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Inter-House Handball Competition
During the week commencing 21st March, every child across school competed in our most recent intra-school competition - Handball. Handball is a fast paced, energetic and inclusive game which is best described as a mixture of netball and football. A football pitch...
Year 5 Sewing
Year 5 had a go at sewing this week. We mastered the running stitch, back stitch and satin stitch ready to create pieces of art based on work by Victoria Poltovitza.
Year 5 Gymnastics
Year 5 have been working really hard in gymnastics. We have been focusing on partnered work looking at counterbalance and counter tension. It requires a lot of strength, creativity and teamwork!
Year 6 World Book Day 2023
On Thursday 2nd March, all classes at The Willows celebrated World Book Day. In Year 6, we completed our own stories in the style of our class book for the day - Aesop's Fables. The children used a picture stimulus to plan and write their own story with a moral...
Year 6 World Book Day 2023
On Tuesday 28th February, 10 children from Year 3 and Year 4 took part in the Carr Hill Dodgeball tournament. The children played competitive dodgeball games against children from other local schools. The children had a fantastic afternoon, showing great sporting...
World Book Day – Reception
Today we celebrated World Book Day. The children came to school dressed as their favourite character. Our theme this year is stories with a moral, Reception have been looking at the story of 'The Rainbow Fish'. We started the day with a Family Fun session in the...
Year 5 and 6 Carr Hill Dodgeball Tournament
Two teams of children from Year 5 and 6 took part over two consecutive weeks in this year's Carr Hill Dodgeball Tournament. The mixed teams of boys and girls took part in competitive dodgeball competitions against 11 other teams from local primary schools. There was...
Year 5 Space Gadgets
Year 5 have been working hard designing a new space gadget in English so that astronauts can visit other planets. In art, we have made a model of it out of salt dough.
Year 6 Make Healthy Pizzas
On Wednesday 1st February, Year 6 finally made their healthy pizzas. The children have been working hard on a healthy living project, mixing their knowledge of science and design technology. The children designed a healthy, well-balanced pizza that had less fat and...
Year 5 CAD robots
Year 5 have been working incredibly hard to create some 3D robots using CAD software. It is really tricky to work in 3 dimensions on a computer, but they have produced some fabulous work.
Year 5 Bikeability
Year 5 took part in their Bikeability training last week. They learnt so much about riding their bikes safely on the road and had great fun as well. It was a bit cold though!
Reception celebrate Chinese New Year
This week Reception have been learning all about the Chinese New Year festival. We have been taking part in lots of craft activities; making lanterns, painting Chinese numbers. We have also been dressing up, using chopsticks and looking at the culture in more...
Year 5 Lunar Landscapes
Year 5 have been arty again. This time, we created some mixed media lunar landscapes. First, Modroc was applied to built up the texture of the crater, then we mix different tones using black and white paint. Finally, we flicked some white paint to create stars. They...
Year 5 Fauvism Art
Painting in the Fauvism style Year 5 have been. Bright colours and energetic movements key characteristics are. Amazing don’t they look, hmm?
Reception and Year 6 Forest School
Reception and Year 6 joined together for a buddy outdoor learning day. They had so much fun working together to build different things in the Forest School area. They made their own flat breads and then added jam, butter or syrup; They tasted delicious!
Craft Club – Reception and Year 1
This week in Craft Club, we looked at painting carefully, using cotton buds. We chose our favourite colours to make up our rainbows. Next week we will be adding cotton wool to make our clouds. Then, we will be adding ribbon to make our door hangers. The children are...
Food Technology
This half term in Design and Technology Year 2 have been learning all about food. We have learnt the different food groups as well as how to be hygienic and how to select the correct tools when working with certain foods. Year 5 kindly helped with our Food Technology,...
Year 3 – Christmas Lunch!
The children all enjoyed feeling festive in their Christmas jumpers for Christmas lunch. A very big thank you to the wonderful ladies in the kitchen for such beautiful food!
Christmas Music Concerts
This week we have seen two outstanding
Year 6 Skateboarders!
On Tuesday 29th September, Year 6 had an hour's skateboard coaching with Issy from Team Rubicon Skateboarding. This was in a bid to engage the childr5en in physical activity and my goodness, did they engage! All of the children loved learning how to ride the...
Year 3 – Forest School
Year 3 loved getting muddy during their half termly Forest School session with Mrs. Hayes and as always, they had lots of fun exploring and adventuring in the Forest School area.
