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Our French Partner Teacher visits Willowbrook!
Fri 22 Apr 2016We were really excited to welcome Barbara the French teacher from Bordeaux who Miss Davies stayed with on her visit there in the Autumn Term. The children really enjoyed having Barbara visit their classes and explain all about her school, the local area and the sights of Bordeaux. The children had lots of questions to ask about the French school system and were surprised to hear that the French pupils don’t wear uniform and they have a Wednesday afternoon off! She also taught the children some French songs and we sang some Welsh songs for her too. Barbara came to Miss Davies’ French club and taught the children how to say ‘My favourite subject is…’ and the different French words for stationary items. All the pupils loved having Barbara in the club and felt very lucky to meet someone who spoke fluent French. Merci Barbara!
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Bling your Bike!
Fri 15 Apr 2016As part of our two week 'Big Pedal' where we are encouraging our pupils to cycle or scoot to school, we held a 'Bling your Bike' day on the 15th April. As the photos show, we had some imaginative and highly visible decorations on both bikes and helmets! Well done to all involved and those who came in the top 3 were given prizes to say 'well done!' Our thanks to Hamish from Sustrans for his help and to Miss Davies for organising the event.
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Welsh National Opera visit
Fri 18 Mar 2016Today we had the privilege of inviting members of the Royal Welsh College for Music & Drama as well as members of the Welsh National Opera. They worked with Classes 10 & 11 on a variety of creative themes for the morning workshops. Then the highlight of the day for pupils and staff was the production of Roald Dahl's 'Dirty Beasts' - one experienced teacher commented that it was one of the best school-based productions she had ever seen! Have a look at the pictures to get a flavour of the performance.
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Netball Competition
Thu 17 Mar 2016Our netball team had a great day taking part in a competition involving schools from the east of Cardiff. Each team played in a match against the other schools at the St. Mellons Community Centre and our girls played so well; they were competitive, enthusiastic, team-minded and good spirited. Well done everyone for contributing to a fantastic day and to Sport Cardiff for organising the tournament so well!
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St. David's Day 2016
Tue 01 Mar 2016What a wonderful day we had celebrating and enjoying all things 'Welsh' - recognising and rewarding outstanding work across the whole school. Design Technology projects, artistic landscapes and impressions, beautifully crafted handwriting and inspired creative writing were evidence of the talent the school has!
Llongyfarchiadau to our Chair of the Bard whose brilliantly written poem about the Welsh Dragon was the finale to a great day.
Well done also to Willow House for gaining the most house points and whose name will be inscribed on our St. David's Day shield for 2016 - arddechog pawb!
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Year One find the Gruffalo!
Tue 09 Feb 2016On the 9th February, our Year One pupils visited Caerphilly Mountain Ranch and enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about the 'Gruffalo' story which has been part of their Literacy focus. The pictures show how much they enjoyed the day and brought this wonderful story to life for them!
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'Be Bright' Day!
Fri 29 Jan 2016Thanks to all the children and staff for coming to school dressed in colourful, fluorescent and luminous items of clothing as part of our 'Be Bright' Day. This was organised in conjunction with Sustrans to help communicate the important message of being visible and therefore safe when walking, running, cycling or scooting.
Thanks to Miss Davies for organising the event and to Sustrans for the supply of great prizes! The following pupils came first in their individual classes for wearing the brightest outfits!
Class 1: Amelia Williams Class 2: Noah Dutton-Henry
Class 3: Bintou Bojang Class 4: Thomas-Joel Roberts
Class 5: Caleb Powditch O'Connell Class 6: Bella Garbett
Class 7: Poppy Lloyd Class 8: Tia Thomas
Class 9: Alex Lidgey Class 10: Skye Shapcott
Class 11: Emelia Hennessey Class 12: Harley Blake
Class 13: Kacey McKonkey
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Artists in Residence
Mon 25 Jan 2016Some of our Key Stage Two children visited UWIC to see their superb artwork exhibited on the campus. Their work was based around how to represent the process of metamorphosis and the pictures show they captured this so well! Our thanks to Mrs Williams and Miss Barlow for their guidance and support through the project and we wish them every success in their teaching careers.
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Road Safety Assembly
Mon 11 Jan 2016Mr. Paul Griffiths from the County's Road Safety Team delivered an assembly remiding the children of the importance of safe travel. He explained that bikes should be checked using the ABC approach: A-air (check tyres) / B-brakes / C-chain.
He also reminded the children of the importance of wearing a helmet and being visible, ideally using a 'high-viz' jacket.
It was really good to be reminded of these key points!
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Hwyl fawr Mrs. Marchesi!
Wed 09 Dec 2015On Wednesday 9th December, we said our official 'Goodbye' to Mrs. Marchesi who has left Willowbrook to become Headteacher at St. Mellons Church in Wales Primary School. One of our Year 6 pupils read a lovely poem, our Head Boy & Head Girl presented Mrs Marchesi with a gift and the school sang a song written especially for her. We will miss Mrs. Marchesi but know that her new school will appreciate her as much as we do!
