More from Gore

Mr Gore has made a superb start to year 5! Not only has he been working incredibly hard in class, but he has continued to conduct his own work at home. As seen in the picture, Archy has gone home to review some key vocabulary: studying their definitions, their word class and putting them into sentences. Fabulous for your writing Archy.

Archy also deserves a special shout out after today, because he reached GOLD! In class, he has been challenging himself and avoiding the big L (lazy) behaviour. This had paid off, as today in his maths test, he achieved a phenomenal 37/40, in his spellings, he hit jackpot with 21/21 and he went home as our dojo winner! 

All you need to work on now is remembering to pick up your lunchbox at the end of day...

Willow Star Writer

Willow Star Writer

This week in Willow, our star writer is the phenomenal Ananya Salla! After finalising our stories, Ananya managed to successfully portray the perspective of Pandora in Pandora's Box! She was able to use a range of openers, avoiding repetition (which can become boring for our reader), chose appropriate adjectives and powerful verbs to build description and used a range of sentence lengths to create suspense! Ananya, you made your writing a pleasure to read. I look forward to reading your next piece of writing!

Year 6 Spellings: 2nd- 6th October

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 trackers.

Macmillan Winners and Money Raised

Well today was the most successful Macmillan Coffee Morning that Broadford has ever seen! A very big thank you to all those parents, carers and family members who came and had some cake in aid of Macmillan as well as those who baked or donated cakes to be sold.

Our Year 6 pupils did a fabulous job of serving cake and squash and encouraging others to try their luck in the cake raffle and guess how many sweets are in the jar. 

The winner of the amazing chocolate explosion cake (made specially by Mrs Smith) is: Sam Doidge

There were 83 sweets in the jar- and two children guessed correctly: Alfie Donnelly and Lily O'Leary. They will share the sweets between them.

I really enjoyed helping out at this event to raise money for such an important charity. Every penny we made will make a difference.
Georgia, Redwood.

And finally..... The amount of money raised was an amazing..... £855.44!

What a fantastic amount of money for a charity that is close to so many of our hearts. 

Year 5 Spellings 2nd - 6th October

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.

Macmillan Coffee Morning 9am Friday

Macmillan Coffee Morning:  Friday 29th September 9am

Please note the new start time of 9am. This is so the hall can be cleared in time for Reception’s lunch at 11.30am

Time	KS2 Class	EYFS/KS1 Class	Year 6 Redwood Helpers	Year 6 Larch Helpers
9am-9.15	Hazel	Apple	Ellis, Tegan, Jack E, Emily, Rashida Sam, Levan, Savannah, Fitzroy, Megan	Bradley, Ella, Elina, Lola Ayomide, Alisha, Yemi, Micayla
9.15-9.30	Maple	Mulberry, Rowan
9.30-9.45	Willow	Cedar	Rokas, Jacob, Rhianna, Ijeoma Abbie, Austin, Alfie, Caitlin, Arhaan	Harley, Elena, Alin, Shane, Taylor Charlie, Michael, Lacey, Lily, Ellie-Mae
9.45-10am	Birch	Cherry
10am-10.15	Ash	Alder, Aspen	Freddie, Tony, Georgia, William Conor B, Lillie, Lelethu, Connor P Sienna, Brandon	Ty, Archie, Tia, Bobby, Ethan B, Storm, Jack P, Martin Emmanuel, Ethan G, Teni,
10.15-10.30	Elm	Pine
10.30-10.45	Sequoia	Nursery

* Underlined Year 6 pupils will be undertaking Bikeability Level 3 training and so may be out during the coffee morning.

Negative immersion

Our new topic in maths is negative numbers. Today, the children had their first immersion lesson, really getting stuck in to negative numbers. Using the carousel approach, the children had the opportunity to explore some interactive games on the iPads, compete in a game of tug of war, problem solve with a lighthouse puzzle and connect their loop cards.

Particularly with the loop cards today, the children showed true resilience. As you can see Chloe Kirk is powering through, whilst Isabelle Munford tries to soothe her sore head! Great work today, I hope it continues tomorrow! 

Year 6: Bower Park talk

On Tuesday afternoon staff from Bower Park secondary school including the headteacher visited our Year 6 classes to discuss the next step in their education. The children were shown a video about what Bower Park could offer them as a student and the children had the opportunity to ask any questions about Bower Park or secondary school in general. 

Storm, in Larch class, after the talk said " I feel much better about the transition next year now I have had some questions answered." 