Year 5 and 6 Carr Hill Athletics Tournament
On Tuesday 30th November, 22 children from Year 5 and 6 represented The Willows at the annual Year 5 and 6 Fylde Sportshall Athletics Tournament at Carr Hill High School. Every child took part in field events such as the long jump, standing triple jump, javelin and...
Reception – Building dens with our Year 6 buddies.
Reception were so lucky to have their Year 6 buddies helping them to make dens for The Gruffalo characters. They worked hard to ensure their dens were strong, the correct size and be comfortable homes for the characters. Mrs Barnett and Mr Wylde thought the dens...
Reception – Our Nativity
Today, Reception impressed the whole school by retelling the story of The Nativity. Every child spoke so clearly and acted out their parts extremely well. I know all the children and staff watching were extremely proud of them all. Well done Reception, you have very...
Year 3 – Skateboarding!
Year 3 enjoyed their skateboarding session outside. The children tried pancake flips, push offs and turns - they were fearless and loved every minute! A big thank you to Issy from Team Rubicon for teaching us some amazing new skills and sharing his talents with us!
Year 3 – World Cup Workshop!
Year 3 are very excited about the World Cup and had a fabulous time at the world cup workshop on Tuesday. They had a great time dancing, playing ball games and looking at lots of different flags. The children then used atlases and maps to locate the countries of the...
Year 5 Say Cheese!
As part of our food topic, Year 5 are exploring where food comes from and how it is made. We watched a video on how cheese is made and had a go at separating milk into curds and whey.
Year 5 and 6 Dodgeball
Year 5 and 6 had great fun taking part in the inter-house dodgeball competition. It was wacky and wild and the children had such enthusiasm. There were balls flying everywhere and it took four members of staff to referee each match! There was great teamwork and...
Year 3 and 4 – Inter-House Dodgeball Tournament!
This week, the children took part in an Inter-House Dodgeball competition and the children in years 3 and 4 teamed up to play dodgeball matches in their house teams. The children had a great time and a big congratulations to Saint Theresa (red team) who won!
Year 3 – Turkish delight!
Each lunchtime when the children come in from outside, they get comfy and listen to a story. The children have been listening to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis and this week the story finally came to an end with Aslan defeating the White Witch. To...
Reception – Designing baubles for the Kirkham display
Today, Reception have been designing their own Christmas baubles, these will be used to decorate railings in the Kirkham Town Centre. They worked so hard on their design, carefully choosing the different colours to make their design stand out. Well done Reception!
Year 5 DT Vegetable Stew
Year 5 have been at it again! This week, they have worked together in groups to make a delicious and healthy stew. Fabulous cooking, everyone. Well done!
Year 5 DT Scrambled egg
Year 5 have done some cooking in DT. They cracked an egg, used the bridge to chop a tomato and added some ham and spring onions. Then they cooked it in a frying pan. It was all done completely independently and their reward was that they got to eat it. The classroom...
Year 3 – Glow Dodgeball Day!
On Monday, each class had an allocated P.E. slot in the hall under U.V. lights playing glow in the dark dodgeball. The children came dressed in their own, pastel coloured clothes which shone in the dark and we covered our faces in exciting glow in the dark face paint!...
Year 6 Remembrance Prayer And Liturgy
On Thursday 10th November, Year 6 led a Prayer and Liturgy for the whole school based on the theme of Remembrance. The children led the reflection wonderfully, in a very calm, reflective and respectful manner. After explaining what Remembrance is about, Emily read the...
Year 6 Glow Dodgeball
On Monday 7th November, The Willows held a Glow Dodgeball Day, where every class had an allocated P.E. lesson in the hall under U.V. lights playing glow in the dark dodgeball. The children came dressed in their own, pastel coloured clothes which shone in the dark and...
Year 5 Outdoor Learning
Year 5 had a fantastic day outside during our Outdoor Learning Day. We had great fun doing seasonal dances, used a fire starter and created some art using natural materials such as leaves and sticks. It got quite competitive during our orienteering activities.
Year 5 Glow Dodgeball
We had a fantastic time playing Glow Dodgeball. It was so much fun playing in the dark, using the UV lights to make us all glow. Brilliant!
Reception – Glow Dodgeball
This morning Reception have taken part in glow dodgeball. Using the UV face paint, the reception children were turned into cats. We took part in dancing games, dodgeball style games and loved looking at all the different colours glow in the dark.
Reception – Outdoor Day
Reception were so lucky to spend all Thursday day outside with Mrs Hayes. She planned such wonderful activities; creating bird feeders, making paintbrushes, creating beautiful pictures and making potions. We then took part in an outdoor dance lesson. We had so much fun.
