News from Class 1
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03, 2024
Spring has sprung!
After what has felt like a very long winter, Class R and Class 1 were incredibly excited to be able to have our first activity afternoon outside of 2024! The wind, rain and biting [...]
19
03, 2024
Class 1’s science week
As part of British Science Week, Class 1 had a week filled with time themed science... We made a sand timer as a class and (after being successful on the 4th attempt!) learnt that sand needs quite a big hole to travel through enough to make a functioning timer. We also timed existing sand [...]
19
03, 2024
Class 1 and Class 2 go time travelling
After a 4 year hiatus due to COVID, Class 1 and Class 2 were thrilled to be invited back to Time Travelling hosted at St Mary Magdalene's church, Keyworth as part of churches together. We enjoyed carouselling around 4 different activities in the church: enjoying a biscuit and drink as part of the last [...]
18
03, 2024
We were doing something funny for the money!
Comic Relief Day at Willow Brook is always guaranteed to lift the spirits! From 200 children dressed in red (thank goodness for Forest tops!) and looking brilliant in the Charity's caps, t-shirts and noses, to a live open mic comedy afternoon, there was bound to be a positive vibe! Thanks to your donations, our [...]
12
03, 2024
A Willow Brook World Book Day!
There's nothing more exciting than the moment 200 book characters arrive on the school playground on World Book Day... From Matildas and enormous crocodiles to dragons, lions, witches and wardrobes, you never quite know who (or what!) is about to arrive! Our Year 6 children have always been 'dressing up pros', so we couldn't [...]
8
03, 2024
Let Girls Play!
International Women’s Day was celebrated at Willow Brook by participating in the “Let Girls Play” campaign. A record-breaking 465,000 girls from 5000 schools across England took part. This gave the Willow Brook girls an opportunity to enjoy playing football with their peers and discover a new passion. Take a look at the photos below [...]
20
02, 2024
Year 1 Learning Letter
Here is a copy of our learning letter for Spring 2. Term 4 learning letter
19
02, 2024
Back to the Future
We're hitting the spring term at 88 mph as we navigate time travel and head back to the future for our whole-school topic! The history of time telling took us on a whistle-stop journey to Ancient Egypt and back to Baghdad this morning as we started to understand how those early hours and minutes [...]
8
02, 2024
Class 1 Matisse artwork
Henri Matisse is a famous French artist who lived over 70 years ago. He was famous for his expressive use of colour and shape. We have looked at one of his famous art works called “The sheaf” and discussed his use of colour. We have experimented with mixing primary colours to make secondary colours. [...]
2
02, 2024
Hansel and Gretel Roundabout Theatre Performance
This Tuesday, we were treated to the performance of Hansel and Gretel by the Roundabout Theatre Company. The children spent the morning immersing themselves in the story, before watching the performance in the afternoon. It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience, which had a lovely twist to the traditional tale. [...]