Weekly Newsletter

Gala Dinner - Final Chance to secure your ticket

It is the final countdown to the Gala Dinner and we are so excited. We have a special offer for all parents as tickets are now £100 (ex-vat). Ticket sales will close on Sunday 28th June at midnight . Once we have final numbers we will contact everyone for dietary requirements and seating preference. Parents will guide the school on who wants to sit at which table. It promises to be a wonderful night full of excellent entertainment and surprise elements.

Please click on the link to secure your ticket: BHS Gala Dinner Tickets – £120.

 

 

 

 

 

Reminders
and Notices

Whole School

Last Swim

Due to the postponement of Sports Day, our last swim will now take place on Tuesday 30 June. There will be no swimming on Tuesday 7 July.

 

Games

Due to Sports Day taking place on Tuesday 7 July, there will be no Games sessions that week. This means Year 4, 5 & 6 will not have Games on Wednesday 8 July and should be collected at 3:30pm. There will also be no Games for YEar 2 and 3 on Thursday 9 July.

PK, K & Y1

PEE WEE KARATE GRADING 

On Monday 6 July our young karate kids will take part in their karate grading. Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and Year 1 have practised all year and are looking forward to receiving their certificates and badges. Parents are welcome to attend via the main reception gate on Broomfield Road.

12:30-1pm: Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Grading 

1-1:30pm: Year 1 Grading 

Y1 & Y2 Poetry Recital

Y1 & Y2 Poetry Recital

We warmly welcome all Year 1 and Year 2 parents to join us for one of the highlights of the school year: our annual Key Stage One Poetry Recital. This much-loved Broomfield tradition is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate every child’s confidence, creativity and achievement. The recital will begin promptly at 9:00am and will last for approximately one hour. Please ensure that your child arrives at school on time and is dressed in their full school uniform. This will give the children time to settle into the morning and help calm any pre-performance nerves. Over the coming days, we encourage you to support your child by listening to them recite their poem at home, paying particular attention to pace, expression and tone. Your encouragement and practice will help them feel confident and prepared for the recital. Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to welcoming you and sharing what promises to be a fantastic event, providing a fitting celebration to end another highly successful year.

Year 4, 5 and 6

Senior Show Details

Thank you so much for all your support with costume preparation and helping your children learn their lines, it’s so appreciated. We’re incredibly excited to share the final performance of Aladdin with you next week. Please see plan attached to the bottom of this email. As previously mentioned, the Senior Musical is a special swansong for our Year 6 children, marking the culmination of their 8 years at school. To reflect this, Year 6 families may book up to four tickets total, with a maximum of two tickets per performance. Year 5 families are allocated two tickets, which can be used either for one performance or split between both performances. The ticket booking deadline is Tuesday 30th of June at 2:00pm. This allows us time to review capacity and offer any remaining tickets to Year 4 families. It also helps us provide accurate numbers to the catering team for interval canapés and refreshments.

 

A few important reminders:

  • Costumes should be brought into school on Monday 29th of June. They will remain at school for the entire week to ensure everything is ready for the performances.
  • Y4 and Y5 – please wear neutral clothing for the performances, white and beige colours with white trainers
  • Thursday 2nd of July Evening Performance 6.00pm – 8.00pm
  • Friday 3rd of July Afternoon Performance 2.00pm – 3.30pm

 

Plan Ahead

Technical Rehearsal Day – Monday 29th June 

  • Please bring costumes into school on this day.
  • Costumes will remain at school after rehearsal.

 

Dress Rehearsal – Wednesday 1st July (9:00 – 10:20am)

  • Y6 Children to arrive early to school in PE Kits at 8.00am to change into costumes and prepare.
  • Y4 and Y5 Children should come to school in their PE kits and will change into costumes upon arrival. (Y4 and Y5 to wear neutral colours white, creams, greys/ costume document attached) 
  • Costumes will remain at school after the rehearsal.
  • This full run-through will be recorded and photographed.

 

Evening Performance – Thursday 2nd July (6:00 – 8.00pm)

  • Children to be collected at 3.30pm to have a break at home (If you are unable to collect your child, please arrange for someone to collect at this time) (We kindly ask that no pre show plans are made after school for the children as this is usually when they get too overstimulated, nervous and too tired for the evening performance) 
  • Any after school clubs e.g. Netball will be cancelled on this date.

