Our Willow Brook card players have enjoyed a fabulous first two sessions with our mentors from the Keyworth Bridge Club and, I must say, we are getting quite clever when it comes to card tricks! We have learned the art of partner game-play, sorted hearts from diamonds and even practised our poker faces! This is [...]
Please click on the link to see the Learning Letter for this half term. Year 6 Learning Letter Autumn 2 2017
The children thoroughly enjoyed exploring the exhibition centre where they tried on chainmail, helmets and dresses from the 15th century. They experienced shooting an archer's bow and watched a re-enactment of the battle on film. Many weapons were displayed for them to see and four different characters shared their experiences throughout the exhibition. Then it [...]
Thank you for joining us for our coffee morning! (or 'cake for breakfast day' as some of the children decided to call it!) With a lot of hard work from the Friends' team and some amazing bakes from you all, we raised over £433. Your support is, as ever, so appreciated.
The conker tree on the field is quite an amazing old Willow Brook addition! Our new children are quickly learning that in return for a bit of kindness, he'll shower down conkers... if, however, you tug his leaves and throw things high into his branches he's easily offended! As you can see he was more [...]
Thank you so much to all those who came and helped at last week's Potted Sports event! We had a fabulous time and thoroughly enjoyed meeting new parents as well as seeing the children work together and show such a cracking sense of community and care as they competed and encouraged each other.
The Crossdale 10k and fun run is fast approaching. Here on the Willow Brook school field, we've already been out for our first training session. There will be races each lunchtime this week and I will upload the results as we go along. WE HAVE A NEW ALL TIME RECORD! Lewis ran a 2:10 [...]
What an adventure! We returned yesterday with 38 sleepier children than we set off with but what an amazing time they have had. Very excited on Monday morning we set off on our journey and had a rather loud coach journey that was full of singing and chanting. When we arrived, the children we're very [...]
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Celebrations all round for the children in Class 6. Having performed an amazing D.A.R.E. assembly for the rest of the school, their parents and Mr Oaks, all the children could be very proud of the effort, commitment and fun that they put into their presentation. The theme for their assembly focused on the dubious exploits [...]
