MP TERESA PEARCE JOINS THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AT BELVEDERE JUNIOR SCHOOL FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER
Dec 2018
MP Teresa Pearce came along to Belvedere Junior School to join the children and their families for a delicious christmas dinner.
FESTIVE FUN AT EDENBRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES
December 2018
Festive fun was had by all at Edenbridge Primary School last Tuesday when the school hosted a family Christmas meal for pupils and members of their families. Nourish, the caterers, provided a full cooked Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, free of charge for the pupils and their parents and in some cases, grandparents.
Thanks to the kind generosity of many local companies, staff donations and a contribution from EHAS (Edenbridge Holiday Activity Scheme), all the children received a special gift from Santa and families were entered into a raffle to win many exciting prizes including hampers, books, vouchers and other treats.
Clare Butcher, head teacher of Edenbridge Primary School, said, “It was a lovely way for all members of the school community to start off all the Christmas festivities this year. We feel very proud to be able to host this exciting event for our pupils and their families.”
BELVEDERE AND BURNT OAK JUNIOR SCHOOL CHOIRS SING TO THE COMMUNITY
December 2018
On the 5th December our wonderful choirs represented Belvedere and Burnt Oak Junior School in Bexleyheath Town Centre. They sung a selection of carols to bring some festive cheer to the community. Well done to everyone involved and we look forward to seeing lots more of our choir 'out and about' in the New Year.
YEAR 3 FROM BELVEDERE JUNIOR SCHOOL VISIT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
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November 2018
This week Year 3 we traveled into central London for a day at the Natural History Museum. In groups, we became Paleontologists and dug deep for dinosaur fossils. Once we found them, we identified the type of dinosaur by measuring the length of its skull and the width of its jaw. Afterwards, we identified different fossils by handling them (with care) and describing their features. Once the workshop was over, as a class we explored the dinosaur exhibit. It is safe to say, we all loved the T-Rex!
BROADMEAD PRIMARY SCHOOL IS CROYDON SCHOOL OF THE YEAR
November 2018
We are a large, three-form entry school in the Selhurst area of Croydon, with a modern building and fantastic grounds. More importantly we have amazing children and a large team of staff who work hard to ensure that everyone learns to succeed. You will find lots of information about us on this website, what we believe, how we do things, and the journey we are making, but you won’t find everything, so get in touch or come and visit.
This means that we are committed to children's excellence, being the best they can be and learning the skills they need to succeed. We know that the key to this is developing self confidence in learning and we do that through learning that is engaging and relevant and ensures enjoyment. We believe that everyone has the right to learn, whoever they are, whatever they can and can't yet do, and that together, we are stronger.
THE PIONEER ACADEMY TEACHER CONFERENCE
November 2018
This month, The Pioneer Academy hosted their first teacher conference. Over 180 teachers and leaders from across our 8 schools attended the conference, entitled 'Working Together', focusing on the importance of collaboration,
We were delighted to welcome Sir David Carter as our keynote speaker at the event. Sir David, who was the National Schools Commissioner from 1st February 2016 to 31st August 2018, is passionate about making a difference to children's life chances; something that The Pioneer Academy strives to achieve. Sir David's inspirational presentation was followed with workshops enabling teachers to work together to discuss and decide what more they can do to further enhance the education received by all our pupils.
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HEAD BOYS AND GIRLS FROM ALL OF THE PIONEER ACADEMY schools LAY WREATHS FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY
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November 2018
The Head Boys and Head Girls from across The Pioneer Academy laid wreaths for Remembrance and read poignant words by the war memorial. #wewillremember
DAVID BUTLER VISITS sOUTH NORWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL
October 2018
David Butler visited South Norwood Primary School on 9th October 2018. He toured the school and stayed to have lunch with the children.
He said "It is wonderful to come and see the impressive work being done by children and staff at South Norwood".
Thank you David for recognising the impact the hardworking staff and children have had so far.
bROADMEAD pRIMARY SCHOOL HAS A NEW SENSORY ROOM
October 2018
The new sensory room in Broadmead Primary’s nurture facility, was opened on the 5th October by Steve Reed MP and Shelley Davies (Head of standards, safeguarding and inclusion– Croydon LA).
The sensory room is specifically designed to combine a range of stimuli to help children develop and engage their senses. It includes lights, colours, sounds and textures and allows children to explore and interact without risk. We are really excited to use this new and exciting provision.
