TfL data workshop

Yesterday year 5 and year 6 enjoyed the visit of Transport for London for a workshop on how data is used to shape millions of journeys every year. The children looked at how TFL categorise which routes and stations are the busiest at different times of the day, created a human bar chart in how they travel into school and even got to see how pedestrian crossings are operated with specialist cameras counting the number of people waiting by the side of the road! Perhaps though the real highlight of the day was when the children had the opportunity to create a real life simulation of how a traffic jam can be prevented with TFL research and data- something I'm sure we are all keen to see in action!

Year 6 Spellings: 23rd April- 27th April

Below are the Year 6 Spellings for this week. The weekly test will be on Friday as normal 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 Writers

This week our star writers in Year 6 were Lillie-Jo Guidotti and Lola-Mae Trinder. 

Lillie has written a fantastic flashback story which she has really made her own with personalisation and humour. She also paid attention to her sentence structure and experimented with different sentence types too. Well done Lillie!

Lola has completed a brilliant flashback story and has used a range of openers to hook her reader in. She experimented with a range of sentence types, including 3-ed openers and paid extra attention to editing her spelling mistakes. Well done Lola!

Year 6 NSPCC Workshop

The whole school were lucky enough to have a visitor from the NSPCC, who came to visit the children to talk about how to stay safe.  The purpose of the workshop was to give the children the life skills to recognise the signs of abuse and get the help that they require. During the workshop, the children were given the opportunity to explore various situations and discuss in groups how they felt about the situation and how the situation should be handled. They explored various issues such as physical and emotional abuse, inappropriate films and messages, staying safe online and bullying.  Furthermore the children were signposted to who their 'trusted adults' might be. 

This workshop was really interesting and a good reminder for us to know who we can talk to if we need to share something that has happened.

Lelethu, Redwood

REMINDER: Year 6 Maths Party - TOMORROW!

Year 6

Maths Party

We are pleased to invite all parents and carers to join their child and year group for a morning of Maths fun!

This is an ideal way for you to see what your child is learning this year, how you can help them at home and to have some fun playing some maths games together.

Please join us on

Friday 23rd March at 9.05am

in the hall

Sam's Science Learning Challenge

Sam Doidge has spent a week creating a fabulous project based on Thomas Edison for the Science Learning Challenge. Sam made the lightbulb by using paper mache, a balloon and paint and then researched facts on Mr Edison. Sam discovered that Edison not only invented the lightbulb but also the phonograph amongst other things. 

What a fantastic effort Sam- well done! We love to celebrate your achievements and hard work at home so thank you for bringing your project in. 

I didn't know that Thomas Edison also created the motion picture camera. He was very talented!

Sam, Redwood

Year 6 Maths Party - this Friday!

Year 6

Maths Party

We are pleased to invite all parents and carers to join their child and year group for a morning of Maths fun!

This is an ideal way for you to see what your child is learning this year, how you can help them at home and to have some fun playing some maths games together.

Please join us on

Friday 23rd March at 9.05am

in the hall

Year 5 Spellings - WC 19.03.18

Please find below Year 5s spellings for this week. Please encourage your child to practise every night so that they are prepared for their test on Friday.

Year 6 Maths Party

Year 6

Maths Party

We are pleased to invite all parents and carers to join their child and year group for a morning of Maths fun!

This is an ideal way for you to see what your child is learning this year, how you can help them at home and to have some fun playing some maths games together.

Please join us on

Friday 23rd March at 9.05am

in the hall

Year 6 Spellings

Below are the Year 6 Spellings for this week. The weekly test will be on Friday as normal 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 Writers

This week, our star writers in Year 6 are Savannah and Emmanuel

Savannah has started to write a brilliant flashback story based on a character who finds themselves in a humiliating situation at a party. She has focused on using a range of exciting vocabulary as well as different sentence openers to make it a fantastic read. Well done Savannah! 

In Larch, Emmanuel has also started to write a brilliant flashback story based on a character who has an unfortunate situation at a wedding. Emmanuel has used a range of openers, sentence structures and even tried to include some suspense into his writing. Well done Emmanuel.

