Mulberry’s Class Certificates

Mulberry’s Class Certificates 

This week Kyle was presented with the Star Writer Certificate for working hard to remember his sentence rules.

Demi was awarded the E for Excellence Certificate for her hard work in Literacy and Maths this week.  Well done!

Mulberry’s Learning Challenge

Mulberry’s Learning Challenge

This week in Mulberry class Raima completed the Learning Challenge.  She researched the playwright William Shakespeare and shared her facts with the class.  Well done Raima - keep up the good work!

Mulberry’s Fairy Gardens!

Mulberry’s Fairy Gardens!

This half term in Year 1 our topic is "The Enchanted Forest."  The children designed their own fairy gardens and then decorated the pots.  This week they were able to make their final fairy gardens and the children enjoyed collecting stones, sticks and flowers to put in their pots.

Certificates in Year 2

Certificates in Year 2! 

It was another brilliant week for certificates in Year 2! Well done to Tavia, Ife and Iyinope for embodying the 4R's in Chestnut class, showing us their Resilience, Resourcefulness and Reflectiveness! 

Kezia and Victoria made their teachers very happy this week with their incredible effort and flawless manners! 

Inya, Hannah and Gurrehmet have also been working tirelessly at home to produce their Learning Challenges! 

Well done to our Certificate Winners! We can't wait to see who will be getting them next week! 

Pine Class Bake Tudor Bread

Pine Class Bake Tudor Bread

In history, Year One have been learning about the Tudors as part of our Enchanted Forest topic. We have been comparing and contrasting life in Tudor times to life as we know it in the modern day. The children have been able to identify lots of differences between the way people lived in Tudor times compared to the way we live now and the reasons for these changes.

This week, we have been focusing on the food that Tudors ate and how they bought food. The children learnt that it wasn't as simple as going to the local supermarket for the weekly shop and bringing it home to put into the fridge!

After this discussion, half of the children made traditional white bread and the other half used a Tudor bread recipe for a brown loaf made with oats. The children had lots of fun mixing, kneading and baking the bread. 

They especially enjoyed tasting them at the end of the day! Both the white bread and the Tudor loaf went down well -thumbs up all round!

University of Broadford Graduation Dates

Broadford University Graduation Dates

Dear Parents and Carers,

Your are invited to join us to celebrate your child’s graduation!

At Broadford, we believe that it is important for the children to make choices about their learning and to take pleasure in learning something new. Broadford University is just one of the ways we support the children in achieving this.

The children have been working incredibly hard over the last 10 weeks and it is now time for them to showcase their skills, gifts and talents in a graduation ceremony.

All Graduations start at 2:15pm in the school hall and finish by 3:00pm.

Below are the dates for each graduation...

Tuesday 2nd April

Sock Cat and I'm a pupil, Get me out of here!

Thursday 4th April 

Furious Fitness and Cromebook Crew

Friday 5th April 

Unjunk your food

Monday 8th April

Creative Cards, Astonishing Art and Fashionistas  

Thursday 11th April

Broadford Glee, Stomp, and Broadford Band

Friday 12th April

Comfy Cushions 

We look forward to seeing as many family and friend at the graduation as possible! 

Pine Class Certificates

Pine Class Certificates 

The children in Pine Class have been busy earning certificates for demonstrating the 4R's this week. Anna earnt a resourcefulness certificate for her brilliant independent writing. Anna used the resources in the writing area to make her own certificates to give to her friends in Pine Class. Lottie also earnt a resourcefulness certificate for her amazing robot she created in the art area! She spent lots of time designing and improving her model and used lots of different resources to make it just right. Starla has earnt a reciprocity certificate this week for working so well with her peers. Starla was able to organise an activity in the classroom and even introduced timers to ensure that everybody had a fair turn.

Well done Pine Class - keep up the good work!

