Invent A Spell Competition Winners

This term pupils have been busy creating spells. We have had more than 70 entries!

We are pleased to announce our winning entry was created by Gracee-May Coble. Read her festive spell below...

A Christmas Spell

By Gracee-May Coble

Cast your spell by saying:

Mix some berries and make sure you’re merry! Add some holly, but you must be jolly!

This spell will sure make you happy in the Christmas season! You must add plenty of angel dust to your holly and berries!

Our runners-up are Victoria Pawlak and Ranita Ariyibi.

Rainbow Snow

By Victoria Pawlak

Cast your spell by saying:

Rainbow Snow Abracadabra!

This magical spell makes rainbow flowers fall from the sky like snowflakes.

The Universe

By Ranita Ariyibi

Cast your spell by saying:

Calling Heaven, Earth, water and fire, give me what I want, what I most desire!

Cast this spell and a pen will appear. Use this pen to draw whatever your heart desires, for it will magically come alive!

Well done to all those who entered.

Year 5 Spinebreakers Visit Waterstones

Last week our Year 5 Spinebreakers visited Waterstones in Romford to purchase some new books for our school library. During their visit they were met by the Year 2 Spinebreakers from Mead and enjoyed hot chocolates and festive cakes in Costa.

Here are our Spinebreakers back at school and showing off the books they chose...

Courtney added to our collection of 'Little People, Big Dreams', with the story of Rosa Parks' life. She also picked a Jacqueline Wilson book to get us in the mood for Christmas. 

Weronika's two choices were Enid Blyton's, The Wishing Chair Collection, and Winter Magic.

Ranita is a regular visitor to the library and enjoys a story to really get her teeth into! She chose David Baddiel's The Person Controller and a story to make you laugh - Simply the Quest.

Sasha added to our collection of Barry Loser books with the latest story, 'The Case of The Crumpled Carton'. Along with that, he picked 'The Trials of Apollo', which he was very excited about reading!

Ellis purchased a shorter tale by Guy Bass, 'Stitch Head', and a Ciaran Murtagh funny book 'Prom King, The Fincredible Diary'.

Gavin is a fan of Rick Riordan's books, so he chose two; Magnus Chase and The Sword of Summer and The Kane Chronicles, The Throne of Fire.

Harry Potter Course - Ravenclaw Round

The members of the Harry Potter Course visited Mead on Thursday 7th December 2017 to take part in the second round of the competition. This time they were joined by new member Jameel Ore. Like the last quiz, they were separated into their teams:

Gryffindor: Timi-David, Ramone and Eryia

Hufflepuff: Amelia, Sonia and Simran

Ravenclaw: Naleli and Aaliyah

Slytherin: Fayo, Tyler and Jameel

This round saw the pupils competing for the Ravenclaw badge. Their afternoon was broken down into five mini quizzes. Testing their knowledge of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

For each mini round, the groups could earn points; the quicker they completed the tasks, and the more questions they answered correctly, the more points they received. At the end of the quiz all the points were collected and counted - and the scores were...

	Gryffindor	Ravenclaw	Slytherin	Hufflepuff
Character Names	8	8	0	2
Character Puzzles	6	6	1	11
Definitions	37	37	32	42
Film 1 Quiz	20	22	15	11
Scene Ordering	19	10	10	18
Total Points:	80	83	60	84

Simran, Amelia and Sonia were the winners, along with their Mead team. They received the Ravenclaw House badges! Well done to all the pupils who took part. The next Harry Potter afternoon will take place on Thursday 8th February 2018.

KS1 Returning Books Raffle Winners Announced

The four lucky winners of this term's raffle have been chosen and they are...

Aaliyah Theodore, Augustus Baradinskas, Madalina Luca and Riley Twum-Ampofo!

They will each visit the library this week and choose a book that they would like to receive as a prize. Well done to all those who remembered to return their books weekly. If you don't have a book at home, or have lost your library book please see Mrs McFarlane in the library so you have a story for over the Christmas break.

Premier Reading League Winners Announced!

Congratualtions to The Superstars!!

With a total of 555 points, Mr White and his team; Ameerah Bashir, Ella Lockhart, Florence Ayres, Summer Wingrove, Laicey McGeoghan and Dorrie Lewis, are the winners of the Autumn Term Premier Reading League! The last few days of the competition were very tense, with the top three teams fighting their way to the top of the league! As a reward for their reading efforts, they have been given the choice of places they would like to visit - last term's winners visited Kidspace, followed by lunch at Kaspars in Romford.

Join next term's Premier Reading League.

Start creating your new teams now, ready for the Spring Term competition in January. Like last time, your team will be made up of seven members - one to be an adult team mascot. However, unlike any league before, you will need five KS2 pupils in your team and one KS1 pupil. If you get stuck on who to choose from KS1, Mrs McFarlane, or your team mascot, will be on hand to help you. The league will run from Monday 8th January, until Friday 16th March 2017.

Don't forget to pick up a sign-up sheet from the library today!

Harry Potter Create A Spell Competition

Enter our spell-creating competition to earn a certificate and be in with the chance of winning some magical Harry Potter prizes. More than 60 pupils have entered already!

