Wednesday 20 December 2017

Emily is in the paper!

Our very own Emily Johnson from Redwood class has made it into the Romford Recorder this week due to her fantastic raffle in aid of Queen's hospital. Emily nearly lost her life aged 7 due to complications when she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and was saved by the dedicated medical teams at King George hospital.

Emily Johnson, 10, of Lucerne Way, Romford, nearly lost her life to diabetes. Photo: Grant Johnson

On Saturday, this jar of 5p coins (which Emily's dad has collected over the years) will be raffled off at Dagenham Football Stadium between 7pm-10pm to raise as much money as possible. Emily has already raised £370 and hopes to increase this to £700.

Her collection of 2,500 5p coins which one lucky person will get their hands through a raffle this Saturday. Photo: Grant Johnson

I'd like to raise as much money as possible for the people who are currently in hospital especially as it's Christmas and it's not nice to be in hospital during this time.
Emily, Redwood

Well done Emily- what a wonderful idea to raise money!

http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/young-diabetic-girl-from-havering-is-raising-hundreds-for-queen-s-hospital-1-5327251

Thursday 14 December 2017

Closing date for Try, Try again!

Just a reminder that the closing date for our 'Try,Try again' poem is tomorrow! (Friday 15th December) Poems must be returned to Miss Taylor, in order to be entered. For further details of our competition, please see below.

Exciting new... Years 3-6 have entered into a Writing Stars Poetry Competition. This entails writing a poem on one of our 4 learning powers, resilience! It must be titled 'Try, try again.' However, it is entirely up to the children how they choose to approach the poem: it could be an acrostic poem, it could be a rhyming poem, it could be free verse.

Judging the poems produced are not only laureates and poets, but two very famous footballers, Frank Lampard and Yannick Bolasie. 


The winner of this competition has some very exciting treats in store: an exclusive awards ceremony, a poet/author visit for our school and (perhaps most excitingly) Premier League kit, the Premier League trophy and their poem read out on TV by a Premier League footballer.

Classes have received writing lines to construct their poems on. If they have not, send them to Miss Taylor in Willow where they can retrieve more. 

Good luck. I know we have a winner in Broadford... 

Tuesday 12 December 2017

Year 5 Spellings 11th-15th December

Below are the Year 5 Spellings for this week. The weekly test will be on a Friday and children should hand their books in on this day too. 

Pupils are expected to practice their spellings for 15 minutes per day as well as practice their times tables and read at home. Children are encouraged to search for the definitions of the words and use them in sentences in order to gain merits for their trackers.


Monday 11 December 2017

Year 6 Star Writers

In Year 6, our star writers are Lacey Wall and Brandon Cohen. Their balanced arguments about whether animals should be kept in captivity or not were fair and unbiased. Lacey and Brandon included a range of sentence openers to portray the balance and included a variety of important points: including the risk of poaching to animals in the wild and on the other hand, the danger of animals being mistreated in captivity. Well done on very successful pieces of writing Brandon and Lacey! 



Year 6 Spellings: 11th-15th December

Below are the Year 6 Spellings for this week. The weekly test will be on a Friday and children should hand their books in on this day too.   Pupils are expected to practice their spellings for 15 minutes per day as well as practice their times tables and read at home. Children are encouraged to search for the definitions of the words and use them in sentences in order to gain merits for their tracker.




Thursday 7 December 2017

Year 6 Star Writer

This week our star writer in Redwood is Ellis Curtis-Rich. We have been writing balanced arguments about whether animals should be kept in zoos or not and Ellis has made a superb effort so far with his. He has used equal for and against points and ensured that he has remained impartial throughout. Ellis used extremely compelling points and supported them with evidence too. Well done Ellis- a fantastic piece of writing from you!


Year 6 Royal Courts of Justice

To celebrate the children's effort in their Theatre of Law project, we visited the Royal Courts of Justice in London to perform our mock trials in a real court room. The pupils were shown around these active courts and were able to see the list of the different cases which were to be tried that day. Unfortunately, it is illegal to take photos inside the building but we did get a few outside!  

