Weekly Newsletter - Friday 1st May, 2026

 

Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls 

Friday 1st May, 2026 

Dear Parents and Carers,

Part 1 Broadford News

Bank Holiday Weekend
Please be reminded that school is closed on Monday 4th May for May Day (bank holiday) and Thursday 7th May as the building is being used as a polling station for local elections.  We hope you enjoy the extended weekend, fingers crossed that this wonderful weather sticks around for the weekend!

London Marathon
Congratulations to our year 5&6 pupils who completed the mini marathon last Saturday. It was an amazing experience for them all and a fantastic day in London! A massive well done to Miss Wyatt who ran all 26.2 miles through the streets of London on Sunday and finished the London marathon in an amazing time of 4 hours and 29 minutes. What a brilliant role model for all of our future marathon runners!
We are very proud of Team Broadford. 

Part 2 Broadford Information

Summer 1 Term Dates 

Monday 4th May	Bank holiday - school closed
Thursday 7th May	Polling day - school closed
Monday 11th - Thursday 14th May	KS2 assessment week
Friday 15th May	Parent forum - 9.00 am Year 6 Olympic park trip
Tuesday 19th May	Drapers’ Primary Sports Day
Wednesday 20th May	Fluoride team in school for years 1-2
Friday 22nd May	Last day of summer 1

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

Summer term:
Tuesday 13 April to Tuesday 20 July 2026
INSET Dates for 2026-2027

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
2nd September	23rd October	4th January	25th March	7th June

Havering school term dates 2026-2027

Havering Catering Services

Week beginning 4th May  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	KS2	Overall
94%	96%	95%

Congratulations to Oak and Apple  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.

Nursery	Maryam and Sadie	Ash	Zachary
Alder	Amaya	Cedar	Daisy
Apple	David	Cherry	Mohammed
Aspen	George	Elm	Lucas
Apricot	Nirgun	Maple	Anaelle
Beech	Leon	Willow	Noah
Walnut	Layla	Birch	Thomas
Mulberry	Darcy-Leigh	Larch	Kayden
Pine	Kotryna	Redwood	Aariz
Rowan	Sadhana	Almond	Olivia
		Lime	Dunsin
		Oak	Chidera

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.	Gabrielle, Cassie, Alice, Jack, Freddie, Batool, Fire, Sienna-Rae, James
Reflectiveness  These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning.	Ayra, Zach, Romil, Arya, Roman, Domanic, Duke, Issa, Mia, Medina, Stiven
Resilience These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks.	Afreenish, Eason, Charlie, Andrei, Zara, Elkah, Leighton, Eva, Osman, Tayo, Athena
Resourcefulness    These pupils have been curious about learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources.	Harley, Montana, Kiara, Kylie, Elsie, Ksenija, Max, Teodor, Elizabeth

 

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. 

Abrish, 

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. 

Keegan,Tommy, Sofia, Ilinca, Peace, Sriyan, Ethan, Aiza, Alfie, Evie, Anas, Nathan, Maya M, Lola, Teddy, Torsten, Ziyon, Rehan, Damir, Mason H, Tyler

I Made My Teacher Happy

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

Mia,Ivy, Willow Class, Elyssa. Olaf, Zenaya, Jaabir, Ayzel, Jackson, Henry, Anna, Chynna, Ayaan

105 Books to Read Before You Leave Broadford

These pupils have read 5 books and earned their Bronze certificate.

Kiara

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

Ashar, Alice

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

Ashar

Tracker Awards

		Prestige
Bronze certificate	Prisha, Viyan, Cornelius, Leonor,	Lily-Mae, Emmy
Silver Pencil	Faith, Mason, Elyana
Silver certificate	Faith, Freddy-Joe,	Aiza
Gold Bookmark	Madison, Henzo, Gabriel, Oceann, Adelina, Alariah, Layla
Gold certificate	Elyssa, Hunter, Ashlean, Kian, Isaac, Levi	Aryaan
Prestige prize	Lyra
Prestige certificate	Eddy
Diamond prize	Evie, Umar
Star prize	Adela

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
456	500	608	556	411
Weekly Winner - Dulverton Yellow house

I hope you all have a lovely bank holiday weekend. 

Yours sincerely,

Mrs L Nicholls 

Headteacher