AUTHOR Michael Rosen VISITS STEWART FLEMING PRIMARY SCHOOL
October 2018
Bears, picnics and laughter were the order of the day when Michael Rosen visited the school this week. The award winning poet captivated the children with two hilarious performances and stayed long after the school day ended to ensure the children recieved their signed books. He even found time to make a visit to the cave in our new reception play area - where he found the bear he has been hunting for all these years. Thank you to the PTA for making this all possible.
MP JAMES BROKENSHIRE VISITS BURNT OAK JUNIOR SCHOOL
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September 2018
James Brokenshire MP for Sidcup and Old Bexley, joined the new Head Boy and Head Girl of Burnt Oak Junior School for a round of golf to celebrate their election and the school’s recent achievement
On Friday 14 September, the Rt Hon James Brokenshire, MP visited the pupils at Burnt Oak Junior School, which has recently been judged ‘Outstanding’. Ofsted inspectors said, ‘The school’s work to promote pupils’ personal development and welfare is outstanding. A rich curriculum is in place, which inspires pupils to learn.’
The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government presented the Head Boy, Head Girl with their badges, following a successful democratic vote by pupils and staff. The process was part of the school’s curriculum to raise pupil awareness of democracy within British Values and in light of International Democracy Day (15th Sept 2018).
The Head Boy and Head Girl showed a real interest in the roles and responsibilities of their local MP by asking searching questions, including:
‘Can you advise us on how to be a good representative of the people?’
Rt Hon James Brokenshire, MP responded, ‘Listen carefully to what others say. Always approach things with an open mind. Remember to consider different points of view when making a decision.’
Ms Denman, Head of School said, ‘Today was a delightful event. We are very proud of all our children and as the Ofsted inspectors commented, ‘pupils enjoy the challenge of learning’. They are all developing the qualities required to become citizens of the future.’
MP TERESA PEARCE VISITS BELVEDERE JUNIOR SCHOOL
September 2018
On Friday 14th September, pupils and staff at Belvedere Junior School were delighted to receive a visit from Teresa Pearce MP.
The Erith and Thamesmead representative – who in 2017 was returned to Parliament with 57% of the vote - had been invited to oversee the school’s annual Head Girl and Head Boy election.
Becky Lomax, Head Teacher, escorted Teresa Pearce on a walk around the school which in recent times has been ranked in the top 20% nationally for student progress.
Following her tour of the school (known locally as a lush green oasis in an urban setting) Teresa Pearce began the prestigious task of counting the votes!
Once all votes were counted, the candidates were very excited to be informed of the outcome by a member of the House of Commons – a true bastion of British democracy!
Teresa Pearce – who raised her daughters in neighbouring Erith – stated, “This is a fantastic school; it was a pleasure to meet so many engaged and enthusiastic pupils and staff. The developments in the building and the grounds have created a bright and happy learning environment.”
Becky Lomax - Head Teacher – said, “Thank you to Teresa Pearce for taking the time to visit our school. Our children are very proud of the progress that they achieve here and they were thrilled to be given an opportunity to share such a special day with their local MP.”
MIKE ANGELL AND ROGER GOUGH VISIT EDENBRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL
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September 2018
On Wednesday 12th September, Mike Angell, Kent County Chairman and Roger Gough, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Education, visited EPS to plant the first of many trees as part of the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy Project.
Lee Mason-Ellis, CEO of the Pioneer Academy, said, “The visit was a huge success and our guests were honoured to plant the first tree as part of the project. The school council will now decide where to plant the remaining trees. Throughout the visit all the children across the school were a credit to us all, showing focused learning and exemplary behaviour.”
The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy is a unique network of forest conservation initiatives, which involves all 53 countries of the Commonwealth. Overall, 30 trees will be planted within the school grounds to create a forest for future generations to enjoy and learn from.
Headteacher Clare Butcher said, “We are really excited to be starting this project in our school by planting the first of our 30 trees which will enhance our school site and the educational environment for our children.” Whilst visiting, the guests were very impressed with the learning within the school environment and the recent changes undertaken by the staff at Edenbridge Primary School. They commented on the hard work and commitment of the staff to make Edenbridge an exciting learning community.
Edenbridge Primary School inspires each child to flourish, excel and achieve. Our new create curriculum provides happy, memorable learning experiences. Together, with our wider community, we will ensure every day is an extraordinary school day.
