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Year 6 Imperial War Museum
Year 6 visited the Imperial War Museum at Salford Quays on Monday. They enhanced their knowledge of the First and Second World Wars, which they have been learning about in history lessons. All the children were very respectful and enjoyed reading and looking at the...
Dance Festival 2025
We are so very proud of our Dance Festival team who were absolutely amazing when they performed on stage at The Winter Gardens. Each of them was a real credit to our school and joy to take to the event showing impeccable behaviour whilst in the holding area and...
Reception make bread
As part of our Design Technology learning this half term we have been experimenting with dough. We have been adding different amounts of water to create the perfect texture. We loved tasting our dough and adding butter and jam to the finished product. Great work...
Year 5 Volleyball
Year 5 had great fun trying the new sport of Volleyball. We had a go at different serving styles and made some fabulous rallies. There were even some pretty amazing spikes!
Year 5 DT Mechanical Toys
Year 5 worked incredibly hard and showed great perseverance and accuracy to design and make some wonderful animal themed toys with a mechanical element for their DT projects.
Year 5 Rockstars Day
Year 5 came dressed ready for action on our Rockstar Day. Their outfits were fabulous and they worked incredibly hard to increase their times tables knowledge and scores.
Reception celebrate Numbots and being Rockstars
This term Reception have been introduced to Numbots as part of their Math's learning. They have really enjoyed taking part in all the challenges and activities using their rockstar. To celebrate Numbots and being a number rockstar we all came to school dressed as...
Year 4
To consolidate their learning about France and life in The Alps from this half-term's geography topic, Year 4 held a French theme day on Monday 13th October. The children came to school dresse4d in the colours of the French flag and took part in lots of French themed...
Year 4 Forest School
On Thursday 16th October, Year 4 enjoyed their half-termly Forest School morning with Mrs Hayes. Forest School is one of the most exciting and highly-anticipated aspects of school for the children and it did not disappoint! The children had an amazing morning, working...
Year 5 Bikeability
Year 5 had a fabulous time getting out and about on their bikes when they did their Bikeability training. We learnt all about riding safely on the roads, how to signal and how to use junctions confidently. You might have seen us riding around Kirkham and the...
Year 5 Tag Rugby
Year 5 have been focusing on the skills and rules needed to play Tag Rugby. It is extremely demanding and needed all of our concentration and strength, but we have absolutely loved it and played some nail-biting matches.
Year 5 Science – Forces
Year 5 have been working incredibly hard in Science learning all about forces. We investigated friction, air resistance and gravity, used Newton Metres to measure some forces, and investigated how we could speed up or slow down autogyros. We witnessed a bowling ball...
Year 5 Poetry Day
Year 5 started the day by learning about rhyme, How words can match at the end of a line. We thought about rhythms, steady and clear, And listened to patterns that we could hear. We talked about sounds like bang and splash, Onomatopoeia made our poems flash. We mixed...
Reception celebrate Poetry Day
On Tuesday Reception enjoyed taking part in World Poetry Day. We learnt two poems; one about a snowman and one about a caterpillar. We then designed our own caterpillars and snowmen and made up our own poems. We had such a fun day!
Year 4 Poetry Day
On Tuesday 9th October, we completed a school-wide poetry day, celebrating all things poetry and taking part in lots of fun poetry activities within classes. In Year 4, Mr. Sharrock decided to theme the day around rapping and performance poetry. After being taught...
Year 4 Kirkham Fieldtrip
Year 4's Geography topic this half term is 'Life In The Alps', and part of this topic compares the locality and economy of Chamonix, France, with our local area of Kirkham. We went on a fieldtrip as a class on Monday 6th October, walking a pre-planned route which we...
Year 4’s convincing crossing campaign!
Year 4 have been forced into radical action after more recent car crashes and still no safe crossing from Kirkham over Preston New Road - NO MORE! We have written to our local M.P. urging him to act in the safety of our community and to install a safe crossing place....
Year 5 Forest School
Year 5 had a fabulous morning at Forest School. Here are a few photos to show what we got up to.
Year 5 Orienteering
Year 5 showed wonderful teamwork, map reading skills and energy during our orienteering taster session.
Year 5 Science Air Resistance
Year 5 had a fabulous afternoon learning all about air resistance. We stopped a ruler with a piece of paper and ran around with a carrier bag to feel the force, then we played with the parachutes to experience it on a larger scale. Finally, we made paper planes and...
Reception meet their Year 6 buddies.
Reception meet their Year 6 Buddies.This afternoon Reception met their Year 6 buddies. We were so lucky to have our first music lesson together with Mrs Mallinson. We then had some time outside playing together. Our buddies will help us settle into school life at The...