This archaic building was built in the 1870s and was opened by Queen Victoria in 1882. Since then, thousands of cases have been heard here and countless lawyers and barristers have passed through the doors. Most of the cases at the Royal Courts of Justice are civil ones- which could involve a plaintiff suing a business or individual.

The children were blown away by the intricate architecture of the RCJ and the old court rooms which are still in use today. We were also lucky enough to be visited by Judge Hugh Howard- who is the regional Tribunal judge specialising in welfare benefits. He encouraged all the children to consider a career in law and informed us that shockingly only 28% of court judges are women. This figure rises to 45% for tribunal judges which is more representative of the demographic they serve.

Taking part in a mock trial in a real courtroom was a unique experience that I didn't think was possible. We learnt about mitigating and litigating circumstances and the roles of jurors, judges and counsel.
Tia, Larch

As a result of these trips and our Theatre of Law project, more than two thirds of our year group are now considering a career in law whereas before only 20% knew and understood what a lawyer does.


Monday 4 December 2017

Year 5 Spellings 4th-8th December

Below are the Year 5 Spellings for this week. The weekly test will be on a Friday and children should hand their books in on this day too. 

Pupils are expected to practice their spellings for 15 minutes per day as well as practice their times tables and read at home. Children are encouraged to search for the definitions of the words and use them in sentences in order to gain merits for their trackers.



Maple Star Writer - 01.12.17

This week in Maple class, our star writer is the resplendent Ramone Holme-Slater!

Ramone's diary entry truly hooked in his readers with the range of rhetorical questions, powerful verbs and vivid descriptions. His use of short sentences added drama and brought Billy's dilemma to life, as did his fabulous use of show not tell: 'My head began spinning with indecision.'

Well done Ramone! I can't wait to read more of your writing!




Maple Star Writer - 24.11.17

This week in Maple class, our star writer is the fantastic  Chiwendu Nwaokolo!

Chiwendu produced a fabulous diary entry about Billy Midas' dreadful dilemma, using thoughts and feelings to communicate Billy's impossible choice. She used rhetorical questions to hook her reader in and vivid descriptions and powerful verbs to keep them engaged.

Well done Chiwendu! You should be extremely proud of your brilliant writing!




Maple Star Writer - 17.11.17

This week in Maple class, our star writer is the superb Sam Middleton!

Sam made a fantastic start to his diary entry about a 'cat-astrophic' day from the perspective of  the unfortunate Billy Midas. Through Sam's use of short sentences, he was able to reinforce the severity of Billy's dreadful dilemma to his audience. What will happen next?




Well done Sam! I can't wait to read more of your fantastic writing!


Year 6 Spellings: 4th December- 8th December

Below are the Year 6 Spellings for this week. The weekly test will be on a Friday and children should hand their books in on this day too.   Pupils are expected to practice their spellings for 15 minutes per day as well as practice their times tables and read at home. Children are encouraged to search for the definitions of the words and use them in sentences in order to gain merits for their tracker.




Friday 1 December 2017

Elm Star Writer - 01.12.17

This week in Elm class, our star writer is Aimee Borrell. 

Aimee has produced a clear and engaging diary entry about Billy's dire dilemma. She has conveyed the character's thoughts and emotions to show the reader the complexity of Billy's choice. Aimee has used a range of fronted adverbials to draw the reader into each paragraph.

Well done Aimee! 









Tuesday 28 November 2017

Year 6 do battle!!

This week in maths Year 6 have been learning about reading and plotting coordinates. This gave us the opportunity to bring out the classic game of 'battleships!' Competition was fierce throughout the morning with house points on offer and the children enjoyed striking each other's hidden ships. Nobody could beat the champion Mrs Pike however...


 


 


Monday 27 November 2017

Willow Class Star Writer

Our star writer in Willow this week is our very own future J K Rowling, Isabelle Munford. It is no surprise given the absolutely incredible diary entry she produced from the perspective of Goji (quite a difficult task considering Goji is a cat!)

Isabelle had us hooked throughout her diary entry, using a range of sentence lengths to build suspense, asking rhetorical questions to engage her reader and even managing to thread an impeccable sense of humour throughout! My particular favourite cat pun being when Goji sang 'catellujah' at the end! You oozed originality. 

