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Newsletter 7th February 2025

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GALLEY HILL NEWSLETTER

FRIDAY 7th FEBRUARY 2025

For access to the full calendar please visit: Galley Hill Primary School and Nursery - Calendar

Topaz Sharing Assembly
9:00am – 9:30am
13
February
Nursery Prospective Parent Talk and Tour
10:00am – 11:00am
13
February
Break up for February Half Term
All Day
14
February
Children return to school
All Day
24
February
Nursery Little City Experience
8:30am – 11:30am
24
February
Netball Friendly match away at Two Waters
3:30pm – 4:30pm
04
March

Message from Mrs Birch

Mrs Birch
Mrs Birch - Headteacher

This week has been Children’s Mental Health Week and we hope the children have enjoyed thinking about ways of keeping themselves mentally healthy. Both Mrs Reynolds and Mish, our Mental Health Practitioner, have led assemblies using this year’s theme ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself’.

This week, we also launched our REAL Play Leaders initiative with a day of training for our children in Year 5. The aim of this session is to encourage peer-led play and teamwork. We look forward to the children using their new skills on the playground at lunch time.

Communication

We strongly believe that communication between school and home is absolutely essential and we want to work in partnership with you all for the very best outcomes for your children. We always try to have staff available, including members of the school’s leadership team, before and after school for brief messages and conversations. Where needed, we are always happy to organise meetings with the most appropriate staff member or communicate on the telephone or via email. Please be aware however that staff are with the children for the very vast majority of their working day so may not always be available on the same day. We will endeavour to respond to emails and return phone calls within three school days. Thank you for your understanding.

School Leadership Team

At Galley Hill, we are very fortunate to have a large leadership team who work closely together to ensure the best possible outcomes for our children. As a reminder, our leadership team are:

Headteacher – Mrs Birch

Deputy Headteacher / Key Stage One (Years 1 and 2) Leader – Mrs Reynolds

Assistant Headteacher – Mrs Jackson

School Business Manager – Miss Scott

Early Years (Nursery and Reception) Leader – Mrs Oakley

Lower Key Stage Two (Years 3 and 4) Leader – Miss Featherstone

Upper Key Stage Two (Years 5 and 6) Leader – Mrs Spooner

Our Chair of Governors is Mrs Hunter and our Vice Chair of Governors is Mrs Pearce.

Sharing Assembly

A reminder that Team Topaz will be presenting their learning at 9am on Thursday 13th February.

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News

Artist in Year 5 - Monday 10th February

Year 5 are lucky enough to have a local landscape artist coming in on Monday 10th February. Mrs Goodliffe will be interviewed by the children to find out how she became an artist. This will then be followed by a 'paint with me' workshop.

 

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