News from Class 6
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09, 2024
Year 6 Autumn 1 Learning Letter
Y6 Autumn 1 Letter
25
07, 2024
Gillian the giraffe’s retirement party
Gillian the giraffe has been the mascot of my class for the past 7 years (5 years in Class 3 and 2 years in Class 1). Each week, she has dutifully gone home with a different child who has impressed me with their writing and gone on some fabulous adventures over the weekend with [...]
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07, 2024
Spain v England The Willow Brook Euro Final!
At the beginning of the Euros, Willow Brook classes pulled three teams out of the hat. As well as following the teams in the tournament in Germany, it also put them in to a lottery to play in our own final match. When England were defeated by Spain last Sunday, Year 2 (representing Spain) [...]
12
07, 2024
The girls finish on a high!
The girls finished off their season with a 3-1 victory against Cropwell Bishop. After an early Cropwell goal, a great team move resulted in Emilia showing brilliant composure to bring the scoreline level. Emilia soon added to her goal tally, striking a super free-kick low into the bottom corner. Emily wrapped up the victory [...]
5
07, 2024
The Ancient Willow Brook Olympic Games
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 [...]
5
07, 2024
Meeting an Olympian!
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. [...]
30
06, 2024
All the fun of the Fair!
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 [...]
25
06, 2024
It’s Coming Home!
A rather special day at Keyworth Cricket Club today saw us retain the Cotton Tuckwell trophy for a 3rd year in a row! After very positive performances in the morning versus St Edmund Campion and Tollerton, we were placed in a knockout group with Kinoulton, Keyworth and St Peters. After a great win vs [...]
20
06, 2024
Who Let the Gods Out?
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. [...]
25
05, 2024
Sport in May
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 [...]