Virtual talk about St Cuthbert with Reverend Skidmore
Year 6’s enjoyed meeting with Reverend Skidmore with Herringthorpe Junior School last week to learn all about the life of St Cuthbert. This will be valuable when visiting Northumberland next […]
Category Archives: Residentials
We believe that Residentials are a key part of primary education which allow children to experience learning first hand while developing as individuals. Children are able to develop independence, confidence and resilience as well as enhancing self regulation, teamwork and problems solving skills which develop leadership.
Day 2 at Crowden – Maths residential
During our time at Crowden, children across Willow Tree Academy have taken part in a range of deeper thinking maths activities. At Roughwood Primary School, we value the importance of […]
Year 5 Children Enjoy Their Residential At Stratford-upon-Avon
After a quick sleep, we were up and ready for another day of adventure – today we visited Tudor World, tomorrow we’re going on a boat adventure on the River […]
Eyam 2022
What an amazing residential we’ve had this week with Year 3 & 4 children! For these children, it was their first ever residential and they were absolutely fantastic, asking so […]
Year 6 Maths Residential – Day 2
We arrive home safe and sound from a fantastic couple of days in Crowden on the Year 6 Maths Residential, with other children from across the academy. The children carried […]
Year 6 Maths Residential – Day 1
Across the academy, some of our Year 6s represented Willow Tree on a challenging mathematic residential over two days with two other schools across our academy. We have returned from […]
From rain to sun on Lindisfarne
We have crossed the causeway to Holy Island and are now stranded till 4 when the tide goes out. It’s a good job there’s lots to see and do and […]
Song of Eyam
Class 7 went to Eyam in April and created our own version of the Eyam Story. We borrowed a familiar tune, which you will probably recognise. We hope you enjoy […]