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 [...]
As a school, Willow Brook has signed up to Picture News. This is a national news weekly publication that we will use as an assembly (or lesson) that will support our My World/PSHE curriculum. We aim to get children reflecting in a more focused way on British Values, world events and our 5 C's. [...]
Sixteen brave debaters battled this morning for the title of Willow Brook Champion in our Balloon Debate. After a half-term full of learning about Charles Darwin and how he changed the world, the children were asked to think of who they would nominate to travel alongside him... who did they see as a world [...]
