Ife’s Learning Challenge
Ife completed the Learning Challenge this week. She researched the Art work of Henri Rousseau. Well done Ife - keep up the excellent work!
Friday 27 April 2018
Pine’s Star Writer
Pine’s Star Writer
The star writer this week in Pine class is Betty!
Betty worked super hard to include lots of features in her writing including finger spaces, capital letters and full stops. She described an animal in the jungle using lots of different adjectives to make her writing interesting.
Well done Betty, keep up the hard work.
Mulberry Star Writer
Mulberry Star Writer
Adam Riaz is the Star Writer in Mulberry class this week. He wrote an excellent description of a jungle animal. Well done Adam!
Rowan Class- Star Writer
Start Writer- Thabang Sibanda
A huge congratulations to Thabang who is this week's Star Writer! Today's piece of writing was about describing animals in the jungle. Thabang was able to come up with adjective to describe the animals he a chosen. He sounded out carefully, used full stops and capital letters and used some great adjectives.
Well done, Thabang! Keep up the great work! .
Well done, Thabang! Keep up the great work! .
Monday 23 April 2018
Rowan Class Star Witer
Rowan Class- Star Writer!
A huge congratulations to David who is this week's Star Write! David has been working extra hard this term learning all of his Set 2 sounds and is now learning his set 3 sounds. Today's piece of writing was all about our senses as we used our imagination to travel through the jungle. David was able to talk about what he could see and hear. He the used the sounds that he has learnt to sound out and write a description of the jungle. He Includes capital letters and full stops as well as super spelling.
Well done, David! Keep up the great work! .
Friday 20 April 2018
Mulberry’s Star Writer
Mulberry’s Star Writer
Kezia Wright is the Star Writer in Mulberry class this week. She wrote an excellent description of a jungle. She remembered her sentence rules and used adjectives. Well done Kezia!
Pine’s Star Writer
Pine’s Star Writer
The star writer in Pine class this week is Mimi, who produced a fabulous description of the jungle. She remembered to include capital letters, full stops, amazing adjectives and conjunctions.
Well done Mimi, keep up the hard work!
Wednesday 18 April 2018
Cedar Reading Open Morning
We are delighted to inform
you that next week, Cedar class will be hosting a reading morning for parents.
The ‘Reading Café’ is an opportunity for parents and their children to read
with each other in a friendly, informal setting. This is also a chance for you
and your child to share and develop parental-child reading techniques and
foster an even greater love of reading.
The sessions will run for
four days next week in Cedar class:
Monday
23rd April 8:30 – 8:55
Tuesday
24th April 8:30 – 8:55
Wednesday
25th April 8:30 – 8:55
Thursday
26th April 8:30 – 8:55
Please note that lessons
will commence at 9am as normal.
The mornings are open to
all for as long as you are able to attend and you may wish to attend more than
one session. We would love to see you every morning if possible! Biscuits will
be provided for all to enjoy whilst reading.
We look forward to seeing
you there and hearing some beautiful reading!
Tuesday 17 April 2018
Year One Learning Challenge
Welcome back! This term's learning challenge is based around our topic 'Jungle Fever'.
Please feel free to work with your child on the different tasks and encourage them to bring it in to school. They will receive a certificate in our E for Excellence assembly!
Good luck!
Year One Newsletter
Year One Newsletter
Welcome back to the summer term! This term's topic is 'Jungle Fever'. Please see below for our newsletter. A paper version will be sent home tonight.
KS1 Maths Challenge. Summer term, welcome back!!
Well done to all last term's winners!
Below is the new learning challenge. You can enter by writing your answers on a post-it note and putting it on the board in the KS1 corridor.
Good luck!
Below is the new learning challenge. You can enter by writing your answers on a post-it note and putting it on the board in the KS1 corridor.
Good luck!
Monday 16 April 2018
Year 2 Music Festival
Year 2 had a great time at the Infant Music Festival last term! They spent weeks learning 6 songs which they sang beautifully with the other Year 2 children in the cluster as well as their very own song, which was Elton John's 'Your Song'.
They sang loudly and proudly with great clarity as well as remembering all of the words to the various songs.
Live footage was posted on the Facebook page if you want to see more!
Year 2 Learning Challenge
Below is this term's Learning Challenge for Year 2 which the children will have been given at the end of the day along with the curriculum newsletter.
We hope the children will love this topic as much as we do and can not wait to see all the amazing learning which is taking place at home.
Sunday 15 April 2018
MASSIVE Kumon Achievements For Arya & Adam!
A big congratulations to Adam and Arya who have reached level G in their Kumon studies this term. This is a huge achievement for many reasons, mainly being that Level G is the start of GCSE work and these boys are in Year 4!
Also, the boys must be praised for their continuous resilience and grit thought-out their Kumon studies. Both Adam and Arya have been on Kumon since Reception which requires them to complete extra maths tasks everyday including the school holidays and weekends! They have truly understood that to be successful, you must be prepared to put in the hard work. Even when they were faced with barriers or found it challenging they did not give up.
In addition, by reaching this landmark level the boys have proven that they have mastered the art of arithmetic maths. They can confidently work with whole numbers, decimals, and fractions and can use all operations to solve very complex problems.
Lastly, by mastering arithmetic the boys are now going on to even trickier algebraic maths which, as the president of Kumon stated in his letter to the boys:
" Algebra becomes the key problem-solving skill in many fields, such as Science, Engineering, Compuing and Economincs! Tadashi Nakatsuka - President of Kumon (Europe)
So who knows what the future holds in terms of careers for the boys but with these skills embedded, they will have greater power to choose. Well done boys, we are all extremely proud of you and know where to come when we are struggling with our calculations!
