Friday 20 December 2019

Christmas hamper raffle

Thank you so much to all the parents who donated goodies for our hamper.Thanks also to everyone who bought tickets
Through your generosity we raised 88 pounds for Nursery resources.
Our lucky winners were
1st-Reggie
2nd-Ruby
3rd Francesca
4th-Georgia
5th-Mrs Manley
6th-Zofia
7th-Mrs Pidgeon
8th Miss Jacobs









Happy Christmas to our Nursery Parents

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We would like to wish all our Nursery families a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year.
Thank you so much for all the cards  presents and warm wishes
.We really do appreciate your support.
Have a wonderful break and we look forward to seeing you back at school on Monday 6th January 2020
With all good wishes
The Nursery Team
xxxxx

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Attendance Awards-Year 3 classes


N. Ireland- Dami, Sarah, Lyla-Mai, Mariama, Daniel, Stephen, Leona, Jovan, Vansh and Yanis

Scotland- Ian, Michael, Harley, Ema and Ithiel

Wales-Nicole, Tommy, Dovydas, Dianna, Rianne, Chase and Jake

Attendance Awards-Year 4 classes


Italy- Jolin, Kezrae, Ivan, Alishba and Elijus

Greece- Hayden, Melisa, Kali, Anastasia, Rehan, Riley, Jake and Benjamin

Germany- Felicity, Brea, Andriana, Akunna, Sade and Austeja

Attendance Awards-Year 5 classes


U.S.A- Mihaela, Jacob, George, Kai, Ajus, Justice, Anmona and Chloe

Mexico- Rebekah, Hamara, Joshua, Pavel, Harrison, Kristupas, Kaylin and Ryleigh- Mae

Canada- Tomi, Scarlett, Lily, Reinaldas, Isabel, Abigail and Kamauri

Attendance Awards-Year 6 classes


Chile- Giovanna, Amelia, Alan, Ryan, Vinnie, Ramone, and Alexandra

Brazil- Amy-Leigh, Amara, Vyte, Maryam, Pritika, Demilade and Alicia

Argentina- Jamie, Ryan, Wilson, Rebecca, Deon and Hannah

Attendance Awards - Malta Class

Gabriel, Jessica and Jackson. Well Done

Weekly Newsletter- 20th December 2019


Dear Parents,

What a lovely week we’ve had in school. Our choir sang beautifully at the St Paul’s Christmas concert and despite the rain our carol service in the playground was well attended and the children did us proud. At times like this I am bursting with pride as I’m sure you are.

We have come to the end of a long term and I am sure that the whole school community is looking forward to a well earned rest. The staff certainly are after what we’ve had to put up with from those mischevious elves! Hopefully you’ve been able to follow the elves antics on facebook with your children-We have certainly had some fun this week!

It was lovely to see everyone supporting the children at their Christmas concerts. They certainly did us all proud. I am pleased to report that we raised the grand total of £1210 which we sincerely hope will help one of our local families through a very difficult time. On behalf of them thank you so much for your generosity.

On behalf of myself and all the staff thank you so much for your cards and generous gifts-I think some of us will be putting on a lot of weight over Christmas!


Diary Dates
Monday 6th January -We look forward to welcoming everyone back bright and early and well rested after the Christmas holiday

Tuesday 7th January -Italy class to MOD Pizza in Romford


INSET Dates for 2019-20
Please note the school closure dates for this academic year.

INSET day 1- 4th September

INSET day 2- 3rd April

INSET day 3- 20th July

INSET day 4-21st July

INSET day 5- 22nd July
Please note that the final day of the summer term for pupils will be on Friday 17th July, 2020.

Term Dates 2019-20
https://www.havering.gov.uk/downloads/file/2023/term_dates_2019-2020


Havering Catering Services
Week beginning Monday 6th January is week 3 on the Havering catering services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.25.
Please be reminded to top up your child’s catering account as we cannot provide dinners for pupils whose accounts exceed a debt of £10.
Havering catering Service now provide a breakfast club for Mead pupils. For £1.50 your child can have a bacon or sausage sandwich or beans on toast with cereal or toast or fresh fruit or yoghurt plus a drink.
We will also have speciality days when other items such as pancakes and muffins will be available.
In order for you to book a place you will need to deposit the money in advance in your Squid account.

