Noticeboard 2022

Read what every single class has been up to this half term in their latest class blogs.

Click here to access the blogs.

Are you gifting technology this Christmas?  Is your child getting their first device?

Head to our 'Stay Safe Online' page for some really useful advice and support with technology this holiday.

Click here to head there now.

Raffle - Congratulations to our Christmas Fayre raffle winners, you have been contacted by our school office to collect your prize.

Guess how many sweets in the jar - Congratulations to Emily in Year 5!  She guessed correctly that there were 315 sweets in the jar!

Guess the name of the teddy bear - Congratulations to Poppy in Reception!  She guessed correctly that the teddy bear's name was Gino!

Celebration Assemblies

On the advice of UKHSA (Public Health) we will be delaying our celebration assemblies until the week we return to school in January.

The new dates for assemblies are as follows:

Year 5 - Tuesday 3rd January at 2.45pm – 3.15pm 

Year 2 - Wednesday 4th January at 9.15am – 9.45am

Year 6 - Wednesday 4th January 2.45pm – 3.15pm

Reception - Thursday 5th January at 9.15am – 9.45am

Year 4 - Thursday 5th January 2.45pm – 3.15pm

Year 1 - Friday 6th January at 9.15am – 9.45am

Year 3 - Friday 6th January 2.45pm – 3.15pm

Virtual Christmas Show

Parents are now invited to the performance of the pupils Christmas songs virtually. 

Join us online for this on Thursday 15th December at 11.00am right here on our website.

Can’t join us at this time? Don’t worry, all songs are pre-recorded and will be available throughout the festive period, via the same link.

Click here to read important information from the UKHSA (Public Health).

A huge thank you to parents for your generous donations to our Children in Need appeal this year.

Our grand total was a wonderful £429.96!

As part of the winter Bring it on Brum! programme supported by the Department of Education and Birmingham City Council; the council are pleased to offer families the opportunity to request a free winter food box.

Free food boxes are available for all families and households with children, regardless of benefits-related free-school meal eligibility.

Birmingham City Council have partnered with Morrison’s to provide a box of cupboard essentials and fresh produce. The contents of the box will include all the ingredients needed to make 4 meals, from a choice of 5 different recipes. All boxes are vegetarian with meat substitutes provided.

To register and for more information on the recipes included, contents of the food box and delivery information, visit the ‘Bring it on Brum’ website here:  www.bringitonbrum.co.uk/activity-packs-and-food-boxes

We know everyone is feeling the pinch this winter and we want to support those families in our school community who are impacted the most. If you’re struggling with your finances, please do get in touch to let us know, as there may be things we can suggest which will help. We want to do everything we can to help you and your child through this difficult winter.

Click here for further details and support.

A huge thank you to everyone for your donations in support of our Macmillan Coffee Morning!

We raised a grand total of £165.67!

We have a rescheduled date for our school photo day for individual and sibling photographs.  This will take place on Tuesday 15th November 2022.

On the day the photographs are taken, all pupils should wear their school uniform.

If your child has P.E. or Forest School on this day, the lessons will be adapted so that they can be done in uniform.

If your child has an after-school sports club on this day, please send them with their sports kit in a bag. They will then change in school for their after-school sports club.

Read what every year group will be up to this half term, and find out the important information you need to know, in their new blogs. 

Click here to visit our blogs.

We are pleased to share that Yardley Fundraisers will be restarting our school discos in November.  Yardley Fundraisers are our PTFA (Parents, Teachers and Friends Association), whose aim is to raise extra funds for Yardley Primary School.  Our PTFA is made up of parents, staff and community members who contribute by supporting the school with fundraising.  As a parent/guardian of a child who attends our school, then that includes you!

Click here for further information and to book.

Read what every single class has been up to this half term in their latest class blogs.

Click here to access the blogs.

A huge thank you to everyone for your generous donations for our harvest collections!

Click here to visit our harvest page to take a look at our class collection displays.

