We extend our thanks to Mrs Moore and Mrs Coleman for helping the children to prepare such a well-rehearsed performance. Thanks also to all the families that came along to see the children perform and who stayed for a cuppa and a cupcake after the assembly.  

Year 5 trip to the Church: 

Our Y5 cohort started their preparations for their Easter production by visiting the Church and revisiting the Easter story. The children enjoyed a range of activities on their visit, including role play, craft and reflection. There were some lovely images of them in this beautiful building on class dojo pages.    

5M and 5P started preparations for their Easter assembly this morning. It is a large production and a complex story to retell, but there is a great deal of valuable learning involved in presenting a piece of theatre in this way – if it wasn’t a great learning opportunity, we wouldn’t bother doing it!  

Eid Mubarak! 

Muslim communities near and far will be celebrating ‘little Eid’ this weekend to mark the end of Ramadan. We wish a hearty Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim families who will be enjoying the festivities this weekend. Pupils celebrating on Monday are permitted one day off school for the purpose of religious observance.  

Attendance Recognition:  

Leaders reflected on progress against our attendance target for the year this week. We used national data published by the DfE to see how we are doing compared to other schools across the country.  

Despite a few wobbles along the way, we are sustaining the improvements in attendance this year, and certainly have taken great strides this term. We are ‘bang on’ national for whole school attendance compared to other primary schools nationally and we are doing quite a lot better at reducing the number of children we are concerned about (persistent absentees), with our percentage of pupils falling into this category reducing week on week since the autumn term. Our percentage is well below that published nationally.  

5P were very excited to receive ‘most improved’ junior class this week and Sunflowers were the most improved infant class. Sofia and Callie took the cups back to their classes and took a roll of the dice. We recognised attendance of some individuals also. Maddie won a roll of the dice for 4R and Freya won a roll of the dice for 5M: both for improve their attendance greatly this term. Our Glenopoly game is great fun and the children have certainly ‘bought in’.   

Stars of the Week:

We had appreciation of our mums at the heart of our Star of the Week focus this week. Children were encouraged to create a heartfelt message in the form of a card or to discuss what thoughtful acts of appreciation they might engage in this weekend. We know that acts of gratitude are good for mental health, so reflecting in this way is all to the good.  

Congratulations to all our nominees this week: Noah-James, Amelia, Eva, Rayan, Emily, Aila, Lukas, Tiana and Oscar.   

We had three Lexia Superstars who have been working hard on improving their reading fluency and have achieved their next level. Well done to: Samanta, Jasneet and Navaeh. 

Our thanks go out to Year 2 for leading prayers in assembly this afternoon: Israel, Tate, Ella, Dexter, Ronnie, Logan and Jasneet. They composed prayers of gratitude and committed them to memory, as part of the Y2 assembly.  

Pupil Post:

This week we have included a piece from two of our Year 6 Scribblers, Charlotte and Amelia L. This article, about National Science Week includes a couple of the poster competition entries from Aleena and Adriana in Year 5. 

Easter Sports Camp:  

Spark Active are running a sports camp during the Easter holidays based at our school. Miss Rowley sent a post out to those families that can access the 44 free places available. For those not entitled to means tested Free School Meals, bookings can be made by using the QR code or the booking link on the Spark Active poster.  

I also noticed that Beeches baths are offering a Kids Aquatic programme in the holiday, if your children don’t fancy the sports camp we are offering. Follow the link to the booking page of Bring it on Brum. https://www.bringitonbrum.co.uk/ 

Sports Personalities:  

A large group of pupils received recognition for their stamina and perseverance in PE this week. Congratulations to Mason, Joshua, Esther, Kobi, Zac, Imogen, JJ, Jessica, Harry F, Lukas, Amie-Leah and Alaia.  

Dexter was also proud to share his 25m swimming badge. He is doing tremendously well to have achieved this in Year 2.   

That’s all we have for this week. Lots to celebrate and feel grateful for. I hope all the mothers and grandmothers in our Glenmead family are a little spoilt on Sunday. See you all ‘early doors’ on Monday morning.  

If you need to reach us, have a concern or need help of some kind, contact one of the senior leaders via Class Dojo message or email to enquiry@glenmead.bham.sch.uk. We will try our best to respond.   

