Friday, 14 March 2025

Weekly Newsletter - Friday 14th March, 2025

Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls 

Part 1 Broadford News

Easter
It is only a few weeks till we finish for the Easter break. I know that it feels like we have only returned from the Christmas break! However, to mark the occasion all pupils will be taking part in an Easter egg hunt during the week beginning 31st March and we will be hosting Broadford’s Easter parade on Wednesday 2nd April. We are inviting all pupils to take part in designing, making and wearing with pride an Easter bonnet/hat. It is £1 to enter the competition and this will contribute towards our fundraising total this year. 
The bonnet/ hat could be made from card, paper, or use a baseball cap/sunhat/woolly hat as a base. Then allow your child to decide what they would like on their hat, it could be flowers, signs of new life such as Lambs, chicks and chocolate eggs. It can be anything linked to Easter.
We can’t wait to see all of the creations in school on Wednesday 2nd April. Happy crafting!

Tesco Stronger Starts - Vote Broadford EYFS!

Our application to Tesco Stronger Starts has been successful and our project will be put forward to a customer vote in Tesco stores. Voting will commence in store from the first week in April 2025 until the end of June 2025.

The project is called 'Let's Grow Broadford' The initiative aims to enhance our youngest children's understanding of the world around them, through interactive learning and hands-on experiences in growing fruits and vegetables. 

The project with the highest number of votes across the region will receive £1,500 (or the amount that was requested up to this value), the second placed project £1,000 (or the amount that was requested up to this value), and the third placed project £500. 

Voting! 

Please support us by voting with tokens and spreading the word to family and friends. To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value. You will receive one token per transaction and it's not necessary to purchase a carrier bag in order to receive a token.


University of Broadford Graduations
We are sadly coming to the end of our Broadford University courses and what a great 10 weeks we have had. I have seen so many happy, smiling children, bursting to tell me all about the wonderful things they have been learning at their University of Broadford sessions. The children have all shown great resilience and reciprocity while working through their courses and we couldn't be prouder of how much they have all achieved.
We would now like to invite you in to celebrate your child’s achievements. The dates and start times for each course are as follows:

Monday 24th March @ 2pm

Tuesday 25th March @ 2pm

Wednesday 26th March @ 2pm

Thursday 27th March @ 2pm

Friday 28th March @ 2pm

Dynamic Drummers


Chess


Creative Cards


I'm a Pupil Get Me Out Of Here


Crocheting


BSL


Journalism


Green Space


Masterpiece Makers


Lyrical Masters


Sock Cats


Calligraphy


Sketching Stars


Get Fit Fridays


Boundless Bookworks


Fashionistas


Around the World


Your child will be able to tell you which class they have been studying.
If parents/carers could please wait at the lower gate on Faringdon Avenue, by the waiting area , a member of staff will be there to escort you in at the start time.
We look forward to welcoming you into school for our wonderful graduations.

Easter Raffle 

We are excited to announce our Easter Raffle tickets will go on sale on Monday 10th March. Tickets will be £1.00 a strip and can be bought from the school office. The raffle will be drawn on Tuesday 2nd April live via Facebook and winners will be published on our blog. We have lots of lovely Easter eggs to be won.


Mothers’ Day Sale
We are pleased to announce we will be holding our Mothers Day Market for all of our wonderful Broadford Mums, Step Mums, Nannies, Sisters and mother figures in our children's lives.

The sale will take place during the school day on Wednesday and Thursday 26th & 27th March 2025. There will be a variety of gifts that the children can purchase from the market and they will be able to take their gift home in a gift bag ready for Mothers Day.

All gifts are priced at £3.00. The payment will go live on ParentPay on Monday 10th March and will close on Friday 21st March. Unfortunately after this date we will be unable to accept payment.

If you have not set up your child’s ParentPay account please pop into the school office for your child’s registration details.


End of Term and After School Clubs
We break up for Easter on Friday 4th April children will be dismissed at the usual time of 3.15pm. The summer term will resume on Tuesday 22nd April.
Next week is the last week of clubs with the final session on Friday 28th March. 