We regret to inform you that Mrs Walker will not be available for the video parents evening for Class 5W on Thursday 13th October 2022.

We will be in touch soon regarding an alternative date.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

We regret to inform you that Mrs Wainwright will not be available for the in-person parents evening for Class 6W on Wednesday 12th October 2022.

We will be in touch soon regarding an alternative date.

The video parents evening for Class 6W on Thursday 13th October WILL still take place.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

We are still awaiting a rescheduled date for our school photo day for individual and sibling photographs. We will let you know as soon as a date is known.

We have emailed parents (and sent a text message) with important information regarding school photo day - a response is required to this.

Please check your email and text messages for this information and respond by Friday 7th October 2022.

Please note:  If you do not respond then your child’s photographs will NOT be available for you to see or to purchase following school photo day.

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the school photograph day for individual and sibling photographs that was scheduled for Wednesday 5th October has had to be postponed.

Once a new date has been confirmed, this will be communicated to you.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

We have spoken to a number of parents this week about dogs.  We have always tried to be accommodating with regards to small dogs that people carry as they are not walking across the playground, which as you are aware, is not allowed.

Unfortunately, due to some inappropriate behaviours, we now need to enforce a complete ban on any dogs entering the playground during drop off and pick up; even those that are carried. We have added extra signage to school entrances to remind people.

Please ensure you stay outside the school grounds with your dogs. Should you need help with your child entering the building due to having your dog with you, please find a member of staff at the school gate and we will support you.

Thank you in advance for your support and understanding.

Mrs G. Lawson-Mills (Headteacher)

Read what every year group will be up to this half term, and find out the important information you need to know, in their new blogs. 

Click here to visit our blogs.

Trials for this year's Year 5/6 Girls Football Club will take place next week.

Things to know:

• Trials are open to girls in Year 5 and Year 6.

• Pupils should sign up for the trials in class, their teachers have a sign-up sheet.

• There are only 18 places available at the club from across the whole of both year groups.

• On the day of their trial, pupils should come to school in P.E. kit.

• No football boots are required or will be allowed during the trial.

• If selected, pupils must be available to attend the club after school on Wednesdays.  If pupils are not able to do this, please do not attend the trials.

• Check the poster for dates and times for each year group.

As per the announcement from King Charles III and following further advice from the government and the Department For Education, Monday 19th September will now be a public bank holiday, due to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Therefore school will be closed to all pupils and staff.

The Year 3 ‘Meet the Teachers’ event will now take place on Thursday 22nd September.

All other ‘Meet the Teachers’ events will go ahead as planned.

Should you have any concerns or queries please do not hesitate to contact the school office.

We are pleased to be starting the autumn term with a return to our normal ‘Meet the Teachers’ events.

The dates and times will be as follows:

• Year 6 – Monday 12th September 2022 at 3:35pm-4:00pm

• Year 5 – Tuesday 13th September 2022 at 3:35pm-4:00pm

• Year 4 – Thursday 15th September 2022 at 3:35pm-4:00pm

• Year 2 – Tuesday 20th September 2022 at 3:35pm-4:00pm

• Year 1 – Wednesday 21st September 2022 at 3:35pm-4:00pm

• Year 3 – Thursday 22nd September 2022 at 3:35pm-4:00pm (rescheduled)

Reception have already met their teachers at the transition event.

We look forward to seeing you there.

As you know, the timings of the school day were under consultation in preparation for changes from September 2022.  This was in response to the Department of Education’s expectation that all schools will deliver a school week of at least 32.5 hours.  This consultation has now ended and the morning ‘dropping off’ and after school ‘collection’ times have been updated.

There are is also a change to the procedure around what happens if you bring your child in late to school in the morning.

A letter outlining all of these changes has been emailed to parents.  You can also view it here.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents who contributed to the consultation.

We would like to inform you of our plans for P.E. kit for the next academic year, starting in September 2022.

Currently, pupils come to school in their P.E. kit on the days that they have P.E..  This will continue for Years 1-6.  Pupils joining us in Reception, will bring P.E. kit with them and change in school for the autumn term.

