Dear Parents and students

 

This last week of the half-term has flown by with students raising several hundred pounds for the NSPCC and Great Ormond Street through their non-uniform day today.

Students have also participated in a range of Maths and Numeracy activities over lunch and break times organised by Mr Munro.

Students have earned 3888 Excellent Effort Points by midday today for submission of personal best Class and Homework assignments. Thank you, parents for all your support.

We are also delighted to be sending letters of commendation to the parents of 875 students today for the submission of personal best class and homework assignments. Of the 875 students, 220 have been nominated by 3 or more of their teachers and their parents will also receive a Bronze, Silver or gold Certificate of Commendation.

If your daughter or son has not yet applied for a place in our Sixth Form, please encourage them to do so over the half-term. Our Sixth Form Induction will run for 3 days immediately after the GCSE examinations from Monday, June 22nd – Wednesday, June 24th.

Every single one of our Year 11 students has entered education or employment or training for many years and we want none of our students left behind. To that end Mr Coles has designed a Guide for you: Brockhill Parent Guide to Navigating your Child's Future

Mr Coles has also organised a number of events in school during this week’s  National Apprenticeship Week.

Please ensure your child has chosen a second book from the Digital Library Spring Term 2025 – 26

Students, who read for pleasure for at least 20 minutes a day, achieve so well across the curriculum.

This week, students in Years 7 – 11 attended Kooth Assemblies about staying safe online and emotional well-being.    Kooth Resources

On Tuesday, Year 12 Environmental Science students took part in the community Big Blue Bag marine conservation project at Fisherman’s Beach in Hythe and our Years 7 & 8 boys were winners at the Dodgeball Finals in Medway.

Wednesday and Thursday saw 180 students participating in Military Activities Days and today 70 Years 12 & 13 students have celebrated the end of this half-term by visiting Flip Out in Ashford. Throughout the week our girls’ and boys’ Basketball teams have played fixtures at and away from Brockhill. I am so proud of all the students, who participate and represent the school in sports’ teams.

Through the generous donations of so many families we generally hold a healthy stock of laundered pre-loved school uniform items but are particularly short of school blazers at the moment. If you do have any items of uniform your daughter or son has outgrown, we would be delighted to receive these at our Mansion main reception or in the Student Office, as they may be of help to another student. We can then launder and have these available here at school on parental request for a very modest voluntary donation.

Our website, provides information and links to a range of information and support services potentially useful to students and their families in a variety of situations. Please scroll down the page HERE to see and access all this information.

In my letter to parents of Years 7 & 8 on Wednesday, I expressed concern about the number of very large WhatsApp groups running in the younger Year Groups. Letter to Parents of Years 7 & 8 students – February 11th

The NSPCC also have excellent information and guidance regarding online safety including:

• Deciding what’s appropriate for children to see online
• Advice on how to talk to your children about staying safe 
• Reporting online safety concerns

   

And a reminder from Monday:

Year 11 Revision Tips – Monday, February 9th            Year 13 Revision Tips – Monday, February 9th

We will look forward to welcoming students back to school on Monday, February 23rd.

Have a lovely weekend and half-term.

Yours sincerely,

Charles Joseph

Principal