Wednesday 29 September 2021

Year 5 trip to Painesbrook

 



This half term our Geography topic has been Rivers.

To apply our learning so far, we are going to go on a walking trip to nearby PainesBrook on:

Tuesday 5th October 2021 

The children will be led to the entrance on Petersfield Avenue and taken along the brook to see our learning in real life! We hope this will be a really informative short field trip and a great chance for the children to put their Geography vocabulary they have learnt to good use.

The children don't need to bring anything else as long as they've got comfortable walking school shoes on and, weather depending, a thick coat. 

Any questions please email year5@broadford.havering.sch.uk

Tuesday 28 September 2021

Fact Finding in Year Five!

 

Year 5 Literacy Today

This week, we have started looking at Non-Chronological reports in Literacy. Today, Year 5 enjoyed hunting for all the features in a range of Non-Chronological reports and colour coding them once they had been found. 

We will now be planning our own non-chronological reports on the Amazon Rainforest before we begin writing them next week. 


As a reflection at the end of the class we discussed 'which do you think is the most important feature and why?'

"I think that having a text that teaches the reader something is most important otherwise why would someone bother reading it?" - Madalina

"I think the clear title is the most important because how will you know what you are reading about or about to read about if you don't have a title?" - Caden








Monday 27 September 2021

Budding Historians in Year 6!

This afternoon, the children in year 6 worked hard to develop their historical skills and knowledge through their learning of Mayan culture. They investigated a range of sources that revealed information about the game Pok-ta-Pok (a significant ball game to the Maya people). 

Like true historians, the children were able to interpret the evidence in front of them and infer what the game might have looked like and what it meant to the Maya people. 

It was wonderful to see the children developing their own theories and making their own conclusions based on the sources of evidence. 

"I can see that the players are all wearing knee pads and protective gear, that suggests that the game might have been dangerous" Oliver, Almond

"I agree that the knee pads suggest that the game was dangerous, but it also might mean that they used their knee to hit the ball, rather than their head." Katlyn, Oak

The children were also able to compare Mayan culture with modern day Britain by highlighting the similarities and differences to Pok-ta-Pok and modern day games, such as football and basketball.

"Pok-ta-Pok is similar to football because it has a bouncy ball, but it is different because you cannot use your feet or head to hit the ball." Jeremiah, Oak

"I noticed that the ball in the picture looks similar to a football and the hoop on the wall reminds me of a basketball hoop. Perhaps the game was like a mixture of football and basketball." Gabriela, Almond.

Some outstanding work today year 6! Here are the sources of evidence the children used to make their conclusions about the game:



Year 6 Spellings - W/C 27.09.21

Please find below year 6's spellings for this week. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings every evening, so that they are prepared for their spelling test on Friday. 




Year 5 Spellings WB 27.9.21

 






A

B

C

D

1

breezily

happily

badly

you

2

cheekily

angrily

sadly

then

3

sleepily

merrily

correctly

were

4

frantically

cheekily

something

made

5

dramatically

sleepily

suddenly

just

6

accidentally

sadly

stopped

looked

7

bravely

badly

window

your

8

angrily

boldly

therefore

with

9

anxiously

bravely

different

little

10

beautifully

finally

naughty

people

11

rounding

negative



12

divisible

seize



13

numerals

vulture



14

multiples

rainforest



15

developer

commutative



16

determined

occasionally



17

language

height



18

profession

eighth



19

sincerely

business



20

yacht

strange





Friday 24 September 2021

Year 6 Certificates 24.09.21

  Year 6’s second week back has, again, been a successful one. The children are settling in outstandingly, and presenting themselves as role models for the rest of the school. 

E for Excellence

These children have put in 110% effort this week and really showed us how in the green zone they were with their learning. Thank you for your incredible hard-work.

Congratulations to: Ellie, Shauna, and Moyin


Star Writer

In Literacy this week, we've been justifying character's traits, and writing true letters to Stanley's mum. These children have thought hard about their justifications and their word choices! 


Congratulations to: Monsur, Aaliyah-Shae, and Fola


The 4Rs 

We want to recognise the students who really exemplified the 4Rs this week, both in and out of class. 

Reciprocity
Congratulations to: Lilly-Anne

Reflectiveness
Congratulations to: Ollie V

Resourcefulness
Congratulations to: Divine


Certificate of Presentation

These children have worked exceptionally hard on their presentation in Maths or Literacy this week. We can't wait to see soon who will be earning their pen licences for outstanding presentation.

Congratulations to: Klaidi, Jennifer, Giada, Charlie, Nela, and Gabriela

 



Times Table Rockstar Certificates

Well done to the children that have worked on their times tables this week, you have levelled up!

