SCHOOL CLOSED - THURSDAY 1st MARCH

Dear Parents

MEAD & BROADFORD CLOSED - THURSDAY 1st MARCH

We are sorry to inform you that we will be closed tomorrow. This is not a decision that we take lightly. I hope you could see from our efforts today that we do all we can to keep our schools open for the children. However the forecasts overnight, the ice expected as a consequence of today, high winds and guidance from weather warnings mean that we feel it is best to make a decision now.

A large number of our staff drive in from quite a distance away. Some were not able to make it today and we would expect more to be affected tomorrow.

Hopefully the situation will have improved so that we can open on Friday. We will keep you updated.

We appreciate that this is very difficult for working parents. By making the decision tonight we hope to give you time to make alternative arrangements that would be even harder if we delayed until 7am tomorrow.

Thank you for your understanding and we hope to see you on Friday.

Please share this post with any other families that you know.

World Book Day will be rearranged ASAP! Don't worry your costumes will get used!

EYFS fun in the snow

Our Nursery and Reception children wrapped up warm and  ventured into the outside area. Shrieks of delight soon followed as they experienced their fantastic outside learning environment in the snow.
A fair few snow balls were thrown and jumping in the new snow was particularly popular. Most of the children didn`t seem to notice the cold their excited smiles said it all.

World Book Day - POSTPONED

Due to the extremely cold weather we are postponing World Book Day. We will reschedule at a later date.

Year 4 Swimming-CANCELLED

Dear Parents and Carers

Year 4 Germany Class will not be going swimming today due to the weather conditions. This is to ensure the health and safety of all children. 

Year 6 IMAX Trip - CANCELLED

Dear Parents and Carers

Due to the weather conditions we will have to postpone the year 6 school trip to the IMAX in central London. This means that the trip will not be going ahead today. This is to ensure the health and safety of all children.

We will let you know when we have been able to rearrange the trip to another date.

SCHOOL OPEN - CLUBS & Y6 TRIP CANCELLED

Dear Parents

School is open as normal - breakfast club is open at the usual time.

Please send in pupils with gloves, wet weather gear and a change of socks/trousers so that they can play in the snow.

Pupils will only be allowed out to play in the snow IF THEY ARE DRESSED APPROPRIATELY

Clubs are cancelled tonight
Y6 TRIP CANCELLED

PALAU STEP INTO A WORLD INSIDE A BOOK

Palau class had a fantastic day at Discover Children's Story Centre in Stratford. First we listened to the story of Zog by Julia Donaldson which was brought to life by our brilliant storyteller, Santiago.  Then we actually went to a world inside a book featuring the settings and characters from some of Julia Donaldson's best loved books.  We were amazed. After that we created our own story which featured a walking TV! Next we enjoyed our scrumptious lunch which was very much needed. Finally we wrapped up warmly and went outside to the Story Garden where we climbed aboard a space craft, set sail on a pirate ship and slid down a monster's tongue.
Thank you to the staff at the centre - we had the best day ever!

"I loved going into the world inside a book" exclaimed Kayla.

It's a boat made of paper! Year 2 Sculpture Workshop

Look at our boat that is made from newspapers and cable ties. It might not be one of Christopher Columbus' ships but we thought about him when we were constructing it. How did we construct it you may ask. We were lucky to be visited by Darcy, an artist who demonstrated to us how we can turn everyday things into art like sculptures.

Who would have thought that a material like paper could be made into strong stable sticks that could be used to construct such a structure.
The children worked in pairs to roll, glue then compress the paper in a special machine. These rolls where then fixed together using cable ties. Once this was done, they attached them together gradually creating a large boat structure.

 The children really impressed us with their reciprocity skills and resilience.  They also created an opening for them to go inside. Now this boat is outside in our learning environment so the children can continue to enjoy all their hard work.



"It was really hard to do the first roll but then we persevered and got really good at it" said Shomari.

Heating Update: School Open As Normal

HEATING PROBLEM FIXED - SCHOOL DUE TO OPEN AS NORMAL

Once again we apologise for the unexpected closure today. Your patience has been greatly appreciated. 

We are delighted to inform you that the engineers have overridden the problem in the short term by lowering boiler temperature and alleviating a pressure issue. The replacement part will be installed tomorrow, but the building is now warm enough to be habitable. We will also be over riding the timer controls so that the heating stays on all night.

School will be open - although we will be watching the weather to see if 'The Beast From The East' does dump enough snow for there to be a problem. We will keep you informed via social media... but no news would be good news as we intend to open!

Heating Update

Dear Parents

Thank you for your patience while the engineers try to fix the heating.

