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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

We are absolutely delighted to announce that we raised an amazing sum of £2,779.13 from our festive fundraising including the Christmas Cards, Light Ceremony and our Christmas fair.

We want to extend a massive thank you for your support and generosity in supporting our first term as the new PTFA. We hope you and your children have enjoyed our events and in turn supporting the school as much as we have enjoyed organising them. For the whole autumn term we have raised a staggering £4,138.60, and this wouldn’t have been possible without you.

Thank you again, and we wish you a Merry Christmas.

Serena, Gemma, Jess, Jackie, Emma & Rachel

The children got to be Reindeers today, Friday 3rd December, as they competed in the Rudolph Run to raise money for St. Raphael's Hospice.

If family and friends would like to sponsor your child, there is still time, please find the JustGiving Page below:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/leo-academy-trust-bf-rr2

Where does your money go?

The money raised will help St Raphael’s to provide exceptional end of life care to almost 1,000 patients and their families every year who live in Merton & Sutton. 75% of their running costs rely on the incredible support and generosity of the community. During this difficult time for all of us, they need you now more than ever!

As we are a Rights Respecting school, part of which involves looking at Global citizenship and supporting our community, the children will learn about supporting others in their local area.

We really appreciate your support and hope that you’ll have fun helping us raise money for St Raphael’s Hospice.

We are having so much fun in Early Years! We have been doing lots of singing in preparation for our Nativity plays. We hope you enjoy them!

Our role play areas are now transformed into Santa's Workshops and the children are busy designing toys for the elves to make. Look at the lovely princess designs below!

In Maths, we have been comparing lengths. We had to place the green strips of paper in order from longest to shortest to make a Christmas tree shape. What lovely trees we made!

In our Literacy, we are working so hard to sound out simple words and write letter shapes correctly. Our teachers are so impressed with the tricky words we have been learning too.

In Pearl Class we have been making gingerbread men- the smells from the kitchen have been delicious! We are carefully decorating them - I hope they taste as good as they smell!

What an exciting couple of weeks we've had in Y1! Our reading groups are now up and running every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning. The account details for Big Cat have been sent home and you should now be receiving a copy of the text we've read in school every Friday. Please make sure you read these books every day to help develop fluency and expression. Homework is being set on Seesaw every Friday so please help your child to complete their tasks.

In maths, we have been counting to twenty. The children have been learning to count on from ten when counting groups - we used the tens frames to help us make the ten and then kept on counting! Our new literacy book has had us trying to persuade Peter rabbit to be a good boy and stay out of Mr McGregor's garden! We concluded our science topic on amazing animals including humans with a quiz!

Finally, a massive well done to Jade Class for their Assembly this week. I am so proud of all the children ... a first for them in so many ways.🌈😀

Its been a fantastic week in Year 2, not only have we tried really hard with our activities but the cheeky elves have made a visit! We are making sure we continue to work hard so the elves can tell Santa all about it! In Maths we have been learning all about multiplication and making equal groups. We are now confident in our 2s, 5s and 10s times tables and are ready to tackle division next week. In English we have been comparing the Big Bag Pig to how he appears at the beginning of the story and how he changes towards the end. In Topic we have loved continuing to learn about Victorians as we looked closely at some Victorian classroom artefacts and asked lots of questions about the Dunce's hat! In RE we listened to Mrs Underwood's assembly and discovered all about Advent and in Computing we learned how to stay safe online by questioning whether our personal information should be shared with others.

Year 3 had a lovely week of learning. In Maths we continued to learn about multiplication and division, making groups and finding the product of two numbers. We are getting very confident with out times tables now and our results in the 144 tests show how much we have improved so far. In English we have learned to write a persuasive letter to our MP asking him to consider plastic pollution and find ways to tackle this problem. Children have created a poster using Adobe Spark to show the damage to the environment caused by plastic. In Science we have continued investigating how magnets work and we have created a poster to show how a magnet attracts iron filings. We have also seen how a magnet can make cereal move due to its iron content. In our topic lessons we have learned about the oceans in the world and we have located them on a map. We also learned about Ben Nevis and used Google Maps to explore this amazing mountain in 360. We continue to learn about our rights as children, discussing the articles of the week and making sure we are all have a right to education and we are treated with respect and dignity no matter what our background is.

