Aspire Act Achieve

Aspire – Act - Achieve

An innovative and forward thinking school of 1750 students, Brookfield has the resources and breadth of opportunity of a large school, combined with the warmth and friendly atmosphere of a much smaller one.
At Brookfield, we offer our students the strong foundations of support and challenge that achievements are built on. Our aim is to:

• inspire dreams and aspiration
• instil self-belief and personal resilience
• nurture a ‘can do’ culture, where students and staff alike can achieve more than they might have thought possible

Brookfield is a school at which young people enjoy their learning, where there is a strong sense of belonging and where every student is valued, where we actively seek out and nurture every child’s talents and help them to develop the personal qualities and inner strengths required in a demanding and ever changing world.

Happiness, success and personal fulfilment, to be the best that they can be: these are the things that we all want for our children and these are the things that are at the heart of Brookfield, where we help our students every single day to aspire, act and achieve.

Welcome to our school.

Mr S Parkes, Headteacher

“A school that offers something very special for its students.” OFSTED 2016

Year 7 Enrichment Day - 'Day of the Dead'

Beliefs & Values/Modern Foreign Languages

Recently, a selected group of over 40 year 7 students engaged in an Enrichment Day where they explored the Mexican custom of 'Dia de los Muertos' or 'The Day of the Dead'. This was planned and delivered by both Mr Webb and Miss Leslie and housed in the Minerva building.

For our new year 7s, the day began with an exploration of the customs and traditions involved in the Mexican festival, followed by an introduction to the beauty of the Spanish language – through song! Students then experimented with the creation of their own 'ofrendas’ and completed the day with presentations and reflections on this learning experience.

Overall, it proved to be a thoroughly enjoyable and informative enrichment event for all concerned.

Mr Chance

Dan: "I really enjoyed creating and hearing the poems dedicated to the celebrities and learnt a lot of Spanish. I feel my discussion skills have improved. "

Alesha: "I really loved writing the poems and learning about the Mexican customs in the 'Day of the Dead'. I feel that my grasp of Spanish vocab has improved."

Layla: "I enjoyed learning how the Mexicans celebrate the dead and trying Spanish for the first time. I feel I improved on my teamwork skills."

Poppy: "I loved writing the poems about the celebrities and creating the 'offrendas'. I enjoyed learning about the different opinions on death and feel I've improved on my Spanish speaking skills."

Community Development Art Project
Murals that have been created in collaboration with Brookfield's feeder primary schools
June 2019 - Park Gate Primary School

Community Development Programme: Art Murals 10/06/19

"For this project we chose 5 famous influential people; these people were allocated to each subject. We started painting their murals and included a large painting of them and a famous quote from them that we felt would represent each of the subjects. We laid out the murals and, with the help of the primary school children, we painted them, finishing almost all of them ready to be displayed around school. During the process, we taught the primary school students practical skills they otherwise wouldn’t have known and helped them to develop skills during the process. The primary school students loved to be part of the process with us older students and to form relationships with us. This helped them feel more confident around a secondary school and feel less scared around older students, and the experience will massively benefit them in the future.  We enjoyed painting the portraits and being a part of a team to produce an outcome. We also liked teaching the younger students and being able to help them. The finished murals will be displayed on the walls and represent each subject around school. The murals feature bright colours and different fonts to look decorative as well as informative, and will be seen around school by everyone passing them. I feel this was a success because we produced murals that are eye catching and which accurately represent each subject. I also feel it was a success because we all worked as a team and helped and learnt from each other and formed relationships with younger students which benefitted everyone."

Tiegan, Year 10

Year 5 and 6 quotes from Park Gate students

Kyna, Year 6

Max, Year 6

Hannah, Year 5

Lily, Year 5

Bridges Through Time - Year 7 Enrichment

Our penultimate year 7 Enrichment Day was led by Mr Coulson, Mr Dunkley and Miss Thomas.  Students were investigating 'Bridges Through Time' and studied their historical importance and construction before designing and building their own.

The day began with an historical exploration of ancient bridges and their developments through the ages, linking in with changes in society and culture.  Students were then tasked with researching, designing and creating their own bridge, accompanied by a pitch to highlight its importance and significance.  With enthusiasm and throughout the day, students were engaged and enjoyed the range of investigative, creative and practical skills, as well as being able to develop their teamwork and leadership skills.