Year 6: Boys Moving On

On Monday afternoon a group of Year 6 boys began their 'Boys moving on' experience after having completed 'Boys stepping up' last year. The boys had a wonderful afternoon with team building games, experimenting with different musical instruments and even breaking an egg on Rev Rich's head! 

Over the coming year the boys will be continuing their work on friendships and building their character traits needed for the road ahead.

Willow tackle the tarsia

Last week the children focused on their rounding ability, rounding to the nearest 1,000,000! With the help of a rounding rap (and flexing their muscles like a hero) the children soon became masters! At the beginning of the week, some children were really struggling with the concept - it is difficult. However, following a rounding-off, it soon became apparent that the children were fully established mathemagicians by Friday.

At one point last week, Callie was undefeated, holding the floor for seven rounds! Astonishing. Our current professional lies in Ayomade, who could not be beaten today! Along with our rounding-offs, today we tackled the tarsia, which required us to not only round, but spot mistakes, find missing answers and problem solve. The children astounded me with their resilience in this task!

Let's see if anyone can complete these challenges at home for an additional 10 dojos...

1.) Round to the nearest million:

A.96,543,210

B. 5,678,901

C. 64,120,155

D. 19,872,130

E. 469,810,212

F. 9,921,000

Macmillan Coffee Morning: Class Timetable

Dear Parents, 

You are cordially invited to attend Broadford Primary's Macmillan Coffee Morning, hosted by our Year 6 pupils. 

It will be held on Friday 29th September and will take place from 9.30am until 11.30am.

There will be an array of cakes available as well as tea, coffee and squash with all donations going to the fantastic work of Macmillan cancer support. Games and competitions will also be held to raise the maximum amount possible.

Please see below for the timetable so that parents can coordinate their visit with seeing their child.

Did you know that there are around 2.5 million people living with cancer in the UK at this moment in time? You can make a difference, simply by eating cake!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Time	KS2 Class	EYFS/KS1 Class	Year 6 Redwood Helpers	Year 6 Larch Helpers
9.30-9.45	Hazel	Apple	Ellis, Tegan, Jack E, Emily, Rashida Sam, Levan, Savannah, Fitzroy, Megan	Bradley, Ella, Elina, Lola Ayomide, Alisha, Yemi, Micayla
9.45-10.00	Maple	Mulberry, Rowan
10.15-10.30	Willow	Cedar	Rokas, Jacob, Rhianna, Ijeoma Abbie, Austin, Alfie, Caitlin, Arhaan	Harley, Elena, Alin, Shane, Taylor Charlie, Michael, Lacey, Lily, Ellie-Mae
10.30-10.45	Birch	Cherry
10.45-11.00	Ash	Alder, Aspen	Freddie, Tony, Georgia, William Conor B, Lillie, Lelethu, Connor P Sienna, Brandon	Ty, Archie, Tia, Bobby, Ethan B, Storm, Jack P, Martin Emmanuel, Ethan G, Teni,
11.15-11.30	Elm	Pine
11.30-11.45	Sequoia	Nursery

* Underlined children have chosen to attend Bikeability Level 3 so may not be present for the coffee morning if their session is AM

Year 6 Spellings: 25th- 29th September

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 trackers.

Willow class swimming

To all members of Willow class,

Just a quick reminder about swimming. Willow will be having their swimming lesson again tomorrow at Central Park Leisure centre. Children will be returning to school at 3.30 and can be picked up from Willow class as usual, 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)

I look forward to tomorrow, make sure you are all well rested tonight!

Miss Taylor 

Willow Class Star Writer

In Willow class this week our star writer is the fantastic Charlie Matthams. In class, we are writing the story of Pandora's box from the perspective of Pandora. We have considered the senses of Pandora to construct our story: what she could see when she looked at the box, how the box felt, how she felt before opening the box, the voices she could hear, the sight of the spirits and how she felt after opening the box.

We used a carousel approach to develop a whole array of ideas, working collaboratively with our peers. The children were then able to create an extensive word bank, which helped them to build their own sentences about Pandora's senses.

Originally we started with the sentence 'I felt intrigued' and uplevelled this to 'Like a game of tug-of-war, I tiptoed tentatively towards the enchanted chest, which sat temptingly in the golden rays of sunlight!'

Charlie was able to produce some spectacular sentences to describe the scene and contributed some great openers to avoid use of 'the' for every sentence. Well done Charlie, keep it up!

Year 6 Count on Us

Every Friday afternoon, all of KS2 participate in Count on Us activities which are designed to challenge the children in rounds of shape and number. The card game '24' is very popular and as you can see in the photos, the children are determined to win the round and find the most possible solutions! 

