🌺 Remembering Together 🌺

A huge well done to the members of our Year 6 Junior Leadership Team who proudly represented Badger Hill Academy at Brotton's Remembrance Parade today.

Despite the awful weather, our children did us so proud as they laid a wreath at Brotton ...Cenotaph on behalf of our academy. They demonstrated our Badger Value of Respect beautifully, showing incredible maturity and dignity, particularly during the two-minute silence.

It was wonderful to see so many members of our local community coming together to remember and pay their respects. It was especially lovely to see so many of our Badger Hill children, parents and carers there too, all united in remembrance. ❤️

Brotton looked beautiful, with the decorations and displays around the village providing a fitting tribute to those who have served and sacrificed.

We are incredibly proud of our Junior Leadership Team and the respect they showed throughout the parade. A special thank you to everyone involved in organising such a meaningful community occasion.

Proud to be Badgers. 💜

🌺 We will remember them.

A little paint, a lot of creativity and plenty of fun! 🎨

Our Nursery children have been busy exploring colour, experimenting with different brush movements and expressing their own ideas through painting.

These creative experiences are full of learning, helping children to ...develop their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, concentration and confidence as they explore different ways to make their mark.

And of course, there's plenty of fun along the way! 🌈

Because in Early Years, it's not just about what we create, but all the learning that happens along the way. 💜

🌺❤️ Remembering Together – A Special Community Visit ❤️🌺

What a wonderful visit we had on Thursday as some of our children delivered beautiful handmade poppies and wreaths, created by our talented Year 1 and Year 2 children, to the patients at Tocketts Ward in Brotton.
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The patients were delighted to receive their gifts and commented on how kind and polite our children were. 💜

We even had a few poppies left over, so we popped next door to Brotton GP Surgery, where the receptionists were thrilled to receive them and put them straight on display. 🌺

We are so proud of all our Year 1 and Year 2 children who worked so hard to create these thoughtful poppies and wreaths to mark Remembrance Day. What a lovely way to spread kindness and show respect within our local community.

A huge thank you to the staff and patients at Tocketts Ward and the team at Brotton GP Surgery for making our children feel so welcome. 💜

Look at our brilliant 2-year-olds! 🌟

Our little learners are becoming increasingly independent and we couldn't be prouder. After just eight weeks at school, they've settled into their routines so beautifully and are already taking responsibility for tidying up ...independently.

From putting away bean bags and stepping stones to learning how to fasten their own coats, they're developing independence, teamwork and a real sense of responsibility.

It's the little things that make the biggest difference! 💜

Keep up the amazing work, everyone! ⭐

🌸🌿 Curiosity Club Helping Our Community! 🌿🌸

This morning, it was Curiosity Club's turn to get involved in making our local area look beautiful. 🌷

The children met with members of Brotton Improvement Group to plant some lovely flowers near the bus stop opposite ...The Green Tree.

Armed with their gardening tools, the children worked brilliantly together, taking turns to dig holes deep enough for the flowers and carefully spacing them out to make sure they had plenty of room to grow. 🌱

Mrs Whitehead then sprinkled some manure around the flowers to give them a helping hand as they grow.

Throughout the morning, the children demonstrated two of our Badger Values – Respect and Team Spirit. 💜 They showed great care for our local environment and worked together to make a positive difference to our community.

A huge thank you to Brotton Improvement Group for giving our children another wonderful opportunity to take pride in where they live.

We can't wait to see the flowers grow and brighten up our village. 🌼💜

🌼 Year 5 Helping Brotton Bloom 🌱

Our Year 5 children had a fantastic time getting involved in a wonderful community project, planting wallflowers at Chemist Corner. 🌷

Armed with trowels, rakes, dibbers and a whole host of other gardening tools, the children worked hard to... make sure each flower was planted correctly, giving it the very best chance to grow and flourish. 🌱

Over the coming year, these flowers will help to brighten up our local area and make Brotton an even more welcoming place to live. 🌼

💜 A huge thank you to Brotton Improvement Group for organising and delivering such a lovely activity and giving our children the opportunity to make a positive contribution to their local community.

Every child got stuck in, showed fantastic enthusiasm and represented Badger Hill brilliantly. We couldn't have been prouder of them.

👏 Well done, Year 5, for helping to make Brotton bloom.