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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Wear it Gold Day!
Fri 30 Sep 2022Today we celebrated 'Wear it Gold' day in support of the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG), a cause very close to our hearts. All of the children looked amazing in their gold, yellow and sparkly non-uniform!
Thank you so much for all the voluntary donations that we will be passing on to the charity.
Take a look at the fantastic photos of our special day!
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Harvest Donations
Fri 30 Sep 2022Thank you so much for all of the amazing donations for Harvest that we will be collected by the Bulwell and Bestwood Food Bank next week.
We have been blown away by the generousity of the school community during these challenging financial times. The number of donations received has been the most ever!
As you know being 'Kind and Caring' is an important part of our school ethos and as always Glade Hill has SPARKLED in this area. It was lovely to celebrate Harvest with the children this morning in assembly and to sing some familiar Harvest favourites.
Take a look at the photos of our amazing collection!
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Further information - State Funeral, bank holiday and National Mourning
Mon 12 Sep 2022Dear Parents and Carers of Glade Hill School,
Following on from the sad news last week that HRH Queen Elizabeth II has died, we have now received guidance from the Cabinet Office and Department for Education (DfE) regarding the period of National Mourning and the State Funeral.
The official date of the State Funeral will be 19 September 2022. This will be a bank holiday and therefore Glade Hill will be CLOSED to all children and staff for this day.
Glade Hill School will observe the mourning period, following guidance, whilst continuing to support our children, families and staff. Unless informed, please assume any scheduled activities and events will continue as planned. Some may be adapted to ensure the tone of them is appropriate. For example, celebration assemblies will be held in classes. We will also commemorate Her Majesty with appropriate events in-school, including creating a school memory book/ book of condolence. Further details to follow.
We will also hold a 1-minute silence, as a gesture of respect, during our school assemblies today (Monday 12th September).
Other than the bank holiday for the State Funeral, normal school attendance is expected throughout the National Mourning period.
As I shared in my last email, there are several resources to support you and your children in this difficult time.
There are several resources available on the Winston's Wish website including help to answer questions from children about the Queen’s death and how to support grieving young people affected by the news.
https://www.winstonswish.org/supporting-you/supporting-children-death-of-queen/
Support for adults with grief for Her Majesty The Queen is also available from Cruse bereavement support at https://www.cruse.org.uk/grief-for-her-majesty-the-queen/
As always, please contact the office if you would like any further information or signposting to support services.
Kindest regards,
Anna Stapleton
Headteacher
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The sad news regarding the death of HRH Queen Elizabeth II
Thu 08 Sep 2022We are sorry to hear the sad news that HRH Queen Elizabeth II has died, aged 96. We send our thoughts to her family and everyone affected by this news.
In line with guidance from the Department for Education, we will not be holding our usual celebration assemblies tomorrow. Instead, children from Year 1 to 6 will attend short assemblies to help us remember her and celebrate her remarkable life. Children in EYFS will be supported in class by their class staff.
This week's 'Golden' certificates will be given out in class instead and I will be visiting classes to say well done and give the children their stickers.
With regard to how we will respond to children's comments, questions and feelings about the death of the Queen, please see below some advice I have shared with teachers and other staff from the bereavement charity 'Winston's Wish':
- Children and young people will appreciate time to verbalise their feelings and fears.
- Allow space for “If only’s...” to be acknowledged.
- Discussion – allow pupils to share their own experiences of death, eg. “When my pet/my gran died” etc.
- Be honest about your own feelings and experiences
- Answer pupil’s questions factually. Avoid using euphemisms like ‘passed away’, or ‘lost’ etc.
- Use the words dead, died and death to avoid confusion for children.
- Be prepared for children to say or do the unexpected, experience has shown some responses or apparent lack of response may be upsetting for adults.
- No apparent response does not mean that a child does not care.
- It is natural that some children may be upset and/or need time to process information, offer a quiet space for them to go to.
There are also further resources available on the Winston Wish website on how to support children following a bereavement, including someone they did not directly know https://www.winstonswish.org/supporting-you/
Support for adults with bereavement is also available from Cruse bereavement support at https://www.cruse.org.uk/
Please contact the office if you would like any further information or signposting to support services.
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Back to School - Tuesday 6th September 2022
Tue 06 Sep 2022Hello everyone,
Hope you all have had a good summer.
Just a quick note to say we are really looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday 6th September 2022 for our new school year!
There will be a letter emailed out on Monday to share some key information for the new school year, whilst our staff are hard at work getting the school ready for you all.
The school office will also be open for part of the day on Monday for uniform collection and any last minute issues.
Look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday,
Kind regards,
Mrs Stapleton
Headteacher
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