Please do not send your child to school to attend breakfast club if there are no funds in your account as they will not be admitted.

Key Diary Dates for next term
Monday 6th January -First day of Spring term

Monday 6th January -Swimming starts

Monday 3rd February -Last swimming session this half term

Monday 17th -Friday 21st February -Half term-School closed

Monday 24th February -Back to school-Swimming starts

Monday 23rd March -Last swimming session this half term

Monday 30th/Tuesday 31st March -Parent afternoon/evenings

Friday 3rd April -Inset Day-school closed

Monday 6th-Friday 17th April -Easter holidays-School closed

Monday 20th April -Back to school

Attendance
Our attendance so far this academic year is 95.1% which is an improvement on previous years but still short of our 96% target-Let’s hope we can do even better next term.

Well done to Mexico class who at 96.3% have the best attendance for the autumn term-As a reward they will get a session at Jump Evolution next term.

We have been celebrating 100% attendance today-A massive well done to the following children who have been in school for every session so far this academic year:

ARP-Malta Class- Jackson and Jessica

Reception classes
Jamaica-Lyra, Leya, and Shay
Barbados- Arsalaan, Emma, Stanley, Mia-Monroe, Ryan and Emilia
St. Lucia- Amy, Roman, Donovan, Jacob and Faruq-Ademola

Year 1 classes
New Zealand- Merkhima, Evelin and Tommy
Australia- Gracelyn, Joshua, Alexander and Yannis
Palau- Marvellous, Jessie, Elda, Kaden, Amaliah, David, Ezekiel and Vilte

Year 2 classes
Kenya- Tommy, Michelle, Leo, Michael, Cattleya, Roberto and Joshua
Egypt- David, Fareeda, Maximilian, Millie, Sophia, Dennis, Eva-Rae, Bentley and Zachary
Madagascar- Maya, Zachary, David, Jokubas, Matteo, Leonard, Victoria, Arjya and Jared

Year 3 classes
N. Ireland- Dami, Sarah, Lyla-Mai, Mariama, Daniel, Stephen, Leona, Jovan, Vansh and Yanis
Scotland- Ian, Michael, Harley, Ema and Ithiel

Year 4 classes
Italy- Jolin, Kezrae, Ivan, Alishba and Elijus
Greece- Hayden, Melisa, Kali, Anastasia, Rehan, Riley, Jake and Benjamin
Germany- Felicity, Brea, Andriana, Akunna, Sade and Austeja

Year 5 classes
U.S.A- Mihaela, Jacob, George, Kai, Ajus, Justice, Anmona and Chloe
Mexico- Rebekah, Hamara, Joshua, Pavel, Harrison, Kristupas, Kaylin and Ryleigh- Mae
Year 6 classes
Chile- Giovanna, Amelia, Alan, Ryan, Vinnie, Ramone, and Alexandra
Brazil- Amy-Leigh, Amara, Vyte, Maryam, Pritika, Demilade and Alicia


2019 has been a good year at Mead, with the children having lots of fun experiences, and we are looking forward to more of the same in 2020.

It just leaves me to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Peaceful New Year. I am very much looking forward to welcoming everyone back on Monday 6th January-Bright and early and ready for what the new term brings here at Mead.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs L Smith
Headteacher


Attendance Awards-Year 2 classes


Kenya- Tommy, Michelle, Leo, Michael, Cattleya, Roberto and Joshua

Egypt- David, Fareeda, Maximilian, Millie, Sophia, Dennis, Eva-Rae, Bentley and Zachary

Madagascar- Maya, Zachary, David, Jokubas, Matteo, Leonard, Victoria, Arjya and Jared.

Attendance Awards-Reception


Jamaica-Lyra, Leya, and Shay

Barbados- Arsalaan, Emma, Stanley, Mia-Monroe, Ryan and Emilia

St. Lucia- Amy, Roman, Donovan, Jacob and Faruq-Ademola

Attendance Awards-Year 1 classes


New Zealand- Merkhima, Evelin and Tommy

Australia- Gracelyn, Joshua, Alexander and Yannis

Palau- Marvellous, Jessie, Elda, Kaden, Amaliah, David, Ezekiel and Vilte

Thursday 19 December 2019

year 6 Christmas party reminder

Year 6 will be having their Christmas Party tomorrow

We would be grateful if pupils could bring an item of food/drink to share with the rest of the class.
Items could include: crisps, cakes, biscuits, sweets, fruit, veg sticks, individually wrapped drinks, bottle of squash etc. Please can we request that food items do not contain nuts.