Reception Orienteering
Reception Map Reading and OrienteeringReception had a great time map reading and orienteering this week. We enjoyed learning the different symbols on the map then following the map to find different objects around our school grounds.
Orienteering Launch Day
This year, The Willows have joined forces with the team at Cross Curricular Orienteering to really enhance the active lessons we offer the children and the orienteering opportunities the children can experience across school. On Tuesday 16th September, we held our...
Year 4 Sound Experiments
Year 4's science topic this half term is all about sound and how we hear things. Sound is a very difficult concept for children as we cannot see it. To visualise how a sound wave is made and how sound travels, we conducted two tests and used practical equipment. The...
Reception create bug hotelsThis week Reception have been looking at the story Superworm. We have loved using our imaginations in Drawing Club and creating such amazing pieces of work. We have also been creating our own bug hotels for our worms to live in and then have...
Year 4 Gospel Values
Year 4 have spent the first 2 weeks of their R.E. topic learning about positive character values and the Gospel values. We discussed the Gospel Values, how Jesus taught us these and acted as a role model living these values in his life, then considered how we could...
Reception start school
Our New Reception Children Welcome to our new Reception children who have settled so well into school life. They have loved exploring the classroom and the outdoors. They even had their first music lesson with Mrs Mallinson.
We are, We are Year 4!
Welcome to Year 4! I have been so proud of how the children have settled in and performed on their first week; it has been a pleasure getting to know them and sharing the exciting plans for the year ahead! To help us think about our hopes and dreams for Year 4, the...
Year 4 Egyptian Day
Year 4 have been spending the last half term learning about 'The Ancient Egyptians' in history. On Monday 14th July, the children had a wonderful visit from a member of the Lancashire Heritage Museums team, who led an Egyptian workshop for the children all morning....
KS2 Colour Run!
On Monday 14th July, the whole school held an amazing colour run afternoon as an end of year celebration. KS2 children combined the colour run with a 'wet and wild' fun run, with a 200m course set up around the school field where teachers were stationed throwing holi...
Year 5 History
Year 5 had a fabulous afternoon when Joseph came to teach us all about Ancient Greek houses. The best part was that we got to build our own houses out of Lego!
Year 4 D.T. Electrical Boardgames
Year 4 linked their D.T. project this half term to their science learning about electricity. They were given the design brief to make a game that uses electrical components but is concealed within a box structure. The children did lots of market research online to...
Year 3 and 4 Euro-Football Tournament
During the week of Monday 30th June, all classes in school took part in our latest inter-house sporting competition, a mixed year-group Euro Football Tournament. Year 3 and 4 combined and were split into 12 teams, each 5-a-side. Each team picked a European country out...
Year 5/6 Euro Football Tournament
Year 5 and 6 came together for a wonderful morning playing football. The sportsmanship was fantastic with many smiling faces and high-fives, as well as some near misses and cracking goals. Everyone gave it their best and had lots of fun.
Year 4 Electricity
Year 4 are learning all about electricity in science this half term. After starting by comparing different uses of electricity we have in our own homes and school, the children learnt the difference between mains electricity and stored electricity in batteries and...
Year 4 Egyptians
In history this half term, the children in Year 4 are learning all about the Ancient Egyptians! We thought ahead and did a lot of learning last half term about the River Nile in our geography topic of rivers, so our first few lessons where we discovered how the...
Year 5 Presentations
One of my favourite parts of the year is when Year 5 do their presentations and this year, they were amazing. Everyone made eye contact with their audience, spoke clearly and at a good volume, and used their slides to enhance their subject. Well done, Year 5, you...
Year 4 P.E. Day And Royal Cross Visit
On Monday 16th June, Year 4 had a very special day celebrating National School Sports Week - we spent the entire day doing P.E! We first joined Max Whitlock for an inspiring live Zoom gymnastics lesson. The children were put through their paces by multiple-gold...
Year 4 Zoom Call With Max Whitlock!
On Monday 16th June, Year 4 had the incredible opportunity to take part in a live Zoom P.E. lesson with none other than multiple Gold medal Olympian, Max Whitlock! The children worked in pairs on a mat in the school hall to learn the the different gymnastic poses and...
Kirkham Club Day
Kirkham Club Day has a long tradition as it dates back over 200 years. On the second Saturday in June the six churches of Kirkham and Wesham come together to process around the streets of Kirkham and Wesham in a witness of faith. It is a long walk but it was wonderful...
Year 5 Mathemagical Day
The whole school had a wonderful morning when Mister Ree the magician came to perform. His show was absolutely amazing! He made a handkerchief appear in Mr Knight's wallet and even knew the name of Bonnie's sister! Year 5 then learnt some magic tricks that use maths...