Year 6 Hampton Court Palace

Today's trip to Hampton Court Palace gave our Year 6 children a wonderful opportunity to explore and investigate life in another era and to put their historical skills to the test.

We visited the Great Hall of Henry VIII, the famous kitchens where it is said over 600 people worked at one point and the newer part built by King William III. The children participated in a fun and educational workshop which allowed the children to investigate the reliability of sources and the importance of remaining unbiased when enquiring historically. Luckily, on hand to help us out was Lady Beth (a member of the Tudor household)! 

Alfie, Redwood class said "I found it incredible to think that 500 years ago, King Henry the VIII and his wives would have sat in this hall to feast or would have strolled down the arched walkways!" 

We all had a fantastic time and the day enriched the children's understanding of our Topic. A big thank you to our school and parent helpers- Miss Hall and Mrs Peppit!

Hall Mead School- SEN Pupils

Hall Mead are holding an open evening on 5th October 2017 for current Year 6 pupils. 

Please note that the Hall Mead SENCO, Elizabeth Bint, will not be able to attend the Prospective Parents Evening at Hall Mead School on the 5th October 2017. Therefore the Learning Support Department will not be open that evening.

In light of the above, Hall Mead will be open on Tuesday 26th September from 5 to 7pm, for parents of children with Special Educational Needs.

School council take on healthy eating

Today, the wonderful Samanyu and Leo represented Broadford School Council in a meeting  at Brookside school. To begin, I was super proud of the boys, who kickstarted the meeting with a PowerPoint presentation (designed by Mr Handoo) on healthy eating. They discussed what our school has done to promote healthy eating, presented the children with valuable statistics and displayed what healthy and unhealthy foods looks like.

After the presentation, the children designed menus from across the world including a World Cup, Winter Olympics, and a Mexican menu etc. The children then had the opportunity to explore Brookside school, before finally heading back. 

I am super proud of our representatives today, I look forward to our next meeting. 

Miss Taylor.

Year 5 and 6 Drapers' Academy Talk

This morning, Mr Bannister, Assistant Principal of Drapers' Academy, visited our Year 5 and 6 pupils to inform them of the open evening on Tuesday 26th September. The children also found out about the clubs, lessons and extra-curricular events on offer at Drapers' such as the music lessons, science clubs and yearly drama production.

The open evening is on Tuesday 26th September between 6pm and 8.30pm.

Year 6 Spellings: 18-22 September

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 trackers.

Y5 Young Enterprise careers workshop

In preparation for their exciting visit to Kidzania next week, the Year 5 children were visited by Young Enterprise for a careers workshop. Young Enterprise are the UK's leading enterprise and financial education charity, who work with young people to develop the knowledge and attitudes they need to succeed.

Through drama and games, the children learned about the skills they would need to be successful in a range of careers - including vet, architect and teacher. By the end of the workshop the children had a greater understanding of the importance of the 4 Rs and the skills they will need to succeed in their working life.

"It was really interesting finding out about the skills we need for different jobs. I didn't know that lorry drivers and vets both need to be resilient!" - Daniel K

The children will have the opportunity to use these skills next week when they visit Kidzania and try out a range of jobs.

Willow class star writer

In Willow class, our star writer is the great Ayomade, after he produced an amazing story of his own based simply on an ambiguous picture of a boat. The children were presented with an awfully strange image, discussed their ideas and then developed their own stories around it. Ayomade titled his story the Elves and a Minotaur and showed he possesses natural authorial talents. He used a range of openers to vary his writing, included varied sentence structures and created vivid descriptions through the use of powerful adjectives. Keep up the great writing Ayomade.

Image used to brainstorm ideas 

Prometheus and Pandora

In Willow, our story, which we are studying this term, is Prometheus and Pandora. Yesterday, the children focused on retelling the story, ensuring they could recall every section in chronological order. Knowing the story inside and out will ensure the children are able to then produce an accurate retell of their own, from the perspective of Pandora.

In order to retell the story, the children worked in groups of 4, to reenact it. 

There were some amazing performances, which proved the children are now masters of the story. Keep it up Willow!

Archy Gore - Mathemagician

Archy Gore has had a phenomenal start to year 5 in Willow class and has proven to be a real asset to the maths world. He has been striving to ensure he achieves the best he possibly can, not only in class, but at home as well. Mr Gore aims to smash his Rockstars, so has challenged himself with his 12x tables at home, going all the way to 12 x 315. A true Mathemagician! Keep it up Archy, I am super impressed with you!

Year 6 Spellings 11th-15th September

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 trackers.