Monday 6th to Friday 12th February 2023 - Children's Mental Health Week

Please click here for resources collated by the Family Support Workers for Children's Mental Health Week.

In light of Children’s Mental Health Week, mental health platform The Lily-Jo Project will be hosting a free workshop for parents and teachers. 

• When? Thursday 9th February 2023 

• Time? Lunch time: 12:00 to 13:00 (BST) and 16:00 to 17:00 (BST)

• Where? Online

The workshop is designed to help you understand the unique mental health challenges facing children, teenagers, and students today.

It follows the release of Lily-Jo’s book Talking To Children About Mental Health, and it was written for parents, grandparents, teachers, youth workers and anyone in a position of care or interested in the future of mental health.

To sign up, simply fill out this form to receive your link to join!

Young Voices 2023

On Monday 16th January, the KS2  choir travelled to the O2 Arena to be a part of Young Voices 2023, a countrywide series of concerts exposing the children to a range of music and dance styles and giving them the opportunity to perform to a large audience. They even had the opportunity to sing with a celebrity, Heather Small. The range of songs sung by the children included The Troll Medley, The Nile Rogers Disco Party,  Milligantics (based on the poems of Spike Miiigan), Just Around the River Bend, Message, Over the Hills, Rockstar, Sing from Your Heart and the Don't Worry Mash Up. They also used their beat boxing and street dance stills in the performance. Despite a very long day, the children had an amazing time and were buzzing about it for the rest of the week.  

Conversation Café

Hosted by LEO Academy Trust Family Support Team

Support for parents with English as an Additional Language 

For more information: Conversation Café Flyer

Please click here for the free Winter 2022/2023 Family First Magazine.

SEND exclusive playground session - trial

Saturday 28th January 2023 @ 10:00 to 13:00

Thank you so much to all the parent carers that completed our summer parks/playground survey and those who attended our Focus Group this month.  We are so pleased to update you with the news that the first trial exclusive session will be Saturday 28th January at The Grange.  Of course, parent carers will be responsible for their children and young people at all times during the session but there will be members of the Children's Centre staff there as well as parent carers from our steering group.  The sensory room will be open as well as the playground and we will be asking you to give us your thoughts on what equipment is needed, the times of the sessions and any other ideas to make this great for our families in the future. Facilities include:

• adventurous and challenging outdoor play area;

• traditional fixed play apparatus;

• Ground level trampoline

• sensory room

Please click here https://www.suttonparentsforum.org.uk/calendar/item/47175906 for more information on how to book a place.

Research shows that when children eat well at lunchtime they perform better in class in the afternoon. Therefore it is recommended that all lunch boxes include... 

• At least one portion of fruit (e.g. banana, apple, orange, grapes, dried fruit, cherry tomatoes) should be included each day. 

• At least one portion of vegetables e.g. carrot sticks, cucumber, celery. These ingredients could be added to a sandwich or sweetcorn added to pasta. 

• Meat, fish or other source of non-dairy protein (e.g. chicken, turkey, ham, beef, pork, tuna, lentils, kidney beans, chickpeas, hummus and falafel) should be included every day. (Oily fish such as salmon or tuna at least once every three weeks). 

• A starchy food such as any type of bread, pasta, rice, couscous, noodles, potatoes or other type of cereals every day (e.g. pitta bread, tortilla wraps, rice cakes, oat cakes) should be included each day. 

• Dairy food such as milk, cheese, yoghurt, fromage frais or custard should be included every day. 

• Drinks should be only water or milk. 

• An example of a recommended lunch box could be a chicken salad wrap, an apple, yoghurt, a low sugar flap jack and a drink of water 

Special Dietary Needs And Food Allergies 

We are sensitive to the catering needs of children with specific dietary needs, including religious considerations. We have children at Brookfield Primary who have allergic reactions to nuts; they require Epipens. 

Packed lunches must NOT include products that contain nuts (i.e. NO Nutella and NO peanut butter). 

WE ARE A NUT FREE SCHOOL 

School meals cater for children with special dietary needs and food allergies. Children can choose daily if they wish to have a school meal.