 

Arrival times:

  • Y6 Children to arrive at 5.00pm to make sure we have plenty of time for costumes.
  • 5.00pm – Y6 (costumes)
  • 5:30pm – Y5 (Usual drop off place)
  • 5:45pm – Y4 (Usual drop off place)
  • 5:50pm – Parents and family members
  • 6:00pm – Show begins
  • 6.45pm – Interval
  • (Show will finish between 7.30 – 8.00pm)

 

Afternoon Performance – Friday 3rd July (2:00 – 3:30pm)

  • Children will change into costumes after lunch
  • 1:50pm – Parents/family arrive
  • 2:00pm – Show begins with Interval at 2.45pm
  • (Show will finish between 3.30pm – 4.30pm)

Aladdin Tickets – Evening Performance

Aladdin Tickets – Matinee Performance

Year 6

Year 6 BBQ – 7 July 

A reminder that the Year 6 children will have a BBQ in school on Tuesday 7 July. Mr Anstey and Mrs Wrigley-Smith have planned a fun evening. The children can come directly from their class at the end of the day (so parents don’t need to come at 3:30pm). The children can be collected at 5pm from the Princes Road gate. 

 

Y6 Awards Morning 

The Year 6 children will have their Awards Morning on Thursday 9 July. The event will start at 9am and run until 10:20am. Parent should enter via the Princes Road gate at 8:55am and take their seats on the bottom patch.

Meet the Teacher Coffee Mornings 

On Monday 29th June, we will be hosting two informal Meet the Teacher coffee mornings. These sessions are designed to give parents and carers a warm and relaxed opportunity to get to know your child’s new teaching team ahead of the new school year. We understand how important it is to feel comfortable and confident, and these mornings are a great way to begin building those positive connections. 

During the sessions, you will have the chance to meet the teachers and support staff who will be working with your child, learn a little about classroom routines and expectations, and share any helpful information you feel is important. 

8:30 – 9am, Monday 29th June: KS2: Year 3 – Year 6 (Pond Patch) 

Senior Sports Day 2026

The excitement is building! With the track painted and heats run, we’re all set for our annual Sports Day on Tuesday, July 7, from 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM. The weather forecast looks good, and we’re looking forward to a fantastic day of competition and fun at Old Deer Park. 

Here’s some important information to help you and your child prepare: 

What Your Child Needs 

Your child will be bringing home their House T-shirt on Monday. Please ensure they wear this to school on Wednesday, along with the rest of their sports kit. Don’t forget their red sports cap and a water bottle. If it’s warm and sunny, please apply plenty of sun cream before school. Children should arrive at school on Wednesday morning at the normal time. 

Joining Us at Old Deer Park 

Sports Day events kick off promptly at 9:30am at Old Deer Park. Parents are very welcome to join us and can take seats in the stand upon arrival. 

Please note: There is no parking available at the venue. We strongly encourage you to walk or use public transport if possible. If you need to drive, please park in the neighbouring roads, being mindful of local parking restrictions. 

Event Schedule & Spectator Information 

The children will walk to Old Deer Park with their classes, arriving around 9:15 AM, ready for the field events to begin at 9:30 AM. Once the children are in position, spectators will be invited down from the stand to watch from the marked viewing areas on the field. For everyone’s safety and to ensure clear viewing, please remain within the parent viewing areas at all times and avoid crossing any boundary lines during events. 

After the field events conclude, the track events will take place. Spectators will then be asked to return to their seats in the stand overlooking the track. We expect the track events to finish around 12:30 PM, followed by the presentation of the Winners Shield once all points and results have been tallied. 

After Sports Day 

Once Sports Day concludes, the children will walk back to school for lunch and their afternoon lessons. 

Important Note on Afternoon Games: 

  • As Sports Day takes place on Wednesday morning, there will be no Games session on Wednesday afternoon. Therefore, pick-up for Year 4 to 6 children will be at 3:30 PM from school as normal. 
  • For children in Years 2 and 3, there will also be no Games lesson on Thursday, as they will have participated in Sports Day on Wednesday. 

