Weekly Newsletter
Reminders
and Notices
Whole School
Reminder: Checking Game Ratings (PEGI)
As some children enjoy playing online games, we would like to remind parents to be aware of the PEGI age ratings on games and apps your child may access at home. PEGI (Pan European Game Information) ratings help you decide whether a game’s content is suitable for your child’s age, including themes such as violence, language, online interaction or in-game purchases.
Games rated PEGI 3 or 7 are generally appropriate for primary-aged children, while higher ratings may contain content that is not suitable. We encourage parents to check ratings is suitable for your child’s age before downloading or purchasing games, and to use parental controls on consoles and tablets.
Talking with your child about what they play and setting clear boundaries can help keep gaming a safe and positive experience.
Social Media
We would like to take this opportunity to remind families about social media age limits. We strongly recommend that parents do not allow their children to access any form of social media as this age.
All of our pupils are below the minimum legal age to use social media platforms and most popular platforms require users to be at least 13 years old.
These age limits exist to protect children from inappropriate content, unwanted contact, and online risks.
We strongly encourage parents to:
- Ensure children are not accessing age-restricted social media platforms.
- Use parental controls on phones, tablets, games consoles and home Wi-Fi.
- If children have devices, keep these out of bedrooms overnight where possible.
- Talk regularly with your child about what they are watching, sharing and who they are communicating with.
- Agree clear boundaries around screen time and online behaviour
Open conversations and shared expectations help children develop healthy, responsible digital habits and ensure that technology remains a positive and safe part of their lives.
A High Performing Toolkit for Parents & Carers
We are excited to invite Broomfield parents to our next Fireside Lecture series on High Performance Learning. The session will be delivered by Amy Lilley-Stewart, Director of Professional Learning, and David Rowsell.
At the beginning of this academic year, Broomfield formally adopted the High-Performance Learning (HPL) framework. While the culture and values of high aspiration, ambition and growth have long been embedded in our school, we wanted to align our practice with a globally recognised, evidence-based approach. High Performance Learning is built on the belief that every child can achieve highly when given the right environment, mindset, and learning strategies.
During the session, we will introduce the High Performance Learning philosophy and framework and offer practical guidance for parents and carers on how to grow the minds of their children, both for success in school and for life beyond the classroom.
The session will provide practical advice on creating a home environment that promotes High Performance Learning and on how to support your child to develop strong thinking and learning skills. We will also explore how to nurture the values, attitudes and attributes that are closely associated with success at school and in life.
The session will start at 6pm until 7:15pm and it will be held in our school hall.
Please click here to get your tickets: Tickets for the HPL Parent Fireside Lecture
Years 3, 4 & 5
Open Class Coffee Morning – Year 3, 4 and 5
We would like to invite our parents in Years 3, 4 & 5 to come for our Open Class Coffee Morning on Friday 23rd January. The Open Class gives parents the opportunity to see their child’s daily routine and classroom environment. Then parents are invited for coffee with some of our SLT team to discuss any questions you may have.
Dukes Beyond World Book Day Inter-School Competition 2026
It is my absolute pleasure to launch this year’s extremely exciting World Book Day inter-school competition! This year, you are invited to design and create a pop up poster or pop up book that details a day in the life at Broomfield House School. Like our assembly, where we used The Colour Monster pop up book and Alara’s pop up poster as examples, you should design and create what a day in the life at Broomfield looks like to you. You can work alone or with a partner and the final designs of your poster or book must be submitted to me by Monday 23rd February. The competition is for all year groups PK through to Y6.
The finalists will join me at Dukes House on Friday 13th March for a pop up book exhibition to present their book/ poster to a panel of judges and other finalists from 28 schools! All finalists will receive a medal on the day and a lucky winner will receive a special prize.
Further details in both of the flyers attached. Should you have any questions, do let me know!
Best wishes, Mrs CW.
Dukes Club
January
Mail Rail at The Postal Museum (age 2+)
2pm, Saturday 24th January
Adults £10, Children £5
The Postal Museum, 15-20 Phoenix Place, London WC1X 0DA
Suitable for children aged 2 and above.
Come and take a spin on the Mail Rail, one of London’s best kept secrets. Ride through the hidden tunnels and discover a unique piece of industrial heritage. Hear the story of the postal service’s subterranean world beneath the streets of London. Explore inspiring exhibitions packed with incredible objects, exciting stories and fun-filled interactive displays. Under 8s can also go on to discover ‘Sorted’, the Postal Play Space.
