News from Willow Brook Primary School
Whitby 2025 Years 5 and 6 were incredibly excited to have their residential experience at Whitby last week. For some this was their first ’proper’ residential! The children have had a fabulous time over three days. As you can see from the pictures, it was an action packed time and the children smiled and [...]
Our final whole-school topic of the year takes us into town! In the Hood is an eight-week project that sees us learning the history and geography of Nottinghamshire. We've already met Jesse Boot, visited Nottingham Castle and learnt all about the famous architecture designed by Watson Fothergill. There's still so much more to learn! [...]
Summer Sunshine Welcome back from the May half term holidays. I've attached below a pdf of our plans for the half term to come. As ever, if you have any questions or queries, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me. --> Please click here for the Newsletter <--
Class 3 Summer 2 Learning Letter
Finishing off our sporting half term on Tuesday, five children represented Willow Brook at a handball festival at South Notts Academy. For all the children, this was their first taste of a new, exciting sport. We took part in the different drills and put them all into practice with a game vs Greythorn at [...]
On May 8th, Willow Brook joined with the nation in marking V.E. Day’s 80th anniversary. Our morning was spent exploring photographs, film clips and written sources that opened up the war years through the eyes of a child. We listened to Winston Churchill... watched the dancing in Trafalgar Square... saw children returned from evacuation [...]
The girls football team did fantastically well at their most recent Rushcliffe schools Saturday tournament. Five group stage matches and only one defeat! The girls finished 2nd in their group, just behind Greythorn who went on to become the overall winners of the tournament. The girls are on a magnificent run at the moment [...]
Alive and KickingAlive and Kicking Welcome back from the Easter Holiday. I've attached below a pdf of our plans for the half-term to come. As ever, if you have any questions or queries, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me. Summer 1 Newsletter Alive and Kicking Curriculum
Class 3 had a fun filled morning in the sunshine, representing Willow Brook at the annual Toplink Festival. The morning consisted of us being split into teams – each representing a country – and taking part in a range of athletic activities including hurdles, javelin, discuss and long jump. The morning concluded with team [...]
Over the past two weeks we have been learning all about British wildlife. As part of this, we found out all about hedgehogs. We learned that they are nocturnal and how the hibernate over the winter. As part of our art lessons, we have all made a hedgehog out of clay. We practiced molding [...]