Mulberry’s Class Certificates

Mulberry’s Class Certificates 

This week in Mulberry class Donnie was given the Star Writer certificate for his brilliant sentence writing.

Lexi-Mae was awarded the E for Excellence for using adjectives to describe the characters of Hansel and Gretel.  Well done!

Mulberry’s Tudor Bread!

Mulberry’s Tudor Bread! 

This week in Mulberry class we made Tudor bread and we also made a modern day loaf of white bread.  The children worked hard to measure out the ingredients and knead the bread!  We then baked our bread.  The children enjoyed tasting and comparing the difference between the Tudor and the modern day loaf of bread. 

Year 2 maths stay and learn

Thank you to all parents who were able to attend the last stay and learn session in Year 2. It was a great time to ask advice about maths strategies currently used in Year 2 and to see different styles of learning and consolidation activities- games, times tables, practice papers, quizzes.

We hope you enjoyed having the opportunity to try out the resources and activities in the classrooms with your child.

There will be more sessions each half term- please keep an eye out for dates on the newsletters, blogs and facebook.

Many thanks,

Year 2 team

Thank you to Archie 'Cherry class photographer' for the photographs!

Abracadabra! Potions in Year One

Abracadabra! Potions in Year One 

The children in Year One have been learning about capacity and volume in maths this week. They have been using their new vocabulary to measure in full cups, half cups, nearly full cups and nearly empty cups to create some magical mystical potions! The children loved applying their new found knowledge in the potion stations and took their learning outside to experiment some more. 

We have even taken measurement a step further with standard units, looking at millilitres using the jugs and measuring cylinders in our water area. 

Great work with capacity Year One - well done for getting the measurements right and avoiding turning anyone into a frog!

Mulberry’s Class Certificates

Mulberry’s Class Certificates 

This week in Mulberry class Shivangi was awarded the E for Excellence for her brilliant instructions on how to make pancakes.  

Ana-K was presented with the Star Writer Certificate for remembering all of her sentence rules.

Vinnie was awarded his Bronze Certificate for completing his Bronze Tracker.

Charlie and Ellie-Maie were given Silver Certificates for completing their Silver Trackers.

Well done to John for reaching 20 silver merits on his Silver Tracker. 

Y2 Pancake Day

The children in year 2 enjoyed making their pancakes at school and eating them in the traditional way. We have been learning about the history of Pancakes and how different countries celebrate this.

"We have pancake races because in 1442 a lady was late for church when she was making hers so she ran to church with her pan!" Hannah

"In Wales they have a different name, Crempog, and they kick tin cans in the streets outside to celebrate" Ruby

"Pancakes are made because in the olden days people had to use up all their good ingredients in their kitchens ready for Lent" Livi

KS1 Science Week

It has been Science Week this week and children across the school have been having fun with extra science lessons, science workshops, shows and activities! 

The children learned lot of new things about gravity and forces and had a go at some of the demonstrations. Thank you to our mad scientist for the exciting shows!

If you would like to complete the Science Learning Challenge then have a look at our earlier blog. There is a chance to win a prize and options to complete your own experiments at home! Please bring in to Ms Hammond in Cherry class, or email in to school.

Y2 Stay and Learn

Dear Parents,

Our next stay and learn session will be on Tuesday 19th March at 2.30pm. This will be a Maths session. Please go to the class your child is in.

This will be a time for you to see what your children have been learning in Maths and discuss with the teacher any questions you have regarding the Maths curriculum.


Many thanks,

Y2 Team

Mulberry’s Learning Challenges

Mulberry’s Learning Challenges 

Well done to Shivangi and Ehan for completing their Learning Challenges this week. They researched William Shakespeare and found out facts about him.  They also read out a poem by William Shakespeare.  

Well done Shivangi and Ehan - keep up the good work! 

Tudor Fun in Year 1!

Tudor Fun in Year 1!

