Rockout 2020 Superstars!

We were so excited to celebrate the success of this year's Rockout 2020 on TT Rockstars. Congratulations once again to our top three earners in the whole school. They are all Rock Heros now, which is the highest possible ranking on Rockstars. They have all worked incredibly hard to improve their speed and accuracy and that hard work has definitely paid off!

Each child won a special goody bag - full of prizes - as a reward for their superb efforts!

Highest earner in the school - Aksanan:

2nd highest earner in the whole school - Liroshan:

3rd highest earner in the school - Hashir:

We could not be prouder of you!

Key Stage 2 Maths Challenge - 30.11.20

 A huge congratulations to our winners of last week's maths challenge. There were some children who celebrated with three weeks worth of certificates on Friday, which really shows how hard they have been working (even during our period of online learning). Congratulations to: Praharsh, Ehan, Tele, Aksanan, and Iniya. You should all be so proud of yourselves!

Please find this week's maths challenge below:

Make sure to hand your answer to your class teacher by Thursday morning and remember to put your name on your work!

Good luck!

S.M.I.L.E Christmas Appeal

We were absolutely thrilled with the response to the S.M.I.L.E Christmas appeal. You donated over 80 Christmas shoe boxes which will go towards putting a smile on someone's face this Christmas day. Well done to our Broadford pupils and families for demonstrating pupil job number 3, being kind and polite to everyone.

Weekly Newsletter - Friday 27th November, 2020

Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls 

Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been wonderful to see all of the pupils back in school this week. Once again a big thank you to you all for your support during the school closure. A few parents have provided us with feedback regarding our communication systems. We had already identified the need for an emergency communication system during the pandemic and we now have this in place. Should there be a need to contact the whole parental community you will receive a text message direct to your phone. In order for this facility to work effectively parents must inform us of any changes to contact details immediately. Thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter. 

S.M.I.L.E Christmas Appeal 

We were absolutely thrilled with the response to the S.M.I.L.E Christmas appeal. You donated over 80 Christmas shoe boxes which will go towards putting a smile on someone's face this Christmas day. Well done to our Broadford pupils and families for demonstrating pupil job number 3, being kind and polite to everyone. 

School Nurse Surgery
Cathy Forrester, our school nurse will be holding her parents surgery on Monday 30th November. If you would like to book an appointment, please contact Mrs Wallis or Ms Rayner. The next surgery will be held on Thursday 17th November. 

Christmas 

We have come to that time of year. It is going to be a very different Christmas but we want to ensure that pupils get to celebrate the festive season with their friends as much as possible within their year group bubbles. We will be having a pantomime for the children which they will enjoy and watch within their bubbles. 

Friday 4th December - Years 1 & 2 Christmas dress up day

Thursday 10th December - EYFS Christmas dress up day

Friday 11th December - Christmas jumper day
Tuesday 15th December - Years 1&2 Christmas bedtime stories

Friday 18th December - Christmas party day - Christmas jumpers and festive headwear can be brought into school to wear for the party. 

KS2 Christmas Celebration

As we are unable to invite parents into school at this time, KS2 classes will be recording their concert within bubbles. This will be put together and will be available for parents to watch during the last week of term, week beginning Monday 14th December. 

Christmas Dinner

We will be offering pupils Christmas Dinner during the festive period and there will be a  meat and vegetarian option. We want to make the experience as jolly as we can so bubbles will eat in the dining hall on this occasion. There will be two sittings and the hall will be thoroughly cleaned in between each sitting.  

Monday 14th December - Years 1 & 6 

Tuesday 15th December - EYFS & year 4 

Wednesday 16th December - Years 2 & 3

Thursday 17th December - Year 5

On these dates children who are not having Christmas dinner and other years groups will be offered a cold service from the kitchen. 

Christmas Cards 

We would like to invite the pupils to send Christmas cards to their friends. This year we are asking that cards are sent to pupils in their own classes only. These cards can be brought into school and posted in  the class postbox up to Tuesday 15th December and then they will be sent home on Friday 18th December. 

Havering Catering Services

Week beginning 30th November is week 2 on the Havering catering services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.25. 

E for Excellence Winners

These wonderful children have demonstrated excellence this week.

Nursery	Alfie and Daniella	Cherry	Lucas
Apple	Sonny	Cedar	Nevaeh
Alder	Tesha	Elm	Oliver
Aspen	Jasmine	Larch	Carla
Apricot	Freddie	Ash	Jason
Walnut	Joshua	Birch	Indianna
Beech	Eason	Willow	Callie
Mulberry	Emily	Redwood	Blake
Rowan	Lily-Anne	Lime	Kyla
Pine	Victoria	Almond	Kiera

 

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. 