The team has overridden the problem short term by lowering boiler temperature, but we need a replacement part which they are trying to source. We are now waiting for an engineer who should be able to advise when they can completely remedy the problem.

We have been advised that if we leave heating on overnight it should be fine to open tomorrow, but we are just awaiting the final confirmation.

We will post another update this evening so that you know tonight.

YEAR ONE PARENTS/CARERS

In science next week we will be conducting investigations into things that move and fly.  We will be thinking about the forces that make things move, stay in the air and fall to the ground. For one of our investigations we need bottle lids. If you have any could you please send them in with your child for the year one children to use.
Thank you.

We're Closed: HEATING BROKEN

Dear Parents

SCHOOL IS CLOSED DUE TO HEATING BREAKDOWN

We will be closed today - Monday 26th Feb - as the heating is broken. Engineers are on the way, but it won't be up and running until this afternoon.

We are terribly sorry for the late notice, but our site manager has been working since 6am to get it to come on and the problem is unfixable without a plumbing team.

We will keep you updated about tomorrow - but we have every confidence it will be fixed!

Thank you for your understanding.

Nursery Newsletter Spring 2 Week 2

Term: Spring 2                     Date: 27.02.2018 

Dear Parent/Carer,

As usual the Nursery has been a hive of activity

Each day the children come into a range of exciting and varied experiences.

Last week the children had a wonderful time learning about `The Very Hungry Caterpillar`. This included hearing and joining in with the story, making caterpillars, learning the days of the week and exploring the toy mini beasts. This week we will continue with the story and focus more on butterflies .This will be as well as possibly dealing with snow and Our World Book Day experience on Thursday 1st March where the children can come into school dressed up as a book character .

 

These are the skills we will be focusing on this week:

Mathematics
The children are continuing to develop the skills to count accurately. We will be practising our counting and looking at sizes and shapes of things. We will also be learning bout symmetry by painting symmetrical butterflies.

Physical

The children will have daily sessions outside developing their gross motor skills. We will be concentrating on throwing and catching on Friday during our weekly P.E session.

Literacy

The children will be able to practise their mark making and encouraging the children to retell the story.

 

Communication and Language

Encouraging children to use simple sentences correctly.

Encouraging children to hold a conversation and respond to comments.

Personal and Social Development

Ensuring children are able to cooperate with routines and some boundaries.Modelling the correct behaviours in play, ensuring children use resources well and begin to share with other children.

 

Messages

Next Week we will be sending out offers of Nursery places for September 2018.If you know anyone else who is looking for a place please ask them to leave their details with Nursery staff this week.

Dates for your Diary

Monday 1st March-World Book  Day-Children may come dressed as a book character

Friday 9^th March-Stay and Play Mother`s day activities 

Thursday 29th March-Nursery closes for the Easter holidays after normal Nursery sessions
Reopens Monday

If you would like to contact a member of staff feel free to contact us on

eyfs@mead.havering.sch.uk

Some of our recent Nursery highlights-Celebrating Chinese New Year 

 

 

 

 

Kind regards,

The Nursery Team

Reception Newsletter Spring 2 Week 2

Term: Spring 2 Date: 26.02.18

  Dear Parents and Carers,

What a fantastic first week back we all had, the children thoroughly enjoyed our Dinosaur workshops and loved having Millie and Jack the dinosaurs visit.

We are continuing our Dinosaur topic by listening to the story 'Dinosaurs Love Underpants', exploring the names of different dinosaurs and finding out interesting facts about them. The children will have lots of opportunities throughout the week to create their own dinosaur fossils and be paleontologists.

Reminders
Please remember to bring your child's named PE kits into school by Wednesday.
Thursday 1st March is World book day.


Our Learning Objectives for this term are:-

Personal, Social and Emotional:
Can describe self in positive terms and talk about abilities.

Explains own knowledge and understanding, and asks appropriate questions of others.

Shows confidence in asking adults for help.                       

Communication and Language:Uses vocabulary and forms of speech that are increasingly influenced by their experiences of books.
Uses language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences in play situations
Can retell a simple past event in correct order.


Physical Development:Eats a healthy range of foodstuffs and understands the need for variety in food.
Shows understanding of the need for good practices with regards to exercise, eating, sleeping, and hygiene can contribute to good health.
Show an understanding of a need for safety when tackling new challenges and considers and manages risks. 

Literacy:
Enjoys an increasing range of books.
Uses vocabulary and forms of speech that are increasingly influenced by their experiences of books.
Enjoys an increasing range of books.

Mathematics:
Finds the total number of items in two groups by counting all of them.
Begins to identify own mathematical problems based on own interests and fascinations.
Recognise some numerals of personal significance.