Closing date for entries is Thursday 14th December 2017. The winner will be announced in Friday's E for Excellence assembly. Entry forms can be collected from the Library.

Here are some of the spells created by Broadford's pupils so far...

Tran To Sa

By Fayo Ayodola

Cast your spell by saying:

Le Calios De Vosa

Cast this spell and your enemy will turn into a feather and then vanish into a puff of smoke!

Roloboties

By Diya Patel

Cast your spell by saying:

Alakaza, alakazoo make my wishes come true by granting a robot.

You can magic up a robot who is very intelligent and ask him questions for school, homework, life and tell him what to do.

Rainbow Snow

By Victoria Pawlak

Cast your spell by saying:

Rainbow Snow Abracadabra!

This magical spell makes rainbow flowers fall from the sky like snowflakes.

Premier Reading League - We Are Over Half Way Through!

There are just four more weeks remaining until the end of this term's Premier Reading League. Pupils from across KS2 have been working extremely hard to earn as many points as possible for their teams.

Currently in lead with 179 points is Unicorn Club! Team members, Emily Claydon, Diya Patel, Nikola Urban, Libby Northwood, Oliwia Bartnik and Courtney Simpson have been reading at every opportunity to earn extra points. Their team mascot is Mrs Charlesworth, who has been encouraging them to read at home and log their points in the library.

In a close second is The Reading Champs with 175 points. The team is made up of year three pupils, James Olatunji, Nina Joshi, Amandeep Ubhi, Dora Lewis, Alice Adedipe and Elliot Cottam, they are led by team mascot, Mrs Chance.

It is important to bring your reading record along with you to the library when you change your books, from here your points can be collected for your group.

Not in lead? Not a problem!

Earning points could not be easier! One point is awarded for each book, or for every 100 pages read. Three points is rewarded for writing a book review (why not complete the ones in the front of your reading record?!) and six points will be given for completing a review using MyBookBlog - if you're not sure how, ask you teacher or visit the library.

Good luck to all those currently taking part!

Harry Potter Course - Gryffindor Round

Our Harry Potter Course members recently took part in the first of six quizzes to be held at Mead across the year. They joined the members at Mead and were put into four teams:

Gryffindor: Timi-David, Ramone and Eryia

Hufflepuff: Amelia, Sonia and Simran

Ravenclaw: Naleli and Aaliyah

Slytherin: Fayo and Tyler

In this round - The Gryffindor Round - they were competing for a Gryffindor House badge.

The afternoon was broken down into five mini quizzes. They were tested on their ability to complete 3 puzzles in less than 6 minutes; reorganise the names of popular characters and match them to their pictures; answer questions based on the first Harry Potter film; order scenes from the film; and match Harry Potter words to the correct meanings.

For each mini round, the groups could earn points; the quicker they completed the tasks, and the more questions they answered correctly, the more points they received. At the end of the quiz all the points were collected and counted - and the scores were...

	Gryffindor	Ravenclaw	Slytherin	Hufflepuff
Character Names	19	18	14	17
Character Puzzles	10	10	8	15
Definitions	37	33	35	30
Film 1 Quiz	31	40	36	31
Scene Ordering	19	26	11	26
Total Points:	116	127	104	119

Naleli and Aaliyah were the winners, along with their Mead team. They received the first of five badges to be won! Well done to all the pupils who took part. The next Harry Potter afternoon will take place on Thursday 7th December.

Book Fair - Thank You To Our Wonderful Helpers!

A huge thank you to Lilly Reynolds, Freddie Lewis, Bradley Joy and Alisha March! They did a brilliant job of organising and running the book fair after school. All in all, they reached sales of £863.72, the highest amount for our school in over a decade! Our rewards value came in at £518.23 - this is money we can spend on books for our school. 

They will be in charge of running the book fair when it returns in the Spring Term.

Last Night For The Book Fair

Tonight is your last opportunity to visit the Book Fair. The Spinebreakers will be setting up in the small hall ready for you to visit after school. There is still a huge variety of books available - some costing as little as £1.99!

Please come along and help the Spinebreakers make this Book Fair a success!

We Have A Winner!

Congratulations to Oliwia Bartnik who is our GOLDEN TICKET winner!!

We look forward to seeing you after school spend your £15 worth of book tokens!

Join Us At The Book Fair Tonight!

THE BOOK FAIR RETURNS AFTER SCHOOL!

The Spinebreakers' first night of the fair was a success, reaching sales of over £400!

Lilly and Alisha helped to give away the goodie bags to our first 15 customers.

A winner hasn't come forward yet, so please make sure you check your goodie bag for the

Golden Ticket!

The Spinebreakers helped to set up the hall by organising an area for books that were heavily reduced; a place for all the stationery and posters; and displayed signs around the building reminding parents where they were based. Freddie and Bradley welcomed customers with biscuits and helped children to find the books they were looking for.

KS1 Returning Books Raffle - Autumn 1 Winners!

Congratulations to Nicole Alao, Charlie Bott and Amelia Barnett!

They are the lucky winners of this term's Returning Books Raffle! They will each choose a book from the Book Fair as their prize. They will be presented with their book in tomorrow's E for Excellence assembly.