John, Olivia, Roxy

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.   

Tyler, Amelia, Aadya, Nela, Jessica, Luke, Tim, Pranav, Fran, Ife, George K, Ruby P, Adra, Ralph, Tyler, Sajida, Ceejay, Safiyyah.

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. 

Bonnie, Charlie, Lewis, Izaan, Pragya.

Reflectiveness 

These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning. 

Dorrie, Gurrehmat, Charlie T

Resilience

These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks.  Torsten, Anya, Callissya, Pico, Nikita, Freddie S, Riley, Annabel, Harvey, Joe, Amelia

Resourcefulness   

These pupils have been curious about learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources. 

Laynie-Rae, Bruno, Hollie, Layla

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Yours sincerely,

 

Mrs L Nicholls 

Headteacher

CAMHS Virtual drop in for parents

Back to School - Thursday 26th November, 2020

We are looking forward to welcoming all pupils back to school tomorrow. Thank you for your support during this time. We very much appreciate it.

I would like to take this opportunity to remind all parents about the staggered start and end to the school day. The purpose of this is to limit the number of parents on site or at the gates at any time. Please arrive at your allocated time and then move away from the school doors and gates to make room for other parents. We strongly advise parents to wear face coverings during drop off and collection times inline with Local Authority guidelines. I would like to reiterate that we have had only two positive cases in school, I am sure many of you have seen on the news that Havering is a high risk area. The council are asking us to all 'do our bit'. 

We do have nearly 600 pupils to dismiss at the end of each day and we want to make sure that happens safely. There is a 10 minute time slot for you to collect your children in, this should hopefully provide us with the opportunity to give each other space and time. Please be kind to one another during these challenging days and remember to socially distance yourselves from others. 

Nursery Doors 
Open at 8.30 am and 9.00 am. 
Parents are aware of the various end times for sessions

Reception 
Doors open at 8.30 am for pupils who have siblings in the school and close at 9.05 am 
3.00 pm for parents who have siblings to collect and close at 3.15 pm 

Years 4&6
8.30 am - 2.50 pm

Years 1&2 
8.40 am - 3.00 pm

Years 3&5
8.50 am - 3.10 pm

Breakfast club doors will open at 7.45 am for pupils who have booked in for Thursday. 

We are on week 1 of the Havering catering services menu. School meals will be provided as normal and paid for via the sQuid system. 

We will see you tomorrow on the gate.
Kind regards, 

Mrs L Nicholls

 

Home Learning - Wednesday 25th November

Good morning all, 

Today is the last day for home learning and we are looking forward to throwing open the gates tomorrow morning. 

I would like to take this opportunity to remind all parents about the staggered start and end to the school day. The purpose of this is to limit the number of parents on site or at the gates at any time. Please arrive at your allocated time and then move away from the school doors and gates to make room for other parents. 

Year 6 pupils, don't forget when you return to school tomorrow to bring back your bikability permission if you would like to take part. 
All other pupils bring in your shoe boxes for the S.M.I.L.E Christmas appeal. 

We are looking forward to welcoming you all back to school. 

Kind regards, 

Mrs L Nicholls

Children in Need 2020

We had a wonderful day last week for Children in Need. Thank you all for your very generous donations, we raised over £300 which is marvellous. Aspen, Rowan and Redwood were the class winners of our dress Pudsey bear competition. Some of our pupils took fundraising into their own hands by participating in a sponsored cycle/scoot around Raphael Park and raised £175! Please read the blog post here. We are so proud of all of your efforts and for demonstrating job number 3 which is to be kind.

Home Learning - Tuesday 24th November, 2020

 Good morning all, 

We are counting down the days until we get back to school. Not long to go. 

You will have received your spelling lists for the week, work hard at learning those words because you will have a test on Friday morning. It is only a few weeks away and we will be finding out who our spelling super stars are and who has been receiving full marks every week in their spelling tests. 

We are looking forward to seeing more of your home learning today. Keep sending us your work, photographs and videos. We can't wait to receive them. 

Kind regards, 

Mrs L Nicholls

S.M.I.L.E Christmas Appeal - Final Deadline Thursday 26th November

The deadline for donations has been extended due to the school closure. Please ensure that you bring any final donations into school by Thursday 26th, we must deliver to the charity on Friday 27th so that they can make sure they get to people who need them.

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.

Key Stage 2 Maths Challenge W/C - 23.11.20

We were absolutely overwhelmed by the number of entries for our maths challenge last week! It is so brilliant to see the number of children challenging themselves to further their mathematical minds at home.

A huge congratulations to: Aimen, Tele, Oliver, Faizah, Zoe, Anish, Lucas, Aksanan, Fatimah, Charlie, Shivangi, Ehan, Raima and Kyla.