Year 5 Visit to Liverpool World Museum
Year 5 had a fantastic day when they went to the Liverpool World Museum. There was so much to see and do that fit into our topics throughout the year. Some of our highlights were holding an actual meteorite, finding Nemo and seeing an unwrapped mummy.
Year 5 Art
Year 5 had a wonderful couple of afternoons enjoying the beautiful weather in the church grounds whilst we did some outdoor art. We explored the mixed media technique of watercolour and ink to try and capture the leaves and trees in our local environment, then we...
Year 6 – Kooth
We would like to inform you about a helpful app 'Kooth' that may support your child with their mental health during the transition to high school and beyond. Please follow this link: Home - Kooth to find out more information about what Kooth is, and what you can do at...
Year 5 RE Holy Spirit
Year 5 enjoyed the beautiful weather by visiting an outdoor gallery. We explored many pieces of art focused on the Holy Spirit as well as the Trinity and unpicked how the artist depicted each moment focusing on colour and overall mood as well as other religious...
Year 5 Computing CAD Robots
Year 5 worked incredibly hard in Computing to get their heads around using three dimensions on a flat screen. We explored many skills such as push-pull, follow me and orbit to create some fantastic details on our 3D robots. Some of them are worthy of a place in the...
Year 5 VE Celebration Day
Year 5 had a fabulous day learning all about VE Day and the evacuees during the Second World War. We watched videos of people recounting what it was like for them and explored images of the children being sent away to the countryside. Then we imagined that we were an...
Year 5 DT Embroidery
Year 5 worked extremely hard to create some fabulous embroidery pieces. We had to use a running stitch, back stitch and satin stitch as well as sew on a button and a piece of fabric. It was fiddly work, be we did so well. Our designs are based on UK landmarks and...
Deaf Awareness Week
To mark Deaf Awareness Week, Year 4 had a visit from Oak Class at Royal Cross Deaf Primary School on Wednesday 7th May. 9 children from the school's junior class came to teach Year 4 all about what it means to be deaf, different types of hearing aids or implants, how...
Year 6 VE Day Celebration
Year 6 had a great day celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE Day. We started the day leading a liturgy to introduce VE Day. We then did lots of activities and some of the pictures are below.
Year 5 Prayer and Liturgy
To help us prepare for May, the month of Mary, Year 5 led us in a beautiful prayer and liturgy all about Mary, the mother of Jesus. They were extremely prayerful and reverent and told us all about the important role that Mary played in Jesus' life and the ways that...
Year 5 Science Flowering Plants
Year 5 have been learning all about the role of a flower and the scientific processes of pollination and fertilisation. We dissected a tulip to identify the parts, made a 3D model of a flower and created a comic strip to help us remember the stages.
Year 4 Food Technology
Year 4 have been learning all about how to design and create a healthy, nutritionally balanced meal this half term in D.T. The children were tasked with a very specific design brief - to create a healthy, nutritionally balanced meal containing cous cous that is...
Year 5 Anglo-Saxon Visit
Year 5 had a fantastic morning when Mildthryth the Anglo-Saxon came to visit. She taught us all about where she and her people came from and how they settled into Britain forming Angleland and eventually one united kingdom. We learnt about Anglo-Saxon life such as how...
Disgusting Digestion!
Year 4 have been learning all about digestion in science this half term. They summarised all of their learning with a disgusting experiment to help them visualise just how each step of the digestive system works - they digested some food and made their own poo! The...
Year 6 Bread Making
In DT this half term we have been learning about Fairtrade and seasonal ingredients. We have made our own flavours of bread... what do you think?
Year 6 Mapwork
This half term Year 6 have been learning about maps and four figure grid references. This week they have been plotting their own routes.
Year 3 Meet Luce!
Luce is the official mascot of the Jubilee year! The Vatican chose Luce to connect with young people and inspire hope and faith in the younger generation. The name 'Luce' means 'light' in Italian, symbolising hope and guidance on the journey of faith!. Luce is our...
Year 5 Hockey
Year 5 worked extremely hard to develop our Hockey skills. It was tricky holding the stick at first, but we managed to play some heated matches in the final week. Some of us really enjoyed it and found a new talent!
Holocaust Memorial Day Event
Recently we were invited to take part in a very poignant morning commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day. The theme this year was 'For a Better Future'. George, Georgina, Henry and Isabelle told the congregation about how we in school regularly think about how we can...
