KS1 Trip to Beamish
Athletics Festival
Fantastic effort from Windy Nook at the Athletics Festival on the 27th June. There were a number of semi finalists and finalists.Not bad out of 47 schools.
Flying High Launch
Thursday the 26th June saw the launch of our 'Flying High' times tables reward scheme.
This entry gives you direct links to some of the great games we saw in assembly to help you have fun whilst you learn you times tables:-
Spaceracer
Moonmaths
Mathmagician
Interactive tables
Tabletrees
Mental maths
Tables games
Teach yourself tables
Pumpkin multiples
Try them all - perhaps you could race a grown up at home!
Please take a minute to leave a quick comment to say which one you enjoyed playing. Perhaps you could let us know your score???
Remember each time you move up a level on the 'Flying High' wall, you get a fab certificate!
European Day
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....
Mega Maths!
How Keen?
Once again the children of Windy Nook have done us all proud!
Over a dozen Y6 pupils are coming into school 45min early to trail a pack of maths games UKS2 staff have put together. Although not all wish to be in the spot light...
...they are all grafting away to sharpen maths skills through the playing of carefully selected maths games.
If you are really good - you get to play on the interactive Smart Board.
Blink and you'll miss it!
Year five and six pupils are getting even more creative!
Using Windows Photo Story they are creating a moving visual image and marrying it up to a bespoke audio track!
Working in groups, the children have created graphical scores, detailing which sounds will need to fade in and out at each stage of the animation.
They have then had great fun using junk modelling to design and construct a range of homemade instruments to produce the sounds they are after.
Keep your eyes peeled as by the end of next week we may be in a position to publish links to the first few finished items!
Sack Ray Blur!
I know we will be having an official opening watsit, but... have you seen our latest brilliant addition to Windy Nook's online armoury?
You MUST follow this link to our Fab French website.
It is bursting at the seams with ideas and great examples of 'Fab French' and will shortly be buzzing with the sounds of our very own children!
Perhaps I can find how to really spell 'Sack Ray Blur'!
Multi Skill afternoon
Year 2 children had a fun afternoon participating in a number of Multi Skills activities at Thomas Hepburn Community Secondary School.
Aveda Invasion
On Wednesday June 20th Lisa White came to speak to pupils in year five and year six about the ways in which Aveda help the global environment.
We watched DVD's and heard about the many projects Aveda is involved with around the world, helping communities to support themselves. Those of us who answered questions correctly even got prizes!
Hair Raising Stuff!
Everyone got to try the products and we came away with not only new facts but an Aveda goody bag too!
If you were there why not click on 'Comment' and type in one of the bits of information you remember most.
Perhaps you can recall what Lisa said happened every 15 seconds?
Shoebox Appeal
For the past two years, Mrs Wong has organised the shoebox appeal in school (the ‘Samaritan’s Purse’ charity.)
‘Operation Christmas Child’ seeks to help children abroad in difficult circumstances by providing them with a gift at Christmas time.
At Windy Nook, we encourage pupils to consider the wider global community to which they belong, The shoebox appeal gives us a perfect opportunity to put this into practice. It supports children in areas suffering under the effects of war. The idea is to send a shoebox filled with toys, toiletries and other goodies which we take for granted.
The charity provides you with a list of possible contents for your shoebox. All you have to do is decide whether you are packing a box for a boy or a girl and their age. Then, it’s time to shop! The trick is to be creative with what you put in. The final addition is a donation of £2 to cover the transport costs and then send it into school for collection by the charity.
The first time Windy Nook took part in the appeal, Key Stage Two pupils collected boxes and we managed a fantastic 100 boxes! This year, the appeal was widened to the whole school appeal. Mrs Wong hoped that we could beat last year’s target and she was amazed by the 155 boxes we collected this year!
Mrs Wong would like to pass on her thanks to the parents, children and staff who supported this appeal. The boxes were full to bursting point and were testament to the generosity of the people of Windy Nook. This looks set to be an annual event…watch this space….
For further information, log onto the Samaritan’s Purse website: www.samaritanspurse.co.uk
Did you pack a shoebox this year? Did you enjoy doing it? Let Mrs Wong know…
Brains on the brink!
What a week!
Our Y6 pupils have done themselves proud this week.
Their brains may well be on the verge of exhaustion but WOW, what an effort they have made.
Not only have they sat SATs, but they have fitted in a number of refresher sessions, plenty of fresh air and a few even found time to make a presentaion about our developing school grounds to our Y3/4 classes!
Thanks to all involved, especially our parent helpers.
Of course the last word goes to our 'braintastic' stars of the show...
Year Six - 2007! 
Windy Nook Nature Links
The floodgates are open!
Today sixty children from Y5 / 6 have made use of our new gate, giving us access to the wealth of learning opportunities on the Windy Nook Nature Park.
Peter Shield led three members of the Wildlife Team in delivering three excellent activities around the theme of habitat and adaptation.
Were you involved?
Perhaps you could leave a comment to share what you learned...