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...

 

 

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!

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

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!

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!

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.

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!

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 

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!

Year 6 Spellings 20th-24th November

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 5 Girls Puberty Talk

Tomorrow is the Mums/female careers and daughters puberty talk from nurse Cathie Forrester. All the Year 5 girls will attend the session in the hall and it would be lovely to see as many mums, grandmothers and female careers as possible. The session will begin at 9:30.

Healthy eating competition

As part of their first job as School Council, our representatives launched a 'healthy eating poster competition' to promote and explain the importance of a healthy balanced lifestyle across our school.

We had a phenomenal turnout of posters; beautifully decorated, extremely eye catching and full of important messages. However, after studying the posters closely, our represenatives decided that Ellie-Mae Wager and Ella Nash deserved first place as not only were their posters aesthetically pleasing, but also informative. Today, our school council representatives, Ty and Summer Rose, announced this in assembly.

This poster will accompany us on our first alliance cluster meeting, where we will continue to discuss healthy eating and how we can promote this in our school. For their masterpieces, the winners also received a cookbook to further inspire a healthy lifestyle.

Thank you to those of you who contributed and congratulations again to Ellie-Mae and Ella. 

Trip to City Hall cancelled

To all parents and carers of School Councillors,

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the trip to City Hall has unfortunately been cancelled. Hopefully, the visit will be rescheduled soon so the children do not miss out on this opportunity. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. 

Maple Star Writer - 10.11.17

This week in Maple class, our star writer is the wonderful Courtney Simpson!

Courtney used all of the features of instructional writing to create a clear and engaging set of steps for how to make a fabulous and amazing paper aeroplane. By using a range of imperative verbs and adverbs of time, she clearly directed her reader.

Her warning also made clear the dangers of flying your paper aeroplane near water!

Well done Courtney! You independently created a well structured piece of writing that you should be proud of!

The Wonderful Creations of Freddie

At Broadford, we love to recognise and appreciate children's pursuits outside of the classroom, particularly when they show passion, skill and talent. Freddie Lewis in Redwood is mad about Lego and is always building and creating imaginative designs at home which he brings in to show his class. 

Today he brought in Rakshi, a group of villains who invade villages and pillage using their scythes as weapons. Freddie also showed off Makuta, who is a mask-maker and created a mask with six elements. The amazing thing about Freddie's creations is that he has used his imagination to dream up these characters and then built them from scratch by himself. This demonstrates extraordinary resilience and resourcefulness. 

The hardest thing was to think about what Makuta looks like and I had to make him as tall as possible because he has the power to grow. My favourite feature of Makuta is how evil he is because he's capable of doing lots of bad things.

Freddie, Redwood

Thank you for sharing Freddie- we just love your creations!

Year 6 Star Writers

Last week our star writers in Year 6 were Conor Borell and Bobby Skipp. The boys wrote riveting narratives based on Anne Boleyn's last moments before her execution using their senses. The vocabulary and fronted adverbials really stood out and hooked the reader in. Well done! 

Year 6 Spellings 13th-17th November

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 5 Spellings 13th-17th 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.

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 (13th 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)

Thank you for your cooperation. 

Miss Taylor 

Try, try again

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.

For a preview of the original poem, 'Try, try again', click here

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. The deadline for this competition is Friday 15th December. 

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