The Masked Reader

 

Welcome to, The Masked Reader. Are you up for a challenge? Are you ready for some teacher's in disguise? Can you spot your teacher? Who do you think is the teacher behind the mask?

Click here to be transported to the competition. 

Within the presentation, there are seven masked contestants, who have recorded themselves reading their favourite book.  Watch each video and read the clues; each clue links to the teacher's classroom. Once you have watched the videos and read the clues go to the google form (found here) and make your choices. 

Let the guessing games begin. 

Best of luck! 

Year 6 Reading Area

Some areas of the school have been transformed during lockdown. The top of the stairs in the year 6 corridor was the perfect place for a little reading nook!

Year 6 pupils can sit, relax and enjoy one of the15 fabulous books to read in year 6 and look out at the stunning view from the beautiful large windows.

From this spot you can see all the way to Bedford's Park. On a clear day of course! 

 

Return to School - Morning Routine

Dear Parents and Carers,

The countdown to Monday 8th March is on and we hope that your children are looking forward to returning to school as much as we are looking forward to seeing them all. We are still living in very testing and challenging times and we hope that these temporary arrangements will be short lived. I wanted to take this opportunity to confirm plans for the morning routine.

Breakfast Club
I am pleased to inform you that we will continue to provide a breakfast provision from 8th March. The same arrangements and measure for Covid-19 will be in place.

Office staff have been confirming places with parents this week. If you would like to book a place at the breakfast club please contact the school office and they will be able to assist you. 

• Breakfast club will still operate within the school hall and pupils will be organised in year group tables (bubbles) and will need to stay within these groups to eat their breakfast and for their activities. There will be a staff member per bubble who will support the pupils during this time.
• Parents who require breakfast club due to working commitments will be prioritised all other places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
• If your child misses two sessions you will forfeit the place and it will be offered to the next person on the waiting list.
• The Breakfast Club will open term time only for children in Reception – Year 6. If you have a Nursery child and are interested in our Nursery Breakfast Club then please speak to a member of Nursery staff.

Monday to Friday from 7.45 – 8.30am
Breakfast will be served from 8 – 8.20am.

• Pupils must arrive at the KS2 door and register with the member of staff and then go straight to the hall.
• Breakfast will comprise of cereal, toast, fruit, hot options and other meals that will change and vary over the week. Activities will be provided for children once they have eaten. Children will be escorted to their classrooms at the allocated staggered start time for their year group.
• The cost of this session is £1.50 per child per session. Payment must be made via sQuid and must be in your account on the days your child will be attending Breakfast Club. Breakfast club is offered to pupils of Broadford Primary School during term time only.
• There is no discount for those children not having breakfast, the fee includes the price of the food.

Pupils who are not attending Breakfast Club

Nursery and Reception Pupils 

Nursery - usual timings; please see communication from Nursery staff.

Reception - the door will be open and pupils can start to make their way to the classrooms from 8.30 am.

Only parents and pupils in Nursery and Reception will be able to use the gates by the school office as they will enter the school building via the nursery doors and the door by the reception slope. 

Pupils in Years 1-6

All pupils must enter the school site via either of the two gate towards the bottom of the hill on Farringdon Avenue. Children will make their way into the playground and straight to their classrooms where their teachers will be there to meet and greet them them and get started with their learning for the day. During this time we ask parents to drop pupils at the gate to minimise the amount of people on the school site. All pupils will enter their classrooms via the outside doors. 

8.30 am - Years 4 & 6

8.35 am - Years 1 & 2 

8.40 am - Years 3 & 5

Can we ask that only 1 parent brings your child/children to school and please ensure that you drop off at the correct time to ensure that there are a minimum number of people at the gate any one time. The gate will close at 8.50 am and any late pupils will not be able to be admitted after this time to ensure that pupils do not cross over bubbles. The main school office will be used for emergencies only. 

We are looking forward to welcoming you all back to school bright and early on Monday morning.

