Friday 13rd September 2024

Dear Families,

Welcome to our third Family Connect. It has been a wonderful week with many exciting things happening across the school.

Every day in school is a chance to learn, grow and build a brighter future. Thank you to everyone for your commitment and dedication in ensuring that your child attends school every day.

We have lots of exciting information for you to digest this week:

We're now on Facebook!

We are excited to announce the launch of the official Facebook page for Temple Meadow Primary School.

Stay tuned for:

School updates & announcements

Fun learning activities & classroom highlights

Events, celebrations, and achievements

Tips and resources for families

We do not currently have photo consent for any child to feature on our social media platforms. We will however be creating a page on SchoolCloud for you to be able to give your consent for your child to be shared on our new Facebook page. We will send a text message when this goes live.

Be sure to like and follow our page to stay connected with all the latest news! Click the button below to see our page.

Reception 2025 Spaces

The application window for Reception 2025 spaces opens on Monday 16th September. If you have a child or know someone due to start school in September 2025, please tell them why Temple Meadow is the perfect place for their child's education!

For the first time, we have two open events for prospective families to see learning in action at Temple Meadow.

Our open events will take place on Tuesday 15th October 2024 at 9:30am and on Wednesday 27th November 2024 at 9:30am.

Please click the link below to book your place at one of our open events!

Library Launch

What better way to celebrate Roald Dahl Day than welcoming local author Giles Trigg into school.

In an assembly this morning, Giles shared insights into his writing journey followed by officially opening our newly renovated KS1 & KS2 libraries.

Hopefully, all of our children will be leaving school today inspired to explore the magic of reading.

Thank you for those families that have already purchased one of Giles' books.

If you still wish to purchase a book, please visit the School Office and make a payment of £5 (cash).

Swimming Update

Temple Meadow follows the National Curriculum and by the end of KS2, pupils should be able to:

1. Swim competently, confidently, and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres.
2. Use a range of strokes effectively, such as front crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke.
3. Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

In order for all children to meet this standard, we aim to offer all cohorts at least two separate swimming opportunities through their journey with us.

Moving forward there will be a consistent approach and year group pattern so that all children receive a block of swimming lessons whilst in Year 3, Year 4 and Year 6. In addition, this year, Year 5 will also have an opportunity to swim during the summer term. 

Our Year 4 and Year 6 swimming lessons are already underway with Year 3 planned for the spring term and Year 5 for the summer term.

As this is a national curriculum requirement, all children will need to participate. 

Harvest 

Harvest Festival will be taking place on Monday 30th September 2024 where we will have a whole-school Harvest assembly to discuss the importance of this event.

We will be collecting sealed and canned food items to donate to The Black Country Foodbank.

The organisation is dependent upon donations, especially during uncertain times. Please send any donations of sealed, in-date tins or packets of food, to school with your child on the above date. We will then ensure that these are stored safely ready for collection from a member of staff from the Foodbank. 

To further celebrate Harvest, after school on Monday 30th September 2024, we will be hosting an autumn themed competition, 'Guess the Weight of the Pumpkin' where you will have the opportunity to win a hamper.

Each competition entry costs 20p and you can re-enter as many times as you like. Temple Meadow staff will note down your child’s name and class to ensure the winner gets their prize. The winners will be announced in assembly on the following Monday. The money raised will go back to the ECO committee to continue their work across school. The money collected will be cash and coins and you will need to add donations directly into the money box.

One winner in each Key Stage will receive a prize of a food hamper and some autumn themed arts and crafts.

Thank you in advance for your support. 

Bikeability

We are really excited to be able to host Bikeability for the first time this year.

On this occasion, sessions will be with our Year 6 cohort and a separate communication will soon be sent to Year 6 families.

We would like to share information regarding free family bike rides that are open and available to all families starting this weekend. 

Bikes will be provided so we encourage you to make contact with Cradley Heath community link to book your place.