Friday 29 November 2019

Farewell from Miss Hamlin

Farewell Broadford! Thank you so much for everyone's well wishes; I have been overwhelmed by everybody's kind words as I said goodbye today. I have loved teaching at Broadford and will always cherish my time here. Now back to the homeland I go! 🇦🇺


Wishing everybody a safe and happy holiday season 🎄

Thursday 28 November 2019

Year 4 Panto Trip!



We are delighted to inform you that a trip has been booked for our Year 4 children. The trip will allow the children to experience a pantomime at the Queen’s theatre. The Robin Hood production has sparkling sets, colourful costumes, tunes that everyone knows, lots of laughter and most importantly plenty of audience participation.

The Year 4 children will be visiting the Queen’s theatre on Thursday 5th December 2019, the performance will begin at 10:00am. All children should be in school by 8:45am as we will be leaving at 9:15am. We expect to arrive back at school at approximately 1.00pm so the children will need to either bring in a packed lunch or order a School packed lunch to eat as soon as we get back to school. The children will be given popcorn and drink during the show and will have the opportunity to have a piece of fruit.

The children will be travelling via bus to and from Queen’s theatre. The children will be accompanied by teachers and support staff from the school. Please ensure children have warm coats and are wearing appropriate footwear.

The trip costs £700 in total for the Year 4 classes so we are asking for a contribution of £10 per child to cover part of the pantomime ticket price. Please make your contributions on sQuid. If you have any questions or queries about payment, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher.
This is an exciting opportunity for the children to experience a pantomime. We thank you for your continuing support.

Miss Estall, Miss Young & Miss Islam




Monday 25 November 2019

Year 4 Spellings 25/11/19



A
B
C
interact
interact
interact
intercity
intercity
intercity
hear
hear
hear
Internet
Internet
Internet
buy
buy
buy
international
international
international
here
here
here
interactive
interactive
interactive
bye
bye
bye
interlock
interlock
interlock
grown
know

interrelate
by

reign
whether

intermediate
sum

rain
weather

intergalactic
whole

groan
some

peace
hole

piece
would

rein
could


Year 3 Certificates 22/11/19

Elm

Reciprocity: Dhriti and Ryan
Resourceful: Iniya
Resilience: Riley



Cherry

Resilience:- Kyriq
Teacher Happy - Aisling, Asla, Tiffany


Cedar

Times Table Rockstars - Adrian, Louie, Elsie-Rose
Resilience - Raul
Resourcefulness - Charlie
MDA award - Jason

Year 3 - Spellings 25.11.19


Sunday 24 November 2019

Ash Visit Harold Hill Library

Yesterday Year 4 took a trip down to Harold Hill Library. We met RJ (Rob) Thompson, who is the author of the series 'The Uncuddibles'. Rob read some stories to us, showed us how he illustrates all his books using his iPad, and prepared us for some brilliant activities.

Some children wrote their own book covers and blurbs, whilst others played an Uncuddibles-themed board game. Other children drew their own Uncuddibles super-bear!

Thank you Rob for the pleasure of meeting you and reading your captivating stories.





Year 4 Certificates 22.11.19

Birch

Reciprocity- Jeremiah has been trying really hard to behave well in class. I was super impressed with his participation in Science this week. He was able to find a solution to fix the instrument he made with his group. Well done!
                                                                                                                                           Miss Islam

Ash

Resilience: Harry

Resourcefulness: Kanishka

Reflectiveness: Lily


Friday 22 November 2019

Year 3 are as busy as beavers!

Year 3 have been looking at similes as part of their fiction unit around Science Fiction! We learnt that similes use words such ‘like’ or ‘as’ to compare two similar things.

The classes played games of match the similes where they had to try to match two parts of a simile so it made sense. Only using previous knowledge the children really did well, finding similes such as ‘as cold as ice’.

After this, some children then tried out some similes onto whiteboard, and then wrote their own into their books.

Hannah said “similes are when you compare one thing to another.”

Hopefully your child has got the bug for Science Fiction, please look out for any stories that might fit this genre!






Tuesday 19 November 2019

Year 4 History - Museum Walk

This week year 4 learnt about historical sources and evidence. We discussed the differences between primary and secondary sources and how primary sources help historians understand past events, people and societies. The children then went on a ‘Museum Walk’ where the could see, touch and even listen to different types of sources and identify what they tell us about history.





Monday 18 November 2019

Year 3 - Spellings 18.11.19




Below are the Year 3 Spellings for this week.
The weekly test will be on Friday and children should hand their spelling books in on this day.
Pupils are expected to practise their spellings for 15 minutes per day as well as practise their times tables and read at home. 



Year 4 Certificates 15/11/19

It was a fantastic week in Ash, and these children won some brilliant awards! Keep it up!

Resilience: Finley

Reciprocity: Lily

Reflectiveness: Kanishka

Resourceful: Nela



Friday 15 November 2019

Year 3 certificates 15/11/19

Made my teacher happy - Jason and Elsie-Rose
Rockstars - Elsie-Rose and Ritchie 
Resilience - Archie

Amelie - Resourcefulness
Izaan - Presentation
Layla-Rose - Resilience 

Saarah - Reciprocity
Tirenioluwa and Taylor - Resilience



Wednesday 13 November 2019

Yr4 science experiment 14/11/19!

Dear Parents and children of Year 4 (Ash and Birch),

Please can you arrange your child to bring on Thursday (14/11/19);

  • rubber bands (of different widths/lengths if possible!)

and either;
  • a cardboard/shoe/cereal/tissue box with a small hole in the middle, or, 
  • an empty tin can 

Image result for rubber bands different sizesImage result for cardboard box with holeImage result for empty tin cans

If this is not possible, don't worry! Children will be able to partner up. 

Thank you very much.

Miss Young and Miss Islam

Monday 11 November 2019

Year 4 Roman army reenactment

For the glory of Rome!!

This week year 4 students were transported back to Roman Britain and inducted in to the most elite of ancient armies - The Roman Empire! Ash and Birch faced off in a battle for who could demonstrate the best Roman battle formations. We have been learning about ancient armies in topic, and one reason why the Romans were able to defeat the Greeks was because of their superior battle tactics. The Roman Empire deployed 3 formations in the course of a battle:

The Wedge









The Tortoise








The Orb










As the children completed the formations , they reflected on how disciplined Roman soldiers had to be to follow orders and not let their fellow soldiers down. Some children felt brave, strong and focused as they participated in the formations, while others said they would probably panic in a real battle! (Safe to say we are thankful we'll never know!) Both classes showed great resourcefulness and reciprocity, however it was Ash class who came away with the win as they were able to protect the Standard and also perform the Tortoise manoeuvre to escape.









Year 4 Spellings 11/11/19


A
B
C
automobile
automobile
auto
autograph
autograph
who
autocue
autocue
whether
autobiography
autobiography
when
autopilot
autopilot
autopilot
automatic
automatic
automatic
trouble
trouble
thinking
double
double
these
touch
touch
those
young
young
young
amplitude 
loud

festivities
festive

vibration
vibrate

volume
volume

wrapped
scary

eerie 
quiet

racing
race

happiness
wave

fireworks
fireworks

frivolity 
personification