Weekly Newsletter

Reminders
and Notices

Whole School

IMPORTANT CLUBS AND ENRICHMENT INFORMATION

Miss Lovett will be opening the SOCS booking portal from today, Friday 23rd May from 3.30pm, and it will be closed at midnight on Sunday 1st June. If you wish to sign your child up for a new club for the autumn term, bookings should be made via the SOCS booking system. As usual, if your child attended a club in the summer term, it will be automatically carried over to the autumn term (excluding Cookery Club) so there is no requirement to book in if they wish to carry on with a current club. If you do not wish to carry on the club, or before/after school care arrangements, you will need to make any amendments via the SOCs portal or email the office before the start of the second half of the summer term, which is Monday 2nd June. After this time, you have been counted in the numbers for the autumn term and will be invoiced for the full term. Please provide half a term’s notice to discontinue a club for the following term.

The schedule for clubs will remain the same for the autumn term. Due to popular demand we will continue with Run Club for the first half of the Autumn term only.

Additionally, to sign up for Cookery Club you must do this directly through their respective website. Please find the attached flyer and the relevant link for further information.

Cookery Club – Bake n Play

https://www.dolcesenso.co.uk/pages/broomfield-house-bake-n-play

Should you have any questions or require a SOCS log in, please contact Miss Lovett on office@broomfieldhouse.com.

 

Rose House Cake Sale 

The highly anticipated annual Rose House Raffle and Cake Sale will take place on the bottom patch on Friday 6th June. (The raffle will take place during Friday’s assembly). We are looking forward to lots of delicious cakes and treats. Please remember to send children in on Monday with £1 to buy raffle tickets. Rose families are asked to donate raffle prizes to Mr Kennedy please and bake cakes for the sale which will be held in the playground at 3:30pm. 

Parents must accompany children buying cakes to confirm any allergies. Kindly remember we are a nut free school when preparing your delicious treats. The charity event raises much needed funds for the Rose House charity – The Chrysalis Youth Empowerment Project in Uganda. 

Year 6

Year 6 ‘Putting Young Minds to Work’ Fair on Monday 2nd June 2025

Broomfield’s Year 6 pupils have been hard at work over the last term developing their entrepreneurial and business skills with Putting Young Minds to Work. Working in teams they have brainstormed product ideas, designed their branding, planned their budgets, written their business plans and on Monday 2nd June they will be selling their products to the rest of the school. Products range from keyrings and cookies to stress balls and spin the wheel games.  Please do support Year 6 and all their hard work.

Children are recommended to bring in between £3.00- £5.00 so they can enjoy the fair.

Parents and guardians are invited to visit the fair at 3pm to make purchases before collecting their children at the usual time of 3:30pm.

 

Year 6 Trip to Orange Tree Theatre

On Friday 6th June our Year 6 children are going to Orange Tree Theatre to watch Julius Caesar. They will leave school at 10am and should come to school in full uniform including school hats blazers.

Year 6 - Dukes Industry Insights Day

Dukes Industry Insights Day 

Dukes Plus have been working closely with InvestIN to deliver an Industry Insights day for Year 6 pupils across various Dukes settings. On the 10th June, children in Year 6 will have the fantastic opportunity to go to Dukes House for a day of industry exploration and skill development, inspiring excitement around careers at this all important stage.

To provide guidance for parents, Dukes Plus invites all parents to an exclusive parent webinar on the evening of the 10th June.

Join us, 6-7pm on the 10th June for an evening of career conversations.

Register here: https://bit.ly/3YX4vQm

Year 4

SPANISH TAPAS TRIP 

On Friday 6th June, the Year 4 children will go on a Spanish adventure. They will have the opportunity to practise their Spanish at the tasty La Rueda restaurant. They will order their food and drink in Spanish and put into practice all they have learned in class. They are excited to sample some traditional Spanish dishes and have la mejor experiencia. 

Dukes Club

Events:

 

Aged 8+

Bear Grylls Survival Academy – Overnight Camping Adventure 2025

New date: Saturday 5th – Sunday 6th July, Kneller Hall

Following the success of last year’s Bear Grylls Survival Academy, it will return again this year – this time with a new Three Peaks Challenge! Learn new survival skills and enjoy and make memories together.

 

For more information or to book click here.

Aged 6+

The Big Bake Off

Saturday 28th June, 2.15pm, Tooting

 

Take part in your own bake off! Children and their grown-ups can join forces in this fun baking class in a bake-off style tent.

