I hope that, like me, you thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon of sport on Tuesday afternoon! Willow Brook children are such stars when it comes to winning with style, losing with grace and supporting each other with a sense of community. That's what made the afternoon so happy and why teachers and children were so full [...]
After thoroughly enjoying a Parliamentary half term, we tested our debating skills on Friday as three bills were discussed in our very own House of Commons! The Speaker of the House brought our 180 M.P.s to order and the afternoon was as lively as Westminster! Having been the focus of our topic work in class [...]
Mrs Graham has worked with Year 5 to write an article on their recent visit to the Space Centre in Leicester. It is a great summary of all that they discovered. You can read it by clicking on the link below. Enjoy! BLAST OFF with Year 5
On the Monday before half term, our two Rushcliffe Pupil Parliament members, Sami and Tom, had the privilege of visiting London to experience the real Houses of Parliament. They got the chance to sit in both the House of Commons and the Lords, debate a political issue and get involved with the banter between the [...]
I must say that last week's Year 6 DARE graduation caught me quite off guard! As well as loving the humour and originality of their talk show style presentation, I felt quite emotional watching their sincere and energetic response to all they have learned over the past term. Their hour long assembly showed off so [...]
Friday afternoon saw the grand final of the half term's Wacky Rally - culmination of all the hard work that has been going on around school over the past 5 weeks. From children in Reception to our oldest engineers, each team produced a powered vehicle and design portfolio ready to showcase and explain on the [...]
There were a few silly songs this morning in singing to mark the wearing of Red Noses and lift the Friday spirits! Year 4 were certainly the happiest bunch!
You'll see from this small selection of pictures from Friday, that our World Book Day celebrations were filled with smiles... and plenty of reading! We had a great assembly, where extracts from books matched our costumes; did plenty of author related activities and lessons; enjoyed choosing a new book of our own from the giant [...]
For more details about how we are celebrating World Book Day this year, click on the following link. Get involved and let's get our heads into some good books! World Book Day 2019
Our whole school topic this half term has inspired our children to empathise with the life of those who lived 100 years ago. We have thought about the soldiers who once walked on Main Street... the children who played at the village school... the jobs that they did and the farmland that once surrounded us. [...]
