Yours sincerely, H. Setchell

NON UNIFORM DAY Tuesday 24th July is a NON—UNIFORM day. All donations will be sent to a charity we support of the children’s choice. The School Council will decide who this charity is. Further information will follow.

SPORTS EVENTS

JUNIOR SPORTS EVENT JULY 11TH 1.50 P.M.

INFANT SPORTS EVENT JULY 12TH 9.15 A.M. Your child will be placed in their house team colour, either Ruby (Red), Sapphire (Blue), Emerald (Green), Diamond (White) or Amethyst (Purple). On the day, the children will need to bring their full P.E kit including their pumps. A bib with their house colour will be provided for them to wear. As usual, refreshments will be available so please do come along to support this event but be aware that they may have to be cancelled at short notice if the weather is wet or too hot.

WANTED SPORTS DAY HELP If you are able to help FOGM with the refreshments on either of these days please contact Mrs Johnson in the school office.

MEDICAL NEWS All inhalers and spacers in school will be sent home with pupils at the end of term. Please ensure that spacers are washed and that inhalers are in date before being returned to school for the new academic year. Also all medication kept in school e.g. Piriton, Epi-pens will be sent home at the end of this term. Please make sure that all medicine is returned on the first school day back in September.

11/17-18 29TH JUNE 2018

Dear Parents,

GREEN MEADOW PRIMARY SCHOOL

Green Meadow Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 4EE

Tel: 0121 475 4505 Fax: 0121 476 8254

Miss H. Setchell—Head Teacher

www.greenmeadowprimaryschool.com

enquiry@greenmeadow.bham.sch.uk

SDP PARENTAL RESPONSES A big thank you to those parents / carers who returned the school response form and for sharing their positive comments about the good things that happen here as well as suggesting possible development points. We were pleased that some parents took the opportunity to complete the form and indicate their support. Importance was placed upon:

The good quality of teaching and learning, excellent curriculum provision and approachable, hard working staff.

The inspiring, stimulating and secure environment, outdoor learning initiative and enrichment activities that happen each term.

The pupil response to our school and their general behaviour and attitude to learning.

Clear communication and the regular and informative newsletters / topic letters and feedback given to parents as well as the website which provides information.

The school community, and the availability and quality of parental workshops and the home/school partnership.

The variety of after school clubs available for pupils (although new and appropriate opportunities are always being investigated).

Suggestions for school improvement will be reviewed and included in our new School Development Plan. Parents who raised individual issues will be contacted in the coming week. Pupils have also given us feedback in terms of ideas for school improvement. Thank you for your input to school life. We have another exciting year ahead.

AFTER SCHOOL CLUB NEWS There will be NO after school clubs run in the last week of term. All clubs will finish by Friday 14th July.

Attendance Congratulations to Class 5C for achieving the best attender’s award for the month of May with 97.84% for the month. 2G have recorded only 2 lates for the month so they are the early bird winners for May – well done!. The total lates recorded for the month of May was 165. However, there

was a 1 week break during the month. It is disappointing to see that the numbers are staring to creep up again. Likewise, the total attendance has

dropped to below 96.00% . School starts at 8.50 and ALL children need to be in school for that time. Thank you for your continued support.

Infants Juniors

Class Attendance for the Month

Lates Class Attendance for the Month

Lates

RG 95.90% 6 3D 94.48% 19

RM 95.00% 4 3M 96.18% 17

1J 96.84% 8 4B 95.20% 9

1S 93.41% 19 4W 96.55% 15

2B 96.39% 19 5B 96.76% 11

2G 97.35% 2 5C 97.84% 10

6N 93.24% 13

6W 95.98% 13

Overall attendance for the month of May was 95.80%

Year 4 Trip to Twycross Zoo Year 4 had a brilliant day at Twycross Zoo. We got to see lots of animals and learnt about endangered and extinct animals in our workshop and what we can do to prevent this. We even got to touch a cockroach called Alan!

