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To help prevent the spread of Covid at Brookfield Primary Academy, please can we ask adults to take regular rapid tests, we now advise that you increase the twice weekly tests to three times a week - Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday (children are not required to take regular tests).

1 in 3 people with Coronavirus do not show symptoms.

Testing kits are available

• through your employer if they offer testing to employees

• by collecting a home test kit from a test site

• by ordering a home test kit online

Protect our school community, your friends and family.

A negative result means the test did not find signs of coronavirus. But this does not guarantee you do not have coronavirus, so you should keep following all coronavirus advice including:

• regular handwashing

• social distancing

• wearing a face covering where recommended

Changes to the self-isolation period for those who test positive for COVID-19

This change came into effect in England on Monday 17 January and applies to all positive cases, regardless of vaccination status.

People who are self-isolating with COVID-19 have the option to reduce their isolation period after 5 full days if they test negative with an LFD test on both day 5 and day 6 and they do not have a temperature. For example, if they test negative on the morning of day 5 and the morning of day 6, they can return to their education or childcare setting immediately on day 6.

The first test must be taken no earlier than day 5 of the self-isolation period, and the second must be taken the following day. All test results should be reported to NHS Test and Trace.

If the result of either test is positive, they should continue to self-isolate until they get negative results from two LFD tests on consecutive days or until they have completed 10 full days of self-isolation, whichever is earliest.

The new rules also apply to people who are already isolating – so if someone was already isolating before Monday 17 January, they can take LFD tests on day 5 and 6 and if they are both negative and they have no temperature they can end their isolation.

Anyone who is unable to take LFD tests or anyone who continues to have a temperature will need to complete the full 10-day period of self-isolation.

Further information on self-isolation for those with COVID-19 is available.

Mrs Grice our Mental Health and Wellbeing Champion launched her Chillax clubs for adults and children for after Half term.

What a brilliant wellbeing week we celebrated! In Reception, we thought about ways to make our friends happy and what we can do to make their day extra special! It was also a Superhero Week! We wrote all about the super powers we wanted to have. What superpower would you like? We LOVED our dress up day too!

In Pearl Class the children looked at keeping happy and healthy. We found out how to keep our teeth healthy! Do you know how to brush your teeth properly?

Our final two weeks of the half term have been just as busy as the rest! Goldilocks and The Three Bears has seen us writing a sorry letter from Goldilocks to the bears and also writing instructions to make porridge! We had a lot of fun in our PSHE lesson which was all about our friends. We had to throw a ball of wool to a friend and explain why they are a good friend. We ended up with this awesome friendship web! In maths we have been partitioning numbers into tens and ones. We've played with the Dienes equipment which has helped us show how many tens and ones there are in a number. In topic we had great fun using the Nearpod programme to compare Henry VIII and William the Conqueror -we even had a virtual look at the outside of Hampton Court and Windsor Castle which were built by the kings. Emerald Class enjoyed celebrating Chinese New Year. Jayden brought in the materials for the children to make windmills. When spun, these are believed to bring good luck.

Year 2 had great fun on Pirate Day! We took part in lots of fun activities such as singing sea shanties, art based activities, creating treasure maps and completing a treasure hunt to find some treasure. All of the costumes were amazing! We hope the children enjoyed it just as much as the teachers did. We have also been using our pirate knowledge to write our own pirate stories based on Captain Flinn and the dinosaur pirate. In maths, we have been working really hard on finding a fraction of a number. We have been using sharing plates to help facilitate this learning. We have also be practising how to explain how we have solved these questions in order to develop their reasoning skills. As it is mental health awareness week, year 2 have also been completing a range of mindfulness activities. These include: yoga, mindfulness colouring and thinking about our goals.

Year 3 have been learning to add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and they are working hard to identify equivalent fractions using multiplication and division. Finding the equivalent fraction in its simplest form is a bit tricky so children are using a fraction wall and other resources to help them. They are getting really good at their times tables now! In English we used the book 'There's a Pharaoh in the Bath' to write a newspaper article to report the events that happened in the Museum. In Topic we had lots of fun learning about how pyramids were made and what they were for, and we then built pyramids out of Lego and Duplo. We also made our own papyrus paper and wrote messages in hieroglyphs. In PSHE we discussed the challenges some people face in their lives and we linked our thoughts to the article of the week: Article 2. We then created a garden that could be used by everyone, including those with disabilities. We also took part in Mental Health Week and we did different activities to contribute to our own well being. On Tuesday 8th, for Safer Internet Day, children learned how to keep safe online and after watching an assembly, we discussed how to keep safe when using the internet and who to turn to when we come across something that is not right. Children then created an online game mascot and they used Flipgrid to create a video full of good advice.

