Maney Hill Newsletter

Dates for your diary updates in red

January 6th – first day of term

27th – Governor Visits Week 31st – Reception Macmillan

Coffee Morning February

5th & 6th Parents’ Evening 17th – half term week

28th – Year 4 Macmillan Coffee Morning March

13th – Year 1 Macmillan Coffee Morning

23rd – Y3 Food Workshops April

1st – Easter Bonnets Parade 3rd – last day of term

20th – first day of term 22nd – Y4 Residential

24th – Year 2 Macmillan Coffee Morning

27th – Parents Evening Drop-In May

4th – KS1 SATs begin 8th – May Day Holiday/VE

Holiday 11th – KS2 SATs Week

15th – Year 3 Macmillan Coffee Morning

17th – PTA Fun Run 19th – Y3 Food Workshops 22nd – Staff Training Day

25th – half term week

June 1st & 2nd Life Caravan

5th – Year 5 Macmillan Coffee

Headteacher: Mrs S Whitehead BSc NPQH

Assistant Headteachers: Mrs H Stonehill MA PGDipEd

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 finished off the term in Christmas style with an excellent

Year 5 and 6 Christmas Production, a lovely Carol Concert, the Christmas

parties and a celebration of the 24 children receiving Special Merit certificates. Thank

you to all the parents, grandparents and families for all your support. Together we

make Maney Hill a great school for the children. Thank you to our four new teachers,

Miss Grencis, Miss Luckett, Miss Sharma and Miss Wood, to Mrs Summers our new

Finance Assistant and to all of our staff for your hard work and contribution to the

school. Finally we say goodbye to three members of staff - after a long absence, Mrs

Smith has decided to retire; Mrs Thorneloe has decided not to return following

maternity leave and Mr Reid is off to New Zealand. Thank you and good luck to them

all. Merry Christmas to everyone! Mrs Whitehead

School Clubs – letters have gone home this week with information about clubs.

During the Spring term clubs area available (first come first serve) for Years 1, 2, 4,

5 and 6. During the Summer term more clubs will be available.

Panto Pandemonium

Very well done to Years 5 and 6 for a stunning presentation of Panto

Pandemonium. The children on stage worked hard learning lines, dances and

words. Behind the scenes the children in the lighting and sound teams also did a

great job. It was lovely to see the children working well as a team and to see the

obvious pride and enjoyment on their faces.

Credit must go to Miss Grencis, Miss Luckett, Miss Harrison and Mrs Grayston

for fantastic support for the children. Well done all!

New books Our English Leader Miss Smithson is on a mission

to further improve Reading. The latest addition

to the reading books at Maney Hill is a set of ‘Pie

Corbett Reading Spine’ classic books for every

class.

These will be available for the children to read

silently or aloud to their teacher or teaching

assistant during BEAR time (Be Excited About

Reading).

Carol Concert at St. Peter’s Church

Well done to all the children in Year 3 and 4, the musicians and Head Boy and Head Girl for presenting a charming Carol Concert. Thank also to Church Reader Mrs Willis, Mrs Stonehill and the many school staff who supported.

Book Amnesty

If you have any extra school books, please

return them to school in January. Thank you

Maney Hill PTA

Thank you to Liz and the PTA committee for organising a range of great fundraising events.

The approximate amounts raised recently are:

Bonfire Night - £2,000

School Discos - £500

Christmas Fayre - £3,000 (including £1,000 from raffle)

The PTA have £10,000 in the bank. We plan to buy

32 iPads and an iPad trolley that can be used by

one class or two classes if shared between two.

Thank you to everyone from the PTA and all those

who have come along to events.

Attendance Overall attendance this term is an outstanding

97.6%. Well done to 1M, 1W and 3W with the

highest attendance this term.

RR – 96.5% RM – 97.9%

1W – 98.5% 1M – 98.5%

2R – 97.6% 2S – 98.1%

3W – 98.3% 3M – 97.8%

4ST – 97.8% 4SH – 97.7%

Y5 – 97.8% Y6 – 97.2%

As always, we aim for 95% attendance as it is so

important for children’s learning to be at school as

much as possible.

Congratulations to

1M and 4SH

Lunchtime Classes of the Week

RR Anna Moore & Thomas Summerfield

RM Sienna Robson & Joshua Creed

1W William Ansell & Javeriah Mirza

1M Harry Lucas & Anyah Talwar

2R Margaret Burrell & Dexter Hall

2S Vaani Dhillon & Avraam Vogiatzis

3W Ava-Mae Richards & Isaac Goodall

3M George Barry & Jessica Riordan

4ST Freddie Seymour & Molly Webb

4SH Max Billingham & Ruby Johnson

Y5 Sophia Nixon & Tariq Mehrzad

Y6 Nathan Tisdale & Bella Tross

Last week Sophie Price in 4SH received a Merit

Award. Unfortunately, her name was missing in last

week’s newsletter. Well done to Sophie.

Dates for Macmillan Coffee Mornings

From 9am in the Studio

January, 31st: Reception

February, 28th: Year 4

March, 13th: Year 1

April, 24th: Year 2

May, 15th: Year 3

June 5th: Year 5

June, 19th: Year 6

Thanks to Miss Randall for organising this

fundraising.

On Friday we had a Christmas Jumper Day in aid of Save

the Children. In total we raised:

£278.07

PARENTS QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS

Thank you to everyone who completed a Parent Questionnaire. The results have been analysed by Mrs

Summers, Finance Assistant. They show actual numbers completed and percentages. For some questions,

only a few parents answered the questions so the percentages overall are low. With the purple font, the

questions were on the back of the sheet and some parents didn’t complete them.

Strongly agree Agree Disagree

Strongly disagree

Don’t know

Strongly agree Agree Disagree

Strongly disagree

Don’t know

My Child is happy at this school 103 34 1 75% 25% 0% 1% 0%

My child feels safe at this school 102 35 1 74% 25% 0% 1% 0%

The school makes sure its pupils are well behaved 56 69 3 41% 50% 2% 0% 0%

My Child has been bullied and the school dealt with it quickly and effectively 6 10 1 1 20 4% 7% 1% 1% 14%

My Child has not been bullied 84 13 61% 0% 0% 0% 9%

The school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year 65 60 3 47% 43% 2% 0% 0%

When I have raised concerns with the school they have been dealt with properly 44 52 6 1 6 32% 38% 4% 1% 4%

SEND yes 9 3 7% 0% 0% 0% 2%

If your child has SEND, does the school give them the support they need to succeed 5 3 1 56% 33% 0% 11% 0%

The school has high expectations for my child 67 60 2 5 49% 43% 1% 0% 4%

My child does well at this school 79 53 57% 38% 0% 0% 0%

The school lets me know how my child is doing 49 60 3 2 41% 50% 3% 2% 0%

There is a good range of subjects available to my child at this school 48 59 4 2 40% 50% 3% 0% 2%

My child can take part in clubs and activites at this school 27 39 15 7 25 23% 33% 13% 6% 21%

The school supports my child’s wider personal development 31 61 12 2 9 26% 51% 10% 2% 8%

I would recommend this school to another parent 66 47 2 1 55% 39% 2% 1% 0%