by Willoughby School | Dec 13, 2022 | Christmas
The School Christmas Fair was back in full swing this year! As is traditional, KS2 planned, organised and ran their own games, which were as popular as ever. The old classics : Pin the Nose on Rudolph and Lucky Dip were mixed in with newer games such as Christmas...
by Willoughby School | Nov 28, 2022 | Charity
Children in Need was a great success this year! Everyone came dressed as something beginning with ‘P’ for Pudsey and brought in a donation. The costumes ranged from P for Pilot (Mrs Barker) to an amazing P for Postbox. Thank you to everyone for joining in...
by Willoughby School | Nov 14, 2022 | Willoughby School
The whole school gathered on the playground on Friday 11th November 2022 at 11am in an act of Remembrance. Every child painted a poppy and Mrs Dornan made a Remembrance wreath using the poppies and the children’s hand prints as the green edging. Year 3/4 wrote...
by Willoughby School | Nov 14, 2022 | Extra curricular, Willoughby School
Birthday girl Eleanor helped Miss Smith cut the ribbon on the completion of the second phase of the Playground Refurbishment Project. In place of the bin store there is now a wonderful play house with an astro-turf carpet. The wobbly football goal has been replaced...
by Willoughby School | Oct 14, 2022 | Curriculum, Willoughby School
Key Stage 2 children have been learning about the ear in Science lessons and last week we welcomed some audiology experts to our class! The audiologists used a device with a video camera to show the children the inside of their ears! KS2 also experienced...
by Willoughby School | Oct 7, 2022 | Curriculum
Last week a fire fighter crew visited school as part of the Reception’s topic ‘People who help us’. The children were a buzz with excitement as the crew talked about fire safety, what to do if there was a fire at home. The children got to try on a...
by Willoughby School | Sep 25, 2022 | Trips & Visits
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 –...