Year 3 – Outdoor Learning Day!
Mr Sharrock organised a wonderful whole-school Outdoor Learning Day yesterday. We were so lucky with the weather and the children loved spending the entire day outside. Every class took part in activities provided by external instructors in ForestSchool, Dance and...
Year 6 Outdoor Learning Day Fun!
On Thursday 3rd November, The Willows held a school-wide Outdoor Learning Day, where the children took their learning to the great outdoors for a fun-filled day. Year 6 spent their morning in the church grounds, first doing some outdoor reading of our class novel...
Scoot At School Fun!
On Monday 17th, Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th October, our whole school took part in Scoot At School Day. Each child was invited to bring in their scooter and helmet (or borrow a scooter from our breaktime fleet) and spend several 20 minute sessions throughout the...
Year 3 – Visit to Church!
Year three joined the Parish for Mass this week and they were amazing! It was our first class visit and we were so proud of how reverent and prayerful the children were, and how wonderful they were at answering questions and listening to Father Andrew talk to us about...
Year 5 Scoot at School
Year 5 had great fun playing on our scooters. There were wheelies, ollies and drifts going on all over the place as well as many other stunts!
Reception Scoot to School Day
On Monday, the Reception children travelled to and from school on their scooters. We also used our scooters in school on the playgrounds. We had lots of fun, showing each other tricks and avoiding lots of obstacles in the playground. We can't wait for the next Scoot...
Year 3 – Scoot at School!
Today we brought our scooters to school and enjoyed scooting throughout the day to keep ourselves fit and healthy. We had lots of fun zooming around the playground and we can't wait for another day scooting at school!
Year 6 WW1 Visit
On Monday 17th October, Year 6 were visited by Sgt. Powell of the North Lancashire Regiment. He spent the afternoon putting the children through their paces joining the army, learning drill before guiding them through the process of signing their attestations and...
Year 5 DT Toys
Year 5 have finally finished their mechanical toys for Blackpool Zoo. They have worked extremely hard to get the mechanism to work properly. (It is quite tricky!) We are really pleased with what we have achieved and hope that you like them as well. Well done, Year 5....
Year 6 WW1 Dance
In P.E. this half term, Year 6 have been linking their P.E. work to their history topic of World War 1. The children learnt all about different aspects of WW1 trench life and then chose 4 different aspects to portray as freeze frames. The children worked in groups to...
Year 6 Readytalk sessions
Year 6 have started their Readytalk sessions this week. We are fortunate enough to have Naomi, an NHS psychologist, who is coming into our class to pilot a new mental health and wellbeing scheme that can teach the children new skills how to cope with worries and...
Year 3 – Stone Age Day
Year 3 had a fabulous Stone Age Day packed full of fun and adventure! The children spent part of the day in our Forest School area completing lots of different Stone Age activities. They enjoyed grinding natural materials to make prehistoric paint and smashed willow...
Year 5 DT mechanical toys
Year 5 have started to make their mechanical toys in DT. We have been asked by Blackpool Zoo to design a themed toy with a mechanical element. It is very tricky to fine tune the mechanism so that they work correctly, but we are showing amazing perseverance and teamwork.
Making Diwali Candle Holders
This week, Reception and Year 3 have been looking at Diwali. The children have enjoyed looking at Rangoli patterns and Mehndi hand patterns. Reception were so lucky to have the Year 3 children as their Art buddies for the past 2 days. Year 3 have helped the reception...
Year 6 Bikeability
During our second week of the Half Term, Year 6 completed their Bikeability training. Instructors from the GoVelo company came into school and taught the Year 6 children how to check and ride their bike safely. Once the children showed they were confident navigating...
Year 6 Meet Their Buddies!
After a week of waiting, the Year 6 children finally got to meet their Reception Buddy on Friday 9th September. The children were SO excited about becoming a Buddy, a position we hold very highly at our school. The Year 6 children are paired up with a Reception child,...
Year 6 Outdoor R.E. Artwork
As part of our R.E. topic this half term, which is all about love and the key Christian Values, we have taken our R.E. learning outside! The children have been carefully considering which Christian values are most important and linking this to their own lives,...
Year 3 – Adventures in Forest School!
Year 3 enjoyed another Forest School session with Mrs. Hayes and absolutely loved exploring outside! The children had fun making sensory smoothies, climbing trees and building dens - it is so wonderful to see their confidence and teamwork skills grow with every...
Year 3 – Budding Gymnasts!
