News from Willow Brook Primary School
This afternoon, nine children from Years 1 & 2 represented Willow Brook in a Multi Skills Festival at South Notts Academy. The children participated in six different stationed activities (Javelin, Speed Bounce, Throwing, Obstacle Course, Ladders and Bean Bag race). While it was not competitive, they had a great time challenging and improving their [...]
We have had a super day in Happy Valley celebrating Children in Need. Your children (as always) looked fabulous in their outfits! Whilst we know it takes time to plan, make and wear (or find on Amazon!) there's a real buzz about the day and we see how excited they are to take [...]
We are looking forward to Friday and working together to have a day full of fun. We can’t wait to see the characters who might arrive in Happy Valley, and hope that stories, games, prizes and an afternoon with one of the greatest fairy stories of all time, will enable us to raise lots [...]
There was something ODD at Willow Brook today... thankfully, it was just the socks! As we launch into a week where our thoughts turn to combatting bullying, this year's theme of Reach Out gave us lots of things to consider and rehearse during our assembly and our lessons. Years 5 and 6 even joined [...]
On Tuesday, 8 children from Year 6 attended a Dodgeball Festival at East Leake Academy. Not only did they show off their fantastic Dodgeball skills, but they also demonstrated lots of teamwork, sportsmanship and honesty. The children had a great time and received certificates for their efforts. Well done all!
Class 1 were very excited to go on our first outing of the year to Keyworth library! We were incredibly lucky with the weather and walked in blazing sunshine down the Fairway with lots of parents and grandparent helpers. On arriving, we had plenty of time to browse the bookshelves and choose ourselves a [...]
Over the last 6 Thursday's, the Willow Brook running club have been very busy practicing and improving their running skills. Our attendances have been fantastic and consistent throughout. It has been a real pleasure to watch (and occasionally join in) the children running around the school grounds, continuing to grow and achieve their personal [...]
It’s certainly been an action packed 6 weeks of football at Willow Brook. Two Saturday tournaments started our season off - 1 for the boys, 1 for girls and both proved challenging for the teams, but we took positives from them. On Tuesday 20th September the girls had an amazing time at a rearranged [...]
This week Year 4 welcomed a visitor to Willow [...]
It's always a pleasure to start a Friday in good company and surrounded by cake. This morning's MacMillan Coffee Breakfast was an absolute joy! The community's cake baking efforts were incredible and I am pleased and proud to be sending nearly £600 to a very worthy charity. We awarded three medals just for fun [...]
