Our Children Celebrate the Festive Season at the Christmas Tree Festival

This week, our school community had the joy of visiting the Christmas Tree Festival at St Nicholas and Faith Church.

It was a wonderful opportunity for our children to experience the festive spirit in a beautiful and meaningful setting. The festival was a feast for the senses, with each tree uniquely decorated and brimming with creativity.

Our children were fascinated by the imaginative designs and the care that had gone into each display. The children reflected on themes of kindness, creativity and excellence linking beautifully with our school values. 

We are grateful to St Nicholas and Faith Church for hosting this event and for welcoming our children so warmly. Experiences like these enrich our curriculum, bringing learning to life and helping our children make connections between their classroom experiences and the wider world. As we move closer to the holiday season, this visit has reminded us all of the joy of community, creativity and the simple magic of Christmas.

Brunel shines at Lantern Parade

Tonight, Brunel proudly took our place in the annual Lantern Parade in Saltash - a wonderful tradition that brings our community together to celebrate the start of the festive season.

This year's route led us all the way down to the beautiful Saltash Waterside, where the parade came to a spectacular end with an incredible firework display lighting up the river. It was a magical moment for everyone involved!

A huge thank you to all the children, families, and members of our school community who joined us and represented Brunel with such enthusiasm. Your creativity, lanterns and festive spirit made the evening truly special. We would also like to express our sincere thanks to Saltash Town Council for organising this much-loved annual event - it's a highlight of the year and a wonderful way to bring the town together. Christmas is certainly on the horizon.. and what a brilliant way to begin the celebrations!

It has been a busy week at Team Brunel and we still have Hunt the Issy this evening and the Lantern Parade tomorrow evening on Saltash Fore Street. The children attending will be able to collect their lanterns from Drill Hall HQ from 5:30pm tomorrow evening. In the meantime, sit back, relax and enjoy this week's edition of The Brunel Bulletin.

Welcome to this week's edition of The Brunel Bulletin. This is your weekly update of all the latest news and events from our wonderful school. We hope you enjoy browsing through the 50th edition of our newsletter. It has been a busy week where we started the week with Mousehole's class assembly, embraced National Cinema Week and our Year 5 children have enjoyed their Lantern Workshops this week with special visits from the Mayor and Deputy Mayor.

Thank You, Brunel Community!

A huge thank you to our whole school community for coming together to support Children in Need 2025.

Thanks to your kindness, enthusiasm and generosity, we raised an amazing £130!

From our pupils and families to our staff team, everyone played a part in making this a success.

Your support truly makes a difference, and we are incredibly proud of what we achieved together.

Well done, Brunel! 

#ChildrenInNeed2025 #BrunelPrimaryAcademy #SchoolCommunity #ProudToBeBrunel #TogetherWeCan #FundraisingSuccess

A huge thank you to the large number of our wonderful school community who turned out for the Saltash Town Christmas Light Switch-On on Friday evening.

It was truly incredible to see so many Brunel children looking so smart, festive and full of Christmas spirit!

Our children sang beautifully, filling the town with the sound of Christmas cheer.

Their performances of Silent Night, O Little Town of Bethlehem and The First Noel were absolutely magical and created such a warm, joyful atmosphere.

They represented our school with pride, confidence and kindness throughout and their behaviour was exemplary from start to finish.

We are immensely thankful to every child who came along to perform and to all the families who supported this wonderful community event.

Your presence made the evening even more special, and it was heart-warming to see so many smiling faces joining together to celebrate the beginning of the festive season.

The Christmas period has officially commenced-and what a fantastic way to start!

We're excited to welcome families back for this half term's Parent Cafe at Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy.

It takes place this Tuesday at 9am.

This session will be led by Lucy King from the Cognition and Learning Team, who will be sharing helpful insights and support for our school community. Come along for a warm drink, a friendly chat, and valuable guidance. We can't wait to see you there!

Thank you for your continued support this week and your generosity for providing some loose change for Children in Need today. In addition, thank you to all the parents who joined us for our Remembrance Service on Tuesday; it was brilliant to all come together for this very special date in our country's calendar. Just a gentle reminder that we will be meeting at Saltash Guildhall at 5:15pm tonight for the Christmas Light switch on. We hope as many of our families as possible will be able to join us. In the meantime, please find this week's edition of The Brunel Bulletin.

What a wonderful first week it has been back after the half term break.

We wish you all a wonderful weekend and hope you enjoy looking through this week's Brunel Bulletin.

Just a gentle reminder that next week we are marking Anti-Bullying Week with the theme ' The Power of Good.' On Monday, the children are welcome to wear Odd Socks to school as we celebrate us all being different and unique. On Tuesday, we warmly welcome our families and local community to join us for our Remembrance Service. The gates by the side of the library will open at 10:40am. We hope as many of our school community will be able to join us for this important date in our country's calendar.

Welcome back, everyone! We hope you had a lovely, restful half-term break. Thank you for all your support throughout Autumn 1 - the children have already achieved so much! A huge shout-out to the families who joined our Make a Difference Morning - the school looks fantastic thanks to your hard work tidying, painting and brightening our grounds. As we head into Autumn 2, we've got lots to look forward to:
Christmas productions & Christingle Service
Cinema & theatre trips
Educational visits & coding workshops
Remembrance Service - Tues 11th Nov, 10:40am (all welcome)
Dress Bright for Bonfire Night - Fri 7th Nov
Anti-Bullying Week & Odd Socks Day - from Mon 10th Nov
Saltash Light Switch-On - Fri 14th Nov
Open Day - Thurs 6th Nov, 9:30am

Plus, we'll be welcoming our School Improvement Partner on Tuesday 18th November to celebrate the brilliant progress being made across Brunel. Thank you, as always, for your continued support - it truly makes a difference.

Here's to an exciting and joyful half term ahead!