As stated in my letter last week, the children have had an incredibly positive start to the new academic year.  This week our clubs have started and it has been wonderful seeing how engaged the children are in their extra curricular activities.

We have also chosen our pupil voice children for this year.  Please see the pupil voice section for which children have been selected, including our new pupil leadership team.  

• Thursday 26th September - Reception Phonics Workshop 

• Thursday 26th September - Macmillan Coffee Morning

• Friday 27th September - Individual photos

• Friday 25th October - Last day of half term

• Monday 28th October - Friday 1st November - Half term

• Monday 4th November - INSET day for children

• WB 11th November - Parents’ Evening

• Friday 20th December - Last day of Term

• Monday 23rd December - Friday 3rd January - Christmas holidays

• Monday 6th January - First day of school

I am sad yet pleased to share with you that Mrs England (Teaching Assistant and Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) who helped so many children both in the classroom and with emotional support secured a new position providing nurture support at secondary schools during the summer holidays.  We thank her for dedication to the school and wish her every success in her new role.  

I am sure many of you will have already seen our new Sports Coach, Mr Sanders and our new Sports Apprentice Mr Harris.  They have already started planning a variety of sports competitions and activities for our pupils and we cannot wait to see our teams in action this year.  

Safe and Courteous Parking During Pick-Up/Drop-Off

Ensuring the safety of our pupils is our top priority. This includes maintaining a smooth and safe environment for pick-up and drop-off times.

The school has never, and will never, advise parking in a way that obstructs residents' driveways on Ridge Road, or anywhere else in the neighborhood. We understand the convenience of pulling right up, but it's crucial to park legally and considerately.

We kindly ask all parents and guardians to be mindful of the following during pick-up and drop-off:

• Park safely and with due care.

• Respect our neighbours and local residents. This includes not parking across driveways at any time.

• If parking is limited, consider carpooling or using alternative transportation options when possible.

To further ensure safety and a smooth flow of traffic, we've requested additional police patrols during pick-up and drop-off times.

We appreciate your cooperation in keeping our school community safe and considerate of our neighbours.

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.

If your child has an illness that requires them to take medication during school hours (e.g. antibiotics, cough medicine, creams etc.), you must fill in a Medicine Permission form. This can be found on our website under the Parents tab.  Hard copies are also available on the carousel in the school office reception area. 

This form, and the medication, must be brought to the school office on the morning that the medication is due to start. The school office staff will administer the medication at the times stated on the form by the parent/carer. You can collect the medication at the end of the school day, or at the end of the illness.

Please do not send any medicine into class with your child, this includes sore throat lozenges.

If we do not have a Medical Permission form, we will not be able to administer medication to your child. 

Thank you to all who bought doughnuts at our doughnut sale on Friday 13th.   We raised £70!

We hope you had a wonderful summer break and are fully settled back into another school year and the normality of routine again.  We would like to extend a warm welcome to all our new families joining Brookfield. 

We are excited to be fundraising for Brookfield for another year, and to be working with Mrs Townsend who has set us the challenge of fundraising for some new playground equipment for the students to enjoy. 

We would also like to welcome Lucy and Danielle to our PTFA exec team. Lucy worked her magic earlier this year, organising our raffle at our summer fair, and Danielle loves a spreadsheet so will be acting as our treasurer for this academic year. 

One of our most efficient ways of communicating with parents is via class WhatsApp. Each class/year should have a WhatsApp group for parents (please ask another parent in your class if you aren’t currently part of this), and each class has a Class Rep, who shares messages from the PTFA on our behalf. If you are happy to help send on messages to your group and act as a class rep,  please drop us an email with your name and number so we can add you to the Class Rep list. 

We already have a few fundraising events lined up this school year including these Autumn events:

•  Asda Cash for Schools - this is a really easy win for our little school. If you are an Asda reward member/ use the app when shopping please link our school to your cash pot and it will donate 0.05% of your shopping to our school cash pot, without affecting your own cashpot earnings! We have the opportunity to raise up to £3,500 so please share with family and friends to boost our earnings. 

• Christmas Cards - each year we organise personalised Christmas Cards, which the children design in class and you can purchase. The templates for these will arrive in class over the next few weeks. Once the designs have been finalised, we will send them home for you and family members to order. This is such a popular event and the children enjoy designing their cards each year, while helping raise money for the school! 

• Elfridges - our popular Christmas shopping event will return this December and more information will be sent out nearer the time confirming everything.

• Christmas Panto - we are delighted to confirm that Chaplins Panto will be back on Wednesday 18th December presenting Jack and the Beanstalk to all the children throughout the school day, which makes a great festive end to the Autumn Term.

There will be lots of other events throughout the year including mufti days, Easter events and our summer fair on Saturday 5th July 2025 and as always your support is appreciated greatly in whatever way you can.

One final thing - we do have a Facebook page and Instagram page, please give us a follow:

Facebook - Brookfield Academy PTFA

Instagram - Brookfield_ptfa 

PTFA Exec Team

Gemma, Serena, Jess, Rachel, Jackie, Sarah, Colin, Danielle & Lucy

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

Star of the Week and P.E. Certificate of Achievement

Well done to all the children who have received certificates for their achievements in PE or for demonstrating one of the LEO Explorer Characteristics and achieving a Star of the Week certificate.  

We are very proud of you.

If you would like to inform us of any achievements your child has completed outside of school, please  complete this form.

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

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. 

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

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 - bfynhomelearning@leoacademytrust.co.uk

Reception - bfyrhomelearning@leoacademytrust.co.uk

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.