October

We are really proud of our latest SIAMS church school inspection report, which observes that:

 

"Friendship flows through Brenzett school, with adults and pupils welcomed, accepted and celebrated. Excellent behaviour builds community and belonging such that members of this establishment have a voice."

 

"Pupils, staff and governors express ownership of and commitment to the values of community, friendship, resilience, gratitude and respect. Consequently, both adults and pupils at Brenzett school flourish. Staff and pupils believe in each other and encourage one another to learn through resilience. The values can be seen in action across the school."

 

Please read our inspection report for more insight into life at Brenzett School.

September

Willow have been exploring forces in their science lessons - some great practical learning taking place!

Welcoming our new Worship leads, alongside Les our school church liaison.

Forest school is well underway this term - the children have been exploring and having an amazing time discovering the wonders of the environment.

Cherry class have begun their science enquires around 'Materials'. We explored the school grounds and gathered a range of objects - we then worked in groups and sorted them according to their material.

 

Oak Class have been working very hard in Maths this week. We now know how to find the value of digits in large numbers (up to 1 million)!

Well done to all those who took part in the Summer holiday reading challenge. Keep up the amazing work.

July

A great big thank you to @kentlibraries for visiting us and giving us the opportunity to use our library cards. We love reading and can’t wait to visit our local libraries to read some more!

June

Thank you so much to all our families for coming along to our picnic and sports day, we hope you all had a lovely afternoon. Well done to Lancaster, this years champions

Some pictures from Gardening clubs 'onion harvest' today. They are so pleased with them and can't wait to see what they are turned into for lunch!!

Exciting Day at Benenden School!

We want to give a huge shoutout and a big thank you to Benenden School and their amazing Chemistry department for hosting Oak Class yesterday! The students had the most fantastic learning experience, and they were buzzing with excitement afterwards.

From captivating experiments to insightful discussions, the students were truly inspired by the hands-on learning opportunities provided by the brilliant teachers at Benenden School. Thank you for igniting a love for Chemistry in our students!

Keep up the fantastic work, Benenden School! #BenendenSchool #ChemistryRocks #HandsOnLearning #InspiringEducation

Let's continue to inspire the next generation of young scientists together! Benenden School

Acorn Class had their class worship this morning and how amazing they were. They showed us everything that they have been up to this year and sang some beautiful songs. Well done to everyone!

 

Thank you to our amazing PTFA - We have FINALLY counted and banked all the raised money from the Summer Fayre and look how much! 

Oak Class had an excellent time setting up their own businesses for the Summer Fayre last week. Thank you everyone for coming along and supporting these young entrepreneurs!

May

We’re so proud to receive an original piece of artwork from the author James Mayhew who recently joined us via Zoom for a session with the whole school.

Cherry class have been learning about algorithms and de-bugging using the bee-bots in computing

Acorn Class planted some magic beans just like Jack in our story this week. We spoke about what plants need to grow. We are very excited to see how tall our bean stalks will grow

Willow Class currently have been learning about rivers in Geography this term. To support their learning, this weeks lesson gave them the opportunity to construct their own river models.

April

Willow class created their own circuits in DT and had the task to make a switch using pins and a paper clip. Their team work and communication skills were incredible and success all round. Look at those happy faces! Well done

Acorn Class have had a great first week back learning all about Supertato! In maths we have been exploring numbers 10-15 focusing on one more!

March

We’re so proud of one of our year 4 pupils who performed in this concert!

Thank you for all your support this morning. We hope you enjoyed the Easter service.

 

Brenzett school had a great time when the fire engine visited today. We learnt lots about the incredible job that the Fire and Rescue Service do and some of us even sat inside the fire engine!

Cherry class held their class assembly where they shared all the wonderful learning from the year so far. Well done to all the children, we are so proud of you all!

On Friday we invited all mums, grandmas and any amazing women in our lives to join us for afternoon tea. With a great big thank you to our wonderful PTFA for making these amazing opportunities a reality for our school. We all enjoyed a slice of cake and a hot cup of tea!

Oak Class have thoroughly enjoyed participating in World Book Day! We loved getting comfy and sharing a book. Thank you to everyone who came and joined us.

February

Acorn Class have been exploring mass and capacity in maths. We have been comparing these and discussing the difference in heavy and light, full and empty and those in between. We went on a hunt around forest school to see what we could find to make our cups full. 

Cherry class have been using their tablets to research facts about Australian animals and landmarks.

January

Willow class wowed us this week with their class assembly, well done to everyone!

This term Acorn Class have ventured back in time to walk with the dinosaurs. This week we have been looking at fossils and skeletons. We created our own dinosaur skeletons. Let’s hope they don’t come alive at night!

Our head girl Tilly, was given the responsibility of monitoring collective worship delivered by Les Carter. Les is a Reader within the local Benefice and a Governor at the school. Monitoring by pupils and staff is a vital part of collective worship, thus ensuring its effectiveness.

In Drawing Club our Reception children wowed us by having a go at writing a sentence about the dinosaur wearing something from their wardrobe!

Young Voices 2024!

In Willow class the children have been writing poems about climate change. Some fantastic work created - well done!

