Huge congratulations to Sebastian, who was awarded a Distinction for the Grade 2 Piano Exam. Sebastian put lots of work and effort into his piano practice and completed the learning in just five months. Good luck to him on the next level of his musical journey.
Amazing Awards!
Attendance Awards
A huge well done to the following classes who have all achieved 95% and above. Kenya, Madagascar, Italy, Greece, Germany, Spain, Mexico, USA, Brazil ,China and Malaysia. It’s wonderful to see so many classes rolling the dice for attendanceoply this week! With the warmer months now upon us it would be amazing to see this trend continue. Let’s keep it up.
Bingo Homework Atanas, Zoya and Alessia (Morocco) Domas, Aum, Ria, David (USA)
15 Books Certificates
Flora, David, Aria, Jax, Erica, Albert (Madagascar), Richard, Aria, Gracie-Mai, Mark, Yani (Palau), Oscar, Preston, Briana, Ezra, Tommy C, Stefan, Abdullah, Angelica, Buddy, Sophie (Kenya),
Malta Star of the Week
Congratulations to Nathan who is Malta’s Star of the Week for being a kind friend and sharing nicely with the other children.
Star Writer Certificates
These children have excelled with their writing this week. Well done to Arnie (England), Azrah & Ava (Wales), Jaxson-Bridge (Fiji), Theodora (Malaysia), James (New Zealand), Yoyin (Greece), Taha (Brazil), Maisie-Mae (St Lucia), Roman (Canada), Nisin (Madagascar), Nuhaa(Mexico), Luna (Morocco)Sofia P (Palau), Siyana (Jamaica), Zion (Scotland), Monelen (Northern Ireland), Buddy, Oscar (Kenya), Tamia (Egypt), Amelia (Germany), Sethika, Jenson (Italy), Nubian (Spain), Amber (China), Jett (India), Eisa (Antigua) Sandra (USA)
Star Reader Certificates
These children have worked really hard on their reading this week. Well done to Stefan, Abdullah (Kenya), Ivan (England), Alicia & Bobby (Wales), Alma (Fiji), Oscar (New Zealand), Rubie-Rose (Greece), Shayan (Brazil), Inaya (St Lucia), Natalia (Canada), Halimah (Malaysia), Anas (Madagascar), Freddie( Mexico), Michael J (Northern Ireland),Gracie mae and Zoya (Morocco) Ahnaf (Jamaica), Tyler (Palau), Sophie (Egypt), Leo Bass (Germany), Mahir (Spain), roens (Italy), Alex (China), Francesca (India), Toby-Joseph (Antigua)Johnny (USA)
Star Mathematician Certificates
These children have enjoyed a fantastic week with their maths. Well done to Tommy C (Kenya), Dawood (England), Aleena & Lily (Wales), Holly (Fiji), Vilte (Malaysia), Re’niyah (New Zealand), Kyrah (Greece), Arsalaan (Brazil), Dawud (St Lucia), Layla (Canada), Jax and Zayeen (Madagascar), Kevin (Mexico), Victoria(Morocco) Daisy (Jamaica), Isabelle (Palau), Katy (Scotland), Olivia (Northern Ireland), Alex (Egypt), Ellison (Germany), Zakariya (Italy), Summer (Spain), Layla (China), Tommy (India), Vilmalea (Antigua) Andrew (USA)
Achievement Certificates
These children have earned 20 Achievement points and are on their way to the Mead Roll of honour, Tommy C (Kenya), Khadijah & Alicia (Wales), Theo, Lennie, Alma (Fiji), Samuel & Dempcee (Malaysia), Arsalaan (Brazil), Taylor, Amy & Poppy (Canada), Albie, Samuel, Nicoleta and Dulcie (New Zealand) Tommy (Mexico)Leon. Zoya, Aiyanna, Kian and Gracie Mae (Morocco), Shawaiz, Harry and Chloe (Scotland), Gracie-Mai, Harriet, Artem, Adrian (Palau),Sydney, Matas and Talula (Northern Ireland), Tyler (Germany), Delia (Italy), Jack, Tyler, Gracelyn, Carter, Maathumai, Francesca, Mickey-Ray (India) Tommy (Mexico)
Mathletics Award
Golden Certificate
Congratulations to these children who have been awarded a Golden Certificate as they have made exceptionally good choices linked to The Mead Creed. These certificates are not easy to get so very well done to this week’s winners!