However, what pupils need to wear for P.E. has been slightly revised. This will make sure costs are kept to a minimum for parents and ensure that pupils feel part of the school community, even on P.E. days.  P.E. kit will be monitored by class teachers from September 2022.

Please see our current P.E. kit guidelines and the new ones below, which will come into effect from September 2022.  You can also find out more about P.E. kit and uniform on our Uniform & Equipment page here.

We thank you in advance for your support with this matter.

Read what every single class has been up to this half term in their latest class blogs.

Click here to access the blogs.

The results are in for our sports days.  Well done to all pupils who took part and thank you to all of the parents who attended.

Here are the results from each sports day…

Reception Sports Day

It’s victory for Team Sigma (green) as they win Reception Sports Day!  Here are the full results:

• 1st – 🟩 Team Sigma (green) – 188 points

• 2nd – 🟦 Team Delta (blue) – 105 points

• 3rd – 🟧 Team Theta (orange) – 100 points

• 3rd – 🟨 Team Gamma (yellow) – 100 points

• 4th – 🟥 Team Omega (red) – 88 points

Year 1/2 Sports Day

It’s victory for Team Sigma (green) as they win Year 1/2 Sports Day!  Here are the full results:

• 1st – 🟩 Team Sigma (green) – 231 points

• 2nd – 🟦 Team Delta (blue) – 223 points

• 3rd –  🟨 Team Gamma (yellow) – 216 points

• 4th – 🟥 Team Omega (red) – 214 points

• 5th – 🟧 Team Theta (orange) – 188 points

Year 3/4 Sports Day

It’s victory for Team Omega (red) as they win Year 3/4 Sports Day!  Here are the full results:

• 1st – 🟥 Team Omega (red) – 252 points

• 2nd – 🟨 Team Gamma (yellow) – 247 points

• 3rd – 🟩 Team Sigma (green) – 241 points

• 4th – 🟦 Team Delta (blue) – 226 points

• 5th – 🟧 Team Theta (orange) – 214 points

Year 5/6 Sports Day

It’s victory for Team Gamma (yellow) as they win Year 5/6 Sports Day!  Here are the full results:

• 1st – 🟨 Team Gamma (yellow) – 279 points

• 2nd – 🟥 Team Omega (red) – 264 points

• 3rd – 🟩 Team Sigma (green) – 255 points

• 4th – 🟧 Team Theta (orange) – 250 points

• 5th – 🟦 Team Delta (blue) – 244 points

Year 1/2 Sports Day will now take place on Monday 4th July at 9.30am.

Read the letter here.

As the weather is now getting warmer, this a friendly reminder to please ensure your child(ren) attend school with a sun hat (clearly labelled with their name), a water bottle (also named) and all-day sun cream applied ready for the day ahead ☀️

Thank you for your continued support.

The Department of Education have introduced the expectation that all schools will deliver a school week of at least 32.5 hours. Yardley Primary School is open to pupils from 8.45am, fulfilling this expectation, but formal curriculum learning time begins at 8.55am.

We have two possible ways of adapting the school day:

1. To remain with 8.55am being the start of formal curriculum learning and finish curriculum learning at 3.25pm each day, for all pupils. Therefore requesting parents to pick their children up from school at 3.25pm each day.

2. To start formal curriculum learning at 8.45am (doors will open at 8.40am each day as they do now) and leave the end of the school day as it is currently. 3.15pm for years Reception, 1 and 2, and 3.20pm for years 3 -6.

Clearly one of these options needs to be taken but we would like to invite you to share your opinions.

Parents/carers have been sent an email containing a link to respond to this consultation.  Please check your email and access the link to select your preferred option and share any thoughts you have with us.

If you have not received the email please contact us.

Responses to the consultation must be received by Monday 27th June 2022.

Changes to the school day will be made in September 2022.

Read what every year group will be up to this half term, and find out the important information you need to know, in their new blogs. 

Click here to visit our blogs.

