Maney Hill Newsletter

Dates for your diary updates in red

June July

17th – last day of the school year

August September

1st & 2nd– Staff Training Days 3rd– first day of new school

October 26th – half term week

November December

18th – last day of term

January 4th - Staff Training Day

5th – first day of spring term

February 15th – half term week

March April

1st – last day of term 19th – Staff Training Day

20th – first day of summer term

May 28th – Staff Training Day

31st – half term week

June July

21st – last day of the school year

Headteacher: Mrs S Whitehead BSc NPQH

Assistant Headteachers: Mrs H Stonehill MA PGDipEd Mrs K Samson BEd NASENDCo

Contact Us

Maney Hill Primary School Maney Hill Road Sutton Coldfield

B72 1JU

0121 464 9673

enquiry@maneyhill.bham.sch.uk

Dear Parents and Carers

This week we heard that government have abandoned plans to have all children

return to school this term. We know it’s challenging for parents whose children have

not been in school since March. Here at Maney Hill we would love to have all of the

children return - school isn’t the same without you and we miss you. Children are

currently taught in bubbles of a maximum of 15. All of the teachers and teaching

assistants who are able to attend school currently are in class teaching.

We await guidance from the government about how they plan for children to return

to school. I want to assure parents that at Maney Hill the Senior Leaders and

Governors are determined to do everything within our power to ensure that all

children return by September at the latest. Meanwhile, thank you to our amazing staff

who are currently teaching just over 50% of the Maney Hill children, considerably

higher than the national average of 11%. Mrs Whitehead

Reception build a Bug Hotel!

Well done to the Reception

children who together built a

Bug Hotel.

It has been built in a grassy

part of the playground. We hope

some bugs have now moved in!

Miss Randall

Healthy Snacks

At the moment we are not receiving

deliveries of free daily fruit and

vegetable snacks for Reception and

Key Stage 1.

If you would like your child (in any year groups) to have a healthy snack

at morning break then please send it with your child.

Healthy snacks include fruit, vegetables, rice cakes or oat biscuits.

Hi Year 3,

I hope you are all well, and have enjoyed working

through the week’s activities. By now you might have a

complete version of your sci-fi story and some excellent

cave art drawings. Feel free to send them in via e-mail

and I will enjoy having a look at them.

I know Mrs Fullard has been catching up with 3M this

week and that she has been enjoying hearing what you

have been doing. This week it has been lovely to be

entertained by some jokes – thank you Diren and

Owain, they certainly did make me laugh! Also, well

done to Matthew in 3M on completing his cave art

drawing and sending it in, it fitted in nicely with those

done in school by the children of the key workers.

This week’s challenge – Can you send in an

illustration to go with your sci-fi story? I look

forward to seeing some brilliant alien creations!

Have a good weekend; myself or Mrs Fullard will speak

to you again soon.

Take Care, Mr Wigley,

Mrs Cooper and

Mrs Simkiss.

Hello Year 5!

Week 2 of home learning complete. Well done year 5.

This week I have so many amazing pictures to show

you of work that has been completed by your peers.

Featured are; Honor, Joe’s and Kalisse’s Moon phases;

Olivia’s lego castle; Kenji’s illuminated letters; and

Maya’s wonderful baking. Thank you for sending in

your work, it’s lovely to see.

Weekly challenge – Have a go at learning a new

sports skill – I am going to learn how to do a ‘keepy

uppy’.

Keep safe and stay smiling, Miss Luckett.

We hope you are well and continuing to

work hard at home. We are missing seeing

you all in school but it is so lovely to speak to

you on the phone and to receive emails to

hear about all the things you have been

doing to keep you busy. It’s great to hear

about the Village projects you have been

completing – thank you to those of you who

have sent them in. It has been lovely to learn

about different villages from all over the

world.

Weekly challenge – Can you find different

items in your house to match each letter of

the alphabet? Let us know what you find.

Take care and keep smiling!

Mrs Stonehill, Miss Sharma, Mrs Fullard and

Mrs Liddar.

The local Health Protection Team is: West Midlands East HPT

Public Health England 5 St Philip’s Place Birmingham B3 2PW

Telephone 0344 225 3560 (option 2) Out of hours advice 01384 679 031

Testing for coronavirus (Covid-19) If you have symptoms of Covid-19, you can now ask for a test. You can also request a test for someone you live with, including all children of 5 years and older.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/testing-for-coronavirus/ask-for-a-test-to-check-if-you-have-coronavirus/ If you need advice about your symptoms, contact:

NHS 111 online coronavirus service.

Lunchtime Supervisor Vacancy

We have a vacancy to join our excellent team of lunchtime supervisors. The role fits very well with those

who enjoy working with children and would like to work for a few hours during the school day.

If you are interested, please email the school office for an application form enquiry@maneyhill.bham.sch.uk

The 6 Steps of Hand

Washing

In school we are getting

very good at washing

our hands.

Following ‘The 6 Steps of

Hand Washing’ is great

fun and will ensure our

hands are squeaky

clean to keep us safe.

Thank you to some of our

Reception children,

photographed here,

who are modelling this

superbly.

Mrs Samson