You should all be so proud of yourselves!

Please find this week's maths challenge below:

Please hand your entry in to your class teacher on Thursday 26th November, when we are all back at school!

Home Learning - Monday 23rd November

Good morning all, 

We hope that you all had a great weekend and are ready to get started with your home learning again today. We are looking forward to receiving your photographs, pictures, videos and written work so please send sending them in. 

Congratulations to the winners of the Road Safety Week poster competition. Please see the blog post on the school blog and Facebook page news feed. Look out for those posters which will be displayed very soon. 

If you are in year 6 and would like to participate in bikability, send your permission form in as soon as possible. You can do this digitally and send to the year 6 mailbox (year56@broadford.havering.sch.uk) or you can bring in a hard copy no later than Thursday 26th. 

We have also extended the deadline for any donations for the S.M.I.L.E Christmas appeal. Please make sure that you send your donation into school on Thursday 26th. Many thanks in advance for your support. 

Teachers are available today if you need any support, please email them at the follow; 

eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk
year12@broadford.havering.sch.uk
year34@broadford.havering.sch.uk
year56@broadford.havering.sch.uk

Have a marvellous Monday. 

Kind regards, 

Mrs L Nicholls 

Newsletter - Friday 20th November, 2020

Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls 

Dear Parents and Carers,

Virtual School

Thank you so much for your engagement this week with our virtual school and for your attendance at our virtual assembly. We understand how challenging it has been for you at home but please know we appreciate everything that you have done to continue your child’s learning journey. We hope the children are looking forward to Thursday as much as we are. 

Children in Need  We had a wonderful day last week for Children in Need. Thank you all for your very generous donations, we raised over £300 which is marvellous. Aspen, Rowan and Redwood were the class winners of our dress Pudsey bear competition. Some of our pupils took fundraising into their own hands by participating in a sponsored cycle/scoot around Raphael Park and raised £175! Please read the blog post here. We are so proud of all of your efforts and for demonstrating job number 3 which is to be kind. 

Bikeability - Year 6 Year 6 pupils who are interested in taking part in the bikeability level 1&2 course please return your permission forms as soon as possible. If you are unable to return digitally please bring your hard copy back to school on Thursday. The instructor has extended the deadline for us but we must know numbers by the end of Thursday 26th. 

S.M.I.L.E Christmas Appeal
The deadline for donations has been extended due to the school closure. Please ensure that you bring any final donations into school by Thursday 26th, we must deliver to the charity on Friday 27th so that they can make sure they get to people who need them. 

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. 

Reception Intake
On behalf of Havering Council we would like to remind all parents and carers in the borough to apply now for their child’s 2021 Reception school place.  If your child is born between 01 September 2016 and 31 August 2017, you must apply online for their Reception school place at  www.havering.gov.uk/admissions. Deadline for applications is 15th January 2021.
If your child currently attends Nursery this does not mean that you will automatically get a reception place you must apply. 

School Nurse
Our school nurse Cathy Forrester has moved her drop in session to Monday 30th November at 8.30 am. This is by appointment only. If you would like to meet with Cathy please contact Mrs Wallis or Miss Rayner and they will confirm an appointment time for you. 

Havering Catering Services

When we return on Thursday 26th please look at week 1 of the Havering catering service menu. 

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

Nursery	Mikail and Emily	Cherry	Anish
Apple	Parisa	Cedar	Raima
Alder	Torsten	Elm	Aimen
Aspen	Henry	Larch	Adrian L
Apricot	Liroshan	Ash	Thomas
Walnut	Tianna-Louise	Birch	Aarna
Beech	Zayd	Willow	Lucas
Mulberry	Megan	Redwood	Molly V
Rowan	Francesca	Lime	Summer
Pine	Hashir	Almond	Leo

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.
Charlie, Tim, Dora

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.  Srinika, Freddie, Darcie, Eesa, Kyla, Benita, Harry, Annabelle, Adam, Amaira, Charlie, Larissa, Poppy-Mae, Harry, Milena, Andreea, Peter

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.  Dhriti, Joe, Ruben, Archie Reflectiveness  These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning.  Madalina, Hollie, Elliott, Iniya Resilience These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks. Jason,  John, Manreet, Ruby, Ellie Resourcefulness   These pupils have been curious about learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources. Louie, Nina, Polina, Roxy, Thomas, Adam, Anya, Pragya, Gabi, Aisling, Isabella, Veer

I hope you all have a restful and relaxing weekend. Please take  a look at Mrs Light’s parents & carers wellbeing videos on the schools YouTube channel or on the Facebook feed. A great way to take care of yourself this weekend. 

Yours sincerely,

 

Mrs L Nicholls  Headteacher