Refreshments 

The members’ bar at Old Deer Park will be open throughout the day, and parents are welcome to purchase drinks, including tea and coffee. We kindly request that no alcohol is consumed during Sports Day events. 

We are incredibly excited to welcome you to this fantastic event and hope your children have a memorable day filled with wonderful Broomfield memories! 

Run Club

We have completed another fantastic term of Run Club. The children have shown great determination each week, pushing themselves and embracing the benefits of this active club.

To celebrate their efforts, our final Run Club of the term (Friday, 3 July) will finish with a special visit to Gail’s Coffee Shop in Kew Village. Parents are warmly invited to join us at the finish line at around 8:15am to celebrate.

PTA Reminders
and Notices

Broomfield's Big Birthday Bash – Tomorrow!

We are so excited to welcome all families to Broomfield’s Big Birthday Bash tomorrow – we cannot wait to celebrate this milestone with you all!

Please find attached:

  • An information sheet for the day
  • Final rota:  https://tinyurl.com/bbbbrota
  • A volunteer briefing – we ask all parents supervising the inflatables to read this prior to their shift

On the day, there will be a 150 message board that parents are welcome to sign. Please look out for it!

We would like to extend a huge thank you to our sponsors, whose generous support has made this a free event for all families.

Halletts – Premium Sponsor
Halletts have been serving the Kew community since 1869 – longer than any other local agent – and are proud to support BHS as we celebrate our own 150th anniversary. Specialising in property sales and rentals, they bring decades of local knowledge and a personal approach to every client. To buy, rent, sell or let in Kew, contact Managing Partner Giles Egan:
📧 halletts@hallettskew.co.uk | 📞 020 8940 1034
Halletts, 6 Royal Parade, Station Approach, Kew TW9 3QD

Rivera Properties – Event Sponsor
Rivera Property Consultants are a leading company offering Property Sourcing, and Lettings Management, Interior Design and Development . Our specialist team of experts have long established relationships with property owners and professionals enabling them to source the best properties both on and off the market.

📧 ben@riverapropertyconsultants.com | 📞 020 7998 3504

Www.riverapropertyconsultants.com

Foxes FC – Event Supporter
Foxes Club offers football, rugby, netball and tennis for children aged 18 months to 14 years, during term time and school holidays. They believe in play done properly – because active kids are happy kids! From weekly sessions to holiday camps and football academy training, they have something for every young sports fan.
🌐 www.foxesclub.com

Skates & Ladders – Event Supporter

Skateboarding with Skates & Ladders – one of London’s longest running skate schools. Our mission is to teach skateboarding to children, showing them how to skate safely, build their confidence and most of all have fun! We will be doing drop in sessions 2-4pm at Broomfield’s Big Birthday Bash and look forward to seeing you!

🌐www.skatesandladders.com  📧  info@skatesandladders.com

 

Highlights

Pupil Experience

Our class plants have certainly been feeling the heat this week! The children have done a wonderful job checking for droopy leaves, dry soil and signs that our green friends needed a drink. They made sure every class plant stayed happy and hydrated. It has been brilliant to see the children take on their plant-care duties and help them thrive during the sunny weather.

Also, a reminder that the ‘Time Capsule Ideas Box’ is in the atrium. The pupil council will soon be voting for their favourite suggestions, so be sure to enter your ideas as soon as possible!

Y5 Kingswood Trip Photos

Please check out the parent portal for the photos from Kingswood: Photo Galleries Details | Broomfield Parent Cloud Portal

Y2 Energy Enthuastist

As part of our topic on energy, Year 2 pretended to be miners looking for fossil fuels. The cookie was their land and the chocolate chips were the fossil fuels, e.g. chunks of coal or pockets of oil or natural gas. Using our ‘tools’, we carefully dug out (or mined) the fossil fuels and discussed what their mining area looked like at the end of the activity. Children were encouraged to link it to a real-world scenario, for example: How did their ‘mining’ affect the ‘environment’? Did they extract all their fossil fuels? What if there were no more fossil fuels to extract? After holding themselves back for the duration of the experiment, our miners were finally allowed to eat their cookies!

