Newsletter 29th November 2019
Dear Parents and Carers
The website, Twitter and Facebook are the best way of keeping up to date with school news and dates. Remember to check regularly for upcoming events and pass the information on to other parents that you know.
Letters sent home this week
Each week, a list of the letters you should have received will be listed here. If you haven't received a letter on the list, please speak to a member of staff in your child's year group.
- Year 6 SATS Boosters
- Christmas dinner
Homework Review
Thank you to the 62 families who have completed and returned the Homework Review survey. However, we have 604 families in school. In order for us to be able to conduct a proper review of homework, we need lots more surveys returned. Please send yours in as soon as possible as the cut-off date will be Friday 6th December. If you need another copy, please ask the Receptionists.
Reminder: Black Shoes
Please can you make sure your child is wearing black shoes to school every day. A number of children have started coming in white or coloured trainers or black boots. Boots can be worn to travel to school or for breaktimes but black shoes must be changed into and worn in school. Coloured traininers should not be worn at any time. Thank you for your support in maintaining this high standard.
Headteacher & Deputy Headteacher Awards
Some children are sent to the Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher for a special award. This week, they were given to:
- Hafsa for excellent writing about dinosaurs
- Manraj for excellent writing about dinosaurs
- Marwa for excellent writing about dinosaurs
- Chris for excellent writing about dinosaurs
It's Good to be Green but 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:
- Mario for good behaviour this week
Weekly Attendance
The highest attending classes during last week were:
Manor 92.8%, RMB 96.1%, 1W 97.2%, 2B 99%, 3G 98.7%, 4D/4B 94.1%, 5C 100%!!!!, 6RT 95.8%
Reading ideas
'The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." - Dr. Seuss
Not sure what to read with your children or which books they might enjoy? Check out this website for some ideas to inspire you. You may like to read some of these to support the Winter Book Bingo competition...
The Sun Newspaper's Books for Schools Tokens
The Sun Newspaper have book tokens inside their newspaper from now until early February for schools to collect to exchange for reading books. Please send in your tokens so we can have more books in school for the children to enjoy.
Another star in the making!
Another of our talented children, Sasha, will be performing in the West End production of Trouble's a Brewin'. We hope you have a wonderful time and look forward to hearing all about it.
School Dinner menu 2nd - 6th December
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Option 1 | Sandwich selection | Sandwich selection | Sandwich selection | Sandwich selection | Sandwich selection |
| Option 2 | Stuffed Crust Margherita Pizza Pasta shapes Sweetcorn Creamy Coleslaw | Brunch Lunch Farm Assured Back Bacon Scrambled Egg Grilled Tomato Potato Rosti & Baked Beans | Roast Turkey with Sage & Onion Stuffing & Roast Gravy Creamy Mash Medley of Seasonal Vegetables | Organic Meatballs served with Homemade Tomato & Vegetable Sauce Multi-Grain Savoury Rice Carrot Batons & Broccoli Florets | Battered Fish Fillet (sustainably caught MSC) served with Lemon Wedge Chips, Baked Beans Salad Bar Selection |
| Option 3 | Stuffed Crust Roasted Vegetable Pizza Half Jacket Sweetcorn Creamy Coleslaw | Mild Quorn Keema Curry Vegetable Rice Peas Vegetable Crudites | Traditional Cheese Flan Potatoes in their Skins Medley of Seasonal Vegetables | Courgette Sausages Pasta Shapes Carrot Batons Broccoli Florets | Oven Baked Quorn Dippers Half Jacket Mushy Peas Salad Bar Selection |
| Option 4 | Jacket potato with Vegetarian Mild Chilli Salad Bar Selection | Creamy Mushroom Pasta Bake Salad Bar Selection | Jacket Potato served with Baked Beans & Fruity Coleslaw Salad Bar Selection | Chicken Biryani Pockets Salad Bar Selection | Jacket Potato served with Tuna & Sweetcorn Mayonnaise Salad Bar Selection |
| Desserts | Granola & Yoghurt Fruit Sundae or Bramley Apple Puff | Forest Berry Sponge served with Custard or Cherry Scone | Strawberry Jelly & Cream Or Passion Cake | Vanilla & Lemon Yoghurt Cake Or Rice Pudding served with Fruit Coulis | Chocolate Ice Cream with Fruit Coulis or Cheese & Biscuits |
Online Safety Tips for Children
Dates for your diary
Dates of all events happening at Uplands Manor can be found on the calendar https://uplandsmanor.sch.life/Page/Calendar
Christmas performance dates
The dates for year group Christmas events are listed below. We hope you are able to attend your child's Christmas performance.
| Monday 9th December | 9.30am | Year 3 and 4 Christmas Service at Smethwick Old Church |
| 1.45pm | Year 3 and 4 Christmas Service at Smethwick Old Church | |
| Wednesday 11th December | 9.00am | Manor Nursery Christmas performance |
| 1.45pm | Year 3 and 4 Christmas Service at Smethwick Old Church | |
| Thursday 12th December | 1.45pm | Manor Nursery Christmas performance |
| 2.15pm | Reception Christmas performance | |
| Friday 13th December | 9.00am | Year 1 and 2 Christmas performance |
| 10.30am | Uplands Nursery Christmas performance | |
| 2.15pm | Year 1 and 2 Christmas performance | |
| Tuesday 17th December | 9.00am | Year 6 Christmas performance |
| 2.00pm | Year 5 Christmas performance |
FOUM Winter Wonderland
FOUM Winter Wonderland will be on Wednesday 18th December at 3.30pm.
