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

• Comic Relief Red Nose Day

  Fri 18 Mar 2022

  Today we have had a non-uniform day with a theme of ‘go for something that makes you giggle’. We have sold 80 red noses and asked parents to donate to the cause. Children have built LEGO designs and had fun in their costumes. 

  

• Oracy - a spotlight on Willowbank

  Wed 16 Mar 2022 Miss Gibbs

  Over the past year, teachers at Willowbank have been developing the Oracy skills (speaking) of the children through Voice21. As part of the project, the Oracy drive team implemented a poetry week focusing solely on the Oracy Framework. The Oracy Framework promotes the physical, linguistic, cognitive and social and emotional strands of speaking. Voice 21 were blown away with our project and have used Willowbank as 'spotlight school' to show other schools on the Oracy journey how to successfully implement, promote and value the power of talk. 

   

  A spotlight on Willowbank Primary School, Devon – Voice 21

   

   

• People Matter Collection

  Wed 16 Mar 2022

  Thank you to all who have donated to the toiletries collection for People Matter - Cullompton. The Ethos and Innovation Teams will be running another community-based project in the Summer Term, if you have any suggestions to how we can support our community or wider community, please send an email to emily.jaworski@firstfederation.org.uk   - Many thanks!

  

• Dress to Express - Child Mental Health Week

  Fri 11 Mar 2022

  Many children across school came dressed today in a variety of imaginative and fun ways to support Child Mental Health Week. We asked parents to make a voluntary donation in aid of Place2Be which is a children’s mental health charity supporting pupils, families and staff in UK schools. So far we have collected £155.00!

  Thank you to everyone who supported us today.  

  

• Owl pellets - Forest School

  Fri 11 Mar 2022

  This week in Forest school Children have been dissecting owl pellets. Following our topic all about birds we found out that owls cannot digest the bones of their prey and so regurgitate them in the form of a pellet. We carefully pulled the pellets apart and found lots of bones. The children always impress Miss Mogford with their curiosity, even if it's a bit yucky!

  A massive thanks to the people at Yarak bird of prey for donating the owl pellets. 

  

• Spring has sprung in Forest School

  Mon 07 Mar 2022

  Spring has well and truly sprung with pondlife, including newts and frog spawn! The children will be watching with anticipation over the coming weeks for froglets and then frogs to emerge! 

  

• World Book Day celebrations

  Fri 04 Mar 2022

  Our whole school community came together to celebrate World Book Day and our love for books! Children (and staff) dressed up as characters from their favourite books and stories. There were Harry Potters, pirates, old ladies, tigers, footballers, and many more. 

  Each child received a book token and a FREE book! 

  

• School Closure

  Thu 17 Feb 2022

  As you are aware, there are severe weather warnings in place for tomorrow (Friday 18th). For the safety of children, staff and families, we have made the decision to close . We are sorry for any inconvenience this will cause. There is learning on our website for all children to access.      

• Forest School

  Wed 09 Feb 2022

  We have had an amazing start to the year in Forest school. The children have enjoyed bird watching, den making, feeding the birds (including making special pizzas for them), using tools, playing games and much more!

  

• Virgin Care Flu Immunisation

  Tue 25 Jan 2022

  A team of nurses from Virgin Care visited us today to administer the nasal flu vaccine to our school community. If your child did not receive the vaccine today (due to absence or if you missed the date for consent to be given) there will be an opportunity to attend a Community clinic for vaccination at various locations.  Please call the immunisation team on 0300 247 0082 for more information.