Willow Sharing Assembly - 21.03.18

Parents and Carers, Brothers and Sisters,

Willow would like to invite you to join us for our sharing assembly on Wednesday 21st March at 9.00.

We have been working very hard in class and can not wait to showcase all of our amazing ventures with you.

We have some very interesting treats in store for you too..

Hope to see you in the school hall next Wednesday to step into the world of Willow! - Willow Class 

BROADFORD NETBALL STARS

Today, Broadford truly showed that they are absolute superstars! Determined to be successful in their match against Hilldene, our netballers attended a training session yesterday AND even dedicated some of their own lunchtime to ensure their set plays were flawless and movement on the court was silky smooth.

I am sure that parents, who were watching the game, will agree that the children's resilience paid off, as they looked flawless out on court. Their passing was accurate, their interceptions were striking and their feeds into the semi circle were impeccable. 

Working as a team, Broadford managed to secure a 13-3 lead! An absolutely incredible result, causing smiles all round and a very VERY happy Miss Taylor, who is using this opportunity to gloat.

Congratulations to our wonderful squad: Ranita, Levan, Sienna, Oliwier, Tia, Martin, Yemi, Ja'Shayla and Jessie. A special well done to Oliwier Bartnik who was unanimously voted as player of the match. This is no surprise given your admirable work ethic and conscientious efforts to ensure a win today.

Year 6 Science Workshop

This afternoon in Year 6, the pupils were lucky enough to participate in a Science workshop with a real 'Mad' scientist- Gooey Stuey. The children learnt about Isaac Newton and how for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. 

We started with an experiment based around rockets and Caitlin and Freddie proved how the rocket with the balloon would be slower than the one without because the air would push against the balloon. The pupils also discussed aerodynamics and how we could make the perfect rocket!

In an experiment on thrust, the children experimented how to get their balloon to move along the string using only a straw and some sellotape. Once the children achieved it horizontally, they were then tasked with getting the balloon to move vertically. Lethu and Caitlin achieved this first!

The experiments were fun because we got to investigate thrust in groups. Not many other schools get to do a workshop like this so we're really lucky! 

Ellis, Redwood 

I can't wait until I can get home and play with my new rockets! 

Charlie, Larch

I wonder what else we can make easily with scientific experiments

Lacey, Larch

Inspirational Woman

As we celebrated International Women's Day, this occasion provided Year 5 with the opportunity to reflect on what it means to be a positive role model and how progression in society is a role which everyone is responsible for.

In our classes, we discussed who we think has fit the criteria of an inspirational woman and paved the way for change. In Year 5, we agreed that Malala Yousafzai is a woman to look up to, as a result of her courage and determination to not be silenced.

'We chose Malala because we could not believe how brave she was to carry on campaigning for girls being allowed to go to school and get an education after she had been shot by the Taliban in Pakistan on her way to school. She has helped us to appreciate how lucky we are to have the gift of education and to make a good life for ourselves.' Year 5.

To recognise her influence, Year 5 created a portrait of Malala in pop art style!

Year 6 Star Writers

This week, our star writers in Year 6 are Sam Doidge (Redwood) and ..... (Larch).

Sam has achieved the prestigious star writer award because he wrote a fabulous non-chronological report on macaws. He concentrated very hard on his sentence structure and included a range of fantastic topical vocabulary. Well done Sam!

In Larch, Alisha March wrote a brilliant report on anacondas. Alisha focused on including interesting and exciting sentence openers as well as a variety of sentence types. She managed to portray the life of a snake extremely well. Well done Alisha!

Year 5 Spellings - WC 12.03.18

Please find below Year 5s spellings for this week. Please encourage your child to practise every night so that they are prepared for their test on Friday.

Year 5 Star Writers - 09.03.18

Maple's Star Writer this week is Henry Cruz Kokonchev. He carefully researched the life of the famous author Jeremy Strong, enabling him to write a successful biography that engages his reader. Using organisational features (such as subheadings) and relative clauses to add detail, Henry's writing was fabulous!

The Star Writer in Elm Class this week is Lucian Bundy. He has successfully produced a clear and informative biography about Jeremy Strong. Throughout his writing Lucian has used relative clauses to provide his reader with additional information and varied sentence types to engage the reader. 

