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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Children in Need 2025
Fri 14 Nov 2025Today we dressed to impress in yellow, spots and our favourite clothes to raise awareness and money for Children in Need 2025. Thank you to everyone who took part and brought in their money. We know we are supporting a very worthwhile cause.
We're there for you- BBC Children in Need
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Super Year 6 Writing!
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Odd Socks Day and Anti-Bullying Week!
Mon 10 Nov 2025It's Anti-Bullying week which begins today with Odd socks day!
Please join in at home and encourage your child to talk about what they have been learning about.
The theme this year is 'The Power for Good'.
Below you will find links to the anti-bullying alliance website and their anti-bullying week resources.
As usual Andy and the Oddsocks have produced a new song which we will be sharing with the children in school so please play this your children at home too and encourage them to learn some of it. (Andy and the Oddsocks songs are always really catchy).
During your child's PSHE sessions this week, teachers will be promoting anti-bullying and the importance of it. This was also introduced to them during Friday's assembly last week.
Anti-Bullying Week - This is the link to the anti-bullying alliance webpage.
Anti-Bullying Week 2025: Power for Good - A short video about the theme.
Power for Good (Official Video)| Andy and the Odd Socks - The wonderful Andy and the Oddsocks song.
The aims for the week are:
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to ensure that children understand what bullying is and how they can seek help. (using STOP)
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to understand the difference between relational conflict and bullying.
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the importance of being an upstander not a bystander.
If you would like any further information, please contact Mrs Rowe, or Senior Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead via the School Office.
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Headteacher letter - start of Autumn 2 2025
Mon 10 Nov 2025Dear Parents and Carers of Glade Hill,
I hope you all had a nice half-term break. It has been so lovely to see your children back in school and ready to learn. Since we returned after the summer, the children across school have been working hard across all subjects and making some brilliant progress. A big well done to them all!
This next half-term is always a busy one, so make sure you check your Arbor app and your emails for updates, reminders and messages regarding all the fun things we are going to be doing in school. As you will also be aware, we have had to move from MarvellousMe to Juniper for our rewards system as the company was taken over. We are still getting used to the new system but if you do not yet have the app, please speak to a member of our Office team who will be able to help you get set up.
There are lots of opportunities coming up as well, for you to get involved in school, including a range of charity and awareness days and of course our Christmas performances, parties and other events. We will also be having our first parents’ evenings of this year next week, so make sure you complete a form on Arbor for each of your children with your preferred time slot as soon as possible.
Promoting school attendance is a main focus at the moment, not just for our School, but also for the Local Authority and the Department for Education. Part of the policies around this involve us needing to inform parents regularly of any concerns around a child’s attendance and offering support to improve it. We are required to do this even when you may have told us valid reasons for a child’s attendance being below a good level of attendance such as medical appointments, more serious illness or authorised holidays. So, if you receive any communications around your child’s attendance, please remember that this is part of our duties and policies and we would fully inform you if we were progressing to any fines or sanctions. If you require any further information around this, please visit our website Attendance | Glade Hill Primary School or speak to our Attendance Improvement Officer and Office Manager Mrs Raynor.
Finally, thank you to the parents and carers who completed the feedback questionnaire. We will be sharing a more detailed response to the suggestions made early next half-term. However, one suggestion that we are going to action immediately is to try to reduce the number of separate information sharing emails that you receive. We are asked by Nottingham City Council and other organisations such as the NHS or local activity groups to share a lot of information with parents and carers, and I know from my own children’s schools that these are ever increasing even if they can be useful. Therefore, we will be endeavouring to send a weekly ‘signposting’ email with all the information being contained on one email. Hopefully this will be useful for you all.
Thank you for all your support for our fabulous school. I look forward to seeing you all very soon.
Kindest regards,
Mrs Anna Stapleton - Headteacher
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Headteacher Letter - end of Autumn 1 2025
Wed 29 Oct 2025Dear Parents and Carers of Glade Hill,
The first part of the Autumn half-term has flown by and I cannot believe that we will back at school for Autumn 2 very soon.
Our first half term focused on making sure all children have quickly settled into their new classes and are engaging in the great learning that has been taking place. I hope the parents and carers who were able to join us for the ‘Meet and Greet’ and ‘Stay and Learn’ sessions enjoyed meeting their children’s class staff and also seeing the learning in action. I know I have been so impressed with all the children’s GOLDEN behaviour and their SPARKLY learning so far! Parents’ evenings will be on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th November so please make sure you book a slot.
Thank you to all the parents and carers who attended the PINS coffee morning (Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools). The feedback provided will be really useful to share with all staff and also guide actions going forwards in school in relation to further strengthening our inclusive practice and meeting the needs of all children. There is another opportunity for you to attend one of these meetings on the 27th November at 8.45am so save the date.
A big thank you as well to our FrOGs (Friends of Glade Hill School) Parent and Carer group who have been very active already, organising the Bring and Swap Pre-Loved Winter Clothes event and also preparing for our exciting Christmas and Winter schedule. They have some exciting events planned for this school year, further details to follow after half-term.