Mrs Barnes’ Retirement
I am sure that when she walked through the gates of The Willows as a bright-eyed four-year-old, Mrs Barnes never imagined that one day she would be bringing her incredible journey at the very same school full circle. What a rare and special thing to be able to say...
Year 5 Glow Dance
Year 5 had great fun throwing some funky moves on Glow Dance Day!
First Reconciliation
Congratulations to Zak, Lily, Sammy, Sophia, Oskar, Dom, Lucy and Sophie who all received the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time this week. It was wonderful to be part of their special evening and Luce (the mascot for Jubilee Year) even joined them for...
Year 5 Trashion Show
Year 5 had a wonderful Science Week turning rubbish into fashion. We learnt all about the problems associate with rubbish and recycling such as land-fill, animals being endangered and renewable energy sources. We then made some amazing outfits out of rubbish and put...
Year 4 Hothersall Lodge Trip!
Year 4 had the most amazing time visiting Hothersall Lodge on Thursday 13th March and Friday 14th March. All of the children threw themselves into the climbing, caving, zip lining and canoeing activities we took part in and really pushed and challenged themselves...
Ash Wednesday
We began our Lenten journey with a wonderful Ash Wednesday Service in school led by Fr. Andrew. We prepared our Lenten promises and presented them during our service. These are promises that will help us remember the true meaning of Lent and Easter. Some of us...
Year 3’s World Book Day!
On Thursday 6th March, everyone at The Willows celebrated World Book Day. Year 3 came dressed as their favourite book characters for the day and there were some incredible outfits! We spent the entire day off-timetable, celebrating our love of reading, our favourite...
Year 5 World Book Day
Year 5 had a wonderful World Book Day. We did some book quizzes and did a speed read activity where we had to give a book review of our favourite book to as many people as we could. We then created ideas for a prequel or a sequel to our favourite book. There were some...
Year 4’s World Book Day
On Thursday 6th March, everyone at The Willows celebrated World Book Day. Year 4 came dressed as their favourite book characters for the day and there were some incredible outfits! We spent the entire day off-timetable, celebrating our love of reading, our favourite...
Year 6’s World Book Day
Today we celebrated World Book Day and what a fabulous time the children had.Take a look at our awesome costumes!
Visit to The National Youth Orchestra
Recently Mrs Spacey and Mrs Barnett took the children from Year 6 who are members of our School Orchestra to Blackpool Tower to listen to the National Youth Orchestra. It was an amazing experience for the children. The event was held in the Tower Ballroom which wowed...
Year 4 Drama – Jesus Walks On Water
After learning all about The Incarnation during our half term's R.E. focus, we have studied several Bible stories and miracles from scripture that showed or proved Jesus was fully human, but also fully God. One of these miracles was when Jesus walked on water in front...
Year 3 – Safer Internet Day!
Year 3 have had lots of discussions around Safer Internet Day this week. We completed lots of tasks, challenges and discussions on varying themes relating to how to stay safe online and using technology responsibly. The children enjoyed working together to try to...
Year 3 – Roman Recruits!
On Tuesday Year 3 had a very special visitor. At first, we didn't understand what he was saying as he was talking to us ion Latin! We found out that his name was Marcus and that he had come to train us up for the Roman army. We spent the morning learning Latin...
Year 1 Science – Planting
In Science, we have been looking at how plants survive and how we need to take great care of them, in order for them to grow. We planted our own seeds and have been looking after them, watching them grow.
Year 5 Safer Internet Day
Year 5 worked extremely hard on Safer Internet Day to try and understand scams. They explored ways to spot scams, created strong passwords, identified examples of phishing, created videos to help others stay safe and interrogated a website that many of them recognised...
Safer Internet Day 2025
Some of our wonderful Year 5 children delivered an informative assembly about scams, the focus of this year’s Safer Internet Day. Then, the whole school did lots of work around recognising scams and staying safe online.
Year 6 Swimming
Year 6 had an amazing time in the pop-up pool over the last two weeks.
Year 4 Test Edible Spoons For Sustainability
As part of Year 4's 'Environment' topic, we have been trying to find ways we can become more sustainable. We found out that 120 BILLION single-use plastic pieces of cutlery are thrown away every year and we decided to do something about it. Taking inspiration from the...
Year 4 Make Sustainable Fridge Magnets From Food!
As part of Year 4's 'Environment' topic, we have been learning about the havoc plastic can wreak on our environment. We have decided to experiment making sustainable alternatives to plastic that are biodegradable and just as useful! We made fridge magnets from the...
Year 5 and Year 6 Handball
Year 5 and Year 6 pupils recently took part in an exciting inter-house handball competition, showcasing their teamwork, determination, and sporting spirit. Each house competed with enthusiasm, demonstrating excellent skills and resilience throughout the matches.
