Star of the Week
At Willoughby, each pupil attends a weekly assembly which celebrates outstanding achievements during that week. Pupils can be awarded star of the week by their class team for outstanding work, effort or contribution.
In addition, each class has their own personalised reward system they use to reward hard work, attainment and effort.
Week ending 8th May 2026
| Magnolia |
Elsie-Jade - For a super week, trying her best and for waiting happily after school for Mummy to collect her. Well done! |
| Holly | Frankie - For great communication. |
| Monkey Puzzle | Jayce - For his incredible focus and recall in Sensory Circuits. |
| Cherry |
Daisy-May for saying "Tuesday" when Katherine asked what day comes after Monday during our 'Hello' lesson. |
| Fir |
Lottie - For good engagement in Maths lessons. |
| Elder | Madison - For her good 'time' skills in Maths. |
| Chestnut | Adriano - For his growing confidence and independence in the swing room. |
| Mulberry | Savannah - For lovely playing and interaction with peers. |
| Sycamore | Leah - For brilliant determination in her tally work in maths, |
| Rowan | Alex - For interacting with everything at 'Give it a Go Day'. |
| Willow |
Harry - For working with independence to create Colourful Semantics sentences about our Story (Dragon Stew) and trying hard with reading colour names. |
| Maple | Finlay - For an excellent start to his Travel Training course. |
| Redwood | Madi - For her perfect manners and kindness. |
| Acacia | Stephen - For participating in Forest school this week. |
| Jacaranda |
James - For his courage. He showed great attitude and impressed the staff at the T1 rugby day getting stuck in and enjoying himself. I have been really impressed by James' growing confidence with his speaking and listening to people inside and outside of school. |
| Oak |
Imogen - For working really hard on her sit to stand physio routine everyday. |
| Cedar | Deimante - For wearing her new hand splints all week. What a superstar! |
Week ending 1st May 2026
| Magnolia | Frankie - For wonderful expressive communication this week. |
| Holly |
Arthur - For a lovely music session. |
| Monkey Puzzle | Jaymie - For using the trampoline safely. |
| Cherry |
Bea - For exploring the mud kitchen independently during Forest School, engaged and engrossed with her play. |
| Fir |
Phoebe - For working hard in Maths to make tally marks. |
| Elder | Roman, Shihan and Sidney - For brilliant problem solving in maths. |
| Chestnut | Edward M - For excellent communication skills. |
| Mulberry | Dylan - For good independent number formation. |
| Sycamore |
Eva, Maisie, Harrison and Hugo - For being really brave at horse riding. |
| Rowan | Noah - For his independent reading and writing in full sentences in his morning work. |
| Willow |
Lauryn - For responding positively to new activities, (i.e. the wheelchair swing), and slight routine changes, as well as engaging for short periods of time with different resources, such as the noisy toys in Cognition, the thunder tube in Sensory Story and Dance items with Chloe. |
| Maple | Jan - For his proactive attitude towards his next steps and growing in confidence when speaking to others. |
| Redwood |
Matthew - For super behaviour this week and working hard. |
| Acacia | Anit - For coping with changes in his routine this week. |
| Jacaranda |
Jess - For Wisdom. Jess has consistently showed increasing independence throughout the week and worked through some different problem-solving tasks as the week has gone on. Jess has demonstrated great motivation in her learning, rarely being told what to move on to next and working through tasks, then helping peers where needed. |
| Oak | Zach - For amazing supported walking around school. |
| Cedar | Charlotte - For being very vocal and engaged during our Forest School session. |
Week ending 24th April 2026
| Magnolia | Theo and Janice - For ‘super physio everyday this week!! Well done!’ |
| Holly | Grace and Eva - For fantastic engagement this week. |
| Monkey Puzzle | Saayon - For being a kind friend to a peer. |
| Cherry | Paddy - For engaging and sitting independently during an entire Attention Autism session. |
| Fir | Arlo - For great work in Maths recording data with tally marks. |
| Elder | Maddison - For her mature behaviour in difficult situations. |
| Chestnut | |
| Mulberry | Teddie - For a fantastic week in school. |
| Sycamore | Leah - For amazing balancing during PE. |
| Rowan | Vinnie - For his fantastic independent work in our time topic in maths. |
| Willow | Lottie - For helping Lily with a job and using her voice really well to ask for a torch from Oak Class. |
| Maple |
Holly - For having a positive attitude towards learning and embracing every lesson. |
| Redwood | Oscar - For a great week back and good listening. |
| Acacia | Breanna - For amazing sailing this week. |
| Jacaranda | Amie - For showing great confidence in her maths when we looked at time on an analogue and digital clock and also showing her confidence in her reading too. |
| Oak |
Oliver - For using his walker so amazingly this week. Imogen - For walking so well on her p-bars. |
| Cedar |
Sabine - For super exploring with her hands whilst experiencing the natural materials during our Forest School session. |