by Willoughby School | Mar 3, 2022 | Nature
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...
by Willoughby School | Jan 28, 2022 | Music
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...
by Willoughby School | Jan 25, 2022 | Sport
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...
by Willoughby School | Dec 18, 2021 | Christmas
Festive fun and games were enjoyed by children and staff alike at our Christmas Fair this week! Our KS2 children designed, made, advertised and promoted their Christmas games, which were then played and enjoyed by the whole school community. The games were great fun...
by Willoughby School | Dec 13, 2021 | Christmas
One of our favourite times of the year at Willoughby School is Christmas! We usually invite parents to the village church to watch our nativity, but this year was a little different. Due to COVID restrictions, we were unfortunately unable to gather as a full...
by Willoughby School | Dec 2, 2021 | Curriculum, Extra curricular, Science
In the last few weeks, our KS2 children have been focusing on learning about the human body! We were very pleased to welcome Mr Blount, one of our local Wolds Community First Responder, when he came in to school to teach KS2 about first aid. The children were really...
by Willoughby School | Nov 4, 2021 | Nature, Willoughby School
Our Reception children have enjoyed an autumn walk this week. They were asked to look out for signs of autumn in our local environment, so we took a stroll around our beautiful village. The children made a record of their finds – from leaves and plants to...
by Willoughby School | Sep 27, 2021 | Willoughby School
Over the summer we’ve been busy updating the playground with fun new equipment and markings! The children were excited to explore the new additions, which include a wooden stage area, a tipi near the KS1 classroom and lots of new playground markings to encourage...
by Willoughby School | Sep 17, 2021 | Curriculum, Science
The Autumn term is well underway and we’re all so happy to be back! Below are some photos from our first week, to give you just a taste of what we’ve been doing. In KS2 science lessons, the children have been learning, in a practical way, about how the...
by Willoughby School | Jul 20, 2021 | Willoughby School
It’s been a challenging year when many of our pupils were unable to celebrate their birthdays with friends. So, we decided to give them all a chance to do just that! With funding and organisational help from FOWS, we arranged for all our pupils to enjoy an...