Broadford Beatboxers!

Yesterday, Key Stage 2 were incredibly fortunate to have 'The Beatbox Collective' visit for the day. Each year group had the opportunity to work with the professional beatboxers and were able to learn some impressive skills!

"It was cool because we were learning a new skill. Fredy is talented at beat boxing and taight us how to create our own beatbox sounds," Isaac, Redwood.

                             
The children were so excited to hear the performers freestyle and make music without any instruments.

"It sounded like a whole band was playing even though it was just Fredy and the microphone!" Fayo, Sequoia.

The children had the opportunity to play a range of games including 'guess the sound' and 'musical statues'. Some were even lucky enough to hear MC Fredy beatbox whilst playing the harmonica! (check out the Facebook page for the video).

  

 "Toby was so cool, he  used something called a loop station to make lots of different sounds play at the same time!" Freddie, Maple

Overall, Key Stage 2 had an amazing day and have all become budding beatboxers!

 

Year 4 Learning Challenge for Summer Term

Dear Parents,

Please find below the Year 4 learning challenge for the Summer Term.

	Poem	Painting	Person	Music
Basic	Learn it off by heart	Find out 10 facts about the painting/artist	Draw a portrait of the person	Listen to a piece of music
	Find another poem by the poet	Produce a collage of other paintings by the artist	Produce a timeline of their life	Identify the instruments.
Advanced	Create a performance as part of a pair/group	Draw a picture in similar style	Produce a poster to advertise their achievements	Research the life of the composer.
	Write a short biography about the poet	Transform the medium of the painting: use collage instead of painting	Write a letter asking them about their life	Attempt to recreate the piece of music
Deep	Write your own poem inspired by the topic	Use the image as a stimulus for 100WC	Explain how the world would be without this person	A mind map of different emotions you feel at various points in the piece
	Compare and contrast two poems by the poet	Describe the painting: what it represents, how it makes you feel, what it is based on	Give five reasons for and against why they should be in ‘The Hall of Fame’	Produce a piece of art/collage based on how the music makes you feel.

Year 3 Sharing Assembly

This Wednesday it is Year 3's turn to show what they have been learning about in school. Parents/carers of children in Year 3 are invited to join us on Wednesday 26th April at 9.05am in the school hall.

Year 3 Spellings - W.C 24.04.17

Please find the spellings for this week attached. Please make sure your child practices these for at least 15 minutes every night in order to be prepared for the spelling test on Friday.

Willow class star writer

This week in Willow, our star writer is the incredible Finley Livingstone. Although Finley is an extremely capable writer, after examining his progress test, it is evident that Finley has exceeded himself, steering clear of the 'Lazy writing' bracket. Indepently, our own little author, managed to produce an incredible story based on Space in 2117. Successfully, Finley incorporated a range of sentence types, ensured he used a range of adverbials to add variety to his writing and strived to embed a range of descriptive techniques throughout, including similes, metaphors and personification. Outstanding writing Finley, that's what I like to see... 24K Magic! Keep it up :)

Year 3 visit 'The Orbit'

Year 3 had a lovely day visiting The Orbit in Stratford. All the children were very brave and we made it all the way up to the top where there was an amazing view of London. The children could spot The Shard, The West Ham Stadium, The Gherkin, The o2, The BT Tower and The London Eye. We all then made our way down the Orbit (via the stairs) where we ate our lunch on the hill overlooking The Orbit. As the weather turned out to be so nice, we also got to enjoy ourselves and play in one of the parks.

Tongue twisters in Year 3

Year 3's tongues were tied in Literacy this morning as they tried to perform a range of tricky tongue twisters as part of their new poetry unit. They realised that the faster they read them, the harder it was!

They explored the main poetic device that was used and the effect it had. In this case, it was alliteration where two or more words near each other in a sentence begin with the same sound. 

Great job Year 3! Can you think of any of your own tongue twisters at home?

Year 3 Learning Challenge - Summer 1

Please find Year 3's Learning Challenge for Summer 1 below.  It would be great to see as many of the children complete this as possible.

	Poem	Painting	Person
Basic	Learn it off by heart	Find out 10 facts about the paintings	Draw a portrait of the person
	Find another poem by the poet	Produce a collage of paintings from the caves of Lascaux	Produce a timeline of their life
Advanced	Create a performance as part of a pair/group	Draw a picture in similar style	Produce a poster to advertise their achievements
	Write a short biography about the poet	Transform the medium of the painting: use collage instead of painting	Write a letter asking them about their life
Deep	Write your own poem inspired by the topic	Use the image as a stimulus for 100WC	Explain how the world would be without this person
	Compare and contrast two poems by the poet	Describe what the painting: what it represents, how it makes you feel, what it is based on	Give five reasons for and against why they should be in ‘The Hall of Fame’

Significant Person

Winston Churchill

 

Significant Person

‘The Drop’ – Albert Richards

 

Poem- ‘Soldier's Farewell’ (Mike Subritzky)

I've saddled up, and dropped me hooch,
I'm going to take the gap,
my Tour of Duty's over mates,
and I won't be coming back.

I'm done with diggin' shell scrapes
and laying out barbed wire,
I'm sick of setting Claymore Mines,
and coming under fire.

So no more Fire Support Base,
and no more foot patrols,
and no more eating ration packs,
and sleepin' in muddy holes.

I've fired my last machine gun,
and ambushed my last track,
I'm sick of all the Army brass,
and I sure ain't coming back.

I'll hand my bayonet to the clerk,
he ain't seen one before,
and clean my rifle one more time,
and return it to the store.

So no more spit and polish,
and make sure I get paid,
and sign me from the Regiment,
today's my last parade. 

Willow class star writer

This week, our star writer is the absolutely phenomenal, the one and only... Libby Northwood. Libby has created an amazing, publishable worth futuristic story. I was particularly impressed with the build up she created, which she was able to do without any adult supervision. Although I modelled on the board, she steered clear from my example, adding her own flare and independently challenging herself to produce an amazing piece of writing. She included a 2 pair, a range of adverbials, similes, and I particularly like the metaphor she also managed to include to describe the robot... A pile of metal! Keep it up Libby, a pleasure to read :)