The children in Year 1 had a brilliant day as they took part in Tudor activities.  This half term we are learning about the Tudors and the children took part in fun activities as they made Tudor masks, wrote letters and made their own Tudor fairies!  

"The Tudors had fairies in their houses and they helped them." - Isla

"The Tudors believed in fairies." - Frankie

Pancake Day in Mulberry!

Pancake Day in Mulberry!

Mulberry had a brilliant time celebrating Pancake Day last week.

 The class found out all about Shrove Tuesday and then they made and ate their pancakes!

Mulberry’s World Book Day Fun!

Mulberry’s World Book Day Fun! 

Mulberry had a wonderful day celebrating World Book Day! The children all came in dressed up as their favourite book characters.  Mulberry class were paired with Maple class and they read with one another.  Then the children designed a book front cover to go on our classroom door.   The children decided to choose Mog The Forgetful Cat by Judith Kerr and worked hard to collage Mog.  

Mulberry class had a brilliant time celebrating World Book Day 2019!

Certificates in Year 2!

Certificates in Year 2!

A massive congratulations to Madelina for her superb learning challenge and her certificate. We are always so excited when the children bring in their learning challenges and show us how they have been expanding their knowledge at home! 

And congratulations to Aarna and Laura for their similar dedication with their home learning! 

Please keep up the amazing work, we look forward to more Learning Challenges coming in! 

Maths in Year 2

Fractions in Year 2! 

In year 2 the children have just finished their unit on fractions. They had to interact with a variety of representations of halves, thirds and quarters; identifying them in shapes and then finding fractions of numbers. 

We use multilink, division techniques (sharing) and visual representation to help the children access their learning. 

They have also learned how to reason and problem solve within fractions, by proving or disproving false statements and reasoning out questions that have more than one answer where they must justify their opinion. 

Next we are moving on to the wonderful world of measuring! 

Outdoor learning and fun in Year 2

Outdoor learning

Whilst some children are learning in class, other pupils are continuing their learning experiences in the outdoor area. 

Shajia, Ceejay and Abdulmalik decided to make an obstacle course using a variety of materials. They then decided that it didn't look safe and changed it until they were happy. To enhance the challenge they timed themselves and tried to get faster. 

To enjoy the hot weather we had, the children decided to make sunbeds and relax after all their hard work inside! They improved upon their designs by raising the sunbeds off of the floor. 

Other children weren't relaxing though, and instead used the resources to create their own version of horseshoe. They kept score by counting in steps of 2, 5, and 10 to keep their maths brains working whilst they were also being active.  

Finally, some children decided to have a go at the teacher's challenge that gets changed weekly. This challenge relates to the learning that his happening in class. The children were puzzling over how much of a shape was shaded and deciding what fraction it represented. 

Our outdoor learning is an important part of Year 2 and the children never cease to amaze us with their ingenuity! 

Rowan Class- our fantastic costumes

Rowan Class

What a fantastic day we had last Friday celebrating world book day!

Take a look at our amazing costumes....

World Book Day Fun in Year One!

World Book Day Fun in Year One!

“You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.” - Dr Seuss

Pine Class were delighted to come into school dressed as their favourite book characters to celebrate World Book Day. We had a fantastic day filled with all things book related!

Promptly after arriving at school, Pine Class had the chance to read with some of the Year 4 children in Birch Class. The children enjoyed listening to Birch share some of their favourite stories with them. Encouraged by the older children in the school, Pine Class also showed their own reading skills, quickly finding their favourite books in the classroom and reading them to Year 4 with confidence.

In the afternoon, it was time for the 'Book Door Competition'. Pine Class were busy drawing, writing and making collages for our chosen book 'Rainbow Fish'. The children showed their reciprocity skills, working together to decide were all their creations should go. The door turned out fantastic - as you can see!

Well done Pine Class for embracing your love of books on World Book Day and to all of the parents for creating such brilliant costumes - very creative!

Pancake Day in Pine Class!

Pancake Day in Pine Class!

