Collaborating with Kandy!

By l hearn26th June 2018

This week we (Miss Hearn and Miss White) have been given an incredible opportunity by the British Council to go to Sri Lanka and collaborate with one of the schools there. So far, we have been educating them on the importance of recycling in order to reduce waste and achieve one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

We have created a very positive partnership with the school, which we will maintain when we return to England so that Brooklands Farm can do some collaborative learning with schools around the world to reduce waste!

In the evenings, the teachers have been kind enough to taken us on a tour of the city to understand their culture. We have tried lots of Sri Lankan food and have seen lots of different animals, including monkeys, lizards and elephants!

We will have to tell you all about it when we are back!

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Welcome to Brooklands Farm Primary School

5th October 2014Mrs c Hern
Welcome to Brooklands Farm Primary School.
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It is with great pleasure that we welcome you at our new and expanding school. The first building on the block of the Brooklands community development serving Broughton Gate and Brooklands.
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Our school building is predominantly glass emphasising our ambition to be connected to the world around us.  We believe in transparency and accountability and again the ability to look inside our school from every direction emphasises our leadership ambition for excellence.  Our school believes in ‘anytime’, ‘anywhere’ ‘everyone’ learning, we have created spaces to learn in our school that recognises learning in groups, as an individual or within a whole class setting.
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As we begin our learning journey we have no idea who will come to learn with us!!  This is extremely exciting and we will leave space to accommodate and weave in all talents and skills.  For this reason our vision statement is – Weaving a Learning Journey.
We believe we will achieve excellence during that learning journey if we –
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OPEN – hearts, minds, eyes, ears and dialogue.
GROW – talents, mindsets, skills, knowledge, relationships.
BELIEVE – I can…., we can ………….. and you can…………..
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We are all leaders of learning on this journey and please come and join us to share your learning as we will only have a great school if we all run in the same direction.
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Maxine Low – Head Teacher
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See some of our latest learning below

Residential CW Day 3 (update 1)

22nd September 2022Mrs c Hern

“10/10 I’ve enjoyed archery and got a bullseye. I would like mum to buy me an archery set for my birthday” Theo (group 1)

“Archery has been really good and has helped with my coordination and precision.” Anushka group 2

“Mission impossible is fun because you have to work as a team to solve the problems and communicate well! ” Harper and Elijah (group 5)

“Mission impossible was a really good team activity because you get to know each other and you’re one big group” Rishi (group 6)

Kayaking- “I really enjoyed kayaking because I could hear and feel nature all around us.” Alex (group 7/8)

Mission Impossible- “It was very fun, we used lots of teamwork and I enjoyed working together with my group” Jess (#GreigSquad Group 3/4)

Photos from Day 2

Residential CW Day 2 (update 2)

21st September 2022Mrs c Hern

Biking- “My favourite activity was biking because you get to go down lots of hills and learn new things.” Amelia (group 2)

Archery- “Archery is exciting because you get to learn lots, like how to aim and shoot arrows.” Michaela (group 5)

Walk the plank- “It was exciting and really helpful because we learned about trusting each other and improving our communication.” Rachael (group 7)

Mission impossible – “It was super fun and we learned a lot about how to work as a team effectively.” Megan (group 7)

Kayaking- “It was really fun and challenging but it was really wet and cold!” Izzy (group 3)

Climbing- “I loved the climbing because they made it a competition!” Theo (group 4)

Mission impossible- “I loved that we didn’t just have to think about ourselves we had to think about others and work as a team.” Vanessa (group 8)

Walk the plank- “We had to think about how to cooperate and guide each other, it was really muddy and fun.” Tia (group 8)

Walk the plank- “Ewww it’s so muddy!” Michaela (Group 6)

Walk the plank- “You need great balance and go really slowly across the slippery plank!” Rishi and Kiritimati.

“A muddy adventure never to be forgotten, you need great trust in your partner to achieve.” Aiden (Group 5)

Above and beyond- “It helped us to understand how to help others in need.” Threya

Biking- “ I really enjoyed biking but it was quite challenging!” Ester

Group 5 and 6 went head to head in an archery challenge. We had The Amazing Archers against The Bullseye Battlers. After them all showing great determination and resilience, The Amazing Archers came out on top!

Residential CW Day 2 (update 1)

21st September 2022Mrs c Hern

Group 1- high ropes – “It felt so good, I had to do it as I can only do this once!” Alex D

Group 2- Gladiator challenge- “It was difficult but I really enjoyed myself!” Sammy
Leap of Faith- “ It was scary but fun at the same time.” Leah-May

Group 3- kayaking “We loved taking a risk when we were kayaking. The water was freezing but soon woke us up!” Jess G, Hanifa, Hannah and Gianna.

Group 4- kayaking- “We learnt that you can go backwards and forwards and in circles. So much fun!” Haneesh

Group 5 – rock climbing- “We enjoyed our moment climbing the adventurous wall.” Harper, Lakshya and Michaela

Group 6- rock climbing – “It was the best activity and I had so much fun!” Rishi

Group 7- climbing- “I had lots of fun challenging myself to get to the top of the wall.” Janneke

Group 8- climbing- “It was really intense and fun but also challenging.” Janathan

Residential CW Day 1

21st September 2022Mrs c Hern

We started our trip with a walk around Stanwick lakes and enjoyed playing in the park. We had a picnic before heading back to find out who was in our room and to get ready for activity number 1. The task for making our own bed, some of us found this harder than others and relied on our friends to help! Each group enjoyed a different activity this afternoon before we had dinner. Once it was dark, we grabbed our torches and headed out for a night walk. We finished with a biscuit and some games before we got into bed. We are all looking forward to day 2!

Anchored Schools Gold award for Behaviour

21st January 2022Mrs E Allen

We are delighted to announce that Brooklands Farm Primary School has received the Anchored Schools Gold Award for Behaviour in recognition of the 90% + score the school earned at the November 2021 Extensive Behaviour Review.

The award recognises and highlights the good practice in school.

A trophy will be displayed in reception.