Come to the edge... where all children are 'free range'
* expect the best from ourselves and others
* have high standards in behaviour, appearance, presentation, environment
*challenge children and take them to the edge of their capabilities, and in doing so encourage children to challenge themselves
* enable children to learn independently, applying skills they have learnt
* be brave enough and informed enough to take considered risks
* be engaged enough to question
* inform and engage parents in the learning taking place
* provide opportunities for parents to further their own learning
It's a beautiful day here in Wales! The sun is shining! We had a really good sleep last night and awoke with plenty of energy! We have all done climbing, jungle vines and laser. Lots and lots of fun has been had and hopefully, after room inspection tonight, we will be heading to the tuck shop!
Wow! What a wonderful day we have had at school. We all had a super experience learning new tricks with a skipping rope. We had some personal bests today and everyone pushed themselves to learn something new!
Our first day has been lovely! Weather is fabulous and we has a cracking time in the underground caves. It was so good that some of us had to go for a lie down afterwards!! For tea we had sausages or chicken pie with a brownie to follow. We have just played a few team games and we are off to play g…
What a brilliant performance by our children. A huge Well Done to Miss Quayle for all the hard work. Many lunchtimes given up to achieve this!!! Such enthusiasm.
We had some amazing daffodils and decorated pots brought into school. Certainly brightened up a dull week, weatherise!!! I am so glad judging was being done by Douglas borough council, and not me!!!!! Winners were awarded for each class. Norwood - Reception. Best daffodil - Lexi Crellin. Best decor…
Year 2 have been working on recounts. Will Gerrard wrote this recount about World Book Day last week. Willaston World Book Day! On Thursday 7th March, Willaston School had a special day, World Book Day. Some people dressed up as super heroes, some people dressed as princesses. Some parents came in…
We have been loving our return to our second home. So far we have made twig monsters, tree house bridges, dams and dens.
It was a delight to welcome parents/carers of our Year 1 class to lunch today. They enjoyed a lovely lunch then spent time in the classroom with the children. Thank you to all who joined us!!
We have had Mrs Kneen in to talk about World War Two and share with us some of her WWII artefacts. We looked at gas masks, fire pumps, helmets, boots and a baby's gas mask. Lots of questions were asked and we got to handle the artefacts ourselves. At the end, Mrs Kneen gave us all a weeks sweet rat…
On Thursday 25th October 2018 Willaston Primary School children, staff and parent helpers walked over to Nobles Park to take part in Go Run for Fun. The event, which is usually held at the NSC, took place at Nobles Park. We were kindly given Go Run for Fun t-shirts which we wore with pride during o…
What a community event Wednesday's sponsored walk around Willaston turned out to be! A huge thank you to Bobby and Deane for working so hard to organise this special event. The photographs and money raised speak for themselves. Carefully counting the sponsorship money which is still rolling in.....…
We thoroughly enjoyed our time on the computer bus with Mr Townsend. He taught us how to put 'magic move' onto a key note prese…
Ballanard's Boat Themed Visits for this half term! We have been to the House of Manannan and The Peggy Story. We are off to see…
What a marvellous few weeks we have had enjoying Forest school with 'Out to Play'. The children enjoyed taking part in various…
Last week Jamie Blair came to talk to our key stage 1 children about the importance of bees! Jamie talked to us about bee keepi…
On Thursday 1st March we celebrated World Book Day - one of our favourite days of the year at Willaston School! Yet again we we…
On Monday 26th February Cedar class celebrated 100 days of school. The students have been counting the days since September as…
