NEWSLETTER FRIDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER 2019
Dear Parents and Carers
Headteacher & Deputy Headteacher Awards
Some children are sent to the Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher for a special award.
- Claude S for brilliant measuring in design technology
- Aalaihyah H for her fantastic 'Pizza' poem
- Dilpreet K for her amazing poem 'Chocolate Brownies'
- Rico for his fabulous 'Oreo Ice-cream' poem
- Danii for her amazing poem: 'Apple Pie'
- Macey for excellent Maths work
- Aidan C for excellent Maths work
It's Good to be Green but it's Great to be Gold!
Pupils who show exceptional behaviour for the majority of the week can be chosen to receive a gold letter. Gold letters have been given to:
- Lawy for a great attitude to his learning
- Dayal for having a fantastic attitude to his leaning and being a great role model
- Kaycee for always trying her best in lessons and for being a great role model
- Safa for always trying her best in lessons and for being a great role model
- Arees for being a fantastic representative for Uplands Manor on our visit to The Severn Valley Railway
- Elise for her maturity and confidence with the start of the year
- Jayden P for his maturity and confidence with the start of the year
- Ibrahim for excellent work and always helping other people
- Prabhnoor for always showing excellent behaviour and setting a good example to others
Weekly Attendance
The highest attending classes last week were: NAM - 94%, RMB - 96.4%, 1C 97%, 2F 97.7%, 3M - 98.7%, 4S - 98.8%, 5G - 95.8%, 6S/6RT 98%
Reading Volunteers - we need you!
Year 5 & 6 would really appreciate support with hearing children read. If you have some free time and would be interested in coming into school to hear individual children read, please get in touch. Reading volunteers are needed on Thursdays 9 - 10am.
Reading Diaries
Your child's reading experience is much more than the reading book which comes home from school. Reading is happening all the time in a classroom and in school. It is taught in specific reading and English lessons but children are practising and using their 'reading' constantly across all subjects too.
You can support this 'reading journey' through regular reading at home. Reading to and with your child every evening for at least ten minutes can make a dramatic difference to a child's achievement within school. A report from the Oxford University Press highlighted the importance of parents reading with their children. 'Children who read outside of class are 13 times more likely to read above the expected level for their age'.
We ask that you help by reading at home and completing your child's reading diary. Thank you!
Check out these links for some inspiring titles.
Dates for your diary
Dates of all events happening at Uplands Manor can be found on the calendar https://uplandsmanor.sch.life/Page/Calendar
Please note two parent meetings about upcoming residential visits:
Tuesday 1st October at 3.30pm: Year 3 and 4 parents about this year's visit to Edgmond Hall
Tuesday 8th October at 3.30pm: Year 5 and 6 parents about this year's visit to the Pioneer Centre
Reminder - Pupil Information Forms
Please can you make sure that you have returned the pupil data / information form for your child as a matter of urgency. It is vitally important that we have up to date information about all of our children.
UPLANDS MANOR POST BOX
We have a new post box in the Reception foyer for you to post any completed forms or letters. If you do not need to speak to a Receptionist, please use the post box. The post box will be emptied twice a day and this will save you having to wait to wait to simply hand in forms.
PROCEDURES IF YOU ARE LATE COLLECTING YOUR CHILD FROM SCHOOL
Any children who are not collected on time at the end of the school day are taken to the 4 Community Trust wraparound care. Children must be collected from the after school club which is held at the Thompson Road entrance of school.
A charge of £3.00 is payable from 3.30 - 4pm. This is payable by cash or card when you collect your child. If you arrive after 4pm, a full charge of £9 will be due.
If you require an invoice, then the charge will increase to £5.00/£10 (due to the increased admin required and chasing payment).
Rags to Riches 4 Schools
The bags for our next used clothing collection have been sent home with the children this week.
The collection is at 9am on Wed 9th October and bags may be brought into school from Monday 7th and left in the playground gazebo as before. Thank you for your support as we try to raise money for school.
Aldi Kit for Schools
Uplands Manor is taking part in Aldi's Kit for Schools promotion this September, giving us a chance to win £20,000 to kick start a health legacy for our school.
We are asking parents to pick up a Team GB sticker whenever they spend £30 in any Aldi store and bring the sticker into school so it can be added to our Kit for Schools poster.
Please see the flyer (link below) for more information on what to donate. Thank you for your support!
Harvest Collection for our Local Foodbank in Smethwick
Please send in donations of food for our annual harvest celebration. The foodback will be collecting the donations on Friday 11th October so please can all donations be send into school before this date.
Harvest assemblies (parents welcome to attend) are as follows:
Thursday 10th October: Years 3 and 4 at 2.15pm
Friday 11th October: Years 1 and 2 at 9.00am
Friday 11th October: Years 5 and 6 at 2.15pm
Online safety
Please see the poster below for some tips on what to speak with your child about:
Job vacancies
Job opportunities at Uplands Manor are advertised on https://uplandsmanor.sch.life/Page/Category/job-opportunities
We have a vacancy for Lunchtime Supervisors. Please pick up an application pack from the School Reception or ring Denise Fowler on 0121 558 1602.