If your child has any dietary requirements that we are not aware of, please inform the class teacher.
Children are NOT required to bring party clothes.

Thank you for your continued support.

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

Year 6 Team

BE AWARE-A NOTICE FROM THE L.A.


It has come to the attention of the Local Authority that there is an indecent image (video) of children being circulated, predominantly within secondary schools in both Havering and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.  Please be reassured that the Police are aware of this, and are in the process of carrying out an investigation.  This video is being circulated through various social media platforms including Snapchat and Instagram.

We would like to remind you that it is an offence to view or circulate any indecent images of children.  Should you become aware that any of your children are in possession of this, do not view it.  Children should be advised to not show or share this image further as this is an offence and they must delete the image.  If you have any concerns or need further advice, please contact school who will put you in contact with our local assigned Safer Schools Officer or MASH or get advise from the police.




Carols in the playground



Sing along with us!





Just a quick reminder that you are all welcome to join us today for Christmas Carols in the Junior playground at 2:30pm.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Wednesday 18 December 2019

Festive fun in Reception






What a busy few days the children in Reception have had so far this week, with trips out to parties and Christmas dinners.

It all started with us heading off to our local supermarket Lidl to purchase what we needed to make our Christingles. The children all did such a fantastic job of locating the items within the store, then using the money they were given to purchase them. We took them back to school, learning about what each thing symbolises and then set about creating our Christingles, D'arcy commented "the orange is the world". 


Today we headed to our local church St Pauls where we were greeted by Russell. For many this was their first experience of being inside a church and the children demonstrated their impeccable listening skills as Russell delivered the service.  Russell spoke to the children about advent and 'how it tells us something is coming', Maisy commented "Christmas day". The children then had an opportunity to share the Christingles they made, lightening the candles and recalling the importance of their representation. We learnt about what each part of the Christingle candle represents:
·        the orange symbolises the world
·        the ribbon is a symbol of the blood of Christ
·        the four sticks represent the four seasons and the sweets represent Gods’ good gifts throughout the year
·        the candle symbolises Jesus the light of the world.

Before heading back to school, the children got to recall the nativity story with some children helping to act it out. It was a lovely morning and a great opportunity for the children to fully immerse in our 'celebrations' topic.

We would like to extend our thanks to Russell for having us visit. 

St Pauls church will be having a Christingle service on Tuesday 24th December at 4pm if any of our families would like to attend.


Tuesday 17 December 2019

Christmas Charity Lights








One of our families has put on this wonderful light display to fund raise for Haven House Children's Hospice.

People are welcome to see them -They are on from 3:30 pm till 10 pm through to January 4th at 
19 Masefield Crescent. 
Children are welcome to have their photos sat in Santa's sleigh and if they look carefully they might even see Santa getting ready for Christmas Eve.

Year Four Visit St Paul's Church

Year Four have had the privilege of visiting the local church as part of their current RE unit, investigating the Nativity story in the Christian faith.

Russel was kind enough to let our children ask any questions they might have about the story, and the symbols in Christianity.


We even got to sing some carols, and smell some real Frankincense!



Thank you Russel and St Paul's for including us in your community.


Monday 16 December 2019

Year One's Christingle Service

The children in year one had a lovely afternoon visiting St Paul's Church today.  They learnt about the Nativity story and sang some Christmas carols, as well as learning about what each part of the Christingle symbolises.  Thank you Martin for having us. We had a great time!







Walking back from the church Evelin exclaimed "I liked eating the chocolate".

Year 3's Reading Question of the Week

This week's question to ask the children while you read with them is:

Where is the story set?

Happy reading!

Year 6 Christmas party

Year 6 will be having their Christmas Party on Friday 20th December.

We would be grateful if pupils could bring an item of food/drink to share with the rest of the class.
Items could include: crisps, cakes, biscuits, sweets, fruit, veg sticks, individually wrapped drinks, bottle of squash etc. Please can we request that food items do not contain nuts.

If your child has any dietary requirements that we are not aware of, please inform the class teacher.
Children are NOT required to bring party clothes.

Thank you for your continued support.

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

Year 6 Team

Year 4 Christmas Party!