 

For more information or to book click here.

 

NEW: Aged 7+

Family Alpine Adventure Summer Camp, Verbier
3rd-9th August

Dukes Club is excited to bring you our first ever overseas trip with an exciting week packed with fun experiences for all the family in the beautiful Swiss Alps.

For more information or to book click here.

NEW: KS2
‘Setting children up to love learning’ by Jenny Anderson
In-person talk: Thursday 26th June, 6,30pm, Orchard House School’s Parish Church – St Michael and All Angel’s Church

Our award-winning speaker will offer advice on fostering a love of learning as well as other key areas of support during the important key stage 2.

For more information or to book click here.

 

NEW: 

Fine Arts College Gallery Visits

Join Candia Cave, Head of Fine Arts Continuing Education and founding Principal of Fine Arts College, on a tour of the following exhibitions:

Thursday 5 June, 3pm : Giacometti, Barbican
Thursday 26 June, 3pm: Jenny Saville, The Anatomy of Painting, National Portrait Gallery

For more information or to book click here.

 

This Week’s Article:

May Half Term

It’s a multi-sensory extravaganza this half term. Weird and wonderful sounds at the Barbican, outer space adventures at the Natural History Museum, family festivals across town, get messy with clay, a plethora of pets and scent and colour fill Chelsea and Belgravia!

 

Webinar:

The recent drama, Adolescence raised important and timely questions about the complexities of teenage relationships. In response, and as part of our commitment to supporting families in navigating these conversations at home, we welcomed an expert in the field, Alicia Drummond from the Wellbeing Hub for a parent webinar. You can view it here:

 

Friendships and relationships through the lens of Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ with Alicia Drummond, Therapist and Founder of The Wellbeing Hub – News

PTA Reminders
and Notices

PTA Summer Fair

PTA Summer Term

Highlights

Leavers Assembly

The Year 6 Leavers Assembly took place this morning. The children performed a hilarious series of skits. They took on the roles of their teachers and brought classroom moments to life. Their impersonations and clever storytelling captured their time at Broomfield, showcasing not only their creativity but also the strong bonds they’ve formed with staff and classmates. It was a lovely send off that had the whole school smiling, especially when all the baby pictures came out! Well done Year 6!

Special thanks to Miss. Curran and Mrs. Ketel.

Upper School Summer Serenade

On Tuesday 20th May we hosted our second summer serenade for instrumentalists and singers from Year 4 to Year 6.

It was another beautiful summer’s evening as 30 of our Broomfield children prepared to perform in front of an audience. It was wonderful to see such a varied programme and performances by pupils who have had lessons for only a short time to the more experienced children who have been playing and singing for years.

We also saw a wide range of instruments represented including piano, flute, violin, drums, guitar and some individual singers.

The standard of performance was very high and we are exceptionally proud of all the children who performed on Tuesday.

A special thank you to Miss Fourie and Miss Crawford, Miss Travis, Mrs Pedley, Mr McNeillie, Mrs Zammit, Mrs Ketel, Miss Curran, Mrs Doyle, Mrs Pache and Mr Anstey for their help and support on the night.

Sports Highlight

This week brought plenty of excitement on the athletics field, with standout performances across all year groups at a Dukes Athletics event. A special congratulations goes to the Year 4 girls. Demonstrating incredible teamwork and determination the team powered through the competition to claim first place overall in the under 9s age group. Well done girls!

Dukes Chess Championship

The BHS team competed this week – for the first time – in the Dukes Chess Championship, against other schools from the Dukes group. The format of the competition gave each player ten minutes to get through their moves, so there was intense time pressure. Our team – led with great leadership skill by Chess captain Gusti – sustained astronomical levels of concentration throughout an amazing total of …. 54 (!) matches during the course of this excellent and tightly organised competition. This effort saw us win 36 (two thirds) of our games and achieve 5th position overall of the fourteen schools present – a fantastic achievement for our first ever participation. Highest congratulations go to our skilled and courageous team of Gusti, Arnav, Charlotte B, Anushka, Victor and Kobe who all gave the tournament a huge thumbs up in terms of enjoyment and the quality of chess played. Bring on next year’s competition!

