The girls played their first cup match of the year against Tollerton, who had already had a very successful start to the season. Our Willow Brook team took a while to get settled into playing away, with the wind in our faces and went two goals down before half time. After a little chat and [...]
Over a series of art sessions, as part of our 'History's Greatest Invaders' topic, we created these beautiful mixed media scenes of Viking longboats sailing towards their next invasion! First we used the technique of wax resist painting to create interesting skylines. Then we used various painting techniques to create the waves: splatter painting, [...]
Our rowing team have been attending school early each Friday morning since the start of September. They have been coached by the fabulous Miss Phillips ready for these competitions and their hard work has certainly paid off. All members of the team tried their absolute best and with the help of Quaver power successfully managed [...]
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 [...]
On Friday year five and six went on an exciting learning adventure to Holme Pierrepont where they explored the Safety Zone. They rotated around a wide range of exciting activities where they were taught important safety information and life skills. They learnt how to assess a medical emergency and perform CPR as well as how [...]
This week year 5 and 6 spent three days exploring Whitby on their residential which was a new venture for all. Staying at the YHA right next to Whitby Abbey gave us the perfect location to visit iconic Whitby attractions and also gave us plenty of attempts to accurately count the 199 steps up and [...]
Yesterday Class 5 had a brilliant afternoon at the Keyworth Tennis Club thanks to a couple of the coaches opening up and offering us a session. We got a feel for what it would be like to play on the full courts and enjoyed lots of different skill based games and activities. We learned a [...]
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 [...]
Today, four girls from year 5 had the privilege of attending a STEM event at Nottingham Girls' High School where they took part in science activities in biology, chemistry and physics. They thoroughly enjoyed all of the activities including learning more about birds, with egg and owl pellet dissection, as well as learning about and [...]
We've had a great start to the half term in year 5 as we've become immersed in our new topic of Earth and Space. Our learning on this topic stretches from English to Science to P.E! Take a look at our learning letter for this half term to find out more...Summer 1 learning letter
