On Monday, Willow Brook marked the start of Anti Bullying Week. Everyone wore odd socks and understood that whatever the difference, standing side by side was still wonderfully possible. Throughout the day the children made pledges, wrote a policy, learnt how to speak out, added words of kindness to their socks and enjoyed Andy [...]
The Willow Brook boys put on a show last night playing Gotham in a football match. After going 1-0 down early on, the boys responded just before half time to take us into the break at 1-1. In the 2nd half the boys turned up the heat and hit 5 past Gotham to bring [...]
Class R have explored the story of Jack and the Beanstalk this week. We used costumes, props and our amazing acting skills to retell the story creatively. We also put pencil to paper to write labels and even our own imaginative ideas about what we would like to find at the top of our [...]
Class 3 Autumn 2 Learning Letter
Year 3 have had great fun today travelling back in time to Ancient Egypt. We played an Egyptian board game called 'Hounds and Jackals' and handled Egyptian artefacts, including one of Cleopatra's necklaces that is over 2,000 years old. We spent the afternoon at a Pharaoh's birthday party that went wrong...and ended with mummification! [...]
November Nights Welcome back from, what I hope, has been an enjoyable half term break! I’m looking forward to seeing everyone again and I’m eagerly anticipating the stories of how many sweets you managed to get during Halloween. I have had a lovey half term break; it felt like it was longer than two [...]
On Monday, in front of a sold out Brook Arena (home of Willow Brook), the girls' football team put in an early contender for performance of the season. 2 goals for Emilia and 1 for Jasmin saw the girls come out as 3-0 winners vs Heymann. The team attacked with positive intent throughout and [...]
Here are some photographs from one of our science lessons this half term where we put a series of objects made from different metals to the test. We investigated if they could float, whether they were magnetic and if they could withstand a force applied to them. It was great fun to be hands [...]
This week as part of our outdoor learning, we looked for and collected a special autumn leaf. We looked carefully for the features of our leaf, noticing its colour, shape and texture. We then drew our leaf, trying to include as much detail as possible. The children tried so hard and we were so [...]
History in Year 5 - Autumn Term 2023 Following on from our fantastic trip to Lincoln Cathedral we've returned to school eager to find out even more about the Venerable Bede's manuscript that we saw first hand at Lincoln Cathedral. As such, the class set about reading all about the Viking's arrival at Lindisfarne. [...]
