Brooksward Primary School

It's never too early to be thinking about Christmas, please save the date and see flyer below 🎄
Tickets will be available from November 2024.
We are looking for someone who would be interested in volunteering to be our Father Christmas this year for the Winter Fayre.
You will be putting lots of smiles on the children's faces; we will supply lots of free hot drinks and a box of chocolates as a thank you.
Please email [email protected] if you would be interested and able to do this for us on the date below:

Do you shop at Asda? If you do, you can help us!

Between 2nd September and 30th November 2024 – every time you shop with Asda using your Asda Rewards app, Asda will donate 0.5% of the value of your shop to your chosen Primary school as part of their 'Cashpot for Schools' initiative.

Also, every time somebody opts-in to support our Primary school, Asda will give an additional £1 to the school Cashpot.

It's really simple to get involved and help us start raising money.
1. Download the Asda Rewards app, register and opt-in to Cashpot for Schools (make sure you have the latest version of the app installed)
2. Choose our Brooksward School – either searching by name or postcode
3. Shop instore across Asda and George, or online at Asda.com and start filling your Cashpot as you shop

Have you signed up for our school lottery yet? This lottery has been set up specifically to raise money that can support and enrich the education of our children - all of the money raised will go towards improving the school experience for our children, focusing on our STEAM facilities, forest school and our playgrounds.

How it works:

£1 per ticket per week
£9 guaranteed prize for one lucky person (this will go up as more tickets are sold)
£25,000 grand prize - match all 6 numbers and you win the JACKPOT!
PLUS special prizes each month - this month's is a £1000 Sainsburys voucher
If you'd like to join and support our School Lottery, please click our refer a friend link
below to get set up whilst giving us an extra chance to win £200 this month too!
https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/referral/91563338/1648592296?utm_source=manual

Local mental health charity, Arthur Ellis: Mental Health Support is hosting a FREE summer festival on Sunday 25th August at Great Linford Manor Park 🌳
Much of their 1:1 service is online, and this year Arthur Ellis will support 3,500 people from the age of 8 with their mental health across MK so it's a great opportunity to connect in person and have some fun for free.
There will be food vans and entertainment throughout the day.

It’s been a fantastic final half term of the year; thank you to all our friends and families for their fantastic support.
Please have a wonderful summer and we’ll see you in September!

The Buzz @ Brooksward 19th July 2024

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Summer Fayre yesterday afternoon including school staff, external vendors and families!
Our community is amazing and together you helped us to raise approximately £1500 for our school fund!

Don’t forget tomorrow is our Summer Fayre 3.30pm-5.30pm!
The weather forecast is looking good and our plan is for everything to be outside (see map attached).

We have lots of exciting games, activities, food, sellers and class enterprise stalls as well as our famous luxury raffle - don't forget to get your tickets!

Please remember that the majority of the stalls and activities only take cash so bring all that loose change and put it to a good cause: our forest school project!

We’ll see you all tomorrow!

The summer holidays are fast approaching - why not book your children into Nigel Willard Tennis' summer camp with the fabulous Gavin Fowell The Tennis Coach!

Have you signed up for our school lottery yet? This lottery has been set up specifically to raise money that can support and enrich the education of our children - all of the money raised will go towards improving the school experience for our children, focusing on our STEAM facilities, forest school and our playgrounds.

How it works:
£1 per ticket per week
£7.80 guaranteed prize for one lucky person (this will go up as more tickets are sold)
£25,000 grand prize - match all 6 numbers and you win the JACKPOT!
PLUS special prizes each month - this month's is a Summer BBQ Party Ninja Bundle which includes an Outdoor Pizza Oven and Woodfire Electric BBQ, a CREAMi ice-cream and milkshake maker and a Foodi Dual Zone Air Fryer!

If you'd like to join and support our School Lottery, please click our refer a friend link below to get set up whilst giving us an extra chance to win £200 this month too!

Your School Lottery Your School Lottery manages lotteries that help local schools raise money within their community

Coach Dave is a winner! We are beyond proud of Dave and the work he does for our school - we are so lucky to have you as part of our team!

Wish us luck at tonight’s Milton Keynes Education Awards!
We’re up for Primary School of the Year, Headteacher of the Year (Miss Swain) and Sports Award (Coach Dave) 🤞🤞🤞

Just a reminder that next Friday is our Summer Fayre!
Can't wait to see you all there!

We would like to say a huge thank you to Emily's Star for allowing us to borrow their fantastic dinosaur resources for free and for giving each child their very own dinosaur egg to take home as part of their Dinosaur day last week!

