PE

This morning, we have been very busy in PE. It was our first PE lesson and we were all very good. Firstly, we had to get changed. We all tried our best to get ready by ourselves but Miss Longmire and Miss Robinson did help us if we got stuck! When we were all ready we went into the hall and found a space for our warm up. We learnt a new warm up song, Read more

Ma Famille

Year 6 are looking at learning the vocabulary needed to write or have a conversation in French discussing who they are, their interests and their family.   We looked at the French translations for family members and played a range of games to learn the vocabulary. We know the French vocabulary for mother, father, brother, sister and our grandparents.   Next week we will look at putting these into full sentences in French.

Archealogical dig and cave paintings

Wow! What a fantastic, fun week we have had with our Topic this week. We learnt all about archaeologists and how they help us to understand pre-history. We then became archaeologists ourselves and discover Stone Age artefacts. We have also been learning about Stone Age cave paintings and used our knowledge to design our own. To give us the feeling of being in a cave, We then covered our tables, turned off the lights and Read more

Cave paintings

Year 3 have been recreating cave paintings this week. Using chalk and charcoal, children designed and created a cave painting that might have decorated the walls of a Stone Age persons home. Here are some pictures of our work.

We are all different in Willows… and that’s BRILLIANT!

For our Science lesson, we looked at similarities and differences between ourselves and our friends. We looked at our fingerprints and how they’re different from our talk partner’s finger prints.   We then set up a bar graph with hair colour down the bottom and numbers along the side. They put their sticky note with their name and placed it where their hair colour was. We noticed that the most common hair colour was blonde Read more

Gardening jobs in Kaden’s garden

Our topic this half term is allotment. This afternoon, we researched what jobs need doing on an allotment and then we went into Kaden’s garden and created a to do list of all the jobs that need doing there. Year 5 are going to be busy this half term. We will be harvesting fruits and vegetables, turning over soil, weeding and picking up litter.

Construction fun

Year 4 enjoyed taking part in an interactive session delivered by the company who were involved in the new build. The class worked together ,using sticks and elastic bands, to build some Impressive structures. At the end of the session, lots of the children said they had been inspired and would like to work in the building industry when they are older.  

Construction visitors

Year 5 enjoyed taking part in an interactive session delivered by the company who were involved in the new build. The class worked fantastically together to build tetrahedrons using sticks and elastic bands. We built some amazing structures. They were also lucky enough to experience how architects use virtual reality goggles to help with their projects.