What Ofsted said about Burnt Oak Junior School
July 2018
We are absolutely thrilled with the overall judgement of OUTSTANDING and especially pleased with so many incredibly positive comments.
We believe this report is justification of the incredible hard work and professionalism of all the staff, the hard work and behaviour of our children and the support provided by our parents and carers.
AUTHOR JEREMY STRONG VISITS RED HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL
June 2018
We have had a very exciting week and were thrilled to have 2 very important visitors in school on Monday, the author Jeremy Strong and The Mayor of Bromley. The Mayor introduced herself to all the children in Year 3 and 4 and she was very impressed with the new provision to nurture our children. Our Head Boy and Head Girl, Shayaan and Fleur, did an amazing job showing all the fantastic work the children do at Red Hill. Every class had the opportunity to meet Jeremy Strong and hear about how he became a published author and many children were able to buy a signed copy of one of his books. He officially opened our Early Years outdoor area and was very impressed with the investments made for the youngest of our children, offering them a brilliant start to their education at Red Hill Primary.
THE PIONEER ACADEMY SPORTS DAY
June 2018
Teams from all of our Pioneer Academy Schools came together at Red Hill Primary School to participate in The Pioneer Academy Sports Day. The day consisted of a netball, football and an athletics competition. Well done to all the children who took part - a great day was had by all.
The Pioneer Academy praised by Lord Agnew
Today at the EPI conference, Lord Agnew, Parliamentary Secretary of State for the School System praised The Pioneer Academy for its work in school efficiencies whilst ensuring the highest of standards for pupils education and care and guidance.
"The Pioneer Academy, a primary MAT based in South London and Kent, use a staff deployment analysis tool to deploy teaching resource into classes. They cross reference across year groups and schools in their trust. The MAT CEO has found this to be a powerful tool helping to ensure staffing resource is focussed where it is most needed.
The MAT’s Chief Operating Officer completes a staff deployment analysis for each of its schools every term. They have used this to inform concrete changes to their staffing models. For example, through the analysis they saw that, in one of their schools, a significant sum of money in teaching resource was allocated to Year 6 compared to Year 5. However, the relative progress of pupils between Year 5 and Year 6 did not support weighting resource to Year 6 in this way. They therefore took a decision to redeploy staff in a more balanced way between these year groups, in order to drive improvements in pupil outcomes. This has worked.
This is not about identifying how budgets can be balanced in the short term. It’s about delivering outcome-led financial planning based on delivering educational outcomes."
OUR NEW ENVIRONMENT CHAMPIONS
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May 2018
Mr Gillett invited Joanne Bradley, the Waste Education Officer from Bexley Council, today to do an assembly on Litter.
The children learnt about what they could do to help make the environment a cleaner, safer place. 10 lucky Year 4 children were chosen by their teachers for their maturity and thoughtfulness to be our new Environment Champions. One of their responsibilities is to ensure the school environment remains clean and tidy.
SPRING WRITING MODERATION
March 2018
We've had our Spring writing moderation meetings this week. Teachers from all of our schools were able to read and discuss children's writing over the course of 3 afternoons, leading to consistent judgments and the sharing of great ideas.
THE HEAD BOYS AND GIRLS FROM ALL THE PIONEER ACADEMY SCHOOLS MEET UP
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February 2018
All the Head Boys and Girls from The Pioneer Academy schools had the chance to meet one another this week. They all gathered together at Redhill Primary School where they had a tour, joined in a lesson and had the opportunity to chat about their different schools. Next half term they are all going to meet at Broadmead and Stewart Fleming Primary School.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BURNT OAK JUNIOR SCHOOL
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16th January 2018
In December the best performing primary schools in Bexley in the Key Stage 2 tests were revealed. Primary school league tables show with schools ranked by what percentage of its students are meeting the expected standard. The Government has now published the results, ranking schools by the percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard. Based on those rankings Burnt Oak came out in 5th place.
We were very proud of this result and it confirms that the school is on its journey towards being outstanding!
bROADMEAD PRIMARY SCHOOL - NURSERY EXPANSION
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3rd January 2018
Broadmead Primary School have big plans to expanded their Nursery.
NEW EYFS OUTDOOR LEARNING AREA AT STEWART FLEMING PRIMARY SCHOOL
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December 2017
Stewart Fleming Primary School have a brand new EYFS out door learning area.
