This week, we have been exploring the traditional tale of The Little Red Hen who asks her farmyard friends, "who will help me ... grow the wheat, make the flour and bake the bread?", to which they all reply, "not I!" Fortunately, the Reception children children were much more helpful than the farm animals [...]
There's nothing better than a sunny September afternoon to bring the community together for an afternoon of fun and sport. Our whole-school Potted Sport event saw Year 6 take the lead and head up teams that completed various challenges and activities. It's all about working together and practising our 5 C's. As you can [...]
This afternoon, we had a wonderful time exploring the bikes and equipment in the sunshine. Here are some photographs of us in action.
Click on the link below to see this half terms learning letter. Autumn 1 learning letter and CP 2024
At the beginning of the Euros, Willow Brook classes pulled three teams out of the hat. As well as following the teams in the tournament in Germany, it also put them in to a lottery to play in our own final match. When England were defeated by Spain last Sunday, Year 2 (representing Spain) [...]
Welcome to Ancient Greece and the Willow Brook Olympics! We cheered, we ran, we conquered! There were chariot races, Argos eyes and Zeus's lightning bolts and the stadion race became a marathon by the end of the afternoon. With thanks to Andrew Hallsworth for bringing his camera and capturing the afternoon so well... even [...]
In a half term full of Olympic learning, what could be better than being taught by an Olympic athlete?! The Gymnast, Sam Oldham, who was part of Team GB in the 2012 Games in London, came to Willow Brook and wowed us all in a day full of handstands, back flips, strength and motivation. [...]
Class R, 1 and 2 took part in a mixed team scatterball tournament at school. We had 6 teams ready and raring to go on Monday afternoon and the light drizzle certainly didn't dampen spirits (or stop play!). The rules of scatterball are simple (and work as a great introduction for rounders later on [...]
Over the past few weeks, Class R and Class 1 have met for exciting, activity filled topic afternoons. We have learnt about Artemis, Icarus, the Ancient Olympics, Zeus and Hera and more! Here are some photos of what we have got up to to explore our learning... [...]
Year 6 did a brilliant job of organising a school fair for the other children at Willow Brook! Friday's FunFest was a perfect community event! There were stalls and games, prizes to be won and wet sponges to throw! Year 6 were expert face painters and tattooists and, as you can see from the [...]
