Read Write Inc Information Meeting

Parents of pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are warmly welcomed to an information meeting about our new reading programme. We firmly believe that Read Write Inc will have a positive and direct impact on your children's ability to read. We would love to share with you how the program works and give suggestions for how you can support your child at home. The meeting times are:
Thursday 1st December 9.10-10.00am
Thursday 1st December 2.30-3.15pm
In the meantime you might want to crack on with your homework through this link:

Victorian Teacher Visits Broadford

Following 137 years in a deep freeze, Mr Smith (aged 173) arrived at Broadford on Monday. Clearly he was very out of touch with modern methods of education. With his cane, dunce's hat and stern manner he was not a popular figure with the children. Important lessons like 'speak when you're spoken to' and 'only write with your right hand' seem to have passed some of our pupils by. However it was a very vivid way to learn about the education system of Victorian England. Who could imagine a world with no interactive whiteboards... just slate? Afterwards the children were very keen to write about their experiences. Mr Smith did have some very nice things to say about our Year 1 & 2 pupils:
"The behaviour from the children was exemplary!"
We have now used the Freshwater Theatre Company three times this year - from Early Years up to Year 6. All pupils and staff agree that it is a great way to bring learning to life!

Broadford Raises £86.40 for the Poppy Appeal

A big Broadford thank you to all the parents, friends, pupils and staff who helped to raise £86.40 for the Rememberance Day collection. Without a doubt this money will be a great contribution towards the work that the Poppy Appeal do.

First Bronze Tracker Completed!

Congratulations to Josh Ellis (Year 6) who became the first pupil to complete the Bronze Tracker today. It is a tremendous achievement to win this award - after just 11 weeks of school - so well done to you. Rumour has it that several other children are hot on the trail of Josh's success and expect to complete their trackers by the end of the term. Well done to you!

At Broadford the merit trackers are to celebrate academic excellence. The children earn stickers on their cards by completing tasks well and making outstanding contributions to lessons. For good behaviour and all round politeness the children earn House points for their teams.

Wednesday 30th November - School Closed

I regret to inform you that the school will be closed on Wednesday 30th November 2011 due to industrial action by staff.
School will reopen on Thursday 1st December 2011.

Broadford Attendance Scores

At the latest HMI visit the improvement in our attendance rates was noted by the inspector. He was very pleased at the efforts made by the parents, children and staff to bring our attendance up to above 95%. However we now need to keep this going and this week we have slipped a little. Some classes - Willow, Cedar, Birch and Pine - managed to beat the target. However the other KS1 and KS2 classes did not manage to get above 95%. Overall this meant the attendance was 94.14%... too low! Hopefully we can bounce back. With an exciting week next week I am sure the children would be loathe to miss a day. Inter House sports, rugby tournaments, footie matches and Victorian day: these are just some of the events to keep the children engaged over the next 7 days!

Bosworth Field Rejuvenation

On Tuesday 29th November we are welcoming in the Briar Road project team. They will be asking the children for their ideas about the best way to develop the Bosworth Field area which is due to benefit from £200,000 of funding. Without a doubt it will see a dramatic transformation and the children get to have a say! Please look at the site to find out more details or contact the team:
Mark Adams 01708 434100
Sharlmane Laurent 01708 434028
I know that they are very keen to get as many ideas and as much feedback as possible from local residents. These are certainly exciting times for the Harold Hill area.