Expressive Art and Design:
Uses simple tools and techniques competently and appropriately.
Constructs with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources.
Builds stories around toys, e.g. farm animals needing rescue from an armchair 'cliff'.

Understanding the World:
Comments and asks questions about aspects of their familiar world such as the place where they live or the natural world.
Enjoys joining in with family customs and routines
Beginning to construct, stacking blocks vertically and horizontally, making enclosures and creating spaces

Messages.
Learning Challenge

Each half term we will be setting our pupils a challenge related to their learning. We believe that it is important for us to provide guidance for parents on how their children's learning can be extended at home.

The learning challenge will include either a nursery rhyme, famous person, illustration or a piece of music. Please talk to your child about the challenge and help them to engage in their learning. The children can choose how they present their learning challenge outcomes to their teacher or class.

  Person: A Super Hero

Piece of Music: Johann-Strauss Radetzky: March

Poem/Song to learn: Jack and Jill went up the hill


1. Learn it off by heart.

2. Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme.

3. Find out about the origin of the rhyme.


Listen to the music and dance to it.


Find out facts about the composer.


Produce a collage or picture to illustrate the piece of music.

1. Draw a portrait of the person.

2. Find out facts about the person.

3. Watch the person in action.



Dates for your Diary:

Thursday 1st March - World Book Day- Children can come to school dressed as their favourite book character and bring £1 donation to help buy new books for the school
Friday 9th March-Stay and Read morning
Friday 9th March-Mother`s Day Stay and Make
Thursday 29th March 3pm School Closes for the Easter holiday

 If you would like to contact a member of the EYFS team via email the address is eyfs@mead.havering.sch.uk

Kind regards

The Reception Team

                                    

Premier Schoolwear

The trade counter for Premier Schoolwear WILL NOT be open tomorrow but will be open on Monday as normal.

YEAR ONE LEARNING CHALLENGE

Year 1 Spring 2 homework challenges.

Significant Person: Harry Houdini

 

Poem: “The Day the Circus Came to Town” By Roger Turner

The posters said tomorrow

At eleven on the dot

The Mishkin Brothers Circus

Would be here ....on this spot

There would be no carnival or midway

Just one tent and three rings

And all of the excitement

That a good old circus brings

Artist: “Circus” by John Stillman

	Poem	Artist	Person
Basic Advanced Deep	Read the poem aloud to an adult Learn and say the poem aloud with rhythm and actions Write your own circus poem	Make a copy of one of John Stillman’s circus paintings Find 5 facts about the artist Create your own circus painting	Find out who this is and what he is famous for – tell an adult. Name some of his famous acts Write about why he is famous.

Learning Challenge Awards

Carrie Fitzgibbon,Danni Bevis, Aleena Seleka, Tzoulia Tzaferi, Sophie Andreetti-Brown and Momina Ahmed have been working hard at home and extending their knowledge through their learning challenge work.

Fact Hunter Award

In recognition of her insatiable appetite for knowledge and ability to sniff out amazing facts the following child has been awarded a certificate; Aliyah Iginla-Well done.

E for Excellence awards

These wonderful children have demonstrated excellence this week.
Barbados -Michael Taylor
Wales -Jasmine Rami
Jamaica -Summer Smith
Scotland -Harman Mahal
St Lucia -Haydar Garip
Germany -Alexandra Winjobi
New Zealand -Lexi Combe
Greece -Louis Thomson
Australia -Megan Wilde-Dodds
Italy -Amy-Leigh Billings
Palau -Dami Akeredolu
U.S.A -Peter Alexander
Madagascar -Alessia Dragostin
Canada -Rylan Hill-Moise
Egypt -Melisa Guganesh
Mexico -Keira King
Kenya -Nicole Nycante
Chile -Laice Miller
N. Ireland -Obinna Anyiam
Brazil -Frankie Underwood
Argentina -Vilius Paulauskas

