India Week

India Week

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...
An Edwardian Seaside Adventure

An Edwardian Seaside Adventure

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...
A visit from some local lambs!

A visit from some local lambs!

Spring is finally here, so our reception children were lucky eneough to get a visit from some local lambs and their mum! The children walked up to the village playgroup where the lambs were waiting. The children learnt how to behave around the animals, and how to feed...
Willoughby Sings the Musicals!

Willoughby Sings the Musicals!

We welcomed parents and friends to a whole school music event – as Willoughby sang songs from the shows! The evening began with a lively rendition of ABBA’s SOS, which really got the crowd in the musical mood. From year 6 to Reception, all our children...
Sparks Flying Across the Years

Sparks Flying Across the Years

Children from years 5 and 6 enjoyed a morning in Class 1, sharing their science knowledge with the KS1 children. They taught them how to create an electrical circuit contained a switch and a buzzer. After this, they worked together to spot electrical dangers in the...
World Book Day 2022!

World Book Day 2022!

On March 3rd – and throughout the week – Willoughby School children marked World Book Day by dressing up and taking part in a lots of fun activities! Of course, everyone – including the teachers – loved the opportunity to dress up as their favourite book character!...
Forest School at Willoughby Woods

Forest School at Willoughby Woods

Our Early Years children enjoyed a wonderful Forest School session at Willoughby Woods last week! It was a beautiful bright day for a great session with our Forest School leader Kerry, from Willoughby Woods Forest School.   The children enjoyed playing in their...
Class 1 Rock Stars!

Class 1 Rock Stars!

This week, our reception and key stage 1 children have designed, made and played their own musical instruments out of everyday materials. Everyone worked hard to create an instrument to strum, blow, hit or shake. Once they were all completed, the class played along to...
Drumba is back!

Drumba is back!

This fast paced energetic mixture of drumming, keep fit and dance is great to get all the pupils moving on these cold dark days in January and February. Jake motivates everyone with his enthusiasm and drumming expertise and the children love it! The routines are set...