Year 3 have been working hard on their gymnastic skills in PE! They have been perfecting how they travel around a room; practising their balances on 1, 2, 3 and 4 points; perfecting their rolls and have started to create a sequence of moves with a partner. The...
Year 3 – Forces!
Year 3 have been learning about simple forces - pushes and pulls. We push and pull objects to do many different things. When we push or pull objects we can move the object, change the shape of the object or make the object change direction. We push and pull objects...
Year 3 – Our First Forest School Session!
The children enjoyed their very first Forest School session in Year 3 and it was lovey to see their creativity and independence shine! Many fabulous dens were build, trees were climbed and beautiful leaf pictures were created. We can't wait for our next session!
Year 5 Science Forces
Year 5 have been learning all about different forces in Science. We investigated air resistance by changing different variables with our Autogyros. We found out that smaller Autogyros spin more quickly than larger ones because they don't have as many air particles to...
Year 5 Tag Rugby
Year 5 have been having a go at Tag Rugby. It is really difficult to get our head around some of the rules of the game, but we are loving it. It is hard work, but we are showing great perseverance and teamwork.
Year 5 Portraits
The start of a brand new year. We painted our portraits to see if we have changed. Aren't they fabulous?
Reception – Our Favourite Character
This week, in Reception, we are looking at the story 'Don't hog the hedge.' The children listened to the story of the hedgehog sharing her cosy warm hibernation place with other animals. They then decided which animal was their favourite from the story and had a go at...
Reception Outdoor Learning
Reception are so lucky to have an outdoor learning session in our Forest School area every Thursday. The children have enjoyed exploring the area; looking for signs of Autumn alongside painting and swinging in the hammocks.
Year 3 – Hunter-Gatherers!
We are loving learning about the Stone Age in Year 3. We are learning all about the different periods of the Stone Age and know that during the Mesolithic period (middle Sone Age), people had to be hunter-gatherers in order to survive. In teams, we thought about what...
Reception – Our First Week
What a fun first week we had in our new classroom. We enjoyed lots of fun activities and made lots of new friends. We met our Year 6 buddies and even had our first Music lesson.
Reception – Our First Day
It was lovely to welcome our Reception children to our Willows family. We showed them around school and together we said the Willow's prayer.
Year 6 Scale The Climbing Wall
On Tuesday 5th July, Year 6 tackled the Mobile Climbing Wall which visited school. Staff from Alternative Adventure harnessed the children up and explained that the aims of the climbing session was for the children to push boundaries, challenge themselves and gain...
Climbing Wall Success
On Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th July, a mobile climbing wall provided by Alternative Adventure visited The Willows. The aim of the climbing wall visit, which was funded by our Sports Premium funding, was to build our children's resilience and self-confidence, giving...
Golden Mile Summer Term Winners
In a bid to increase the opportunities for our children to engage in physical activity and try to reach the 1 hour of activity recommended for children every day, we run the Golden Mile at The Willows. This is where the children come out as a class and run around a...
Year 3 Stanley Park Trip
On Wednesday 29th June, Year 3 spent an amazing day at Stanley Park and the Outdoor Revolution climbing, low ropes and caving facilities. After a brief coach trip to Stanley Park, the children were quickly fitted with harnesses and helmets to tackle one of two...
Sports Day 2022
On Wednesday 22nd July, we held our annual Sports Day. We were delighted to welcome back families and spectators for this year's sporting celebrations, and it was great to see such a great turn out throughout the day to cheer on the children. The morning saw the KS1...
Orienteering Inter-House Sports Competition
Over this last week we have held an inter-house sports competition for orienteering. At The Willows, we are very keen to engage all of our children in sporting competitions and so hold an inter-house sports competition across school every half term. The children...
Scoot At School Day!
Throughout the last week, classes across school have taken it in turns to bring in their scooters for another Scoot At School Day. After the success of our first Scoot At School Day and seeing how much the children enjoyed themselves, we are going to hold a Scoot At...
Lancashire Commonwealth Baton Relay
On Wednesday 25th May, The Willows took part in the Lancashire Commonwealth Baton Relay. Schools across Lancashire came together to pass a commemorative relay baton from school to school across the whole of Lancashire with the shared mission of raising the profile of...
Year 6 Fleetwood Visit
On Friday 13th May, Year 6 went on an educational visit for the day to Fleetwood and Fleetwood Museum. After a long week of completing their SATs, the Year 6's were ready for an adventure and what better way to get to Fleetwood than a tram ride down the full stretch...
Year 5 Art Weaving
Year 5 have done some amazing weaving just like the Anglo Saxons.
