21st July 2017
Dear Parents,
As we come to the end of what has been a very busy, but very successful year in school I have a lot of people to thank. Firstly and most importantly your wonderful children who have worked so hard to make this an outstanding year. Both year 2 and year 6 pupils worked really hard for their SATs tests with our year 6 pupils exceeding expectations and achieving above National results. Our year 1 phonic screening test results were an improvement on last year which is a testimony to the hard work of our teachers in adopting and developing the ‘Read Write Inc’ scheme in school.
Secondly to all of our staff who have worked tirelessly throughout the year to ensure the best possible outcomes for our pupils.
Thirdly and by no means last, you the parents/carers, your support throughout the year whether it be in supporting your child with work at home or supporting the school through attendance at fundraising events your continued input is invaluable in helping the school on our journey to an outstanding Ofsted judgement.
It was lovely to see parents/carers who attended the open evening on Monday and thank you to those parents/carers who have returned their comment slips, I haven’t had a chance to read them all as yet but am grateful for the very positive comments I have seen so far.
Sadly, we have to say goodbye to a number of staff members: Miss MacDonald and Miss Griffiths are leaving as they are shortly to return to Australia. Miss Paul is returning to teach in Canada and Mr Focsan is moving to Birmingham. Miss Lastauskas is going to teach in another school.
We are also saying goodbye to Miss Fassenfelt who has got a job nearer to home, to Ms Russell who is starting her maternity leave and to our lovely mentor Miss Purcell who I know has supported a lot of families in the 13 years she has been at Mead.
They all leave Mead with our very best wishes for the future.
On a more positive note we extend a warm Mead welcome to Miss Godfrey, Miss Evans, Ms Carey, Miss Murray, Miss Rappin, Miss Woodgate, Miss Doherty, Miss James, and Miss Thomas who are joining the teaching staff and Mrs Howe and Mrs Mackman join our support staff.
Lost Property
We seem to have amassed a lot of clothing over the course of the year. We will put it all out on a table in the KS2 playground from 2:45 onwards this afternoon so parents/carers can look for lost items. Anything left will be disposed of.
SQuid
Havering catering service have advised us that they have now changed the limit on monies deposited for dinners/trips. Initially you were unable to deposit less than £10. There is now no limit, so if you want to just pay for one day’s dinner or perhaps pay a contribution for a trip costing £5, you can now deposit the exact amount.
A message from Miss Havelock
Uganda day was a fantastic success! The pupils looked great in their red, black and yellow, and they really enjoyed the sponsored walk. Children walked the entire perimeter of the school (twice!), which is 2km, with big smiles on their faces. In total, Uganda day raised £1250, £900 of this was from sponsor money from the walk. A MASSIVE thank you to those children who went above and beyond in raising this money. I will be organising a special session in September to show these children how their effort has helped the project.
Summer Reading activities-Get Caught Reading 2017
This year we will be running a 'Get Caught Reading' competition during the Summer Holiday. It is a competition that has typically been extremely popular at Broadford and led to some great photos of the pupils and staff.
Best picture of staff/the pupil reading - normally in a stunning location (outside Buckingham Palace, or a beach somewhere tropical... the sky's the limit) wins a book voucher. Just follow the simple steps...
Get a good book
Get caught reading it somewhere unusual - have your picture taken
Send it in via the school Facebook page - or Facebook Messenger
Add the location to the shared map:
click here
Wait for confirmation that you have won the competition!
There is also a Summer Reading Challenge Tracker for the children to complete.
Click here to access the tracker
We will be posting the links to the map and tracker on the blog/Facebook page as well - this will keep reappearing during the holiday.
We'd also love to see images from the pupils' travels this summer - please upload these as well. On the Harry Potter Trip we were talking to a pupil who - last holiday - was able to actually see Mount Everest... that would be a cool photo to add. Amber - from Mead - is off to Bulgaria, Kanishka - from Broadford - is travelling around India and of course Miss Havelock is off to Uganda. Already it could be quite some travel record!
Term Dates 2016-17
https://www.havering.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/356/term_dates_2017-2018.pdf
5th September - Pupils return to School
Friday 20th October - Break up for half term
20th December - Last day of autumn term
Attendance Update
Our overall attendance for the year is 95%, just below our target of 96%: hopefully with a joint effort we will reach our target next year! Well done to Mexico class who had the highest attendance for the year in Y5&6 at 95.6% . Germany had the highest attendance in LKS2 at 95.9% and Madagascar had the highest attendance in KS1 also at 95.9%. Well done to them!.
A massive well done to the following children who achieved 100% attendance for the year and who receive their gold attendance badge and a special trophy:
Jamaica- Hurairah Shafique
Palau-Ian Hinton
Australia-Jolin Adjei
New Zealand- Hayden Flower
Madagascar- Summer Hope and Aliyah Iginla
Egypt-Safiyya Al-Azami and Harman Mahal
Kenya-Kai Hope
Wales- Michael Bokombe, Amara Coleman and Lukas Norkas
Scotland- Esther Appiah and Alexandra Winjobi
N. Ireland- Ruby Anderson, Amira Stanley, Hannah Wright and Mihrac Yilmaz
Germany- Andrei Adochitei, Ashley Cassell, Riana Dumitru Maisie Flower and Tatiana Hakeem
Greece- Grace Allen, Alexandrina Cojan and Adedeji Okunoren
Italy- Elizabeth Hau and Alecia Mmor
Canada- Sean Rider
U.S.A -Angel Adjei and Ryan Safo-Frimpong
Mexico- Paris Mmor
Chile- Rosie Bonnett, Daniel Hunt and Harley MacPherson
Brazil- Julia Brkic, Valeria Brkic and Loui Wettner
Awards
Children were presented with special certificates/trophies at our end of year awards ceremony today-to see a complete list of recipients please click
here
As this is the last Newsletter before the summer holidays I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all happy holidays. For those of you moving on to secondary school we will miss you but we know you are well prepared for the challenges you will face and you go with our very best wishes for the future. For those returning in September we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 5th September.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs L Smith
Headteacher
