News from Class 1
We have been fortunate enough to continue to be busy with our sporting trips over the past few weeks. Year 5 & 6 started us off, taking part in a Scatterball Festival at Radcliffe. Year 1 & 2 got their first taste of representing school at a Multi Skills Festival at South Notts. Our [...]
All we needed was a trained archaeologist to give a spark to the launch of our summer term whole school topic... Fortunately, we have one on the staff! Our very own 'Indiana Jones', or Mr. Jones as we call him, took the whole school on their first 'dig' last Friday. We journeyed to the [...]
Class R and Class 1 enjoyed the sunshine and great outdoors when they visited Rushcliffe Country Park. We travelled by coach (which some thought the most exciting part of the whole day!) to the park in Ruddington before splitting into 2 groups to complete activities based around fairy tales. One group went deep into [...]
Creative curriculum plan summer 1 Learning letter
Willow Brook had a wonderful day full of celebration and pageantry on Friday to mark the King's Coronation. Our day began on the playground, where bunting and balloons and some rousing 'Pomp and Circumstance' welcomed 200 children dressed in red, white and blue! There was plenty of singing. As well as the National Anthem, [...]
The end of term exhibition was the perfect afternoon to share a half term of hard work with you all! Our Connections topic has been a fabulous exploration of 'community' that considered past, present and future, engaging every curriculum subject to add different angles to our learning. Our exhibition captured the six core [...]
Continuing our whole school theme of Connections, Willow Brook had an exhilarating experience celebrating British Science Week! Throughout the school, each class took part in a range of practical STEM activities. Class 6 made working hands, Class 5 created clinometers to measure the height of trees, Class 4 tested the hypothesis, ‘Do people with [...]
Friday was Red Nose Day and Willow Brook found their 'funny' and had a terrific time! Year 5 had been given the 'bake the whole school a cookie' project under the watchful eyes of Mrs. Armitage and Mrs. Hollingshead, which raised a whooping profit of £350! Year 6 did a grand job of selling [...]
Wednesday was International Women's Day and, once again, we made sure that Willow Brook girls understood that the world was at their fingertips and the importance of everyone driving towards a fair and equitable life. We were inspired by the Tottenham/England footballer, Ellie Brazil, who delivered a great online assembly full of inspiration and [...]
There was a very restful feeling in the air at Willow Brook today as we celebrated World Book Day 2023! Our day's theme revolved around the perfect combination of rest and reading and the day started with a warm story together. Mr. Jones's then set out the 5-step recipe for a good night's sleep! [...]
