Yesterday ten children from Year 6 represented Willow Brook in a Sportshall Athletics competition. The children competed in multiple track and field events and performed to a high level putting in consistent positive performances. We have already been invited back after half term to a final (we are just awaiting an official date) and [...]
We've had a wonderful day inspired by the book The Pirates Next Door. We have made our own pirate hats, tea-stained treasure maps and brought our role play to life with costumes and a pirate shop. We got creative at the easel and painted our own routes around pirate island and put our phonics [...]
We have been perfecting our rolling, climbing and jumping in gymnastics this term. Here we are in action! [...]
We have had so much fun in Year 2 today! We carried out an experiment to learn about germs. We used glitter to represent germs on our hands. First, we predicted which method would remove the most germs and then we tested each method to see what really happened. Here are some things we [...]
Young Voices is always a fabulous experience and 2026 did not disappoint! On Monday we took 51 talented Willow Brookers people to the Birmingham Arena to sing alongside 5800 other children. After an afternoon of rehearsals, an audience of 8,000 we treated to an evening of all sorts of songs - from Sea Shanties, [...]
Year 2 looked at the importance of exercise and how regular exercise is important for having a healthy heart. We measured our resting heart rates and then in groups we created an exercise course that would increase our heart rate. We spent time thinking about exercises that would use different muscles in our body [...]
Over the last two weeks we have had a wonderful time immersing ourselves in our new topic, 'Heroes and Villains'. So far we have discovered the legend of King Arthur and we have attempted to pull the sword from the stone, as well as making a little sword in the stone to take home. [...]
This half term, our science topic is 'Rocks and Fossils'. We have spent the last two weeks learning about Metamorphic, Igneous and Sedimentary rocks and investigating their properties. Can you remember any of their properties? [...]
Spring 1 Learning Letter Power and Plenty: Creative Curriculum
Year 2 learning letter Spring 1