Willow's Star Writer this week is Cruz Carey. Cruz produced a phenomenal biography on Jeremy Strong. He not only managed to use relative clauses to add extra information,  used a range of openers and appropriate subheadings, but he also embedded humour. A great biography Cruz!

School Council to City Hall

Yesterday, our wonderful School Council representatives went on an adventure to City Hall, which was an absolutely stunning building, and apparently took longer to build than the shard (despite the difference in height.)

On arrival, we went to the conference room, where we received our very own City Hall pen, book and bag. The book and pen came in very handy as the children were then informed on how the City of London is run and could jot down any notes.

Following this, we headed to the assembly, where we met the actual Mayor, who was being questioned about transport for London. We don't mean to brag, but Broadford even received a special shout out during the question time as we were welcomed in.

The children also had the opportunity to look at how London has changed through the years and ask any questions before proceeding to eat our lunch with the stunning views of our city.

Year 6 World Book Day

This morning in Year 6, Mr Light and Miss Chau were surprised to see a host of famous book characters instead of their usual pupils. We had two Cats in the Hat; the helpful Hermione Granger;  Greg from Diary of a Wimpy Kid; the fierce Shere Khan from the Jungle Book; a very hungry Oliver Twist; a very grumpy Mr Stink; the Joker from the Batman comics; Sophie from the BFG; Macbeth's Hamlet; the evil Sauron from Lord of the Rings; two very sparkly unicorns; Frankenstein; Alice in Wonderland and many others!

I chose to dress up as Sauron because Lord of the Rings is a great story and Sauron is so evil.
Arhaan, Redwood

What a fantastic effort Year 6- well done!

Boys moving on: Crow Camp

On Monday the 'Boys Moving On' group visited the scouts camp at Crow Camp, Noak Hill. This was the final part of their course and gave the boys to showcase all of the character traits and skills learned throughout the last few months. The boys completed a range of activities from den building to toasting marshmallows where using skills such as communication, organisation and reciprocity helped to complete the tasks. From the photos below you can see how much fun the boys had on this exciting day out!

Michael Rack: ' I enjoyed making fires because at first I didn't succeed but I persevered and managed to get a big fire going in the end!'

Year 6 Spellings 12th-16th March

Below are the Year 6 Spellings for this week. The weekly test will be on Friday as normal 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.

Reminder:Larch Sharing assembly

Just a reminder that Larch sharing assembly is Wednesday 7th March at 9:00. We hope to see you in the school hall to hear about everything that has been going on in Larch recently. See you tomorrow !

Year 5 Spellings - WC: 05.03.18

Please find below Year 5s spellings for this week. As we were unable to carry out our spelling test on Friday (02.03.18), we will be rolling the spelling test over to this Friday (10.03.18). As a consequence, our year 5 team are very much looking forward to seeing an endless list of children's names with 21/21. No pressure. 

Please encourage your child to practise every night so that they are prepared for their test on Friday.

KS2 - Dads* and Kids Campfire Night

Wednesday 7th March

5.30pm - 6.30pm

On Wednesday 7th March, we welcome Dads* to bring their children along for a Campfire Night at Broadford School. This event will be hosted by Rev. Richard Shorter. It will be quality time for Dads* and their children to spend together making a fire, toasting marshmallows and playing outdoor team games.

The weather seems to be improving, however, if it is wet, we will still plan to go ahead.

*This invite is for Dads or any other significant male within the family. Children are welcome to bring along Granddad, Uncle or older brother etc...

We would like to get an idea of rough numbers, so please do let either your child's class teacher, Mrs Stanley or the office staff know if you wish to attend. Alternatively, just leave a comment below this post.

Reminder: Year 6 Maths Party TOMORROW!

Year 6

Maths Party

We are pleased to invite all parents and carers to join their child and year group for a morning of Maths fun!

This is an ideal way for you to see what your child is learning this year, how you can help them at home and to have some fun playing some maths games together.

Please join us on

Friday 2nd March at 9.05am

in the hall

For other year groups, here are a reminder of the dates for your upcoming Maths Parties!

Year 4 – Friday 9^th March  

Nursery – Tuesday 13th March