And despite the upheaval at her most recent school caused by last Tuesday's earthquake, she has settled remarkably quickly at her new school in Dunedin.
Willow was enrolled at St Clair School yesterday after her last school, St Martin's in Christchurch, was one of the scores closed until further notice.
She started her school life near Edinburgh in Scotland late last year, before moving to Christchurch this year.
Her father, Michael, said he was surprised at her resilience with all the change in her life.
"She seems to be coping.
"She's a little bit clingy, but there were no tears when we dropped her off for school this morning.
"I think it was made a bit easier because she has a close relative who is already at the school."
Although Willow is shy, she had made some new friends already - mainly because of the distinction of being the only Scots girl in her class.
In her tiny voice, laced with a Scots accent, she said she loved playing on the slide in the playground and was enjoying doing puzzles in class.
Willow was outside playing when the quake struck.
She did not know anything was wrong until she returned to her classroom and found it damaged.
Mr Gee said he and his wife Toni made the decision to move Willow to St Clair School because there was no water or sewerage services working at home.
Everything about Christchurch was unsettling and having her in school gave her life some normality, he said.
Mrs Gee works for a construction company in Christchurch and had remained to help with its recovery.
Mr Gee had brought Willow south, and both were staying with Mrs Gee's father in Dunedin.
It was unclear how long they would stay.
Education Minister Anne Tolley said no schools would lack funding for taking on extra pupils from Christchurch.
A computerised system called ENROL was set up two years ago in which pupils are tracked to schools when they enrol.
School funding is based on enrolments in that system.