WRITING MODERATION
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5th December 2017
Over the past two days Teachers from our six academy schools have been busy assessing the writing of children across all key stages, leading to consistent judgments and the sharing of great ideas.
WHY NURTURE
16th November 2017
Click on the above link to see a presentation by The Pioneer Academy's Head of Pupil Welfare.
30TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS AT BELVEDERE JUNIOR SCHOOL
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November 2017
On Friday 10th November the whole school celebrated Belvedere Junior School's 30th Birthday. We all dressed up in 80s fancy dress and sang an array of 80s classics in assembly. The day culminated in each class celebrating with a birthday cake , kindly donated by the PTA, where 'Happy Birthday Belvedere' was sung by each class.
STEWART FLEMING PRIMARY SCHOOL'S NEW BUILDING
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7th November 2017
Stewart Fleming Primary School's new school building was opened by Dominic Herrington on 31st October 2017. The opending featured in the news shopper.
BROADMEAD PRIMARY SCHOOL'S FREE HALF TERM MEALS ARE A GREAT SUCCESS
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6th November 2017
Broadmead Primary School provided children with three days of well balanced three course meals during the October half term.
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BURNT OAK JUNIOR SCHOOL GOVERNORS MEET THE SCHOOL COUNCIL
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2nd November 2017
Today some of the School Council members had the opportunity to meet the Burnt Oak Junior School Governors. They talked about their role on the School Council and then the Governors explained how they support the school. Lots of questions were asked by both the children and Governors in order to find out more about each others roles. The children spoke very positively about BOJ and what they enjoyed most about being a pupil here.
RED HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL TRAVEL AMBASSADORS
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October 2017
The JTAs Induction Day was on Tuesday 17th October. The JTAs were presented with their certificates and Gold JTA badges by the Mayor of Bromley. Kathy Bance.
KATHERINE BANCE MBE VISITS STEWART FLEMING PRIMARY SCHOOL
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October 2017
We were lucky to be joined by a special guest on Wednesday morning - Her Worshipful Mayor of Bromley, Councillor Kathy Bance visited our school. She enjoyed a tour of the school and was especially impressed by our new build before joining us in celebrating 5Ms learning in their class assembly. Madam Mayor addressed the children and commented on how smart and well behaved our children are and how it made for a refreshing start to her busy day.
The picture shows Madam Mayor meeting our Head Girl and Head Boy.
THE VISIT OF DOMINIC HERRINGTON
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31st October 2017
On Tuesday 31st October, Dominic Herrington, The Regional Schools’ Commissioner, along with The Pioneer Academy’s Trustees, Governors, Site Project Manager, Architect and members from the catering team, Nourish, were invited for a tour of our school before officially opening up the new EYFS building. The guests were impressed with the super facilities offered by this new purpose-built learning environment and also took the opportunity to view the hard work produced across the school. The guests were met by our Head Girl and Head Boy, as well as a fellow year six pupil, who asked Dominic some very impressive questions; these will feature in the next edition of the school’s newspaper.
For more photographs please see the Stewart Fleming web site.
BROADMEAD'S FREE THREE COURSE LUNCHES OVER HALF TERM
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24th October 2017
Broadmead Primary School has teamed up with Nourish Catering to provide free of charge lunches for families of students from Monday to Wednesday of the half term break.
RED HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL GIRLS FOOTBALL
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October 2017
The Year 5 and 6 Girls Football Team won all their football matches to qualify for the Bromley final which will take place on Tuesday 28th November. The results were as follows:
Red Hill 2 - 1 St Mary's
Red Hill 2 - 0 Raglan
Red Hill 2 - 0 Burnt As.
Well done Girls!
WRITING MODERATION
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10th October 2017
Day 2 of the Writing Moderation at The Pioneer Academy.
Over the past two days, more than 20 teachers from our six academy schools have assessed the writing of over 100 children across all key stages. This collaborative approach leads to consistent judgements of the children's writing and leaves teachers feeling empowered and supportive.
CHATSWORTH INFANT SCHOOL'S NEW LIBRARY
October 2017
Our wonderful Parents Association raised enough money to buy us this incredible new library. The PA work so hard all year round to raise funds for the school and we are so grateful for their commitment and continued support.
SCHOOLs FOR SUCCESS AWARDS
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