Weekly Newsletter - Friday 18th September

Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls 

Dear Parents and Carers,

Thank you
Thank you to all parents again this week for your support with entry and exit arrangements. Next week all nursery and reception pupils start, these parents and pupils will use the gate at the top of the hill by the office. In the morning please arrive at your allocated time to ease the congestion on Farringdon Avenue. In the afternoon parents can come into the playground to wait for their child’s class if you are early, please stand on the large area without spots and wait for the previous pupils and adults to leave before lining up for your child’s class. This will again leave the pavement free for parents who are leaving the school grounds.
Thank you all so much for everything you are doing for the safe arrival and dismissal of our pupils.

Reception & Nursery
It is really pleasing to see how well our reception children have settled in their first week at Broadford. They have only been attending in small groups and for half a day this week - but so far so good! We hope that all pupils, parents and families feel very welcome here at Broadford.
Our nursery children have been visiting and have had the opportunity to get to know the practitioners in our nursery setting in preparation for their start in the near future. We are looking forward to them attending everyday very soon and we hope that they are looking forward to this as well.

Year 6 Parents
As your child is now in Year 6, now is the time that you will need to make an application for your child to start secondary school in September 2021.
Without an application your child will not be offered a Secondary school place.
Please visit the Havering website www.havering.gov.uk/admissions/secondary where you will find a brochure titled ‘Transferring to a Havering Secondary School in September 2021’ along with a short presentation video which explains the application process and answers some of the most common questions asked by parents. You will also find a link to the application system (eAdmissions).
To ensure that you gain a clear understanding of the process we urge you to view these resources before you make any application.
If after reading the brochure and watching the video you have any further questions, please email the school admissions team via schooladmissions@havering.gov.uk or call the team on 01708 434600.
All applications for Secondary Schools must be submitted online by no later than 31 October 2020.

Term Dates 2020-21
Havering term dates for the academic year 2020-2021 can be found here.
Autumn Term
Monday 7th September - Friday 23rd October
Monday 2nd November - Friday 18th December
Spring Term
Monday 4th January - Friday 12th February
Monday 22nd February - Thursday 1st April
Summer Term
Monday 19th April - Friday 28th May
Monday 7th June - Friday 23rd July 

INSET Days 2020-2021

INSET 1	INSET 2	INSET 3	INSET 4	INSET 5
Thursday 3rd September	Friday 4th  September	Monday 22nd February	Friday 28th May	Friday 23rd July

Havering Catering Services
The kitchen is currently offering a cold service. The menu is available here. All meals cost £2.25 (except pupils in Reception, year 1 and year 2, schools meals are free for these pupils) and payment must be via sQuid.

School Dinners & sQuid
Please be reminded that KS2 pupils are not eligible for free school meals. When pupils move into year 3 you are required to pay for the children’s dinners unless you qualify for free school meals, in which case you need to put in an application to:
Student Finance, The Liberty Centre, Romford, RM1 3RL. Tele no. 01708 433929/53,

e-mail student.pupilsupport@havering.gov.uk

If you think you may be eligible for free school meals please contact us for further information.

Weekly Attendance

KS1: 98% KS2: 97% Overall: 97%

Congratulations to Apricot and Walnut who top the attendance table this week, with 100% attendance. They have earned their classes a cupcake party!

E for Excellence Winners
These wonderful children have demonstrated excellence this week.

Beech	Elliot	Cedar	Kyla
Apricot	Kiara	Ash	Riley
Walnut	Mason	Birch	Archie
Pine	Asher	Larch	Nicole
Mulberry	Ruby	Redwood	Freddie S
Rowan	Louie-Ray	Willow	Tyler
Elm	Edward	Almond	Adeel
Cherry	Lukas	Lime	Tommy

 

Certificate of Presentation
The following children have been recognised for the beautifully presented work in their books. They clearly take pride in all that they do and are doing their best in every lesson.
Dorrie, Bayleigh

Star Writers
These children have been awarded a star writer certificate and golden pencil in recognition of their excellent writing, use of powerful vocabulary and sophisticated writing techniques.
Kiera, Hollie, Shivanshi, Louise-Maria, Finley, Grace, Sophie, Rosie, Gabriela

Learning Power Awards
These are the key skills that our children will need to learn effectively in class and to be successful later in life.
Reciprocity
These children have shown interdependence, collaborated effectively, listened to others, displayed empathy and have imitated effective ideas and methods from others.
Maisy, Nina, Layla, Emily, Nancy
Reflectiveness
These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning.
Timur, Joe, Abdulmalik, Meedia, Katlyn
Resilience
These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks.
Leanne, Rayne, Livi, Elsie-Rose, Maya-Rose, Oliver, Praharsh, Deivydas, Leah
Resourcefulness
These pupils have been curious about learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources.
John, Leo, Saarah, Indianna, Finley, Adefolawemi,

I have made my teacher happy award
Lewis, Bobby have made their teachers smile this week.

I hope you all have an amazing weekend.
Yours sincerely,

Mrs L Nicholls
Headteacher