NEWSLETTER - 2023/2024
Early Years Playground
We are delighted to inform you that the redevelopment of our Early Years Outside provision is going well, although it will not be ready to be opened until after half term.
For the final two weeks of this term 9/10/23-20/10/23 pick up and drop off for Early Years will remain the same as it has been since the building work began. Please see the details below on where your child should be collected.
Drop off for Nursery and Reception: (normal time drop off)
Location: School Hall door (signs will be displayed)
Parents/ Carers will drop off their children via the hall door. Please can parents/ carers form a line by their class sign and the teacher will sign them in accordingly. If your child is in Ruby or Jet (Reception) please see the signs that are to your right. Nursery parents are to line up to the left.
Nursery Morning collection (11.45am) and Afternoon drop off (12.15pm)
Please report to the school office where your child will be dismissed by Mrs Reddington at 11.45am and afternoon children collected at 12.15pm by Miss Hayward and taken through the school corridor to the Nursery classroom.
Pick up for Nursery and Reception
Collection of your child will be the same as drop off. Parents are to line up in a queue system by their class signs and wait for their child to be dismissed. This could take some time initially but please be patient.
Year 1
Drop off and Pick up for Year 1: Normal times for both drop off and pick up. Same location for drop off and pick up (Emerald classroom door and Jade classroom door) but the route to get to the classrooms has changed for this duration of time:
Year 1 parents are to enter via the school main playground gates and walk around the school building (by the Year 6 classrooms next to the PE field), around to the left of the school building past the forest school area, keep left and then you will reach the Year 1 classrooms. Please bear in mind that this is a narrow pathway so you will need to give way to others and be patient with this. There will be signs and members of staff to direct you along this route.
Harvest Festival
On behalf of the entire school community, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for your generous donations to our recent Harvest Festival. We were overwhelmed by the outpouring of support, and we are truly grateful for your willingness to help those in need.
Your donations will be used to support local food banks and charities, ensuring that everyone in our community has access to healthy and nutritious food. We know that many families are struggling to make ends meet, and your donations will make a real difference in the lives of those who need it most.
Donations are being accepted until the 10th of October.
SEPTEMBER 2023 - SCHOOL TIMINGS
Please note the change to the school day from September 2023. This change is following recent guidance from the Department for Education (DFE) regarding the expectation for all state-funded mainstream schools to deliver a school week of at least 32.5 hours.
Start Times
8:30am - Gates open
8:30am - Classroom doors open (Rec to Yr 6)
8:40am - Classroom doors open (Nursery)
8:45am - Classroom doors close / registration taken / gates close
End of Day
3:10pm - Gates Open
3:15pm - EYFS/KS1 - Nursery, Reception, Years 1 & 2
3:20pm - KS2 - Years 3 to 6
3:30pm - Gates close
We welcome all parents into the playground to bring their children and collect them from school.
For children in Years 5/6 we would ask parents to consider dropping their child/children off at the main school gate when you feel that they are ready for this.
School Office Hours
8:15am to 4:00pm
SCHOOL ABSENCES AND SICKNESS
If your child is unwell or going to be off school please compete the School Absence Form by 9:15am, at the latest, on the day of your child's absence and any subsequent days.
Please submit a form for each child that is absent.
Can we please remind you that if your child has been sick/vomiting then they must stay off school until 24 hours after their last bout of sickness. If your child has diarrhoea, or sickness and diarrhoea together, then they must not return to school until 48 hours after their symptoms have gone.
Please refer to our 'my child is unwell' document for more information on when your child should return to school.
HOUSE TEAM AND SPORTS DAY WINNERS
Pupils are working hard to earn housepoints for their house teams. The winning team will have a mufti-day at the end of every half term where they will be able to wear items of clothing in their house colour. The winning house will be announced via email the week before half-term.
DATA COLLECTION / HOME SCHOOL AGREEMENT
Please can we ask you and your child to read through and confirm the Brookfield Primary Academy's Home School Agreement. The Home School Agreement is a document that outlines what expectations you can have of the school, what expectations we have of our parents/carers and what expectations we have of our pupils.
