SPORTS and CLUBS

The uptake for clubs has been excellent. Please refer to the club timetable on the website to see which clubs are running on each day. Please remember to call the office at 2.15pm and choose option 2 to hear which clubs are running on each day.

The club leaders will be starting clubs promptly at 3:20; please can you leave the school grounds as quickly as possible at the end of the day.

Clubs information

SPORTS REPORT

3rd November

Year 2 Cross country

Boys – winners and gold medals! Girls – silver medals!

Individual gold – Jacob, Individual silver – Ralph

It was the first ever year 2 cross country event and we had nine of our children competing in the races. They all ran superbly and in the boys’ race Jacob took the gold medal, just ahead of Ralph who collected the silver. The boys team as a whole stormed to the gold medals and the team trophy!

The girls also ran extremely well and earned silver medals for their combined individual positions and team score.

9th November

Year 3&4 Girls Football

4th place

Six of our girls took part in the tournament at TAB Junior school. It was a tough start with a heavy defeat in their opening game but they improved so much as the afternoon went on and defended very well in a 0-0 draw with Goring. They finished in 4th place overall and had a great time.

16th November

Year 5&6 Girls Football

Joint 5th

The girls enjoyed the experience of playing at the Sussex FA football stadium under the floodlights and had a great time.

They were very competitive in their group games, but just couldn’t find the back of the net.

In the second phase of matches they played their best football and the confidence really started to flow. Unfortunately, despite playing very well in all other areas of the pitch, they still couldn’t find the elusive goal meaning they drew both games 0-0. Overall, the team finished in a very respectable joint 5th out of the 8 teams.

23rd November

Year 3&4 Football

Winners!

A team of our year 3s and 4s went to TAB Junior school for a football tournament and their performance was nothing short of sensational!

They dominated all of their games and won each of them without conceding a single goal! They defeated Heene 3-0, English Martyrs 2-0 and Chesswood, Whytemead and TAB 1-0 to finish with a perfect record.  Well done boys!

ECO NEWS

Astra Recycling

You may have noticed that we have taken delivery of a textile recycling container in our front car park. This is part of our school recycling commitment which our Eco Council and Mrs Miller are leading on.

This recycling facility is for the whole school community to use and the school will benefit financially from the textiles that are collected (weight = income).

As you will appreciate, initiatives such as this come with Terms and Conditions. The key points for us are what can and can not be placed in the container. This information will be listed below.

Please feel free to use the facility at the beginning and end of the school day. The container will be emptied every fortnight. Please do not leave textiles on the ground (if the container is full) as the company will not receive wet goods.

Thank you in advance for supporting this project.

Quality and Material Accepted

Astra Recycling will continually monitor the quality of all the collected material on a regular basis from the external bin collections.

We accept the following wearable items:

• All men's, ladies and children's clothing

• Paired Shoes

• Handbags, bags, ties and belts

• Bed clothes, towels, soft toys

Astra Recycling cannot accept the following items:

• Duvets both synthetic and feathered

• Pillows & cushions

• Carpets & Rugs

• Soiled or wet clothing

• Workwear e.g. (overalls/tabards)

• Shredded or mutilated textile material

• Textile off cuts, yarns or threaded material

OFFINGTON PARK CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL

This term,  Art club and Art council have been busy designing and making Christmas tree decorations using the theme of ‘Fruits of the Spirit.’ These will be used to decorate a Christmas tree as part of the Offington Park Methodist Church Christmas Tree festival, taking place from Thursday 2nd - 5th December. The festival is open to the public and is a free event. For further information, visit: https://offingtonpark.org.uk 

SCHOOL CROSSING PATROL - ADVANCE WARNING

Ms Costello our School Crossing Patrol will not be on duty from Monday 13th December until Friday 17th December.  This is a change from Monday 6th as previously advertised. Please make a note if your child uses South Farm Road as there will be no one supervising the crossing.  Thank you

CHILDREN IN NEED TOTAL

Thank you to everyone who donated for 'Children in Need' and as a school we raised an incredible £378.67 for this charity.  We are very proud of our contribution and the positive difference we are all continuously making in God's world - School Council.  Thank you, Mr Bone and School Council 

BROADWATER COMMUNITY AWARD

Congratulations to Beau who has been nominated for this month's community award.  Beau raised £40.00 for Children in Need by spending an hour a night over a week doing football skills and games.  Well done Beau!

SURVEYS

For results of our recent parent surveys please go to our website:

Surveys

GOVERNORS' NEWS

Welcome to Governors' News. 

The Governors had the pleasure of meeting many parents and children during the recent Parents' evenings and we thank you for taking the time to complete the parent/carer survey, the results of which can be found on the website on the following link parent survey.  The Governors are proud to support Broadwater C.E. Primary School and it was very pleasing to know that parents and carers also feel so positive about our school.  There is an opportunity for our children’s voices to be heard in the Pupil Survey, which they will receive shortly in class,  and we will publish the results in due course.