I enjoyed this piece of writing because it allowed me to be free with my creativity and embed humour throughout. I especially liked my ending, because it included some funny phrases - Isabelle 




Thank you for making your writing a pleasure to read Isabelle, I know the rest of year 5 appreciated having your work as an example model text! Purr-fect. Keep it up!

Sunday 26 November 2017

School Council Meeting

This week, for school council, we met with our Harold Hill alliance to discuss the concept of healthy eating. Prior to the meeting, Broadford had been working hard to not only produce posters, but a banner that could be potentially displayed in schools across the Hill.

Our KS2 representatives, Mia Gallagher and David Basillio, then presented this at our meeting, talking through how we made it and why they thought it was effective.


We chose the logo 'Give junk the boot! Eat more fruit!' to encourage healthy eating, which was widely admired across the cluster. Great work School Council! 

Willow class swimming

To all members of Willow class,

Just a quick reminder about swimming. Willow will be having their swimming lesson as usual on Monday (27th November) at Central Park Leisure centre. Children will be returning to school at 3.30 and can be picked up from Willow class, along with any siblings. 

Please make sure your child comes to school with:
Swimming costume/trunks
A towel
Named bag to store items
Swimming hat 
Goggles (if preferred)

Also, children who previously participated in personal survival will be repeating this activity again (until the end of term). Therefore, they will need an additional two tops, trousers or a skirt.
Thank you for your cooperation. 

Miss Taylor

Friday 24 November 2017

Elm Star Writer - 24.11.17

This week in Elm Class, our star writer is David Basilio, who wrote a phenomenal diary entry  full of emotion and suspense. David has engaged his reader through using short and snappy sentences. He has used a range of powerful verbs and vivid descriptions to truly bring Billy's dilemma to life for the reader.

Well done David!





Year 6 Spellings 27th November- 1st December

Below are the Year 6 Spellings for this week. The weekly test will be on a Friday and children should hand their books in on this day too.   Pupils are expected to practice their spellings for 15 minutes per day as well as practice their times tables and read at home. Children are encouraged to search for the definitions of the words and use them in sentences in order to gain merits for their tracker.





Year 6 Star Writer

This week, our star writer in Redwood is Georgia Chilvers, who wrote a phenomenal newspaper report on Robin Hood and the archery contest. From the start Georgia hooked the reader in with an alliterative headline which was short and snappy. Throughout the text, she also included a variety of sentence openers and sentence structures which kept the reader engaged. The report was written in an incredibly genuine style- making the reader feel like they were actually reading the work of a real journalist. Well done Georgia- we are so proud of you!


The Wonderful Paper Creations of Georgia and Sienna

Yesterday at home, Georgia and Sienna made fabulous snowflake-inspired paper creations using only paper, card, scissors and staples. Georgia's mum researched online to find tutorials to teach them how to create these designs then Georgia taught Sienna what to do and the girls spent two hours making. The girls realised that they could also use glitter card to make the snowflakes:

It was really hard to use the glitter card because the sellotape wouldn't stick and we had to find another solution. We realised that we could use staples instead!
Sienna

Redwood were astounded to see what these two have been up to at home and Georgia and Sienna have promised that they will teach their peers how to make them in class towards the end of term. Well done girls- I can see the hard work you have put it!


Wednesday 22 November 2017

Year 5 Spellings 20th-24th November

Below are the Year 5 Spellings for this week. The weekly test will be on a Friday and children should hand their books in on this day too. 

Pupils are expected to practice their spellings for 15 minutes per day as well as practice their times tables and read at home. Children are encouraged to search for the definitions of the words and use them in sentences in order to gain merits for their trackers.


Redwood make pizza!

Today, Redwood visited Pizza Express to learn what it takes to make a pizza from scratch. To bring our topic of Italy to life, our children visited the restaurant chain and were given an opportunity to partake in the whole process of making a pizza. First they rolled out the dough, tossed it and shaped it to create the base. Next was the adding of the tomato base and finally they topped their pizzas with mozzarella cheese. Back at school, they had a 'pizza party' in class and ate their delicious creations!

