Dear Parents and Carers,
Please be reminded that school is closed on Monday 2nd May for May Day (bank holiday). I hope you enjoy the extended weekend and look forward to seeing all our pupils back in school on Tuesday 3rd next week. School is also closed for pupils on Thursday 5th May as the school hall is being used as a polling station.
Eid Day - Friday 6th May
The school curriculum should provide pupils with a range of experiences that deepen their spiritual understanding of their school and their community as well as other communities. By their developing awareness children will learn to treat each other with respect. On Friday 6th May we are going to learn about the festival of Eid, which is also known as “The Festival of Breaking the Fast” and marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan. All pupils will participate in activities throughout the day and learn about this important day that is celebrated by many members of our school community. We would like all staff and pupils to dress in colourful clothes for the day the brighter the better.
We are looking forward to the special event on Friday 6th May.
New School Website
We are very pleased to share with you the new school website. You can view this at www.broadford.havering.sch.uk
I would like to particularly draw your attention to the ‘parents’ tab where you will find the school calendar and the ‘pupils’ tab where you will find year group pages. The year group pages include homework expectations and links to the learning platforms that the pupils can use at home.
This is a new website and will continue to be developed with content moving forward, so please be patient if not all links are working just yet. As always, we appreciate any feedback or comments on content that isn’t included yet that you would like to see.
Parents Forum
As always, we love to hear feedback from parents, and we are thrilled to be able to re-introduce our parent forum meetings after a few years of not being able to meet together. This is an opportunity for us to be able to discuss ideas with our parent/carer community and gain the views of parents across the school. We would like to recruit one parent per class or three across each year group and then we can be sure that the views of parents across the school are being heard. We will be hosting a short introductory meeting this term and start planning for September. If you would like to volunteer to represent parents in your child’s class/year group and you feel that you are able to commit to an hour or so each term, please register your interest here.
Mrs Gibson
Next week Mrs Gibson is doing a skydive in aid of The Lennox Children’s Cancer Fund. If anyone would like to sponsor Mrs Gibson please drop into the office to make a donation or just to wish her well.
Good Luck Mrs Gibson!
Summer Term Dates
Havering Catering Services
Week beginning Monday 2nd May is week 3 on the Havering catering services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.37.
Please be reminded that your child’s sQuid account should be topped up at all times. We cannot provide dinners for pupils whose account exceeds a debt of £10. If you are experiencing difficulties please contact Mrs West in the school office who will be able to provide you with support and assistance.
You can find the Havering catering services menu here.
Weekly Attendance
KS1: 95.07% KS2: 91.4 % Overall: 93%
Congratulations to Mulberry and Redwood who top the attendance table this week.
E for Excellence Winners
These wonderful children have demonstrated excellence this week.
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. .
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.
Katlyn, Adrian, Ryan, Reagan, Oscar, Leah, Joshua, Khalifa, Maisie C, Kezia, Noah, Madalina, Emmy, Jackson , Aliza, Jacob, Poppy-Rae, Aariz, Steven, Haileigh, Subhan,
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.
Faramade, Anna, Nathan, Ayaan, Hannah, Dhriti, Gabia, Leo, Munshak
Reflectiveness
These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning.
Klaidi, Naiara, Ipsa, Finley H, Ruby, Riley, Lilly L, Ridhi, Lola, Poppy,
Resilience
These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks.
Lili - Rose, Eesa, Ruby, Adu, Louie, William, Jaymee, Ollie
Resourcefulness
These pupils have been curious about learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources.
Larissa, Rebeca , Flynn, Laynie-Rae, Success, Jefflyn
Reading Awards
In recognition of the pupils’ ability to devour books, immerse themselves in stories and read relentlessly at home.
I Made My Teacher Happy
Olivia, Amari, Alana, Mia, Varvara, Vinney, Eleni, Ayla
Tracker Awards
These children have been working hard and achieving academic success and therefore have earned themselves the following rewards.
I hope you all have an amazing weekend.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs L Nicholls
