The Maple Egg-stravaganza!

In maple maths class this week, we have been focusing on the topic of shape. Today we  learnt about rotation, transformation, translation and reflection .

To fit in with the theme of Easter, we created patterns on eggs that used reflection and rotation. It was quite challenging as we were only allowed to use 4 colours ( blue, red, yellow and white). The eggs were also hard to reflect on because of their round shape.

Below are some pictures of what we created...

Dara's Sunshine Poem

Inspired by the glorious sunshine that we have had this morning, Dara Adu (Willow) has penned a marvellous metaphor poem.

She said that when she woke up this morning and saw the bright sunshine, she immediately decided to write the poem, entitled "Sunshine".

Dara came to school to show Miss Reynolds, because she knew that her poem is remarkably similar to one of Miss Reynolds' favourite poems called "Pink" by Christina Rosetti.

Great poem, Dara! Well done!

Symmetrical Easter Cards by Y5

Miss Reynolds' maths class have been busy preparing for the Easter Holiday today.

All week, they have been learning about reflecting shapes and patterns into vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines. They have incorporated this learning into their very own Easter Egg design!

The children had to be very careful to make sure that their designs were perfect mirror images on each side of their egg design- not egg-sactly easy!

If you receive one of these egg-celent masterpieces, be sure to ask the children to explain the mathematical thinking behind its eye-catching design.

Year 5 Science Trip to Royal Liberty

Our Year 5 children were invited to visit The Royal Liberty secondary school today for their annual Science week. The children traveled by coach to the Romford-based school, and were met by friendly and helpful students.

During their visit, they saw Phil from Jaws and Claws. He showed them a range of weird and wonderful creatures including Henrietta the Tortoise, a Hissing Cockroach named George and an absolutely huge Cane Frog (who took a liking to Tommy and Louis' heads) named Buster. 

The children were also given a chemistry challenge. They had to try to find out the different ways that chemicals showed that they had made something new when mixed with other substances. Multi-coloured powders, emitted heat and complete colour changes were observed by the children that were left in awe!

"This was epic!" an excited Junior was heard declaring on the way back to school.   

Photos and Update of Red Nose Day 2013

Red Nose Day 2013 went down a storm at Broadford Primary School today. All children were involved in lots of festivities to ensure we raised lots for Comic Relief.

Firstly, this week, Year 5 children sold Red Noses to children throughout the school. Amazingly, the two boxes of stock sold out within 2 days!

Today the children were invited to wear something red and bring in a donation. It was great to see so many children donning red socks, shirts, shoes, tights and even bow ties in aid of fundraising.

Finally, Year 5 were very busy baking yesterday in preparation for today's cake sale. There was a HUGE turn-out of children ready to part with their hard-earned pocket money in return for a delicious hand made cake.

Thank you to all who contributed in any shape or form. Your money will certainly go to a worthy cause. Thanks also to Miss Hampton, who donated two boxes of delicious, very professional looking cupcakes to our bake sale.

The busy bees in Miss Reynolds' class are counting the contributions that you gave. We will update you soon with the grand total.

Red Nose Day: Year 5's Bake Cupcakes

The Year 5's in Willow and Maple worked incredibly hard yesterday in preparation for Red Nose Day today.

During Literacy, they each created a persuasive poster that promoted the break-time bake sale to everyone in the school. They created some fantastic masterpieces using persuasive writing and imagery to hook the audience.

Mathematics was filled with fun and excitement. They all made cupcakes for the bake sale. The students- with help from Miss Howson, Miss Reynolds and Miss Kemp- carefully measured out the ingredients, mixed them together and placed them in cupcake pans for Mrs Marchant to bake. Later on, they decorated the cupcakes with yummy red icing!

The cakes will be available for purchase at break time for 30p. Look out for the posters around the school and inform the year 5's whether you were persuaded to buy a cup cake!!

World Book Day Quiz Afternoon

In conjunction with World Book Day, Key Stage 2 participated in a fun filled quiz afternoon hosted by Miss R.Each house answered questions to do with book titles, characters and spelling of certain words. The children were so enthusiastic about the afternoon and found great joy in the orange team losing. It was great to see so many children involved in the activity and celebrating the value of books in our world.