Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls
Dear Parents and Carers,
Part 1 Broadford News
Christmas Concerts
A big thank you to all parents / carers who came along to support the children’s Christmas concerts and activity sessions this week. I am sure you will agree with me that all of the children sang brilliantly, danced beautifully and read and acted like true professionals.
We organised these events a little differently this year and a lot of you have said how much you enjoyed seeing pupils from different year groups working together. Parents also enjoyed getting the opportunity to join the younger pupils in their classrooms.
Thank you for not just supporting these events on the day but for all of your help and support for the pupils in preparation for these events.
Christmas Discos - Tuesday 17th December
Ho ho ho! Get ready to jingle and jive at our upcoming Festive School Disco—the most magical event of the season! We’re decking the halls and can’t wait to see all our pupils showing off their party outfits and best Christmas dance moves!
Here’s the plan:
🎄 Reception & Nursery: Afternoon groove session (during school hours)
🎄 Years 1 - 3: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
🎄 Years 4 - 6: 5:15pm - 6:30pm
Where to Enter: KS2 grey doors
Where to Collect: Y1 - Office doors, Y2 and Y3 - blue door and white door, to the right of the Office doors.
Tickets are £4 each and can be booked easily on ParentPay- a seperate letter will be coming out soon. Get ready to celebrate in style!
Sale of tickets will close on Friday 13th December at 5pm.
A festive treat and drink are both included. Please ensure you notify us through the form on ParentPay of any allergies.
Important Reminder: For safeguarding and security reasons, mobile phones and electronic devices are strictly not allowed at the disco. If you have any questions about this, please reach out to our friendly staff—they’re happy to help!
We can’t wait to see everyone on the dance floor, spreading Christmas cheer and creating wonderful holiday memories together. Let’s make it a night to remember! 🎶✨
Christmas Dinner - Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th December
Week beginning 16th December pupils have the opportunity to enjoy Christmas dinner in school. This will be served to different year groups on different days. This is so that pupils can eat their Christmas dinner in the hall and enjoy a festive experience. Due to the fact that the kitchen will be cooking over 300 Christmas dinners daily there will be a different menu for the rest of the school on their non Christmas dinner day please see below.
Christmas dinner will be roast turkey with the trimmings and there is also a vegetarian option which is festive and vegetarian sausage puff.
Wednesday 18th - Early years (Nursery & Reception), years 5&6
Thursday 19th - Years 1,2,3,4
Children can wear Christmas jumpers and headwear on their Christmas dinner day if they would like to.
On your child's non Christmas dinner day the kitchen will be preparing a cold service consisting of tuna, cheese or ham baguettes. These will be ordered via Parentpay as normal. Christmas dinner is free due to the universal free school meals offered excluding Nursery pupils.
Santa Dash - Thursday 19th December
Pupils need to lace up those trainers and stretch out their limbs—our festive 2km Santa Hat Dash is coming up on 19th December! Pupils will dash around a special course full of festivity along the way, all while raising money to support our school.
Entry is just £2 and includes a Santa hat, entertainment, and plenty of festive fun! For those who want to take their fundraising further, simply use the sponsorship form on the back and ask friends and family to guess your time to complete the 2km!
🎄 All sponsorship money should be handed to the school office or class teacher by 19th December 2024. Money raised will go towards improving the school grounds for our children.
Printed sponsorship forms have been sent home, if you need another sponsor form please ask your child’s class teacher.
Christmas Parties - Friday 20th December
There will be Festive Parties for children in Nursery, Reception and years 1-6 on Friday 20th December. You don’t need to send in party clothes or food. The pupils can wear their school uniform but they are very welcome to wear a festive jumper (and headwear if you have it) to wear for the occasion. They will have party games and activities in their classrooms and will bring home their Christmas present to go under the tree!
End of Autumn Term 2024
We finish school on Friday 20th December at 3.15pm. School opens again on Monday 6th January for all pupils. Essex After School Breakfast Club will open at the usual time of 7.30am – and the school doors will be open from 8.30am and breakfast bagels will be available in the classrooms for those pupils not attending breakfast club..
Reception Applications - Deadline 15th January 2025
3- and 4-year-old children will be starting school in September 2025. Children born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021 will be starting at an infant or primary school Apply online between 01 September 2024 and 15 January 2025. For school admissions information and to apply, go to www.havering.gov.uk/admissions/primary
Part 2 Broadford Information
Autumn Term Dates
INSET Dates for 2024-2025
Havering school term dates 2024-2025
Autumn term:
Monday 2 September to Friday 20 December 2024
Spring term:
Monday 6 January to Friday 4 April 2025
Summer term:
Tuesday 22 April to Tuesday 22 July 2025
Havering Catering Services
Week beginning 16th December is week 1 on the Havering catering services menu.
You can see the Havering catering Menu here
School dinners continue to be free to ALL primary aged pupils.
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 Pine and Cherry who top the attendance table this week.
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.
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. Nyasa
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. Harrie, Daman, Millen, Rohith, Alysha, Raffy, Jackson, Stanley, Vanessa, Rebecca, Merlyn, Lily, Ipsa, Logan, Billie, Violet, Harvey, Amaira, Veronika, Aiza
I Made My Teacher Happy
These pupils have all made sure their teachers have a smile on their face this week
Jessica, Jace, Cherry class, Kingston, Nursery,Elena, Charlie, Jefflyn, Haileigh, Safa, Karen, Maalik, Amari, Melody
105 Books to Read Before You Leave Broadford
These pupils have read five books and earned their Bronze certificate.
Eva, Rebecca, Nicole, Zara, Aadhvik, Asher, Harry, Bella, Roza
These pupils have read 10 books and earned their Silver certificate.
Eva, Amelia
These pupils have read all 15 books, earning their Gold certificate and completing their trackers.
Eva, Vrisha
Tracker Awards
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.
I hope you all have a wonderfully festive weekend.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs L Nicholls
Headteacher
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