Friday, 25 April 2025

Weekly Newsletter - Friday 25th April, 2025


Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls

 Dear Parents and Carers,


Part 1 Broadford News
Welcome Back 

It is wonderful to be back at school for the summer term. It is hard to believe that we are in the final term of this academic year but I can categorically state that this term is going to be a good one. We have much to look forward to with welcoming our new pupils and families, sports days and summer term events, which, this year include, a colour run and Broadford’s Got Talent! We are looking forward to this just as much as the children. 

Thank you to the many parents who joined us for the Graduation ceremonies at the end of last term. These events are a very special way to celebrate the children’s achievements together. A massive well done to all of the pupils and staff for all of their hard work


University of Broadford - Sports Edition 

This summer term we are thinking about being healthy and we have a focus on healthy eating and moving our bodies more. Today, KS2 pupils will start participating in the University of Broadford - Sports Edition. Over the next 5 weeks pupils will participate in sporting sessions from basketball to hockey and hiking to dancing! Let the summer of sport begin!

Marathon
On Saturday 26th April (tomorrow!) 15 of our year 5&6 cross country runners will be taking part in the Mini London Marathon. The children will be running 2.6km of the world famous London Marathon route and will cross the finish line on The Mall. This is a fantastic opportunity for them and we wish them the best of luck for tomorrow.

Opal Platinum Accreditation
I am thrilled to announce that Mrs Stanley and the lunchtime team have achieved Platinum Opal status for the implementation of outdoor play and learning.
The assessor commented on how joyful playtime is for the children and on how many children stated that they love playtime and talked about all of the activities that are available to them. 

Platinum status is awarded to schools who achieve over 90% against the Opal criteria which means that Broadford is in the top 10% of Opal schools in the world. 

Congratulations to Mrs Stanley and the lunchtime team for all of their hard work and dedication in ensuring that pupils have a variety of play activities outside. 


After School Clubs
After School clubs start on Monday 28th April. You will have received an email from the clubbly website which would state if your child has been allocated a place in a club or if you are on a waiting list. Please check your emails. 


Uniform
Just a reminder that the correct school uniform should be worn every day. Pupils should be wearing, white polo shirts, navy blue jumpers, grey trousers, shorts or skirts or blue gingham summer dresses. Polo shirts and jumpers do not need to include the Broadford logo but unbranded uniform must be plain. PE kits can be worn to school on PE days. Kit must be navy shorts and plain white t-shirts with or without the Broadford logo.
If you have any questions or concerns please pop into the office and speak to a member of our admin team. 


Shared mailboxes and communication 

Don’t forget that you can contact staff using the shared mailboxes. They are checked daily and can be used to ask questions, pass on information or check details:

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


We are always happy to answer any questions you may have. Myself, Mrs Ward, Mrs Stanley, Mr Kearns, Mrs Wallis or Miss Estall will be at the gate or door in the morning for you to speak to in person. If you would prefer an appointment please call into the office to fix a time. 


Primary National Offer Day - 15th April

If you received the news that your child was offered a place in Reception September 2025, we would like to warmly welcome you to our Broadford family and we look forward to meeting all pupils and new families over the next few months.  


Part 2 Broadford Information

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 

Havering school term dates 2024-2025

Summer term:
Tuesday 22 April to Tuesday 22 July 2025

INSET Dates for 2025-2026

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Polling Day 

Day 4 

Day 5

1st September 

2nd September 

13th February 

7th May 

1st June 

20th July

Havering school term dates 2025-2026


Havering Catering Services

Week beginning 28th April 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.

Attendance News
I am delighted to announce the winners of the attendance league for the Spring term - Rowan (EYFS & KS1) and Oak (KS2) classes! They earned 181 and 158 points respectively. Both classes have earned a non uniform day.  Congratulations to all of the pupils in these classes who have remembered their number one job of coming to school every day on time. The overall attendance for this term is 95%. Well done to everyone and we have the Summer term to make 1% improvement to reach our  target of 96%. 


Week beginning 28th April is our first ‘Amazing Attendance and Perfect Punctuality’ week. The more days that children are in school on time the more chances they have to win prizes. There are also class treats for 100% attendance and perfect punctuality and an early bird breakfast on a Friday. 


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

Abdulsamad 

Ash

Spencer

Alder

Jazelle

Cedar

Zyana

Apple

Zacky H 

Cherry

Mateo

Aspen 

Emmanuel

Elm 

Teddy

Apricot

Kotryna

Maple 

Oscar

Beech

Eliza

Willow 

Nashwan

Walnut 

David

Almond

Laura

Mulberry 

Harlie

Lime 

Ibukun

Pine

Emma

Oak 

Safwaan

Rowan

Harrie

Birch

Emily



Larch

Princess



Redwood 

Loju



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. 

Max, Isaiah, Adon, Teodor, Ronnie, Lucas, Macie-Leigh, Amelia, Tayla, Rosie, Evie, Ryan, Emmalee, 

Reflectiveness 

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

Lexie-Mai, Harvey, Naomi, Gabi, Chidera, Abdulkarim, Carina, Luna, Thomas

Resilience

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

Subhan, Asad, Tillie-Rose, Miraz, Umar, Ava, Freddie, Levi, Mujtaba, Michelle, Emma, Amaira, 

Resourcefulness   

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

Olivia, Isabella, Elise, Stanley, Olivia, Merlyn, Grace, James, Harry

 

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. 

Batool,Amari, Denis, Ksenija


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. 

Ayra, Ryan, Tommy, Renae, Emir, Adelynn, Success, Bentley, Naina, Tianna, Freddie, Adam, David, Billy, Adam, Skyla, Kajus, Haileigh, Henry


I Made My Teacher Happy

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

Mishti, Sergei, Kian, Apricot class, Darcey, Harry, Lily, Adela, Noah, Ronnie, Sahir, Keegan 


Tracker Awards



Bronze certificate

Jojo, Tovin, Arya

Silver Pencil 

Karen

Silver certificate 

Issam, Albie, Mfon, Eridola, Isabella

Gold Bookmark

Kamari, Elizabeth, 

Gold certificate 

Edward, Osman, Maalik, Kayden 

Platinum prize 

Oscar, Nikita, Stefania

Platinum certificate

Parisa, Anna

Diamond prize

Joshua

Diamond certificate 

Laynie-Rae, Himanshi, Scarlet,

Star prize 

Hope

Star certificate 

Aryaan, James, Ayaan


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

345

435

380

313

323

Weekly Winner - Chatteris (Blue) House 

I am thrilled to say that Yellow House (Dulverton) are the spring term winners! They have earned the most house points during this term and enjoyed their film afternoon. Well done to all of the members of Dulverton house for displaying pupil job number 3 - being kind and polite to everyone that they meet.


I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs L Nicholls 

Headteacher


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