University of Broadford: Draw, Create All Sorts!

Today, we have been inspired by the great David Hockney and are creating our own photomontages based on the Broadford badge.  Our creations have a cubist feel as they are made up from photographs taken from different angles.  Some of the children are considering taking this skill forward when planning and creating their own masterpieces.  

Maple's Viking longships: Stage 2

This week in Design & Technology, Maple have moved onto the second phase of their Viking longships - making the mast and oars! 

Before that though, they tested their boat bases on water to see if they would float and give them an opportunity to evaluate and reflect on their own (and each other's) designs.  Some teams decided to change the materials they used for their base before moving on to adding their mast and oars.

Ordering fractions in Y5

Mrs Smith's Maths group have been working on ordering fractions this week. The children discussed whether they would rather have 3/5 or 2/3 of a pizza and how they could work out which is bigger using their multiplication skills. They capitalised on their resources, using pizza pieces to help them solve their problems.

Elm class is visited by a Viking expert!

In our history class, the Elm students have been learning about the Vikings. Students have been learning about where the vikings came from; how they travelled (by focusing on the significance of the longship); and why they invaded Great Britain. Yesterday, we were so fortunate to have a Viking visitor come to our school to talk about the life of a Viking. Students even got to role play! Interesting information learned was that: female slaves worked on farms, people could be sold, the oldest son was given his fathers name with the word son right after it (example: John Son), and the future could be told by using special coins!!!

Elm Class: Math Challenge

Last Friday, the Elm class had a very fun and challenging math class. Students worked in groups to communicate their mathematical thinking, shared ideas to solve the challenges and even worked against the clock!

The first math challenge was the "24 Challenge" in which students figured out how many ways the number 24 can be created. A lot of excellent calculations took place during this activity. The next challenge was solving tangram puzzles while the next challenge was working with pentominoes. 

Elm's Star Writer

Congratulations to Sarah for being this week's star writer! The Elm class have been writing non chronological reports about Broadford Primary School. We have learned that a non chronological report provides information, it is written in third person and incorporates technical vocabulary. We have utilised exciting sentence openers and amazing adjectives throughout our writing. Sarah has worked hard to include the parenthesis (brackets) in her non chronological report in order to provide more information. Outstanding work Sarah!

Maple's Viking longships: the design process begins!

Last week in Design and Technology in Maple we designed our Viking longships.  The children had to think about which materials would be best to use for base of their ships to ensure they didn't sink!

There were some fantastic learning behaviours on display:

Reciprocity: teams discussed ideas before deciding on their prototype design and then worked together to create it

Resourcefulness: children made links with what they had learned about the Vikings in History and used their reasoning skills to decide on which materials to use., as well as using their imaginations to turn basic materials into fabulous designs!

Fantastic work Maple! Keep your eyes peeled for the next phase of the building process!

Maple's Star Writer

This weeks Star Writer is Kie Purse, who wrote a fantastic non-chronological report all about Broadford! We have been learning about parenthesis, which he incorporated into his writing to great effect. Well done Kie!