Inter House Cross Country Champions - Blue!

Congratulations to the Blue team (Chatteris House) who have won the first Inter House tournament of the year. Despite the blustery conditions the children made short work of the course and finished faster than was expected. Everyone took part in this event and each child was able to score points for their team. Most pleasing of all was the supportive atmosphere as everybody cheered each other on. Although the other houses all tried their best, Blue were the worthy winners with 541 points. The House Captains will soon be planning the next event... so watch this space!

Owls Visit Broadford

Today we were privileged to meet many different species of owl from all over the world. The different types of owl had many different characteristics, which the children found incredibly interesting. Amazingly one of the owls was able to change its shape - growing five times in size!
"I couldn't believe how soft the feathers were" Michael - Year 1
All of the children were able to stroke the birds feeling the difference between the feathers of different species. Did you know that the Barn Owls screech rather than hoot? Please follow the link to find out more about these amazing birds - Owl Wise.
Alternatively look at the Owl Wise Youtube channel to see some of the birds in action.
http://www.youtube.com/OwlWiseUK

Runners Up in the Walk Once a Week Event!

Congratulations to our five Year 5/6 pupils who represented the school today in the Borough Walk Once a Week event which was held at St Edward's School. Dressed in their smart blue tracksuits and matching bags, the children looked great. With them they took a very impressive Olympic torch that they had designed and made themselves. Having been given the theme of 'Africa' for their design, the children had come up with some excellent ideas. All the flags of Africa; words from the 2010 World song and bright colours: all these features helped to ensure that the torch was one of the most eyecatching at the event. Thank you to Miss McGuinness who led the children on their excursion. At St Edwards the children took part in a quiz, some sports based activities and a presentation. With a great display of enthusiasm and teamwork the children managed to finish joint 2nd in the Olympic Themed quiz, which was a tremendous achievement!
"The children were a credit to the school. I was so proud of them" - Miss McGuinness.
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Family & Sibling Photos - Tuesday October 4th

Kittle Photographic are in tomorrow - 4th October. Just to remind you that you can come for family photographs with younger siblings from 8.30am on Tuesday morning. Come to the main office, where Mrs Clements will show you where to wait.

Bringing Learning Alive at Broadford!

So far this term we have tried to ensure that the curriculum comes to life for the children. By providing them with exciting learning opportunities in and out of school we know they will be inspired to take an interest themselves. Already this term they have seen or experienced:

• Multistory Theatre telling them the story of the Firebird
• Martin 'The Bug Man' Rapley showing his incredible animals - snake, chameleon, tree frog, pygmy hedgehog, tarantula and iguana
• Year 1/2 going to Barleylands
• Year 5/6 visiting the Imperial War Museum

However there are many more events to come:

• The Owl Man is visiting on the 6th October
• Nursery and Reception have a story telling visit from the Freshwater Theatre on 12th October
• Year 3/4 are going to the Bloomsbury Theatre on 14th October
• The Library are visiting us on 17th October
• An Opera performance is being provided - free of charge - for all of KS1 and KS2 on 19th October

In addition to this there will be a Halloween disco for the children... and all before half term! At Broadford we firmly believe in giving the children as many different experiences as possible so that their learning is enriched. Perhaps this is why we have consistently beaten our attendance target so far this year.

School Photos - Tuesday October 4th

A reminder that Kittle Photgraphic will be in school on Tuesday October 4th for individual photographs. We know that the children will be smartly presented so that their pictures can grace your mantelpieces in time for Christmas.

Fantastic Fundraising Achievement!

Congratulations to the Year 6 children, who organised a very successful Macmillan Coffee morning. Attended by pupils, builders, staff, parents, grandparents and carers the children managed to take over £300. With their array of school baked cakes, Tesco supplies, Costco reinforcements and hot beverages the children were able to satisfy the appetites of everyone. The whole week had given the children a number of learning opportunities:

• use of ICT to estimate costs and profit in Excel
• Speaking and listening - presenting their ideas in class, dealing with customers, shopping in Tescos and cajoling parents into attending
• Writing - letters to parents, stories for the press and emails to Macmillan
• DT - baking the cakes and making the decorations
• Maths - counting the money, working out change for customers, calculating perimeter of hall, ratio and proportion for cooking
• Teamwork - organising the hall, serving customers
• Practical skills - running a raffle, how to set up an event, organising publicity, creating a mobile coffee shop to serve the builders on site, using recipes

With a final profit figure of £220 the children have done exceptionally well and learnt a great deal in the process. Well done... and look out Sir Alan Sugar!