News from Willow Brook Primary School
On Monday 13th January, ten children from Year 6 represented Willow Brook in a Sportshall Athletics competition. The children competed in multiple track and field events and I am pleased to say we have qualified for a final (we are just awaiting an official date). In our most recent bench of glory assembly, [...]
On Tuesday, the children had a wonderful time transforming their ordinary vegetable into a crime fighting superhero. We thought very carefully about their veggie's costume and the key features that we would need to include. The children spent time drawing and labeling their ideas, before getting busy making in the afternoon. The children worked [...]
Year 5 Poems Since returning to school we have immersed ourselves in the book, 'The Lost Words', a beautifully illustrated and written collection of poems about nature. The book was inspired by the removal of everyday nature words from a children's dictionary. The words were removed because they weren't used enough by children - [...]
2025 Y3 Spring Learning Letter
spring 1 - learning letter Year 4 Spring 1 Learning letter.
Spring Summons Welcome back from the Christmas holidays. I've attached below a pdf of our plans for the half term to come. As ever, if you have any questions or queries, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me. --> Please click here for the Newsletter <--
Over the past week, our children in Years 2 to 6 have performed to a packed house. Willow Brook's production of Superstan was an action packed journey to Megaville, where heroes battled to save the city from the evil Candy King! As you can see from the photos, the four performances were full of [...]
In late November, eight children in years 5 & 6 attended a rowing festival (on machines!) just down the road at South Wolds Academy. The children faced a series of challenges and achieved their best score on their very last attempt! Well done team! We have also had two multi skills festivals in [...]
Class 3 had a fantastic trip to the Recycling Centre on Monday this week. The children (and adults!) learnt how to be 'Bin Smart' when it comes to recycling and were shocked by some of the things we should and shouldn't actually be recycling. We then got to learn how the process works at [...]
Mr Wolf investigates the Gingerbread House 'collapsibility' test from the story of Hansel and Gretel. After reading the story, we talked about whether a gingerbread house be a good structure to build a house out of... what, for example, would happen if it rained? The children made clever predictions about how it might 'break', [...]
