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Dear Parents and Carers of Glade Hill,

I hope you all had a lovely Easter break. It has been so lovely to see all of the children back in school and be so keen to get back to their learning. The first 2 weeks have flown by with all the great learning in school!

Our Year 6s have been working really hard and will be taking their SATs later this half-term during May. I am so proud of all their progress and hard work, and I know that this will be reflected in their results. Keep up the good work Team 6 and I know you will reap the rewards!

The Year 2 children will also be undertaking some assessments, but these will be later in the Summer term this year due to changes in Government guidance and results reporting. Although there will still be some tests, these will be used to inform future teaching and learning, and will not be reported in the same way as previously. 

We again have lots of exciting curriculum and enrichment activities planned for this term, including our clubs, trips and in-school experiences. For example, the children across lower school recently accessed an ‘Owl Experience’ day as part of their English learning and some of our Year 4 children are accessing ‘Wild Things’ outdoor learning. Unfortunately, we have had the sad news that the Year 2 Wollaton Camp and the Year 4 Colwick Camp have been permanently closed due to the financial situation at Nottingham City Council, meaning that these year groups will be unable to go on residentials this year. We are working hard as a school to arrange alternative experiences, so watch this space.

Our Year 5s attended their first swimming lessons of the year this term, and impressed everyone with their resilience and enthusiasm. The staff at Southglade Leisure Centre were again very complementary about the children’s attitude and behaviour. Well done Year 5.

Finally, as I have shared with you before, our three Priority Areas for School Improvement this year are: improving the teaching of Reading; continuing to improve Attendance; and also developing our Assessment processes.  Teachers and support staff have attended in-school training on how to improve the teaching of reading and how to use assessments to move children’s learning on. We have also continued our incentives to improve attendance. Overall, as a school we are making good progress towards our targets. This progress has been shared with our Governing Body and also our School Improvement Advisor who both complimented the progress we are making.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and I look forward to seeing you all very soon.

Kindest regards, Mrs Anna Stapleton - Headteacher

Today, the wonderful artist Julie Vernon delivered our two beautiful memorial mosaics to school to commemorate a child from Year 1 who sadly died in November 2023. These were created at school with Julie by our children and staff, and also the child's parents. We will be displaying these in Lower School, in the entrance hall and in Buttercups classroom.

This week our wonderful Pupil Council were interviewed by our Governors to find out what our children thought about our school. We were so proud of how polite, respectful and honest they were! They spoke so highly of all the staff at Glade Hill and how fun teachers made their lessons. Take a look at the poster below to see what they said.

The formal consultation on the provision of a new SEN unit at Glade Hill Primary School opens today.  All stakeholders are invited to make comments regarding this provision by e-mailing the school on admin@gladehill.nottingham.sch.uk and putting SEN unit provision in the subject line.

For the full consultation document please see the Parents Views page or Letters & Newsletters page of our website.

Glade Hill Tree Planting 2024!

Over the past week, Mr Strachan has been out with our children in all weathers planting some new trees on our school site alongside Nottinghamshire County Council staff.

As you know, all our classes are named after trees as we are the Glade on the Hill, and the new trees include a tree for each class from the name family. So we have planted a Magnolia tree, an Oak, a Sycamore etc etc.

Take a look at some photos below.

Happy World Book Day!

There are so many exciting things happening today at Glade Hill . We have the masked reader quiz, fantastic costumes or comfy clothes, toilet roll book characters, live reading lessons and Premier league reading challenges.

What a great day!

Take a look at some photos from our day below and some winners and 'Top 3s' from our toilet roll book character competition.

19th February 2024

Dear Parents and Carers of Glade Hill,

I hope you all had a nice half-term break. It has been so lovely to see all of the children back in school and ready to continue their learning.

This term we are excited to welcome back two familiar faces who are returning to work at our school. Mrs Raynor has returned to us to be our Office Manager and Attendance Improvement Officer, and Miss Bacon has returned to work as a Teaching Assistant in our Year 1 team. A warm welcome to both of them from the Glade Hill family.

As I shared in my last letter, we have lots of exciting curriculum activities planned this half-term, so just a reminder to check the MarvellousMe and Arbor app for updates, reminders and messages. Several year groups have trips and visits coming up, such as the Year 3 visit to Creswell Crags, and we also have a number of sports events in which children may be selected to represent Glade Hill. Our Apps are our main communication tools so if you do not yet have them, or you are experiencing problems, please speak to a member of our Office team who will be happy to help you. The Arbor app is also how you book your children onto Breakfast Club and After-school clubs, so please ensure you are able to do this.

Last term our Year 3s and 4s experienced swimming lessons and impressed everyone with their resilience and enthusiasm. The staff at Southglade Leisure Centre were very complementary about the children’s attitude and behaviour as well. Well done Year 3 and 4, and keep up the hard work this half-term. We are very proud of the progress you are making in swimming and learning how to be safe in the water.

Finally, as you know improving attendance remains very important to our school and is one of the key priorities on our School Development Plan. Your child coming to school as much as possible is an important way that you can support their learning and achievement. We will be presenting children with 100% attendance for the Spring term with BRONZE star badges to mark this achievement. If any children achieved 100% in the Autumn and Spring terms then they will receive a SILVER star badge! We have also been continuing to announce which classes have the best attendance each week in assemblies, which is still proving to be very motivating. The winning classes earn extra outside time and the phase attendance trophy for the week!

Mrs Raynor, our School Attendance Officer and Office Manager, will be closely monitor attendance and ensure we act following our policy. This is available on the school website and follows guidance from the Local Authority and the Government on how we can ensure good attendance for all. This includes us not being able to authorise holidays in term-time unless there are exceptional circumstances, and also meeting with parents where the attendance of children is of concern. Mrs Raynor will also be working with our Education Welfare Officer and other Attendance Officers in our local area to look at how to support attendance moving forwards. Please continue to ensure your child is in school as much as possible so they can get the best out of the great learning we have on offer.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and I look forward to seeing you all very soon.

Kindest regards,

Mrs Anna Stapleton

Headteacher