Well done to everyone who returned their books over the past few weeks. The raffle will return after the half term break.

Design A Book Fair Poster Winner Announced!

Congratulations to Ellie Chalmers from Pine class!

You are the winner of this term's 'Design a Book Fair Poster' competition! We look forward to seeing you at the Book Fair to spend your £10!

Sneak Peek Inside The Book Fair...

Take a look at all the wonderful books available at the Book Fair this term!

Don't forget:

The fair will take place in the hall after school from tomorrow until Tuesday 17th October. Our year 6 Spinebreakers and pupil librarian will be taking over the fair this year - take a look at yesterday's blog post here to find out more information. The first 15 customers will receive a token for a free goodie bag; one goodie bag contains a golden ticket worth £15 to spend at the Book Fair!

The Book Fair Returns This Friday!

This term our Year 6 Spinebreakers (with the help of pupil librarian Lilly Reynolds) will be taking over the Book Fair! They will be based in the school hall after school from Friday 13th until Tuesday 17th October.

Scholastics, who provide the books for our fairs, give out an annual award for ' Book Fair Takeover School Of The Year'. We will be documenting all the work our Spinebreakers put into the book fairs and forwarding any videos, photos, and competitions they create to Scholastics in the Summer term.
Scholastics will choose one lucky winner who will receive;

- A visit from authors, TV presenters and Book Fair Takeover Ambassadors, Sam and Mark
-  £500 worth of children's books
- An iPad
- An engraved trophy

Please come along and support them in making their Book Fair a success!

WILL YOU FIND THE GOLDEN TICKET?!
The first 15 customers will receive a token to claim their free goodie bag. Inside one of the goodie bags is a golden ticket worth £15 to spend at the fair!

Mulberry Spinebreakers Visit Harold Hill Library!

Our Mulberry class Spinebreakers met the Spinebreakers from Mead yesterday during their visit to Harold Hill Library. They spent their time sharing some of the wonderful stories the library has to offer. Nicole and Iyinope particularly liked the Mr Men and Little Miss series!

They chose two books to bring back to Broadford to share with the rest of the Year 1 Spinebreakers next week. 

£10 Book Fair Token Up For Grabs!

The Book Fair will be arriving at Broadford in the next couple of days! To create a buzz about our fair we are holding a 'Design a Book Fair Poster' competition. The poster will need to advertise the fair, the books it has to offer and the dates it will be taking place. The Spinebreakers in Year 6 will be judging the entries and choosing one lucky winner who will receive £10 worth of book tokens to spend at the fair!

All entries must be handed in to Mrs McFarlane by Wednesday 11th October 2017.

Information you might like to include on your poster:

When - After school from Friday 13th until Tuesday 17th October

Where - The hall

What - Books suitable for pupils from Nursery to Year 6. Why not use your Book Fair leaflet to cut out some of the books that will be available?!

Extra - Free goodie bags for the first 15 customers - one goodie bag contains a £15 voucher to spend at the fair!

Pine Class Spinebreakers Visit Harold Hill Library

Laura and Ethan are the first of our Year 1 Spinebreakers to have visited Harold Hill library this afternoon. On arrival they were greeted by Mead's Spinebreakers, Sophia and Ali. They enjoyed spending time searching for books and sharing stories. At the end of their visit they each selected a book to bring back to school, they will meet again next week to write a review on the book that they borrowed.

On returning to school, Laura and Ethan had their volunteer trackers signed for the first time!

Year 1 In The Library

This week Year 1 pupils have been visiting the school library to share stories and choose new books to enjoy at home. We encourage children to return their books on a weekly basis - if they do, they earn a ticket for the 'Returning Books Raffle'. See link. Three lucky winners will be chosen at random on Monday 16 October 2017.

Year 1 Returning Books Raffle

This week children in year 1 will start to borrow books from our school library. To encourage them to return them on a weekly basis there will be a raffle. For every book returned to the library a ticket with the child's name on will go into our raffle box. At the end of each half term three names will be pulled at random. The three lucky winners will each choose a new book of their choice to keep. The more times they return their books, the more chances they will have of winning!

Get Caught Reading Winners 2017

Congratulations to our winners of this Summer's Get Caught Reading competition! There was a total of 92 photos shared of our pupils and staff reading in locations stretching from Cuba, all the way to India! We've seen children reading while hanging upside down; enjoying stories while relaxing in exotic locations; and on a whole host of fantastic inflatables!

The map above shows all the places where children and teachers were caught reading.

As you can image, choosing a winner from each Key Stage, and a runner-up, was quite a challenge! However, after much deliberation we finally reached a decision...

Key Stage One Winner: Leah Sharpe was spotted reading while taking a break in a lorry. 

Key Stage One Runner-Up: Ethan Carruth was discovered sound asleep after an exhausting read the night before.

Key Stage Two Winner: Connor Robinson was spotted reading a story to two Stormtroopers.

Key Stage Two Runner-Up: Caitlin Bowden was caught reading at Dover Castle and with her head in the stocks in Stratford-Upon-Avon!

Well done to everyone who took part. The Get Caught Reading competition will return next Summer.