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Willow Tree is a place of learning for all. We put success within the reach of all children and help them to achieve their full potential. Our school works to develop confident, reflective, creative learners that will grow into valued members of the community and make a positive contribution to twenty-first-century society. Learning at Willow Tree is fun and extends beyond the classroom. Special events and activities help to make our school an exciting place to be. Regular visits to places of interest enrich the children’s learning. Children can express themselves through the arts and music and there is a variety of music tuition available. Both indoor and outdoor physical activities play a vital contribution to our children’s well-being. Our children are guided and supported to grow and succeed academically, emotionally, and spiritually. Parents are partners in this process and are always welcome in our school. We will help you to understand and make the most of your child’s time in school. At Willow Tree, we aim to provide the very best for every child. We offer high-quality education within a caring and stimulating environment. We place a great emphasis on the social and moral development of the children and providing an education that prepares them for their place in the world. We want children to feel safe and secure in the school and to display behavior that they will be proud of. We ensure that children have access to adults to whom they can seek out and confide in as necessary. We aim to provide an atmosphere of co-operation with our parents because we rely on home school liaison for every child to take advantage of what the school has to offer. By the time a child leaves us at age 11, we will expect that your child will have achieved a level of reading, writing, and maths that is appropriate to his/her ability. We also hope that your child will be independent, respect themselves and others, be self-motivated, and will become an expert learner. This will provide a firm foundation on which to move on to secondary education. Our vision 'Inspiring Learners for Life' is at the heart of everything we do. View full school

Our curriculum includes specialist teaching in art, music, computing, modern foreign languages, Philosophy for Children (P4C), and P.E. This remarkable provision ensures that our children develop a love of learning and become well-rounded individuals with a very wide range of skills. This aspiration and ambition underpin everything and our values-based ethos gives our children a strong sense of purpose. Our location means that we are uniquely situated to get the very best opportunities for our children: we are near vast, green open spaces minutes away from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford and we have easy access to all the galleries, museums, and theatres that London has to offer. As proud members of the Griffin Schools Trust, a family of schools, and a supportive network of educational expertise, we work very closely with other schools locally and nationally. Our annual Griffin Arts Festival is well established and a beacon of excellence for the arts. Our school is a stunning mix of old and new and our bright and well-resourced learning spaces are exceptional. We are steeped in history, yet our school is light, bright, and modern. As our school motto states, Ad Altiora Tendo – We Strive for Higher Things and we do reach for the stars. Come and visit the school and meet our dedicated staff and fantastic children. Everyone wants to be a part of it. ‘The lively atmosphere and the buzz of activity in the school reflect the pupils’ real enthusiasm for learning. Pupils enjoy coming to a school where they are encouraged to aim high.’Willow Brook Primary has developed a creative curriculum and delivers a thematic, topic-based curriculum for pupils from Early Years to Year 6. We have specialist teaching in Art, Music, IT, Modern Foreign Languages and P.E. and these subjects are also integrated into our cross-curricular lessons. Our themes are varied and exciting and include topics such as Earth and Space, Tudor Times, Inventors, and Africa. Our partnerships include working with Enabling Enterprise and this ensures that all pupils take part in an enterprise project across the year. Our corridor displays promote our thematic approach and are inspirational, celebratory, and foster a love of learning. View full school

We at The Willow Primary School are in the privileged position to know that what we do every day makes a difference and sometimes THE difference between a bright future and limited life chances. We strive to give the children a first-class, stimulating, fun, and well-rounded educational experience. We believe in the right to an excellent education and we are proud of the service we offer. Willow Learners Are Incredible: Inquisitive Nurturing Collaborative Resilient Enthusiastic Determined Independent Brave Limitless Expressive We continually strive to improve what we offer so that when every child leaves, they will look back on their life with us with pride about their achievement and joy with their memories". Our children are passionate learners who excel academically and are resilient, reflective, creative, and confident. They leave us with the competencies needed to thrive in the current and future world. OUR VALUES: We ensure our children love coming to school because it is safe, fun, challenging, and exciting. We have high expectations and are committed to supporting each individual to achieve their dreams. Everyone is valued as a unique member of our diverse community. We uphold the highest standards in all that we do and look continually to improve ourselves so that what we do today, we do even better tomorrow. We are a two-form entry primary school catering for children aged 4-11 years of age. We also have a 100 place children's center located next to the school which nurtures children from 1 to 4 years including our nursery school provision. At The Willow Primary School, we aim to enable our pupils to be resilient, resourceful, responsible learners who have the confidence, skills, and attitudes to be successful lifelong achievers. We work hard to ensure that the children are provided with high-quality learning experiences that lead to a consistently high level of pupil achievement and attitude. We offer the children a wide and varied curriculum. Mornings are mainly spent on the core skills of English and Maths with the afternoon sessions focusing on Science, PE, Music, and Topic. We are fortunate to have an extensive integration program with The Brook Special school who shares our site. The new Broadwaters Inclusive Learning Community building and site have been designed and built to enable both pupils of The Willow and The Brook to mutually benefit. Small groups of children visit each other’s school, join in some lessons and participate in shared activities and outings. Each class from The Willow is linked with a class from The Brook. We are fortunate to have an extensive integration program with The Brook Special school who shares our site. The new Broadwaters Inclusive Learning Community building and site have been designed and built to enable both pupils of The Willow and The Brook to mutually benefit. Small groups of children visit each other’s school, join in some lessons and participate in shared activities and outings. Each class from The Willow is linked with a class from The Brook. We believe that children are active learners who learn through their senses, through investigation, experimentation, listening, watching, social interaction, questioning, and exploring. Your child is a special and unique individual and will be encouraged to develop their confidence, skills, and talents in these early years of education. Our Nursery prides itself on providing a safe and caring environment that offers the children both the opportunity to have fun and learn at the same time. In Nursery, we have been learning about Nursery Rhymes, Ourselves, and Our Families, and we will be covering fun and interesting topics such as Celebrations, Outer Space, The Jungle, and Sports. The children have the opportunity to play, learn, experiment, and explore both inside and outside of the Nursery. We are learning to write and count all the time in many different and fun ways. We also have an area for writing and reading, numbers, puzzles and games, painting, building, sand and water, the list goes on. Pop in and have a look for yourself. Nursery outings are arranged throughout the year and the children get the chance to see everything they are learning about in the Nursery first hand outside of the Nursery. Past trips out have included everything from digging for Minibeasts in the local park, the seaside, the Science Museum. Our goal is to enhance and embellish this curriculum, whilst maintaining a strong emphasis on acquiring the basic tools vital to early schooling. Every day is an adventure and a time of discovery. However, we carefully structure the work to help children develop their skills and relationships to enable them to reach their Early Learning Goals milestones by the end of the Reception year, with most children exceeding them. We recognize that not all children develop at the same speed, or in the same way, so we differentiate accordingly allowing our more able children to achieve very high standards. By observing all children at work and play we can continuously assess progress and attainment. View full school