After discussing Shrove Tuesday and the reasons that we make pancakes on Pancake Day, the children in Pine class were keen to make some delicious pancakes of their own. They applied the skills they have been learning in maths this week, measuring out the ingredients in non-standard units.

The children showed great reciprocity skills, working together to measure the ingredients and taking turns to mix the pancake batter.

Then came the best part - eating them! Everybody enjoyed choosing their toppings and tucking into their pancake. Melted chocolate and lemon and sugar were firm favourites!

Pine Class Certificates

Pine Class Certificates 

Well done to Daniel and Aksanan who have earned themselves certificates this week. Daniel earnt a reflectiveness certificate for his ability to reflect on his maths work this week and explain his idea’s about length and weight. Aksanan has earnt a reciprocity certificate for working collaboratively with his peers and always being considerate of other members of the class.

Keep up the good work!

Scientific Shadows

Year 2 spent some of the week in darkness, whilst exploring the topic light and dark in their Science lessons. They learnt all about the sun and moon and why we have daytime and night time, which linked in with their previous learning on the different seasons.

The children had lots of fun experimenting with the torches to make shadows!

"Making shadows is so much fun!" - Olivia

"You have to shine the torch behind your hand to make a shadow." - Amy

World Book Day Fun in Year 2

The children in Year 2 had a great time celebrating World Book Day yesterday. It was lovely to see the children all dressed up as their favourite book characters, which made choosing a winner from each class very difficult.

"I love reading it is really fun." - Hannah

All of the children were able to take part in lots of activities that took place throughout the day, but the most exciting part of the day was when the Year 2 children had the opportunity to listen to the Year 6 children read to them.

"I really like reading with the Year 6 children." - Tyler

Year 2 Art Workshop Day

Many thanks to everyone who sent in newspapers last week for our workshop. As a result we were able to create a boat with our visiting artist, which the children have enjoyed using outdoors at choice time.

The children were excited to meet the artist who showed us lots of things he had made out of recyclable materials and all of the inventions he has created. The children liked the multi-scissors and thought about how this would b useful in class when they were cutting tape.

The classes worked collaboratively over the day to build their boat, learning lots of new skills and following instructions. They used clippers, ties, learned to fold and roll and use the inventions provided.

"I loved working with my friends using the rolling machine" Keira

"The machine makes the paper roll really tight and makes it strong and hard so it will stay up" Courtney

"You needed to fold the paper in a special way, glue it and use the rolling machine. The ties stuck all the sticks together" Iyinope

Pine Class Certificates

Pine Class Certificates





Well done to the children in Pine Class who have been busy earning certificates this week. Lenny has earned a resilience certificate for persevering with his writing, taking time to edit his letter to a fairy. Eva has earned a reciprocity certificate for being so collaborative in the classroom. Eva has been working well with her peers, sharing idea's and helping others.

Keep up the good work!

Mulberry’s Trip to the Discover Centre!

Mulberry’s Trip to the Discover Centre!

This week Mulberry class had a brilliant trip to the Discover Centre!

The Discover Centre is a children's story telling centre and we were lucky enough to enjoy a story telling workshop.  Our workshop was The Tiger Who Came to Tea and the Adventures of Mog.  The children had an interactive story telling session where they heard stories from The Adventures of Mog and The Tiger Who Came to Tea.  The children then went into the world of Judith Kerr's characters and were able to explore the lives of the characters of Mog and The Tiger. 

Mulberry class had an amazing day at The Discover Centre!

Mulberry’s Class Certificates

 Mulberry’s Class Certificates 

This week in Mulberry class Hussam was presented with the E for Excellence Certificate for his brilliant Maths work.  Well done Hussam!

Olivia was awarded the Star Writer Certificate for her excellent letter writing this week.  Well done Olivia - keep up the hard work!

Raima was given the Reciprocity Certificate for collaborating well with her peers.  Well done Raima!