This half term in science, Year 6 are learning how the heart and circulatory system work. The circulatory system is the system that circulates blood and lymph through the body, consisting mainly of the heart, blood vessels and blood.We started…
Hi Year 6.This is a reminder for everyone that received a letter for Homework Club. Club will start next week and will be held in the Science pod from 3.15pm until 3.55pm. Please ensure that you arrive promptly with your…
This week, 6 Blue have been exploring shape and to make it more interesting we created a league table and worked in teams to see who would come out on top. To earn points for their team, 6B had to…
A key skill to learn is to be able to calculate an accurate grid reference from a map. This helps when planning a walk, so you know your location. A grid reference is a universal language to describe your position…
This half term in English, Year 6 are writing an adventure story based on ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’. To help prepare us with our writing, we created a bank of descriptive language for two settings. 6 Blue…
Today, 6 Blue explored Sweden 🇸🇪. We started the day by understanding how music has changed over the years by listening to and comparing two Swedish musicians. The children researched Abba and Avicii and created some fantastic posters comparing the…
Today in English, 6 Blue were tasked with creating a verbal presentation of their non-chronological reports. Using their research and plans, they had to present their findings of dinosaurs using subject specific vocabulary. When presenting their reports, the children had…
Wow 6 Blue, what an awesome start to the year! You have all arrived to school with a positive attitude learning ready for the challenges ahead. Miss Gittings and I are incredibly proud and we know you’re going to have…
4 Blue have been working incredibly hard practising a variety of songs for the Broad Heath Variety Performance. They have put so much effort into learning the song and we would love to see you all there! The performance will…
Today, we looked at wind powered vehicles. Following instructions carefully, we each created an origami model of a boat and a hang glider. What skills did you use when creating the models? Which school values did you use?
Today we kick started our final project week of the school year ‘Science Week’. We looked at how electricity works and where it comes from. First, we recapped the three main types of electrical devices, mains, battery and rechargeable and…
This week 4 Blue have been entrepreneurs! Not only did we have to design and bake cakes to sell at the school fair, we also had to think about advertising, and how the sale would run as a small business.…
Hi Year 4. Below are your spellings for this half term. Please practise them regularly, so you are ready for your weekly spelling test on a Friday. Crocodiles Sharks Monkeys Long Spellings
Today in science, we went outside and investigated which animals live within the school grounds. We classified the living things we found by vertebrates and invertebrates. What is vertebrate and invertebrate?What livings did you find? Are they a vertebrate or…
Wow 4Blue, what an amazing day we have had celebrating the Kings coronation! You all looked great dressed in white, red and blue for the celebrations. We jam packed so many things into our day, the assault course, having a…
Hi Year 4. Below are your spellings for this half term. Please practise them regularly, so you are ready for your weekly spelling test on a Friday. Crocodiles Sharks Monkeys Long spellings
Today, 4 Blue started their new English unit ‘Playscripts’. We looked at the different themes that can be found in plays and how they can link together. Then we watched The Tempest by William Shakespeare and identified the main themes.…
This half term in English, we will be writing a persuasive text to help stop deforestation. To help us with this, we had a debate. We split the class in half and both sides presented their arguments clearly, with evidence…
Wow Year 4, what an amazing half term! We had the opportunity to visit The Thinktank in Birmingham to enhance our knowledge on states of matter and you all represented BH brilliantly! So much progress has been made across all…
Wow, what an amazing day we’ve had visiting the Think Tank in Birmingham! We started the day participating in a chemistry workshop, before having some free time around the museum. After we built up an appetite, we went for lunch.…
Hello Rockstarz! I have set up a mini TTRS battle between my Rockgirlz and Rockboyz. This will run from the Thursday 2nd February until the 16th February. There will be a treat for the winning group, the top girl and…
Today in Spanish, we played the healthy and unhealthy food game. All of the flash cards were in Spanish and we had use our Spanish knowledge to help us translate the phrases. After we translated the phrases, we separated the…
Hello Gladiators! Before the next session, I would like you to pre read to the end of chapter 18. Please list all of the sophisticated vocabulary you come across and define them below. If you have any issues, please come…
This half term in English we are learning to write a story inspired by another culture. To help us with this, we have been reading The Jungle Book. Today, we have concentrated on the characters and how we can describe…
Hello Gladiators! Over the past few weeks we have been reading The Wild Swans and The Nightingale by Hans-Christian Anderson. By Thursday’s session, I would like you to complete the book ready for our comparison session. We will be thinking…
Hello year 4! Below, you will find a copy of your spelling words for Spring 1. Please practise these regularly ready for your spelling test every Friday. Good luck all! Crocodiles Sharks Monkeys
What a fabulous Jack and the Beanstalk inspired Book Week in 4B! On Monday, we started the day by watching a Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime. After this, we used drama by creating freeze frames to show how we inferred…
A big well done to Myiesha, Eliza, Mo, Zahra, Madeeha, Afsa, Rehyan, Khadijah, Osas and Dhiyashini for gaining their pen licence. They have shown beautiful, cursive writing consistently. How could you gain a pen licence?What will you do to improve?
In History, we learnt about crime and punishment during the Anglo-Saxon era and compared it to modern times. We found out that many of laws today are not much different to the Anglo-Saxons times. However, the punishments are considerably different.…
This half term in English we have been learning about the purpose of an information text and the key features. Today we focused on the subject specific vocabulary and highlighted any words we were unsure of and found the definitions…