Weekly Newsletter - Important Information
Friday 28th March 2025
It has been a busy penultimate week of the Spring term here at Mead. We have had pupils from year 5 and 6 competing in the tag rugby finals. Well done to team A for winning the tag rugby tournament, who will now represent Havering in the London Youth games, and to the B team who finished 3rd place in their competition. On Wednesday our year 2 football team finished 3rd in their league against other Havering schools. We have also had a fantastic History workshop for year 5 this week, which has brought their Victorian topic to life.
Thank you to our Friends Of Mead School parents association, for holding the Mother’s day and special person sale this week, and to all of you who contributed to making it a success for our school, and those lucky people receiving gifts this Sunday.
With one week to go until Easter, we look forward to what we have in store in the lead up to Easter. It is a busy week, so please take note of the dates and events below.
On Friday 4th April we will be holding a special Easter eggstravaganza. All children are invited to come into school with a decorated Easter Bonnet. We will then have a whole school Easter Bonnet Parade outside in the KS1 playground so that everyone can see their wonderful bonnets.
Easter egg decoration competition
We will also be holding an Easter egg decoration competition. All entries must have a name and class. Eggs come in on the morning of the 4th of April and then they can go into the exhibitions in KS1 and 2 halls and prizes will be awarded after lunch. Please mark your child’s entry clearly with their name, class and category.
Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:
⭐ Funniest Egg (EYFS, KS1, KS2)
⭐ Best Character/Celebrity Lookalike Egg (EYFS, KS1, KS2)
⭐ Mead Egg (EYFS, KS1, KS2)
Entry Fee: 50p per decorated egg – proceeds will go towards purchasing playground equipment.
We look forward to seeing all the creative and egg-cellent designs! 🐰✨
Friend of Mead Upcoming events
Our Easter Year Group Raffle is taking place soon!
Entry Cost: 50p per entry (maximum of 3 entries per child)
Prizes: Each year group will have 1 large, 1 medium, and 1 small Easter egg to win!
How to Enter: Children can bring their money in an envelope and give it to their class teacher from Monday, 24th March.
Raffle Draw: Winners will be announced on Friday, 4th April.
Don't miss out on the chance to win some delicious Easter treats! 🐣🍫
Support for Families
Bluesky social app
Blue Sky is a microblogging social media platform that gained popularity after separating from Twitter in 2021. This app has a minimum age rating of 13, however, It’s more than doubled its user numbers in the past six months alone, from 14.5 million in October 2024 to 32 million at present. Since accounts must be public, this opens the door to potential trolling, cyberbullying and the spread of misinformation
Please see the attached guide offering parents and educators advice and guidance on the tools available to keep children safe while using the popular social media platform Bluesky.
For information on upcoming SEND Family Voice workshops, please follow this link:
🔗 Havering SEND Family Voice Workshops
Kindest regards,
Ms A Holmes
Headteacher
Huge congratulations to Zuzanna, who passed the Grade 4 Piano exam on Tuesday. Zuzanna is the first student at Mead moving to Grade 5 Piano (equivalent to GCSE standard). We are very proud of Zuzanna and wish her all the best for the future.
Listen to Sebastian playing beautifully ''Sparking splashes and smooth water'' from the Grade 2 Piano Syllabus.
Listen to Olivia playing'' Spooky Wood Hollow.'' Currently, Olivia is working towards the Grade 2 Piano exam.
Amazing Awards!
