Weekly Newsletter
PTA
Notices
PTA Handbook
We now have a PTA Handbook which we hope is helpful for new and existing parents. Thanks to all who have contributed to it! Please can reps send it to new families when they join BHS.
See here: BHS PTA Parent Handbook.
Lunar New Year Celebration 2025
We are delighted to announce BHS PTA’s first school-wide Lunar New Year celebration event on Sunday 2nd February 2025. This event is open to all BHS families.
There will be traditional Chinese face-changing opera performance (“bian lian”), dumpling making, Chinese calligraphy ink writings, year of snake crafts, good fortune scratch card games, chopstick challenges and more.
Face-changing is an ancient Chinese dramatic art which is known as China’s earliest magic. The performers wear brightly coloured costumes and several masks that quickly change. With great honour, we are having two professional face-changing performers to join us, Mr Zhang and his apprentice Mr Liu. Both of them are active on Chinese domestic and international stages.
We hope many of you can join us.
Please see flyer (Lunar New Year 2025) for sign up details and payment link – deadline to sign up is 27th January.
Calendar - Spring Term PTA Events
Our next PTA meeting is on Monday. Please see agenda here (BHS 2024 25 SpringTerm Meeting 1 Agenda), and a pre-read (Spring Term Meeting 1 Pre Read 2025) for Reps. All parents are welcome. Our focus will be on the upcoming Auction/PTA Quiz and this year’s Summer Fair “Broomfest” which will be festival themed due to coinciding with Glastonbury.
PTA Highlights
Parents Xmas Social 2024
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us at the GTech Community Stadium on December 13th for a truly festive and joyous evening to wrap up the term. It was wonderful to see so many of you come together to celebrate, laugh, and dance the night away.
The Year 6 table was particularly merry – a well-earned celebration after supporting their children through a term of exams! From the shared laughter to the spirited conversations, the evening truly captured the holiday spirit.
Special mention must go to the DJ, who may have resisted our early song suggestions, but redeemed himself spectacularly in the final hour with some nostalgic noughties hits. Watching the Broomfield parents channel their inner Backstreet Boys was a highlight, and the dance floor was buzzing as everyone threw their best shapes.
Thank you all for making it such a memorable night. And huge thanks to all who contributed to the logistics and organising! If you would like to help plan our next parents social – reach out!
Highlights
Pledge Tree
Eco club returned on Monday and we started making a pledge tree out of recycled paper with the eco club members making their pledges to the planet for 2025.
This is something we would like to roll out to the rest of the school – pupils and staff. Please use the leaf template attached here (Pledge Leaf) to decorate and fill in with the children’s pledge/promise – please include their name and year group. These will then all be added to the Eco Club noticeboard.
Some ideas for pledges:
- I pledge to switch off the lights when I leave a room.
- I pledge to walk or scoot to school everyday.
- I pledge to plant some flowers.
- I pledge to only eat vegetables that are in season.
- I pledge to recycle more.
- I pledge to go litter picking.
There will be a box in reception or the front hallway for the children to post their pledges in.
It would be great to have a tree full of pledges!
Year 4
Year 4 explored simple circuits this week! Pupils investigated how electricity flows by creating their own basic circuits using wires, batteries, and bulbs.
Rose - Winners Football Competition
Rose House Reign Supreme in Penalty Shootout Thriller
In a thrilling Interhouse Football Tournament, Rose House emerged victorious, defeating both Mead House and Palmer House. The final showdown against Palmer House proved to be a nail-biting affair, with neither team able to break the deadlock in regulation time.
The match then progressed to a penalty shootout, where the nerves of steel of the Rose House players shone through. With each save and successful penalty, the tension mounted, culminating in a dramatic victory for Rose House.
The team displayed exceptional teamwork, skill, and sportsmanship throughout the tournament, earning them the admiration of fellow students and staff alike.
Congratulations to Rose House on their hard-fought triumph!
Arnav and Heyshara – Sports Captains
Weekly Awards
Drama Star of the Week
Matthew Lau Year 2
Matthew Lau Year 2
Sports Star of the Week
Yawar Year 4
Yawar Year 4
Music Star of the Week
Jamie Year 5
Jamie Year 5
Polite Person of the Week
Pre-Kindergarten: Azlin: Azlin has been enthusiastic, eager and focused in lessons. She likes to share her ideas, and her sense of humour always makes us smile! Well done Azlin
Kindergarten: Bo: Bo has had a wonderful start to Kindergarten. She has settled in fantastically and we are thrilled to have her as a new member of Kindergarten.
Year 1: Emilia: You have returned to school with the utmost enthusiasm and are enjoying challenging yourself, especially in maths. It has been wonderful to watch you grow in confidence and capability across the curriculum. Keep up the excellent work!
