Westwood Wishes
1. Learn about money management and budgeting
In ICT, we have been learning how to use spreadsheets to budget and keep track of money.
2. Learn to play the guitar
Each Friday, Willow get guitar lessons from Mr Jennings
3. Go on a Fossil hunt
At Ingleborough, the children had a chance to search for fossils both on the walk and while caving
4. Contribute to the Westwood Parliament
At the beginning of the year, the class got to elect their representatives in our Westwood Parliament
5. Perform poetry to an audience
When learning about WW2, the children wrote their own sense poems and performed them for the class. For Poetry Week, Willow wrote a poem together about their Mayan adventure and then performed it for the school.
6. Look after the local environment
7. Ride a rollercoaster
8. Prepare and cook a meal
For our first parental involvement, the children cooked some traditional Sikh cuisine. During Spring 1, our DT lessons involve cooking lots of different street food.
9. Sleep away from home
At Ingleborough, the children spent the week away from home
10. Go underground
At Ingleborough, the children visited both the show cave and Thistle Cave
11. Visit a theatre
In March, the children had the opportunity to go to Wakefield Royal Theatre to watch a performance of Alice In Wonderland.
12. Engage in discussions about substance
13. Climb a mountain
At Ingleborough, the children walked up the slopes of Ingleborough Mountain in the Yorkshire Dales
14. Represent the school in a competition as a team or an individual
Some members of the class have already had the chance to play for the school football team
15. Take part in a debate
As part of their Mayan adventure, the children took part in a debate about the pros and cons of time travel and its potential dangers.
16. Perform a musical on stage
Auditions and rehearsals have already begun for our end of year show, Bugsy Malone
During their time in Willow class, the children should each have the opportunity to achieve all of these wishes!