To celebrate our learning about Europe, pupils joined in lots of activities to taste food and drink and sampling the culture of our European neighbours.

A lovely day to sample sangria!

Or food from Poland....

Only five weeks into our new singing venture, and already we have 59 members!
Voiced United, name chosed by Katie-Jo, performed their repertoire to the whole school.
This singing group is made up of pupils, parents, grandparents and staff.
And we're looking for more members!

Reception children have fun using our laptops regularly as part of their learning. Using a laptop brings a smile to everyone's face. It's good to get an early start with computers!

Catch up with events at "The Nook"...
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Today Yr 5/6 began to research 'Victorian Britain'.
Whilst we collected facts we already knew, it became clear we had some 'UNANSWERED QUESTIONS!'

We are listing them here and perhaps you can help by finding the answers and adding them as comments below.
1. Did the Victorians use trams?
2. Did the Titanic sink during the Victorian era?
3. Were there different flavours of ice-cream when it was first invented?
4. Could girls be chimney sweeps?
5. How many countries did Britain own?
6. How did Queen Victoria die?
7. Why did Victoria not smile?

Continue reading "Meeting the Victorians" »

No sooner had the holiday started than our Year Six pupils decided they were missing school SO MUCH, they just had to come back...

Forty pupils and seven staff gathered to polish up on a few points to help progress over the next few months.

So....for a literacy merit point on 21st April, who can give me the proper term for this device...used to keep the reader in suspense?

Didn't look great did it?

But thanks to a £4000 grant from the Council, we are nearly ready to start planting up our rejuvenated pond.

As you can see we are having a fantastic dipping platform built and when the boards are down we'll be able to get cracking with the pond plants, the bog garden and the wild flowering banks.

We can't wait!

Continue reading "Taking Shape!" »

What is it about the sun shining on the righteous?
As the Windy Nook Gardening Gang kicked off the Clarks and slipped on the wellies, you could not miss the cracking of the clouds and the bursting through of sunshine!

Two hours of hard graft later what had we done?

We picked some leeks!

We spread the chippings from our pond work around the paths which run through the top orchard.

...and to protect against frost (in March!) and reduce the nutrient pinching grass... we mulched the orchard trees!

Not to mention trimming the willow dome, willow screen and willow fence.

'What you wasted willow cuttings' we her you ask.
Oh no, we planted the willow clippings in the raised bed area. So save your loose change, the infamous Windy Nook Willow Stars should be back by Christmas Panto time!

Lots of people turned out last Thursday morning to view the spectacle of our Easter Egg competition.
As usual, talent and creativity was evident in the large number of entries to feature in our display.

Well done everyone!
An eggstraordinary eggsibition!

We are once again collecting the 'Tesco Computers for Schools' vouchers. The vouchers are used to purchase new ICT equipment. There is a box in Reception where they can be posted.