Windy Nook: a school and community at War
1914-1918
WW1 Project and its Legacy
At Windy Nook Primary we have always valued the history of our locality, so we are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund First World War; then and now grant to help us investigate Windy Nook: A School and Community at War 1914-18.
In 1914 the village was a still a distinct Edwardian community, ‘occupying’, according to Whellan’s 1894 Directory, ‘an elevated and exposed position’ within Felling Parish. The largest employers were local mines and quarries. Our school opened in 1883 and played a prominent part in local life. During the summer term 2018 our Year 6 children, led by Mr Hawdon and Mr Brown explored the impact of that terrible conflict on local people.
This project had a profound and lasting effect on everyone at Windy Nook Primary School; therefore, and quite rightly so, we have decided to continue to contribute to this page. It is our tribute to the fallen men and women who sacrificed theirs lives to give us the British values that we cherish: democracy; the rule of law; individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths.
Explore & Research
Learning through…
Field Trips
We have field trips planned to Heugh Battery, Hartlepool, Newcastle University and St Alban’s Church.
Local Archives
We’ll be looking at the old school log books and using military service records, CWGC resources, newspapers, maps and census materials.
Expert Visitors
Artist Kate Hancock, ICT expert Martin Bailey and WW1 re-enactor Sgt Chapman will be visiting school to help our Y6 children.
Project Resources
Trade
Directories
Windy Nook
Hero
Finding John
Brown King
Leading Up
To WW1
School Log
Books
WW1 Links
Cross country
We are so proud of our students who took part in the recent cross country event — they all did incredibly well and showed fantastic determination and sportsmanship throughout the races. A huge congratulations to one of our Year 3/4 students who achieved an...
UKS2 Space Talk
Last week, Year 5 and 6 were lucky enough to have a visit from Jamie, Miss Clough’s son. As part of our Science topic this term, we asked Jamie to come in as he has a special interest in Space and works at RAF Flyingdales where satellites are tracked. He told the...
Autumn cup
The students took part in an afterschool football competition and won every game, earning themselves a well-deserved place in the finals! Their commitment has been second to none – not only have they shown up with passion and energy during matches, but many of them...
Y4/5 Girls football
students from Year 4/5 enthusiastically took part in a series of football matches as part of a competitive tournament. Throughout the competition, they demonstrated remarkable determination, teamwork, and sportsmanship. Their hard work paid off with a thrilling 2-1...
Fantastic Teamwork at the Tag Rugby Tournament
A huge well done to all the students who took part in the recent tag rugby tournament — what an incredible display of teamwork, determination, and school spirit! Team A delivered an outstanding performance, winning all of their group games and securing a well-deserved...
Elms Explore Square Numbers
This morning in Elms, we have been exploring square numbers. We used counters to represent the arrays of the first five square numbers, before applying our understanding to fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions. We worked together well with our partners....
Exploring Rocks in LKS2
This week in Science, we have been investigating which type of rock would be best to create a floating rock sculpture. We tested an assortment of rocks to see whether they'd float or sink, making observations on what happened to each of the rocks as they were dropped...
Learning About Ourselves: From Portraits to Planting
This week, we continued our topic of “Ourselves.” The children explored their own identities through a range of creative and sensory activities. Using full-length photographs as a guide, they carefully drew self-portraits with pencils, which are now proudly displayed...
Bluebells Homework 26.9.25
Bluebells homework this week is as follows: CGP Books English – Pg 18 & 19 - Statements and questions, Commands and exclamations Maths - p22 - mental addition Daily reading – diaries will be checked on Mondays. Homework club is available for all children to...
Year 5/6 Homework 26.9.25
This week, homework will be in CGP Books. Year 5 Y5 Oaks – Maths- p.12 and 13 – Written Additing and Subtracting Y5 Oaks – English- p.6 and 7 – Modal Verbs 1x arithmetic paper (optional) on https://mathsbot.com/primary/year5 Reading- 2 x reading plus texts plus at...
Elms Homework 26.9.25
Elms home work this week is as follows: CGP Books English – p8&9 Maths p18&19 Reading Plus – 5 texts to be completed by Thursday. Time is given in class and children are usually able to complete 3-4 in class; the remainder are to be completed at home. Daily...
Outdoors, Imagination & Teamwork!
Our Reception children have been busy exploring, building, and expressing themselves through purposeful play outdoors. They worked together to construct dens, sharing ideas and solving problems. In the music and theatre area, they used rhythm and role play to...
Image credits
Banner image: Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive Collection
Response Memorial: Photograph by Jacqueline Banerjee from the Victorian Web
Inside Heugh Battery: Paul Buckingham [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
