Friday, 1 March 2024

Weekly Newsletters - Friday 1st March, 2024

Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls 

Dear Parents and Carers,

Part 1 Broadford News

Welcome back, I hope that you all had a wonderful half term break. 

I have no doubt that this half term will pass by as quickly as the last as it is a short one. There are lots of exciting events to look forward to. World Book Day and a special themed lunch, pupils will be graduating from the University of Broadford and of course we will be hosting our annual Easter parade before we break up for the Easter holidays! 


Feedback and Communication 

Thank you to all parents who completed the parent survey during the parent consultation evenings before the half term break. We very much value your feedback. We were thrilled to hear that 95% of you agree and agree strongly (44%) that your child is happy at school, 94% of parents agree and agreed strongly (45%)  that their children are well taught and 87% of parents agreed and agreed strongly (36%) that you receive valuable information about your child’s education. 

We will, once again, be hosting our open parent forum on Friday 22nd March at 2.30pm, so please come along if you have any concerns, questions or feedback. We would love to meet with you. 

In the meantime, we would like to remind you that you can email your child’s class teacher using the email addresses below. We are always happy to discuss any issue that you may have. 

nursery@broadford.havering.sch.uk

reception@broadford.havering.sch.uk

year1@broadford.havering.sch.uk 

year2@broadford.havering.sch.uk   

year3@broadford.havering.sch.uk 

year4@broadford.havering.sch.uk 

year5@broadford.havering.sch.uk 

year6@broadford.havering.sch.uk


World Book Day
As usual, the school is taking part in WORLD BOOK day on Thursday 7th March. Children are asked to come into school dressed as their favourite book character.   You can join us in building your child’s enthusiasm for books well beyond World Book Day by reading together regularly and joining your local library if you are not yet a member. For more information about World Book Day, ideas for World Book Day costumes and ideas on sharing books at home, visit worldbookday.com.
We hope that you have been exchanging those vouchers for books at your local bookshops!


Fundraising
Adventure Island Wristband - £15
We have 300 wristbands for Adventure Island priced at £15 each. This is a great day out for the whole family and at a reduced price. If you would like to purchase wristbands they are available from the school office before and after school, cash only please. 

Mothers’ Day Sale
Once again this year we will be selling Mothers’ day gifts. These are priced at £3 per gift. There are a variety of gifts available, key rings, socks and pretty coasters. If your child would like to purchase a Mothers’ Day gift please send the correct money in an envelope clearly marked with your child’s name and class on the front along with the number of gifts required. You can start to send in money from Monday 12th February, Pupils will choose their gifts next week in time for Mothers’ day next weekend. 


Welcome Back
I am please to say that we have welcomed back Miss Estall from her maternity leave this week. She will be in school on Thursday and Friday. Welcome back Miss Estall. 


Part 2 Broadford Information

Spring Term Dates 

Tuesday 5th March

School nurse drop in @ 8.30 am

Friday 8th March 

National girls football day

Wednesday 13th March

Attendance Hub @ 8.30 am 

Thursday 14th March 

Knife crime workshop - year 6 

Friday 15th March 

Knife crime workshop - year 5

Tuesday 19th March 

Year 3 & 6 VR workshop 

Friday 22nd March 

Parent open forum @ 2.30 pm

Monday 22nd - Thursday 28th March 

UoB Graduations Years 3-6

Wednesday 27th March 

Attendance Hub @ 8.30 am 

Thursday 28th March 

Easter Parade - make your own hat

Waterstone’s trip for year 3 spinebreakers 

End of spring term


INSET Dates for 2023-24

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Polling Day 

Day 5

4th September

5th September

30th October

15th April 

2nd May 

24th July 

Havering school term dates 2023-2024


INSET Dates for 2024-25

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4 

Day 5

2nd September

3rd September 

14th February 

21st July 

22nd July 

Havering school term dates 2024-2025


Havering Catering Services

Week beginning 4th March  is week 2 on the Havering catering services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.45. 

Themed Lunches

There are two special menu days coming up, please see the attached menus.
Thursday 7th March there is a special menu for World Book Day including Willy Wonka’s spiced sponge. 

Wednesday 13th March celebrating the Mayor meals with margarita pizza and golden dippers.

Part 3 Pupil and Parent Responsibilities
At Broadford Primary pupils, parents and carers are expected to meet three key responsibilities

Pupil Job 1 - Come to school every day on time
Parent responsibility - Ensure that your child arrives for school on time, every day and ready to learn.

Weekly Attendance  Target 96%

KS1: 95% KS2: 95% Overall:    95%
Congratulations to Willow and Apple who top the attendance table this week. 

On time shout outs!

Shout out to the following classes who had no lates  this week:

Our first class with no lates for a whole week is Beech class! 

Learning starts as soon as school starts, being late means lost learning time. 


Job 2 - Do your best in every lesson
Parent responsibility - Support your child’s learning at home.

E for Excellence Winners

These wonderful children have demonstrated excellence this week.

Nursery

Harry,  Zaki H

Ash

Malik

Alder

Amelia

Cedar

Nina

Apple

Montana

Cherry

Tyler 

Aspen 

Zayba

Elm 

Chidera

Apricot

Zach

Maple 

Flynn

Beech

Connie 

Willow 

Eddy

Walnut 

Jason 

Almond

Skyla

Mulberry 

Ayra

Lime 

Logan

Pine

Nikita

Oak 

Flynn

Rowan

Eddie

Birch

Leonard



Larch

Lucas



Redwood 

Awwal



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. 

Karimah, Cruz, Cherry,Jackson, Nyasa, Rithik, Maxi, Victoria,Darren, Inaya

Reflectiveness 

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

Irfan, Lily, Ibukun, Aisha, George

Resilience

These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks. 

Rebecca, Emily, Aqleema, Autumn,Gabia, Roman, Eivis, Uma, Evier, Dija

Resourcefulness   

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

Jimmy, Jacob, Kamari, Billy

 

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. 

Callissya, Ryan, Poppy-Rae


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. 

Aditi, Nathaniel, Callum , Kezia, Fire, Netany, Ehan, William, Summer, Toni, Kiara, Princess, Theo, Emir, Beatrice, Siana, Amerah 


I Made My Teacher Happy

These pupils have all made sure their teachers have a smile on their face this week 

Elsie, Andreea, Edward, Jessica, Saim, Laura, Jack, Sophie


Tracker Awards



Prestige 

Bronze certificate

Albie, Jaxon, Jayden, Kian  

Hashir

Silver Pencil 

Jessica, Aqleema. 


Silver certificate 

Chirag


Gold Bookmark

Isabella


Gold certificate 

Aadya


Platinum prize 

Emily


Platinum certificate

Max, Davydas, 


Diamond Prize

Nahjat


Diamond certificate 

Lily-Mae


Star prize 

Luke, Mihai


Star certificate 

Karimah, Aisha, Manreet



Job 3 - Be kind and polite to everyone you meet

Parent responsibility - Model politeness and kindness to everyone you meet.

Housepoints

Pupils are awarded housepoint for using kind words and actions and demonstrating good manners. These go towards their house teams weekly total but they are in competition with their  teachers (Dudley - orange house). If pupils do not demonstrate these behaviours then the teachers' house teams are awarded the house points instead. 

Farringdon 

Red house  

Chatteris

Blue house

Dulverton

Yellow house 

Cricklade

Green house

Dudley

Orange house

432

422

431

467

396

Weekly Winner - Green House, congratulations!


I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Yours sincerely,

 

Mrs L Nicholls 

Headteacher


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