Making pizza was really fun and not something I would usually do. My favourite part was tossing the dough into the air- you had to be so careful not to drop it!
Lelethu, Redwood

The children now understand the different aspects of making a pizza and where all the different ingredients have come from. Well done Redwood!





Tuesday 21 November 2017

Who committed the crime?


Yesterday in Year 6 the children became detectives/jurors in the case of the golden watch. The children looked at a range of evidence from the case including police interviews, court transcripts and character profiles to decide who was the guilty suspect. The children learned the role of the judge and jury in the court and each gave a verdict based on what they had seen!! The guilty suspect in the end was a bit of a surprise...

I really liked using teamwork to solve the crime. We also had to examine the evidence carefully and use our deductive skills to solve the puzzle.
William, Redwood



Survival of the Fittest

To consolidate the children's learning of adaptation and animal survival, Year 6 played a special board game called 'Survival of the Fittest'. Each team was given a rabbit card which graded their bunny out of 10 for hearing, alertness, speed, fur colour and eyesight. The children (as bunnies) has to race around the board but were blocked by 'dangers' (red cards) and 'competitions' (green cards) which meant they could get knocked back to the start if their rabbit had not adapted sufficiently to its environment. 

I really enjoyed the game because it gave me a better understanding of how animals adapt to survive. I also enjoyed trying to beat my friends!
Rashida

The children throughly enjoyed the game and earned countless house points for their fantastic demonstrations of reciprocity. 

The game was good because it showed us the different skills and changes animals have had to gain or learn in order to survive in the wild. Adaptation is crucial for animals to survive in their environments.
Arhaan








Dads*: Let's Talk About Puberty.

Dads*: Let's Talk About Puberty.

*siginficant male to children attending school.

We look forward to seeing you at this useful and important evening.

Monday 20 November 2017

Freddie's Dinosaur Encyclopedia

Freddie has clearly been very busy at home these past few months as today he brought in his completed original Dinosaur encyclopedia! Amazingly, Freddie separated his encyclopedia into sections for different types of dinosaurs, such as: aquatic, airborne and giant types. Each dinosaur has been carefully drawn and each species has its own fact file and handy size chart. 

I really enjoyed drawing the dinosaurs and writing the facts about them. The size chart is to help people see how big they are compared to humans and I hope they find it useful. I like sharing my project with Miss Chau and other teachers because they can see my hard work and passion for dinosaurs
Freddie Lewis 

Miss Chau was so impressed by Freddie's efforts and has shared it with as many teachers as possible. Thank you for bringing your project in to share with us all. Well done on your fantastic effort and achievement Freddie!



Friday 17 November 2017

Willow class star writer

This week in Willow, our star writer is the very lovely Megan Robinson. It is no wonder after the phenomenal diary entry that she has produced from the perspective of Billy. Successfully, Megan was able to capture Billy's emotional turmoil and convey this to her audience, leaving them on the edge of their seat. Effectively, she embedded suspense throughout her story through a range of sentence lengths, clearly showed description through a range of vivid adjectives and powerful verbs and engaged her reader through appropriate rhetorical questions. Well done Megan, I can not wait to read more of your writing!


Willow class swimming

To all members of Willow class,

Just a quick reminder about swimming. Willow will be having their swimming lesson as usual on Monday (20th November) at Central Park Leisure centre. Children will be returning to school at 3.30 and can be picked up from Willow class, along with any siblings. 

Please make sure your child comes to school with:
Swimming costume/trunks
A towel
Named bag to store items
Swimming hat 
Goggles (if preferred)

Also, children who previously participated in personal survival will be repeating this activity again (until the end of term). Therefore, they will need an additional two tops, trousers or a skirt.

Thank you for your cooperation. 

Miss Taylor 

Thursday 16 November 2017

Year 6 Star Writers

This week, our star writers in Year 6 are Jack Eve and Bradley Joy. Both of these boys wowed their teachers with their fantastic newspaper reports on Robin Hood winning the archery contest. They managed to include both direct and indirect quotes, an eye-catching headline, numerous sentence starters and a range of gripping vocabulary. Well done Jack and Bradley- you have worked extremely hard this week and you should be proud of your achievements!