Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Open Days September 2023 Starters

  Wed 23 Nov 2022
  

• Glow in the dark Dodgeball

  Wed 09 Nov 2022
  Glow in the dark dodgeball is coming to Willowbank Primary School

   

  Sporty Stars will be hosting a GLOW IN THE DARK DODGEBALL EVENING on Wednesday 9th November

   

  This unique experience combines UV and disco lighting, face paint, fluorescent bibs, music and specialised sports equipment. Children will play a range of dodgeball related games in an exciting disco sporting environment, like no other. 

  We recommend children arrive wearing sporty clothing, they will be provided with all the equipment they require including fluorescent bibs and face paint.

  Timings:

  Keystage 1: 5:15pm - 6:15pm 

  Keystage 2: 6:30pm - 7:30pm

   

  Bookings: 

   

  The cost of these sessions are £7 per person, each session will have a limited number of spaces.

   

  Book online via the website here: https://www.sportystars.co.uk/glow-sports-events.html

• Meal Time Assistant / Playworker Vacancy

  Fri 21 Oct 2022

  We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our friendly team as a meal time assistant. Please see our vacancies section for full details.

• September Starters

  Wed 05 Oct 2022

  Our September starters have settled in well to our Foundation classes. Here they are all looking very smart.

  

• Weather warning!

  Mon 18 Jul 2022

  Here are some useful links which you may find helpful during tis speak of unusually hot weather. 

   

  https://www.sja.org.uk/get-advice/first-aid-advice/effects-of-heat-and-cold/heatstroke/

   

  https://www.sja.org.uk/get-advice/first-aid-advice/effects-of-heat-and-cold/heat-exhaustion/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3K_1ucyA-QIVA-rtCh1iLgH8EAAYASAAEgIFSvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

• Swap Shop - pre loved uniform

  Fri 08 Jul 2022

  Bring a carrier bag! 

  

• Home grown food for lunch

  Mon 04 Jul 2022

  Tina has been able to cook vegetable frittata for the lunch menu with vegetables grown by the children in the garden. The children have loved watching them grow during their Forest School sessions and harvesting them for Tina to cook. The finished frittata looks delicious!!

  

• Sports day 2022!

  Fri 01 Jul 2022

  On Wednesday we enjoyed our Sports day. All children in our school community took part in a series of fun activities, which included bat and balls games, jumping, throwing and running all lead by our fantastic sports leaders and house captains. 

  We were joined by many parents, carers and family members which was fantastic to see. The weather was largely kind to our KSI children in the morning but not so kind to KS2 in the afternoon when we experienced  some heavy downpours, but it didn't dampen the children's enthusiasm! 

  A massive thank you to Miss Gibbs for her organising of the day, to the sports leaders and house captains and to the parents and staff for clapping and cheering the children on.  

  

• England Womens vs South Africa Cricket

  Tue 28 Jun 2022

  '' Mrs Jaworski and Mrs Holbrook took Unit 3 to watch England vs South Africa in the Women's International Cricket on Monday in Taunton. A great day was had by all! A huge thank you to our wonderful parent helpers. ''

  

• Mayor James Buczkowski visit (and tour) of Willowbank School

  Fri 24 Jun 2022 The SIT team

  Mayor James was given a tour of all the classes, the meadow room, the library and forest school. He said it was very good that we are taught about diversity and uniqueness. He was really impressed because we sign in assemblies and he’d never seen it before.

  “The meadow is an excellent place because it is quiet and a nice place to go if the classroom was too much,” he said and that the library was a peaceful, cosy place (except the seagull nest on the roof!)

  We spoke about our Super Six reading programme and how they inspire us to be ourselves and everybody is unique. He said it was great that the librarians decided to set up the library club. Fortunately, Mayor James said that it was an amazing idea to have year six jobs:

  • Digital leader
  • Librarian
  • Sports leader
  • Prefect
  • House captains

   

   We explained to Mayor James about what we do in forest school:

  • Tree climbing
  • Wood work
  • Mud kitchen
  • Den building
  • The pond

  He had said that forest school was a good place to learn about the outdoors. We showed him that we made a hedgehog feeding centre.

  We showed Mayor James the trophy cabinet and how some students took part in the beach football tournament; he said it was impressive. We said that they showed determination (which we stated as one of our core values) in the game because they had to play on sand.

  PSHE, forest school, personal development and the well-being walls in Year 5/6 were an important discussion, as well as, Move and Choose, where we hear different genres of books read by different teachers. Finally, we directed Mayor James out of the building and said thank you for coming to our school.

  By Jake and Holly