Redwood Star Writer

This week, our star writer is Leo Mbata. Leo wrote an engaging and humorous autobiography detailing his life so far, making sure to include interesting openers and key events throughout. Well done Leo!

Year 6 Spellings 30th-3rd February

Below are the Year 6 Spellings for this week.

Students 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.

Broadford Win Round 1 of the Rotary Quiz!

This afternoon, Broadford hosted Round 1 of the Rotary Quiz against Scotts Primary. It was a tense competition with some difficult questions- including map and flag work, as well as spelling, science and literature- but our team used their resilience to persevere and their reciprocity to work collaboratively.

Jessica Sampson, Natalie Towner, Nathaniel Ramus and Plamen Vasilev made Miss Chau very proud by winning the round 36 points to Scotts' 35 points. A close result but we are through to the next round! Well done all! 

Year 6 Science

There was an electric atmosphere in Larch class this week (literally!) as the pupils were experimenting with static electricity. After learning how electricity is the movement of electrons, the children were astounded that electricity could be produced without a plug socket! Observing a range of demonstrations from Mr Light using a balloon and various children's hair, static electricity was able to stick balloons to walls and bend water! The children then had a go themselves attracting confetti to their own balloons- and yes Mr Light and Mrs Goff were used to create the friction!!

Maple Star Writer 20/01/17

Maple's Star Writer for 20/01/17 is Jack Eve!

Jack produced a fantastic newspaper report about a break-in at the residence of the three bears. Jack included the key features of a newspaper report including the 5 Ws (who, what, where, when, why) in his lead paragraph.  He used a range of adverbs and conjunctions to entertain his reader and also used inverted commas accurately for direct speech.

Excellent work Jack!

Year 5 Spellings: w/c 30.01.17

Below are the Year 5 Spellings for this week.

Students 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's Sharing Assembly

We are delighted to announce that Maple class will be sharing their learning in their first sharing assembly of the year tomorrow.

The children have been working very hard on their presentation and are very excited to share their learning.

We hope that all parents and carers will be able to join us at 9.00am to find out all about what they have learned so far this year!

Larch Star Writer

This week in Larch our star writer is Emma Bloy. Emma produced a fantastic start to her biography of Alexander Selkirk. Emma used a range of sentence openers, included key events and dates and managed to experiment with a range of conjunctions in her writing. A fantastic job Emma and I look forward to reading the rest as we finish off our biographies this week!

Year 6 Spellings 23rd-27th January

Below are the Year 6 Spellings for this week.

Students 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 Star Writer

Our star writer this week is Isaac Wright who wrote a fabulous biography about former slave turned abolitionist Olaudah Equiano. Isaac brought his story to life by including the key events of his life and his notable achievements. Well done Isaac! 

Larch Star Writer

This week in Larch our star writer is Coral Wilkinson. Coral was able to produce a fantastic opening to her biography of Olaudah Equiano- a brave man who helped to abolish slavery. Coral organised her ideas into chronological paragraphs, used the past tense throughout and used a variety of openers. Fantastic work Coral and I cannot wait to read the rest next week!!

Year 6 Spellings: 16-20th January

Below are the Year 6 Spellings for this week.

Students 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.

Who will be our next Junior Travel Ambassadors?

On Thursday, Maple and Elm will be visited by Elaine Keeler from the Havering Travel team to inspire the pupils into applying to be Broadford's new 2017 travel ambassadors! 

They will taking over from Elizabeth Ositelu, Harry Vincent, Suada Cacaj and Lebohang Sibanda, our Year 6 ambassadors who all made a powerful impact on our school travel plan and the campaign for safe and sustainable travel. 

To be a JTA, pupils must demonstrate a passion for safe and sustainable travel; the ability to work within a team to create positive change; and relentless energy and enthusiasm to encourage the rest of the school to take up bikes and scooters to travel around. 

Applications are open to all Year 5 pupils and we welcome all those who would like to be considered as the school's new travel ambassadors. 

Below are some photos of just some of the fun the JTAs had in the last few months!

STEAM-Powered Music Workshop

Today in Year 6, some pupils were offered the opportunity to participate in the STEAM-Powered music project, offered by Conductive Music. It was a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to experience music and digital technology first-hand and has introduced them to a potential career in music creation and design. 

The pupils used coding and the Microsoft Block to create their own musical instrument. Some of the pupils were even lucky enough to create their own speaker using special materials provided by the STEAM-Powered music project.

Giulia Vargas of Larch stated: ' This experiment was really difficult but after I achieved the sound it has inspired me to be involved with coding when I am older!'

Not only have our pupils had fun participating in the workshop, but they have also used reciprocity (by collaborating as teams) and resilience (in trying something new and challenging). The pupils learnt how an electronic circuit works; used object-based coding and have gained a greater awareness of rhythm, pitch and other musical terms. This experience has allowed our pupils an insight into a world which they may never have been exposed to and opened a wealth of opportunities to prepare them for their future. 

Miss Chau

A Visitor in Year 6

On Friday, the Year 6 pupils will welcome a special visitor who is coming to speak to them about how making the right choices in life can determine their future. 

Former model, Susie Flashman-Jarvis, wrote an autobiography explaining how she left behind a troubled and turbulent life and discovered who she could really be with the right guidance and support. 

Ms Flashman-Jarvis has kindly agreed- in conjunction with Rev Rich- to share her story with our pupils in order to make a positive impact on their own life choices. 

Stay tuned to find out how this visitor will inspire, influence and impact our Year 6 pupils! 

University of Broadford- Sports Media

The University of Broadford has begun and the sports media crew have started to explore the fascinating aspects of the media.

During week 1 we looked at all the different varieties of sports media with the children particularly excited at the prospect of commentating having heard some outrageous screams and cheers on the video. 

Have a look at the course overview to find out what is coming up next!

Year 6 Spellings: 9th - 13th January

Below are the Year 6 Spellings for this week.

Students 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.