Welcome to our News section!

• P7 Leavers' Photographs

  Fri 26 Mar 2021
  P7 Leavers' photographs will be taken on Thursday 15th April.  If you wish for your P7 child's photograph to be taken, please register with Cool for School Photography https://orders.coolforschoolphotography.com/ by following the instructions below (click on the photograph to enlarge it).  Don't forget to use our school code JRS6N3T.  Registrations must be received by 7pm on Wednesday 14th April.  Please note that these photographs are for P7 pupils only!

  

• Our beautiful Easter Build-a-Bear Bunny needs a new home!

  Thu 18 Mar 2021

  Help us to raise much-needed funds for our school by entering our Easter competition!

   

  To win this gorgeous Build-a-Bear and some chocolate treats, simply head over to our Eduspot school money app, select our "Easter Build-a-Bear competition" and donate £1 before 2pm on Thursday 25th March.  One prize winner will be drawn from all the entries received by this date and the winner will be taking their new friend home on Friday 26th March!  We'll also have Easter goodie bags for two lucky runners-up.  Good luck!

  

• Whole School Restart, 22nd March 2021

  Wed 17 Mar 2021

  Dear Parents and Guardians,

   

  We are delighted to be welcoming back ALL of our pupils on Monday 22nd March 2021.

   

  We are immensely proud of our nursery children and P1-3 Pupils who have settled back into school so well since their return on the 8th March. 

   

  We are so proud of our P4-7 pupils, and parents, for continuing with your extended period of home-learning during this time. 

   

  Doors will open to all pupils from 0840 until 0900 each morning. Entry will be through the same doors that pupils used before the Christmas Holiday. The main front door will no longer be used for arrival into school. 

   

  At this stage, EA guidelines do not allow us to open Breakfast Club, or 2 o'clock club, however we will inform you as soon as these guidelines change.

   

  School dinners will be available to our pupils as normal, and should be booked as before, via the app. 

   

  We will continue to stagger finish times to allow for a swift exit from the playground after meeting your child. 

   

  Staggered finish times, as before, will be as follows: 

   

                 Mon        Tues        Wed         Thurs       Fri

   

  P1          1345        1345       1345        1345        1345

   

  P2          1345       1345       1345        1345         1345

   

  P3          1350       1450       1350        1450         1350

   

  P4          1450       1450       1350        1450        1350

   

  P5          1455       1455       1355       1455         1355

   

  P6          1500       1500       1400       1500         1400

   

  P7          1500       1500       1400       1500        1400

   

  We would ask all parents to respect the safety of all pupils, parents and staff by adhering to social distancing when on school premises, leaving the school grounds as soon as you have collected your children. 

   

  Cars must not be driven onto school grounds unless previously agreed with the Principal. 

   

  We would ask that dogs are not brought in to school grounds also. 

   

  Thank you for helping us to keep everybody safe. 

   

  School will close at 1200 on Friday 26th March for the Easter Holiday, and will reopen on Monday 12th April for the summer term. 

   

  To reduce congestion on this last day of term, we will slightly stagger our finish times as follows:

   

  P1 and P2 children at 1150

  P3 and P4 children at 1155

  P5, P6 and P7 children at 1200

   

  We want to take this opportunity to thank you all for all of the efforts you have made to support your children in their home-learning during this term. 

   

  We hope that we can all now look forward to completing a full summer term in school.

   

  Kind Regards,

   

  Mr. J. Armstrong

• Covid-19 Update for Parents

  Wed 17 Mar 2021 J Armstrong

  Dear Parents and Guardians,

  I wish to inform you that a member of our nursery school community has tested positive for Covid-19.

   

  I have sought the most up-to-date advice and two class bubbles have been closed.

   

  The parents of the pupils affected have been notified.

   

  I do appreciate the concerns of parents, pupils and the wider school community and wish to reassure you that every precaution has been taken.

   

  Ensuring the safety of pupils and staff is my absolute priority and I will continue to monitor the situation carefully and keep you informed. Parents or guardians with any questions or concerns are welcome to contact me at jarmstrong775@c2kni.net.

   

  Kind regards

   

  Mr. J. Armstrong

   

   

   

• P7 post-primary applications - closing date Tuesday 16th March

  Fri 12 Mar 2021

  P7 parents - please ensure that you have completed your post-primary application and uploaded any supporting documents by 4pm on Tuesday 16th March.

   

  For further details, please visit the EA website https://www.eani.org.uk/parents/admissions

   

  If there is anything that we can do to help, please contact us.

• Open letter to parents from Peter Weir (Education Minister) about School Restart

  Mon 08 Mar 2021
  As we welcome our Nursery, P1, P2 and P3 pupils back to Brooklands, please click here to read a letter to parents from Peter Weir (Education Minister) about the current arrangements for the return of schools.

• Key Worker Update

  Mon 01 Mar 2021

  Dear Key Working Parents, 

   

  School will remain open for pupils already registered for supervised learning until Friday 26th March 2021. 

   

  Key Working Pupils will continue to enter and exit school via the main front door at the usual times. 

   

  School dinners are not provided for key working pupils, so we ask that you continue to provide a packed lunch for the remainder of this term. 

   

  In the interest of everyone's safety, please do not drive your car onto school grounds. 

   

  We thank you for your continued support. 

   

  Kind Regards,

   

  J. Armstrong

   

   

• P1-3 School Restart

  Mon 01 Mar 2021

  Dear P1-P3 Parents and Guardians, 

   

  We are delighted that school will be reopening for these year groups from Monday 8th March 2021 for a two-week period. 

   

  School will remain open for pupils on St. Patrick's Day.

   

  Entry for pupils will be through their normal doors from 0840 until 0900 each morning. 

   

  To slightly stagger finish times and reduce congestion in the playground the pupils' finish times will be as follows:

  P1 at 1350 each day

  P2 at 1400 each day

  P3 at 1400 Monday / Wednesday / Friday and 1500 each Tuesday and Thursday.

   

  School dinners will be available as usual and the menu will be posted on our website.

   

  Unfortunately, Education Authority guidance does not allow us to reopen our Breakfast Club at this time. 

   

  When in school, the children will remain within their class 'bubbles' as they did previously.

   

  There will be no written homework set for your child during this two-week period, as we focus upon settling the children back into school life, routines and their readiness to learn.

   

  We hope this finds you all well and look forward to the time when we are able to welcome all of our pupils back into Brooklands. 

   

  Kind Regards,

   

  J. Armstrong