Part 2 Broadford Information

Spring 2 Term Dates 

Tuesday 18th March 

Year 5/6 quiz team semi finals    

Wednesday 19th March 

Year 1 sportshall athletics 

Monday 24th March 

Year 5/6 badminton
University of Broadford Graduation @ 2 pm 

Tuesday 25th March 

University of Broadford Graduation @ 2 pm 

Wednesday 26th March 

Year 1/2 football festival 

University of Broadford Graduation @ 2 pm 

Thursday 27th March

Year 3 spinebreakers waterstones visit 

University of Broadford Graduation @ 2 pm 

Friday 28th March 

Reception Mother’s Day breakfast

Parent forum 1-2 pm 

University of Broadford Graduation @ 2 pm 

Wednesday 2nd April 

Easter Parade £1 entry. Prizes to be won!

Thursday 3rd April 

Fluoride Varnish Programme Rec-Year 1
Year 5/6 basketball competition
iRock concert 

Friday 4th April 

Whole school event: Eid Al Fitr  / culture day

End of Spring term


INSET Dates for 2024-2025

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4 

Day 5

2nd September

3rd September 

4th November

21st July 

22nd July 

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 17th March is week 2 on the Havering catering services menu. 


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: 96% Overall: 96%
Congratulations to Rowan  and Willow  who top the attendance table this week. 

Another brilliant attendance week! Well done everyone.

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

Aria and Ali- Kabeer 

Ash

Loui

Alder

Shaheer

Cedar

Finley

Apple

Hunter 

Cherry

Emma

Aspen 

El-Amin

Elm 

Ryan

Apricot

Billie

Maple 

Eishan

Beech

Vedasri 

Willow 

Elsie

Walnut 

Zara

Almond

Chidera

Mulberry 

Nicole

Lime 

Rithik

Pine

Issam

Oak 

Stanley

Rowan

Afreenish

Birch

Ruta



Larch

Eden



Redwood 

Poppy



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. 

Kindah, Rosie, Tianna, Dilan, Malik, Skyla, Elliot, Olivia, Tyler

Reflectiveness 

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

Sophia, Karimah, Hashir,  Amerah, Sultan, Maxi, Callissya, Eddy, Lucas

Resilience

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

Shivanshi, Spencer, Lillian.Mohib, Elise, Laynie, Aayan, Zyana, Andreea, Cruz, Aiza, Parisa


Resourcefulness   

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

Damian, Emily, Macie. Dina, Adam, Oliver, Medhansh, Shair, Qhaleed, Roman, Chloe

 

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. 

Kayaan, Mahdi, Kamari, Munsha, Mason M, Eva, Louie-Ray. Elena, Ava-Mai, Daisy, Milan, Amedea, Riya, Danni-Ella, Syrian, A’isha, Robyn, Kiara, Denis, Jefflyn


I Made My Teacher Happy

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

Rehan, Dawid, Layla - Mae, Poppy, Nathaniel, Scarlet, Chuka


105 Books to Read Before You Leave Broadford

These pupils have read five books and earned their Bronze certificate.

Riya, Montana, Logan, Ayesha, Alfie, Brielle

These pupils have read 10 books and earned their Silver certificate. 

Ava-Mai, Montana, Ayesha, Eason

These pupils have read all 15 books, earning their Gold certificate and completing their trackers.

Juliah, Kamari, Ryan

Special congratulations to Alder class in Reception for being the first class this year where every child has completed their ‘15 Books to Read” and earned their Bronze, Silver and Gold certificates. Well done all!


Tracker Awards



Prestige 

Bronze certificate

Chalva 


Silver Pencil 

Shivanshi, Daisy, Wais, Veronika


Silver certificate 

Aniah-Mai

Tesha

Gold Bookmark

Maya


Gold certificate 

Ksenija, Poppy


Platinum prize 

Tyler, Oscar, Parisa, Lily, Jessica 


Diamond prize

George L


Star certificate 

Tala



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

732

748

495

604

699

Weekly Winner - Chatteris (Blue ) House 


I hope you all have a great weekend.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs L Nicholls 

Headteacher