Art & Design
African dance
We have had lots of fun designing and painting our African masks. Once they were dry we then practised an African dance, once we practised it a few times we then did the dance with our masks and we did amazing!
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Viking experience day
Year 4 had an amazing Viking experience day making jewellery, shields, Thor’s hammer and Viking Oatcakes. The day was fun filled and action packed from start to finish and the children’s behaviour was exemplary. In the afternoon we watched a show, Viking Tale, from the Hobgoblin Theatre Company which the Read more
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Art Collage
Over the last couple of weeks, Year 5 have been working together to create some fantastic collage Art, which is proudly being displayed in the school hall. The children began working in pairs to create colourful “doodles” using pastels and water colours and some black and white pieces for contrast. Read more
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Anglo-Saxon homes
Year 4 Hawthorn, designed, planned and created their own Saxon homes using a variety of different resources. The children worked in groups to create the a sturdy home for the Anglo-Saxons to live in. Well done.
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🐯🦁🐨Animal Art🐨🦁🐯
A fantastic 1st day back for Year 5! We have started to identify the features and shapes of a text in English, ready to write our own informative non-chronological report about an animal. We looked at angles in maths and have been introduced to using a protractor. We have worked Read more
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Willows Great Fire of London Artwork
Last week we made some amazing pictures using oil pastels and black card. We tried to recreate what we thought the skyline of what London might’ve looked like during the Great Fire of London. They used oil pastels in reds, oranges and yellows to blend together to create the Read more
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Forest friends
We had another lovely day of forest school today in Reception… even though the afternoon session had to be moved inside because of the storms! ⛈⚡️ We are getting so good at staying safe and remembering our forest school rules: walking around the circle and not inside it, helping our Read more
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Growing up
In Year 5, we have been learning about what happens to our body as we get older. Last week we learnt about how we change from childhood to early adulthood through puberty, and how puberty occurs in animals too. This week we looked at changes from early adulthood to old Read more
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Sticky Finger Buns – Willows Year 1
Today, for our Bright Lights, Big City topic, we learnt about The Great Fire of London and how it started in a bakery. We took this opportunity and simply had to make our own sticky buns… We decided to write down a list of ingredients and instructions of how to Read more
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Happy Easter
We have had lots of fun this week making our Easter cards. We used nature to help to decorate them. We had lots of fun in the sun collecting flowers, sticks, grass and leaves. Here are some of our wonderful designs, including some that show the cross to remind us Read more