05/12-13 21ST DECEMBER 2012

GREEN MEADOW PRIMARY SCHOOL

Green Meadow Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 4EE Tel: 0121 475 4505 Fax: 0121 476 8254

www.greenmeadow.bham.sch.uk

‘What Christmas Means To Me’

‘Hey Ewe’

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Great!

Talented!

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Dear Parents,

Terrific!

AUTUMN TERM ATTENDANCE ACHIEVEMENTS Congratulations to all of the children listed below who were able to avoid illness. All of those listed below will receive a Gold attendance certificate for their attendance during the term. Class RD: Latrell, Blake, Chloe Gill, Darci Lees and James Walton Class RR: Lilly Foxall, Isla Mcdougall and Maison Mills. Class 1M: Bradleigh Anastasio , Pele Haarhoff, Lewis Jones, Daniel Morris and Charlie Sheppard . Class 1PW : Muhja Alhamali, Dylan Brecknell, Elliott Hallman-Stringer, Samuel Kelly and Theodore Stokes. Class 2J: Mckenzie Belcher, Grace Brook, Eden D’Auncey, Dylan Fraser Greening, David Free and Narae Han. Class 2M: Amber Truby, and Sophie Whitehouse. Class 3B:Jake Allen, Ebube Anyanegbu, Jacob Callanan, Janay Easy, Kiera Fernandes, Millie Hall, Jacob Longley, Madison Mckellar, Matthew O’Brien, and Samuel Walton, Class 3H: Tian Ran Ge, James Harvey, Kayleigh Jenks, Nikolai Jones and Abigail Morris, Class 4C: Isabel D’Auncey, Elouise Gough, Sophie Jones, George Ketland, and Joshua Oughton Class 4F: Annalie Gough, Joseph Hall, Stephen James, Ellena Jeong, Deniro Quinn-Mellard, Oliver Walker, Owen Walton, Emily Ward and Ethan Whitehouse Class 5B: Charlotte Allen, Tyler Balla, Scott Bradley, Liam Croft, Charlotte Lane, Benjamin Ridley, Class 5C: Oluma Anyanegbu, Cathy Ge, Jake Kenny, Thomas Lane, Gabrielle Milton, Milan Quinn-Mellard, Rebecca Stokes, Lauren Walters and Sophie Windridge, Class 6A: Abdulla Alhamali, Ricardo Balla, Shay Bingham, Faith Callanan, Jasmine D’Auncey, Katie Duggan, Charli Fry, Lucy Haywood, Mason Jones, Karen Kaur Mann, James Perry, Charlotte Whittaker and Sean Yarwood. Class 6W: Ethan Birmingham, Roy Gough, Deon Haarhoff, James Hawkeswood, Harrison Kerr and Laura Palmer Congratulations to Class 6A who were overall best attenders with an average of 97.09% and to Class RD who were overall Early Bird termly winners with only 15 lates all term. Please continue to support our Best Attenders / Early Bird initiatives by getting your children to school everyday and on time.

I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of all staff, to thank you for all of your cards and gifts, and to wish you all a happy, peaceful and restful holiday. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. H. Setchell Headteacher

DATES TO REMEMBER Spring Term 2013 School opens – Tuesday 8th January 2013 School closes – Friday 15th February 2013 CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES

A big thank you to all of our parents for your continuing support with our Christmas activities. Your support for both the Infant and Junior productions was excellent. Those who attended the FOGMS Carol Service enjoyed the occasion and the parties had food provided in abundance. School takes a lot of time and trouble to organise and manage Christmas Production tickets and I thank you for your support. Please only ask for your family ticket allocation so that we can ensure fair distribution for all. If you are unable to attend please tell school and then we can reissue tickets appropriately. Thank you for your help in this matter.

ENTRY DAY TO OUR NEW TOPICS In the new year we are starting our new topic with our usual ‘sizzling start’. On Thursday 10th January 2013 please can the children come to school dressed up. Please see below as to the class themes. Reception—Our World—Dress up as Pirates Year 1—Through the Keyhole—Builders Year 2—Special People—Nurses, Soldiers, Firemen, Doctors, Teachers. Year 3—Walk like an Egyptian—Holiday cruise clothes (with jumper) Year 4—Groovy Greeks—Greek Gods and Goddesses Year 5—The Victorians—Victorian children, rich or poor. Year 6—Space—dress up as Astronauts, Planet etc. We look forward to seeing your costumes.

Miss Buffery

MOBILE PHONES Whilst we want to develop independent skills in year 6, the privilege of having a mobile phone on the way to and from school also brings responsibility. Both school and parents need to be able to trust children to act appropriately and do the right thing. Pupils must only bring mobile phones to school if absolutely necessary. They will be collected in at the office but school cannot take responsibility for them. We ask that mobile phones are switched off as soon as pupils enter the school site in the morning and only switched on after leaving the site in the afternoon. Thank you for your support.

Outdoor Learning Kits Please ensure that the children’s outdoor learning kits are back in school at the start of the new term as well as their PE kits. All normal curriculum lessons will be up and running in January.

Parent Volunteer Readers We would like to thank all of our Parent Volunteer Readers for their support and wish them a very Merry Christmas and we look forward to your continued support in the New Year.

Miss Buffery & Mrs Mills ‘They help us answer the questions about the book’ Elliott—1PW ‘If we get stuck the Mums are always there to help us.’ - Isla—RR ‘I enjoy it because I like reading books and reading new books each time. The parent helps me to say the words properly and understand what they mean.’ Ellena—4F ‘They are thoughtful because they spend their own time helping us read.’ Ella—3H

Christmas Charity Collection Well done to everyone and thank you for your generosity. With the sale of the production tickets and today’s non uniform day we have collected a staggering £700.00 for the Birmingham Children’s Hospital Cancer Ward. WELL DONE!