| Key Events | Date |
| Half Term | Monday 24th – Friday 28th October |
| Year 6 Sayers Croft | Monday 31st October – Friday 4th November |
| Reception balance bike training | Monday 31st October – Tuesday 1st November |
| Supporting Your Child’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Part 2 | Wednesday 2nd November |
| Bramble to National Gallery* | Wednesday 2nd November |
| Year 3 PAC Maths | Thursday 3rd November |
| Daisy to Omved Gardens | Thursday 3rd November 9.30am |
| Bluebell to Omved Gardens | Thursday 3rd November 12.45pm |
| Ivy to National Gallery | Wednesday 9th November |
| Community Breakfast | Friday 11th November 8-9.30am |
| Year 1 PAC Maths | Tuesday 15th November |
| Anti-bullying coffee morning | Thursday17th November |
| Lantern walk to Hampstead Heath | Monday 21th November |
| INSET day | Friday 2nd December |
| Year 3 to Petrie Museum | Tuesday 6th December |
| Brookfield achievements and priorities with Laurel (Headteacher) and Jo (Chair of Governors) | Tuesday 8th December 9am 6.30pm |
| Carol concerts for years 1-6 at St Mary Brookfield Church | Tuesday 8th December |
| Reception Festive Songs Performance* | Wednesday 14th December |
| Nursery Festive Songs Performance* | Friday 16th December |
| School Closes | Friday 16th December |
Laurel’s Update
Happy half term to all our Brookfield children and families! The children have made excellent starts to this academic year and looked wonderful in their Halloween dressing up costumes today. Highlights of this week also included: year 2 West African drumming performances, year 1 poetry sharing, year 2 PAC Maths workshop with parents and trips to the Hampstead Heath Secret Garden for year 2 and Shaolin Temple for year 5.
Please read this important trips letter and click on the relevant links to give permission for your child(ren) to attend trips for the rest of this year and to make a donation towards these.
Please check all the dates that have already been shared for next half term. These now include two community events hosted by me and Jo (Chair of Governors) on Tuesday 8th November at 9am and 6.30pm. These will be an opportunity for us to come together as community, to reflect on our achievements, priorities and for parents to share their ideas and thoughts about the school. While the talk will be aimed at grown-ups – children are welcome too and we will have refreshments provided by our brilliant Parent Teacher Association (PTA).
Another important date is Thursday 8th December when Brookfield children from years 1 – 6 will be performing in two Brookfield carol concerts at St Mark Brookfield Church, Dartmouth Park. Parents and carers will be invited to come and hear the children sing festive songs and present readings and poetry in an inspiring setting.
Please click on the ‘From the office’ tab below to book up After School Clubs from 31st October. We look forward to welcoming children from Reception classes to both Breakfast and After School Clubs after the half term break.
Wishing you all wonderful half term breaks and I’m already looking forward to seeing you on Monday 31st October.
Specialist Skills and Knowledge
This year, we are keen to establish more connections with our wider community and utilise all the wonderful skills and knowledge our Brookfield parents/carers have. This could include coming in to talk about a religious festival, leading a lesson on how to cook a certain food or playing an instrument in assembly. We want our children to see the role models we have within our community, and know that you have a lot to offer! If you are not confident to lead a session or share with the children, our teachers are always looking to upskill themselves and would be keen to collaborate with parents/carers to support their planning and make our evolving curriculum relevant. If you have a skill, experience or knowledge that you would like to share in some way with Brookfield, please fill out the following form:
Specialist skills and knowledge form
Parent Governor Election - step up!
Hi everyone, as Zia has resigned and Frank is coming to the end of his term we now have two vacancies for parent governors. After half term there will be more information and a chance for people to put themselves forward. If we have more than two candidates we will then hold an election. If you’re interested and keen to know more then please do get in touch with Jo Cooke our chair of governors who can talk to you about the role and what is involved.
Special Educational Needs Parent group
Lingohubz: French and Spanish After School Club
Half-term holiday activities and support
FREE Health & Wellbeing Event
London Futsal Stars are running Futsal classes in Brookfield Primary School
Futsal is a South-American version of football, which was played by many of today's great footballers such as Messi and Ronaldo.
The BRAND NEW Reception and Year 1 class free taster session will be on:
SATURDAY 5TH NOVEMBER
We also run classes earlier in the morning for 3/4 year olds.
You must register your interest for the free trial by emailing info@lonfonfutsalstars.com.
Click here to see poster
Reception visit to The Secret Garden
Reception took part in Forest School activities on Hampstead Heath this week. They had a lot of fun learning about Autumn! Photos below.
Please visit the Reception Google Classroom for more photos.
Attendance and Punctuality
This week the school's attendance has been 95.27% We are getting very close to our target of 96% but are not quite there yet!
Today, we held our first Friday assembly, where class teachers chose one child from each class who had either:
- improved in their attendance or punctuality
- had attendance/ punctuality which is consistently high
Medical Tracker
We are using a new online system to report injuries. Some of you may have received a email about minor head injuries. This is a replacement of the paper slip that used to come home. Please don't worry as major injuries will always warrant a phone call.
Afterschool Club Booking
The latest afterschool club form is now available for Autumn 2 here. We are now accepting bookings and are welcoming the children from Reception class.
Fun Run
The Fun Run will be on Sunday 6th November. As we are fundraising for the Forest school the dress-up theme is... nature.
The sponsorship form is downloadable here.
Please use this link for donations.
Bonfire night Bake Sale
This will be on Friday 4th November in the junior playground hosted by Year 5.
Christmas cards etc
Winter Fair
The Winter Fair will be on December 3rd, 12-3 as usual. Look out for meetings and we will be getting stalls assigned soon.
Class Reps
We know you all have busy lives, but it really is important that some of you step up and becomes the class reps for Blossom, Heather, and Ivy Classes. Your classes may miss out on important information or events without someone to help us communicate with them. Please don’t ignore this message! Email us to get started brookfieldschoolpta@gmail.com
Bake Sale
Thanks to everyone who came, donated goodies and helped last week. We raised a fantastic £373.40 !
Other Dates
The Winter Fair will be December 3rd, 12-3.
Quiz date to follow shortly - likely to be mid-November (just trying to get a date!)
From the PTA Team (Sophie, Nicolai & Rob)
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Rec 1
Dress up 2
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