This week, Willow Brook is hard at work thinking about Black History Month. In our assembly this morning we read a great little book called Mixed by Arree Chung. It opened up all sorts of thinking and conversations... from Freya in Year 6 who saw that the message echoed the book - 'Return to [...]
Class 2 have been learning about Captain Scott's expedition to the South Pole. We recreated Scott’s expedition on the playground, starting on his ship, Terra Nova, where we had to shovel lots of coal to burn through the ice pack. At last, we spotted Antarctica. Then we built a hut to live in through [...]
Class 2 have been having more fun with science. After building our Titanic mini models we were very curious about floating and sinking and have done two more investigations to learn more. We braved the drizzle to create some floating and sinking sorting diagrams on the playground. First of all we predicted which materials [...]
Class 2 are really enjoying this half term's topic learning about the journey of Titanic. We started off being historians, and discovered facts about Titanic hidden on the trim trail. We learned about the ship itself and helped Captain Smith plan the journey across the Atlantic. Then we found out about some of the [...]
This week in our assembly time the children are learning what it means to be a refugee. At least 82.4 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes. Among them are nearly 26.4 million refugees, around half of whom are children. The terms “refugee”, “asylum-seeker” and “migrant” are used to describe people who [...]
Our whole-school topic this half term is all about Journeys. In history, each year group is going back in time to walk in the shoes of some well-known travellers... From the Ancient Egyptians making their final trip to the afterlife to those who stepped aboad the Titanic and the Mayflower, we will be using [...]
Year 2 have been busy creating their own pizzas. [...]
This week we have taken on the role of animators to bring our adventures to life. Take a look at our stop motion animations below.
Dear Willow Brook, A little extra homework from me… I hope that you will be inspired to think ahead! Next Friday, like many other children across the country, everyone at school will be entering a very special competition. For more than 50 years Royal Mail’s Special Stamp programme has commemorated British history and achievement. [...]
