Newsletter 28th January 2022

Dates of all events happening at Uplands Manor can be found on the calendar  https://uplandsmanor.sch.life/Page/Calendar 

Make sure you check it regularly as new dates will be added throughout the year

We believe that it is important to celebrate achievements.  As part of our 'Good to be Green' behaviour and reward system, each week, children may be given a Core Value award certificate, a gold letter from a member of staff or a certificate from Mr Dickinson, Miss Copestake or Miss James.

Has your child 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 

ACHIEVEMENT    BELIEF    CREATIVITY   DETERMINATION    ENTHUSIASM

Each week, children are chosen by teachers to receive a certificate to celebrate the core value they have achieved.  

This week, awards have been given to:

It's Great to be Gold!

Pupils who show exceptional behaviour for the majority of the week can be chosen to receive a gold letter.  Gold letters have been given to:

Headteacher & Deputy Headteacher Awards

Congratulations to  the children who have received a Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher award this week.  They are:

Mr Williams is proud to present January's Musician of the Month award to Jasdevan G. Her determination and effort in Guitar Club has been fantastic and this has really shown in her impressive improvement over the past months. Keep it up Jasdevan and well done!

This week, 6S held their own version of the Great British Bake Off.  Miss Smith judged all the fantastic bread the children had made and chose three deserving winners.

Congratulations to: Freya, Korey and Khushi!

Have a look below at their fantastic bread creations.

The national target for attendance in school is 96%. 

It is really important that children are in school on time every day.  

For the week ending 28th January, the whole school attendance was 91.3%.  The highest attending classes were:

Well done to all these classes for their great attendance, and especially to 2J & 6HS for achieving our school attendance target this week.

Could your class be the highest in the year group next week?

We have all had an enjoyable experience at Edgmond Hall.  For many children it was the first time that they had stayed away from home, and they coped extremely well.

All children participated in every activity, such as orienteering, shelter building, lighting a fire and a night walk in the forest. 

Thank you to all the children, staff at Edgmond and Uplands for their enthusiasm throughout.

Miss Roddis AHT

All correspondence from Uplands comes through the Gateway app.  Please make sure you have it on your phone/tablet/PC/laptop and can see all the messages, letters and newsletters and that you can book and pay for school dinners/visits, etc.

An email was sent out earlier this week with information on what to do if it isn't working properly.

It is your responsibility to make sure you have the app, it is working and you are using it.  We are very happy to help if you are experiencing problems.

Please make sure you are not missing important information.

If your child is prescribed medication, please read our procedures below.

Antibiotics  only if prescribed 4 doses per day. You will need to collect it at the end of the day from the main office (Reception children - it will be given to the class teacher)

Last term, lots of fantastic children completed their reading challenges and read every day to earn a token. Could it be you this term? Take a look at our Spring reading challenges to see what you could get up to 🙂 Enjoy! 

KS1 - https://bit.ly/32qbKWO

KS2 - https://bit.ly/3oerrbx 

The Sandwell Council’s Children’s Services and Education Scrutiny Board is
undertaking a review into the impact of the lockdown on children and families and in particular the impact upon education and child attainment.

As part of this review it is important for us to understand the experience of parents and how they feel their child’s or children's education has been impacted both positively and negatively throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Please follow the link to the parent questionnaire: https://forms.office.com/r/92vpvZQign 

The deadline for responses is: Sunday 20 February 2022.

DPC/Singlepoint have a survey for families as part of our funding application for the child support programme. Please could you spare a few minutes to help by completing the survey: https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/Lbuo7wI2

If we have to close school due to severe weather or any other reason, we will let you know as quickly as possible by sending a message on the School Gateway app and on social media.