Category Archives: Broadmead Primary

It’s back to nature for Broadmead youngsters with farm visit

In any debates about the problems and benefits of young children, in or out of class, being glued to their devices and screens might be informed by the half-term visit of a couple of dozen pupils from a central Croydon … Continue reading

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Broadmead’s Green Team picks up special Rotary Star prizes

The Rotary Club of Croydon has presented Rotary Star awards to pupils at Broadmead Primary on Sydenham Road, after some outstanding efforts from the school’s Year 6 Green Team. The Rotary Star awards recognise good citizenship in the local community. … Continue reading

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Recreation ground reopens with ‘magnificent seven’ sculptures

Whitehorse Road Recreation Ground was reopened this week after £85,000 in Government funding was used to make “significant improvements” to the park, with locals expressing hope that it will become a safer place for people to use, and discourage the … Continue reading

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Pioneer academy chief to take aid to Ukrainian refugees

The chief executive of an education academy trust that runs four Croydon primaries is driving off to the Poland-Ukrainian border on a mercy mission to deliver aid to refugees from the Russian invasion. “We all want to protect children from … Continue reading

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10-year-old Nathan is named as Rotary’s first Stars winner

The Rotary Club of Croydon has named the first winner of its Rotary Stars Award as Nathan Findlator, from Broadmead Primary in Selhurst. The Rotary Stars is an annual scheme to recognise and reward primary school-aged children for acts of … Continue reading

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Croydon primary schools offer pioneering food bank service

Four Croydon primary schools have started their own food banks to help support their communities during the second covid-19 lockdown. South Norwood Primary, Woodcote Primary, Broadmead and The Crescent, all Pioneer Academy schools, took the initiative in the knowledge that … Continue reading

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Mayor drops in at Broadmead Primary for a community coffee

The Mayor of Croydon, Bernadette Khan, has visited Broadmead Primary School to pay recognition to the outstanding work the school is doing within its community. Every half term Broadmead organises a community coffee morning, in which parents and local community … Continue reading

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