Throughout the year, Nigel Willard Tennis run a number of holiday camps at Olney, Newport Pagnell, Upper Dean, Turvey, Stoke Goldington Tennis Clubs. These prove extremely popular with the children and parents alike and places fill up very fast.

Our holiday camps are great fun teaching the children all aspects of tennis from the basic ABC'S of sport (agility, balance, coordination and speed), to rallying, volleying, serving, playing matches and scoring.

Our next camps are summer holidays July-August 2024 9.30-1pm daily and are run by Gavin at Newport and Will at Olney.

To see the dates, costs and venues please see below

https://bit.ly/holidaycampstennis

If you would like any further information, please contact Gavin Fowell on 07951516411 or [email protected]

Did you know Brooksward has a school lottery? This lottery has been set up specifically to raise money and make a difference for our children!
It's a fantastic way to bring the community together, in partnership with our school, and at the same time give something back. We hope to raise funds that can support and enrich the education of our children - all of the money raised will go towards improving the school experience for our children, focusing on our STEAM facilities, forest school and our playgrounds.
How it works:
£1 per ticket per week
£7.20 guaranteed prize for one lucky person (this will go up as more tickets are sold)
£25,000 grand prize - match all 6 numbers and you win the JACKPOT!
PLUS special prizes each month - this month's is a £1000 Amazon Gift Card!
If you'd like to join and support our School Lottery, please click our refer a friend link below to get set up whilst giving us an extra chance to win £200 this month too!

Your School Lottery Your School Lottery manages lotteries that help local schools raise money within their community

We would like to say a huge thank you to B&Q @ Rooksley for their generous donation of herbs, trees and other plants this week for our courtyard and forest school project! 🥰

Check out this half term's newsletter:

The Buzz @ Brooksward 23rd May 2024

EXTREMELY EXCITING NEWS!

We have just been notified that Brooksward are finalists in three categories in the Milton Keynes Education Awards!
Primary School of the Year
Headteacher of the Year - Miss Swain
Sports Award - Coach Dave

Please wish us luck - we are beyond excited!

A date for your diaries - Brooksward Summer Fayre 12th July 3.30-5.30pm!

If you have any good contacts for activities and rides in particular, please do let us know their details.

Thank you!

Newport Pagnell Tennis Club's popular May half term tennis holiday camps held at Newport Pagnell Tennis Club are back, they are running Tuesday 28th May through to Thursday 30th May 9.30-1pm daily.

Learn to serve. rally and compete along with loads of tennis fun. Run by level 4 LTA accredited, county coach Gavin Fowell.

To book your place or more info please use link below.

Nigel Willard Tennis / Holiday camps Throughout the year, Nigel Willard Tennis run a number of holiday camps at Olney, Newport Pagnell, Upper Dean, Turvey, Stoke Goldington Tennis Clubs. These prove extremely popular with the children and parents alike and places fill up very fast. 

For those of you with lovers of The Little Mermaid at home, Milton Keynes Amateur Operatic Society are putting on a performance of this Hans Christian Andersen classic at the end of May at The Venue MK staring our own Mrs Allsopp (Miss Manning) for those of you who remember her. Get your tickets now!
https://www.dreamsnwishes.co.uk/boxoffice.html

Middleton Pool and Fitness Centre have asked us to share details of their swimming lessons as swimming is such an important life skill for all.
If you would like to get your child booked into lessons with them, visit Middleton.placeleisure.org or call them on 01908610477

A huge congratulations to all the winners at last night's MK STEM Awards ! Sadly our Science cabin was no match for Bedford University's brand new STEM and Medical wing!

As always, thank you to everyone for their kind wishes in the run up to the awards and we'll keep our fingers for next year!

Tonight's the night!

This evening, Miss Swain, Mrs Dearn and I are heading to the MK STEM Awards to represent Brooksward as finalists in two categories: Education and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion!

Please wish us luck!

The Great Linford Skills Hub is launching on March 7th - visit for free support with training, employment, finances etc

The MK Council SEND team are having their Ofsted inspection this week. There's a questionnaire for families to give feedback on how well they feel the team are providing for their children with SEND. We would really appreciate it if you could complete it (takes less than 5 mins)

Parent/Carer Survey

Check out the latest addition of the Brooksward Buzz!

The Buzz @ Brooksward 16th February 2024

Brooksward are celebrating ~SaferInternetDay today! Find out how you can also get involved at saferinternetday.org.uk

If you are thinking of a career in teaching, this is a great option! 😀

Interested in training to teach? Sign up for our next information evening on 15.2.24 to meet our fab Partnership Managers and learn more about our “exceptional” teacher training programme > https://tommyflowersscitt.co.uk/events/

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