Weekly Newsletter - Friday 8th March, 2025

 

Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls 

Dear Parents and Carers,

Part 1 Broadford News

Year 6 Sats 

Year 6 statutory assessments start on Monday 11th May. All year 6 pupils are invited to a breakfast club which will give them an opportunity to relax before the assessments start. They will feel raring to go after a good breakfast. 

Good luck to all of our pupils, they have worked very hard and we are proud of each and everyone of them.  

Summer
Summer is, eventually, on its way. I would like to ask all parents to ensure that children have sun protection applied before they arrive at school. It is also recommended that children bring caps/hats into school to wear during outdoor times when the sun is out and the temperature rises. We will ensure that pupils have access to plenty of water throughout the day to keep them fully hydrated. 

Even though the children may wear summer uniforms they will still be participating in Forest School sessions, and in the summer will still need long trousers to change into or wear long trousers on their Forest School day. This is for their own comfort and safety and allows them to participate fully.  
Thank you for your support and co-operation in this matter.

Part 2 Broadford Information

Summer 1 Dates 

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

Summer 2 Dates

Monday 1st June	INSET day - school closed to pupils Year 4 multiplication times table check starts
Tuesday 2nd June	Year 2 fire safety workshop Bookfair after school
Wednesday 3rd june	Year 1 Barleylands trip Year 2 1666 WoW day Bookfair after school
Thursday 4th June	Choir visiting Drapers Mayland’s for festival rehearsal Bookfair after school
Friday 5th June	Non school uniform day - colour donations Year 2 Infant Music Festival Bookfair after school
Monday 8th - Friday 12th June	Amazing Attendance and Perfect Punctuality week Year 1 phonics screening starts
Tuesday 9th June	Cherry class visiting The London Mithraeum
Wednesday 10th June	Year 5&6 Quad Kids event
Thursday 11th June	Carmel Jane Photographer in school for class photos
Monday 15th June	The Nest & The Grove sports afternoon
Tuesday 16th June	Years 2,3&4 sports afternoon
Wednesday 17th June	Father’s Day Sale Year 3&4 quad kids event Country dance festival Year 5&6 sports afternoon
Thursday 18th June	Cedar class visiting The London Mithraeum Year 1 Spinebreakers visiting Harold HIll Library Reception & Year 1 sports afternoon
Monday 22nd June	Drapers’ year 5 spelling bee Year 4 Egyptian workshop Nursery & reception new parents evening
Wednesday 24th June	Year 1&2 quad kids event Year 5 Mersea residential Havering junior music festival @ Queen’s Theatre
Thursday 25th June	Year 5 Mersea residential Year 6 junior citizen trip
Friday 26th June	Mersea residential trip
Monday 29th June	Final week of after school clubs
Thursday 2nd July	Summer disco
Friday 3rd July	Year 3 visiting London Zoo
Tuesday 7th July	Year 6 leavers event
Wednesday 8th July	Year 4&5 Commonwealth sports event Year 2 trip to The Tower of London
Friday 10th July	Parent Forum @ 1pm Reception trip to Call of the Wild Reports sent home
Monday 13th July	Parent report drop in session
Thursday 16th July	Whole school colour run
Friday 17th July	Broadford’s Got Talent Last day of the academic year

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 11th 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
95%	93%	94%

Congratulations to Cedar 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	Theo A and Judah	Ash	Jack
Alder	Evandy	Cedar	Issam
Apple	Sofia-Rose	Cherry	Kevin
Aspen	Nuzaifa	Elm	Layla-Mae
Apricot	Patrick	Maple	Jace
Beech	Umar	Willow	Kai
Walnut	Daniel	Birch	Amal
Mulberry	Riya	Larch	Sultan
Pine	Nevaeh	Redwood	Anna
Rowan	Eliza	Almond	Georgia
		Lime	Safwaan
		Oak	Darren

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.	Merlyn, Jefflyn, Ali, George, Kiara, Amelia, Ellie, Torsten, Qhaleed, Romil, Anaelle
Reflectiveness  These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning.	Adra, Keon, Kailan,Noura, Maya-Andreea, George, Rio, Adam, Emma, Kayaan,
Resilience These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks.	Elliot, Ava, Leandro, Abdullah, Eva, Zayna, Aryaan, Adalind, aariz,Surabhi, Eva, Millen
Resourcefulness    These pupils have been curious about learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources.	Tayla, Prakhyati, Robert, Milan, Edward, Stiven, Connie, Aisosa, Rehan

 

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, 

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.  

Amaya, Matei, Fariha, Lily-Mae, Jack, Zara, Milan, Emma, Jazelle, Mohsin, Jessica, Andreea, Dakshika, Sadid, Zayba, Mohib, Eden, Victor, Noah, Serghei

I Made My Teacher Happy

These pupils have all made sure their teachers have a smile on their face this week Ameera, Albie, Amerah, Amaira ,Jorgie, Abdul-Mateen, Isabela, Theo, Finley, Freya

105 Books to Read Before You Leave Broadford

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

Emma, Ayaan

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

Alexandra, Bella, Aniah-Mai, Ayaan

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

Leighton

Tracker Awards

		Prestige
Bronze certificate	Ziyon, Michelle, Darcie
Silver Pencil	Dhaksha,
Silver certificate		Adam
Gold Bookmark	Gabriel
Gold certificate	Madison, Teodor, Kian
Diamond prize	Umar, Evangeline, Riya
Star prize	George

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
359	337	495	415	260
Weekly Winner - Dulverton Yellow house

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs L Nicholls 

Headteacher