“The monkey rolling on the grass was adorable.” Evie

“I was sad when we found out

there were only 2 female white rhinos left in the

wild.” Lucas

Experiencing Excelsior! Next Thursday and Friday, Year 5 have been invited to visit the Young Engineers’ Academy at Parkfield Community School to experience just some of the amazing resources which will be available to enrich learning as part of Excelsior Multi Academy Trust. They are all incredi-bly excited! The Young Engineers’ Academy has been designed and purpose built to inspire children to become the engineers,

mathematicians, scientists and problem solvers of the future. When I visited it earlier in the year, I was exceptionally impressed with the learning opportunities and resources

available and I know our children will love taking part in their Lego Mindstorm workshop next week. Please look out

for updates on the school website to see what our budding engineers achieve throughout the day!

Dear Parents and Carers, At last, all the paperwork is completed and Green Meadow Primary School is to join Excelsior MAT on 1st July 2018! Already many of the staff have been working together with staff from our 2 other schools—Parkfield Community School and Turves Green Primary School, and as expected, the 3 schools are a good fit indeed. Next week, year 5 pupils will be visiting the Young Engineers’ Academy at Parkfield to explore working and learning with small robots, and the Green Meadow Logo is being added to the minibuses at Turves Green Primary. Togetherness is certainly the theme. It is through this togetherness that I know we will all achieve even more, as the sharing of resources and teaching expertise will broaden horizons and add challenge to all we do. So that leaves me just to say THANK YOU to Green Meadow for joining us and moving into our multi academy trust, a great deci-sion and one we will relish. With best wishes, Hazel Pulley CEO Excelsior MAT

Year 5 & 6 Violin Performance

The Year 5 and 6 violinists had a great time performing at the Elgar

Concert Hall at the University of Birmingham last Wednesday. The children participated in a

drumming workshop where they learnt different rhythms on

different style drums. The children were also treated to a campus tour where they learnt all about the history

of the university and what life is like as a student at university. This culminated in the children performing the pieces they have been

practising, alongside other schools, to a large audience in the concert hall.

The children were brilliant ambassadors for our school and

enjoyed the experience. Thank you to all the parents that attended and

thank you for your continued support!

60th Birthday Celebrations—Monday 9th July 2018 In celebration of our 60th Birthday we are having a non uniform day where pupils and staff can wear party clothes /

non uniform for the day. There is a celebratory lunch so please complete the flier and send it back to the school office. The children will also come home with a gift from school.

Summer Fair—Friday 6th July 20183.30—5. 00 p.m. FOGM would like to thank you all for your generous donations sent in towards our Summer Fair on Friday 6th July 2018. The FOGM would like to appeal for any help / support that parents or relatives could give to them for this event. Please speak to the office if you are able to help and we will direct you to the FOGM team. These enjoyable and valuable events raise vital funds and can only be successful if we have the support and enthusiasm of the whole school community.

Year 2 Trip to Wyre Forest On Wednesday, year 2 went on a trip to Wyre Forest. We had so much fun learning about all the different types of trees and animals that live there. We then spent time walking around the forest trying to find markers on the map. Here are some photos of things we saw.

ICE LOLLIES FOR SALE The Kitchen are selling ice lollies at lunchtime during the hot weather for 50p.

Class lists for September 2018 On Wednesday 4th July, all pupils will spend the day in their new classroom with their teacher for the next academic year. Our transition work continues from now until the end of term to support our children at this exciting time as we know that some can be a little apprehensive about changing year groups. Reception : The Children are in 4 groups for the start of the

Autumn Term. Classes will then be known as Reception Green (RG)—Mrs Ralif and Reception Meadow (RM) -Miss Spencer

Year One : 1J (current RG) Mrs Jones 1R (current RM) Mrs Richards Year Two: 2B (current 1S) Mrs Bestwick (Monday –

Thursday) with Mrs Devenney on a Friday. 2E (current 1J) Miss Bennett Year Three: 3B (current 2B) Miss Baillie 3H (current 2G) Mrs Bradley Year Four: 4SD (current 3M) Mrs Stirrop/Mrs Devenney 4W (current 3SD) Miss Wall Year Five: 5D (current 4B) Mrs Darnbrough 5B (current 4W) Miss Bonner Year Six: 6N (current 5B) Mr Nightingale 6DP (current 5C) Miss Perry (Monday-

