I would like to extend a warm welcome to all our new families in our

Reception and Nursery Classes. I hope that your children enjoyed their Stay and Play sessions this week and will be very happy at our school!

Welcome back to all our existing families— It is so lovely to have every-one back at last … I do hope that this year is a more settled one than

last year! We shall certainly be doing our utmost to keep everyone safe

and ensuring that all children have a great time enjoying their learning.

Welcome back.

Goodbye and Hello. At the end of last term, we said goodbye to four members of staff: Mrs Cook

(Nursery) and Mrs Long (MSA) who both retired after very long associations with the school; and Mr Turner (Forest Schools) and Miss Santos Gonzalez

(Nursery) who have moved onto pastures new. I would like to thank them all

for their hard work at the school.

We have a new member of our school community though… Meet Ted our

new therapy dog (in training)! Ted is still a puppy so he won’t be completing therapy work with children until he has passed the “nippy” and “jumping”

phase but he is coming into school most days so that he is familiarised with the school building, staff and the noises around school. When he is ready to

“work” with the children, we will inform parents and seek consent.

September 2020

Browick Road Primary

and Nursery School

Newsletter Term Dates:

Autumn Term 2020

September 7th—

December 18th

Half Term

22nd Oct—2nd Nov

Spring Term 2021

4th January -

26th March

Half Term

15th—22nd Feb

Summer Term

2021

12th April—

21st July

May Bank Holiday

Friday 8th May

Half Term

31st May—7th June

First Days back at school...

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We are delighted with how well the return to school has gone this week. A great deal of

hard work has gone into making school a safe place for the staff and children to be; but it is

all worth it to see their smiling faces back where they need to be.

Photos of Nursery, Reception and LDC to follow on our next Newsletter!

Health & Safety Update

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Having now experienced a week of the “new normal” at school we would like to amend/ remind you of a few safety points. Arriving at and departing from school: Due to the number of adults at the bottom of the drive and in the play-

ground, please can we ask all adults who are not exempt to start wearing a face mask

Please can we remind adults to try to socially distance at all times (we know how tricky this can be and have to remind ourselves!)

If waiting for your child at the end of the drive, please do so safely Only one adult per family should enter the playground (High School pupils

accompanying parents will need to wait elsewhere –sorry!) The Government has recommended that all children walk, scooter or bike

to school—we positively encourage this and will manage the bike/scooter sheds to ensure that children remain safe in that area of the school

If you need to drive to school, please remember to park legally and responsibly

Please contact the office via email or telephone rather than in person, whenever possible

Clubs/Music Lessons: All clubs in the Autumn Term will take place in class bubbles Sports Multi Skills club will be provided free of charge to children in Y1—Y6

starting next week ( Y1 & Y6 Tuesday, Y2 & Y5 Wednesday, Y3 & Y4 Thurs-day)

We are currently trying to arrange Ukulele Club in Class Bubbles Peripatetic Music lessons will recommence next week (with Risk Assess-

ments in place) - more details to follow if you would like your child to start learning to play an instrument

Large Gatherings Unfortunately large gatherings are no longer permissible in schools For the time being we will not be holding class assemblies, social

functions, Open Mornings etc We are currently discussing how we will organise parents evenings which

Uniform Reminder… We are proud of our uniform and expect all children to wear it. You can find a full uniform list on our school website in the Parent Booklet . Just a reminder that all children can wear trainers this term to enable them to take part in daily physical activity (whilst limiting clothing etc in school). Fashion clothing, footwear and nail varnish are not acceptable in school. The only jewellery pupils are permitted to wear are watches (preferably only in KS2), fitbits and small stud earrings and, for everyone’s safety, these must be removed (by your child) for PE activities. Please ensure that your child’s hair is of their natural colour.

Phone: 01953 603061 Email:

office@browickroad.norfolk.sch.uk

Friends…

Don’t forget that you are all Friends of Browick Road but if you would like to play a bigger part then please come to the virtual AGM on 24th September 2020 at 9:15am on Zoom (more details to follow). It would be particularly nice to see some of our new reception and Nursery parents.

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September Diary

Dates

17th Individual

photographs

25th Friends AGM

(via Zoom)

25th MacMillan

Fundraiser

(children only)

October Diary Dates

21st Break Up for

Half Term

November Diary

Dates

2nd First day back

Classes 2020/2021 Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Nursery—Busy Bees Class—teacher Mrs Adams Reception—China Class—teacher Mrs Barber Key Stage 1 (KS1) Year 1—India Class—teachers Mrs Peachment & Mrs Lilley Year 2—France Class—teacher Miss Robertson Key Stage 2 (KS2) Year 3—Spain Class—teacher Mr Bamford Year 4—Mexico Class—teacher Mrs Taylor Year 5—Italy Class—teacher Miss Wild Year 6—Sweden Class—Miss Walker LDC Reception, Year 1 & 2—Denmark Class—teachers Mrs

Street and Mrs King If you have any concerns or wish to discuss your child, please make use the class email in the first instance. Thank you!

New Website We have changed our website provider during the summer holidays; you will see some changes and content will be updated more quickly! The website address remains the same: www.browickroadprimary.co.uk Please use this as your main source of information—but if you cannot find what you need on the site please feel free to email the office or your child’s class email. Of particular interest to you will be the class blogs, which give you information about the class teachers/teaching assistants, curriculum plans for the half term, as well as news of the activities that the children have been doing at school.