Kindergarten Trip To Holly Lodge

Kindergarten had a blast at Holly Lodge! They went pond dipping, learnt more about the life cycle of butterflies and went on a bug hunt. We finished our trip with a lovely picnic and run around in the sunshine. 

Headmasters Award Tea

Well done to all of the children who received the Headmasters Award for this half term. They all enjoyed a slice of cake and juice with Mr. Anstey to celebrate their wonderful achievements this term. Ornelia (PK) Amber (K) Tamara (Y1) Jayden (Y2) Gabriel (Y3) Isabella (Y4) Valters (Y5) Fini (Y6)

Maths Workshop

On Thursday we celebrated BHS Maths Day – a day of amazing problem-solving challenges for all classes from Years 1-6. We were visited by a team from Maths Explorers, an enthusiastic group fanatically devoted to all-things-maths who engaged and enraptured the children through an exciting range of challenges. The children’s responses included, “This was the most amazing experience-thanks so much!” and “Now I get why maths is so fun!”

Special thanks to Mr Kennedy for organising.

Year 5 Trip to Kingswood

Last week, our Year 5 children visited Kingswood. From the moment they arrived there was a lot of excitement. Over the course of the trip, the children participated in a wide range of challenging activities from rock climbing, fencing, bush craft, and team-building games. It was wonderful to see how the children supported one another, tried new things, and stepped outside of their comfort zones. Teachers and staff were incredibly proud of the way each pupil demonstrated resilience, kindness, and a sense of adventure.

The trip not only created lasting memories but also helped build confidence and friendships that will continue to grow back in the classroom. A huge thank you to the Kingswood staff for their incredible energy and support, and to our own teachers Mr. Pache, Miss Bendall and Miss. Lovett.

Art This Week

Year 4 created a mixed media collage for our Ocean Day exhibition. They explored the idea of the ocean in a bottle while practising their coloured pencil and observational skills.

Weekly Awards

Drama Star of the Week
Tara (Y6)
Sports Star of the Week
Cora (Y3)
Music Star of the Week
Victor (Y6)
Artist of the Week
Eva (Y4)

Polite Person of the Week

Pre-Kindergarten: Henry: Henry has been keen and engaged in all his learning this week, particularly working hard to make his own number line! Henry is also so caring and calm with insects he finds and shares his wonderful knowledge about bugs with us. Well done Henry!
Kindergarten: Haru: For always trying her best, always showing attentive listening and for always being a kind caring friend! We are so lucky to have you in Kindergarten!

Year 1: Millie: Thank you for being so incredibly kind to Nora when she visited our class for the day. You were a thoughtful buddy and made her feel most welcome. As always, you put others first and go the extra mile to make your friends smile!
Year 2: Phoebe: For really making an effort to show respect to all and responding to instructions positively. You have also been producing work of a high standard and I am so proud of your progress!

Year 3: Tamara: For being a kind and considerate friend to others and for always trying your best in class. You have produced some excellent work this week and have not given up when it has been tricky. Well done!
Year 4: Ayden: He has really applied himself this week and I have noticed a big improvement in both his maths and English, demonstrating superb application and a determination to succeed. Keep it going!

Year 5: Alice: For her excellent writing in English this week, in the role and voice of Stanley. Her use of language and literary devices were very impressive.
Year 6: Victor: For his fantastic attitude towards everything does especially being ready and organised in all of our rehearsals.

Upcoming Events

Monday 26th May

May Half Term

Tuesday 27th May

May Half Term

Wednesday 28th May

May Half Term

Thursday 29th May

May Half Term

Friday 30th May

May Half Term

Monday 2nd Jun

Revision Week – All Week 

1:30pm: Y6 Enterprise Fair in the School Hall – Parents invited from 3pm

Tuesday 3rd Jun

9am: Lamda Exams for Y5 & Y6 

3:30pm: Y6 Rehearsal – Lion King 

Wednesday 4th Jun

1:30pm: Ibstock School Debating Competition 

Thursday 5th Jun

1:30pm: Y6 Julius Caeser Workshop 

3:30pm: World Ocean Day Art Exhibition and Pond Patch Opening

Friday 6th Jun

 9am: Assembly and Rose House Raffle 

9am: K to Forest School 

10am: Y6 Julius Caeser at Orange Tree Theatre 

12:15pm: Y4 Spanish Tapas Trip 

3:30pm: Rose House Cake Sale 

Playground Snapshots

Kneller Hall Planning Approved

Opening September 2027

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