Read what every single class has been up to this half term in their latest class blogs.

Click here to access the blogs.

West Midlands Speech and Language team will be offering three Speech and Language Parent workshops.  These will be available to view either online via Microsoft Teams or in person in school.  The workshops are as follows;

15th June 2022 (1:30pm-3.00pm) – Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and Vocabulary Development

•  Raise awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (how to identify/impacts of DLD/diagnosis process)

• Importance of vocabulary development 

• Activity ideas to support the development of vocabulary for ALL children 

29th June 2022 (1:30pm-3.00pm) – Early Language Development 

• Breakdown of language development 

• Developmental speech and language ‘norms’ 

• Strategies and activity ideas to support children’s language development 

13th July 2022 (1:30pm-3.00pm) – Social Communication and Interaction 

• Overview of speech, language and communication needs in children 

• Causes and impact of social communication difficulties 

• Practical strategies to support social communication at home. 

 If you are interested in attending any of the above workshops please complete the online form by Wednesday 25th May here.

School photo day for class photographs is on Thursday 19th May 2022.

All pupils should wear school uniform on this day. 

If your child has P.E. or Forest School on this day, the lessons will be adapted so that they can be done in uniform.

If your child has an after school sports club on this day, please send them with their sports kit in a bag.  They will then change in school for their after school sports club.

We have posted details on our 'Job Vacancies' page regarding an available position for a full time class teacher starting in September 2022.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPICATIONS: 22nd May 2022

For further details and to apply visit our 'Job Vacancies' page here.

Please remember, school will NOT be closed on the upcoming election day (Thursday 5th May).

Public voting takes place in our separate building, the former caretaker's house at the front of the school site, accessible via Harvey Road.

Read what every year group will be up to this half term, and find out the important information you need to know, in their new blogs. 

Click here to visit our blogs.

Read what every single class has been up to this half term in their latest class blogs.

Click here to access the blogs.

We will be trialling school tuck again after Easter, should you wish for your child to have it.  It is available for Years 3-6 during their breaktimes.

Tuck is entirely optional, pupils will purchase it themselves from the dining room during their breaktime.

If pupils wish to purchase tuck, they should bring in money to do so.  ParentPay cannot be used to pay for tuck at this time.

The price lists for morning break (Years 5-6) and afternoon break (Years 3-4) can be found on our school meals page here.

We are pleased to reveal the winners of our Key Stage 1 Easter bonnet and Key Stage 2 Easter decorated egg competitions.  Well done to all who took part, your creations were all amazing.  It was very hard for our judges to pick a winner from each class.

Visit our Easter Competition page here to see the winning entries.

Over the Easter holidays, Yardley Early Help will be running a holiday kitchen, where they will provide families with a snack, a meal and lots of fun games.

Starting from: 13th, 14th, 20th and 21st April, 10:00-2:00pm 

Venue:  Blakenhale Community Hub

For more information and to reserve places, please see the flyer here.

We have emailed details of all of our brand new after school clubs, all starting the week beginning 4th April 2022.  There are lots on offer including:

• Year 1:  Curling & Bowling / Reading

• Year 2:  Games

• Year 3:  Cricket / Poetry

• Year 4:  Gymnastics / Sewing

• Year 5/6:  Netball / Guitar / Girls Football

If you would like to apply for a place for your child, check your email for details and to access the online applications.  Spaces are very limited and you will be notified if your child has been allocated a place.  The closing date for applications is 27th March 2022.

The spring edition of the Raring2go! digital magazine is full of great ideas to enjoy everything that spring offers; crafting, gardening & enjoying park life that’s just on the doorstep.  They’ve got a great feature on ‘10 ways to love the Earth’ ( pg 26) to encourage everyone to get out and about and learn more about the environment in a fun way, along with lots more things to do.

Access the digital magazine here:  https://magazines.raring2go.co.uk/birmingham/spring/

*Yardley Primary School do not endorse & are not responsible for any content featured in the magazine*

Seeing coverage of upsetting world events in the news, online or on social media can be distressing for children, especially in today’s 24-hour news cycle.  But there are things parents can do to help children make sense of them.

