by Willoughby School | Sep 25, 2022 | School Trip
Class 1 had the opportunity to visit the Great Central Railway in Loughborough! They enjoyed a tour of the main Loughborough station and platform and then an exciting ride on the steam train to Leicester and back. They saw the water tower and had a picnic lunch before...
by Willoughby School | Sep 23, 2022 | Extra curricular, Willoughby School
Years 5 and 6 visited Holme Pierrepont in West Bridgford to attend the annual Safety Zone event. The children are provided with important safety messages from a wide variety of organisations. There were 7 stations: Fire Safety, Road Safety, Electrical Safety, Cyber...
by Willoughby School | Sep 20, 2022 | Charity
The Air Ambulance visited Willoughby park along with Blade the mascot! We joined with villagers and the Playgroup children, to wave as the helicopter landed on the football pitch. It was noisy! School Council were ready to hand over the big cheque – all money...
by Willoughby School | Sep 20, 2022 | Extra curricular
The Tour of Britain raced through Wysall and we were all there to support! We all waved our flags and cheered the out riders and cyclists, standing along the wall in Wysall church. Afterwards the whole school went to meet the animals at the Calnan’s –...
by Willoughby School | Jul 17, 2022 | Sport
Sports Day 2022 was a close one! The Red, Black and White teams all competed hard on a hot and sticky day with the Black team eventually winning by just one point! The Walter Skinner Memorial Trophy was awarded to 2 pupils this year – Freddie O and Sam N –...
by Willoughby School | Jul 17, 2022 | Extra curricular, Willoughby School
The Year 5/6s have been busy creating, baking and making for their Enterprise Scheme. The challenge was to ‘Make £5 Grow’. Each child was given £5, paired with another pupil and asked to come up with an idea to create some profit. And they did just that!!...
by Willoughby School | Jul 13, 2022 | Extra curricular
DAaRT is a new programme that has replaced DARE – it stands for Drug, Awareness and Resilience Training. The year 4, 5 and 6 children followed a ten week course with DAaRT officer Ms Carter, covering a range of life skills such as learning to say no, facts about...
by Willoughby School | Jun 20, 2022 | Willoughby School
The whole school have enjoyed learning all about the colourful culture of India. The activities ranged from fact finding and Indian dancing to food tasting and Indian art work. We finished the week off with an Indian themed dressing up day. What a wonderful...
by Willoughby School | May 27, 2022 | History
Class 1 have been experiencing life at the seaside during Edwardian times! The children discovered both similarities and many differences between their own seaside experiences and those of Edwardian children and adults. The girls strolled along the promenade as...
by Willoughby School | May 27, 2022 | History, Willoughby School
With the Queen’s platinum Jubilee just a week away, we’ve been celebrating at school! Years 1 & 2 had a very important visitor – our very own Queen; they had the chance to ask the Queen questions and find out more about her life and reign. Later,...