Year 5 Art Lunar Landscapes
Year 5 used Modroc to create textured pieces of art based on their studies of lunar landscapes. Then they mixed black and white paint to create different tones to recreate the appearance of the moon.
Willows Wins Equal Sporting Opportunities Award!
The Willows have been presented with an award recognising the efforts made to ensure equal access and equal opportunities in sports for all its pupils. Lee Cadwallader, our local School Games Organiser, presented us with the award to display in our school awards...
Pop-Up Swimming Pool Arrives!
The Willows will again be home to a pop-up swimming pool for two weeks between Monday 27th January and Friday 7th February, which has now arrived and been built on the KS2 Playground! The pool is slowly filling up and heating ahead of next Monday's first sessions, we...
Year 5 and 6 Athletics Competition
On Tuesday 21st January, 19 children from Year 5 and 6 represented The Willows at the Fylde Inter-School Indoor Athletics Competition at Carr Hill High School. The children all took part in 2 track and 2 field events, showcasing their talent with different events in...
Year 5 Happiness Day
On Wednesday 15th January, the whole school took part in a Happiness Theme Day to beat away the January blues! Year 5 listened to a range of feel good music all day whilst they had fun creating shapes, animals and people in Maths using a set of shapes called Tangrams....
Year 5 PE Gymnastics
Year 5 have had great fun getting the large apparatus out and working together to create counter-tension and counterbalances. There were some very creative ideas and some strong poses. Well done!
Year 5 Science ISS EVA
Year 5 enjoyed adding to their space topic by watching the astronauts Sunita Williams and Nick Hague carry out the 91st EVA on the International Space Station. An EVA (extra vehicular activity) is the term given to a spacewalk. It was fascinating watching the...
Year 4 Habitat Hunters
Year 4 have been learning all about different habitats in science, specifically understanding how different animals are well suited to their habitats. We went exploring around our school grounds and around our vast church woods to see firsthand what the different...
Year 3 – Escape from Pompeii!
Year 3 are enjoying their new text ‘Escape from Pompeii’ by Christina Balit in English! They have spent lots of time this week really trying to understand the character’s emotions and have even created their own drama pieces depicting their own escape from the...
Year 3 – Roman Spies!
Year 3 spent the afternoon being Roman spies! They had to imagine they had been sent on a mission to find out what Britain was like before the Romans invaded. Their task was to find out what they could and report back to their commanders to help them prepare for the...
Year 3 Happiness Day!
On Wednesday 15th January, the whole school took part in a Happiness Theme Day to beat away the January blues! Year 3 themed their lessons for the entire day on self-expression, our feelings and ways to promote mindfulness and relaxation. The children studied happy...
Year 4’s Kirkham Cleanup!
To enrich this half term's geography topic of 'The Environment', Year 4 have brought their environmental cleanup learning to life by making a campaign to clean up our local town of Kirkham. Armed with litter pickers, the children walked to Kirkham high street, before...
Year 4 Happiness Day
On Wednesday 15th January, the whole school took part in a Happiness Theme Day to beat away the January blues! Year 4 themed their lessons for the entire day on self-expression, our feelings and ways to promote relaxation. The children studied happy music in their...
Year 6’s Snowy Forest School
Year 6 were very lucky that the snow happened to come on their Forest School day. Have a look at the photos to see how much we enjoyed ourselves!
Year 5 Computing Christmas Gifs
Year 5 have created some Christmas gifs (graphic interface format) by using layers within a paint program to build up the elements of the images. We then used a gif maker to run the images as an animation. Click on each one to view it. Happy Christmas from Year 5!
KS2 Christmas Disco!
KS2 enjoyed their Christmas Disco in the hall together. We enjoyed dancing, pass the parcel and even a snowball fight to finish! A BIG thank you to our PTFA for providing prizes and treats to make our time even more fun!
Christmas Dinner!
We all enjoyed a beautiful Christmas dinner. A HUGE thank you to the wonderful ladies in the kitchen for making such a fabulous lunch and for such an amazing Santa's grotto at the hatch!
Year 4’s D.T. Pulley Animal Mechanisms
This term's D.T. topic in Year 4 has been creating mechanisms that use a pulley. We chose to focus on animals for our product designs, with a design brief of making a realistic animal model that has a pulley that controls one or more body part's movement. The...
One Christmas Wish – Year 4 Drama
To prepare for Christmas, Year 4 have been basing their English lessons on the short story 'One Christmas Wish' by Katherine Rundell. They read the first two pages together and analysed the structure and hook of the story's opening, before planning and writing their...