Also, as part of GDPR, at the end of every academic year, we are required to check that the data we hold for your child on Arbor is up to date and correct. Please can we ask you to log into the Arbor app and click on your child's face (top left hand side of the screen), this will bring up their details. Please scroll down and check if the information is correct, if you need to make any changes this can be done via the app and will be automatically sent to the office admin team to approve.
Also, please can we ask you to check the parental consents for your child, if any of the consents are incorrect or you wish to add or amend anything please let us know, via email bfoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk and we can make the necessary changes.
If we do not hear from you we will accept that the data/consents we hold are correct.
Please refer to our website for our policies: https://www.brookfieldprimary.com/707/policies-and-statements
PTFA
Brookfield has an active PTFA who work with the school to arrange fundraising events to help raise money for our school and our students.
There is a PTFA Exec team who arrange these events and a wider PTA WhatsApp group where we liaise with class reps and keep you in the loop about events coming up. We would love to welcome some new parents to join this. If you would like to be part of the wider team, then please email us and we will add you.
We are still in need of organisers and supporters to help support the PTFA and our fundraising. Everything the PTFA does is to benefit our children and their school experience. Below are some of the ways you can help to PTFA:
*Could you do a trip shopping and buy supplies for our events? (using our money, not your own)
*Can you help fill sweetie bags for us in the evenings in advance of events?
*Are you great on Instagram and Facebook and be willing to update our pages before and after our events?
*Are you creative and can make posters?
*Are you happy to offer your time and help to run events where needed?
All these little things make the PTFA successful and we really need you to help us! You aren’t expected to commit a certain number of hours or days - we just need to know you’re on hand!
Please see below a round up of some our our fundraising initiatives for the last academic year. With your help we'd love to raise as much money this year.
We have a few events lined up so expect to hear from us again once dates are confirmed, but if you’d like to join please come and speak to us - the more the merrier!
Gemma, Serena, Rachel, Jackie, Jess, Colin & Sarah
email - brookfieldacademyptfa@gmail.com
UPCOMING CLASS ASSEMBLIES
More information to follow for academic year 2023/2024
SPORTS NEWS
IN SCHOOL WE HAVE BEEN LEARNING.....
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
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR
Monday 9th - Thursday 12th October
The book fair will be selling a selection of wonderful books before and after school next week. You will find us on the main playground. We will take cash but would prefer payments using the QR codes which you can access on your mobile phone as long as you know your banking details. Sadly Apple Pay does not work.
The school receives commission money to purchase new books so please come and support our growing love of reading! This time last year we had our best sale to date... let's try and beat it!
LOVE OF READING!
Within our reading lessons, the children are sharing the books that they love and they favourite recommendations! Each class also has their own book that they are reading during their Read Aloud sessions, which has been chosen by the children themselves.
Here are some quality recommended books for all ages to enjoy with your loved ones! We'd love to hear about any new recommendations!
Brookfield's Child Book Swap!
We are in the process of setting up a children's book swap to continue their love of reading! Please click here to find out more :)
SING UP DAY DIGI CHOIR 2023
It is fantastic to hear that pupils from all over the world, including pupils from LEO, who took part in the Sing Up Day Digi Choir event! This event is a wonderful way to celebrate the power of music and singing, and to bring people together from all different backgrounds.
The Sing Up Day Digi Choir is a virtual choir that is created by compiling videos of people singing from all over the world. This year's Sing Up Day anthem was "Blossom out", a song by Tomuri Spicer that celebrates the earth and our connection to the natural world around us.
I am sure that the Sing Up Day Digi Choir event was a wonderful experience for all involved. It is a great opportunity for pupils to share their love of singing with others, and to learn about different cultures and traditions from around the world.
NUMBOTS & TIMES TABLE ROCKSTARS
We have now introduced Century across KS2 which has replaced Doodle. Each week, the class teacher will set nuggets that should appear in your child's recommended path. Please find a link to a video below with information about Century:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn0TdhcaLbY
Please also find a link to the students, parents or guardians FAQ pages:
https://support.century.tech/support/solutions/44000805037
If you have any further questions about Century, then please do not hesitate to contact your child's class teacher.
Brookfield's top scorers with the most coins in Numbots this week are:
Year 1: Arjun
Year 2: Reyaan
Well done to you both!
