The week ahead 6th July 2025

Dear Glebe Families,       

It was a week of meeting new classes and teachers, hot weather, wet weather, dancing and competition!  Glebe life is never dull!  On Friday, we had our annual Fun & Fitness finale of the staff vs Y6 children netball match.  Three games, all highly competitive but I am proud to say this year, staff won all three matches with high praise to our Y6 who gave them a tough challenge! Proud as always of our Y6 children!  You will also see Y6s in their new leaver’s hoodies, something parents can purchase when their child is in Y6.  

We also had our whole school dance with “Cotton Eye Joe” being the theme!  Look out for a video soon but I am sure your child can teach you their moves!  My thanks to Miss Sawicka for leading this last week and into next week along with Mr Banks and our Y5 Sports Ambassadors. 

 

SIX REMINDERS FOR THE WEEK AHEAD:   

1. SPORTS CAROUSEL/RACES REMINDERS

A PING was sent on Thursday (and an extra one yesterday for Y3/4) to confirm the times we would love you to attend your child’s sports carousel and races, and for YOU to take part too!  We plan to host this on our field.  For the morning sessions, you can stay in our playground after drop-off and wait, and we will walk you to the field, or go and come back.  For afternoon sessions, please line up by the EXIT entrance of the CAR PARK in a neat queue along the pavement so it is not blocked for local residents.   

 

2. SUMMER FESTIVAL – 6 DAYS TO GO

We are excited to host this on a Saturday and need your support to make it a huge success!  Reflecting on the Christmas Fair and to speed up waiting times/queues, we will be doing a token system like many other schools now do.  That means you purchase tokens in batches on arrival (PAYING BY CARD OR CASH) or during the fair, meaning it is quicker to pay at any stall without waiting for change to be calculated and counted back, and avoids any errors!  

Our Y6s and their parents also have 8 great stalls to offer more than ever to our Summer Festival – our children will learn more about this in assembly on Monday! 

We do still need volunteers – message Bhavnita if you can do anything for us on 07930 403814 

Finally, RAFFLE TICKETS ARE ON SALE IN THE PLAYGROUND BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL FROM MONDAY!  

 

3. ASPIRE PROJECT and READING ALOUD

We shared with your child this week their summer ASPIRE project, building on their PASSION project from last summer.  Scary to think of your child in the future as a 25 year old, but we want them to be excited about being a future world changer and doing something to make a positive difference in the future, by trying their hardest to be their best today! 

 
We have also shared the national READING ALOUD challenge!  Have you registered your child for free?  Reading fluency gives children confidence, the ability to read accurately faster for example in their reading tests, and is a life skill for whatever their aspire to be in the future!  Please register – see last Wednesday’s PING  

 

4. ART WEEK

Our annual arts week happens this week - this year's theme is NATURE'S SOLEMNITY: "What a wonderful world".  

During the afternoons, children will be creating a range of artistic pieces, which will be put together in a final exhibition on Friday!  Reflecting on last year and the queues, we are opening our doors from 2.30pm-3.10pm if you wanted to come at any point before pick-up and 3.20pm-4pm if you wanted to come with your child.   Hopefully this will spread the queues for our highly anticipated Art Exhibition and my thanks to Mrs Gorsia who is leading this for us this year. 

Your child has hopefully entered THE BIG SKETCH Competition!  Ask them about their sketch of what they would like to see in the world!

 

5.  PINGS THIS WEEK WHICH YOU NEED TO ACTION/BE AWARE OF:

ALL:

• 2025-26! 
• GLEBE GOSSIP POLL 
• National READ ALOUD Challenge! 
• CONFIRMING DATES! 
• SUMMER FESTIVAL 1 week to go! 

RECEPTION: Reception Jaguars Class Assembly 

YEAR 5: Form Reminder: Year 6 Gordon Brown Residential Trip 

YEAR 6: Year 6 PSHCE Lesson – Friday 11th July & Form Reminder: Year 6 Trip to Neasden Temple 

6.  CALENDAR DATES  

As always, keep an eye on the school PING calendar and attached are the next 2 weeks! 

PLEASE CHECK THE CALENDAR IN YOUR APP EACH WEEK! 

Things coming up this week include:    

MON: Arts Week, Year 4 Trip to Kew Gardens, NEW DATE for Nursery and Reception Sports AM and Y1 and Y2 Sports PM  

TUE: NEW DATE for Y5 & Y6 Sports AM 

WED: Reception Jaguars Class Assembly, NEW DATE for Y3 and Y4 Sports AM

THU: Y4 Swimming 

FRI:  ART GALLERY EXHIBITION 2.30pm-3.10pm and 3.20pm-4pm 

  

Week ahead weather:        

A grey Monday but then we start heating up again as the week goes on with glorious warm sunshine for our Summer Festival!  We know the hottest part of the day is always after 2pm so our festival 11am-2pm is perfect timing- slap on extra lotion and wear a hat and have an amazing day in the Glebe community! 

  

LUCY "The Space” Family Support Idea for the Week:    

Helping Siblings Get Along 

It is very hard for children to have to share their parents. Having a sibling can very often make children worry that they aren’t enough and have lost their parent’s love. Age and personality differences can also cause a big clash and children do not yet have the perspective or the skills to work out those conflicts. 

How can parents help? 

When you need to set limits on how your children are interacting, use it as an opportunity to teach skills to get along with each other: 
1. Acknowledge feelings or wants: “You wanted your sister to stop touching you, so you hit her” 
2. Set limits: “No hitting. Hitting hurts.” 
3. Teach alternatives: “Tell your sister ‘stop touching me, I don’t like it!’” 
It is also important to never compare your children to each other, nor to other kids. Keep promoting and rewarding teamwork and cooperation and make sure they each get enough personal space- even if it is just a shelf in the cupboard for their own private possessions.
Finally, the underlying message from you should be: “There is more than enough for you, no matter what your sibling gets.” 

Lucy Cohen 

Therapeutic Lead 

Schools Counselling Partnership 

Email: lucy@schoolscounsellingpartnership.co.uk   Tel: 07469 705 850 

Glebe Primary School every Tuesday 

 

THE GLEBE GOSSIP POLL RESULTS FROM LAST WEEK: 

3 questions...one on GLEBE, one on EDUCATION, one on LIFE.   

The results are in (185 parents/carers took part last week) :   

 

IDEAS FOR AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS 

You have confirmed two overall preferences – coding/robotics and cooking, then yoga/mindfulness and art. Look out for our Autumn timetable!  

 

OUTDOOR LEARNING 

91% of you would like more outdoor learning, with a good mix all year. Our leaders are looking at curriculum plans for 2025-26 and we will add this into the mix! 

 

 

SUPER PARENT POWER 

This made us chuckle! A far split with mind-reading having the edge!  The follow up question is HOW would you use this new super power!!!!! 

 

 

 

 On the horizon...       

Saturday 12th July: 11am-2pm Our Summer Festival!    

Tuesday 22nd July at 2pm: END OF TERM 

 

 

HOME/SCHOOL Communication reminders:    
1. Learning/behaviour queries to class teachers    
2. Email office@glebe.harrow.sch.uk if anything needs more support, and they will direct it to the right person    
3. Please do not approach each other or the children if there is a concern – speak to Glebe staff first          

Remember, everything on our website can be translated into different languages: www.glebe.harrow.sch.uk/    

 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!     

Sash Hamidi        

Headteacher        

Glebe Primary School...       

"Making a Positive Difference Together"