Welcome to Ancient Greece and the Willow Brook Olympics! We cheered, we ran, we conquered! There were chariot races, Argos eyes and Zeus's lightning bolts and the stadion race became a marathon by the end of the afternoon. With thanks to Andrew Hallsworth for bringing his camera and capturing the afternoon so well... even [...]
In a half term full of Olympic learning, what could be better than being taught by an Olympic athlete?! The Gymnast, Sam Oldham, who was part of Team GB in the 2012 Games in London, came to Willow Brook and wowed us all in a day full of handstands, back flips, strength and motivation. [...]
Year 6 did a brilliant job of organising a school fair for the other children at Willow Brook! Friday's FunFest was a perfect community event! There were stalls and games, prizes to be won and wet sponges to throw! Year 6 were expert face painters and tattooists and, as you can see from the [...]
Year 4 had a blast finding out whether different angles were acute or obtuse this week. They came into the classroom to find it covered in tape, and their task was to find the angles on the table. They all had fun measuring with protractors and writing on the tape and tables (sorry Mr [...]
Welcome to the last whole-school topic of the year! It's going to be a great one! We are off to Ancient Greece to experience life during the very first Olympiad. Have a look at our plans and look forward to joining us for our exhibition of work on July 17th. [...]
Here is a copy of the Summer 2 learning letter for Year 4. Summer 2 Learning letter
Sport at Willow Brook in May has certainly been one of the better months for sport this year. Every month is special for sport, but May has seen 4 fantastic victories in football (2 for the boys and 2 for the girls) and 2 of these wins being played back on our home turf [...]
It's been another wet month but, two Saturday tournaments and two midweek games since the Easter break have seen a couple of wins (we're back!) and some positive individual and team performances. We have also been involved this week in an Outdoor Adventurous Activities Festival at Rushcliffe Country Park with year 3 & 4. [...]
Here is a copy of the Summer 1 learning letter for Year 4. Summer 1 Learning letter
It was an absolute treat to welcome the author LD Lapinski to Willow Brook on Friday! We have had such a great half term in the company of Flick and Jonathan from the 'Strangeworlds Travel Agency' trilogy, that it was a treat to meet their creator. We started the day with the whole school [...]
