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 2nd April 2026
| Whole School 'Star of the Week' | This week all Willoughby pupils have been awarded 'Star of the Week' for the Easter celebrations held at Bourne Abbey Church. Well done everyone! |
Week ending 27th March 2026
| Magnolia | Ollie - For good sharing with friends. |
| Holly | Grace - For a great week at school. |
| Monkey Puzzle | Jaymie - For her kindness and being gentle when she visits Oak class. |
| Cherry |
Jazeel - For interacting with his friends in class, being so gentle and smiley. Daisy-May - For signing along to our 'Good-bye' song - WOW. |
| Fir |
Billy - For lovely reading in 'See and Learn' lessons. |
| Elder | All Elder pupils - For fantastic friendships and kindness. |
| Chestnut | Alfie B and Noah K - For great Maths work this week. |
| Mulberry | Alfie - For fantastic engagement in all aspects of his reading including in the library. |
| Sycamore | Eva - For her growing independence in all areas. |
| Rowan | Lili - For her confidence and enthusiastic participation in lessons this week. |
| Willow |
Joseph - For being really caring towards a peer and attempting to comfort them when they were upset. As well as demonstrating he could squeeze the pegs to place on the hedgehog outline, to create its prickles. Great fine motor skills, Joseph! |
| Maple | Diontie - For generosity of spirit and kindness towards others. |
| Redwood |
Matthew- For making better choices and super dancing!!! |
| Acacia | Kai - For being kind to his friends. |
| Jacaranda |
Eleanor - For good listening and working independently on her art project. |
| Oak |
Oscar - For adapting well to his new physio routine. |
| Cedar | Deimante - Listening to the music cue and anticipating our Sound Bath session. |
Week ending 23rd March 2026
| Magnolia | Theo - For using his voice more during singing. |
| Holly | Harvie - For his fantastic use of the iPad. |
| Monkey Puzzle | Cayson - For getting dressed independently. |
| Cherry | All Cherry pupils - For their outstanding behaviour and engagement while on our bus trip to Delaine bus depot - WOW! |
| Fir | Oliver - For great work in Maths learning about percentages. |
| Elder | Louie - For independent writing. |
| Chestnut | Lewi - For great effort with his sensory circuits. |
| Mulberry | William - For brilliant walking to Tesco and identifying a shopping item to buy using a visual prompt. |
| Sycamore | Dennis - For brilliant perseverance and engagement in Forest School. |
| Rowan | Jack - For his fantastic contributions to the spring poem and science lessons this week· |
| Willow | Lottie - For continuing to work hard on communication with others. Walking nicely in the community recently, as well as engaging well with money activities in class. |
| Maple | Jacob - For hard work and commitment in every lesson and activity throughout the whole week and homework. |
| Redwood | Finlay - For great dancing and independent artwork for his coursework. |
| Acacia | Breanna - For a great first week back. |
| Jacaranda | Luke - For his kindness and for being friendly with other pupils around school. |
| Oak | Noah - For working hard on his communication and physio targets. |
| Cedar | Sabine - For lovely interactions during our Forest School session. |
Week ending 13th March 2026
| Magnolia | Elsie-Jade - For being a kind friend and helping others during transitions. |
| Holly | James - For amazing communication and for knowing all of his adult's names. |
| Monkey Puzzle |
Jaymie - For getting out of the swimming pool. Seb - For his writing this week. Saayon - For his independent writing. Alexa - For doing her Work Box all week. |
| Cherry | Evie - For engaging independently in Dance with Chloe and loving it! |
| Fir | Archer - For being sensible in maths lessons all this week. |
| Elder |
Ash - For completing writing tasks. Shihan - For his kindness. |
| Chestnut | Max - For great confidence in climbing and fantastic maths work. |
| Mulberry | Alfie - For helping in the Dining Hall to tidy away. |
| Sycamore | Leah - For her independence and team work in Forest School. |
| Rowan | Alex - For her enthusiasm in Dance lesson during P.E. |
| Willow | Lexi - For focusing well on activities, including exploring messy things. |
| Maple | Thomas - For his independent work and motivation. |
| Redwood | Thomas - For good reading and listening. |
| Acacia | Ajay - For listening and responding to requests. |
| Jacaranda | Eleanor - For amazing listening and engaging in lessons. |
| Oak | Georgia - For her amazing independence. |
| Cedar |
Jay - For watching the chicks with interest during their visit to Cedar class. |
Week ending 6th March 2026
| Magnolia | Frankie - For engagement and for coming to watch some of the Attention Autism activities. |
| Holly | Victor - For his fantastic engagement in lessons this week. |
| Monkey Puzzle | |
| Cherry | Daisy-May - For exploring and trying foods in Food and Nutrition, wow! |
| Fir | All Fir Pupils - For being sensible and brave when visiting the Pharmacy. |
| Elder | Oscar - For using clear speech when talking to visitors. |
| Chestnut | Noah T - For good communication and engagement. |
| Mulberry | Dylan - For showing compassion and empathy towards a peer. |
| Sycamore | All Sycamore Pupils - for amazing engagement in Careers Week and for showing kindness to all of our visitors. |
| Rowan | All Rowan pupils - For their fantastic participation and enthusiasm during Careers Week. |
| Willow |
Lauryn - For coping well with a busy morning of physio and OT input. As well as tolerating a new position on the trampoline. Tallulah - For coping well with a lot of changes this week. |
| Maple | Lucas - For his engagement at Careers Fayre this week. |
| Redwood | Leah - For independent walking in on her own. |
| Acacia | Stephen - For engaging in emotional literacy this week. |
| Jacaranda | Ben - For amazing work during Careers Week, especially presenting his train driver knowledge to another class independently. |
| Oak | Athena - For wearing her glasses so well this week. |
| Cedar | Charlotte - For being very engaged whilst listening to Hannah play the saxophone, lots of smiles and vocalisations. |
Week ending 27th February 2026
| Magnolia | Parker - For choosing to sit for all of our lessons this week and engaging so well. Well done Parker! |
| Holly | Eva - For amazing engagement and interactions. |
| Monkey Puzzle | Emily - For answering questions so well in class lessons. |
| Cherry | Henry - For super independent number work. |
| Fir | Billy - For being brave and letting us take his temperature. |
| Elder | Roman - For supporting friends in partner work. |
| Chestnut | All Chestnut pupils - For their outstanding behaviour and enthusiasm on our school trip. |
| Mulberry | Daniel - For fully engaging and following instructions in dance. |
| Sycamore |
Reggie - For amazing knowledge during Forest School. Hugo - For great engagement during Forest School. |
| Rowan | Joe - For his positive attitude towards his talker. |
| Willow | Joseph - For trying hard with his communication this week. As well as showing great engagement in Forest School and money activities. |
| Maple | Jan - For random acts of kindness in helping his friends around the school as well as his class. |
| Redwood | Finlay - For a great week. |
| Acacia | Anit - For progress in his colourful semantics work. |
| Jacaranda | |
| Oak | All Oak pupils - For a fantastic first session of Forest School. |
| Cedar | Chloe - For working hard and making choices whilst accessing her eye gaze during the school day. |