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Year 4 will be having their Christmas Party on Wednesday 18th December in the afternoon.

We would be grateful if pupils could bring an item of food/drink to share with the rest of the class.

Items could include: crisps, cakes, biscuits, sweets, fruit, veg sticks, individually wrapped drinks, bottle of squash etc. Please can we request that food items do not contain nuts.

If your child has any dietary requirements that we are not aware of, please inform the class teacher.

Children are NOT required to bring party clothes.

Thank you for your continued support.

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year


Year 4 Team

Year 5 Christmas Party!




Year 5 will be having their Christmas Party tomorrow Tuesday 17th December in the afternoon.

We would be grateful if pupils could bring an item of food/drink to share with the rest of the class.

Items could include: crisps, cakes, biscuits, sweets, fruit, veg sticks, individually wrapped drinks, bottle of squash etc. Please can we request that food items do not contain nuts.

If your child has any dietary requirements that we are not aware of, please inform the class teacher.

Children are NOT required to bring party clothes.

Thank you for your continued support.

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year


Year 5 Team

REMINDER

                                   
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 CAROLS IN THE PLAYGROUND
Please join us on Thursday afternoon at 2:30pm for Carols in the playground.

St Paul's Church Carol Service Tomorrow

Please be reminded that there is a Carol Service for our G & T singers at St. Paul's Church, at 6pm tomorrow evening.

Choir Reminder

Please be reminded that there will be no choir after school this Thursday afternoon. Thank you. We look forward to welcoming the children back after Christmas.

Sunday 15 December 2019

Reception Newsletter Autumn 2 Week 8

                                                                                                                        15.12.19

Parents/Carers

We hope you are enjoying your weekend so far!
Thank you to all of those who were able to make our Christmas performances, we hope you enjoyed them as much as the children. They did such an amazing job and made us all so proud.


 Thank you as well for all of your donations in celebration of Christmas jumper day.


Even though we are coming into our final week, we have a busy 5 days ahead. Jamaica and St Lucia will be visiting Lidl on Monday and Barbados class will follow Tuesday. On Wednesday we will visit St Paul's church and have our very own Christingle service. We will also be having our class parties this week and any donations of food would be greatly received by Monday. We may even get a surprise visit from Father Christmas himself.


This week we will be reading a range of Christmas stories and having activities set up within the classrooms around this theme.

Our class lending libraries are now up and running, some of your children may have brought home a story book from school to read and share at home with you on Friday. We kindly ask that once your child has finished with their book, they return it to school where they can then choose another story to read.

Over the Christmas period could we please ask you to actively encourage your child to dress/undress themselves independently showing them the correct way to put on their clothes and to also practice learning how to put on their coats correctly. We still have a lot of children who are reluctant and apprehensive in developing this life skill and we would greatly appreciate you helping to develop their confidence.

Here are some handy tips to help:
  • Involve your child in learning the order of the dressing as early as possible.  Sing songs about dressing, talk to your child about dressing, play dressing up games and practice dressing dolls or teddies.   
  • Talk about the order of dressing when you or your child are dressing.  Ask questions e.g. “What goes on next?”
  • Lay clothes out in the order they should be put on.  This is usually easier if you lay them out in a line rather than putting them on top of each other.
  • Use a visual sequence chart
  • Practice, practice, practice!  Give your child opportunities for practice every day.
  • If your child makes a mistake help them to work out what went wrong and how to fix it rather than telling them and sorting it out for them.   Sometimes you need them to complete the whole process so that they can work out what went wrong. If they put their trousers on without their pants let them dress completely and find the pants at the end.  You can ask questions to help them figure out what went wrong.  You can compare what you do with what they have done.  You can have them look in the mirror to work out what is wrong.  Direct them back to their visual sequence if they are using one.

As a reminder the school day begins at 8.30am and for safety reasons the gates need to be shut by 8.50am. In the mornings the children need to walk through the main gate and enter through the Reception area doors.  If you arrive after the gate has closed, you will need to enter the main office where you will be recorded as late. At 3.00pm Gate 1 will be open for parents and the children will be released through the Reception area doors.

School Uniform Reminder - 

Please be reminded that children are expected to continue to wear the appropriate uniform of:

  • Black or grey trousers (Joggers in Nursery)
  • White polo shirt with a bottle green jumper or cardigan
  • Black shoes or plain black trainers (no boots)
  • Black or grey skirt/dress 
  • Plain tights

Children will not be permitted to wear Hoodies.

