Braddan School

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What we've been up to at Braddan School…

Clubs (including our popular lego club)
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At Braddan, we aim to use pupil voice to help us to design clubs that we know will be popular. This Summer term has seen a few Year 5 and 6 pupils ask to organise and run their own clubs, with a staff member as support. We had a 'chill club' on Wednesday lunchtimes run by four Year 5 students, whic…

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Parachute Fun
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This week, Miss K and Mr Griffin organised some fun with a parachute in the classroom. Nobody could find the Butterfly class anywhere, but they were all in their quiet spot (they named it the 'rainbow cave'). They were watching a movie as part of their class reward and doing other fun activities. I…

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Fire dancing in Year 6!
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How exciting that two of Braddan's staff are experts with fire! Mr Griffin and Mrs Fargher both shared their skills with the Year 6s to some pumping beats. Mrs Kelly and Mrs Ward definitely needed extra lessons to stop the tangles but our students learnt to spin without tangling really quickly. Tha…

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Our Music Assembly
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We had a wonderful assembly yesterday with our Cello teacher who demonstrated the cello, even showing us how to set it up. Then our Year 5 students played happy birthday on the piano, accompanied by the Cello. To finish, we had two of our flute pupils play two songs: The Muppets and Harry Potter. W…

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Sarah Maltby MHK visit
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Value: Aspiring The School Council welcomed Sarah Maltby (MHK) to school and discussed what she aspired to when she was younger and why she now represents for her community. Sarah then presented to our assembly, so we could all learn how aspiring to look after our community is something that Sarah…

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What do we do when we have too many bananas?
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What would you do if you accidentally buy too many bananas? Funny story - one of our amazing staff members bought 10 bananas in their shopping order. When it arrived, they realised they had accidentally bought 10 bunches of bananas! They challenged the other staff to use them and this is what Mr Gr…

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Wonderful Butterflies Class
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Our Butterflies class have raised their own butterflies and released them as part of their science learning. It has been wonderful watching the children have this up close and personal experience of metamorphous!

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