Year 5 Rainforest Art
We used pastels to copy the style of artist Ruth Daniels.
Get Caught Reading Competition – The Winners!
We are delighted to announce that our winners for the Get Caught Reading Challenge have been decided and have been announced in a special celebration assembly. Winners were awarded a £10 National Book Tokens voucher each to further promote their love of reading. The...
Music Workshops
What a fantastic day we had with Fr. Manny and Cameron who inspired us with their piano playing. Fr. Manny was Parish Priest at The Willows before Fr. Andrew, and Cameron is a former pupil of our school. He is now studying piano performance at The Royal Northern...
Golden Mile Spring Competition Winners!
At The Willows, we try to provide lots of opportunities for our children to be active and achieve the recommended 1 hour of physical activity every day - one way we achieve this is by running in our Golden Mile competition. After 8 long weeks of running during active...
Year 3 – Blue Moose Dance
During the topic of Roman Britain in year 3 we had the Blue Moose Dance Academy come in and take a series of dance sessions while linking this in with our topic of Roman Britain. Over the weeks, we introduced new elements of dance to eventually have a whole class...
Year 3 – World Book Day 2022
The whole school celebrated World Book Day by coming into school dressed as a book character. It was fantastic to see all the children in their costumes, sharing with each other different books and stories. The children had a brilliant day taking part in lots of...
Get Caught Reading Competition – The Entries
Well done to all of the children who entered our Get Caught Reading Competition this term. There are some really creative photo spots fitting in with our theme of water and it is great to see you all enjoying reading while out and about with your families. The winners...
Get Caught Reading Challenge Launch
After the success of our Festive Reading Challenge and to continue the momentum of the children's love of reading after World Book Day, we are holding a new school-wide reading competition this half term. Our latest 'Get Caught Reading' competition requires you to...
Year 5 Wellbeing week
We had a fabulous wellbeing week in Year 5. We did lots of teamwork challenges and learnt all about what anxieties are and how we can help ourselves and others with difficulties. We made dreamcatchers from piece of willow and had a go at lots of calming activities...
Year 6 World Book Day
On Thursday 3rd March, we celebrated World Book Day in style in Year 6. The children all dressed up as their favourite book characters and completed lots of challenges about our current class book - The Midnight Gang. Our day started with a 'Guess The Staff Member'...
We Love Reading – World Book Day 2022
Today we celebrated our love of reading as a school for World Book Day. The children and staff dressed up as a character from a book and enjoyed taking part in fun reading activities all day. Classes spent time together, with the older children being reading buddies...
Year 6 Wellbeing Week!
This week across school, we have held a wellbeing week to celebrate and hold further emphasis on the children's mental health. Our specific focus in Year 6 this week has been team building, resilience and developing our confidence with communication. We have had...
Year 5/6 Handball Tournament
We had a fantastic afternoon when Year 5 and 6 joined together for a Handball tournament. It was just a bit of fun during our Well-being Week, but Saint Cecilia house won overall. Well done everyone for your hard-work and determination, but most of all the teamwork...
Year 6 Make Healthy Pizzas!
During the last half term, Year 6 have learnt about healthy living and how to maintain a healthy, balanced diet in Science. They have recently applied this knowledge to a D.T. project, where they had to design and make a healthy pizza. We wanted to take a food product...
Year 6 Safer Internet Day
On Tuesday 8th February, Year 6 celebrated Safer Internet Day. With an increased number of children having access to technology, we chose to focus heavily on safe communication and respect when interacting online for this year's Safer Internet Day. Our day was started...
Year 2 – Writing instructions and making milkshakes
This week Year 2 have been writing instructions using time connectives. They have been writing instructions for how to draw a dog and how to make a milkshake. Today the children made their milkshake following instructions from their partners. I have been so impressed...
Year 5 Finished CAD Robots
What do you think of our finished CAD robots? Aren’t they fantastic?
Year 5 Dance
We are having great fun with our dances. Can you see our space inspired moves!
Year 5 Computing CAD Robots
We are creating 3D robots using CAD. It is very tricky, but they are already looking amazing!
Festive Reading Challenge – The Winners!
On Friday 28th January, we held our special assembly to announce the winners of our Festive Reading Challenge. One lucky child from each class was announced as a winner in front of the whole school, and were awarded their £10 book token prize to help continue their...
Art Club
The Year One and Year Two Art Club children have been busy designing and making their own clay pots which they have enjoyed painting. During Art Club the children have learnt about artists such as Andy Goldsworthy and Monet. Over the next few weeks the children will...
