Project Superstar

Finley has been working hard at home making a dinosaur to go along with our topic in class. He used empty boxes and papier-mâché for this Tyrannosaurus Rex. Forks for the front feet was a wonderfully inspired idea! 

Nelson Mandela

This afternoon Mulberry class learned about Nelson Mandela and the legacy he left behind in South Africa. We learned that the flag represented a new start for South Africa and we made our own flags to take home.

Independent Writers

We are encouraging children in Year 1 to use their writing skills independently inside and outside. These children have been busy applying their writing skills today. Well done!

I Have Made My Teacher Happy Award

Congratulations to these children in Key Stage 1 and Reception who have made their teachers happy in class this week. 

Pine's Dinosaur Song!

This is our favourite dinosaur song, it has helped us to learn about different dinosaurs!

I Have Made My Teacher Happy

These children have been resilient, resourceful, reflective and have demonstrated reciprocity.

 

If you visit us in school you will see that the teachers are very happy. 

 

Well done everyone!

 

 

Harold Hill Locality Spelling Bee

Each year we are extremely grateful to Drapers Academy for hosting the Harold Hill Locality Spelling Bee. This is the third year that the spelling bee has been running and the competition is fierce!

To ensure that we have the best team possible, take the crown and win the title of the ‘The best spellers on the hill!’ we are holding round one of the school based competition at the end of this term.

The in house spelling bee will be held in classes and the winners from each class will go forward to the whole school competition in the summer term. This is the round that will decide the winning team, who will represent the school at the locality spelling bee.

If you are good speller with a memory like a steel trap and you would like to win a kindle, then we need you!

Start your spelling training today. Good Luck!

Cherry visit London!

Cherry had an extremely exciting day in London Friday. First we visited the Monument, the children were very keen to see the 'real thing' after learning about it during our Fire topic, they were all wowed at how tall it was! 

We then took a walk to the Tower of London whereby we saw and learnt about lots of fantastic things.

The children spotted a portcullis and arrow slits within ten minutes of arriving! We admired the precious Crown Jewels and watched Queen Elizabeth's coronation. We also witnessed the Ravens having a drink from a fountain, spoke to a beafeater, heard two exciting stories, went up the 'Bloody Tower'  and even had time to visit the shop before getting the train and bus home!

All the children in Cherry showed great maturity and were a pleasure to take out. Well done Cherry you did Broadford proud! 

Thomas Features in Horse Riding Magazine

We have our own celebrity in Pine class after Thomas featured in a magazine all about horse riding. He told us all about his horse and explained that the secret to his success was that Thomas and his horse work really well together and make a great team! It was clear that Thomas has learnt it is important to work hard from horse riding as he explained all about how he has to train lots and is very dedicated to his lessons. Well done Thomas we are very proud.

Fishing for Treasure

When Miss Tynan accidentally dropped a stick in the sand pit Martina was amazed there was enough water on the cover for it to float. We started to test which things would float and which would sink and began building some boats. When the boats floated away we decided to use sticks to help them float round the cover to each other, soon the boats were floating off past shark infested waters and the children collaborated well to ensure they stayed afloat. Shortly treasure was added to the game and we started to hook the treasure with our sticks, it required great resilience as we had to control the sticks and make sure we were very safe and sensible with them. Each treasure piece was worth 10 points so the children had to use their maths skills to count their scores, they were very keen to know who had the most treasure so made sure everyone counted in tens accurately. The children demonstrated great resourcefulness in using a covered up sandpit in an imaginative way  to develop their gross motor skills, maths and team work skills!

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Lobster Investigtion

Throughout our dinosaur topic we are learning how to sort and classify animals. Although we haven't yet managed to provide some real dinosaurs Pine class had lots of fun investigating lobsters and crabs as a science focus today. Did you know that fossil records have shown that lobsters have have existed since the Cretaceous period when dinosaurs also roamed the earth!

 The children looked carefully at the body parts of the lobsters and came up with some great questions and comments. We learnt that the lobster has swimmerets under his body that help him to swim, that they have one larger claw called the crusher claw, that they have antennae that help them to sense food in the water or nearby predators and lots more!

Investigating forces

Cedar class have been finding out which forces we use to make objects move. We found out to make the bean bag you give it a push when throwing it and a pull to catch it.

To move the javelin you need pull it back and then push it when you throw it.

When moving the ball with the hockey stick you need to push and pull.