News from Willow Brook Primary School
After 6 weeks of hard work, Class 3 are very proud to present our 20s inspired dance moves to Glenn Miller's "In the Mood"! We learnt some parts of the dance altogether and the children worked with their partner to compose some sections. This was made a little trickier with covid isolation- some partners [...]
Last Friday, we joined with the rest of the nation to watch and enjoy the many feathered friends who share the Willow Brook garden with us! We are lucky to have such an array of birds in the fields. There are woodpeckers, robins, wrens and finches... not to mention the two buzzards who circle [...]
Survival Stories Class 4 have been reading The Explorer by Katherine Rundell, we have also read Fox by Margeret Wild. Inspired by these stories we wrote our own stories for you all to enjoy. We have looked at the 'author' language and I'm sure you'll all be suitably impressed with how the children of [...]
Class 4 are an amazing group of artists. Unfortunately our parents don't get to see our books as much as we would like. In class, we were so keen to show off our improving skills that we thought we would publish some of our favourite pages. Here is a sneak peek into our sketch [...]
This afternoon Class 2 took a trip to Japan! We had a go at origami, used chopsticks (some of us were surprisingly good!), copied some beautiful Japanese writing and designed a character in Japanese comic style. We also shared some of our favourite facts from our Japan homework - Mrs Fleming learned a thing [...]
Today was the last session of Crochet Critters club and here are the finished products! Mrs Allen, Mrs Sampson and Mrs Armitage were so proud of the way the children persevered even though it was a difficult and fiddly skill to master! We hope the children are as proud of their creations as we [...]
In this morning's assembly the first week's results from the reading challenge were announced and added to the Race to Waterstones track! With the hope that reading is shared most days at home, our aim is for a member of the family to add three comments in a reading record book to count towards [...]
To help you feel inspired for your diary writing homework. I have created a little video. I hope you enjoy.
It is no surprise to hear that one of the strongest influences on learning is reading. Books and stories build vocabulary, comprehension, imagination and confidence, as well as enabling a child to explore and make sense of the world. Reading opens up the curriculum, stimulates memory and inspires interests and ideas. As well as [...]
