Glade Hill Primary and Nursery School
We are Golden and we SPARKLE
Latest News
Latest News
See below for our latest news items. There will also be news shared on our class pages and in letters or newsletters.
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Start of term Headteacher letter - start of Summer 1 2026
Thu 16 Apr 202616th April 2026
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 week has flown by with all the great learning taking place in school! This week we have been focusing on the children setting targets about having golden behaviour and SPARKLY learning. It will be lovely to see the children who have worked really hard on this get certificates tomorrow in celebration assembly.
Our Year 6s have continued their hard work and will be taking their SATs later this half-term during May. I We are all so proud of all their progress and hard work across the curriculum, and I know that this will be reflected in their results. Keep up the good work Team 6!
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 in EYFS and Year 1 will access an ‘Animal Experience’ day as part of their Science learning and our Year 5 children have been on a visit today to Nottingham University for a ‘Science Fair Discovery Day’. We are also looking forwards to our Year 3s and Year 6s going on our residentials later this Summer term!
Finally, as I have shared with you before, our three Priority Areas for School Improvement this year are: improving the teaching of Writing; improving provision for children facing barriers to their success (for example children who are entitled to Free School Meals); and developing the leadership skills of teachers. Teachers and support staff have attended in-school training on all these areas and leaders are reviewing the impact of this on our assessment data. 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
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End of Half-term Headteacher letter - Spring 2
Thu 26 Mar 2026Dear Parents and Carers of Glade Hill,
I would like to wish you all a Happy Easter holidays and I hope you have enjoyed all the lovely activities we have had this half-term. What an amazing half-term it has been! It was great to see so many of you at our Parents Evenings and thank you for all your ongoing support for your children’s learning. See below for some photos of our fabulous, decorated eggs and bonnets from across the school. Thank you and well done to all who took part.
The half-term’s theme ‘The Love of Books’ was also amazing, involving parents, carers and our wider school community. These have included our reading challenges in school, paired class reading, book quizzes and also lots of exciting activities on World Book Day.
We have also had lots of exciting enrichment activities including school visits and in-school presentations of learning. We hope your children have enjoyed these and that they have helped them to learn more and remember more. Take a look at some photos of our learning below.
I would also like to let you know that Mr Newell is sadly leaving our school at the end of this term after securing a promotion. We thank him for his work at Glade Hill and wish him all the best. We extend a warm welcome to Mr Booth as the teacher for Year 5 Maples for the summer term.
Next half-term we have lots more exciting learning on offer that our staff are really looking forward to sharing with our children. So please make sure your children are in school as much as possible so they can benefit from this and make great progress.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and I wish you all a restful break.
Kindest regards,
Mrs Anna Stapleton - Headteacher
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Year 1 Great Fire of London Exhibition
Thu 26 Mar 2026Take a look at some of the fabulous photos from our
Year 1 Great Fire of London Exhibition today.
The children have been working really hard to prepare for this event, which forms the 'Communicate and Remember' part of our Curriculum, by showing us how much they have learnt.
We are so proud of them. Keep up the SPARKLY learning Year 1!
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Special awards - Spring 2
Tue 24 Mar 2026Take a look at some of the winners of our Special Awards for this half-term!
They were chosen by their teachers and the staff who work with them due to their exceptional qualities in one of the following areas:
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Golden - They have followed our 3 golden rules and been a role model to others
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SPARKLE - They have shown great learning behaviours
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Always - They have consistently shown great learning behaviours and always follow our 3 golden rules
What a fantastic achievement for them! We are so proud of them and don't they look great with our selfie frames.
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World Book Day 2026
Thu 05 Mar 2026Happy World Book Day 2026
Take a look at all our amazing costumes across our school.
Aren't they fabulous!
All the children (and staff) have come dressed to impress as their favourite book characters. Can you spot them all and work out which book they are from?
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Start of Half-term Headteacher letter - Spring 2 2026
Thu 26 Feb 2026Dear 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.
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 Arbor app and your emails for updates, reminders and messages. Several year groups have trips and visits coming up, such as our Year 2s visiting Twycross Zoo, and we also have a number of sports events in which children may be selected to represent Glade Hill. Our App is our main communication tool so if you do not yet have it, 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.
Our clubs for this half term have already started and the new clubs for the Summer term will be available to book near to the end of this term. We also start the new term off with Parents Evenings next week so please ensure you are booked onto these and speak to the office if you need any help. We also continue to have Notts County Sports Coaches in school supporting groups, classes and also running an after-school club.
Last half-term our Year 3s were our first KS2 year group to experience swimming lessons and impressed everyone with their resilience and enthusiasm! Well done Year 3! Good luck to Bluebells and who start their lessons this half-term. We know you will be super golden and SPARKLY as well.
