Year 4 Summer 1 Learning Letter
Year 3 and 4 returned last week from two fabulous days at the very grand Beaumanor Hall. The two days were action packed and there were plenty of activities in the great outdoors to keep everyone challenged and busy! The children had to build a shelter in the woods which was wind and water [...]
Hello and welcome back! I hope you had a lovely break with family and friends. 2023 has already got off to a busy start for the children and it will be a half term that I know they’ll enjoy. The focus this term is my favourite subject to teach (after maths, of course): geography. [...]
This week Year 4 welcomed a visitor to Willow [...]
Years 5 and 6 were incredibly excited to have their first residential experience in many years. For some this was their first ’proper’ residential! The children have had a fabulous time over three days. As you can see from the pictures, it was an action packed time and the children smiled and laughed no [...]
A big thank you to Mrs Hatfield, an experienced England coach, for offering her time to coach Years 5 and 6 in Netball every Friday. Glorious weather graced our first session last Friday and the Class excelled! [...]
Year 5 are already in the 'zone' this half term! We have immersed ourselves in all things Royal. The class have shown incredible focus and determination with their observational drawings of the Crown Jewels - what's not to love about the Imperial State Crown, the Sovereign Orb or the Sovereign Scepter set with a [...]
Class 5 have attacked algorithms with vigor this term. They have thoroughly enjoyed making their own maze and collecting games on Scratch, coding and debugging where needed. It has been brilliant to see both their ideas and their teamworking skills. They have really excelled themselves. I am proud of them and they should be [...]
This term we have embraced all things STEM and we were lucky enough to have Mr Hands to help Class 5 build some robots. There were 3 different robots with plenty of bits and detailed instructions. Some [...]
The past few weeks Class 5 has been getting in the Christmas mood. We have been busy making decorations and practising our carol singing. In their Christmas jumpers, the class looked so fabulous altogether and the money raised is going to such a good cause too. We have finished The Lion, the Witch and [...]