November 28th 2025

Dear Parents and Students

Thank you for your support, and students, for your hard work this week.  Students had earned 3458 Excellent Effort Points by breaktime this morning. We are proud of them! And we know that behind each Excellent Effort Point lies parental and family support.

In case you missed our letters from earlier this and last week

Upcoming PSHE Sessions Years 9 - 13 November 27th 2025

Carol Service Information Letter and Consent Form

 

I am grateful for your contributions to the School Voluntary Fund following my appeals. We have set the requested amount at £2 per month by standing order for each family to donate to enable all or nearly all families to respond. We still have a long way to go. 

Bank: Lloyds TSB                    Account Name: Brockhill Park Performing Arts Voluntary Fund

Sort Code: 30-93-34              Account No: 02941356

This week we have issued reminders to students about their Independent Learning Folders – ILFs.

Our aims are to give students greater ownership and responsibility for their homework and for this to align more fully with what they learn in class, as well as to support parents to oversee their child’s Homework assignments. By way of reminder please see our Independent Learning Folder Reminders

We are now running weekly Meet the SENDCO sessions on Mondays during the morning. If you have any questions or concerns about SEND provision and how it relates to your child, you will be able to make an appointment to meet a member of our SENDCO team. If you would like to take this opportunity, please email send@brockhill.kent.sch.uk by the end of Thursday of the previous week, so we can get back to you with a suitable time. This is a new initiative for us, so please bear with us if demand is high.  

We send Weekly Revision Tips to Years 11 and 13 students and their parents each week. If your child did not receive these earlier this week, please let us know.

Year 11 Revision Tips – Monday, November 24th       Year 13 Revision Tips – Monday, November 24^th

It is important that students start planning a weekly revision timetable, if they have not already. Please do encourage them to do this and share their timetable with you.

Beyond the classroom, our Netball and Football teams were in action against other schools this week, whilst our Music students put on a wonderful concert last Friday evening and Dance performances are ongoing this week.  My thanks to the students, staff and crucially parents for all the commitment and work, which goes into organisation of and participation in these events. Also, this week, Year 9 students attended a talk delivered by university staff about university life and ‘How to Get There’ whilst our student ambassadors visited Capel-Le-Ferne primary school. The message of thanks I received made my week:

Please extend our heartfelt thanks to the staff and student ambassadors who came to deliver workshops to our children today.  All the children had a wonderful time - it was a great opportunity for them to learn from older students, and we were so impressed with the organisation of the morning, (which went seamlessly), the students themselves and the quality of the activities our children took part in.  The children were talking excitedly about what they had done after the workshop!  A big well done to all involved.

Our outreach work to primary schools with our students at the centre of this is a vital part of ensuring we help to develop well rounded adults ready to participate in society and mix with all ages.

Please choose a book with your daughter or son, if they are not currently reading one.   Digital Library – Autumn Term – 2nd half

As the winter approaches and by way of reminder please see our Procedure for school site closure due to bad weather or other emergency

Some reminders around uniform: coats must be black or navy blue and only black or navy blue scarves may be worn in mid-winter; hoodies are not permitted and non-uniform items may be confiscated and returned to parents by appointment. Please check the uniform list and items, which are not permitted. Uniform List 

Yours sincerely, 

Charles Joseph

Principal