Women's engineering Society Exhibition

A fantastic opportunity for to meet real engineers from across the industry at the free, family-friendly, interactive exhibition on Saturday 21^st March 2020. 

Please see attached flyer and our website (www.wes.org.uk/100violets) for more information.  This exhibition has been organised by the Women’s Engineering Society Early Careers Board with funding and support from the Royal Academy of Engineering through an Ingenious Grant.

We have 20 volunteers from across the industry forming 7 teams, each of whom has created a fun, engaging and interactive exhibit to showcase what they do.  They are also more than happy to talk to the students about engineering, and what it really means to be ‘an engineer’, showcasing the breadth of the industry and challenging outdated stereotypes around engineering as a career path.

If You Were An Engineer What Would You Do?

Mead school entered the ‘If You Were An Engineer What Would You Do?’ awards. This is a competition for all school aged pupils and its purpose is to raise the profile of engineering as a career. The competition was explained in an assembly and those interested had to come up with a problem they wanted to solve and a way of solving it. They had to draw a diagram of their invention, label it and write a supporting letter. We had about 20 entries which were sent off to Birmingham to be judged. There were over 2,000 entries in the London area and 190 were shortlisted.

The following pupils were given a distinction and shortlisted;
Ivan Coleman Year 3
Rebekah Avorgbedor Year 4
Demilade Okunoren Year 5
Ryan Mutombo Year 5
Alecia Mmor Year 6
Chanelle Angus Year 6
Kian Muwenda-Simbwa Year 6

The following received a merit for their work;
Briana Grigore
Sophie Andreetti-Brown
Tatiana Hakeem
Mihaela Bordei,Grace Allen and Brooke Gray were awarded a pass for their inventions.
Let’s get even more pupils involved next year!

Primary Engineering Competition

Pupils from Mead Primary School took part in the Primary Engineering Competition and joined other school at the Ford Research and Development plant, Dunton. Jan Labedzki, Rebekah Avorgbedor, Ivan Coleman and Jacob Collins formed the two teams representing Mead School. They had to build a buggy out of wood and cardboard. The vehicle had to perform two tests; climb a slope and travel in a straight line on the flat. The teams also had to explain their model and how they had developed it to the judges. We also got a ride around the test track at the facility.
It was a great day and a fantastic experience for the children.

Weekly Newsletter-21st June 2019

Dear Parents,

A huge congratulations to Mr Robinson and Mr Stanbridge and all of the pupils who took part in the Primary sports day at Drapers’ Academy on Monday. We are thrilled and extremely proud to announce that Mead Primary came second overall. It was a wonderful day enjoyed by all.

Please be reminded smoking is prohibited on the school site-this includes vaping

Due to circumstances beyond our control the LFPA have had to change the date of the summer fete. It will now be on Friday 5th July from 14:00-17:00 at Broadford School. Parents wishing to attend the fete will be able to collect their children from Mead at 14:00. I will be sending out a letter nearer the time to ascertain which children will need to be dismissed earlier but please be advised pupils leaving early MUST be collected by their parent/carer.
If you would like to run a stall at the fete please contact Jenny or Lisa-contact details below.

jporter.lfpa@learningfederation.org.uk

Loflynn.lfpa@learningfederation.org.uk


Diary Dates
Monday 24th June-The Paddington Bear Book Club are going to Broadford to watch the film this morning while the Christopher Robin Book club will be enjoying the film at Mead this afternoon

Tuesday 25th June-The ‘Bug man is in school for our Reception children and during the morning we are hosting the Infant Music Festival.

Wednesday 26th June- Year 2 are spending the day at The Tower of London while some of our Year 6 and year 4 children are going to Dunton to represent Mead at the Ford Engineering challenge.
In the afternoon year 6 are attending a Junior Citizens event and some of our year 3 children will be attending a Forest School session. After school (at 18:00) our new Reception parents are invited into school for an information meeting. 

Thursday 27th June - Some of our pupils will be representing Mead at a Cricket Tournament at Draper’s Pyrgo and Year 6 are going to the Metro bank in Romford. Our Harry Potter club are looking forward to a very exciting trip- visiting the Harry Potter Studios Trip. Mead parents are invited to join Broadford parents between 9 and 11 for a SEND coffee morning at  Broadford.


IMPORTANT DATES THIS YEAR

Monday 1st July 9:15-12:00 Year 5/6 Sports Day 13:30-15:00 Year 2 Sports Day (Weather permitting)

Tuesday 2nd July 9:15-12:00 Year 3/4 Sports Day 13:30-15;00 Year 1 Sports Day (Weather permitting)

Thursday 4th July 13:30-15:00 Reception Sports Day

Friday 5th July -Nursery Sports Day and picnic Federation fete 14:00-17:00

Tuesday 9th July-Year 6 Oscars 17:00-18:30

Wednesday 17th July-Go Bonkers Day

Friday 19th July Last Day of summer term

INSET DATES for ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/2020
Wednesday 4th September
Friday 3rd April
Monday 20th July
Tuesday 21st July
Wednesday 22nd July

Havering Catering Services
Week beginning Monday 24th June is week 2 on the Havering catering services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.20.

Attendance Update
Well done to Chile class who had the highest attendance in Y5&6 at 97.8% . Italy had the highest attendance in LKS2 at 97.4% and Palau had the highest attendance in KS1 and overall at 98.6%. Well done to them!. The overall attendance was once again better at 95.4% -only slightly below our target of 96%-maybe we’ll get there next week?

Have a wonderful weekend

Yours Sincerely

Mrs L. Smith
Headteacher