Cherry class have been learning about forces in Science. They have been looking at squashing, squeezing and twisting using clay. The children created their own models using these skills.

December

Acorn Class enjoyed making their very own sleigh bells and singing Jingle Bells in Forest School. They also went on a hunt to track down the 12 days of Christmas. Well done Acorns!

Our EYFS and KS1 pupils wowed the rest of the school with their amazing nativity performance- we can't wait for our families to see it and hope you like it just as much as our pupils did. A special time of year celebrated through an incredible show. Well done to all involved.

November

Thank you so much to our amazing PTFA who treated our pupils to the Christmas Panto- Robin Hood- and a tasty ice cream during the interval! Pupils absolutely loved it, joining in, chanting and laughing. A lovely way to start the Christmas season.

Without the amazing work the ladies do who run and are part of the PTFA, and the support of our community in helping attend events to raise money, we would not be able to do these kind of things. Thank you to everyone for your generosity and support.

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us this morning at this year's Christingle service marking the festive season which will shortly be upon us. It was so wonderful to have a full church and have so many parents, carers, aunts, uncles, nans and grandads with us. Making the Christingles in church alongside family and friends was a lovely addition to our service- thank you for supporting us in this, our pupils loved it! Thank you also to Les for leading us in worship and for our Collective Worship team who made sure everything ran smoothly.

Our pupils love their Godly Play time with Les, learning all about a particular bible story alongside their friends. There were some fantastic discussions and thoughtful comments made by all pupils, from our youngest to our oldest.

This week, we were visited by our MAF representative learning more about what they do and where the money raised goes, helping others across the world.

Our School Council have been busy working alongside their peers to come up with some fundraising ideas- watch this space for more information!

A lovely collective worship lead by Year 5 and 6 talking about what makes a good leader. A perfect theme for the day our Year 6 pupils receive their badges. Congratulations to each one of them for being awarded their new role- especially to our new Head Girl and Head Boy, Tilly and Kyron.

We've been busy investing in our music curriculum, ensuring we equip our pupils with a range of skills and give them different opportunities, opening doors for them when they're older. Our most recent purchase was a set of DJ decks- watch this space, we'll be soon taking over the music industry!

Cherry class have been busy using the laptops to do their research, finding facts about different types of bears. 

Oak Class made a boat and a bridge in Forest School. They also played 'capture the flag', demonstrating their knowledge of their WW1 classroom learning. They had some very inventive ideas -Well done Oak class!

Our Remembrance service on Friday led by the children.

Thank you so much to all the families who joined us to mark this important moment in history.

'Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.'

Acorn Class had a fantastic time down at Lime Tree Farm Brookland today, picking their very own pumpkins. Thank you so much to the owners of the farm for such a wonderful experience and allowing our pupils to have the pick of the crop.

 

October

Learning new skills all the time! Our Reception pupils loved being 'leaf thieves' and learning to do leaf rubbings. What they created was really impressive and the sense of pride for what they achieved was wonderful.

In science, Willow Class were given the task of sorting animals into the appropriate food chain. They had to consider the language of producer, primary and secondary consumer and predator. Plus what happens if you take an animal away from the chain.

Cherry class enjoyed a morning out at Brenzett Aeronautical museum learning all about the history of Brenzett. Thank you to the kind gentleman who showed our pupils around and taught them so many interesting facts about where they live.

Thank you also to the parents who helped us drive pupils across to the museum.

This year we have the pleasure of working with the charity MAF who will help teach us about the amazing work they do to help others and will be hosting a family day in school in the summer. This will involve one of their planes coming onto site for pupils to explore and learn more about. Throughout the year, pupils will be creating charity fundraising events to help us raise our target of £750. This will be a challenge but we know with your continued support and the amazing it!

Oak class got creative in Forest School creating their own Boggarts. Some of the class decided to add a Mayan theme from their class learning. They were all very focused and incredibly creative- an amazing lesson all round!

September

Willow Class have been getting hands on with their Science this term, learning all about the digestive system. In this weeks lesson, they recreated what happens to food when it enters and leaves the body. Group 1 were the mouth- munching up the food and breaking it down with the support of 'saliva'. Group 2 were the stomach- breaking it down even further with a cup of 'bile'. Group 3 had the fun of being the intestines, passing the food through some tights, extracting the waste liquid (urine!). And if you haven't guessed already, poor table 4 were the final part of the digestive system- the anus! Some great photos capturing a fantastic bit of learning.

Willow class used the micro:bit in ICT. All children managed to program their names and some managed to take their learning further and use them to play rock, paper scissors!

Some incredible Autumnal crowns created by Acorn Class in Forest School. They were all so proud of what they had created!

Cherry Class went exploring to find signs of Autumn during their science lesson. It's safe to say, this season is definitely with us!

Some fantastic maths happening in Oak class - keep it up!

Our school bible story is Luke 15: 4-7 (The Lost Sheep). As a result, all pupils have been creating their very own sheep- fingers crossed they don't lose them!

p.s. How great does our new PE uniform look!!

Reception have hit the ground running with their phonics and have been busy learning the sound 'm' whilst exploring the 'The Colour Monster' book.