Year 2: Kazuto: You were a wonderful Japanese interpreter for Sarah on her trial day, showing great empathy for how it feels to be new in a classroom full of new children, especially when it was difficult for Sarah to speak to others and understand them.
Year 3: Jane: For starting the Spring term with a positive mindset and being kind to your friends in the class. You always work hard in lessons and set an excellent example for others.
Year 4: Giovanni: He has returned to school with a very positive attitude and has been working particularly hard on his handwriting and the general presentation of his work. A super start to the Spring term – keep it going!
Year 5: Elsa: For her continued and attentive behaviour in lessons and for always setting the highest example for everyone to follow.
Year 6: Victor: For his engagement, effort and wonderful manners in all of his lessons and with staff.
Upcoming Events
Monday 20th Jan
6:30pm for a 7pm start: PTA Meeting
Tuesday 21st Jan
9am – 12pm: Dukes Festival of the Arts rehearsal
Wednesday 22nd Jan
Thursday 23rd Jan
Friday 24th Jan
8:20am: Y3/Y4/Y5 Open Class Morning
9am: Kindergarten Trip to Forest School
4pm: Stagecoach
Monday 27th Jan
Tuesday 28th Jan
Wednesday 29th Jan
Thursday 30th Jan
Friday 31st Jan
8am: ISA Cross Country (Red team)
8:20am: Y1 and Y2 Open Class Morning
9am: Pre-Kindergarten Trip to Forest School
Playground Snapshots
Outstanding 11+ results once again! We celebrate another year of exceptional senior school offers and scholarships this week. With our renowned, carefully tailored approach, we provide families with expert guidance. Our highly effective process achieved an incredible 97% accuracy in predicting Year 6 offers, a testament to our deep understanding of each pupil’s potential and aspirations. Well done Year 6, we could not be more proud! #11plussuccess #celebratingyear6 #11plusprep #11plusresults #leaversdestinations #prepschoolinkew #prepschoolinrichmond
Outstanding 11+ results once again! We celebrate another year of exceptional senior school offers and scholarships this week. With our renowned, carefully tailored approach, we provide families with expert guidance. Our highly effective process achieved an incredible 97% accuracy in predicting Year 6 offers, a testament to our deep understanding of each pupil’s potential and aspirations. Well done Year 6, we could not be more proud! #11plussuccess #celebratingyear6 #11plusprep #11plusresults #leaversdestinations #prepschoolinkew #prepschoolinrichmond ...
We are celebrating World Book Day with a truly special treat this year! Following the success of yesterday’s incredible Dukes Great British Bake Off, we are launching our first-ever Dukes Great British Bake-Off Recipe Book with families this week.
Finalists from across the Dukes family showcased their delicious, book-inspired bakes to a panel of judges at Dukes House, and their creations were simply too yummy to resist! From magical cakes to literary-themed pastries, the creativity of all the finalists was nothing short of extraordinary.
We were delighted to be joined by Aatif Hassan, Chairman and Founder of Dukes Education, and Tim Fish, UK CEO, who celebrated the children’s fantastic creations alongside us.
A huge thank you also to all the English departments who took part, celebrating not just baking, but the love of books and storytelling through food. And last but not least, a special thank you to Lauren Carver Williams, Head of KS1 at Broomfield House School, for her incredible work in organising this event!
@dukes_education @bassetthouseschool @broomwood_preprep @copperfieldverbier @dhsprep @eatonhouseschools.themanor @knightsbridge_school @radnorhouseprepschool @pointerschool
We are celebrating World Book Day with a truly special treat this year! Following the success of yesterday’s incredible Dukes Great British Bake Off, we are launching our first-ever Dukes Great British Bake-Off Recipe Book with families this week.
Finalists from across the Dukes family showcased their delicious, book-inspired bakes to a panel of judges at Dukes House, and their creations were simply too yummy to resist! From magical cakes to literary-themed pastries, the creativity of all the finalists was nothing short of extraordinary.
We were delighted to be joined by Aatif Hassan, Chairman and Founder of Dukes Education, and Tim Fish, UK CEO, who celebrated the children’s fantastic creations alongside us.
A huge thank you also to all the English departments who took part, celebrating not just baking, but the love of books and storytelling through food. And last but not least, a special thank you to Lauren Carver Williams, Head of KS1 at Broomfield House School, for her incredible work in organising this event!
@dukes_education @bassetthouseschool @broomwood_preprep @copperfieldverbier @dhsprep @eatonhouseschools.themanor @knightsbridge_school @radnorhouseprepschool @pointerschool ...
