Class teacher:

Mr Squires

Hi, my name is Mr. Squires. I am the Head of the Speech and Language Provision, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and teacher representative on the school governing body.

This will be my fourth year at Glenfield, and I am really passionate in helping every pupil to reach their full potential. My favourite subjects to teach are Writing and PE because these are the subjects that I enjoyed the most when I was at school.

As well as teaching in Solvers, I will continue to support all pupils in the Speech and Language Provision by ensuring that our already high standards are maintained, chairing all the annually reviews and being a point of contact for any pupils or adults who require it.

I am really looking forward to continue to support Solvers pupils to progress academically, emotionally and with their social communication.

Thank you for your continued and future support.

 

 

September 2025 update

In Solvers, over the last few weeks, we have been completing some work on George’s Marvellous Medicine. We have written a description about Grandma, making sure we use as many hideous, descriptive words as possible.
We also wrote and created our own medicines as you can see from our incredible display below.

 

October 2025 update

As October is Black History Month, in Solvers we have been learning about different people who have had a significant impact in improving the rights of black people across the world.
We have learnt about Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, Dame Floella Benjamin and Nelson Mandela.
We have talked about the impact that they had, the importance of treating people with equality, how we would want to be treated, and the long-lasting effect that their contributions will have on the world.
Solvers enjoyed learning about new people, picking out facts whilst having mature conversations.

 

November 2025 update

In science, Solvers have been learning all about light. For our experiment this week, we were investigating the change in sizes of shadows when a light source is moved closer to or further away from an object.
Solvers ensured that a fair test was completed by keeping the items in the same place and keeping the angle of the light source and the object measured the same.

 

January 2026 update

In Solvers' PSHE lesson, we have been talking about the safe uses of the internet. We started off by discussing the amazing ways in which the internet can help us but also how there are a lot of negative sides and risks associated with the internet. The Solvers were good at talking about the ways that we can stay safe on the internet and how we can still enjoy the games and websites that we can access, if we ensure that we are safe. If there is anything that happens that we don't like, we know that we can talk to our trusted adult, at school or at home, who will always do their best to help us out.

 

February 2026 update

As it has been children's mental health week, Solvers have been completing some work related to belonging. We thought about our safe places, including home, extended family, friends and school. We then ran through some scenarios as to what we can do if our friends are feeling left out or lonely and how we can really make someone's day by being there for them, inviting them to join us and just generally being kind.
The Solvers children were set a challenge to practice being kind to someone in the class by giving them a compliment and thinking about how they feel when someone gives them a compliment. It is easy to talk to the people who you know and are comfortable with, it is a lot harder, for some people, to talk to people who you don't know, so Solvers have now been set a challenge to say hello to someone at school who they have never spoken to before and (if they are brave enough) to give them a compliment.