Please find below Year 4's spellings for this week. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings every evening, so they are prepared for their spelling test on Friday.
Monday, 17 November 2025
Sunday, 16 November 2025
Year 4 Certificates
A huge well done to all of our amazing certificate winners this week - keep up the hard work!
Elm Class
E for Excellence: Bentley
Star Writer: Aisosa
Teacher Happy: Ambica
4R's:
Reflectiveness: Gabia
Resilience: Roza
Maple Class
E for Excellence: Poppy
Star Writer: Mikail
Teacher Happy: Zara.I
4R's: Reflectiveness- Edie
Willow Class
E for Excellence: Rehan
Star Writer: Harry
Teacher Happy: Loui
4R's: Resourcefulness - Theo
Have a lovely weekend, we will see you all back in school on Monday.
Saturday, 15 November 2025
WB 17.11.25 Year 3 Spellings
Look…Say…Cover…Write…Check
WB:17.11.25
Look…Say…Cover…Write…Check
WB:17.11.25
Friday, 14 November 2025
Year 3 Certificates
It's been an excellent week in Year 3 and the children have been working hard to make progress in their learning.
Let's look at the story of this week...
In Literacy, the children were researching their favourite pet for their fact files on the subject. They then planned and produced their own fact files using features such as subheadings and paragraphs effectively. Well done Year 3!
In Maths, the children continued their topic for the start of this half term, addition and subtraction. The children began to add using column method, first without exchanging before moving on to exchange.
Excellent effort this week Year 3!
The children also enjoyed a trip to the cinema this week to watch 'Garfield'.
The children also enjoyed a trip to the cinema this week to watch 'Garfield'.
Wow Year 3, what a busy week is has been!
This weeks certificate winners are...
E for Excellence - Tommy, Yahya and
Star Writer - Dolamayo, Aayan
4R's - Chloe, Ashlean
Teacher Happy - Ashar,
Remember to complete your 15 minutes of TTRS, 15 minutes of reading and 15 minutes of spelling practice after school.
Thursday, 13 November 2025
Letter Writing in Year 4
Letter Writing in Year 4
This week in English, our Year 4 children have been busy becoming letter detectives! Their mission: to explore and identify the key features of informal letters — the kind you might write to a friend or family member.
To begin, we read a few example letters written between friends and noticed how different they looked compared to formal letters or emails. The children quickly spotted that informal letters have a friendly, chatty tone — just like having a conversation on paper!
Together, we created a list of the important features every informal letter should include:
✉️ The sender’s address and date – usually written at the top so the reader knows when and where the letter was written.
👋 A friendly greeting – such as “Dear Ben,” or “Hi Grandma,” depending on who the letter is for.
💬 An opening paragraph – where the writer might ask how the reader is or mention something nice to start the letter off.
📝 The main body – where most of the details are shared, often including news, stories, or questions for the reader.
😊 A closing line – something warm like “Hope to see you soon!” or “Write back soon!”
✍️ A sign-off – like “Love from,” “Your friend,” or “Best wishes,” followed by the writer’s name.
“I didn’t realise letters had so many parts! Now I can write one that sounds just like I’m talking to my friend.” – Anaelle, Maple
After identifying these features, the children worked together to spot the different sections of a letter and label each part correctly. They discussed how each section helps the letter flow smoothly and keeps the reader engaged.
To test their detective skills, the children were then given a mixed-up letter! They had to work in groups to put all the sections back in the correct order. There were lots of thoughtful discussions (and a few debates!) about where each part should go. By the end, everyone was confident in recognising how an informal letter is structured from start to finish.
“I liked putting the letter back together because it felt like solving a puzzle — and now I know exactly what goes where when I write my own!” – Wais, Willow
“I liked learning about informal letters because you can make them sound friendly and write about things you really care about.” – Eva , Elm
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Broadford Celebrates Black History Month 2025
What a joyous month it has been celebrating the impact of Black pioneers, creatives and world changers. This year's theme was 'Standing firm in power and pride' which was a powerful tribute to the resilience, strength and unwavering commitment to progress that defines the Black community across the globe.
The children experienced a guest speaker, Dr Grace Bello, who shared her journey to becoming a doctor and stirring up ambition in our children. She spoke about barriers and hammers to achieving your goals and had a session with some children who aspired to work in the field of science and medicine.
"I could listen to Dr. Grace speak all day!" - Emmalee, Larch
During the month, there was a research and art project that allowed each year group to explore a Black Briton who had made significant impact in their field. These pieces were collated into a growing whole school History book filled with fantastic pieces of work.
This year, we also spent time discussing the power of voice and wrote poetry to convey this message.
Our third, seemingly annual, music video is out now!
Lines tailored to the hope for the future of each Broadford child were learnt and rapped to an instrumental called ' I Can' followed by dancing with Soul Train inspiration to 'Aint no stopping us now' by McFadden and Whitehead.
The children and class videographers (the teachers) have outdone themselves. Enjoy!
Monday, 10 November 2025
Year 4 Spellings 10.11.25
Please find below Year 4's spellings for this week. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings every evening, so they are prepared for their spelling test on Friday.
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