We extend our thanks to Mrs Moore and Mrs Coleman for helping the children to prepare such a well-rehearsed performance. Thanks also to all the families that came along to see the children perform and who stayed for a cuppa and a cupcake after the assembly.  

Year 5 trip to the Church: 

Our Y5 cohort started their preparations for their Easter production by visiting the Church and revisiting the Easter story. The children enjoyed a range of activities on their visit, including role play, craft and reflection. There were some lovely images of them in this beautiful building on class dojo pages.    

5M and 5P started preparations for their Easter assembly this morning. It is a large production and a complex story to retell, but there is a great deal of valuable learning involved in presenting a piece of theatre in this way – if it wasn’t a great learning opportunity, we wouldn’t bother doing it!  

Eid Mubarak! 

Muslim communities near and far will be celebrating ‘little Eid’ this weekend to mark the end of Ramadan. We wish a hearty Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim families who will be enjoying the festivities this weekend. Pupils celebrating on Monday are permitted one day off school for the purpose of religious observance.  

Attendance Recognition:  

Leaders reflected on progress against our attendance target for the year this week. We used national data published by the DfE to see how we are doing compared to other schools across the country.  

Despite a few wobbles along the way, we are sustaining the improvements in attendance this year, and certainly have taken great strides this term. We are ‘bang on’ national for whole school attendance compared to other primary schools nationally and we are doing quite a lot better at reducing the number of children we are concerned about (persistent absentees), with our percentage of pupils falling into this category reducing week on week since the autumn term. Our percentage is well below that published nationally.  

5P were very excited to receive ‘most improved’ junior class this week and Sunflowers were the most improved infant class. Sofia and Callie took the cups back to their classes and took a roll of the dice. We recognised attendance of some individuals also. Maddie won a roll of the dice for 4R and Freya won a roll of the dice for 5M: both for improve their attendance greatly this term. Our Glenopoly game is great fun and the children have certainly ‘bought in’.   

Stars of the Week:

We had appreciation of our mums at the heart of our Star of the Week focus this week. Children were encouraged to create a heartfelt message in the form of a card or to discuss what thoughtful acts of appreciation they might engage in this weekend. We know that acts of gratitude are good for mental health, so reflecting in this way is all to the good.  

Congratulations to all our nominees this week: Noah-James, Amelia, Eva, Rayan, Emily, Aila, Lukas, Tiana and Oscar.   

We had three Lexia Superstars who have been working hard on improving their reading fluency and have achieved their next level. Well done to: Samanta, Jasneet and Navaeh. 

Our thanks go out to Year 2 for leading prayers in assembly this afternoon: Israel, Tate, Ella, Dexter, Ronnie, Logan and Jasneet. They composed prayers of gratitude and committed them to memory, as part of the Y2 assembly.  

Pupil Post:

This week we have included a piece from two of our Year 6 Scribblers, Charlotte and Amelia L. This article, about National Science Week includes a couple of the poster competition entries from Aleena and Adriana in Year 5. 

Easter Sports Camp:  

Spark Active are running a sports camp during the Easter holidays based at our school. Miss Rowley sent a post out to those families that can access the 44 free places available. For those not entitled to means tested Free School Meals, bookings can be made by using the QR code or the booking link on the Spark Active poster.  

I also noticed that Beeches baths are offering a Kids Aquatic programme in the holiday, if your children don’t fancy the sports camp we are offering. Follow the link to the booking page of Bring it on Brum. https://www.bringitonbrum.co.uk/ 

Sports Personalities:  

A large group of pupils received recognition for their stamina and perseverance in PE this week. Congratulations to Mason, Joshua, Esther, Kobi, Zac, Imogen, JJ, Jessica, Harry F, Lukas, Amie-Leah and Alaia.  

Dexter was also proud to share his 25m swimming badge. He is doing tremendously well to have achieved this in Year 2.   

That’s all we have for this week. Lots to celebrate and feel grateful for. I hope all the mothers and grandmothers in our Glenmead family are a little spoilt on Sunday. See you all ‘early doors’ on Monday morning.  

If you need to reach us, have a concern or need help of some kind, contact one of the senior leaders via Class Dojo message or email to enquiry@glenmead.bham.sch.uk. We will try our best to respond.