Visit our Stay Safe Online area here to find out more.

A huge thank you to everyone for your donations in support of our 'Go Bright for Muscular Dystrophy' week.

From your donations and super 'cake buying power', we have raised a grand total of £638.28!

We regret to inform you that Miss Fielding will not be available for video parents evening for Class 4F on Wednesday 16th March 2022.

We will be in touch soon regarding an alternative date.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

We regret to inform you that Miss Hanif will not be available for video parents evening for Class 2H this week.

We will be in touch soon regarding alternative dates.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Read what every year group will be up to this half term, and find out the important information you need to know, in their new blogs. 

Click here to visit our blogs.

A huge thank you to parents for your generous donations on our non-uniform day on Friday 18th February.

Our grand total was an amazing £441.67!

This money will go towards our 'school fund' which is used to provide additional resources and activities for pupils.

Yardley Primary School will be open as usual on Friday 4th March 2022.

We will celebrate World Book Day on this day too.

Thank you for your patience and continued support, we apologise for any inconvenience caused.

As parents are aware, a blocked waste pipe outside the school grounds has led to foul water and waste on the playground today. This has now led to a problem with the toilets in the school building. 

Unfortunately, this means that the school cannot open tomorrow (Thursday 3rd March) due to health and safety reasons.

Severn Trent are hoping that they will solve this issue during the day tomorrow. 

Please continue to check your texts, emails and the school website / Facebook / Twitter feeds for up to date information. 

We will now celebrate World Book Day on Friday 4th March 2022.

Read what every single class has been up to this half term in their latest class blogs.

Click here to access the blogs.

As usual for our last day of each half term, Friday 18th February will be a non-uniform day.  Normally for non-uniform days we request a £1 donation for your child to wear non-uniform.  The money raised on non-uniform days contributes to ‘school fund’.  This is a fund which is used to provide additional resources and activities that our regular school budget isn’t always able to cover.

During the last couple of school years, we have not always requested this donation, unless we have been raising money for a specific charity.  This has been due to the challenging circumstances many of our families have faced throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

To continue to support our ‘school fund’ and provide pupils with additional opportunities, we will be once again requesting donations for non-uniform days.

Friday 18th February 2022 will be a non-uniform day; a £1 donation is requested.

However, we are still mindful that for some of our families, circumstances are still challenging.  Therefore, we understand if you are unable to make the donation at this time.  Pupils are still welcome to participate if this is the case.

Thank you for your continued support.

Update: A recording of this event is now available via the same link below

To mark Safer Internet Day 2022 on Tuesday 8 February, our friends at Parent Zone are hosting a free and interactive 30-minute virtual event for parents – exploring everything you need to know about online gaming.

The interactive event will be led live on YouTube and will explore topics including: 

 • How do you know if a game is suitable for your child? 

• How do you set effective boundaries around gaming? 

• What are the signs of excessive gaming – and what should parents do?

 They will be answering your questions too! To ask a question, simply log into a YouTube account and fire away.  You can also send in your questions in advance to members@parentzone.org.uk

The event runs from 4.30-5.00pm and there’s no need to register – all you need to do to join is click this link: https://youtu.be/s6dz2GoR6uM

We look forward to seeing you there!

On Tuesday 8th February we will be joining schools and youth settings across the UK in celebrating Safer Internet Day 2022.  Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people, and to inspire a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically, and creatively.

Using the internet safely and positively is a key message that we promote in school, and celebrating Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity for us to re-emphasise the online safety messages we deliver throughout the year.

Visit our Safer Internet Day page to find out more and to see what we will be up to in school.

We have updated our COVID-19 Advice & Support page.

Please visit the page and read the important information on there.

Click here to visit our COVID-19 Advice & Support page.

Read what every year group will be up to this half term, and find out the important information you need to know, in their new blogs. 

Click here to visit our blogs.