Friday's Children in Need day was, as always full of fun at Willow Brook! Everyone looked fabulous in their Wild West outfits and Pudsey shirts! In the morning, we danced and sang, played a Gold Rush team game. The afternoon saw us settling down at the Willow Brook cinema to watch 'Spirit', which added [...]
Better Bread After an industrious half term of planning and designing, year five were all set to create their Viking Bread - perfect for any journey over the North Sea. I'm sure Beowulf himself would have snaffled one or two as they came out of the oven. The smell was divine in the classroom [...]
This morning Miss Mistry taught the whole school about her Hindu faith. It's an exciting time of the year... having just celebrated Navratri, it's time to start the preparations for Diwali! We learnt all about the feasts and deities, dances and rituals and even got to admire Miss Mistry's fabulous outfits - brought all [...]
Last Friday, Willow Brook held their annual MacMillan Coffee Morning. Whilst eating cake for breakfast may be a challenge for some, we managed it in style! Our Bake Off competition was fierce...Paul Hollywood would have had an aching arm from all the handshakes he would have given! After much deliberation (and another slice of [...]
Our first whole-school sporting event of the academic year was a roaring success this afternoon! With 190 children, an enthusiastic team of teachers and TA's and a wonderful band of parents, grandparents and volunteers, we spent a happy and successful two hours competing in team challenges - an event we call Potted Sports. Mr. [...]
Friday was a wonderfully sunny day, which made our Beach Afternoon perfect! We had fish and chips 'take-away' style and ice-lollies were wonderfully welcome! There were plenty of beach games to take part in and picnic rugs to relax on and we had a happy couple of hours getting ourselves in a holiday frame [...]
Our Robin Hood themed tournament on Wednesday was full of fun! Thank you for joining us and adding such fabulous support, volume and positivity. Whilst some children love the competitive spirit and have an arena to show off their talents, we try to design races so [...]
As part of our Sports Week at Willow Brook, we all joined Robin Hood on the field for a tournament of games! There were seven themed events, which as you will see from the photos, ranged from archery to Capturing the Castle! There were clever events that saw children robbing from the rich to [...]
Our final whole-school topic of the year takes us into town! In the Hood is an eight-week project that sees us learning the history and geography of Nottinghamshire. We've already met Jesse Boot, visited Nottingham Castle and learnt all about the famous architecture designed by Watson Fothergill. There's still so much more to learn! [...]
On May 8th, Willow Brook joined with the nation in marking V.E. Day’s 80th anniversary. Our morning was spent exploring photographs, film clips and written sources that opened up the war years through the eyes of a child. We listened to Winston Churchill... watched the dancing in Trafalgar Square... saw children returned from evacuation [...]
