Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls
Dear Parents and Carers,
Part 1 Broadford News
Prospective Parents Tour
There is an opportunity for prospective parents to come and have a look around the school and find out more about Broadford. If you know of anyone who would like to tour the school in the hopes of their children attending, please ask them to book a place via the school office 01708 342880 and speak with Mrs West. Tours will be taking place on the following dates:
29th September @ 1 pm
13th October @ 10 am
10th November @ 1 pm
24th November @ 10 am
15th December @ 1 pm
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 this academic year, thank you to everyone who made an effort to arrive at school everyday on time. The overall attendance for the week was 97%, which is above our target. 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:
Year 1: Ronnie, Adelynn, Frankie
Year 2: Yemi, Emirhan, Ayra
Year 3: Alariah, Emily, Isabella
Year 4: Teddy, Gabia, jacob
Year 5: Oliver, Elizabeth, Isatou
Year 6: Kamari, Fariha, Kiara
The classes with the highest attendance Rowan and Ash and have earned a non-school uniform days next Friday. There will be a separate letter for parents regarding this.
Look out for the next Amazing Attendance and Perfect Punctuality Week, which will be after October half term.
Year 6 Parents
As your child is now in Year 6, now is the time that you will need to make an application for your child to start secondary school in September 2026.
Without an application your child will not be offered a Secondary school place.
Please visit the Havering website www.havering.gov.uk/admissions/secondary where you will find a brochure titled ‘Transferring to a Havering Secondary School in September 2026’ along with a link to the application system (eAdmissions).
All applications for Secondary Schools must be submitted online by no later than 31 October 2025.
Year 5 Parents
At this time of year the Secondary schools invited parents to come and look around schools and hear from staff what they can offer your child. You can find all of the dates for open evenings around Havering here.
Whole School Food Drive
Year 6 are hosting a Food Drive, which they would like the whole school to be involved in, in support of the Harold Hill Foodbank. We would be very grateful for any non-perishable food donations (for example, tins, pasta, rice, cereals, or long-life milk). Donations can be brought into school on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th September. On Wednesday 1st October, some of our Year 6 pupils will take the donations to the foodbank to see how they are used to support families in need.
This half term the children will be learning about Online Safety.
This week,our youngest learners explored how being smart online can protect them from harm and allow them to keep having fun!
The children supported Smartie the Penguin in navigating challenging situations, such as knowing what to do if something unexpected appears on their screen or if an older sibling has used their device to play a game that's not suitable for nursery-aged children.
The children showed a fantastic understanding of how to handle some tricky situations. They wrapped up their computing session by enjoying some Smartie-themed colouring activities.
Well done, Nursery! And remember:
‘Before you tap and click, you need to stop, think, and tell someone.’
Part 2 Broadford Information
Autumn Term Dates
Wednesday 24th September | Fire Station visiting Year 5 Year 5&6 fitness festival @ Harold Lodge Leisure Centre |
Thursday 25th September | Year 6 Spinebreakers Waterstones trip |
Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th September | Foodbank collection days |
Tuesday 30th September | Prospective parents tour @ 1.30 pm Book fair after school Year 5 first Mersea meeting |
Wednesday 1st October | Year 5&6 wellbeing festival @ Harrow Lodge Leisure Centre Book fair after school |
Thursday 2nd October | Book fair after school |
Friday 3rd October | Book fair after school |
Monday 6th October | Year 3&4 Racket Pack @ Harrow Lodge Leisure Centre Lime class - Consequences workshop |
Tuesday 7th October | Year 5&6 Cross country @ Stubbers Almond class - Consequences workshop |
Wednesday 8th October | Nursery - Little City experience Oak class - Consequences workshop |
Thursday 9th October | Year 3 first aid workshop Year 5 Spinebreakers Harold Hill Library trip |
Thursday 10th October | Carmel Janes School Photographer - individual photographs |
Monday 13th October | Prospective parents tour @ 10am |
Thursday 16th October | Year 3&4 bee netball festival @ Noak Hill sports complex |
Friday 17th October | Parent forum @ 9 am Road safety with Hedgehog - Year 1&2
Green mans new job search - Year 3&4 |
Tuesday 21st October | Year 5 Science Museum trip |
Wednesday 22nd October | Parents evening 3.30 - 7pm |
Thursday 23rd October | Year 6 spinebreakers visiting Harold Hill library Parents evening 3.30 - 6 pm |
Friday 24th October | Reception Marvelous Me day End of Autumn 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
Autumn term:
Monday 1 September to Friday 19 December 2025
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 22nd September 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%
Congratulations to Rowan and Ash 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 | Karen and Kinza | Ash | Sophia |
Alder | Sofia | Cedar | Alariah |
Apple | Bright | Cherry | Teddy-James |
Aspen | Isabela | Elm | Bernice |
Apricot | Patrick | Maple | Zara I |
Beech | Dakshika | Willow | Lawrence |
Walnut | Milan | Birch | Eishan |
Mulberry | Alice | Larch | Sultan |
Pine | Vienna | Redwood | Anna |
Rowan | Afrahim | Almond | Darcie |
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| Lime | Dunsin |
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| Oak | Eason |
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. | Jessica, Riya, Emmy, Lillian, Chloe, Nina, Thomas, Paige |
Reflectiveness These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning. | Zakariya, Bily, Freddie, George, Nikita, Max, Qhaleed, Flynn |
Resilience These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks. | Afreenish, Oscar, Tayla, Hayden, Ksenija,, Albie, Kylie, Isabella, Faith, Elliot, Naomi |
Resourcefulness These pupils have been curious about learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources. | Eddie, Jacob, Denis, Sofia, Adalind, Elliot |
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.
Fire, Melody, Athena, Victoria
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, Rio, Lenny, Zachary, Aarav, Chidera, Adra, Jasmine, Billie, Eva, Sophia, Vanessa, Jacob, Theo, Nyasa, Jessica
I Made My Teacher Happy
These pupils have all made sure their teachers have a smile on their face this week
Ayan, Harley, Aadvik, Noah, Khalil, Jackson, Batool, Maya M, Poppy, Willow Class, Kezia, Isabella, Jojo
Tracker Awards
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| Prestige | Double Prestige |
Bronze certificate |
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| Gabi |
Silver certificate | Katerynna, Connie, Elliot, Charlie | Sadhana |
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Gold Bookmark | Henry |
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Gold certificate | Elsie, Lucas, Bella |
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Prestige prize | Jessica, Siana, Elliot |
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Star prize | Olivia |
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Star certificate | Adam |
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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 |
453 | 381 | 432 | 284 | 256 |
Weekly Winner - Farringdon (Red House) |
I hope you all have a brilliant weekend.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs L Nicholls
Headteacher
