Look what we have been up to!

World Book Week

What a week it’s been here at the Willesborough Schools celebrating our love of reading and all-things-books!

We kicked off the week with the book fair at Willesborough Junior School alongside the start of our ‘class reading swaps’. Year three and year six, year two and year five and year one and year four all paired up and visited each other to share a story together. The atmosphere during these class swaps was amazing! Year two also got the opportunity to visit EYFS and impress them with their amazing reading skills. Some children even got to read to their younger siblings!

Across the week children continued to complete their book bingo activities, reading quizzes and read-a-thons which was super. Lots of children managed to read in all sorts of different places including under a tree, in the bathroom and even to a pet! Many children also managed to read over five books across the week – wow!

On World Book Day, we were blown away by the incredible costumes that the children dressed up in. It was like walking into a library with all the characters jumping out the books! We could see how much time and effort had gone into the costumes and it was lovely to see how much the children enjoyed dressing up as their favourite book character. Some children also received a special book prize for their costumes – congratulations! It was also great to see how the adults around the school put in a lot of effort to dress up as a book character. All children and adults looked fab!

We also had a special World Book Day Celebration Assembly where some lucky children who took part in the book bingo/reading quizzes received a special reading medal for their efforts.

To round the week off, every teacher chose a text or an extract from a text to ‘advertise’ outside their classrooms within their year group. Children within that year group then got the opportunity to choose which teacher that would like to listen to based on their choice of book. This was another very exciting opportunity for the children, not only to visit a different classroom and listen to a different adult read, but also to experience different stories and continue to develop the strong ‘reading for pleasure’ ethos we have.

Roll on next year!

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International Week

What a fantastic week to celebrate our amazing and diverse community! Children at WIS and WJS thoroughly enjoyed learning about their focus country. Thank you to all the parents who came in to speak with the children. The Lions and Pandas enjoyed listening to Mrs Waghorn read ‘The Gruffalo’ in French. Merci beaucoup, Mrs Waghorn!

The infant children thoroughly enjoyed a karate workshop, led by Lisa Collins. Sensei (teacher in Japanese) Lisa, taught the children some basic karate moves and a self-defence technique. Sensei Lisa emphasised the importance of respect, and how the karate moves should not be used outside of the workshop. The children also learnt how to count up to five in Japanese!

At the juniors, each class had the opportunity to learn a dance that reflected their chosen country. Kate, from The Education Group, did a fantastic job in choreographing and teaching each class a dance routine tailored to their specific country of choice. Across the juniors, the children have learnt a variety of new moves, ranging from, the can-can to Greek dancing, African dancing to Bollywood! All in all, it was a brilliant two days, full of fun, where each child has developed their dancing skills whilst continuing to learn something new about their class’ country!

The International Fair showcased some of the incredible projects and artwork that the children produced during International Week. Parents and children enjoyed ‘visiting’ each country’s display and locating the country on a world map. There were also some tasty international food treats to sample. Thank you to Wagamama’s and the Everest Inn for the kind food donations.

The success of International Week and the enthusiasm shown by both the children and staff is a testament to our school community, and the importance we place on embracing diversity and fostering a love for learning.