Year 4 have been very busy this week. As well as enjoying the range of activities we have complete for Mental Well-being Week, we have completed activities for Internet Safety Day on Tuesday and Race Equality Week. We enjoyed participating in the interactive Internet safety quiz, deciding which comments people should post and why. We also made proud clouds to celebrate why we are proud of ourselves. We have been increasing our resilience and perseverance as well as improving our maths skills, by completing the 24 Challenge every day. In the 24 Challenge, we must make the total 24 using 4 specific numbers that we can only use once. Also in Maths, we have been rounding decimals as well as dividing 1 and 2 digit numbers by 10 and 100 and writing the answers as decimals. In Writing, we have created a non-chronological report about Anglo-Saxon gods and an information leaflet about ways to improve our mental health. We though really hard about how to present our work and make our work as informative as possible. In topic, we have explored what life would have been like in an Anglo-Saxon village and discovered how they made their houses and what jobs they had. We have also looked at the arrival of the Vikings. We are looking forward to continuing this topic after half term.

Year 5 have had a very busy two weeks! From building on our knowledge of decimals in maths, to understanding why our mental health plays a vital part in our learning, to learning about Theseus and the Minotaur in Topic. The children have grown in lots of confidence with their understanding of decimals, they can see the patterns and understand the relationship between decimals and fractions. In writing, they have had fun writing reviews for a boat trip down the River Styx. The children looked at some examples on Tripadvisor. The big focus this week is on mental health and well being. Year 5 have made personal emotional goals to help become more confident in their emotional learning. Some examples of goals are: having self belief, thinking positively about themselves, being courageous and trying again when they first don't succeed. Year 5 had a fantastic informative conversation. The children were also happy to celebrate Race Equality Week. They discussed what race equality means, speaking about how diverse the classroom is and created 'Proud Clouds' to highlight what makes them feel proud in their lives. It was a wonderful celebration of how they treat differences equally. Finally, the children spent some time on Tuesday 8th February discussing what Safer Internet Day means. We had an assembly, completed a quiz, discussed being respectful online and created our mascot for internet safety.

What a busy last week year 6 have had before half term. From becoming poetry analysts to exploring how volume is found in tricky 3D shapes. Year 6 should be extremely proud of what they have achieved this week. In English, the children were tasked with creating their own poems relating to the lighthouse that is located at Budmouth pier (South Devon) where the main characters in our class novel are currently living after being evacuated. They identified features used in published poems to help aid their own writing. Take a look at their great efforts.

As part of Children's Mental Health Week, year 6 thought about how they could develop. They researched and presented their role models which ranged from footballers to their own parents. Year 6 have also thought about what it means to adopt a growth mindset and how we can use this both in and outside of school. We have also celebrated safer internet day this week where year 6 took part in a range of activities. Some of these were: picking the best actions to make in a scenario where the internet has not been used safely and creating a series of instructions and tips to keep people safe online! Finally, we have also celebrated Race Equality week. During the week, we spoke about what makes children in year 6 different and special. We then created our own 'proud clouds' showing how we are special and why.

I'd like to thank all of you who came along to hear the exciting new changes happening with our reading and phonics.

If you missed the presentations, the YR slides can be accessed HERE and the Y1 & Y2 slides can be accessed HERE.

If you would like any further information or have any questions please contact me and I'll be happy to help!

Thank you, Mrs. Holmes, Reading and Phonics Lead.

How many vegetables are in your lunch boxes?

5 fruits and vegetables a day really help the brain work at its best. Here are some ideas of how you can include more vegetables into your lunches. We'd love to see you try some of the recipes below.

Our Count On Us Maths club continued this week and our fabulous Mathematicians have shown how competitive they are by playing in table groups against each other. They have played a new game of dominoes and some of the patterns were quite tricky! Would you like to have a go? If you are in Y4/5 and you would like to take part, come and join us every Wednesday at lunchtime 12:45.

It seems timely to remind all parents that we consider Brookfield a safe place for children. All staff have attended safeguarding training. This training is updated yearly. The designated staff for safeguardng are Ms Prathayini Wright (Principal and Designated Safeguarding Lead), Mrs Rachel Teixeira (Vice Principal and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead), Mrs Sarah Wells (Vice Principal for Inclusion and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead), Mrs Claire Langford (Office Manager and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead), Mrs Catherine Davies(Year Group Leader and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead) and Ms Nicky Marrable (EYFS Lead and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead). Please see our safeguarding policy and procedures on the school website.

Let's work together to keep our children safe!

For more information on keeping your child safe online, please take a look at this resource created by LGFL.

It is a parent portal that provides a wealth of information on a variety of issues.

Why not take a look?

https://parentsafe.lgfl.net/

Contacting your child's class teacher: If you need to contact your child's class teacher please email the school office on bfoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk and they will forward the emails during the working day for the teacher or Senior Leader to act upon and respond.

