Year 4 - Black History Month

 

This month, Year 4 had been actively engaging in the schools activities for Black History Month 2024. They had learned about a variety of people such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King. We also discussed the Bristol Bur Boycott (in the UK) as well as the Civil Rights Movement (in the USA).We had taken part in a whole school dance, Art and Literacy project. 

Year 4 got to create an art image, around Bessie Coleman and choose a written project in Literacy (either a poem, poster or speech) based on Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech - we all enjoyed this freedom and creativity.  

"I love the quote, I refused to take no for an answer."- Nashwan, Willow

" I found her life story fascinating." - Nyasa, Willow

Work from Olivia, Maya-Aisha and Melody based on MLK’s ‘I have a dream speech’.

Year 4 Certificates 25.10.24

  

Well done to all of our certificate winners this week!

Have a fantastic half term - see you on Tuesday 5th November.

Elm

E for Excellence -  Jorgie

Star Writer -  Olivia

Reciprocity - Aariz

Reflectiveness - Batool

Resourcefulness - Isaiah

Teacher Happy - Sofia

TTRS: Batool, Tesha, Aadya

Maple

E for Excellence - Tyler

Star Writer - Abrish

Resilience - Faith

Teacher Happy - Oscar

Presentation - Parisa

Reflectiveness - Henry

Reciprocity - Veronika

Willow

E for Excellence - Callissya

Star Writer - Nashwan

Teacher Happy - Nina

Resilience - Bruno

Reflectiveness - Kayden

Year 3 Certificates

 

It's been an excellent week in Year 3 and the children have been working hard across all of their subjects to make progress in their learning before the Half Term break.

In Literacy, the children used their knowledge of our story for this half term, 'A Tale of Two Robots', to write an alternative story as part of an independent piece of writing. It was lovely to see so many children using their imagination to bring these alternative stories to life whilst also ensuring that they challenge themselves to use expanded noun phrases, inverted commas and paragraphs effectively in their writing. 

In Maths, the children have been learning to add and subtract ones across a ten using the steps to success to aid their learning. They then applied this knowledge to adding and subtracting across a hundred to great effect. Super job Year 3!

This week's certificate winners are.. 

E for Excellence - Victor, Harry and Iustin

Star Writer - Loui, Bella and Zara

Happy Teacher - Kai, Tommy and Kylie

4 R's - Miya-Rose, Joshua and Ara

Children in Need - 15.11.2024

 21st October 2024

Dear Parents and Carers,

Broadford will be hosting a very special day to raise money for Children In Need this year on Friday 15th November.

This will include:

• Non-uniform day with a theme.

• Design a new Pudsey competition to take place within classes.

• Fun Pudsey themed activities to take part in throughout the day in class.

 This year's theme encourages you to be SPOTacular!

The children can wear any spotty clothing they own or if you are struggling to find clothing to match the theme a simple idea would be to draw polka dots on a plain t-shirt. If you would like to add Pudsey accessories to your outfit feel free! We ask that you contribute £1 per family to this great cause if your child is in non-uniform and any further donations are welcome. 

I am sure that we will all have a fun day raising money for Children In Need. 

Kind Regards, 

Miss Hamilton and Mrs Green

Year 3 Spellings WB 21/10/24

 Please find below Year 3'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. 

	A	B	C
1	kindness	kind	then
2	foolishness	good	sad
3	goodness	late	see
4	lateness	weak	ill
5	weakness	lived	your
6	quietness	need
7	bitterness	take
8	plainness	town
9	softness	would
10	hardness	wanted
11	conjunction
12	co-ordinating
13	subordinating
14	list
15	poem
16	guard
17	early
18	eight
19	history
20	often

An Author Visit at Broadford!

 

We are excited to welcome the author of one of our '105 Books before you leave Broadford' this coming Tuesday 22nd October!

Toyin Owoseje, a seasoned journalist and published author, wrote 'Wonderfully Me' to remind young readers to be proud of who they are, respect others and be kind to one another. The books also teaches all readers to celebrate diversity. 

There is a fantastic opportunity to purchase your own signed copy of 'Wonderfully Me' prior to Toyin Owoseje's visit. If you would like to do so, do contact the school office on Monday 21st October 2024. 

We look forward to welcoming Toyin as she inspires our Broadford children! 

Amazing Animation

 

The children have been super busy in their Art lessons this half term, designing, creating and making their pictures come to life through the art of animation.

They began by drawing their robot designs into their sketch books, using their drawing skills to refine the original designs.

Once their designs were finalised, the children had to draw them onto cardboard ready to cut each part out. In order to ensure that their robots could move, the children used split pins to attach each of the different parts. 

To complete the project, the children will decorate their robots in the final lesson. 

'It was was layering but cutting the cardboard was tricky.' - Tommy

'I used split pins to make my robot move.' - Alice

‘ My robot can move its legs and arms. Watch it dance’ Miya-Rose

Year 3 Certificates

 

It's been a wonderful week in Year 3 and the children have been working hard across all of their subjects to make progress in their learning.

In Literacy, the children used their knowledge of our story for this half term, 'A Tale of Two Robots', to write an alternative story as part of a shared write. It was lovely to see so many children using their imagination to bring these alternative stories to life, whilst also ensuring that they use inverted commas and paragraphs effectively in their writing. Well done Year 3!

In Maths, the children have been learning to add and subtract ones across a ten using the steps to success to aid their learning. It can be difficult for the children to follow the steps at first, but after some practice they were able to work independently to add and subtract ones across a ten. Year 3 have definitely demonstrated resilience this week in Maths.

This week's certificate winners are.. 

E for Excellence - Subhan, Elsie and Edie

Star Writer - Onyeka, Lochlan and Alice

Happy Teacher - Gabrielle, Yehor and Alexandra

4 R's - Kosta, Lola Rohith and Jimmy

Year 4's Exciting Egyptian VR Workshop

This week, we were lucky to enjoy our VR (Virtual Reality) lesson on Ancient Egypt. This tied nicely into our topic this Half Term. We got to see the newly polished Great Pyramids of Giza. We learned about some of the Pharaohs such as Tutankhamun (who was only 9); Cleopatra (the last Pharaoh) and Nefertiti. Did you know that the pharaohs believed they were Gods!

We also learned about the Gods Anubis (god of the underworld); Osiris (green skin) and Iris (Goddess of fertility).

"I can't believe the pyramids used to be smooth, look how fresh and new they look!" - Nashwan, Willow

'Learning about the Ancient Egyptian gods and the book of the afterlife was very interesting!' - Sultan, Elm. 

Year 4 Certificates - 18.10.24

 

Well done to all of our certificate winners this week! One more week to go until half term!

Elm

E for Excellence -  Malik

Star Writer -  Anya

Reciprocity - Oliver

Reflectiveness - Ava

TTRS: Batool, Tesha

Maple

E for Excellence - Harry

Star Writer - Adalind

Resourcefulness - Eishan

Willow

E for Excellence - Adam

Star Writer - Edward

Teacher Happy - Bruno 

Resilience - Osman

Reflectiveness - Elliot-Ellis

Resourcefulness - Callisya and Amaira

Year 4 Spellings WB 14.10

 WB 14.10.2024

	A	B	C
1	adventure	adventure	whole
2	mixture	mixture	any
3	future	future	many
4	picture	picture	clothes
5	furniture	creature	busy
6	departure	nature	people
7	texture	temperature	water
8	puncture	pure	again
9	sculpture	cure	half
10	fracture	figure	money
11	extreme	circle
12	sentence	complete
13	peculiar	consider
14	natural	continue
15	surprise	decide
16	circle
17	heard
18	popular
19	continue
20	heart