Children must not bring any food into school that contains nuts.  This includes peanut butter, Snickers bars, Nutella, etc. Children will not be allowed to eat any of these items in school.

We have children and adults in school with nut allergies.

If you or your child has any of the recognised symptoms of Covid-19 (a new or continuous cough, raised temperature or a loss of sense of smell or taste), you must stay at home and ring 119 to book a Covid test.

Lateral Flow Tests are for people with NO symptoms and should not be used if you have one of the symptoms above.

We recently received a report of a parent driving from school with children leaning out of the car and not wearing seatbelts. 

This is extremely dangerous and anyone seen doing this will be reported to the local police.

Please remember Covid safety by keeping children with you at the beginning and end of the school day so they are not mixing with other people.  Please do not let your children go onto the grassed areas in school.

If you have to ask someone else to collect your child at the end of the school day, please ring the school office as early as possible so they can get a message to the teacher.  Please do not leave it till the end of the day.

Year 5 morning drop-off has been changed.  Children need to be here between 8.50 - 8.55am and will enter through the Sports Centre door.

Below is a list of letters sent to you by text and email this week.  If you haven't received them, click the link below :

Sandwell Council has agreed to provide food vouchers over the Easter break for families who are entitled to Free School Meals.  You will receive the link for the vouchers by text or email. 

If you have any queries, please email freeschoolmeals@uplandsmanor.sandwell.sch.uk

If you receive any of the following financial support, your child may be entitled to free school meals.  Click on the link below for more details and to complete the application form 

You now need to pre-book your child's school dinners on the School Gateway app in order to ensure that they receive a school dinner.  If you do not pre-book your child's meal, they will only be able to have a sandwich option from the kitchen that day.

To book a meal you need to:

Please note that dinners must be paid for at the point of booking (unless you get free school meals).  

If you have an outstanding dinner debt, you will not be able to book a dinner online until the debt is paid.  You must contact the office to discuss clearing this and send a packed lunch into school with your child.  If your child arrives to school without a packed lunch, you will be contacted to bring one in for them.

Please check that you are able to book meals in advance of returning to school and email any issues regarding logging in or any other dinner related queries to schooldinners@uplandsmanor.sandwell.sch.uk

We send all communication to parents through the School Gateway App.  If you have a smart phone, we encourage you to download the app and set it to receive notifications. 

This will mean that you receive all the important messages and communication from school.

If you need to set up a new account, download the school gateway app on your phone or use the following link online https://login.schoolgateway.com/0/auth/register. You can also reset forgotten passwords from this link if you click on 'existing user'.

We believe that it is important to celebrate achievements.  Each week, children may be given a gold letter from a member of staff or a certificate from Mr Dickinson, Miss Copestake or Miss James.

If your child has done something special outside school - maybe they have helped someone or done something special.  Tell us so that the Uplands community can share in their celebration. Email headteacher@uplandsmanor.sandwell.sch.uk 

Some children are sent to the Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher for a special award.  Congratulations to:

One of our pupils, Pavnoor, very sadly lost her aunty to bowel cancer in January.  Her family are taking on 34 challenges to commemorate the 34 years of her life.

On 23rd April, Pavnoor will be helping her family raise money for Bowel Cancer UK by taking part in a sponsored haircut - she will have 34cm of her hair cut off!

If you would like to donate to their fundraising, please click on the Just Giving https://bit.ly/3sm9SWZ 

Well done Pavnoor, we are very proud of you!

Tiny Steps Nursery have places available for children who are 2 years old.  For more information, please contact the school office who will transfer your call.

We have places available for children who will be aged 3 years old by 31st August 2021.  For more information and an application form, please contact the school office on 0121 558 1602.

If your child likes playing football, click on the link below for details of the Soccer Stars Football club

The Dorothy Parkes Centre has a selection of pre-worn, good condition school uniform available.  To request items, please complete the Uniform Request Form and somebody will be in touch to let you know if they can help:

https://www.dorothyparkes.org/News/free-school-uniform