• Please do not to approach the class teachers in the mornings during drop off time unless it is urgent.

• Please make an appointment to see the class teacher via the school office.

• KS2 pupils do not finish their school day/ learning till 3:20pm, therefore, if you are waiting on the playground to collect your child at the end of the day, please ensure that you stand away from the classroom windows and door so as not to disturb their learning.

• The climbing frames are not to be used before and after school, parents please remind your children of this school rule. In addition, children are not to use their scooters or bikes on school grounds and must walk to the side of them.

• If using private vehicles, please remember to park thoughtfully and not park in front of the local residents’ drives or on the yellow zig zag lines in front of the school. We would like to see as many families and staff as possible walking, cycling or scooting to school.

• If your child suffers from asthma they must have an in-date, spare inhaler in school at all times along with a spacer. These should be given to the office who will store them securely. Please check on a yearly basis that the inhaler is still fit for purpose. Please also ensure any child with an allergy has appropriate medication in school, i.e Epipen/Piriton etc. This could be life-saving.

• We ask that pupils bring in their own water bottles daily. The bottles need to be clearly labelled with the child's name and only have water in them.

• Please leave buggies and prams outside the school buildings, as it could be very hazardous in an emergency. Currently, the office is operating on a 'one in and one out' policy. Please ensure you wear a mask if you enter the school building.

• Please remember that all children in KS2 are encouraged to bring fresh fruit or vegetables to school for a mid-morning snack during playtime. Many children are really hungry by lunchtime and will be happier and learn better if they have eaten something at playtime.

• Only children in Year 6 are permitted to bring a mobile phone into school and only if absolutely necessary. Phones are stored in the office during the school day.

• No pets in the playground please especially dogs! (Excluding guide dogs). This includes owners carrying their dog in their arms. We cannot permit any pets on the premises.

• Please do not let your children climb on the climbing frames in the KS1 or KS2 playground.

• No smoking is allowed anywhere in the school or grounds.

• I would like to urge parents to remember to park thoughtfully and not park in front of the local residents’ drives or on the yellow zig zag lines in front of the school. We would like to see as many families and staff as possible walking, cycling or scooting to school.

• Please ensure that you look at your Arbor account as we are a paperless school and all information is sent via this portal. If you have any queries, please contact the school office.

We always welcome parents in school helping in classes and we are pleased to let you know that we can continue to do this this term. We know how much our children benefit from this additional support, especially at the moment when so much time in school has been missed.

Please complete this form if you are interested in helping in school.

All PTFA helpers and volunteers in class are required to complete Safeguarding training and provide a current DBS certificate. Contact the office on either school site for advice on this.

We have a number of exciting opportunities arising across the Trust:

LEO Academy Trust Vacancies

Sutton Schools Nursing Service

Children, young people and families with any concerns can contact the school nursing service via phone. For parents, the school nursing duty line number 0208 770 5409 from Monday to Friday 9am-5pm. For children and young people who require support, the contact number is 0208 770 4409 9am-5pm, or the email address is

schoolnursing@sutton.gov.uk

Learning Support

Sutton College is offering to help parents support their child/ren with FREE online Family Learning English and Maths workshops and courses. Please see the link below for further details.

Family Learning

Our local jobcentre

https://www.jobcentrenearme.com/

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

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• 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!

Please find below a reminder of our procedures for communicating with the school

The School Office is open daily from 8:00am – 4:30pm

The phone number is 020 8644 8616 (the phone lines are open from 9:15am to 4:30pm)

Email: bfoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk

Our website address is http://www.brookfield.sutton.sch.uk

The office staff can deal with all general queries and take messages for our teaching staff. If any problems should arise, please let us know as soon as possible. Class Teachers continually monitor every child’s progress and will contact you with any concerns about academic progress, behaviour and application in the classroom. Pastoral care is also offered to the children in their class and across the school. Your child’s class teacher should always be your first point of call with any general concerns that arise. If you still have ongoing concerns, please make an appointment to speak to a Middle Leader. Our Middle Leaders/Year Leaders are - EYFS Mrs Nicola Marrable, Y1 Mrs Paula Holmes, Y2 Miss Rebecca Giacopazzi, Y3 Ms Eva Rubio, Y4 Mrs Michelle Underwood, Y5 Mrs Catherine Davies, Y6 Miss Sara Brice. Any concerns that you feel still have not been addressed will be escalated to the school’s Senior Leadership Team. Our Senior Leaders are - Mrs Sarah Wells (nee Pearson) (Inclusion Manager and Vice Principal), Mrs Rachel Teixeira (nee Mander) (Vice Principal), Ms Prathayini Wright (Principal) and Mrs Alison Day ( Executive Principal).