Dear Glebe Families
Welcome back to the final half term of the school year! We hope you and your children had a restful break and are ready for the exciting and busy weeks ahead.
We’re pleased to officially welcome Mrs Benfield to the team, as well as Miss Hollis, who has joined us in the Resource Base. We’re excited to have them working with our children and contributing to our school community.
As we start this half term, we know it will be a packed one, with many special events and end-of-year milestones. Next week, we’re looking forward to:
-The Junior Music Festival at the Cliffs Pavilion on Wednesday;
-District Sports Day at Garon Park on Thursday.
These are fantastic opportunities for our children to showcase their talents, represent the school, and make lasting memories.
Behind the scenes, we’ve been planning for next year and we’re planning staff deployment plans with our team. Like many schools, we’re preparing for a year with a very tight budget. We’ll be doing everything we can to maintain the high standards and broad experiences you expect, but we also appreciate your support and understanding as we carefully manage resources moving forward.
Thank you to all families for your continued encouragement as teachers begin writing end-of-year reports. We know how much these mean to you and we’re committed to ensuring they reflect each child’s growth and progress.
This week, our school value focus is Ambition. We’re encouraging all pupils to believe in themselves and aim high in every area of school life. Please do talk about this at home and help your child think about their own dreams and goals.
Lastly, we’re continuing to promote creativity and inspiration in our weekly Music Moment and Influential Figure features, which are shared in assemblies across the school. We hope your child enjoys these and shares them with you.
Thank you, as always, for being such an important part of our school community. We’re looking forward to a positive and energetic final half term.
Wishing you a relaxing weekend.
Warm regards
Mr Clarke
Headteacher
Certificates
A huge well done this week to:
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RR: All children |
RS: All children |
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1D: Frankie R & Rosie G |
1M: Lewis B & Everleigh B |
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2N: Grace P & Thomas T |
2VB: Ashton W & Arielle P |
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3P: Harry G & Eliza B |
3R: Nora B & Albie K |
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4A: Archie D & Ellis D B |
5A: Albie M & Ria-Mae C |
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5/4L: Aubrie T & Poppy M |
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6HC: N/A |
6P: N/A |
Attendance: Our school target is 97%
Year to date 94.5%
We expect pupils to be in school everyday.
We will not authorise term time absence except in exceptional circumstances and where appropriate, Essex County Council will issue fines.
Classes:
| RR: 95.2% | 3R: 91.8% |
| RS: 90.0% | 4A: 88.4% |
| 1D: 90.4% | 5A: 91.4% |
| 1M: 97.7% | 5/4L: 89.0% |
| 2N: 93.3% | 6HC: 93.2% |
| 2VB: 94.0% | 6P: 90.6% |
| 3P: 95.2% |
This week, the class with the highest attendance was 1M with 97.7%. Well done! The attendance reward will be coming your way.
News from the Resource Base
In RB1, we have started our writing unit on traditional tales. The children retold the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ for the cold task. We have also started a new maths unit, the children have enjoyed practical activities to support their learning with money.
For English in RB2 this week, we’ve started looking at recount writing. For their cold task the children have written about something they did over the half term and since then we have been discussing what it might be like to climb Mount Everest. In maths we have been working on adding improper fractions and mixed numbers.
News from EYFS
What an eggciting week!! We have been learning all about the little red hen and have recalled the events in the story.
Barleylands was an amazing day for all. The children were really respectful and showed great enthusiasm throughout the day. We began our day learning about where flour comes from and how wheat becomes flour. We then were very busy kneading our dough to make our rolls.
After learning how to feed the animals safely we headed out on the farm to feed the sheep, goats and cows and got to visit the other animals too.
Despite the challenging weather, we were able to have a bumpy tractor ride and see all of Barleylands! We even managed to squeeze in a fun time on the new playground.
In maths, we are practising our skills of doubling and odd and even numbers. This can all be used to help us learn all about sharing amounts equally.
And…
On Wednesday we were so eggcited to have our surprise delivered to the classroom. Our mystery eggs arrived and can’t wait to see what hatches out of them!
Influential Figure – Introduction – Women in STEM
This term, our assemblies will focus on women in STEM. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. We will look at a number of influential figures in the coming weeks.
Music Moment
Our music moment this week is Anne Clyne – Night Ferry.
Fortnightly Focus: Individual Liberty
“Communicate what you want appropriately”
This week, we are learning about individual liberty. That means having the freedom to make choices and to say what you think or feel, in a respectful and kind way.
What does it mean?
You are allowed to have your own thoughts, feelings, and ideas. You can speak up for yourself, but it’s important to do it in the right way.
Good ways to communicate:
Using kind words to ask for what you need
Speaking clearly and calmly
Listening to others and taking turns
Using “please” and “thank you”
Not-so-good ways:
Shouting or interrupting
Demanding or being rude
Ignoring other people’s feelings
Example:
If you need help, you could say, “Excuse me, I don’t understand this, can you help me please?”
Let’s try to:
Speak up when something is important to us
Respect other people’s choices and voices
Remember that everyone has the right to be heard
w/c 9 June – Year 1 Phonics screening check.
10 June – September 2025 Reception intake parent meeting at 2.30pm.
11 June – Junior music festival.
12 June – District Sports.
12 June – PJ day for 2N (golden ticket treat). *new date*
16 June – Class 6P visiting the Rayleigh Museum (afternoon).
17 June – Class 6HC visiting the Rayleigh Museum (afternoon).
22-25 June – Year 6 residential trip to Mersea.
w/c 30 June – Year 6 enterprise week.
8 July – Year 2 Florence Nightingale workshop.
8 July – Year 6 production to parents at 5.00pm.
10 July – Year 6 production to parents at 2.00pm.
11 July – FOGP Summer fete.
15 July – Year 6 leavers’ assembly to parents at 9.00am.
16 July – Non-uniform day for 2N (golden ticket treat). *new date*
17 July – Year 6 Glebe Fest leavers’ event.
Congratulations to Lara in Year 3 who recently achieved her Advanced Gold Gymnastics Award with SEGC.
Ella (Year 6) and Elsie (Year 3) took part in their gymnastics club in-house competition before half term. They had a fabulous day and enjoyed taking part with all their friends.
Ella achieved 4th for her floor and vault routines and 1st for her routine on the beam. Elsie achieved 1st for her floor and vault routine and 1st for her beam routine.
Both girls performed brilliantly and their whole family is very proud of them. Well done, girls!
Find the signs in action on Glebe’s social media pages.
Below are the curriculum maps for each year group, outlining the topics the children will be focusing on this term.
If you have any specific questions around the curriculum content, please contact your class teacher.