Year 4 have had a fantastic couple of weeks that started with you remote visit with a real Antarctic Explorer (Al Sylvester). He showed us how he chose a team, prepared them for Antarctica and how the trip progressed. We asked lots of amazing questions and were fascinated by the answers. This inspired us in our topic work to chart features of Antarctica on maps and research how Antarctica changes due to climate change. In English, we have written Kennings poems about Polar animals. They take the form of a riddle and you need to guess the animal before it is revealed at the end of the poem. In Maths, we have continued to practice our division using our times tables to help us. In RE, we have continued to find ways that Jewish people show their commitment to God by exploring the ceremonies of Bat Mitzvah and Bar Mitzvah and exploring Mitzvah Day. We applied this to our own lives and thought about ways we show our commitment to things e.g. our football team, Cubs or Brownies.

Year have been very busy this week at school. We have been reviewing our knowledge of telling the time and then using this knowledge to read timetables. We have written some fantastic nonets for writing this week. A nonet is a nine-line poem. The first line contains nine syllables, the second line contains eight, the third line contains seven, and so on. The last line of nonet poetry contains one syllable. It really challenged us to think about the structure carefully. In topic, we discovered that Captain Falcon Scott's trip was a bit of a disaster, we debated whether the trip had failures due to bad planning or bad luck. In Science, we explored day and night and started to understand how the Earth spins on it's axis.

Year 6 have had another great week. In maths, we have started tacking decimals. The children have learnt how to convert decimals into fractions, multiply and divide decimals and how using a place value chart could help solve word problems. In English, we explored a new text called 'The Hero Twins Against the Lords of Death'. The children have written some fantastic play scripts linked to this and some informative instruction texts on how to play the Mayan game, Pok A Tok. They are really becoming experts at editing their work, ensuring they have included all of the correct features that are needed and the year 6 writing checklist. To finish our Science topic, the children have created some phenomenal double page spreads all about animals including humans. Take a look at some examples below.

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.

This week, our fabulous mathematicians have had the chance to practise their mental maths skills to quickly find 24 in the popular 24Game. There are so many different ways to solve each game and these children are really quick to identify them. We had a go at code breaking using a frame template. They worked in teams to crack the code as fast as possible, competing with the other teams.

This week has been a very busy week for sports at Brookfield where we have taken part in a wide range of different events and festivals.

Our Sports Media team have written reports from two events which we took part in last week:

"Last Wednesday, the girls football team attended the Danone Nations Cup Competition. There were 11 schools in the competition in 4 separate groups. Our team was split into two teams where we played against different teams. We have gained some great experiences from taking part in this competition and we played in some very challenging games. Lottie scored her first goal for the girls team which was great and our only goal in the competition. We had a great morning together and were able to develop some skills such as our communication and teamwork, We were also able to have lots of fun."

Written by Zakya, Evie-Rose and Aarav.

"Last Wednesday, some of the Y6 boys football team took part in a football competition at Crystal Palace Training Ground. Their first match was against Cheam Common, almost winning 1-0 after Austin’s goal in the 5th minute of the match. However, Cheam Common equalised in the last minute of the game, making the result 1-1. The second game was against Highview. It was 0-0 for most of the game until Alfie scored in the final minute, the match ended 1-0 to us. The third game was against Oasis Ryelands and the final score was 3-0 to us. Leyton scored the first goal and shortly after Alfie scored and doubled our lead. Jake rounded off the scoring with the third and final goal moments before the final whistle blew. The fourth match was against St Mary’s Sutton and sadly, we lost 2-0. We came 3rd in our group and missed out on going to the quarter finals. Overall we had a great day and were even lucky enough to meet the Crystal Palace u23’s Goalkeeper and defender."

Written by Austin, Georgi and Ronnie

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.

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 are excited to announce that we are able to host tours for prospective new Nursery and Reception parents. Please can we ask you to share this information with your friends and families who are looking for a primary school. The booking form and information can be found on our website: http://www.brookfieldprimary.com/

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/

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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).