Positive Play at Lunchtime

 

Our team of Positive Play leaders have been working tirelessly this week to make sure that all children at Broadford are having a great lunchtime.

They have been leading activities such as table tennis, archery, jenga, football and showing the children how to play cornboard.

Well done guys, keep up the hard work!

 

 

 



John's Fantastic Finds

Well done to Elm's John this morning, who brought in some brilliant books around Year 5 and 6s topic: Essex War Child. 

John brought in a book that demonstrates the value of coins from the time period and their equivalent value today. 

John also brought in a fabulous book about how local places have changed over the past 60 years. It definitely is a fascinating read! 

Thankyou John for sharing those finds! 

Museum of Childhood Reminder

Just a quick reminder that for any child in Years 5 or 6 that will require a lunch made by the school for either trip to The Museum of Childhood, please could you fill in the lunch request form and return this by the end of tomorrow so that orders can be made to suit your child's dietary requirements. 

Could we also have permission slips and trip money returned as soon as possible. 

The Year 6 children will be visiting the museum on Tuesday 1st October, whereas Year 5 will be visiting on Friday 4th October. All children will require a packed lunch that is clearly labelled with their name and class. They will be leaving school at 8:45am and are expected back at school between 3pm and 3:30pm, depending on public transport traffic and disruptions. 

If any parent that holds a valid CRB certificate would like to volunteer to assist us on either day, please could you notify Miss Rutherford or Miss Reynolds. 

Thankyou.

Nathan's historical discovery

Maple's Nathan and family had an exciting day having a go at the Great Fire of London walk at the weekend. 

Nathan had told Miss Reynolds that he was going to have a go at the famous sight seeing tour last week, and she challenged him to find out a fact about London that she didn't already know. Nathan certainly didn't disappoint. He bombarded Miss Reynolds with so many fascinating London facts such as; there is only one statue of the famous monarch King Henry VIII that exists in the whole of London. Nathan even brought in some photos of his expedition, including one of himself pointing to some world war 2 shrapnel damage on the external wall of a building. Great find, Nathan! 

Photos of Maple's Sharing Assembly

Below are some photos from Maple's sharing assembly yesterday.

Some of Willow's playtime monitors!

Here are some of Willow's positive play monitors (for this term) proudly posing for a photo with their badges!

Maple's Mystery Artefact

This morning the children in Maple came in to class to find a mystery object had appeared in their classroom overnight. 

The children immediately guessed that the object had something to do with Year 5 and 6's topic; Essex War Child.

Mr Clark, our new resident sports coach, donated the exciting artefact to Years 5 and 6 as he knew about the learning that we have been doing so far. 

The artefact once held cartridges for weapons during World War 2. Maple certainly enjoyed making guesses as to the object's original purpose. 

TfL Visit Year 6 - Travelling Safely

On Friday 13th September, Transport for London (TfL) visited Year 6 pupils at Broadford.
Spencer, the representative from TfL was accompanied by three local policemen. We were told that if we ever need help finding our way around London on buses, tubes or trains then policemen are safe people to ask! 

Spencer delivered a great presentation on how to stay safe when using public transport. He was hilarious! We watched some great clips of people using public transport and we also got to do some role play! He also showed us how people's behaviour can affect other transport users.

As year 6 will be reaching the grand age of 11 this year we were also told about Zip cards. We can apply for a Zip card 3 weeks before our 11th birthday. A zip card costs £10 to get, but then gives you free travel on public transport. We found out this could save us up to £5000!

Year 5 and 6 outdoor Venn diagrams

In today's numeracy lesson, Year 5 and 6 took their learning outside and created large scale Venn diagrams with chalk on the playground surface. Not only do they now understand how to sort numbers, but they also practised their mental maths by using multiples as variables! 

Miss Chau

Nathan's Historical Artefacts

As part of Year 5 and 6's Essex War Child topic, Maple's very own historian Nathan brought in some exciting World War 2 artefacts today. 

Nathan kindly brought in a photograph and a family member's National Identity Card from the time period for everyone to have a look at. 

If anyone else should have any exciting World War 2 artefacts for us to have a look at, please would you bring them in to help us bring our topic to life.