Ash Class Christmas Party

Yesterday afternoon was a chance to put down our pencils and have some good old fashioned festive fun! We joined Rowan class in the hall for some 'musical statues', then went back to Ash for some party food, a film, a 'pass the parcel' game and the obligatory 'musical chairs'! 

Year 3 Healthy Cooking Masterclass with Mr Borrell

As one of their '48 Experiences at Broadford',  Year 3 had the unique opportunity to learn about healthy cooking first hand. On Wednesday afternoon, top chef and parent governor Mark Borrell came in and demonstrated how to make authentic Mexican quesadillas, then we had a go at our own!
Mr Borrell explained that a vegetarian quesadilla is a good example of a balanced meal, as it comprises carbohydrates, protein, about four portions of veg and some healthy fats. As ever, the proof of the pudding was in the eating, and the quesadillas didn't disappoint!

End of term party!

Year 3 are excitedly getting prepared for their end of term party tomorrow. 

Ash Class Star Writer

The star writer in Ash Class this week is Ella Nash. Ella's newspaper article about the Roman Invasion of Britain and the end of the British Iron Age was written in the true 'reporter' style, It was also full of interesting and powerful vocabulary. She even included quotes from an 'eyewitness'!

Goals, goals and more goals!

This week we hosted the year 3/4 in house football competition. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and worked together to select the children participating, play the games and cheer on their teams. Even though the weather nearly spoilt the day, we managed to move inside and complete the competition. I am proud to say there was some fantastic football played by all but the winning team was... GREEN! I would also like to say a big well done to Michael Rack and Athenkosi Nombeko who were nominated as 'player of the match' for year 3 and 4. Well done to all!

Birch Star Writer

Star writer for Birch this week is Brandon Brown. He has successfully created a newspaper article about the discovery of Iron whilst using his 5W's and a punctuated quote, well done Brandon!

Year 3/4 Spelling Week 6

Here are the spellings for year 3/4 for next week, the test will be on Friday as usual.

Ash Class Star Writer

The star writer in Ash class this week is Bradley Joy. We have begun to use the 'Talk for Writing' approach for our big writes in Year 3 and this was the first batch of resulting work.
Bradley clearly demonstrated he had taken on board the time adverbials and powerful vocabulary that were used in the example recount we learned. He then applied these to his recount of the trip through time we went on with 'Claire the Time Hunter', a visiting theatre performer. Well done Bradley!

Rowan Star Writer

The star writer for Rowan this week is Georgia Chilvers. She has successfully written a recount of her afternoon at 'The Early Ages of Man' workshop. Georgia has described her experience with great detail and she has also used a variety of sentence openers to entice the reader into each new paragraph. Well done Georgia! 

Bradley Achieves Success in Division

Bradley Joy (Ash Class) and the other members of Miss Cook's Maths group have been working extremely hard to tackle division this week. Not only have they been learning their division facts but they have also successfully mastered the bus stop method which is always a challenge. A proud teacher this week, super effort everyone!

Birch Star Writer

Star writer in Birch this week is Lucy Stevens. She has successfully created a recount about her experience of, 'The Early Ages of Man' workshop. Not only did she describe her experience in great detail but she also thought carefully thought about her 5Ws and even included a Tell; Show 3 sentence. Well done Lucy!

Year 3/4 Spellings Week 5

Here are the spellings for year 3/4 for next week, the test will be on Friday as usual.

Ash Class Sharing Assembly Now On YouTube!

Last week's sharing assembly by Ash Class is now available to view on YouTube.

Follow the link to take a look:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vk_y0IKsuQ&list=UUx51s8J1JxRQdAxKVDVIqzg

If for any reason the link isn't working, just search 'Ash Class Sharing Assembly' in the search bar on the YouTube homepage.

We hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed performing it!

Leaping to Success

On Monday year 4 made their final trip up to Drapers. They were all able to use a vault and even made a variety of shapes when doing so. The children have developed their gymnastistic skills and enjoyed the experience. 

Ash Class Star Writer

This week's star writer in Ash class is Teni Adu. Her recount of the pantomime production of Beauty and the Beast used ambitious vocabulary and devices to extend sentences to great effect. 

Visual textures and tactile textures.

This afternoon in Rowan class we have again viewed the works of artist Albrecht Durer. As a class we discussed how by using colour, line and shading Albrecht created such fantastic artwork, which Lillie Jo commented on  " it looks so real, like I could stroke it." The class then found a variety of different surfaces to create textured rubbings both inside and outside of the classroom. 

Birch Tackle Haiku Poems

Birch class have been working extremely hard in literacy this week and have created a range of Haiku poems. The whole class successfully made their own Haiku about an animal in our local area, a great achievement. Well done Birch!

Year 3/4 Travel back in time!

Year 3/4 were very fortunate this week to experience an, 'Early Ages of Man' workshop. The children travelled back in time and explored what it was like to live during that period of time. All four classes thoroughly enjoyed themselves and even had the chance to learn a secret time travellers handshake!

Birch Star Writer

Star writer in Birch this week is Leo Mbata. He has successfully created a recount about his Pantomime experience using a range of sentence openers, adjectives, adverbs and rhetorical questions. Well done Leo!

Year 3/4 Spellings Week 4

Here are the spellings for year 3/4 for next week, the test will be on Friday as usual.

Birch Star Writer

Star writer in Birch this week is Brandon Brown. He has successfully created a recount about his steel pan experience using a range of fronted adverbials and powerful verbs. His handwriting was also exceptional, well done Brandon!

Ash Maths Group

Ash Maths Group applied their place value knowledge to a game today!