Weekly Newsletter - Friday 16th January, 2026

 

Heateacher: Mrs L Nicholls 

Dear Parents and Carers,

Part 1 Broadford News

Amazing Attendance and Perfect Punctuality Week 

Pupil job number 1 - Come to school everyday on time
This was the first Amazing Attendance and Perfect Punctuality week  of 2026, thank you to everyone who made an effort to arrive at school everyday on time. The overall attendance for the week was 95% just 1% away from our target. This is fantastic!  We saw those pupils making an extra effort to arrive before 8.45am to ensure that they get to put their names into the lucky buckets and we appreciate your effort. Keep it up!
Congratulations to the lucky bucket winners, we hope you enjoy your prize bags.
Reception: Ray, George, Mia

Year 1: Eisa, Abdulmateen, Dylan
Year 2: Davansh, Vienna, Sadhana

Year 3: Kai, Noura, Harrie 

Year 4: Kevin, Jackson, Poppy

Year 5: Lucas, Bruno, Max

Year 6: Elsie, Eason, Mia

Ash class hit the top spot with 100% and have earned themselves a special treat!

Look out for the next Amazing Attendance and Perfect Punctuality Week, which will be after February half term. 

Spare Clothes
Winter weather is definitely here! Over the past few weeks it has been wet. This means that children get wet and many need a change of clothes. If your child has needed to borrow some clothes from school we kindly ask that you wash them and return them as soon as possible. We need many spare clothes for the number of children that we have. If you have had a clear out at home we would really appreciate donations of items that your children have outgrown. We particularly need socks and bottoms (trousers, tracksuits bottoms) for girls and boys. Many thanks. 

Part 2 Broadford Information

Autumn Term Dates 

Tuesday 27th January	Travel Ambassador trip to Stratford
Wednesday 28th January	Year 2 Discovery Centre trip Reception height and weight checks Upminster Station Steam Train visit
Thursday 29th January	Year 2 Discovery Centre trip Reception height and weight checks  Year 5/6 racket pack event @ Hornchurch stadium
Friday 30th January	Year 4 visit to National Portrait Gallery
Monday 2nd February	National Storytelling week starts
Tuesday 3rd February	Year 6 visit to the Tate Modern Wellgate community farm visit for Nursery  Road safety visit for year 5
Thursday 5th February	Year 3 spinebreakers trip
Friday 6th February	NSPCC Number day - dress up as a Rockstar! Parent forum @ 9 am
Monday 9th February	Children’s mental health week
Tuesday 10th February	Safer Internet Day Reception and KS1 art exhibition Junior Duke silver award graduation
Wednesday 11th February	Year 3&4 sportshall athletics @ Hornchurch sports center
Friday 13th February	INSET day - school closed for pupils End of Spring 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

Spring term: 

Monday 5 January to Friday 27 April 2026 

Summer term:
Tuesday 13 April to Tuesday 20 July 2026

Havering Catering Services

Week beginning 19th January 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%	96%	95%

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	Amelia D and Lilly	Ash	Chloe
Alder	Amaya	Cedar	Rosie
Apple	Anthony	Cherry	Beatrice
Aspen	Sophia	Elm	Chirag
Apricot	Renae	Maple	Zofia
Beech	Nathan	Willow	Isabella
Walnut	Hunter	Birch	James
Mulberry	Kailan	Larch	Nina
Pine	Jack	Redwood	Robyn
Rowan	Azlan	Almond	Ava
		Lime	Safwaan
		Oak	Jefflyn

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.	Zayba, Arya, Teddy, Lyra, Haziq, Sydney, Rehan, Ambica
Reflectiveness  These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning.	Prakhyati, Harrie, Zakariya, Ram, Ali, Aziz, Jacob, Amedea, Umar, Issa, Hayden
Resilience These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks.	George, Zach, Henzo, Fire, Alfie, Jessica, Lawrence, Jacob, Jacob, Amari, Erikas, Bernice
Resourcefulness    These pupils have been curious about learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources.	Sadhana, Layla, Faith, Rithik, Lily, Hela, Lucas

 

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. 

