Our term ended with a very special performance of the Nativity story by our EYFS and Year 1 children. Here are some photos of their afternoon and evening performances. Now Christmas can really begin... [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
I am very proud to announce that Willow Brook are the champions of the Keyworth Cricket Club Schools Tournament. The past 3 years we have been proud holders of the Cotton Tuckwell trophy. However, yesterday we brought home the "crème de la crème", the shield, which is now sitting high and handsome at the [...]