A special mention must also be given to the families and teachers (past and present) of these boys. Without their on-going encouragement and support, this tremendous achievement could not have been made. As previously mentioned, the Kumon program requires a profound level of commitment from all involved to ensure it is successful; Adam and Arya's families have exhibited this commitment over the years and have been a great example of how Kumon should be used.
Also, the boys must be praised for their continuous resilience and grit thought-out their Kumon studies. Both Adam and Arya have been on Kumon since Reception which requires them to complete extra maths tasks everyday including the school holidays and weekends! They have truly understood that to be successful, you must be prepared to put in the hard work. Even when they were faced with barriers or found it challenging they did not give up.
In addition, by reaching this landmark level the boys have proven that they have mastered the art of arithmetic maths. They can confidently work with whole numbers, decimals, and fractions and can use all operations to solve very complex problems.
Lastly, by mastering arithmetic the boys are now going on to even trickier algebraic maths which, as the president of Kumon stated in his letter to the boys:
" Algebra becomes the key problem-solving skill in many fields, such as Science, Engineering, Compuing and Economincs! Tadashi Nakatsuka - President of Kumon (Europe)
So who knows what the future holds in terms of careers for the boys but with these skills embedded, they will have greater power to choose. Well done boys, we are all extremely proud of you and know where to come when we are struggling with our calculations!
A special mention must also be given to the families and teachers (past and present) of these boys. Without their on-going encouragement and support, this tremendous achievement could not have been made. As previously mentioned, the Kumon program requires a profound level of commitment from all involved to ensure it is successful; Adam and Arya's families have exhibited this commitment over the years and have been a great example of how Kumon should be used.
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Year 2 Plant Things to Eat
The children in Year 2 have got green fingers after their busy week weeding and preparing the soil to then sow seeds. They demonstrated great reciprocity by working together to use various tools and got the soil in perfect condition, ready for planting.
"The soil needs to be ready otherwise it won't grow well" Leah Sharpe
"All the weeds are gone now. They cant kill our nice potatoes" Callie
They then planted the different seeds which they will monitor and watch grow over the coming term. This includes potatoes, strawberries and beans! The children now can't wait to take a bite of the fruits of their labour.
This was thanks to our personal gardener, Mr Wright, who has been over-seeing the process to ensure our we are treating our crops well...Thank you Mr Wright!
Keep your eyes peeled for an update on our planting progress!
Year 2 Curriculum Newsletter - Summer Term
Dear Parents and Carers,
Year
2 – Summer Curriculum Newsletter
Welcome back to the Summer Term! This term promises to be a
busy one in Year 2. We have lots of exciting opportunities and experiences
available for the children and cannot wait to get started! Children will also
be completing their end of Key stage assessments in May but please remember
that these do not form the
full judgment on your child’s attainment.
Homework:
Remember, our expectation at Broadford is that every child
should do the following every night:
·
15 minutes reading to themselves or an
adult and note in the reading record
·
15 minutes practicing spellings
·
15 minutes rehearsing times tables
facts (including multiplication and division)
If
children would like to attempt an additional challenge, we have a new Learning
Challenge for children to attempt this Summer term which is attached. All of
the activities are based around a significant person, poem or painting relating
to our topics. Children do not have to attempt every activity but instead
select the activities that they are most interested in and compile a project
that reflects the extra time and effort that they have put into their
challenge. We hope that children will take their time with the challenge.
Spellings:
Spellings will be given out on Mondays. The children should
practise their words every evening. The test will take place on Fridays.
Trips & sharing assemblies
Cherry will be hosting their sharing assembly on 25th April.
Year 2 will be visiting the Park for a Science workshop (date
tbc) and the Tower of London on 22nd
June. We will also be welcoming some feathery additions into our
classes…date to be kept as a surprise…
Curriculum Information
We
have included a summary of the topics, which the children will be covering this
term. If you would like to make any suggestions of what you or your child would
like to learn in relation to the topics taught, please let the team know. We
welcome any suggestions you may have.
Yours
Sincerely,
Miss
Estall Miss Hammond Mr Jackson
Year
2 Leader Cherry teacher Cedar teacher
Summer
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1st Half Term
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2nd Half Term
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Topic
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Dungeons
and Dragons – Castles - The Tower of London
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Dungeons
and Dragons – The Battle of Hastings
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Literacy
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RWI and Literacy and
Language
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RWI and Literacy and
Language
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Please fill in the reading
record after hearing your child read.
For a good selection of
children books visit your local library.
Useful web links-
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Numeracy
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Fractions
Position and Direction
Length & height
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Mass, capacity & temperature.
Time
Consolidation
Problem solving
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Please practice the times
tables with your children. We complete Rock Stars Maths daily. Children may
take home the sheet they are on to practice. It needs to be completed in 5
minutes to move onto the next sheet.
Useful websites:
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ICT
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Coding
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To use the internet purposefully – maps/research
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Science
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Materials
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Materials
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You could visit the Science Museum. Admission is free. Located at Exhibition Road in South Kensington,
London, SW7 2DD.
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History/Geography
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Features of Castles
The Tower of London
Comparing Castles
Defences
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The Battle of Hastings
Chronology
Methods of attack
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P.E
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Athletics
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Athletics
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Music
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Music
lessons Thursday afternoons with a music teacher.
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Music
lessons Thursday afternoons with a music teacher.
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Art/
Design and Technology
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Georgia
O’Keeffe
Woodwork
– designing and making
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Andy
Warhol
Woodwork
– designing and making
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P.H.S.E/R.E
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Going
for goals
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Democracy
Relationships
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