News from Class 1
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. [...]
We started our Geography topic work in Class 1 today with lots of different activities to do with maps. Our focus in year 1 is the geography of the UK, looking at the countries that make up the United Kingdom [...]
Here is a copy of our learning letter for our Spring 1 topic. Term 3 learning letter
There's nothing that makes a primary school Christmas more special than an infant performance. Our EYFS and Year 1 children added a touch of story and magic to our final few days of term by presenting The Twinkly Nativity. It was the first time our Reception children have stood under the bright lights, but [...]
Class 1 were very excited when Sinbad the sailor came to visit them in their classroom this morning! We began yesterday looking at the character of Sinbad as part of our work looking at the tales of 1001 Arabian Nights. Once in the classroom, Sinbad the sailor regaled the children with the tale of [...]
Please find our Learning Letter for Autumn 2 here: Term 2 learning letter.
November has seen some of our children from years 1-6 take part in three exciting events. We have taken part in a Dodgeball Festival at East Leake Academy, a Boccia tournament at South Wolds and, most recently, travelled to South Notts Academy for a Multi Skills Festival. All the children have made school proud [...]
Thanks to a second visit from our trusted superhero, Captain Connection, Willow Brook children have once again used their mathematical minds to defeat Lord Homework! In a time-travelling escapade, our algebra skills were needed to crack the code to free Scheherazade from the evil vizier in ancient Baghdad. Every year group rose to the [...]
We had three wishes for Children in Need Day from the genie... Our first was to raise over £1,000 and hit a new fundraising target. Our second was to order blue skies and no rain so that we could complete the outdoor Aladdin challenge. The third was to have a day where the Willow [...]
On Monday, Willow Brook marked the start of Anti Bullying Week. Everyone wore odd socks and understood that whatever the difference, standing side by side was still wonderfully possible. Throughout the day the children made pledges, wrote a policy, learnt how to speak out, added words of kindness to their socks and enjoyed Andy [...]
