Month: October 2019
Taking a step back in time
Here are some Year 1 children learning the hard way about life as a domestic servant in the Rothschild Mansion at Gunnersbury Park. They definitely saw the advantages of a…
Exploring the eating habits of Henry VIII
What’s on the menu at the Tudor Court? Year 5 spent a wonderful day at Hampton Court Palace taking in the massive kitchens and being quizzed on which foods may…
Headteachers Award Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the Headteacher’s Award this half term. We hope you enjoyed Miss Scorer’s famous afternoon tea made especially for you all. Mrs Byers, Mr Callander and…
Diwali: Festival of lights
In Year 4 this week, Mrs Purkayastha and Mrs Padhi were kind enough to come in and share the story of Diwali with the class. The children were very excited…
Hedgehog bread
Pre-Kindergarten made bread this week and carefully crafted hedgehog rolls, complete with current eyes, raisin noses and prickles made from snipping the dough before baking. Yummy!
Celebrating the harvest
Working in partnership with the Kew Neighbourhood Association, Year 6 children enjoyed a wonderful afternoon delivering over 50 harvest gift boxes to people in our community. This lovely community-based scheme…
Clay sculpture: Picnic, takes first prize for Year 6
Broomfield House School, Kew’s oldest independent school, entered a wonderful piece of sculpture called Picnic into the ISA Regional Art Competition in the Key Stage 2 3D Art Group category and were…
Terrific team spirit at the ISA Regional Gala
The ISA regional swimming gala was held this week and 24 pupils from Broomfield were selected to represent our school. The swim squad did brilliantly, with a number of children…
Broomfield has winning magical formula in regional maths competition
Four Year 5 maths whizzes battled it out against the top mathematicians from 20 other primary schools to take first prize in Hampton School’s annual Maths Wizard problem-solving competition on…
Owl Babies by Pre-Kindergarten
Pre-Kindergarten have been enjoying Martin Waddell’s story ‘Owl Babies’ and making their own beautiful owl babies. The children demonstrated great dexterity in attaching cotton wool to fir cones using tweezers,…
