Bramford Primary Updates

Well done to our amazing Year 6 griffins for a fantastic performance of their leavers production yesterday. The year 6 staff were extremely proud of you. We wish you every success on the next part of your journey. Enjoy the last day.

Yesterday, some of our Year 5 Griffins enjoyed a fantastic day in Birmingham as part of our Griffin Art Festival (GAF) celebrations! 🎨🎭

From exploring Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and proudly showcasing their own artwork, to visiting the Library of Birmingham, taking in the views from the Look Out, and finishing the day at the theatre, every experience inspired creativity and curiosity.

Our Griffins were exceptional ambassadors for our school, demonstrating exemplary behaviour, enthusiasm and maturity throughout the day. We are incredibly proud of each and every one of them. Well done.

As our Griffin Arts Festival 2026 comes to an end, we would like to share some final photographs and thoughts with you.
Our Griffins have demonstrated our Bramford values through their pieces, working collaboratively and independently, demonstrating resilience and tolerance, self-belief and pride. The children have shared their enthusiasm with everyone who has been in their classrooms and wherever you look in school, there is evidence of our "Identity : Our Story, Our Legacy".

A huge thank you too, to all of our staff, who have worked so hard to plan and teach our arts sessions, and to Mrs. Coulter for leading our GAF fortnight.

As part of our GAF 2026 "Identity : Our Story, Our Legacy" work, each class is busy preparing a hanging display which reflects an element of Bramford which makes us unique and distinctive.

Year 5 children collaborated to create a stunning hanging display celebrating Founders’ Day, a cherished and proud tradition at the heart of the Bramford community. Our Griffins designed and decorated griffins, wrote acrostic poems reflecting what it means to be part of the Bramford family, and decorated the BRAMFORD lettering with qualities such as resilience, determination and optimism. Together, their work beautifully captures our shared values, heritage and the legacy we continue to build as a school community.

Year 3 have also been busy slinky linkys, linking their maths with their GAF work. Wassily Kadinsky, a Russian artist, used triangles in his art to explore the relationship between shapes and colours, and to evoke complex responses in the viewer. Our younger Griffins enjoyed creating pictures from triangles and talked about their pictures with confidence.

Finally, Year 6 have been focusing on their VIP, Mrs. Burton, our lunchtime superintendent. Mrs. Burton is such a kind and caring member of our staff, and with her amazing team, she works extremely hard to keep us busy and safe at lunchtime. After studying the work of Georges Seurat, our older Griffins used his style of pointillism to create some beautiful, realistic portraits.

Last week, our griffins were treated by the BPFA to an ice-cream. It was very welcome in the hot weather. Thank you BPFA.

Well, today has been Mr. Taylor and PCSO Joanna's day to be immortalised in a piece of GAF art work!
Year 5 Anning chose to focus on PCSO Joanna as their very important person in the community as Joanna works very closely with Year 5, preparing some of the pupils to be Junior PCSOs. They used reverse acetates to create their very effective and eye-catching portraits.
Year 5 Newton chose to honour Mr. Taylor, our fantastic caretaker, for the important role he plays in making Bramford a safe, welcoming and special place for us all. Our Griffins used the vibrant, pop art style of Andy Warhol to create their colourful and bright images.
We are incredibly proud of the creativity, effort and dedication our Year 5 artists have shown in producing their wonderful art works.

Our second week of the Griffin Arts Festival fortnight has begun. During the first week, our Griffins have created some amazing arts pieces!

Our Reception children have been focusing on one of our very important people at school - Mrs. Middleton. Mrs. Middleton has been a VIP in many of our Griffins' educations and the children used her as a focus for their heritage and legacy portraits. They used a variety of media including pastels, charcoal and paints to create their wonderful portraits. Well done Reception!

Our Year 5s have begun their arts work by creating self-portraits, celebrating who they are and how unique they are. They considered what their physical appearance is like and then their identity through their hobbies, interests, religion and their favourite things. They have designed hot air balloons for their "Oh, the Places You'll Go" class door display to reflect on their achievements and personal growth. They have also created agamographs, which combine art and optical illusions, inspired by their interests. Next, they will be busy developing their creativity through portraits of special members of the Bramford community, celebrating the people who inspire and shape our stories and legacy.

Year 3 had a visit from Sarah Williams, an artist who works with Bedazzle, a youth charity who offer support and guidance in all aspects of wellbeing, mental health and personal development. Sarah demonstrated how to use charcoal in different ways to create different effects. Our Griffins then used works by Picasso and "Escape from Pompeii", a VIPERS text, as their inspiration and created some amazingly powerful pieces, which will be displayed in a gallery at Priory House very soon. Well done Year 3! Picasso would have been very pleased with your creations!

It is that time of year when parents begin to think about school uniform for the next academic year. We want to take the opportunity to remind parents that we have a pre-loved uniform shop and lots of immaculate uniform available to anyone free of charge.

We have introduced an online order system for pre-loved uniform. To order items for your child, simply email
[email protected] clearly stating your child’s name, the items you require and the size you need. If we have the items available, they will be placed in a bag and sent home with your child.

Our artists have been very busy working on their identity-themed arts pieces. Year 2 have been creative chameleons, with some children creating portraits using a variety of media, and others learning how to draw a self-portrait by exploring the proportion of our facial features. It was wonderful to see our young griffins so focused on their pieces and so proud to show off their work. Well done Year 2!

GAF 2026 has got off to a very artistic, creative start!
One of our school-wide activities is to create portraits of important Bramford community members. Our artists will learn about proportion, facial features, shading and expression, and Year 1 have begun this work, focussing on Mr G, our amazing sports coach. After exploring the work of Julian Opie and Andy Warhol, they used acetate to trace a photo and then add bright colours. There is a definite resemblance to Mr. G! Well done Year 1!
Year 6 also began their GAF work, by exploring the works of Keith Haring and Banksy, learning how to draw in the style of graffiti artists. Eventually their creations will feature on their class door displays, sharing their identity through their display. A super start, Year 6!