So Please keep lunch boxes free from... 

Fizzy drinks or cartons of juice, 

 Chocolate or sweets,

 Chocolate spread or jam sandwiches,

 Nuts 

Early Years - Please click here to find out what Nursery and Reception have been learning over the past couple of weeks

Year 1 - Please click here to find out what Year 1 have been learning over the past couple of weeks

Year 2 - Please click here to find out what Year 2 have been learning over the past couple of weeks

Year 3 - Please click here to find out what Year 3 have been learning over the past couple of weeks

Year 4 - Please click here to find out what Year 4 have been learning over the past couple of weeks

Year 5 - Please click here to find out what Year 5 have been learning over the past couple of weeks

Year 6 - Please click here to find out what Year 6 have been learning over the past couple of weeks

School Fund

School Fund Contributions 2022/2023

We pride ourselves on offering our children varied and exciting experiences and activities that help to support their learning of the curriculum. The School Fund will allow us to provide additional activities across all year groups. 

We have a voluntary school fund donation of £10 a term / £30 a year per child or £40 for a family if there are siblings at the school. Parents can pay for School Fund online via our Arbor payment system,  go to Accounts - School Fund - Top Up Account.

We would like to thank you for your support. 

If you have an enquiry for your child's class teacher or Year Group/Phase Lead please email via the Year Group email address:

Nursery and Reception - email/contact via Seesaw

Year 1 - bfy1homelearning@leoacademytrust.co.uk

Year 2 - bfy2homelearning@leoacademytrust.co.uk

Year 3 - bfy3homelearning@leoacademytrust.co.uk

Year 4 - bfy4homelearning@leoacademytrust.co.uk

Year 5 - bfy5homelearning@leoacademytrust.co.uk

Year 6 - bfy6homelearning@leoacademytrust.co.uk

All general enquiries can still be sent via the bfoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk email address.

Please..........help your child:

• Regularly listen to your child(ren) read 

• Encourage your child(ren) to complete their homework / Doodle Activities / Timetable Rockstars

• Ask your child about their day and talk about the amazing things they have learned

• Talk positively to your child(ren) about school and their progress / praise their achievements

• Speak to your child(ren)'s class teacher or a member of the Senior Leadership Team if you have any concerns regarding your child(ren)

• Avoid taking your child(ren) out of school during the school day / term time for appointments and holidays

• Drop your child(ren) off to school on time and in the correct uniform / collect your child(ren) on time / if you drive to collect your child(ren), ensure that you park safely respecting our neighbours and local businesses

Please..........help us:

• Carefully read all communications to ensure that they are fully understood and actioned (if required)

• Promptly report your child(ren)'s absence via the online form

• Ensure you pay for school meals / trips / events on time via Arbor

• If using extended services provided by school - Breakfast & Afterschool club, keep your account in credit

• If you have a child in nursery who attends additional sessions , ensure you keep their account in credit

• Update your personal information via the Arbor App if there are any changes

Please..........help raise funds:

• Contribute towards the School Fund

• Consider taking part in the LEO lottery

• Purchase online items via the Easy Fundraising App (if applicable) 

• Support the PTFA in attending events / or even better support the PTFA in helping to organise events

Twitter and Facebook

Please follow @BrookfieldSM3 and @LEOacademies on Twitter and Facebook to be kept up-to-date with all of the exciting activities, learning and events that the children are participating in.  

Twitter/Facebook are also the only form of communication shared by  the staff when the KS2 children are away on residential trips - seeing how much fun the children are having makes missing them not quite so bad, the children definitely do not look like they are missing home!

Please note that we only share photos of children who have photo permission and we only ever use their first name.  Also, we do not keep the photos that we share so if you see a photo of your child that you would like you can save these onto your own device by clicking on the 3 dots on the photo and selecting save.   Also if you see a post that interests you, please can we ask you to share/retweet.

If you would like your child to be included in our social media posts, please ensure that you have consented to social media.  If you are unsure please look at your child's profile on the Arbor app and contact the school office if you wish to make a change.