Making a Positive Difference TogetherThe week ahead 7th December 2025
Dear Glebe Families,
We had our second local authority external consultant visit of the term on Friday. The consultant visited all classes with leaders to look at how we are progressing with our School Development Plan areas of “a Glorious Glebe Lesson” and children achieving "continuous personal bests".
Lots to celebrate and we are moving in the right direction!
As we shared last month, the school will be likely to have its OFSTED school inspection this academic year under the new framework which started from November. From the pilot inspections around the country, most schools have a mix of “Needs Attention, Expected Standard and Strong Standard”. We anticipate this will be similar for Glebe as we know we have more to do, and we continue to do good things from before, even better!
As always, your feedback helps us to be our best so we thank you!
FIVE REMINDERS FOR THE WEEK AHEAD:
1. CHRISTMAS WEEK AT GLEBE!
After many PINGS, posters and reminders, it is a big Christmas week for us at Glebe!
THURSDAY 11TH DECEMBER:
All children can wear their Christmas Jumpers (non-uniform) for the whole school choir performance at 3pm!
8.45am-12pm Nursery, Reception, Y1 and Y2 children can go and meet Santa and receive a little gift, for a £1 donation. Please send your child in with the £1 (Nursery and Reception staff will collect it from adults when you drop them off!)
12pm-3pm PTFA Volunteers are coming in to set up. The Christmas Fair is in the car park, the Main Hall and the playground!
3pm All children will be in the playground to sing 4 Christmas songs! The WHOLE SCHOOL GLEBE CHOIR! ALL parents/carers warmly invited to come and watch and singalong!
3.20pm The PTFA CHRISTMAS FAIR IS OPEN until 5pm!
4.30pm The HUGE Glebe Raffle with these prizes to be won and taken home on the day (Tickets on sale daily before and after school in the playground - bring cash!):
2. SPRING 1 BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS
Mr Sankey’s PING has gone out to allow parents/carers to sign up for our Spring 1 Clubs! Please have a look and sign up by 12pm Thursday so we can send out confirmations before the end of term. Our new Spring 1 clubs start from Tuesday 6th January (school is closed to children on Monday 5th January)
3. FAMILY FRIDAY THIS WEEK, 8.45am-9.15am
Come in this Friday to see your children sharing their learning from this half term. These are important dates for you attend as it shows your child your interest in their learning in school and you can see more on how we are working as the team leading your child’s learning.
And don’t forget, Miss Esmond is here for all our Glebe parents/carers. If you are looking for support, ideas or signposting to services available for families, she is always available for you. We have some nearly new winter coats for men, women and children being donated from Harrow School – if you need one, we are giving them away next week – let Miss Esmond know!
4. PINGS LAST WEEK WHICH YOU NEED TO ACTION/BE AWARE OF:
ALL: PTFA CHRISTMAS FAIR & RAFFLE – REMINDER!
SUN NURSERY: Form Reminder: EYFS CONCERT TICKETS; SUN Nursery Parent Meetings – Updated Dates
RECEPTION: Form Reminder: Visit to Queensbury Post Office – please indicate; Post Office Visit – Envelopes & Parent Volunteers Needed!
YEAR 4: Form reminder – Year 4 Educational Visit – Dick Whittington Pantomime
YEAR 6: Year 6 Special Assembly
OTHER: Winter Wonderland Trip; Lego Club – Session Cancelled on Tuesday 9th December 2025
5. CALENDAR DATES
As always, keep an eye on the school PING calendar!
PLEASE CHECK THE CALENDAR IN YOUR APP EACH WEEK!
Things coming up this week include:
MON:
- SUN Nursery Parent/Carer Meeting Sign Up Closes;
- PTFA Christmas Raffle Tickets on Sale before and after school until Thursday
TUE:
- Glebe Choir Performance held at The Welldon Park Academy;
- Sun Nursery Parent/Carer Meetings
WED:
- Y6 Special Assembly – parents to come;
- Y4 Trip to see Dick Whittington Pantomime;
- Reception Visit to Queensbury Post Office;
- Sun Nursery Parent/Carer Meetings
THU:
- Y4 Swimming;
- CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY;
- PTFA Christmas Fair;
- 3PM WHOLE SCHOOL CHRISTMAS SINGING;
- 9am Nursery to Y2 can meet Santa in school for £1 donation – every child takes home a gift;
- Spring 1 Clubs Sign Up Closes
FRI:
- Star of the Week Assembly;
- Family Friday 2 – parents to come;
- 5PM Parent Evening Sign Up Opens
Week ahead weather:
The current forecast from tomorrow until the end of term on Friday 19th December, is a damp looking one EXCEPT for our CHRISTMAS FAIR on THURSDAY!
LUCY "The Space” Family Support Idea for the Week:
Building Stronger Sibling Bonds
If your children are having a hard time together, it’s only natural that you try to help them resolve things peacefully. However often this can feel very exhausting for you… and perhaps at times you might worry they will never get along. Studies have shown that couples need five to seven positive interactions to counter-balance one negative interaction. Now this may feel like an impossible task when your children argue six times a day! So why not simply change your goal to helping your children have as many positive interactions as they can?
How can parents help?
Remember that a smile counts as a positive- so these don’t all need to be major interactions for them to count as a positive! It is also helpful to notice and encourage the activities that get your children playing together and try to avoid interrupting happy play. You can start using “Special Time” between your children, during which they can spend 10mins doing something that makes them laugh, create or move around together. Finally, how about creating a Family Kindness Journal to record acts of kindness with each other and reflect on at the end of each week?
Sometimes we could all do with someone to talk to.
If you would like to meet Lucy Cohen for a confidential and non-judgemental chat about you, your child, or any other worries, they are available on Tuesdays from 9-10am.
You can call/text 07469705850 or email lucy@schoolscounsellingpartnership.co.uk
On the horizon...
DECEMBER:
Tuesday 16th December: Nursery & Reception Concert (for families who must bring under 3 year olds)
Wednesday 17th December: EYFS Concert (no under 3s allowed)
Thursday 18th December: PARTY DAY inc CHRISTMAS LUNCH! Non-Uniform!
Friday 19th December: Phase Achievement Assemblies & END OF TERM AT 1.30PM
AFTER CHRISTMAS
Monday 5th January: SCHOOL CLOSED (Staff Development Day)
Tuesday 6th January: Term restarts for children
Thursday 8th January: Parent Evening 1 3.40pm-6pm
Friday 9th January: Family Friday, 8.45am-9.15am (Nursery to Y6)
Wednesday 14th January: 8.45am Y4C Class Assembly & Parent Evening 2 3.40pm-6pm
Wednesday 21st January: 8.45am Y3D Class Assembly
Wednesday 28th January: 8.45am Y2R Class Assembly
Wednesday 4th February: 8.45am Y1W Class Assembly
Friday 6th February: Family Friday, 8.45am-9.15am (Nursery to Y6)
Wednesday 11th February: 8.45am Reception Platypus Class Assembly
NO FAMILY FRIDAYS in Spring 2 & Summer 1
Friday 5th June: Family Friday, 8.45am-9.15am (Nursery to Y6)
Friday 10th July: Family Friday, 8.45am-9.15am (Nursery to Y6)
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"
