Nook during lunchtimes! Children are flocking along to the library to choose another new book for the week. Everyone is welcome! The only problem is deciding which one to choose! Article 17: You have the right to get information that is...