This week, in honour of National Space Week, our stellar Form 4 performed their space-themed class assembly. The children took a captivated audience on the journey around the Solar System and beyond. From the hellishly hot conditions of Mercury and Venus, to the frozen satellites of Saturn, the children appraised our cosmic neighbourhood for the...
Author: Mrs Holroyd (Mrs Holroyd)
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King Charles III Coronation Celebration
What a wonderful time we all had on Friday celebrating the Coronation. Despite the changeable weather the children were able to enjoy a picnic lunch and then music and games outside in the afternoon. The school was suitable attired for the celebration and in true Branwood tradition we celebrated in style. They also all received...
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WOW Writing
Take a look at this week’s Wow Writing. Both pieces come from our Key Stage One classes. In Form 2 the focus was on handwriting, descriptive language, punctuation and interesting vocabulary. In Form 1 the task was to retell events in a story. The focus was on letter formation, using a range of sentence starters,...
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Coronation Art Work
This week Form 1 have worked together to create a piece of artwork to celebrate the King’s Coronation. This has now been entered into the ISA Coronation Art Challenge. (Good Luck Form 1!) We had a very exciting start to the week, we watched our very own Yusha take part in the Eid assembly and...
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Lifesaving Skills
In swimming this week, Form 3 wore their pyjamas and practised important water safety survival skills! They were incredibly mature and sensible. In our English lessons we have been planning and writing a recount story, inspired by Kensuke’s Kingdom.
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Branwood’s Got Talent
What a talented bunch we have here at Branwood! This week, as part of our summer show rehearsals, the Upper School took part in Branwood’s Got Talent. Pupils practised and performed their own acts and showcased them to a live audience. The winning prize is a starring role in our summer show ‘Cinderella and Rockerfella.’...
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Oceans and Planting Seeds
Form 2 have been incredibly busy this week. In Science we planted sunflower seeds ready for our ‘Sunflower Challenge’ to see who is the best gardener in Form 2! We have been learning about the best conditions for different plants and set up an experiment with different seeds planted in different conditions. It will be...
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Planting Seeds
Mrs Coffey is very proud of KG1 this week. She received a lovely message to say how well behaved the children were while she was away and how hard working they were. Well done KG1. This week KG1 were busy in Maths making sets of 10. The children have planted Sunflower seeds and are excitedly...
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Hatching Chicks
KG2 have thoroughly enjoyed having the chicks in the classroom this week. I think that everyone in the Branwood family has enjoyed having the chicks in the classroom – KG2 have never been so popular! On Thursday the children sat quietly on the carpet waiting for their turn to gently hold and stroke a chick....
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Rationing
This week, as part of our ongoing WW2 studies, Form 6 have been creating our own rationing posters. We aimed to be inspiring and eye-catching in encouraging people to grow their own food and not waste. Check out our efforts on the Form 6 window as you pass by into the playground.