News from Class 3
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 [...]
Class 3 Autumn 2 Learning Letter
Year 3 have had great fun today travelling back in time to Ancient Egypt. We played an Egyptian board game called 'Hounds and Jackals' and handled Egyptian artefacts, including one of Cleopatra's necklaces that is over 2,000 years old. We spent the afternoon at a Pharaoh's birthday party that went wrong...and ended with mummification! [...]
This week, children from KS2 got the opportunity to play in Tag Rugby Festivals at Nottingham Rugby Club. We practiced lots of different skills and put these into matches vs other schools at the end. Great fun was had, take a look at our team photos below! [...]
As part of our science topic we have been learning about the human body and we had lots of fun this week making movable arm models. We used balloons to represent the bicep and triceps muscles, then watched as they worked together, contracting and relaxing, as the arm moved. [...]
We have been busy with sport this week and tomorrow is a rare day off for the Willow Brook sporting teams! Monday saw the girls' football team travel over to Rosecliffe to play in a friendly match. This was an opportunity for a lot of the team to make debuts / get valuable minutes. [...]
There is no better reason to eat cake for breakfast than our annual fundraiser for MacMillan! With thanks to a Willow Brook community full of kindness and baking determination, we raised a wonderful £750 for the charity and had a happy start to our Friday morning. Our medal winners will receive their rewards in [...]
