24.01.24

 4R enjoyed their Dojo Party at the end of the week. Mrs Rudd consulted the children on a little treat for being overall winners for our dojo behaviour points in the autumn term. They enjoyed some golden time with choice activities. Well done to all the children in 4R who accumulated a monster total of dojos for the autumn term.

Some of our Year 5 children will be heading off to Aberdovey on Monday for their residential experience in rural Wales. It is a life changing experience for the children and they are guaranteed to find depths of resilience they didn’t know they had. We wish them well and look forward to hearing about all their adventures on their return.

Our thanks to Mrs Stokes, Miss Moloney and Mrs Spencer, who are accompanying the children for the week. Without their commitment to the venture, it could not go ahead.   

Stars of the Week: There was a natural link to British Values in the focus this week. We invited nominations for children who promote unity and respect within their classes. Congratulations to: Bella L, Tabasom, Lilly-Marie, N’ana, Emily, Poppie, Dharmik, and Bella H-S.

We had two Lexia Superstars: Israel and Angelica, who are proud of their achievements in phonics.

Year 5 composed and read thoughtful prayers on the subject of unity and tolerance. Our thanks to Tumi and Sophia for leading worship in assembly.

Sports Personalities: Our appreciation goes out to our Year 4&5 boys’ football squad, as they had their first outing at Goals on Thursday evening. Many parents withstood the freezing temperatures to support them. The team had mixed results at the end of the rounds, but kept their heads, played well and represented the school proudly. Our thanks to: Raiden, Thomas, Charlie, Ivan, Henry, Zion, Kobi, and Rogan.

Our Sports Personalities this week, recognised for perseverance in their physical education lessons, were: Lucas, JJ, Lilly-Mae, Stephania, Ivan, Madison, Esmae, Angelica and Binita. Our Super Skipper this week was Tsabeh and we had swimming badges for Dema (10m), Luay (25m) and Olivia (400m). Congratulations to them all.

Special mentions this week:  Luca shared his football trophy with the school in assembly today. He is a passionate footballer and is proud of his achievements in his chosen sport.

A mention also for the Rudge siblings. They are a sporty and competitive bunch. They all swim competitively for clubs outside school and have a whole host of medals and trophies to mark their many achievements in swimming galas in the region. They act as great role models to their peers.

Year 6 meeting: We invited our Year 6 families into school on Thursday evening for a meeting about SATS and upcoming Relationships Education. Parents have an opportunity to ask questions and request access to resources and curriculum content for these two aspects of our teaching in the final primary year. If you missed the meeting and have questions about the subject matter, please get in touch with either Mrs Spencer or Misss Abbot.

Impressing the governors: We had two governor monitoring visits this week. Mrs Platts came to check on Early Reading and Mr Hamilton was interviewing pupils about Design Technology. Both were pleased with what they saw and heard from the pupils. Mr Hamilton told me the children ‘were a credit to us’ and saw the quality of education they wanted to see in these areas of the curriculum. Lovely to hear.

Attendance Recognition: 5M narrowly missed 2 weeks at 100% - I understand there was a degree of disappointment that they just missed it. Their attendance deserves recognition, as it has been consistently high this term so far. Congratulations also to 2M, who are doing very well also: beating the other infant classes for highest attendance this week. Despite lots of children being off with troublingly high temperature, attendance has an upward trend. We appreciate everyone make an extra effort to improve in this aspect of school life. We all recognise that success in school starts with showing up!

House Points:

Falcons are still way out in front, but Eagles have stepped into second spot this week and Hawks have increased their total score by the largest amount. Well done to all those children who have gained their house point certificates this week.

Dates for your diary:

·       March 11^th and 13^th spring term parents’ evenings

·       11^th April – Teacher Day

·       2^nd May – Teacher Day

·       20^th June  - Reception Induction Day

·       21^st July  - Teacher Day

See you all on Monday for another busy week. We hope the weather might be a little more settled after all the damage and disruption caused by Storm Eowyn. Remember to put the children’s meal orders onto School Food United ready for the week ahead. You can order your meals right up to the end of half term, if you wish. https://parents.schoolfoodunited.com/login.

If you need to reach us, have a concern or need help of some kind, catch one of the senior leaders on the gate, contact the team via Class Dojo message, give the pastoral team a ring, or email to enquiry@glenmead.bham.sch.uk. We are always here to support our families.