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Mrs. Beech will be leaving us at Easter. She has been successful in gaining promotion to Head Teacher at a school in West Bromwich. We are very sorry to lose her, but wish her all the very best in her new role as Head Teacher.

Dates for your Diary

Year 5 visit to Blithfield Education Centre.

12.03.10. Class 5S, 15.03.10. Class 5L 19.10.10 Class 5JS – Class 5HS will go with their old Year 5 Class

23.03.10 Year 2 visit to Tamworth Castle

24.03.10 6D Cafe Project

25.03.10 6M Cafe Project

25.03.10 6Mc Cafe Project

31.03.10 6FS Cafe Project

A separate letter will go out giving further details of the above

Easter Holiday

School Closes on Thursday 1^st April at 3.15 p.m. and the children return to school on Monday 19^th April.

Parent’s Evening

These are on Thursday 18.03.10 from 3.30-6.00 and Tuesday 23.03.10 from 3.30- 6.00. Appointment times are being booked up, so if you haven’t returned your slip you need to do so as soon as possible.

SATs Dates

SATs dates this year are Monday 10^th – Friday 14^th May. Please ensure pupils, particularly Year 2 and Year 6 attend school during this important week.

Sports News

Year 5 and 6 came 2^nd in the cluster group netball tournament.

Book Fair

The annual Spring Term Book Fair will arrive at school on Friday 12^th March and will be here for one week, until Friday 19^th March. The Book Fair will be situated in the downstairs hall and will be open at 3.15 p.m. each afternoon, for parents, carers and children to make their purchases. Books are reasonably priced from £2.00 upwards. Each book sold earns commission that we use to buy new books for our school library. There will be two further opportunities for you to purchase books from the fair. Firstly, each class will visit the Book Fair during lesson time, and secondly, the Book Fair will be open during Parent’s Evening on Thursday 18^th March.

Quality Mark

On 30th March we are being assessed for the Primary Quality Mark award. Here at Uplands we are all committed to improving the Literacy and Numeracy skills of our pupils.

Mobile Phones In School

Can you please remind you again that children should only bring a mobile phone to school for extreme emergencies. All children know that phones should be left at the school office before the start of school. School will not take responsibility for mobile phones in school.

Eco Greenhouse

We asked you in December to save 2 Litre round clear pop bottles at home for our Eco greenhouse. The greenhouse is now well underway, so you can bring them into school.

Lost

We have had a ring handed into the office, it was found in Addenbrooke Road on Thursday, if you have lost a ring or know anyone who has, please contact the school office.