The Governors have been active in supporting the Prayer Garden’s upkeep by joining the working party.  This has made the Prayer Garden a quiet and welcoming place for reflection and prayer that embraces the ethos of the school and its community.  This has been enhanced by the new addition of the fruits of the spirit mosaics created by the children.  

The Governors have also had the pleasure of viewing the new facilities of the Wrap Around Care club.  We are sure that this additional service will be well received by parents/carers and by the children who use it.  Please visit the website for all information.

F@B NEWS

In light of the recent rise of COVID infections in the local area the FAB team, in liaison with the school, have decided to withdraw from offering a full Christmas fair this year and to offer a tombola of the very popular and much missed Christmas hampers instead. The tombola will be held outside the school hall after school from Wednesday 1st to Friday 3rd December.

Please click on the link below to see the flyer:

F@B Christmas news and non uniform day Friday 19th November

ADMISSIONS CONSULTATIONS

The Governing Body as the Admissions Authority at Broadwater Church of England Primary School is conducting a formal consultation on its proposed admission arrangements. The Governing Body has followed advice from the Diocesan School Effectiveness Officer (specifically in relation to faith criteria) and followed guidance laid out in the School Admission Code 2021.

The time period for the consultation is 6 weeks.  Start date: 30th November 2021. End date: 11th January 2022.

Please see below the link to the consultation page on our website Admissions-Consultation-2023-2024

Coronavirus

Children with COVID-19 symptoms

If your child has any of the main COVID-19 symptoms (a high temperature, a new continuous cough, or a loss or change to their sense of smell or taste) they should NOT attend school and should stay at home.

You should arrange for them to get a PCR test and email or call the office with the test results.  Your child should not attend school while you are waiting for test results even if they are feeling better.

If the test is negative they should continue to go to school as normal.  If they test positive, they should continue to self isolate and follow public health advise.

Close contacts

If anyone in the household has symptoms, the whole household can get a PCR as close contacts.  If children are a close contact they are now asked to take a lateral flow test (LFT) before attending school, if they are not displaying symptoms themselves.  This includes primary aged children.  This is left to parental discretion, and test kits for primary aged pupils can be accessed via gov.uk or their local pharmacy. 

If your child has no symptoms themselves, they can come to school. If you are unsure, please contact the school!

Admissions for September 2022

As in recent years, parents are being encouraged to apply for their child’s school place using the online system at www.westsussex.gov.uk. Applications must be submitted by the national closing date of Saturday 15 January 2022. The online system opened yesterday Monday 4 October 2021.

For parents who do not have access to the Internet at home, free access has been arranged at all libraries and Children and Family Centres within West Sussex, where staff will be on hand to assist parents making their application. 

Parents resident in West Sussex must complete an official West Sussex County Council application in order to apply for a school place. 

Applications not made by the closing date cannot be considered until after all other applications have been considered. This may mean it is not possible to offer a child a place at a local school.

Please ensure you apply before the closing date of Saturday 15 January 2022.

Safety:

Please can all jewellery be removed before coming to school and hair that is longer than shoulder length be tied back. Plain hair bands can be worn to keep long hair/fringe out of children's eyes. 

Traffic:

Please can I remind you not to park on the zig-zags outside the school or across residents' driveways.  We are still receiving complaints from both parents and residents on the matter. 

End of Day Pick Up

The club leaders will be starting clubs promptly at 3:20pm; please can you leave the school grounds as quickly as possible at the end of the day.

Chartwell's Christmas Lunches

We are holding our Christmas Lunch on Wednesday 15th December.

For Years 3-6,  please ensure you order your child a hot Christmas Lunch by this Sunday 28th November via the Chartwell's website which can be accessed via our website School Lunches and then follow the link under 'Promotions' and directly on the link below:

westsussex.mealselector.co.uk

For children in Early Years to Year 2, they automatically get a free hot lunch as part of the Universal Infant Free School Meals incentive.

Christmas Dates for your diaries

Monday 6 Dec – Christmas Post boxes go up

Tuesday 7 Dec – Infant Nativity to DOVE parents 2.15pm

Wednesday 8 Dec – Infant Nativity to ROBIN parents 9.15am

Thursday 9 Dec - Infant Nativity to PUFFIN parents 2.15pm

Friday 10 Dec - Infant Nativity to PENGUIN parents 9.15am

Saturday 11 Dec - St Mary's Christmas festival (worship club singing 10.25-10.40)

Monday 13 Dec - Y3-6 Christmas parties 12.30pm – 3.15pm

Tuesday 14 Dec - EY Nativity performance to Hen parents 9.15am

Tuesday 14 Dec - EY Nativity performance to Duck parents 11.00am

Wednesday 15 Dec - EY-Y2 Christmas parties (no food due to Christmas lunch) 9.00am – 12 noon

Wednesday 15 Dec – Christmas lunches

Friday 17 Dec – Last day of term