Overall, it was a successful day with the completed construction going on display around the school.

Emma: I have enjoyed working with my friends on a challenge. I have learnt to use new equipment safely.

Aimee: I have enjoyed working as team and learnt to measure accurately to make our bridge the strongest it could be.

Group 1: Rebecca, Lola, Aimee – We enjoyed the opportunity to work as a team and a task that was creative and different.

Group 2: Amelia, Cara, Mac, Charlie, Oona – We really enjoyed learning about bridges as it is a fascinating topic. The opportunity to use new machinery to help build our bridges was also interesting.

Group 3: Ed, Greg, Hayden, Alex, Lloyd – The Enrichment Day was exciting and interesting and we all enjoyed the chance to do something different and unusual.

Charlie: Today I have enjoyed making the bridges – the hot-glue gun was fun to use! I also learnt how weight evens out across a surface.

Elysia: I have really enjoyed the freedom we have been given today. I now know how to use water paints to create an effective landscape.

Ed: I enjoyed this because we got to do something different and feel I have developed my teamwork skills.

Rebecca: From today I have enjoyed working in a team to learn and create something new. I feel I have developed the design skills to create a sturdy structure.

Community Development Art Project
Murals that have been created in collaboration with Brookfield's feeder primary schools
May 2019 - Hook-with-Warsash Junior School

The community art project in 2019 was a great opportunity for Year 5 and 6 students to become more comfortable in their next school as this can be a big and difficult leap for some primary children.  Some children that come to Brookfield haven’t really experienced a huge variety of artistic techniques and they enjoyed working with a large canvas!  With the combined effort of Year 5, 6, 9 and 10 students, five murals of inspirational figures have been painted over the course of the Spring term: Nelson Mandela, Andy Warhol, Steve Jobs, Malala Yousafzai and David Bowie.  Each of these represents various departments around Brookfield and will be displayed on the walls around the school.  We chose these people due to their contributions to our world and the inspirational messages they’ve left with us.

Both the primary and secondary students benefitted from the programme in different ways.  Although only a few hours were spent at the school, the primary students told us they felt much more comfortable about the transition they would go through in the next year or two.  For the secondary students the project was a great opportunity to develop leadership skills and gave them a chance to learn to communicate effectively with younger children.  Overall, everyone enjoyed the experience a lot and benefitted from the opportunity to mix with children of a different age group.

Lewis and James, Year 9 students

Year 5 Hook student quotes

Holly

Ffion

Oscar

Sam

Community Development Art Project
Murals that have been created in collaboration with Brookfield's feeder primary schools
March 2019 - St. Anthony's and St. John's Primary schools

Olivia, Year 9

St. Anthony's Quotes

Sophie

Emily

Jessica

Liam

St. John's Quotes

Amelia

Max

Alex

Community Development Art Project
Murals that have been created in collaboration with Brookfield's feeder primary schools
March 2019 - Locks Heath Junior School

Rebecca

Locks Heath Junior School Feedback from the Year 6s

Amelia

Erin

Declan

Maxwell

Newsround Enrichment Day

"The annual Brookfield School Report day went incredibly well with the highest level of initiative from our year 8 students. Students were incredibly well prepared and planned beforehand and during the initial part of the day. Before interviewing and filming a number of students and teachers on their chosen topics.  Time management skills were tested as groups had to then prepare their article ready for uploading to the Brookfield website.

All students who took part finished the day much wiser about the competitive, interesting and immersive world of journalism. They should also be very proud of the stories, videos and images they created and that will be posted onto our Brookfield website very shortly.

A final, special thank you to Miss Fowler and Miss Andrews who prepared, organised and led this very successful day."

Mr Chance

For more on this, and students' reports and videos, please see the Brookfield Newsround School Report section: Brookfield Newsround School Report

French Enrichment Day

A group of talented and hard-working Year 8 French students had the magnifique opportunity to take part in an Enrichment Day this March at local primary school; Saint John the Baptist Church of England Primary School. The day was off to a fantastique start with a French themed café where our linguists introduced themselves to the primary school children and their parents. After this, Brookfield students went in teams of twos or threes to give some aide to St Johns’ teachers delivering French themed activités.