We have also celebrated Harvest this last half-term, once again collecting an ENORMOUS amount of food for the Bulwell and Bestwood Food Bank. Thank you so much for your generosity and for supplying the requested items, unopened and in-date. We also dressed to impress on our ‘Wear it Gold’ day to show our support for the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG), raising awareness of this charity for a cause that is very close to our hearts.
As part of our Collective Worship sessions in Assemblies and through in-class work, we have celebrated Black History Month. This year the focus was on ‘Standing Firm in Power and Pride’ and we had lots of visitors during October, including from Diversify, to discuss this important area. Celebrating our diversity is a very important part of our values and ethos at Glade Hill and we are proud of our work in this area. Thank you to Miss Ross for your hard work promoting this across school and to Mrs Speed for sharing your talents.
Just a reminder that our three Priority Areas for School Improvement this year are:
- Improving the teaching of Writing to improve outcomes across the school.
- Improve teaching, provision, experiences and support for children facing barriers to their success such as those who may have “unfair starting lines" in life. Some children need extra help to have the same chances as others.
- Support teachers to develop as leaders through training and support.
One way that you can support us with these goals, is by making sure that you read with your child three times a week. Regular practice is essential for progress in reading, and reading is essential for improving achievement in writing and other subjects. We have a fantastic individual reading reward scheme for all children whereby ‘every read counts’ and children can earn prizes such as teddies, notebooks, pencils and books. We also reward the classes in each phase with the highest reading percentage each week.
Another important way that you can support us with these goals, is making sure that your children are in school as much as possible. Research shows that children with over 95% attendance achieve better grades, achieve their best and are happier and more settled in school. We have lots of incentives to celebrate excellent attendance, including class trophies and attendance badges/ medals.
However, we also must inform you when your child’s attendance drops below this 95% level, even if you have informed us of a valid reason why they could not be in school e.g. serious illness. This will take the form of emails, texts and letters from myself and our Attendance Improvement Officer Mrs Raynor. If you do receive one of these letters and would like to discuss additional support for your child regarding attending school regularly, please contact Mrs Raynor via the school office.
Finally, thank you to the parents and carers who completed the feedback questionnaire. We will be sharing a more detailed response to the suggestions made early next half-term. However, one suggestion that we are going to action immediately is to try to reduce the number of separate information sharing emails that you receive. We are asked by Nottingham City Council and other organisations such as the NHS or local activity groups to share a lot of information with parents and carers, and I know from my own children’s schools that these are ever increasing even if they can be useful. Therefore, from next half-term we will be endeavouring to send a weekly ‘signposting’ email with all the information being contained on one email. Hopefully this will be useful for you all.
Thank you for your ongoing support and look forward to seeing you after the half-term break.
Kindest regards,
Mrs Anna Stapleton - Headteacher
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Special Awards - Lower Key Stage 2
Fri 17 Oct 2025Take a look at some of the winners of our Special Awards for this half-term from Lower Key Stage 2!
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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Special Awards - Early Years and Key Stage 1
Fri 17 Oct 2025Take a look at some of the winners of our Special Awards for this half-term from EYFS and Key Stage 1!
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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Music Mark of Recognition
Tue 14 Oct 2025Glade Hill has been presented with the Music Mark of Recognition for Dedication & Improvement by Nottingham Music Service to celebrate the value that we place on music in our school! Thank you so much.
#MMofRecognition
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Stay and Learn sessions
Wed 08 Oct 2025To start our new school year off, we have planned in opportunities for parents and carers to get involved and find out about their children's classes and the fantastic learning taking place.
We started off with our 'Meet and Greet' sessions where parents and carers could meet the teachers and class staff working with their children and all about class routines, expectations and experiences.
Now we are running 'Stay and learn' sessions across the school where parents and carers can learn alongside their children and develop their understanding of what learning looks like in each phase on the school and how they can best support their children's learning.
Thank you to all who have attended and take a look at some of the great photos below.
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Black History Month 2025
Tue 30 Sep 2025This week we will be starting our school celebration of Black History Month and the theme this year is ‘Standing firm in power and pride”.
As a part of our Black History month celebrations, we will -
- Have Local black British Historian Norma Gregory host an assembly for all key stages
- Have a Black History suggested timetable with different foci each week that highlights the profound contributions made by Black people be they leaders, activists, or pioneers who have shaped local and national history.
- Send out a Black history bingo sheet for families to complete at home- prizes provided by our Diversity Lead Miss Ross!
- Have Diversify visit Nursery to teach them about Mary Seacole.
- Have a SEND/Neurodiverse 3 week plan which has a sensory, music & movement focus.
- Have enjoyed the talents of our fantastic Mrs Speed sharing some oral storytelling with our children.
We hope you and your children enjoy engaging with the above activities. We hope they make a difference to our children to see themselves represented in their learning during the special time as well as through our usual curriculum, resources and environment.