Brookfield's top scorers on TTRockstars this week are:
Year 3 - Haiden (Opal)
Year 4 - Catherine (Amethyst)
Year 5 - Ahaana (Onyx)
Year 6 - Joel (Quartz)
Congratulations to our trophy winners so far:
Week 1 - Year 5 Onyx
Week 2 - Year 5 Moonstone
Week 3 - Year 3 Opal
Week 4 - Year 3 Opal
Week 5 - Year 3 Opal
144 club
We start the year with some children already part of the 144 club. Congratulations!
Topaz - 11
Amethyst - 3
Onyx - 14
Moonstone - 10
Sapphire - 19
Quartz - 18
Congratulations to all of you. Keep practising your times tables!
HELLO YELLOW / ITV GET BRITAIN TALKING
ITV Get Britain Talking
This World Mental Health Day, 10th October 2023, ITV’s Britain Get Talking and YoungMinds’ #HelloYellow are collaborating to help children across the country open up. Together with teachers and a clinical psychologist, we’ve created a piece of homework like no other. A conversation starter for children to take home, designed to help them talk about the hardest subjects on their minds with their parents or trusted adults. Because sharing worries can help ease stress and reduce anxiety.
A different kind of homework
Mental Health has declined in almost 40% of school children* and that’s why Britain Get Talking is setting the nation a different kind of homework, designed to help ease our stress and reduce our anxiety by asking what's on our minds. Have a chat tonight or take part in our national homework exercise this World Mental Health Day, 10th October. You don’t need a pen or paper, but if you’re unsure where to start, download our task and try writing or drawing your worries on the front cover. Find our more by clicking the link below.
SUTTON HOME START
RIGHTS RESPECTING SCHOOLS - UNICEF
PARKING
Please be considerate if you are driving to drop off/collect your child from school. Unfortunately a small number of people are parking dangerously and inconsiderately on Ridge Road, Beeches Road and the surrounding areas.
As we are an eco school, I would like to encourage parents and pupils to use more sustainable modes of travel to get to school where this is possible. I do understand that parents or carers will sometimes need to drive their children to school, however, I would urge where possible for parents/guardians to park away from the school and then walk in.
Please could you think of the safety of ALL our children and refrain from parking across residents driveways as this is an offence which could also result in a Penalty Charge Notice.
SCHOOL CROSSING PATROL OFFICER
Over the summer Sutton Council have been working hard to find a new School Crossing Patrol officer (lollipop person) for Brookfield. but unfortunately they still haven't found the right candidate. If you know someone who may be interested in this role please share this link with them SCP officer Brookfield School Sutton
SCHOOL FUND
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.
PUPIL PREMIUM FUNDING
Pupil premium is additional funding allocated to all schools in England to support disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers. This budget includes pupils who are currently entitled to free school meals, have been free schools meals in the past six years (FSM ‘Ever 6’), children that are cared for or adopted from care and children whose parents are in the armed forces.
We would like to remind all parents who are eligible, to apply for the Pupil Premium Grant. This grant enables the school to provide additional support to our children where needed. Examples of this are, access to extra-curricular clubs and additional support with specific areas of the curriculum.
Applying for this grant is very simple, it can be done online, for more information please see below:
www.sutton.gov.uk/-/apply-for-free-school-meals
gov.uk - Find out more about Pupil Premium
Pupil Premium Information Flyer
Pupil Premium Eligibility Checker
Pupil Premium Strategy Statement
If you feel you would like support in applying for this grant please contact the school office who will be happy to go through this process with you. All applications are confidential within the school.
LEO LOTTERY
Help raise funds for the LEO Foundation by joining our lottery.
Join our weekly lottery from just £1 a week
It’s an easy way to support our Trust and help raise funds for LEO Foundation projects
40% of ticket sales come back to us
There’s a guaranteed winner every week as well as the chance to win £25,000
It’s easy to sign up online so start supporting our Trust today!
This year, funds raised by the LEO Foundation supported our LEO PRIDE Awards in EYFS, our ECB All Stars Cricket Development Centre for Year 2 pupils, Mandarin lessons for Year 5 pupils and our Year 6 Junior Citizenship Programme.
Your support is greatly appreciated and we wish you good luck!
To purchase a ticket please click here.
CONTACT INFORMATION / HELP US / SOCIAL MEDIA
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.