The classes involved a variety of engaging tasks where our students could help the KS2 pupils with French vocabulary. The activities included: dot-based artwork in the style of Georges Seurat, creating a comic strip based on a French video where Minnie Mouse runs out of croissants, lots of vocabulary games and even creating French fact files.  

Our students had a lot of fun being les profs in the lessons and there were clearly a few prospective teachers within the group.  At break some of our students were even invited to go tête-à-tête in some playground games with the younger years.

St Johns’ staff spoke extremely highly of our students’ exemplary behaviour, polite manners and wonderful willingness to get involved and help the children.

It was évident that the students really enjoyed themselves and we are so proud that they all made the most of the opportunity to practice their language skills, as well as their leadership skills, with all students splitting up in class in order to individually run small groups and help the maximum number of students possible.

Year 8 Enrichment Day for PE & Maths on Thursday 24th January

Recently, a group of approximately 45 year 8 students were selected by the Maths and PE teachers to participate in our Enrichment Day. The day was planned and delivered by both Miss Boulter and Mr White, and involved students investigating the requirements for endurance cycling compared to sprint cycling and presenting their findings.

After a short introduction about the requirements of the day and the skills and attributes required to be a world-class cyclist, students began their own investigations. These involved undertaking a range of physical tests, recording the data and analysing it. Students then used their own data to create an ‘Athlete Profile’ which drew conclusions as to their own cycling skills and, finally, presented their findings to the rest of the group and the lead teachers in the Minerva.

Overall, Miss Boulter and Mr White led a fantastic day for all involved.

Teaching & Leadership Positions

Current Vacancies

If you are an aspirational professional who shares our core values and wants to make a positive difference to the lives of the young people at Brookfield, then please complete the appropriate forms. (If you are unable to complete online, please print and complete and send to the school address (Brookfield Community School, Brook Lane, Sarisbury Green, Southampton, Hampshire SO31 7DU), for the attention of C.Bagley).

Before applying, why not visit us during the working day: Please contact Carole Bagley at c.bagley@brookfield.hants.sch.uk to arrange an appointment.

You are advised to read the guidelines for completing the application form for teaching staff.

Useful Teaching Vacancy Downloads/Links

Teaching Forms to Complete

Forms should be submitted via email to recruitment@brookfield.hants.sch.uk (please remember to identify which vacancy you are applying for).

When completing an application form in relation to an Upper Pay Range role for teachers, the relevant definitions for the purposes of the school’s pay policy are:

• ‘Highly competent’ – there is evidence to show a minimum of 4 good/outstanding lesson observations including data which shows students’ good/better progress over time. The teacher is able to demonstrate in students’ performance data that he/she has contributed to the improved practice of colleagues effectively fulfilling a mentoring or coaching role and thereby contributing to whole school improvement.
• ‘Substantial’ – the teacher is able to demonstrate, through the evidence available, that he/she has played a critical role in the life of the school by providing a role model for teaching and learning and/or making a distinctive contribution to the raising of students’ standards and/or taking advantage of professional development and uses the outcomes effectively as evidence in an improvement in students’ learning.

Brookfield Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All posts are covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 and you will be required to declare whether you have any criminal convictions. Brookfield Community School is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Support Positions

Current Vacancies

If you are an aspirational professional who shares our core values and wants to make a positive difference to the lives of the young people at Brookfield, then please complete the appropriate forms. (If you are unable to complete online, please print and complete and send to the school address (Brookfield Community School, Brook Lane, Sarisbury Green, Southampton, Hampshire SO31 7DU), for the attention of C.Bagley).

Before applying, why not visit us during the working day: Please contact Carole Bagley at c.bagley@brookfield.hants.sch.uk to arrange an appointment.

You are advised to read the guidelines for completing the application form for teaching staff.

Useful Support Vacancy Downloads/Links

Support Forms to Complete

Forms should be submitted via email to recruitment@brookfield.hants.sch.uk (please remember to identify which vacancy you are applying for).

Brookfield Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All posts are covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 and you will be required to declare whether you have any criminal convictions. Brookfield Community School is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.