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15 December 2025

Pavilions!


 

Over this half term, Willow have been designing and creating their own pavilion structures! 

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15 December 2025

Where does our food come from?

Willow interviewed our very own chef this week to understand where our food comes from. We will use this data to form conclusions regarding the positive and negative impacts of importing and exporting food.

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4 December 2025

Bionic Arms!


 

Willow had a great time creating their own bionic arm in science! They showed lots of love and perseverance to achieve their end result. Well done! 

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24 November 2025

Willow’s Water Workshop!

 

Willow Class enjoyed a visit from South Staffs Water, who led a water workshop. The children learnt all about water wastage and became activists through the activity of sharing the information as news reports and making stickers! We hope that the children take their learning away with…

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24 November 2025

Understanding Area with Squares!


 

In maths, Year 4 have been exploring the area of a 2D shape. They used post-it notes to create their own shapes with a set area. Well done Year 4!

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24 November 2025

Measuring our Bones!

 

Willow had lots of fun locating, measuring and recording the length of their bones in Science. Using our results, we were able to make comparisons and conclusions, evaluating what we could also do differently to ensure more accurate results. 

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11 November 2025

Odd Sock Day in Willow!

We are proud to be different! Well done Willow for celebrating our differences by supporting Odd Sock Day. 

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10 November 2025

Willow’s Independent Writing and Performing!

Well done to Willow for your beautiful published writing so far! This week, we practiced our oracy skills when performing our very own poem. 
 

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14 October 2025

Whittington Barracks!


 

Willow have loved learning all about WW1 over the past six week! Today, they deepened their learning with real life experiences, artefacts and sources at the Whittington Barracks. The educators at Whittington Barracks were extremely impressed with Willow’s subject knowledge - huge well done…

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9 October 2025

Square Numbers!

Willow are loving our new Number Sense Program! This week we have been learning our squares through rhythm, song and booklet practice! Well done to Willow for mastering your known facts and times tables knowledge! 

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9 October 2025

Kindness Week at Mary Howard!


 

Kindness week at Mary Howard! After discussing acts of kindness, the children of Mary Howard decided to flood the school with positive post-it notes! Some are for everyone, others are for our dedicated members of staff. A big well done to the children of Mary Howard for showing kindness to…

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7 October 2025

Painting with Depth: Willow Class Masters Tints and Shades

Willow Class has been diving into the amazing world of colour theory, and we've discovered a fantastic way to make our artwork jump right off the page: tints and shades! This skill is a fundamental building block for artists and is key to making flat drawings look three-dimensional (3D).

Mixing…

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