Dear All,

Garden Groups

From Reception to Year Four the children are spilt into six garden groups.

These groups are named after famous gardens: Kew, Heligan, Exbury,

Babylon, Eden and Furzey. Over the course of the year the children will

occasionally work in their garden groups where it is a natural way for our

learners to work collaboratively with one another. As part of our garden

group system the children have been earning petal points for excellent

behaviour, attitude, work, effort and following our school expectations.

These points are gradually accumulating and a running total is revealed

each week in our Pick of the Bunch Assembly. At the end of each half term

the total number of petal points are counted, verified and the winning

garden is announced. For all those who are part of that garden a special

treat is rewarded.

We are delighted to announce that the winning garden for the first half

term was……

KEW

On Friday 2nd November the winning

Garden group were invited to a

special afternoon tea. They all arrived

excitedly at the door with a sense of

pride for themselves and their team.

They enjoyed a delicious selection of

cakes, interesting conversations and

refreshing drinks as they all

celebrated their success. Well done to

all of those in Kew; we are so proud of

each and every one of you.

~ Respect, Independence, Creativity ~

Dates for your

Diary

Book Look Evening and follow up

appointments

27th November and 29th November

3.15pm-6.00pm

Year 3 Pop-Up Museum

27th, 28th and 29th November

1.40pm—2.45pm

Christmas Fayre

Friday 7th December

Carol Service at St Johns Church

Wednesday 12th December 6.00pm

Reception Nativity to Parents

Thursday 13th December 9.30am

Christmas Party Day (letter to follow)

Thursday 20th December

Last Day of Autumn Term

Friday 21st December

Autumn Term 2018 20th November 2018

Attendance

Everyone a Leader ~ Everyone a Learner

Petal Points Total

Kew – 326

Heligan – 256

Babylon – 306

Eden – 413

Exbury - 281

Furzey –349

5th September 2018 to 20th November 2018

Bluebells 97.18%

Buttercups 95.88%

Cosmos 96.69%

Clover 96.30%

Dahlias 97.25%

Daffodils 96.63%

Forget-me-Nots 98.04%

Foxgloves 96.77%

Hebes 96.16%

Honeysuckle 96.71%

Poole and East Dorset Playground Leaders Academy

Five newly appointed Year 4 Sports Ambassadors were invited to attend the Poole and East Dorset Playground

Leaders Academy on 19th October at Ferndown Sports Centre. Along with 16 other schools from the surrounding

area the children participated in a variety of workshops. The workshops were all aimed at aiding the Ambassadors

to promote the positive values of sport and a healthy lifestyle through increasing participation in physical activity at

their own school during the lunchtime period.

The Sports Ambassadors engaged in all areas of the training from the planning to the

delivering and supporting of all age groups in a variety of sports and activities.

Broadstone First School can be proud of the way our learners represented the school

with exemplary behaviour and thrilled that they all walked away having achieved Bronze

Ambassador status.

Our Sports Ambassadors now have the important role over the coming months of not

only implementing all the skills and ideas they learnt into the playground but also in

continuing their work as role models and being the children’s voice on Sport and

Physical Activity at Broadstone First School.

Broadstone Come Dancing

With the increasing dilemma of finding ways to increase exercise and activity in children, our Year 1 learners have

been inspired by the famous Strictly Come Dancing stars. They have been learning a range of routines from

Ballroom to Latin as they get their heartbeats racing and improve their fitness. They will be sharing their newfound

love of dancing with parents and the local community in promoting dance as a fun, enjoyable way to exercise. Get

those dancing shoes ready and remember….…keep dancing!

Odd Socks

On Monday 12th November children and staff wore odd socks to school to mark the start of

Anti-Bullying Week. It was an opportunity for children to express themselves and celebrate

their individuality and what makes us all unique! Throughout the week children explored our

value of respect and what this looks like as well as discussing the definition of bullying and

who children can talk to if they are worried or upset about something.

Times Tables Rock Star

When it comes to times tables, speed and accuracy are important – the more facts your child remembers, the

easier it is for them to tackle harder calculations. Times Table Rock Stars is a fun and challenging programme

designed to help learners master the times tables! To be a Times Table Rock Star they will need to answer

multiplication facts in less than 3 seconds! We have already seen great success. Key stage 1 boys are leading the

way with lifetime earnings for Charlie W, Max D and Lucas D already topping the leader boards with huge lifetime

coins of 78416, 63765 and 34684 respectively. We are also seeing enormous success is with Key stage 2 boys

with speeds of under 3 seconds from Beau L, Sam S and James D!

Continued ……...

Everyone a Leader ~ Everyone a Learner

To help your child join in the hype, enter play.ttrockstars.com into your browser’s address bar. Click Login! > School > Student. Enter school name. Enter your child's username (usually the first 3 letters of first name and first 3 letters of surname) and a 3 letter password that the class teachers will have. Choose Garage mode to answer the questions the class teacher has set. It will include multiplication and division questions. The Garage is best for getting quicker at a few facts. Players get 10 coins per question. Choose studio mode to answer questions which can be anything up to 12×12. TT Rock Stars calculates their response time from their last 10 games in the Studio and translates that time into a Rock Status. Your child will need to play studio mode to get a Rock Status. The higher their earnings, speed and Rock Status the more chance they have of having a VIP lunch with Mrs Wood and the possibility of arriving at school in a LIMOUSINE like a real Rock Star!

Good luck Rock Stars!

Everyone a Leader ~ Everyone a Learner

A Few Reminders

If you have changes to any contact details, either home or mobile telephone numbers, please ensure that

this is put in writing and given to the school office so that your child’s details are kept up to date.

Please use the silver letterbox to the right of the main entrance for all letters— this is emptied daily by

the office. Alternatively, any letters/money can be given to your child’s class teacher.

Please ensure you check our website regularly for the latest up-to-date information regarding dates for

outcomes to parents, Christmas activities etc.

Lost property is now located in the school hall. Please call into the hall first thing in the morning to check

for lost items.

Designated Safeguard Lead: Jane Tomlinson

Deputy Designated Safeguard Lead: Nicki Jones and Rebecca Wood