Brookhill Leys OFSTED 2012

Bordeux August 2012

Well it has been a long time since I last posted. This is due to having a new website and still not having access, easily, to my blog.

However all teachers in school now have their own blogs and they are doing a grand job with them.

Holidays with  sunshine are distant memories now as we head into frosty mornings and winter preparations. All seasons bring their good points and the beauty of the autumn trees has been amazing.

We recently received an OFSTED inspection visit and as many of you will know,             we got  a fantastic result.

The inspectors said we were a very good school. They saw good and outstanding teaching and behaviour. I am very proud of Brookhill and so are many, many people.

 

September 2012 Brookhill Leys Primary and Nursery School is judged to be GOOD!!!! We know that already. We are brilliant.

Isle of Wight with Y6

Isle of Wight here we come! Get those storm clouds out of the way and bring on the sunshine!

International Schools Foundation Award!

We have been awarded the International Schools Foundation Award!
This means we are providing an enriched curriculum enabling our children to gain an insight into life around the world, experiencing multicultural activities and events.
(Such as our Chinese New Year Day celebrations this week.)
We are now looking for a school to connect with in another country and will let you know when we have chosen one!
Thank you Mrs Brown for all your hard work with our International Schools!

School Re-Opens

I am so excited to be back to work tomorrow I cannot wait!
Staff have been tidying and decorating over the summer and it looks great!
The uniforms have all arrived!
New Staff start with us tomorrow too, its going to be the best year so far!
See you Tuesday everybody.
Remember if you need anything school is open tomorrow but not for lessons until Tuesday.

Mrs S x

Brookhill Leys Condemns the Rioting

I am so sad to see the riots hurting Britain and all the people who work so hard. Frightening.

Our sad broken society needs fixing. We can’t fix the recession, we as individuals feel powerless in world politics but we can ride the storm and come out the other side, together.

We can also show the country how Brookhill Leys School Community looks after our children. The example you set your child is the one they will take forward in their lives.

You are the people who will determine Britain’s future, through your children and their values.

We need to make sure they don’t see violence, aggression, adult themes. They need to be allowed to have a positive opinion in life and celebrate their childhood, even if you weren’t able to do the same as a child.

The recession cannot be used as an excuse for what’s happening on the streets around the country. Many of us have teenagers who can’t find jobs and they feel frustrated and fed up. But if they have been brought up knowing what is right and wrong and with respect, they would not dream of rioting.
All parents should know where their children are late at night.

Recent research shows that the average time given to a child from their parent is 49 minutes a day. 49 minutes a day? That’s less than one episode of Eastenders and Emmerdale? What is more important? Finding out if Max and Tanya (Eastenders) are going to be found out, or some extra minutes with our children?

So what needs to change to ensure children some quality and proper attention? Well we can’t change the pressures we are under, it’s a recession and prices are rising all the time. So it’s about making sure our lifestyle and routines put children first. Make use of your time cleverly by making games out of housework; singing in the car; talking about your childs hobbies and interests; looking at old family photos; weeding the garden and more. We have 7 potato peelers in our house (0.29p each) and when our children were little they would sit with us and we would all peel the potatoes together and talk. They still do but complain more now, as teenagers do. 


And most importantly. Tell them you love them, praise them and tell them they are wonderful.

A practical idea I challenge you to this week.

Check out my make a meal with your child challenge, here on my blog and have a go. Your children would love to be part of it and we will be having a display in school with your contributions first week back.

There is a £30 Tesco voucher for the winning picture or photo of your end result. But remember it has to be about spending time together, you and your children.

Enjoy 

Remember you can always contact me on head@brookhillleysprimary.notts.sch.uk for advice and support. If I can’t help, I will find someone who can.

Make Food With Your Children Challenge- £30 Prize!

Make Food With Your Children Challenge
Make the following meal with your children.
Take a photo and email to

head@brookhillleysprimary.notts.sch.uk

Or bring a photo or a drawn picture into school first week back.

One picture or photo will be chosen to win the £30 Tesco voucher
Come on we want 100 photos/pictures to put up in school!


Bangers and Mash
Fruit Jelly


Sausage, beans and mash

Just think of all the things you can talk about whilst peeling potatoes.
Potato peelers can be bought for 0.39p. Makes the job quicker and gives you time for a chat.
Mashing – who can get all the lumps out? How does it happen? Magic!
Where do potatoes come from? Shall we plant some next year and watch them grow?

Fruit filled jelly

Packet of orange jelly 0.30p or less
Tin of peaches 0.29p

This is an excellent opportunity to read instructions together, talk about what is happening and use measuring skills. Getting a child to put 100ml of water into a jug is a great skill that will help their maths.

Melt the jelly; when its cold add the peaches.

Do not go over the liquid measurements or it will not set but you can replace some of the water they say you need with the juice from the tinned fruit.

Remember pineapple placed in jelly stops it setting.

There are lots of rhymes about jelly for your tiny ones.



Jelly on a plate!
Jelly on a plate!
Wibble wobble!
Wibble wobble!
Jelly on a plate!

Sisters Act!

I am getting excited now as its only 3 days until I see my gorgeous sister , for the first time in over three years!
She lives in Singapore,South East Asia, as the children will all tell you, we often discuss Catherine.
She has three children and is expecting a baby in November.
Singapore is a wonderful country. I went to visit my sister last ten years ago , before I became afraid to fly.
The thing I like the most about Singapore (after the weather) is the clean and well behaved society.People would never dream of dropping litter, or fighting in public. They show up most respect for visitors and make them welcome and looked after.
The people of Singapore work really hard and this is the normal expectation.
Singapore has changed considerably since I was last there, my sister says I would not recognise it with huge building projects. The second best swimming pool in the world (according to some poll I read recently)opened last year at the top of a very tall hotel built in the shape of a cruise liner, on top of concrete stilts.One of the most luxurious hotels in the world, Marina Bay Sands.
They have built the pool to look as though the edge falls over the end of the building. Infinity pools I think they call them.
Singapore is set right on the equator,the invisible line that circles the globe.
Singapore has no winter or summer. It is hot and sunny all year round, usually 30 degrees.
My sister lives permanently in the summer holidays :-)
I wonder what she is making of the grim summer holiday weather we have had so far.
I keep hoping she moves back to England one day but I think she finds it too cold now. She must also be the only person in the world that I know who hasn't heard of Jedward! Passing them in the airport last week she sent me a text saying "Who are Jedi? Some funny looking boys with sticking up hair just walking past"
Anyway I have 4 days to catch up on the last three years and store up memories for the next three.
I wonder which children of Brookhill will travel the world when they are older?