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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!
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Eco Committee Christmas Tree Competition
Fri 04 Dec 2015The Eco Committee represented the school in a Christmas Tree Decoration Competition in the National Botanic Gardens of Wales on Thursday 3rd December 2015. The whole school from Nursery through to Year 6 made a range of tree decorations from everyday waste materials (such as toilet rolls, milk bottle tops and cardboard boxes) and natural materials (such as pine cones, willow and wood) . This year's theme was "A Magical Christmas Woodland". The children produced some amazing decorations made from old light bulbs, pop bottles, leaves and willow. Although we didn't win a prize this year, we felt our tree was the best decorated! The Eco Committee represented the school in a way which made Mrs Barber, Ms Thomas and Mr Eagles very proud! Da Iawn Pawb!
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Miss Davies' assembly on France
Wed 02 Dec 2015Today Miss Davies shared with the children her visit to Romane, Bordeaux a few weeks back. She explained how there were some similiarities to what we do here at Willowbrook but also that there are many differences too!
It was lovely to see how enthusiastic the children are to develop this link and letters will be written to make new friendships with boys and girls from another country.
The pictures attached give a snapshot of what the children learnt through this assembly - merci beaucoup Miss Davies!
