Broomhill Infant School is a small school with Foundation status. However, we are not a private school and everyone is welcome to apply for a place here.

We provide early years’ education for up to 120 children aged from 4 to 7 years. We are situated in the suburb of Broomhill close to the University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University, the Hallamshire hospital, the Children’s hospital, Western Park hospital and the Charles Clifford Dental hospital. Western Park and the botanical gardens are both within walking distance of the school.

We are a warm, welcoming and inclusive school where diversity is valued and celebrated.

Our Victorian building houses our 4 classrooms. On the ground floor there is a reception area, a central area consisting of a library and computer suite and two classrooms. On the first floor there is a hall and two classrooms. Each classroom has a bank of computers and an interactive whiteboard.

Outside there is a play area for the Foundation Stage, two playgrounds and a beautiful award winning wildlife garden.

Our Vision

At Broomhill Infant school we are an enthusiastic, caring and co-operative team. We ensure a secure environment that is welcoming to all. All our children are encouraged to achieve their best within an enriching, enjoyable and relevant curriculum with creativity at its heart. We learn from each other and prepare our children to develop the skills they will need for a happy and fulfilling life.

Latest News

10 January 2012

Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome back to school for the Spring Term 2012 and a Happy New Year to you all! Thank you so much for your cards, gifts and kind wishes. I do hope you all had a good holiday.

New Pupils: We warmly welcome four new F2 pupils to Red Base. We hope that these new children and their families will spend a very happy time at our school.

Children’s Hospital donation: The sum of £195.00 collected after our Christmas Concert was donated to the Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity. We received a “thank you” letter which was shared with the children in assembly this week.

Themes for this half term: All parents should by now have received curriculum information from class teachers outlining what the children will be learning during this half term. If you haven’t received a copy, please don’t hesitate to ask the class teacher for a replacement. Themes for this half term are: Red Base: Once Upon a Time including a visit to the Crucible Studio to watch a performance of ”The Hare and the Tortoise” Yellow Base: Once Upon a Time including a visit to the Lyceum theatre to watch a performance of “Sleeping Beauty” Green Base: Changes Blue Base: The Willow Pattern

Extra Curricular activities: Clubs running this half term are: Art Club Film club Judo Club

School Council: Eight new members of the School Council will be elected for this term. Miss Couzens leads School Council meetings which are held each Thursday at lunchtime. The school Council are still working hard on finding ways to stop cars still being illegally parked by some parents on the double yellow lines outside school. Look out for the letter from the school council which will be sent out shortly!

Healthy Schools: Broomhill Infant School has Healthy Schools Status. We consider learning about leading a healthy lifestyle to be an important part of our children’s education. Please help us by not sending in cakes and sweets to celebrate birthdays. While we appreciate the kind thought we would prefer if parents send in small gifts of pencils or erasers if they wish. Many thanks for your co-operation on this matter.

Garden Mornings: The dates of our next garden mornings are Sunday 22nd January, 26th February and 18th March from 9.30am to 11.30am (provided by Karen Horsefield, a parent governor) There will soon be a lot to do in the garden and we always welcome and appreciate your support. New parents are very welcome!
Many of you will know that as a result of the recent high winds we lost the eucalyptus tree from the aromatic boarder in the middle playground. This is an opportunity for the children to redesign and replant this boarder during their gardening sessions in school. The children’s ideas will be very welcome.

Governing Body: The next meeting of the Broomhill Infant School Full Governing Body will take place on Monday 9th February at 7.30pm. A full list of members of the Governing Body and their photographs is on display in the school office.

Learning Platform: As many of you are now aware, our new learning Platform is Purple Mash. All children apart from our new starters have been issued with login details and passwords. Do make as much use of this tool as you are able. Teaching staff received further training last term. If you have any questions about Purple Mash or IT in our school, please see your child’s class teacher or Sarah Smith, our IT coordinator. New children will get their passwords as soon as the provider has issued the school with them. Purple Mash can be accessed at;

http://mashlogin.com/broomhillinf

Photography Competition: Entries on the theme “What’s Cool?” are invited for our latest photography competition. So far we have only received one entry! We shall be entering photographs into a national competition. So all the more reason for the children to get snapping!! There is still time to enter as the closing date is Friday 20th January.

Parent Questionnaire: Thank you to those of you who completed our recent parent questionnaire. We do take your feedback very seriously and consider all pupil and parent feedback. As you may read from the results of the questionnaire, the response was overwhelmingly positive. Some individual concerns following the feedback have been shared with staff so that we are able to respond and act upon it. The results of the questionnaires will also be considered by governors and the results recorded in our self evaluation file.

Punctuality and Attendance: Here is another reminder about the importance about punctuality and attendance. We made a real difference to attendance last year so please let’s keep it up. We had many absences among both staff and children due to flu like symptoms last half term. So far the weather has not been as disrupting as was the case last year. It is important that children are not absent for any reason other than illness.

Film Night: FOBs (Friends of Broomhill School) are planning to hold a Film Night for parents and children in school on Friday 3rd February. Look out for letters on orange paper for further details.

Parking: Please do not park on the double yellow lines outside school.

Seed Bracelets: We have been made aware that there has been a recall on a ‘seed strung bracelet’ sold by the Eden project in Cornwall over the last two years. The bracelets are red and black seed bracelets and contain seeds that are poisonous if ingested. Sheffield’s Trading Standards Officers are aware of the issue but are not aware of a supplier in the Sheffield area; therefore the likelihood that this product has been purchased by any Sheffield resident is extremely low. Please find below a link to the Eden Project website which gives further advice and information about what to do if one of these bracelets has been purchased. www.edenproject.com

Dates for Diaries: Monday 9th January 3.15-4pm: Transition information meeting for Y2 parents. Tuesday 10th January 12.30pm: Judo club for Y2 begins. Tuesday 17th January 1.30pm: Dental examinations for 5 year olds. Tuesday 24th January 1.30pm: Y2s to Crucible Theatre Studio. Wednesday 25th January 9am: Blue Base visit to Weston Park Museum. Friday 3rd February: Film Night. (Time to be confirmed) Friday 10th February: Break for Half term

Many thanks for your continued support of our school.