NEWSLETTER - 2023/2024
Early Years re-development project.
Thank you for your patience while our early years playground area was redeveloped. We hope you agree that the new provision looks fantastic. The children have thoroughly enjoyed exploring their new playground area.
Mobile planters and new water play area in Forest School.
New outdoor occupational therapy area.
We were lucky to secure some additional funding from the Special Provision Capital Fund (Sutton Borough funding for projects) and using this we have developed our new outdoor OT space. The children will be able to use this all year round and can use the OT equipment to work on skills such as balance, coordination, teamwork, and regulation. The children have really enjoyed exploring this new area and I am sure you agree, it makes a lovely addition to our outdoor provision.
ANTI-BULLYING WEEK
Brookfield will be supporting Anti Bullying Week (13-17 November) and Odd Socks Day on Monday 13th November. On Monday 13th we encourage all the students to come to school wearing odd socks to show their support for this campaign.
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.
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
Spooky Halloween Trail/ Spooky Mufti
Thank you for taking part in our Spooky Halloween Trail and Mufti Day, we hope you and your children enjoyed taking part. We raised a total of £206 from mufti day and Halloween trail raised £51.
Congratulations to Keira P from Opal class, who correctly unscrambled the letters and was randomly selected as the winner of the Fortnum and Mason Hamper. We hope you enjoy your goodies!
Christmas Cards
Last term the children designed their own Christmas cards and they are now ready to be ordered/purchased.
We have partnered up with My Child’s Art again, and have a 10% discount code on any orders made before 17 November.
To view your child's card you need to log in to the My Child's Art website and head to the parent portal using the access code below, then search for your child/children’s name.
Once you have chosen your items, there is a voucher code section in the basket area - simply enter Brookfield to receive 10% off.
Login - Brookfield
Access code - DvqTYkMT
Discount code - Brookfield
The school receive 20% commission on all orders, which we are delighted to be putting towards the funding of some large shade sails for the KS2 playground.
Christmas Light Switch On - Thursday 30th November
Please join us after school as we switch on the Brookfield Christmas Lights. There will be edible treats, glow sticks, mulled wine, hot chocolate and other festive items for sale. We are also incredibly pleased to announce that the Brookfield School Choir will be performing some festive songs at this event.
Pantomime
After the huge success of the Aladdin pantomime last year, we are really excited that Chaplin's touring theatre company will be returning to Brookfield in December. They will be performing this year's pantomime, Cinderella, for our children. Full details will be sent out in the next few weeks.
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. If you’d like to join us, or can help at any of our upcoming events, please come and speak to us - the more the merrier!
Gemma, Serena, Rachel, Jackie, Jess, Colin & Sarah
email - brookfieldacademyptfa@gmail.com
Keira with her prize
THANK YOU FROM SUTTON FOODBANK
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
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
Congratulations to all those children who have received certificates for 25, 50, 100 and even 150 nuggets completed on Century. It's been lovely to share your achievements with you. Special congratulations go to those who have completed the most nuggets in their year group:
Year 3: Anish (Opal)
Year 4: Connor (Amethyst)
Year 5: Jenica (Moonstone)
Brookfield's top scorers with the most coins in Numbots this week are:
Year 1: Aarav (Emerald)
Year 2: Aahil (Garnet)
Well done to you both!
England Rocks - 14th November 2023 to 16th November 2023
Keep your eyes peeled for the England Rocks competition which will be taking place next week. We will be competing against other schools in England to try and answer as many multiplication and division questions, correctly, as we can. Children can play in any game mode with every correct answer to a multiplication or division question, earning themselves, their class and the school a point. In the interest of wellbeing, play is limited to 60 minutes per day. We are excited to see how far up the leader board we can get.
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 - Topaz
Week 2 - Opal
144 club
Congratulations to all the children who have achieved the 144 club so far. We've even had some children achieve the 288 club!
Topaz - 12
Amethyst - 3
Onyx - 14
Moonstone - 10
Sapphire - 19
Quartz - 18
Keep practising your times tables!
PARENT AND CARER COFFEE MORNINGS
SUTTON HOME START
PED-TECH PRESENTATION
Filmed on 30th October 2023 at the annual LEO Academy Trust Annual Conference, Dr Fiona Aubrey Smith presents her findings on the role of technology in raising standards based on her year-long in-depth research into the use of technology across all schools in the LEO Academy Trust.
Watch the presentation here
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 were unsuccessful in finding a new School Crossing Patrol officer (lollipop person) for Brookfield. Since then a recruitment freeze has come into place at the Highways and Transport section, which means recruitment for this role is on hold and there will not be a School Patrol Crossing officer at Brookfield in the near future. Please do write to your local MP to share any concerns about this decision.
While there is no School Crossing Patrol Officer can we please urge you to reduce your speed when driving outside the school and be aware that children will be crossing the road and may step out unexpectedly.
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.