Attendance Awards
A huge well done to the following classes who have all achieved 95% and above. Kenya, Madagascar, Northern Ireland, England, Greece, Spain, Brazil and China. All of these classes will be enjoying their attendanceoply reward next week!
Bingo Homework
Aaliyah (Morocco)
15 Books Certificates
Sapphire & Shawaiz (Bronze) (Scotland), Sebastian and Nathan (Silver) (Greece), Sofia P, Sofia J and Ava (Palau), Maddison, Olivia, Nellie, Rebecca, Tommy H, Teddy, Rosie, Rishi, Riley, Amelia, Besa (Kenya),
Malta Star of the Week
Congratulations to Elijah who has received Malta Star of the Week for brilliant independent work at his workstation and to Sammy who has received Malta Star of the Week for putting on his own shoes, and brilliant work using his standing frame!
Star Writer Certificates
These children have excelled with their writing this week. Well done to Layla (Canada), Kevin (England), Chelsea (Wales), Olivia (St Lucia), Shawaiz (Scotland, Arthur (Fiji), Elsie (New Zealand), Aleeza (Greece), Eduard (Malaysia), Sydney (Northern Ireland) Mekhi (USA), Ezra (Italy), Freya (Palau), Alex (Brazil), Ronnie (Egypt) Kevin (Mexico) Nina + Kiyaan (Jamaica), Isla (Germany), Jax (Madagascar), Preston (Kenya), Freddie (Spain), Ava Gracie (Morocco), Zachary (Antigua), Tiana (China), Mickey-Ray (India)
Star Reader Certificates
These children have worked really hard on their reading this week. Well done to Fletcher (England), JJ (Wales), Charlene (St Lucia), Varnika (Scotland), Ivy-Rose (Fiji), Kevin (New Zealand), David (Greece), Riley (Kenya), Daniel (Northern Ireland), Izyan (Canada), Sandra (USA), Nancy (Italy), Eleanor (Palau), Hiyan (Brazil) Ruby (Mexico), Samiyah (Egypt) Leo + Skye (Jamaica), Dempcee (Malaysia), Robert (Germany), Halianna (Madagascar), Milena (Spain), Eve A (Morocco), Gabriel (Antigua), Jacob (China), Hazel (India)
Star Mathematician Certificates
These children have enjoyed a fantastic week with their maths. Well done to Sidrah (Canada), Ivan (England), Tillie (Wales), Ella- Rose (St Lucia), Evelyn (Scotland), Theo (Fiji), Victoria (New Zealand), Olivia (Greece), Harrison (Malaysia), Sara (Northern Ireland), Ria (USA), Sara (Italy), Summer (Palau), Sydney (Brazil) Gloria (Mexico), Sebastian (Egypt) Ralph (Jamaica), Leo Bass (Germany), Leonela (Madagascar), Gemma (Kenya), Oscar (Spain), Leon (Morocco), Ryleigh (Antigua), David (China), Sabriyah (India)
Achievement Certificates
These children have earned 20 Achievement points and are on their way to
JJ & Parisha (Wales), Logan Milena, Katy & Raine (Scotland), Kayian, Samson (Fiji). Robbie (New Zealand), Amelia R (Greece), Zaydh & Amaliah (Malaysia), Olivia, Michael J and Tommy (Northern Ireland) , Hollie, Layla (Canada),Lillie W, Lily A, Jessica, Elena (Italy), Aria, Vinnie, Karma (Palau), Ezra, Briana (Kenya), Isabelle B (Egypt), Jamie (Germany), Emily, Flourish, Halianna, Flora (Madagascar),Amirah (Spain), Princess (Morocco), Lara, Daniel O, Majus, Alex (China), Jett, Izampela, Joshua (India)
Mathletics Award
Golden Certificate
Congratulations to these children who have been awarded a Golden Certificate as they have made exceptionally good choices linked to The Mead Creed. These certificates are not easy to get so very well done to this week’s winners!
