An updated list of spring term dates for your diary.
Birchfield Primary School was honoured to welcome local MP Ayoub Khan for a special visit, during which he officially opened the school’s brand-new Community Hub. This new facility will serve as a valuable resource for parents, providing access to free workshops on a variety of important themes, including learning English, cooking and other essential life skills.
The initiative has been made possible through partnerships with several key organisations, including Spurgeons and Satthi House, both of which are dedicated to supporting families and promoting community engagement.
PACT’s Primary Schools are joining Instagram!
We want to foster individuality within our schools while remaining true to our PACT values.
Expect to catch up on our behind-the-scenes adventures, receive weekly updates, and connect with your local PACT school today!
As the new year begins, we are excited to embark on this digital journey together. @birchfield_sch
Dear Parents/Carers
We will be holding a DWP Benefits and Support information session for parents on Tuesday 4th February 2025, from 9.00am to 11.00am.
This will be held in the school hall so please head to the red door on arrival. Please see attached flyer for more information. We hope to see you there.
I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to ask for your support and cooperation with parking on the roads surrounding our school. Members of the community, particularly from Bayswater Road, have contacted me to let me know that their drives are regularly blocked by cars between the hours of 8.30-9.00 and 3.20-3.45 which has resulted in them being unable to leave their driveway. Some of them have even experienced damage to their cars. The road becomes extremely congested and there have been occasions when emergency vehicles have been unable to pass down the road.
I have also noticed issues outside the main school entrance where parents have either parked on the zig zag yellow lines or they have stopped for a short period to let their children out. This, again, causes congestion on the roads outside and it becomes unsafe for pupils and families to cross. There have also been occasions where cars turn around, just outside the gates, which causes safety issues for pupils crossing. To support with this issue, we have recently purchased road safety signs which has helped to alleviate the issue somewhat.
I would encourage families, who live in the local area, to walk to school. This would help towards solving the issue and it is a great way for our pupils to get more exercise.
I hope this letter finds you well. We are writing to inform you about an exciting new initiative to further enhance your child’s learning. Starting this half term, we will be introducing home learning designed to support and enrich the curriculum.
Each half term, we will be uploading a project-based task linked to a specific topic onto our school website. For this half term, the focus will be on Countries of the World and Oceans. This theme will provide opportunities for children to explore our wonderful world and its oceans.
To access the half-termly projects, please visit our school's website. Navigate to the For You, Pupils section, select Home Learning and click on your child’s year group page. All relevant project details and resources will be available there.
In addition to the project, we ask that children dedicate time each week to the following:
20 minutes daily on Times Tables Rockstars to strengthen their fluency in multiplication and division.
30 minutes daily on Oxford University Press resources to build comprehension and vocabulary skills.
10 minutes daily practising the reading and spelling of Common Exception Words.
If your child does not have a have login for Times Tables Rockstars or Oxford University Press, please speak to your child’s class teacher, who will be happy to assist you.
Thank you for your continued support with your child’s home learning. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with your child’s class teacher.