Thank you for your support!

A big thank you to families and staff who raised an incredible £354.58 for Children in Need.

The children in Reception recently had a visit from PCSOs Mark and Linda.  The children were very interested in asking them questions about their job and trying on their uniform.  The best part was sitting in the police van and hearing the three different sirens!

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

Year 5 would like to invite their parents and carers to join them for a festive celebration at Smethwick Old Church on Wednesday 11th December.  5HS and 5S will start at 9.15am.  5W and 5H will start at 2.15pm.

Reception classes would like to invite their parents/carers to their Christmas Nativity on Wednesday 18th December at 9am.  The performance will start promptly so please don't be late!

The eagle-eyed of you will have noticed that we have changed the date of our Christmas jumper and dinner day to Thursday 19th December.

All children are invited to have a school meal on 19th December.  Please book and pay on the School Gateway app as soon as possible and by 12th December at the latest.  Late bookings cannot be taken.

School will be closed for the Christmas holiday from Monday 23rd December to Friday 3rd January

The deadline for all school applications for Reception places starting September 2025 is Wednesday 15th January 2025. Click 

https://www.sandwell.gov.uk/school-admissions/apply-school-place to apply

Parking

Do not stop your car on the zig zag lines in Addenbrooke Road or Thompson Road and do not park on the corner of these roads.

This is very dangerous for other drivers and parents/children walking and crossing roads.

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Bringing children to school

It is your responsibility as parents to ensure that your child gets into school safely.  Please do not drop off children and leave them.  Please come into the playground and stay with them until they have gone into building.

If your child is late, you must bring them into Reception and wait with them until they have been signed in by a Receptionist.

CHILDREN MUST NOT BE LEFT TO COME INTO SCHOOL ALONE.

Book your child's school dinners every day - it is not the teacher's job

Too many children are arriving at school every day without a dinner being booked.  Even if your child is eligible for free school meals, it is your responsibility to choose what they eat (both main course and dessert).

If there is a genuine reason why you are unable to book the dinner, please speak to the school office and ask them to help.

We are pleased to inform you that from January 2025, we will have a new school meal provider. You will receive an introductory letter with links and information about where to start looking at the menus and app. Over the next few weeks, we will send out more information via the School Gateway app (make sure you have the app logged in and push notifications set to automatically send messages).

Food vouchers will be sent to families with children who are eligible for free school meals.  You should receive an email in the last week of term from Wonde (check your spam folders).  

Once again, we are reminding you to put your child's full name in all items of clothing, shoes, coats, hats, scarves and gloves that your child wears to school.  Their full name also needs to be on lunch boxes, lunchbags, PE kits, pumps and bags, Forest School clothes and wellies .... the list is endless.

It is your responsibility to do this so that we can return lost items to your child. We are not responsible if items get lost.

Come on families, it takes a few minutes and saves you lots of money in the long run!

We have lots of videos to support your child's learning of phonics.  Click https://uplandsmanor.sch.life/Page/Detail/phonics or go to the website and click on 'Provision' to find the relevant videos.  Sit and watch them with your child and ask them to show you what they have been learning in school. 

Snow days and road gritting

A number of families have commented about the roads around school not being gritted when there is ice or snow. Unfortunately, local authorities only grit roads that are on a bus route.

If you feel strongly that other roads need to be gritted, feel free to contact your local Councillor or MP.

Uplands Manor Primary recognises that good attendance is essential in order for pupils to get the most of their school experience, including their attainment, wellbeing and wider life chances. It is extremely important that children are brought to school every day and to be on time.

Our school attendance target is 96%

Our current attendance is 94.1%

Information about support and events in our local area can be found on the Community Information page on our website or by clicking https://bit.ly/3Re3Q9T

We have been sent information about the DWP Find a Job website which we hope might be helpful.  Click Find a job to create an account and search for jobs in the local area and nationally.