Finally, our focus for this Half-Term is ‘The Love of Books’ and we have lots of exciting events planned. This includes World Book Day, next Thursday 5th March, where children are welcome to come dressed as a book character. We can’t wait to see how fantastic they all look! Remember reading with your child is an important part of supporting their academic achievement and at Glade Hill ‘Every Read Counts’. Make sure you are recording all reads in your child’s home school diary to help them achieve their reading awards.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and I look forward to seeing you all very soon.
Kind regards,
Mrs Stapleton
Headteacher
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End of half term Headteacher letter
Fri 13 Feb 2026Dear Parents and Carers of Glade Hill,
We have had yet another fantastic half-term at Glade Hill and it was so lovely to celebrate this at our Special Awards assemblies during the final week of term and also our ‘Dream Big’ day. The children have blown us all away with their commitment to learning, and how golden and SPARKLY they are. Well done to all the children chosen for awards, I hope your grown-ups enjoyed the presentation. There are awards for children showing consistent ‘Golden’ behaviour, ‘SPARKLY’ learning and ‘Always’ for children who are Golden and SPARKLY. Take a look at some of the award winners below and also photos from our Dream Big day. There are lots more on our website ‘News’ page Latest News | Glade Hill Primary School
All classes have done lots of fantastic learning this half-term and the children are making some fantastic progress. Take a look at some examples of their learning and work below. I know you will be as impressed as I am! There are lots more examples on your child’s class page:
Class Pages | Glade Hill Primary School
Staff training and development for the Spring and Summer terms will continue to focus on improving the teaching of Writing and support for children with unfair starting points across the school and further developing teacher’s leadership skills so our children get the best start possible with their education. Our INSET day today has been well spent on CPD for all staff around these areas. Leaders will be continuing to monitor the impact of this training and working with partners from Nottingham Schools Trust (NST), the Local Authority and others such as the local English Hub.
As you know improving attendance continues to be very important. Your child having the best possible attendance is an important way that you can support their learning and achievement. Research shows that children with over 95% attendance achieve better grades, achieve their best and are happier and more settled in school. The Government are really focusing on this area and are launching a campaign ‘Every moment matters’ to raise awareness of the importance of good attendance for all children. I would also like to share again the videos from our local PEIA Attendance Hub which highlight the importance of attendance for all children. English Versions on Vimeo , Punjabi Versions on Vimeo , Polish Versions on Vimeo , Arabic Versions on Vimeo
To support this area in school, we will be continuing to present children with 100% attendance each term with star badges to mark this achievement. The next set of badges will be given out near the Easter holidays. We will also be continuing to announce which classes have the best attendance each week in assemblies, which the children love. The winning classes earn extra reward time and the phase attendance trophy for the week! Thank you in advance for making sure your child comes to school as much as possible, and please let us know via the office if you require any additional support from our Attendance Officer Mrs Raynor.
With so much going on in school, and lots of trips and enrichment activities coming up, make sure you check the Arbor app for updates, reminders and messages regarding all the fun things we are going to be learning and doing. This is now our main communication tool so if you do not yet have the app, or you are experiencing problems, please speak to a member of our Office team who will be able to help you.
Thank you in advance for all your support for our amazing school and I look forward to seeing you all very soon.
Kindest regards,
Mrs Anna Stapleton – Headteacher
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Dream Big photos!
Thu 12 Feb 2026Take a look at our fantastic outfits from our Dream Big day! Doesn't everyone look amazing. The aim for today was to dress as your future self or what you would like to be when you grow up. The children have also completed other aspirational learning activities including writing letters to their future selves.
There was even a new Headteacher for the day who looked very familiar.
Look how golden and SPARKLY we all are!
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Special Awards
Wed 11 Feb 2026Take a look at some of the winners of our Special Awards for this half-term!
They were chosen by their teachers and the staff who work with them due to their exceptional qualities in one of the following areas:
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Golden - They have followed our 3 golden rules and been a role model to others
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SPARKLE - They have shown great learning behaviours
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Always - They have consistently shown great learning behaviours and always follow our 3 golden rules
What a fantastic achievement for them! We are so proud of them and don't they look great with our selfie frames.
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Donation of diverse books by local company Visav!
Mon 12 Jan 2026Glade Hill Primary and Nursery School would like to say a huge 'Thank you' to the local company 'Visav' Home - VISAV for their generous £200 donation toward diverse books for our school. Their support empowers our students at Glade Hill Primary and Nursery School and, strengthens our school community, by providing us with stories that reflect our children's identities and that inspire them to dream big. Thank you to the Visav team for their generous donation.
The books we have chosen and received are written by diverse authors, contain a diverse range of characters, and, include books in the prominent languages used in school such as Farsi, Kurdish, Romanian, Hungarian and Arabic amongst others.
Take a look at the photos below.
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