Brookvale Primary School

Good afternoon Parents and Carers, Below are the dates and times for our Christmas Performances this year: Christmas Performances Tues 9th December at 1:45pm - Nursery, Reception and KS1 (This is Nursery's only performance) - Tickets will be needed Wed 10th December at 1:45pm - Reception and KS1 only - Tickets will be needed Wed 10th December is also our KS2 Carol Concert. This year it is at 2:45pm and will finish by 3:15pm - Tickets are not needed After the concert, you are welcome to visit our new Christmas Market which will begin straight after school around 3:20pm. The market will finish at 4:30pm. IMPORTANT - The KS2 carol concert is for parents, carers and relatives. Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will not be able to watch this performance as they will still be in class. Once the concert is finished, we ask you to collect your children from their classrooms at the usual time of 3:15pm. Then you can then take your children around the Christmas Market stalls. More information will be released about the market so look out for this! We are also planning a Parent and Child Bingo event on 17th December. Again , we will share more details over the next week. The Christmas Market and Bingo event is being organised by our amazing Brookvale Parent and Teacher group. If you would like to help out or be part of this group at future events, please get in touch. Thanks for your continued support. Kind regards Mr Moore

Good afternoon Parents and Carers, Please find attached a flyer advertising Santa Saturdays events at The Shopping City. They are free events and there is a gift for all children. Kind regards Mr Moore

Good morning Parents and Carers, Next week is national Anti Bullying Week. We will start the week with Odd Socks Day. So, on Monday 10th November, we would like everyone to attend school wearing odd socks. The brighter the better! During the week, children will be taking part in activities around this years theme of 'Power for Good!' That’s why, this Anti-Bullying Week, we’re empowering young people to use their 'Power for Good' to safely speak up and raise awareness when they see bullying, face to face or online. I have attached a parent and carer booklet from the Anti Bullying Alliance website for you to read. This has advice and some activities you can do with your child. Also, Julia Shutt will also be selling anti-bullying wristbands for £1 each. They will be on sale each day and available from Julia's room. Kind regards Mr Moore

Good afternoon Parents and Carers, Please find attached a copy of our October Newsletter. Have a lovely half-term break and we will see you all on Monday 3rd November. Kind regards Mr Moore

Good morning Parents and Carers, Vacancies have arisen for two parent governors on our governing body. The governing body is asking you to nominate someone with parental responsibility for a child at the school. If more than two nominations are received, then a ballot will be held. I have attached a letter explaining what the role of Parent Governor entails and a nomination form. If you are interested or want to ask any questions about the parent governor role, please call or email me. If you want to nominate yourself or someone else for the roles, you can either collect a nomination form from the front office or email the school direct on sec.brookvale@haltonlearning.net I would like any nominations sent to me by Friday 24th October. Kind regards Mr Moore

Good morning Parents and Carers, Our Brookvale Parent Teacher Group are very excited about our Halloween Discos and will be selling glow sticks, masks, drinks and treat bags. Year 3-6 can also buy hot dogs as their event is after school. Children in Reception can attend school in their Halloween costumes. Year 1 and 2 must come to school in their uniforms and bring their disco clothes in a bag and get changed into these in school. Year 3 - 6 attend school as normal in uniform and return to school for the disco in their outfits. Please see attached our Halloween Disco Flyer with the dates and times. It is £1 to attend. It is important that children in Year 3 through to Y6 are collected by an adult after the disco as they will not be allowed to walk home on their own. Kind regards Mr Moore

Good morning Parents and Carers, We are keen on developing more play opportunities at break times for our children and we have some ideas that we would like to introduce. Unfortunately, like most schools we are managing everything on a limited budget. If you have any of the following that you could donate to school that would be greatly appreciated and would help us introduce some new play activities. We would like the following: Muffin/ cup cake baking trays Children's buckets and spades and tools for digging (trowels) sieves kitchen utensils - old wooden or plastic spoons old toy figures/ vehicles long skipping ropes Any old fancy dress up clothing for role play If you have any other suggestions, please let the school office know. If you do have any of these items, please bring them to the front office and Mrs Doyle or Mr Worrall will collect them from you. Thanks for your support. Kind regards Mr Moore

Good afternoon Parents and Carers, Our teachers and children are excited about inviting you into school to take part in an autumn themed lesson with your child. Please find below the dates and times for each class: Monday 6th October 2:30pm – 3:15pm -Year 1E and Reception Tuesday 7th October 9:00am - 9:45am – Year 6H and 2:30pm - 3:15pm Year 2K Wednesday 8th October 1:30pm – 3:15 – Year 5L Thursday 9th October 9:00am - 9:45am Year 4R and 2:30pm – 3:15pm Year 3L Friday 10th October 11:00am – 11:45am – Nursery It would be lovely to see as many of you as possible. Kind regards Mr Moore

Good morning Parents and Carers, I would like to remind you that we have a no nut policy in school due to a considerable number of children at our school who have severe food allergies. The most serious risk in our school is nut allergies which can cause life threatening anaphylactic reactions to some of our children. Therefore we insist parents, carers and staff NOT to send/bring food to school that contains nuts (especially peanuts). This includes all types of nuts, peanut butter, Nutella and food containing nuts. For example: Packs of nuts Peanut butter sandwiches Nutella/ Chocolate Spread sandwiches Fruit and cereal bars that contain nuts ie tracker bars Chocolate bars or sweets that contain nuts Sesame seed rolls (children allergic to nuts may also have a severe reaction to sesame) Cakes made with nuts Our school kitchen and food are already nut free and we do not supply any ingredients in food technology that have nuts or nut derivatives. I have attached a copy of of our Nut Aware Policy. Thanks for your support with this matter. Kind regards Mr Moore

Good morning Parents and Carers, Please find a copy of our Welcome Back newsletter. You will find key dates for events taking place over the autumn term, as well as other reminders about uniform and PE kit. Kind regards Mr Moore