Newsletters - Friday 23rd October, 2020

Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls

Dear Parents and Carers,

I can hardly believe that we have come to the end of the first half term already. The past 7 weeks have been unusual as we are living in challenging and difficult times. However, as always the pupils have taken these challenges in their stride and we are so proud of how they have settled back into school life and continued with their learning. We are already looking forward to them returning after the half term break so we can continue with our ‘new normal’. I wish you and your families an enjoyable and restful half term together.  

Parents’ Evening
Thank you to all of the parents who engaged in telephone calls with teachers. This is obviously not our usual way of communicating with you but we do appreciate your patience and support during this time. We hope that you found the pupil passports informative and enjoyed the opportunity to discuss this with your child’s teachers.

Back to School
We return to school for the second half of the autumn term on Monday 2nd November with breakfast club starting at 7.45 am for pupils who have booked. The staggered start and end of the school day will continue due to Covid-19 measures in place. The newly appointed executive headteacher for The Learning Federation starts with us after half term. I am sure that you will get to meet Mr Denchfield very soon. After school clubs will commence on Monday 9th November.

Year 6 Parents - 31st October 2019
The deadline for applying for secondary school places is fast approaching. Please ensure that you have registered for an online account and applied for a secondary place before 31st October. However the eAdmissions helpdesk will not be available after 5pm on Friday 30 October so it is recommended that you complete your application by no later than Midday on the 30th October. This will ensure that if you do experience any unforeseen problems, there is ample time for these to be rectified before the closing date.

Children In Need
Broadford will be hosting a very special day to raise money for Children In Need this year on Friday 13th November.
This will include:

• Non-uniform day with a theme.
• Joe Wicks’ Ultimate Feel Good Friday.
• Design a new Pudsey competition to take place within classes.
• Fun Pudsey themed activities to take part in throughout the day in class.

Non-uniform day with a theme - The theme is polka dots and yellow! The children can wear any spotty clothing they own or if you are struggling to find clothing to match the theme a simple idea would be to draw polka dots on a plain t-shirt. If you would like to add Pudsey accessories to your outfit feel free! We ask that you contribute £1 per family to this great cause if your child is in non-uniform and any further donations are welcome.
This year you can also take part in Act Your Age at home. You can take the age of your child and turn it into a fundraiser. For example, if you are six years old you can read six books in total over six days! You can send any pictures of your child taking part in Act Your Age for us to share.
I am sure that we will all have a fun day raising money for Children In Need.

S.M.I.L.E Christmas Appeal
Many children will not receive anything from Father Christmas this year as they are living below the breadline. Therefore S.M.I.L.E are providing shoe boxes full of treats and delivering them to families who need the most support. Every year the numbers of families in need grow, and as a result of this they are always in need of donations from our community to fulfill this Christmas miracle.

Creating your Christmas box ...

1 - Choose an age and gender
2 - Find a suitable showbox
3 - Wrap with Christmas paper (please wrap lide separately so that the box can be opened easily
4 - Shop for presents to fill your box
5 - Bring your box into school no later than Friday 20th November

All gifts must be new in sealed packages to comply with Covid-19 policies.

Please select an age range for your box from the groups below

• Babies
• 3-6 years old
• 7-12 years old
• 13-16 years old
• Adults (male and female)

Suggested items to add to your box ...

• Dolls / cars / games / puzzles / age appropriate books
• Pencils / pens / colouring books
• Make up / perfume / aftershave / toiletries
• Sweets / chocolates
• family board games

If you are not able to donate a full box of items maybe you could donate an item that we could add to another box.

Havering Catering Services
Week beginning 2nd November is week 1 on the Havering catering services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.25.
Please be reminded to top up your child’s catering account as we cannot provide dinners for pupils whose accounts exceed a debt of £10.

Weekly Attendance
KS1: 97.8%    KS2: 95%     Overall: 96%
Congratulations to Apricot and Ash who top the attendance table this week. 

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

Apple	Mya	Cherry	Starla
Alder	Maalik	Cedar	Summer
Aspen	Ava	Elm	Fran
Apricot	Ava	Larch	Shajia
Walnut	Paige	Ash	Charlie
Beech	Evie	Birch	Isla
Mulberry	George K	Willow	Ellie
Rowan	Eddie	Redwood	Leah
Pine	Asad	Lime	Dorrie
		Almond	Tristan

 

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. .
Nicole, Varvara, Lorena, Vinney, Bonnie, Sabeer

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.
Hannah, Sophia, Osayande, Ivan, Kezia, Molly, Blake, Zoe, Louisa, Ite, Summer, George, Abdulkarim, Manreet, Aayan, Nikita, Dora

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.
Rebeca, David, Blake, Kaley, Nikola, Adalind, Carter, Kyriq, Alex, Awwal, Bayleigh
Reflectiveness
These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning.
Amelia, Emily, Harry, Kanishka, Lemar, Lottie, Amaira, Sultan, Aimee, Olivia, James
Resilience
These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks.
Siena, Ruby, Nela, Brooke, Elliot, Edward, Samuel, Louie, Hollie, Jack, Charlie, Polina
Resourcefulness
These pupils have been curious about learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources.
Jaevon, Andreea, Medeea, Iniya, Mia, Maisie, Mitchell, Torsten, Gurrehmat, Nina, Tyson, Ruben

Tracker Awards
These children have been working hard and achieving academic success and therefore have earned themselves the following rewards.

		Prestige
Silver pencil	Louise-Maria, Ralph
Silver certificate	Pranav, Ana-K, Faramade, Alex, Annabel, Louisa, Aida, Lewis
Gold bookmark	Sarah, Olivia,Chisom
Gold certificate	John
Platinum prize
Platinum certificate	Reuben
Diamond prize	Sajida, Srinika, Jeremiah, Lucas	Sophie
Diamond certificate	Ife
Star prize	Christian	Kanishka
Star certificate	Aimee, Adefolawemi

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

Mrs L Nicholls
Headteacher