Congratulations to: Malachi, Israel, Bella, Katlyn, Frankie, Andrew, Blake





Year 5 Certificates 24.9.21


Well done to these amazing Year 5 children this week - 



Maple
Star Writer - Tyler
E for E - Aarna
Presentation - Mia
Reciprocity - Mimi
Reflectiveness - Lilly W
Resilience - Daisy
Teacher Happy - Hamza

Redwood
Star Writer - Kyriq
E for E - Madalina 
Teacher Happy - Jason


Willow:
Star Writer - Laura
E for E - Nicole 
Resilience- Tavia 
Resourcefulness - Ryan 




Wednesday 22 September 2021

Recycling needed for Year 6's Science Experiment!




Dear adults,

Please could your household start collecting recylable material, for example:
  • foil,
  • plastic milk bottles,
  • boxes,
  • straws,
  • card,
  • and any other bits of recycling.
Year 6 pupils, you will need to bring your materials in by Wednesday 29th of September for our science experiment. 

Thank you very much,

Year 6 Team

Mighty Maths in Year 6!

This week in Year 6, the children have been using their resources to help their understanding with mathematical concepts.

For example, Oak class looked at the composition of 1,000 and 1,000,000 using dienes. 

"I know that one quarter of 1,000 is 250, because four lots of 250 is equal to 1,000" - Katlyn

"5 two hundreds make 1,000. You can see it can exchange to one thousand!" - Oliver

At the end of the lesson, the children were able to discuss how 1,000,000 is divided into two, four, five and ten. We also learnt that we can use our place value and power of ten knowledge to help us with the composition of 100,000, 10,000, 1,000 and 100. 

The children have also been working hard at ordering and comparing 7 digit numbers, thinking carefully about the value of each column. They thoroughly enjoyed applying their understanding to a competitive game, where they used a 9 sided dice to generate a number each - the biggest number won! 



The children loved creating their own rules with their partner to make the game even more interesting. Some even chose to put a digit in their partner's number (especially if it was a low one).





"I knew that my partner had won straight away because they had a 9 in their millions column and I had already placed an 8 in it! It was so much fun!" - Ollie, Almond


Tuesday 21 September 2021

Uplifting Upstanders in Year 6!

Last week, Year 6 learned about how upstanders (witnesses to bullying who try to positively intervene). 

The children discussed how it's not always appropriate or safe to publicly intervene bullying, so upstanders can make the choice of privately intervening, too. 

 

When discussing private upstander actions, Oak class came up with:

  • Ask how they’re doing in a text or direct message.
  • Say something kind or complimentary in an anonymous post, comment, or direct message (if you’re using media that lets you stay anonymous).
  • Tell them you’re there for them if they want to talk after school.
  • In a quiet conversation in person or on the phone, tell them you thought the mean behavior was wrong and ask if they feel like talking about what happened.



Lime class came up with these actions when intervening publicly:

  • Call out the mean behavior (not the person), saying it’s not cool.
  • Say something nice about the target in a post or comment.
  • Get friends to compliment the target online, too.
  • Offline, you can invite the person to hang out with you on the playground or sit
  • with you at lunch.
Almond class said, "No matter how you choose to be an upstander, you have both public and private
options for reporting. This could mean reporting bullying behavior via a website
or application interface, or reporting what’s going on to an adult you trust."

By the end of the lesson, Year 6 understood that they had choices as a witness, and they should always try their best to positively intervene and be an upstander!




Monday 20 September 2021

Oreo Moons in Year 5

Oreo Moons in Year 5 

In Year 5, we have continued our topic of 'Space' and learnt about the different moon phases. We watched a video that explained why the moon appears to be different shapes at different points in the month. To help our understanding, we used Oreos and ate away at our moons until they resembled each moon phase.

"I've made a Waxing Gibbous!" Ife.


"I've made a new moon!" Iyinope. 



Year 6 Spellings - W/C 20.09.21

Please find year 6's spellings for this week below. Please encourage your child to practise every evening, so that they are prepared for their spelling test on Friday. 



Year 5 Spellings - 20.9.21

 


A

B

C

D

1

autograph

biography

great

what

2

autopilot

autobiography

green

went

3

automatic

autobiographies

grow

people

4

autocue

autopilot

hard

with

5

autobiography

pilot

has

because

6

automobile

autocue

hat

suddenly

7

automatically

cue

he’s

she

8

autonomy 

automatic

head

house

9

automate

automobile

home

there

10

autocracy

mobile

horse

where

11

atheist

explorer

decide


12

theist

power

fruit


13

agnostic

expanded

group


14

million

phrase

guard


15

Jupiter

adverb

guide


16

embarrass

material

heard


17

equipped

medicine

early


18

especially

mention

eight


19

exaggerate

minute

history


20

excellent

natural

grammar