Poignant Poem…by Oscar in Year 2

By admin13th November 2015
When Mr Morrison showed me this Remembrance day poem, I couldn’t believe it was written by a Year 2 child! The words are remarkably poignant, and show a great deal of maturity. We are all incredibly proud of Oscar for producing such a respectful and touching poem. Well done Oscar!
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We will Remember them
Winning, losing
People dying
We will Remember them
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Loud bombs
Silent tears
We will remember them
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Stop fighting
No winner
We will remember them
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By Oscar, Class 2d

Success at Start the Art sessions!

By 9th November 2015

Today is the second session of Start the Art session with our partnership with MKG. Today’s autunmal inspired session was a great success welcoming in more parents and grandparents from the local community to enjoy creative exploration. The sessions will run until March at our Countess Way site from 10-11am on Monday mornings and cost £1. Please go to the MKG website to pre book.

The creative sessions are continued in the afternoon for foundation children and led by Brooklands art teacher Miss Broome.

The Great Brooklands Bake Off

By 6th November 2015
Next Friday (13th Nov) is Children in Need. Last year we held an amazing cultural bake sale. Parents donated cakes that they baked from their home cultures to sell and we raised over £1, 500 for a good cause and even donated our left over cakes to Willen Hospice. This year we are aiming to beat this total!
We are asking children and parents to bake cakes at home and donate them in the morning of Friday 13th November to their classes. This can be anything from fairy cakes to Victoria sponge to baklava – We’ll eat it all!
Fen Street’s bake sale will be at 3:40pm in one classroom for each year group. Please can you queue outside the doors that you drop your children up at until we grant you access to the classrooms.
Countess Way’s bake sale will be at 3:25pm in the school hall. Please can you queue by the yellow doors in the playground until we grant you access to our bake sale. This gives us time to set up the bake sale!
Please come and buy as many cakes as you can. It is for a great cause and they are delicious!
Let’s Be Baking Heroes!

Take One Picture final piece of Art

23rd October 2015

Our Take One Picture Art final piece is nearly finished! The collage shows the story of Brooklands Farm primary school. It contains pieces of artwork, poetry, photos and QR codes linking to powerpoint presentations, made by the children from year1 – 6 on Fen Street and Countess Way, all portraying what Brooklands Farm was like in the past, what it is like in the present or what it could be like in the future.

 

This project has been a great way of linking the whole community: parents and teachers work also appears on the collage alongside the children’s pieces! We would like to thank all the parents who came to our workshops in September and to the Year 5 and 6 children who helped to collage all the artwork onto the final piece.

 

Here are a few photos of our final steps in the Take One Picture journey:

Now all we need to do is cut the collaged ribbons out and tgen it will be complete! We will be submitting photographs of our work to the National Gallery in November to enter the competition.