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This week's theme: Blood, sweat and tears.

 Dear Parents,

The theme in assemblies this week is "Blood, sweat, and tears." Yesterday Heath delivered an assembly looking at the dedication of boxers, who devote months and even years of their life to matches that last at most 36 minutes. This morning my assembly looked at two people who through persistence became very successful. They were Winston Churchill and Johnny Wilkinson. Churchill, shortly after becoming Prime Minister, gave a speech where he said he "had nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." He also said that he faced the task he had, of defeating the Nazis, "with buoyancy and hope." That is what we all have to do when faced with adversity.

Johnny Wilkinson is a famous rugby player. He was feared due to his excellence in kicking penalties under pressure. He got so good at this skill, through persistence and hard work. This is something that we can all do. In practice he missed the target probably more times than anyone else, but that persistence in practicing meant he got really good at what he does. And that is something that we need to do, in our lives, and in our work. If you struggle with reading, or maths, or any of the subjects, the breakthrough will come if you are persistent. And we will help you get there.

Winston Churchill said “Never Give Up!” Remember that nothing takes the place of persistence, whether that is talent, genius, education, or anything else. Be persistent.

Best wishes,

David McMahon, Headteacher.

Reminder about school closure on Friday

Dear Parents,

This is a reminder that the school is closed to pupils this Friday 2 November for a training day. We will be looking at how to improve the way we work with behaviour. 

If you have any questions about this then please do not hesitate to contact the school.

Best wishes,

David McMahon, Headteacher. 

Letter regarding Birmingham's Strategy for Special Education

Dear Parents,

Birmingham’s Strategy for Special Education – consultation with parents

The Strategy for SEND will affect the lives of children and young people who have SEN and/or disabilities aged of 0-25 in terms of education, health and social care. It will be completed by November 30th.

It will make sure that parents and carers can find clear information on what services are available to help you and involve you in improving them and developing new ones.

In July some of you came to meetings where we listened to your views. Please try to get to one of these events where we will be setting out our proposals and listening to your reactions. 

Dates and times for the events:

Tuesday 30th October 10.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m at Birmingham City Football Ground, St Andrews Stadium, B9 4RL

Tuesday 30th October 7.00 p.m.- 9.00 p.m at  Queensbury School, Wood End Road, Erdington B24 8BL on outer circle

Thursday 1st November 7.00 p.m. – 9.00 p.m.at          Fox Hollies School, Queensbridge Road, Moseley, B13 8QB

Yours sincerely,

Paul Roberts, Head of Fox Hollies School and Ken Lewis, Head of Hunter’s Hill School.

ACTION AGAINST DRUGS

Dear Parent/Carer

We want to better educate the children in school about the consequences of taking drugs. We aim to run an event as part of our Personal and Social Education curriculum.

The event will consist of West Midlands Police coming to the school with sniffer dogs, who will then try to find any drugs on the premises.

 We will not inform the children of exactly when this is going to happen, as we think we will get the message across more strongly if they see this happen when they do not expect it,  but we do want parents to know that this is part of our education programme.

If you have any questions about this matter then please do contact the school for further details.

Best wishes,

David McMahon, Headteacher.