@splatttheatrecompany visited us last week to take our Year 3 children on a journey to Ancient Greece. The performance was great fun and taught the children all about King Polydectes engagement feast, the Grey Sisters and Medusa’s statues. #greekday
@splatttheatrecompany visited us last week to take our Year 3 children on a journey to Ancient Greece. The performance was great fun and taught the children all about King Polydectes engagement feast, the Grey Sisters and Medusa’s statues. #greekday ...
Building memories, one brick at a time. Happy International Lego Day from Broomfield! 🧱 #internationallegoday #creativeplay
Building memories, one brick at a time. Happy International Lego Day from Broomfield! 🧱 #internationallegoday #creativeplay ...
Every story has the power to transport us to another place.
Ahead of National Storytelling Week, we are celebrating our talented young writers at Broomfield.📕
#youngwriters
Every story has the power to transport us to another place.
Ahead of National Storytelling Week, we are celebrating our talented young writers at Broomfield.📕
#youngwriters ...
Happy New Year from all of us at Broomfield!
On Monday we kicked off the spring term with the Dukes Education Conference at Wembley. We are delighted to share that our Headmaster, Adam Anstey, and the school were honoured with the Wellbeing Initiative Award in recognition of the effective efforts to promote wellbeing among both children and staff.
This award is a true testament to what is one of the cornerstones of our philosophy and work at Broomfield.
With the theme “The Heart of Education” the conference provided a fantastic opportunity for professional development. Thought-provoking discussions explored the impact of AI, the future of education, and the critical importance of character development in shaping the young leaders of tomorrow.
Happy New Year from all of us at Broomfield!
On Monday we kicked off the spring term with the Dukes Education Conference at Wembley. We are delighted to share that our Headmaster, Adam Anstey, and the school were honoured with the Wellbeing Initiative Award in recognition of the effective efforts to promote wellbeing among both children and staff.
This award is a true testament to what is one of the cornerstones of our philosophy and work at Broomfield.
With the theme “The Heart of Education” the conference provided a fantastic opportunity for professional development. Thought-provoking discussions explored the impact of AI, the future of education, and the critical importance of character development in shaping the young leaders of tomorrow. ...
We are excited to welcome all our families back to school for another great term at Broomfield! 🌟
We are excited to welcome all our families back to school for another great term at Broomfield! 🌟 ...
At the end of the term, we reflect on many events, trips, and achievements. From the early days of settling into routines in Early Years to the progress made across all year groups, it’s been a wonderfully busy term.
Wishing all families a restful break! 🎄🌟
At the end of the term, we reflect on many events, trips, and achievements. From the early days of settling into routines in Early Years to the progress made across all year groups, it’s been a wonderfully busy term.
Wishing all families a restful break! 🎄🌟 ...
This week, on Wednesday, we welcomed M&M Theatrical Productions for a fun and engaging pantomime performance. The actors performed brilliantly, captivating both children and staff alike. It was a wonderful opportunity for the children to immerse themselves in live theatre and enjoy a well-deserved treat in the last week of term.
This week, on Wednesday, we welcomed M&M Theatrical Productions for a fun and engaging pantomime performance. The actors performed brilliantly, captivating both children and staff alike. It was a wonderful opportunity for the children to immerse themselves in live theatre and enjoy a well-deserved treat in the last week of term. ...
On Tuesday last week, children from Years 2 - 6 gathered at St. Anne’s Church to kick off the festive season with our annual Christmas Carol Service. Each year group contributed beautifully, and we felt immense pride listening to their lovely singing and instrument playing. An extra ‘well done’ to Year 6 who read the nine lessons brilliantly, telling us the story of the birth of Jesus. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this wonderful occasion.
On Tuesday last week, children from Years 2 - 6 gathered at St. Anne’s Church to kick off the festive season with our annual Christmas Carol Service. Each year group contributed beautifully, and we felt immense pride listening to their lovely singing and instrument playing. An extra ‘well done’ to Year 6 who read the nine lessons brilliantly, telling us the story of the birth of Jesus. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this wonderful occasion. ...
A huge thank you to parents who supported the PTA in organising the Broomfield Christmas Market this year. There were beautiful gifts, delicious market food and a lovely community rendition of ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’. Thank you to Halletts Estate Agents for sponsoring the event.
A huge thank you to parents who supported the PTA in organising the Broomfield Christmas Market this year. There were beautiful gifts, delicious market food and a lovely community rendition of ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’. Thank you to Halletts Estate Agents for sponsoring the event. ...
This morning, the Junior School children impressed us with fabulous Nativity and Christmas performances. Kindergarten brought a unique twist with their charming roles as ladybirds, caterpillars, and even bees. 🐝 Each performance was a triumph!
This morning, the Junior School children impressed us with fabulous Nativity and Christmas performances. Kindergarten brought a unique twist with their charming roles as ladybirds, caterpillars, and even bees. 🐝 Each performance was a triumph! ...