Weekly Newsletter
16th June 2017
Dear Parents,
Our year 6 pupils returned from their residential trip to Mersea on Wednesday with lots of stories about the activities they had participated in-They clearly had a fantastic time! Those who remained had the opportunity to take part in activities in school and went on a number of interesting visits-So a good time was had by all! Back to normal next week!
Thank you to everyone who donated money to the Grenfell Tower fire disaster. We have collected an amazing £696.46 which will be sent on to help the families affected by this terrible event. I’m sure your kindness will be very much appreciated.
Diary Dates
Monday 19th June -Primary Sports Day at Draper’s Academy. Mr Robinson will be taking some of our children to represent Mead in an inter school competition
Tuesday 20th June-Some year 6 pupils will be attending a computing workshop at Bancrofts’ School with Mr Frith
Wednesday 21st June- 18:00-19:00 New Nursery intake meeting
Thursday 22nd June- Hockey competition at Draper’s Academy in the afternoon.
- Theatre group in school for YR1 pupils
-15:15-16:00 Secondary school transition meeting in KS1 hall for year 5 parents/carers
Friday 23rd June -Inset Day-SCHOOL CLOSED FOR PUPILS-however the choir will need to come into school as they have a rehearsal for the Havering Music Festival which takes place at The Queen’s Theatre at 19:00 in the evening.
Key dates for the rest of the summer term
Friday 23rd June - Junior Music festival @ queens theatre, 7pm
Monday 10th July-13:30-14:45-YR 1 Sports Day
Tuesday 11th July-9:30-12:00-LKS2 Sports Day
Wednesday 12th July-9:30-12:00- UKS2 Sports Day
Wednesday 12th July-13:30-14:45-YR2 Sports Day
Friday 14th July 9:30-10:30-YR R Sports Day
Friday 14th July-Picnic in the Playground
Monday 17th July 15:30-19:30 Parents Evening
Tuesday 18th July 16:30-18:00-Oscars
sQuid
Our launch day is fast approaching! As of Wednesday 21st June Mead Primary School will become a cashless school. All dinners and school trips will need to be paid for through the sQuid system.
Parents/Carers should register, using the information in the letter brought home by pupils, last week and if necessary have deposited monies for dinners. Everyone must register for an account even if your child receives a free school meal.
We have listened to feedback from other school's in the area who have implemented the system and have decided that the kitchen will not be selling drinks. If drinks are purchased it can be very confusing for parents to monitor the value on each sQuid account. However, there will of course be plenty of water/squash available for the pupils every lunchtime.
If you have difficulties setting up or accessing your account Mrs Kinchella/Miss Purcell will be more than happy to help you.
Harold Hill’s Unsung Heros
We are delighted to announce that three members of The Federation parental community were presented with awards at a recent event which was organised and hosted by Church 1v23. The awards honoured the people and organisations which serve the Harold Hill community and help make a positive impact on it.
Recipients included; Chris and Kerry Cooper for running the community Facebook page and the drama group Habit factory. Lisa O’flynn, who volunteers on several parent associations and Mark Borrell for his work as a community chef.
Congratulations to you all and we would like to thank you for your important contribution to our community.
Havering Catering Services
Week beginning 19th June is week 3 on the Havering Catering Services menu.
Attendance
Well done to Mexico class who had the highest attendance in Y5&6 and overall at 100%-they have now earned themselves a cup cake party-Well done! . Wales had the highest attendance in LKS2 at 98.3% and Palau the highest attendance in KS1 at 96.6%. The overall attendance last week improved on the previous weeks at 94.5% but is still below our target of 96% Let’s hope this improvement continues!
Attendance
Well done to Mexico class who had the highest attendance in Y5&6 and overall at 100%-they have now earned themselves a cup cake party-Well done! . Wales had the highest attendance in LKS2 at 98.3% and Palau the highest attendance in KS1 at 96.6%. The overall attendance last week improved on the previous weeks at 94.5% but is still below our target of 96% Let’s hope this improvement continues!
On Tuesday a group of year 4 archaeologists visited the British Museum in London looking for clues to the identities of a number of Ancient Greek gods and goddesses. They looked closely at artefacts from over 2500 years ago to identify the gods from the objects they carried. Andrei managed to spot Zeus by looking for his thunder bolt and Dionysos was easy to spot with his cup of wine. The children all agreed that it was a great way to get up close to such ancient artefacts.
Have a fabulous weekend
Yours sincerely,
Mrs L Smith
Headteacher