Parent Talk: How to Grow Great Minds – A High Performing Toolkit for Parents and Carers
6.00pm – 7.00pm, Thursday 22nd January
In person at Broomfield House School, 10 Broomfield Rd, Richmond TW9 3HS or available online
We will introduce a High Performance Learning Philosophy and Framework and offer practical guidance for parents and carers on how to grow the minds of their children, both for success in school and in life beyond the classroom.
Parent Talk: How to help your child to find the right balance
6.30pm – 7.30pm, Thursday 29th January
Devonshire House School, 2 Arkwright Rd, London NW3 6AE
David Goodhew, Managing Director at Dukes Education will deliver a talk on how to help your child to find the right balance between school life, homework, hobbies and downtime.
February
Pottery Class (Year 5+)
4.45pm – 6pm, Monday 9th February
£48 per person (retail £150)
29 Eccleston Place, London SW1W 9NF
Suitable for children in year 5 and above to enjoy with an adult.
This introductory pottery session in a beautiful London studio is a brilliant way to get a feel for working with clay on the wheel, a practice which is known as ‘throwing’. Each participant will throw multiple pots and can choose one to be glazed and fired.
Parent Talk: Feeding growing minds and bodies
4.30pm – 5.30pm, Wednesday 11th February
In person at Heathside School Hampstead, 84a Heath St, London NW3 1DN or available online
Nutrition has a profound and lifelong impact on a child’s health. As they grow rapidly – physically, mentally, and emotionally, what they eat directly shapes how their bodies and brains develop. Proper nutrition supports brain growth, memory, attention, and learning ability. Emma Brooks, Nutritional Therapist Dip.NT mFNTP, will talk to us about how we can support our children through diet.
March
Dinosnores at the Natural History Museum (age 7-11)
Friday March 20th, 6.30pm – 10am March 21st
Price £65
Join us for a night of exploration and adventure among the Museum’s most incredible creatures. This will be a sleepover you’ll never forget. After setting up camp in one of the amazing galleries you’ll be treated to an evening of awesome activities with plenty to learn and discover along the way. You’ll have the chance to explore the Museum by torchlight, participate in an interactive activity with two Victorian palaeontologists and dig deeper with an educational science show presented by a Museum scientist.
April
5 night stay at Martinhal Sagres Beach Family Resort (age 0-5)
13th – 18th April 2026 (booking closes at the end of January)
Prices starting at €1,520 for a family of 3
For families with children aged 0-5
The family-friendly beach resort is set within a protected natural park overlooking the beautiful Martinhal Beach in the western Algarve. They have designed a package exclusively for Dukes Education families which includes a Dukes Education led beach and forest school programme.
Article
The bitter weather we have had so far this year has been the perfect preparation for the Winter Olympics, coming back to a snowy EU country for the first time in twenty years. To get you in the mountain spirit, we have come up with some fun winter sports in and around town. Let the Games commence!
Highlights
Mini First Aid
All children took part in PTA‑funded Mini First Aid lessons this week. Early Years enjoyed an engaging, age‑appropriate session that helped them understand what happens when they get hurt, why bumps form and how grown‑ups help them feel better. The class also included a story from The Mini Adventures of Freddie.
Children in Years 1–6 took part in practical, informative workshops where they learned how to stay calm and safe in an emergency, call 999, treat common injuries and assist an unconscious casualty—including practising CPR.
The sessions were a fantastic opportunity for pupils to build confidence and learn valuable life skills in a fun and supportive environment.
Year 5 at Dukes Careers Day
On Thursday, Year 5 took part in the Dukes Plus ‘Stretch Your Skills’ workshop, held at Dukes House in London.
The class were arranged into groups and challenged to work with children from a number of other Dukes schools to solve problems, use their leadership and communication skills, and even consider their own personality traits and how these can work together to build a successful team. Our children were all very engaged and clearly enjoyed the range of activities on offer.
A great morning was had by all – and a HUGE thank you to Ms Ahmed, Dr Baig and Mrs Dedova who all helped us to navigate the tube at rush-hour!