Wednesday with Mrs Dhingra Wednesday—Friday)

Year 6 This term, year 6 have been gripped by the novel ‘Welcome to Nowhere’ by Elizabeth Laird which is set in Syria and follows a family affected by the civil war. It inspired them to learn more about the difficulties faced by many Syrian people today and write a foreword for the book to give other readers background information about the story. All of the children wrote exceptionally powerful pieces and have shown that they understand how to write purposefully and for meaning with a controlled voice and great maturity. Please take a moment to read Ekene’s foreword from 6AP.

Year 1—Kenilworth Castle Trip Year One recently went on a trip to Kenilworth Castle. We really enjoyed exploring the grounds and looking at the ruins. We were interested in finding the parts of the castle that were still there, like the towers, arrow loops and the barbican. We were also able to have a picnic in the sunshine and then explore the beautiful gardens there. We then came back to school and wrote down what we had learnt. Jiya: "I really enjoyed going in the gatehouse and looking at the dining room and the bedrooms." C'Jae: " I spotted a tower and some arrow loops." James: " In the past there was no electricity so they used lots of candles to light the room . They used a fire to stay warm because they did not have radiators."

Year 3 In Year 3, we have been reading nonsense poetry. We have read the ‘On The Ning Nang Nong’ by Spike Milligan and ‘The Jabberwocky’ by Lewis Carroll. We have identified nonsense words within the poems and have selected real life words that could be used instead. We have been developing our descriptive writing through

setting and character descriptions and our own narratives.

Reception—Trip to Bishops Wood

Reception went on a fantastic trip to Bishops Wood recently. It was

linked to the story Where The Wild Things Are. The children had the

opportunity to go

on a woodland walk sequencing pictures of the

story, make up their own ‘Rumpus’, create clay models, play in a mud

kitchen and build a boat and Max’s bedroom. They had a wonderful time

developing their imagination in the woodland

environment.

Scarlett: We got on the coach and

went on an adventure. I liked listening to the story ‘Where The

Wild Things Are’ and making a creature with clay.

Emmy: I loved going to Bishops Wood. My favourite part was playing in the mud kitchen. I made Max and all

the creatures supper.

Callum: We went in the forest and found pictures of the story. We put the pictures in order from beginning to

end. It was so much fun!

Year 5 In year 5, we have been converting metric units of mass and length in Maths. We have been applying our skills and knowledge (such as fractions, decimals, multiplying and dividing) to new situations and working in pairs to solve multi-step problems. Miss Baillie and Miss Bonner are both really proud of how well everyone is working. Well done, keep up the fantastic work Year 5!

Behaviour Reminder Thank you to all the pupils who have responded so well to our focus on ensuring that children help create such a happy learning environment at school. Self discipline, good manners and respect for themselves and others underpins our school ethos. To encourage children to make responsible choices rewards are in place. Sanctions do also apply for pupils who choose to ignore or break our 4 school rules. School does have a formal disciplinary procedure to use as and when necessary. There is zero tolerance to name calling of any kind but particularly against anyone’s age, disability, ethnicity, colour or national origin, gender, sexual identity, orientation or reassignment, or their religion or belief. There is also zero tolerance for any physical aggression of any kind. Children are reminded of our school rules in every assembly and throughout every playtime opportunity. Please support your child and the school by encouraging discussion about the importance of following our school rules: We always work hard and use our time well; we always follow instructions first time; we always keep our hands, feet and objects to ourselves and we always show respect to others and their property. In this way, your child(ren) can develop a sense of responsibility for their own behaviour and consideration for others and grow in confidence, self esteem and independence. Ofsted July 2017 “Pupils are encouraged to show respect and consideration for others, and are expected to behave well.” The judgement for ‘Personal development, behaviour and welfare’ is good at this school.