Foot steps pattering the corridors, discussions in the classrooms, laughter from the playground and a family beginning to emerge…Countess Way Campus, Brooklands Farm is open!

This week has been fantastic! The children have settled very well into their new building and new classes. Our focus this week has been opening our hearts through building reciprocal relationships. We’ve been practising good eye contact, ‘gotcha’ smiles and greeting people with ‘good morning’.

Our first team performance happened in assembly this morning when we filmed ourselves singing a Brooklands song ready to share with the other site.

We are looking forward to exploring more about Open, Grow and Believe next week….so watch out for us growing our relationships.

I am the luckiest headteacher in the country!

This week Brooklands Farm Primary School became one community, one school (two sites) with one plan for success. I’ve walked between the two sites four times this week to ensure that we grow from the seed planted at Fen Street Campus five years ago. Coincidentally, we opened Countess Way on exactly the same day five years ago that we opened Fen Street this week. A great start for continuity I would say. I’ve been trying to be the fittest headteacher in the country this week but people keep offering me a lift!

I was incredibly proud of all year 3 Greek athletes on Tuesday afternoon…they competed against each other with such sporting prowess in the Brooklands Olympics! Thank you for being the first year group to invite parents to school to share your learning – it was great and I loved the costumes!

Yesterday your teachers met in small teams to help each other move forward in their learning. Their focus was -providing you with good feedback. They worked in trios so that they were able to provide each other with good questions, positive ideas and ways to improve.  There was some excellent learning talk happening. Can you spot some learning zones 4 and 5 ‘s in the pictures below?