Newsletter 7th February 2020

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.

School website login (School Life)

You should have received a letter this week about School Life. The letter gives you the information about how to login to the school website from a mobile phone, iPad, tablet, laptop or PC. Please keep the letter safe until you have received a Username and Password from us.

If you haven't received one by Wednesday 12th February, please contact the school office. Thanks for your patience.

Letters sent home

The letters sent home in the last few days are listed below. If you have not received letters, please check the website or ask for a copy from the Receptionists.

Year 4 swimming
School Life website login

Headteacher & Deputy Headteacher Awards

Some children are sent to the Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher for a special award. This week, they were given to:

Tara C for her fabulous fantasy story - well done!
Dennis for excellent reading of his red words
Oscar W-R for an excellent thoughtful card to his friend
Alex Y for writing an excellent card to his friend
Blessing for a thoughtful note about her mummy
Aqsa N for her creative work in music producing a 'peaceful' music video
Felicha for her creative work in music producing a 'peaceful' music video

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:

Niket for giving up some of his lunchtime to help Mrs Bavington put books away in the library

Weekly Attendance

The best attending classes last week were:

NAM 91.5%, RJC 96.9%, 1W 97.1%, 2F 96%, 3I 98.7%, 4D 100%, 5C 98.1%, 6G 96.9%.

Start and end of the school day

Please ensure that you arrive on time in a morning for school so that your child doesn't miss any learning time.

At the end of the school day, please be on time to collect your child. Any children who are not collected on time will be taken to the 4Community Trust after school care and you will be charged.

'Free to be me' - Internet Safety Day Tuesday 11th February

During Safer Internet Day, the children will be learning about how they can use the internet safely while protecting their identity. Here is some useful information about how to talk to your child about staying safe online.

Parents' Evenings

Our next Parents' Evenings will be on Tuesday 17th and Thursday 19th March from 3.40 - 6pm. The booking system will be open today from 4pm.

If you have a QR code reader on your mobile phone (it is in the Wallet app on an iPhone or you can download a free QR app in Play Store for Android) , use it to take you straight to the Parents' Evening login page.

You can also visit: https://uplandsmanor.parentseveningsystem.co.uk

It will only work if the email address you use is the same as the one registered on the school database and if we have you correctly registered as Ms/Mrs/Miss.

We will be holding drop-in sessions after half term on when staff can help you book if you have problems. Please do not go to the Receptionists to book.

Nursery September 2020

There are still places available for our nursery starting in September. Children have to be three by August 31st 2020 to start in September. For more details, please speak to Mrs Lowe at Manor Reception or Pam.

School dinners - next week's menu

Please try to keep your child's meal pattern for half a term. If you need to change from sandwiches to dinners or dinners to sandwiches, it is important that you contact the school office so they give the correct numbers to the kitchen so there is enough food for all the children. If you have any queries, please speak to the school office.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Option 1	Sandwich selection	Sandwich selection	Sandwich selection	Sandwich selection	Sandwich selection
Option 2	Organic pork and vegetable pasty, minted potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower florets	Organic beef bolognaise, spaghetti, peas, vegetable crudites	Roasted farm assured chicken roulade filled with spinach and cheese, served with fresh tomato sauce, parsley potatoes, carrot batons, savoy cabbage	Farm assured british pork sausages wiht gravy, creamy potatoes and parsnip mash, green beans, sweetcorn	Fish fingers served with tomato sauce, chips, peas, baked beans
Option 3	Quorn tikka masala, pilau rice, salad bar selection	Vegetarian pinwheels, half jacket, peas, Organic beef bolognaise, spaghetti, peas, vegetable cruditesvegetable crudites	Stuffed crust margherita pizza, herby jacket wedges, carrot batons, salad bar selection	Vegetarian bites served in pitta with crunchy salad and relish, bombay potatoes, sweetcorn, salad bar selection	Vegetable fingers served with tomato sauce, half jacket, baked beans, salad bar selection
Option 4	Roasted vegetable fajita wrap, salad bar selection	Jacket potato served with chicken mayonnaise, salad bar selection	Tuna pasta bake, salad bar selection	Jacket potato with cheese and creamy coleslaw, salad bar selection	Falafel served in pitta with a crunchy salad and mint raita, salad bar selection
Desserts	Courgette and lime cake or butterscotch whip	Chocolate and pear sponge with chocolate sauce or date slice	Strawberry jelly with fresh fruit or banana flapjack	Bramley apple oaty crumble served with custard sauce or vanilla ice cream with fruit coulis	Cheese and biscuits or chocolate and beetroot slice

500 Words! BBC Radio 2 writing competition

Dates for your diary

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

Rags to Riches 4 Schools

Community News

Girls' Friendly Society

The Girls' Friendly Society run girls only volunteer led groups in England and Wales that meet weekly during term time. A new group will hopefully open at the Dorothy Parkes Centre in April or May on a Monday evening for girls 9 years old and over. You can find out more about them on their website https://girlsfriendlysociety.org.uk/