This morning's Bench of Glory celebrated reading! We congratulated 7 young people who have talent, enthusiasm, knowledge and positivity when it comes to books! They were very proud to show their reading record books, all of which shouted their love of words and stories. It is no secret that when there is a great [...]
In this morning's assembly we celebrated harvest. Traditionally the day in the calendar when 'all was safely gathered in' and people gave thanks that there was enough food to feed us all. The day started with Jack arriving on his tractor, bringing with him a whole trailer full of fresh fruit and vegetables. Even [...]
This week, Willow Brook is hard at work thinking about Black History Month. In our assembly this morning we read a great little book called Mixed by Arree Chung. It opened up all sorts of thinking and conversations... from Freya in Year 6 who saw that the message echoed the book - 'Return to [...]
In the expert hands of Mrs Hallsworth, our lead teacher for R.E., Year 6 have spent the half term learning about sacred texts from different religions. Alongside the modern day bibles that are always included in the study, they had a look at a church bible from 1867 that made its way into school [...]
This week's Bench of Glory assembly was all about independence. Packed into this one word (as we discovered as the teachers spoke) are the many qualities you need to do well at school! We knew by the end of assembly that every child who had won an award was a listener... we recognised that [...]
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!' [...]
Year six enjoyed a fantastic day out at the Framework Knitters Museum in Ruddington. The trip couldn’t have been better designed to support our learning in class. Indeed, when the children got to handle genuine Victorian artefacts, the curator of the museum was very impressed with the children’s historical knowledge. We learned about the [...]
On Thursday, Year 6 had a fabulous day with all things STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths). First, we did some problem solving using our algebra skills to get the cogs whirring, followed by a challenging electrical science investigation. We explored the impact of how adding more cells (batteries) added to the brightness of a [...]
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. [...]