Artist of the Week
Year 4 explored the proportions of the human body and how it moves. The children imagined a parent and child standing in front of shop windows, pulling each other in opposite directions. The technical focus of the task was on positive and negative shapes and patterns. The children reflected on these principles by working on both white and black paper. As part of the task, they were also introduced to the rules of parallel drawing when designing the shop windows. The finished drawings successfully showcase the children’s understanding of this complex and challenging task.
Kindergarten take part in The Big School Bird Watch (RSPB)
This week, the children took part in the Big School Bird Watch by learning about common British birds and their calls before heading outside to spot and tally different species. We were delighted to see pigeons, parakeets, robins, herons, blackbirds, crows, and black-headed gulls.
Teacher for the Day
Year 2 were delighted to welcome Gabby aka Miss Fernandez-Ares as our Teacher for the Day, and what a fantastic job she did! Wearing her very own staff lanyard, Miss Fernandez-Ares confidently collected the children at drop-off and got the day off to a great start. She took the register like a pro, read out the spelling and times tables tests and even handled a bit of cheeky behaviour with firm authority. One of the highlights of the day was Gabby proudly announcing Star of the Week — a very important responsibility! After such a busy and successful day, we hope Gabby isn’t too exhausted. Thank you, for being such a brilliant teacher for the day. Mrs Thompson enjoyed her day off!
Eco Club Update
Eco Club returned to Broomfield House yesterday and we were all about eco friendly new year resolutions.
I have attached a picture of some of the students with their resolutions for the year:
Ellie plans to ride her bike more, to save water and donate her old clothes.
Felix plans to help his dad feed the birds and water the plants.
And Bella is planning to help grow, plants and trees, go litter picking, to donate old clothes to charity and to not waste paper.
The rainbow decorated resolution were made by Pippa in Year 2 I believe.
A few others that we had…
Alana, Melody and Frankie all plan to plant more trees so they can climb more trees. They also wrote a letter to Mr Anstey asking if Eco Club could be given permission to plant flowers in the pond area 😁.
Yawar in Year 5 is also keen to plant more trees in school.
Weekly Awards
Drama Star of the Week
Camilla (Y5)
Camilla (Y5)
Artist of the Week
Kanato (Y4)
Kanato (Y4)
Sports Star of the Week
Lizzy (Y6)
Lizzy (Y6)
Music Star of the Week
Darcey (K)
Darcey (K)
PSHE Star of the Week
Isla (Y6)
Isla (Y6)
Polite Person of the Week
Rising 3's and Pre-Kindergarten: Aileen has come back from the holidays with so much enthusiasm and energy! She has been keen to join in with the Gingerbread Man activities and made wonderful predictions. Well done!
Kindergarten: Caspian has had a brilliant week. He has come into school each day with a positive attitude and has given everything a go. He has also been a very kind and caring friend. Well done!
Year 1: Leo: You have started the new year with improved focus, increased curiosity, and extreme kindness! Thank you for acting on feedback to achieve your goals.
Year 2: Merlin: For always having such a positive and upbeat attitude in everything. We have never seen you in any other mood other than happy and enthusiastic.
Year 3: Jazu: For putting in great effort towards your learning this week. You have tried your best at everything and had a go at new challenges. Well done!
Year 4: Lucas: He is consistently kind and caring to both adults and his peers. Lucas always puts his hand up when he would like to share his ideas with the class, showing excellent manners and respect. He is very gentle and sensitive in all lessons and continues to demonstrate this positive behaviour in the playground. Well done, Lucas!
Year 5: Ayan: She is always polite and applies herself fully to her learning, asking relevant questions to support her thinking and make connections across subjects. An excellent start to 2026!
Year 6: Grace: For her amazing focus, positive attitude, and focused application in all of her work!
Upcoming Events
Monday 19th Jan
7pm: PTA Meeting
Tuesday 20th Jan
Wednesday 21st Jan
10.30am: PK and K to Polka Theatre – The Snowflake
Thursday 22nd Jan
6pm: Fireside Lecture Series – High Performance Learning
Friday 23rd Jan
8:30am: Y3,4 & 5 open class coffee morning
Monday 26th Jan
Tuesday 27th Jan
Wednesday 28th Jan
11.30am: Y4 – Y6 at Brentford Stadium for Women’s Football Match
Thursday 29th Jan
1.15pm: Y3 to Y6 Dukes Cross Country
Friday 30th Jan
7.45am: ISA Cross Country Y3-6
8.30am: Years 1 and 2: Open Class Morning
9.30am: PK Forest School On-Site
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