Only plain school coloured head bands can be worn- no oversized bows.

Only studs can we worn in school, please make sure these are removed for PE.

Please ensure children do not have makeup on or acrylic/painted nails.

Uniform will be given to those children who do not wear the correct uniform in the morning and will need to be returned before the end of school.

Polite reminder - If your child has had a change of clothes from school, could you please ensure these are washed and returned to school before Friday.


We thank your continued understanding and cooperation in leaving pushchairs at the door. Some of our children are asking to come into school independently and we appreciate you encouraging your child to with this.

As we have learnt all of our set 1 sounds, this week we will be consolidating our learning, practising correct letter formation and continuing to use our Fred talk to spell CVC words.

In maths this week we will be continuing solving addition and subtraction problems, recognising and ordering our numbers with a Christmas theme.

Your child will continue to bring home a reading book (which is changed weekly) and a set of sight words. The expectation is your child reads at least 3 times or more each week. As we are promoting a love of reading, we encourage your child to read a range of books and is not limited to the one we send home with them. 

We will be using the Havering school menu which the children bought home. This week we are on Week 2 of the menu. Monday’s choices are:

                                 Red - Beef Burger in a Bun with Potato Curls

                                 Blue - Cheesy Tomato Pasta
                                Green - Quorn Burger in a Bun with Potato 
                                Curls


 
 


Messages – 
  • PLEASE NAME all items of clothing. This will help when returning lost items, particularly jumpers and cardigans with the right child.
  • If your child has had any clothes from school could you please ensure these are washed and returned to back.
  • Our PE day is Thursday. Please ensure your child has a named PE kit in school. If they wear earrings they need to be removed on this day.
  •  Thank you to all those parents who have sent in a named set of spare clothes. If you haven’t yet could you please ensure your child has a named set of spare clothes and underwear on their peg as soon as possible.
  •  Children can also bring in a pair of named wellies to leave in school. This would be great for use in the mud kitchen and on rainy days.  
  •   If your child suffers with asthma please ensure their pump is in school and you have completed the relevant paperwork at the main office.
  •  If your child is unwell, please remember to call the school office on 01708 343616 and notify them of your child's absence.




Breakfast club is open from 7.45am. Please make sure there is sufficient money on your child's sQuid account to make payment.


Important dates:


  INSET Dates and Polling day for 2019-20

INSET 1
INSET 2
INSET 3
INSET 4
INSET 5
4th September
3rd April
20th July
21st July
22nd July

Last day of the summer term will be Friday 17th July 2020.


You can access Havering term dates for 2019-2010 here: https://www.havering.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2023/term_dates_2019-2020.pdf

Dates for your diary
 
Autumn 2
Friday 13th December
Christmas Jumper Day
Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th December
Reception visit Lidl
Tuesday 17th December
Class parties
Wednesday 18th December
St Pauls Church visit
Wednesday 18th December
Christmas dinner
Friday 20th December
Last day of term
Monday 6th January
Children Return to school after Christmas




Our learning objectives this term will be listed under these headings:

Personal, Social and Emotional

      Begins to accept the needs of others and can take turns and share resources, sometimes with support from others.
Can usually tolerate delay when needs are not immediately met, and understands wishes may not always be met.
Initiates play, offering cues to peers to join them.


Communication and Language

Shows understanding of prepositions by carrying out an action or selecting correct picture.
Can retell a simple past event in correct order.
Questions why things happen and gives explanations. Asks e.g. who, what, when, how.



Literacy

Enjoys an increasing range of books.
      Describes main story settings, events and principal characters.
      Hears and says initial sounds in words.



Physical Development:

Negotiates space successfully when playing racing and chasing games with other children, adjusting speed or changing direction to avoid obstacles.
Experiments with different ways of moving.
      Moves with confidence in a range of ways, negotiating space.



Mathematics

Shows interest in shape by sustained construction activity or by talking about shapes or arrangements.
Selects a particular named shape.
Can describe their relative position such as 'behind' or 'next to'.

If you would like to contact a member of the EYFS team via email the address is: 

eyfs@mead.havering.sch.uk


We look forward to welcoming you back to school tomorrow.

 On behalf of everyone in Reception we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Reception Team