Our girls chess team played in the first girls only Nottinghamshire chess league and performed very well indeed. Nearly all of the girls came away with some points and even those who didn't manage to create any checkmates, still had a great time and gained valuable tournament experience. I'm certainly very proud of them all!
Click below to read the minutes from our meeting on 13.11.18 Meeting Minutes 131118 This picture shows the comic strip created by the previous School Council at the end of last academic year, ready to be launched this year, which clearly outlines our expectations of behaviour and conduct at play times in order to ensure [...]
Many of you will have heard the sad news that Julie Cook passed away last week. As a parent and a huge supporter of Willow Brook school, she blessed us all with her energy, sense of fun and her positive determination to get things done. Julie took the helm of our Friends Association for many [...]
Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate Willow Brook's sporting talents this afternoon! I'm sure you will agree with me that the children were full of the joys of summer and showed great stamina and sportsmanship. Miss Johnston, as always, did a sterling job of putting together a programme of events... and I was [...]
Hello! Please find this half term's learning letter attached. Summer term robots
As always, Willow Brook had a fabulous day celebrating the wonderful world of books! After snow and then Ofsted delayed our fun, the day finally arrived and Dr Seuss did not disappoint! The playground was awash with Cats in Hats, Things 1 and 2, foxes in socks, green eggs (and hams!) and some wonderful residents [...]
A couple of weeks ago we took part in the 100 million minutes reading challenge at Willow Brook, joining schools across the country to collectively try and reach the ambitious grand total in just a week! We decided to host our own in school competition to see which class could log the most minutes on [...]
The Great Willow Brook Science Showdown Thursday March 15th 2018 As part of our involvement in National Science and Engineering Week, we are inviting you to take part in a competition to find Willow Brook’s first ‘Young Scientist of the Year’. The whole school has the same homework task over the next two weeks and that [...]
Just a quick update to say that I had the pleasure of taking ten delightful children to the area final for sports hall athletics. We battled against five other schools who had also qualified for the finals. Events included relay racing, throwing, jumping and sprinting. The children were polite, organised, determined and competitive. With five [...]
Thank you to all those who attended our Reading Information Evening this week - we hope it was a useful insight into how children learn and progress through the school. Having you as partners in the journey is very important and from simple tips for intervening in your child's reading at home to understanding our [...]
