Newsletter

21.03.25

We have been enjoying some beautiful spring weather this week. It makes such a difference to the children at playtime and lunch when the weather is pleasant. There are some lovely photographs this week of them working outdoors in the sunshine. Long may it continue.  

We had a little wobble with attendance mid-week as we had lots of families struck down with tummy upsets. Thankfully, we are back to our best today with whole school attendance of 96.2%. That’s fantastic. Thanks everyone.

My Happy Mind:

Did parents know that they can engage with My Happy Minds, our mental health approach? There is a parent area of the portal that is easy to use through your mobile phone. The family’s area of My Happy Minds can be helpful for addressing anxiety, low mood or dysregulation when away from school. As a subscribing school all our families can access this support. Visit: https://myhappymind.org/programmes/family-programme/ and use 103320 as the Glenmead specific code to register.

Meal Orders:

Please log on to https://parents.schoolfoodunited.com/login and order your meals for next week. We can only prepare meals for the day based on the orders we receive. Remember to press the confirm button. You should receive an email to confirm you have ordered and it has gone through. No order means no meal!

Book Fair:

Apologies that the book fair has been cancelled. We suspected something had gone wrong when it didn’t arrive on Wednesday: a scheduling conflict. We have another one booked in for the summer term. Hopefully, it will go ahead as planned.

Thanks for the donations: 

School Council Officers, Ivy, Shiloh and Amelia B made the delivery of our food bank donation on Tuesday morning this week. Grateful thanks is extended to all those in the Glenmead family who contributed to our collection. The folks at the foodbank were delighted with the variety of items in our donation. They will be of great help to those in our community who need a little support to make ends meet. 

Stars of the Week: 

We started our morning with a special assembly from Pastor Tracey and our friends at Beeches Baptist Church. With the help of some of our children they told the story of the miracle of the five loaves and two fish from the New Testament.

We started the week with our whole school assembly on St Patrick’s Day, who he was and his significance to those of Irish heritage. The children were invited to compose poems and create posters depicting St Patrick. Congratulations to: Ivy, Evelynn, Amelia L, N’ana, Charlotte, Ellie, Thomas, Tan’dre, Vertity, Sofia, Quinley, Lilly, Zoe and Alayna

Easter Sports Camp:

Spark Active are running a holiday camp during the Easter holidays based at our school (see poster below). They are offering an early booking discount if places are booked before 28^th March. Take a look at what other activities are happening in our area during the Easter Holidays. https://www.bringitonbrum.co.uk/

Pupil Post:

Some of our Scribblers have been developing their journalistic writing and are being encouraged to report on events around school. We have included Ivy and Shiloh's pieces today:

That's it for another week in school. We are getting closer to the end of term and have testing ahead of us before we pack up for the Easter holidays. See you all bright and early 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.

Dates for your diary:

•  3rd April  - Sunflowers and KS1 disco
•  7^th April -  Music concert
• 9th April -  Easter Assembly led by Y5 at 9.15am
• 10th April-9.30am Whole School church service. Last day of term for pupils.
• 11^th April – Teacher Day
• 29^th April – Flip and Dippy clown show
• 2^nd May – Teacher Day
• 19^th May- Glenmead Sponsored Fun Run
• 19^th June – Disco Year 3,4,5
•  20th June - Reception Induction Day
• 4^th July – Crazy Hair Day
• 21^st July  - Teacher Day