At the end of our topic this week, we looked at alternative sources of energy and made our own windmobiles, which we will be racing down the top patch next week on a (hopefully) windy day!!

Neball Club have a special visitor

Netball Club had a surprise visit this week from Broomfield alumna Megan Hughes, who was part of Broomfield’s 2023 ISA Netball National Schools Bowl-winning team. It was fantastic to welcome her back!

150 Year Anniversary Collage

This term and last term, every child in the school contributed to a large collage celebrating the 150th anniversary of Broomfield House School. Different year groups worked on a variety of subjects, ranging from animals and plants to buildings in Kew Village and Kew Gardens.

Artwork of the Week

The children in Year 6 studied still life drawing, with a particular emphasis on shading. They developed their observational skills while focusing on accurate proportions and a range of grey tones. For the background, they created coloured compositions, which provided a striking contrast to their detailed still life studies. The result was a collection of eye-catching and carefully observed artworks.

Weekly Awards

PSHE Star of the Week
Grace (Y6)
Artist of the Week
Aurelia (Y6)
Sports Star of the Week
Caspian (K)
Drama Star of the Week
Evie (Y6)

Polite Person of the Week

Rising 3s and Pre-Kindergarten: Leo is friendly, caring and always considerate of others. He is helpful in class and his confidence is blooming. We love hearing all your wonderful ideas, well done Leo!
Kindergarten: Ornelia is a ray of sunshine. She is a kind friend and loves to help her teachers. Well done, Ornelia!

Year 1: Alara: Well done this week Alara for being a super helper in the class and using your imagination so creatively. You have worked hard in Maths to think about the months of the year as well as fixing mistakes with confidence. Great job Alara.
Year 2: Natasha: Thank you for all your hard work this week in our topic of statistics and working so well with your partner when making your windmobile.

Year 3: Jazu: You have had an excellent week in class demonstrating kindness and great friendship skills. You bring happiness to our classroom and always try your best. Well done Jazu!
Year 4: Jane has been working brilliantly this week on writing her story for her Year 1 buddy. She has shown wonderful creativity and imagination and is always smiling and approaching her learning with a positive attitude, even in the heat. Well done Jane!

Year 5: Hilda has demonstrated much greater resilience and self-regulation this week, settling more readily to tasks and persevering when questions became more challenging. A super week all round, Hilda – well done!
Year 6: Christiaan: For his amazing effort in our science investigations on exploring how light travels through different mediums. You showed excellent focus and collaboration in the group activities. Well done Christiaan!

Upcoming Events

Monday 29th Jun

8.30am: Meet the Teaching Team Coffee Morning – KS2

9am: Senior Play Technical Rehearsal 

9am: Y2 to Legoland 

11.30am: Y3 to Pizza Express and Kew Gardens 

Tuesday 30th Jun

Last Swim 

9am: R3’s, Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten – Pirates and Great Explorers Workshop (Hall) 

No after school rehearsal for Y6 – Collection at 3:30pm 

Wednesday 1st Jul

9.30am: Dress Rehearsal for Senior Play 

 

Thursday 2nd Jul

6pm: Senior Play First Night 

Friday 3rd Jul

7:50am: Final Run Club – Gails

9.30am: Y1 to Forest School 

2pm: Senior Play Matinee 

 

Monday 6th Jul

9.30am: Moving up Morning

Pee Wee Karate Grading – Parents Welcome

12:30-1pm: PK and K Grading 

1-1:30pm: Y1 Grading 

Tuesday 7th Jul

No Swimming

9:30am: Senior Sports Day – Y2 – Y6 

3.45pm – 5pm: Y6 BBQ Evening 

Wednesday 8th Jul

No Science Club  

No Games for Y4, Y5 & Y6 – Collection at 3:30pm

9am: Year 1 and Year 2 Poetry Recital 

Thursday 9th Jul

No Games for Y2 & Y3 

9am: Year 6 Awards Morning 

Friday 10th Jul

Last Day of the Summer Term

No Lunch

No Run Club

PTA Ice-cream Van

10.20am: Headmaster Award Tea 

12pm: End of Term 

6:45pm: Broomfield’s 150 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner

Playground Snapshots