Return to School - Preparation

On Monday in Assembly we talked about how we can prepare ourselves for returning to school. We all have different emotions and feelings about life returning to some kind of normality and we should try to understand each other and we must be kind. 

There are some ways that we can prepare ourselves as parents and prepare our children for life back in the classroom. 

Letting Go & Future Plans
Talk to your child about things they couldn't do during lockdown. They can write or draw each item on a small piece of paper. Ask them how they feel about each thing they have missed. We can't change this situation, so we need to accept that those events are gone forever. One by one, scrunch up the pieces of paper and throw them away, letting them go for good. 

Encourage children to make a list or draw pictures of things they are looking forward to doing in the near future. Stick this on the fridge to remind them of the good things coming up. They can add new things at any time. 

Be Calm 
Children will take their lead from the adults. They will feel assured if we are steady and matter of fact. Sometimes we may just need to be still and count to 10 or take 4 deep breaths. 

Be Positive
Some younger children may struggle with being separated from parents after such a long time at home. They may become worried, tearful or act out. Reassure them that you will miss them too and think about them throughout the day. It may be helpful to both wear stickers and call it a hug button. If they are missing you throughout the day they can press the hug button and know that you will be doing the same at home. 

For older pupils who are feeling a little anxious remind them of all of the ways they have learnt to keep themselves safe: washing their hands regularly, sneezing and coughing into their elbow, not hugging others and staying in their own space. Some of our older pupils may enjoy a hug button as well. 

Be Curious 
The time directly after the longest separation of the day can be the most important and effective times to engage with our children. After this period of separation, that initial contact with your child should be welcoming and warm. Make your child feel special by treating them like you haven’t seen them in a long time and cannot wait to be reunited with them. Be curious about their day ask them questions, for example; 

What has been the best part of your day? 
What made you smile today?
What was the book about that your teacher read?
What questions did you ask at school today?
What made your teacher smile? What made her frown?

Be Thankful 
Help your child think of things they are looking forward to. Being with their friends, seeing their teachers and favourite activities in school. 

Be Prepared
Rehearse and practice your 'goodbye' routine and create a 'hello' greeting for the end of the day for them to look forward to. 
Make sure uniforms are ready, get a good night's sleep and we can't wait to see you all bright and early on Monday morning.

 

Uniform Swop Shop

If you have been following the assemblies since January, you will know that each month we are encouraging everyone to adopt a small change to help us all be kinder to our planet. 

In January Mrs Nicholls challenge all pupils to turn the tap off when brushing their teeth to preserve water.  One of our environmentally friendly pupils suggested in February that we all start to recycle plastic pens that have run out of ink. For March we received a fantastic idea from one of our helpful parents. 

I have no doubt that many of you have children who have grown over lockdown and have not had much use out of their uniform. If this is the case we are organising a uniform swop shop. This will help us to be kinder to the planet and also our wallets and purses. 

This is how it will work. 

1. If you have some uniform at home that is still in a decent and wearable condition please donate to our swop shop. 
2. We are asking that you wash and send the uniform into school by Friday 12th March. 
3. We will 'quarantine' uniform over the weekend. 
4. Swop shop will commence after school week commencing Monday 15th March. 

Many thanks for the idea and we hope that this will be helpful for many families. 

Key Stage 2 Maths Challenge - 01.03.21

Congratulations to last week's maths challenge winners: Aksanan, Gurrehmat and Shivangi!

Please find this week's maths challenge below:

Year 6 Corridor

We are extremely lucky at Broadford to have such a wonderful learning environment. The new building provides pupils with light and spacious classrooms. However, the corridors are a little plain and dull! But not anymore!

We commissioned artist Sally Newton to adorn our walls with fabulous artwork. The pupils in year 6 came up with their favourite reading titles and Sally turned their ideas into marvellous permanent designs to inspire the pupils to read and choose to read these great books for pleasure. 

We think that our corridors now look like an art gallery and we can't thank Sally enough for turning the ideas of our pupils into a reality and sharing her talent with us. 

Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick

Skellig by David Almond 

Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell 

Holes by Louis Sachar

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling