Last week, some of our Year 5 and 6 pupils took part in the dodgeball finals involving the top 10 teams in Tameside. We came 5th in our group playing games against Buckton Vale, Dowson, Aldwyn and Greenside. They won, drew and lost some games but showed great determination throughout and real improvement since the last competition. Well done everyone, you did Broadbent Fold proud!

Today we have found out about the four chambers of the heart and we worked together to make a valve to stop the blood from going in the wrong direction, just like in a human heart.

We then learned the components of blood and make some blood soup. The jelly represented the red blood cells, the marshmallows were the white blood cells, the rice was the platelets and the orange juice was the plasma.

What a fun, interactive afternoon.

The children used measuring tape to measure their height, and put themselves into height order. We found that it was easier to put ourselves in height order using the data that was written down (in cm) rather than try to organise our height from standing next to each other and comparing.

This week is National Storytelling Week and year 6 joined a webinar with a panel of gaming experts, players and designers to listen to how they use storytelling and world building in their roles. It was very interesting and has inspired some pupils to think about a career in game making. 

Look at how amazing the children's homework posters turned out. Well done Year 4, I'm that impressed, that they're on display too. 

Year 5 enjoyed the first session of their new focus in PE today - OAA.  Their task was a team building challenge where they had to demonstrate agility, balance, coordination and precision.  They had to use non-verbal communication to solve a problem - to get into alphabetical order by surname, whilst standing on the bench, without stepping off!  They were only allowed to use hand gestures - no talking or mouthing! All of the teams were impressive - they put their dictionary skills to great use!  Well done everyone!  Mrs Blomeley 

Well done to our Award winners in Year 5 this week!  Headteacher's certificates were given for great focus and enthusiasm, as well as being an outstanding member of the class in terms of behaviour and attitude to work!  Good to be Green awards were given to those who have followed our School rules all week of being Ready, Respectful and Safe.  We also had some Silver awards presented for gaining 100 Star points.  Fantastic work everyone!  Mrs Blomeley

Well done to our Stars of the week!

Sophia for amazing confidence in the maths lessons and Mia for a fantastic newspaper report.

Well done also to Aoife and Kade for being Green all week!

Well done to this week's Head-Teacher and Good to be Green award winners! Also, congratulations to our bronze and silver star point winners who have reached 100 and 150 star points. Keep up the good work!