Maya

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. Teodor, Aadhvik, Aaira, Harrie, Montana, Milan, Imani, Billy, Toby, Thomas,Gabrielle, Tazkiya, Adelina, Rohith, Rebecca, Eliza, Amira, Aari, Dunsin, Bella

I Made My Teacher Happy

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

Ava, Vedasri, Cruz, Cassie, Millen, Zyana, Tesha, Zion, Mason, Leonor

105 Books to Read Before You Leave Broadford

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

Emir, Thomas, Elijah, Alexandra, Rosie, Nourah

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

Amy, Amaya, James, Jahmai, Jazelle, Patrick, Alfie, Alexandra, Maya, Rosie, Nourah, Shanvi, Kevin, Ivy, Thomas, Tommy

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

Rayan, Alexandra, Sofia

Tracker Awards

		Prestige
Bronze certificate	Anthony
Silver certificate	Ethan	Elkah
Gold Bookmark	Riya
Gold certificate	Rebecca, Moyo
Prestige prize	Kamari
Prestige certificate	Jessica
Diamond prize	Rojure, Stanley
Star prize	Elsie, Noah
Star certificate	Laynie

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
636	572	489	511	606
Weekly Winner - Farringdon Red house

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs L Nicholls 

Headteacher

After School Cycle Training in Havering

Dear Parents and Carers,

We are pleased to let you know that spaces are available for After School Cycle Training in Havering. These sessions are a fantastic opportunity for children to learn to ride or to improve their existing cycling skills.

To view dates and book a place, please visit the link below:

 https://www.cycleconfident.com/sponsors/havering/

 

Children's Complete Beginner Cycle Training

 

These are suitable for children who have never ridden a bike or would like to come off stabilisers. Training will include basic instruction on balancing, pedalling and steering, starting and stopping, riding in a straight line, turning and changing direction. Courses consist of 1.5 hours of training in a small group of up to 6 children with 2 qualified instructors. Children are encouraged to bring their own bike where possible but a limited number of bikes and helmets will be available to borrow, subject to availability and fit.  

Children's Improver Cycle training

 

Build confidence and skills! These sessions will focus on the basics of bike handling and control, building up valuable skills that help children to be confident in controlling their bike in a safe, off-road, environment. This course does not accommodate complete beginners or those who use stabilisers so please see our Complete Beginner courses if your child is new to cycling or uses a bike with stabilisers. Course consists of two hours of training in a group of up to 10 children with 2 qualified instructors. Children are encouraged to bring their own bike where possible but a limited number of bikes and helmets will be available to borrow, subject to availability and fit. Parents/carers of children under 7 are requested to remain within sight of the cycle training.  Please collect trainees promptly.

Many thanks 

Mr Kearns

Amazing Attendance and Perfect Punctuality week

 Amazing Attendance and Perfect Punctuality week

Next week is our amazing attendance and perfect punctuality week.

This initiative is designed to encourage everyone to embrace the importance of being on time, remembering our 'Pupil Job 1', while having a bit of fun along the way.

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%

Here’s how it works:

📅Daily Prize Draw

Each day of the week, if you arrive at school on time, your name will be entered into a prize draw for a chance to win a delightful bag of treats! The more days you arrive on time, the more chances you have to win! It’s a simple and fun way to motivate everyone to prioritise punctuality.

🍽️Early Bird Breakfast Treat on Friday:  

As an extra incentive, we’ll be hosting a ‘special early bird breakfast treat’ on Friday 16th January for all children who arrive by 8:45 AM. Collect your treat from outside the main office before you head off to your classroom.  It’s our way of saying thank you for your commitment to being on time and starting the day off right!

🎉Whole Class Treat: 

We want to elevate the excitement even further! Any class that achieves amazing attendance and/or perfect punctuality for the entire week will receive a special whole-class treat. So, encourage one another and show your commitment to being present and punctual!

Let’s make a fantastic start to the Spring term by showing our commitment to attendance and punctuality. Remember, arriving on time not only helps you settle in for a successful day of learning, it also sets a great example for your peers.

We are excited to see all of you bright and early, ready to learn and participate. Let’s set a positive tone for the rest of the year and build the habits that will lead us to success!

Best of luck to all, and let the attendance challenge begin!

University of Broadford - Masterpiece Makers

 

University of Broadford - Dynamic Drumming

This is the course overview for the pupils who are participating in the Dynamic Drumming course during the Spring term. 

 

University of Broadford - I'm a pupil get me out of here!