News from Class 5
Class 5 have had to get their design 'hat' on this term! Here, we started to look at how we can reinforce a structure. An additional skill was looking at 2D 'nets' of [...]
I have been delighted to discover Class 5 is full of scientists ! We have been conducting experiment after experiment this term, to determine the properties of different materials, and they have shown themselves to make excellent predictions and conclusions. [...]
Twitch! This is the fabulous book by MG Leonard (author of the Beetle Boy trilogy and the Adventure on a Train mystery series) that you may have seen at home! We have been ploughing our way through this mystery and we're nearly at the end.... hopefully you've been reading [...]
It has been a pleasure to listen to the 2021 Willow Brook choir! The power of music is back in the building and nothing could make me happier! Miss Brearey has lined up an exciting winter project and is steering our Young Voices outing to the Birmingham Arena. Whilst the choir have been given [...]
This week's Bench of Glory was all about resilience. A very apt quote from Anthony Joshua after he lost his world title at the weekend said, 'I'm not a sulker - that's a waste of time. I bounce back... I'm going to go home and look at ways to improve - straight away!' [...]
Get involved with The Big Notts Survey and add your voice to the future of our County as they put together a new post-Covid strategy. Willow Brook children can do this too, by following this link to the Young People's questionnaire: https://consult.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/communications/thebignottsyoungpeoplessurvey/ Your views can be added until the end of September. [...]
Willow Brook - we did it! We dodged the showers and the occasional thunder and had a fabulous week of sports and games. As you'll see from the photos and the footage, there was a whole host of events on offer every day to run alongside the traditional trackside races. Our tournament day [...]
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 [...]