I have made my teacher happy/WOW Award

Jared Timcke in Jamaica-For making the right choices and being a good friend
Zachary Wooster, Alexis Wood, Sophia Mitchell and Max Kondracki in Barbados -For moving up a book band
Khadija Osman in St Lucia -For working so hard on her writing at home
Sabina Banaru, Layla-Mai Easton, Alfie Joyce, Yanis Ruzibaev, Daniel Golabek, Gurrehmat Kaur, Olivia Broad, Stephen Hunt, Vansh Patel, Kajus Krisciunas, Heath Chambers and Rocco Livingstone in Palau -For moving up a book band
Ayan Zahid in Madagascar -For moving up a book band
Benjamin Winjobi, Sonny Fiorini and Taylor Wadge in Egypt-For completing Bingo homework to a high standard
Jacob Collins in Northern Ireland -For completing a maths challenge
Summer Hope, Alexandru Ciobanu, Kelvin Browne, Jessie Leigh Bridges and Sophiat Olojede in Wales -For moving up a reading level
Kristipus Kulsinskus in Wale-For understanding and remembering the angle of incidence and reflection in his Science lesson
Safiyya Al-Azami in Scotland -For completing a maths challenge
Havin Colak in Scotland -For completing excellent work at home
Alexandrina Cojan in U.S.A -For extra science work
Valentino Varghese and Nura Aboubakari in U.S.A -For writing a fantastic 500 word story
Momina Ahmed in Canada -For extra history work

Reading Awards

The following pupil have read 10 books and receive a bookmark for their efforts,Paddy Clarke and Mason Broad.

Millie-Mae Madgewick, Zachary Wooster, Keerat Dhiman, Chase Scott, Joe MacMillan, Tyrese Olayiwola, Chloe Wooster, Justice Okereke, Lilyana Duke and Aiden Wardell have achieved bronze reading awards for reading 25 books.

Silver Reader awards go to Tommy Croker, Daniel Blagoev, Olivia Foreman, Lukas Norkus and Grace Allen who have read 50 books. They each receive a silver certificate and a £5 book token for their efforts.

George Shah has read 75 books and he gets a book of his choice for his fantastic effort.

A massive well done to this week’s gold reader Alan Golabek who has read 100 books and receives a gold certificate and a trophy for his effort.

Siddiek Harris, a child in our reception, receives a platinum certificate for reading 150 books. What a fabulous achievement Siddiek!

Certificate of Presentation

Well done to Kelvin Brown,Lukas Norkus and Angel Adjei who have presented their work beautifully; They have shown pride in their work and taken care with their handwriting and number formation.

Star Writers

These children have used a range of powerful vocabulary and techniques to become a Star Writer; Maya Adochitei, Saeeda Mulla, Ines Mutombo, Ella Stone, Nathanuel Miller, Jimmy Kelly, Ayab Zahid, Paddy Clarke, Alishba Hussain, Hope With, Amelia Nauthoo, Charlotte Bowers, Giovanna Alves Rodrigues, Mark Nugent, Manuela Adamu Adegbenro, Dominika Tulinska, Lorraine Salalima,
Jaroslav Richter, Hafizah Khaliq, Aaron Livingstone and Thomas Gilchrist. Look out for examples of their work on the blog!

Tracker Awards

Congratulations to the latest pupils who have achieved their Bronze awards: Stephen Hunt, Riley Rogers, Emily Garip, Paddy Clarke, Asia Blissett and Ellie Cooper.

Silver Tracker certificates are awarded to Matvejs Ursa, Ava Rowley,Lilyana Duke, Grace Rowley,Sophiat Olojede, Lily Hartley,Moavyya Chaudry, Chase Safo Kwakye, Adedeji Okunoren, Chloe Gain and Paris Brown. Well done to them!

Alexandrina Cojan receives a Gold Tracker certificates in recognition of the fantastic effort she has made in learning.

A massive well done to Tomi Akeredolu who receives a Platinum Tracker certificate.

Swimming Awards

Well done to the following year 4 children who have excelled in their swimming lessons this week

Swimming 1 width
Charlize Botterell, Summer Stone, Akacia Mungulu, Sebastian Sutherland MacLeod and Tanisha Forbes

Swimming 2 widths
Daumantas Paulauskas, Vinnie Pryke, Harry MacPherson and Amba Cordell

Swimming 1 length
Giovanna Alves Rodrigues, Taruni Vemulapati, Ramone Reid, Isabelle Cutts, Aimee Toolan-Lee, Amber Coffey, Ryan Mutombo, Jessica Iancu, Alan Golabek, Amelia Dang Nam, Mason Broad

Swimming 100 metres
Luke Bonnett and Alanas Bespaslovas

Learning Power Awards

These are the awards we present to the pupils when they have demonstrated one of our four learning skills: Resilience, reciprocity, reflectiveness & resourcefulness.
Alicia McLister, Afnan Ahmed, Cameron Wingrove, Harry Donovan, Gabriel Antohi, Taylor Miller and Anya Shorter receive a certificate for reciprocity and Charlie Wisniewski for reflectiveness. Well done to Mehmet-Lee Nevzat and Scarlett Deeble who receive certificates for resilience and Nafisa Ahmed-Osman who has shown she can be very resourceful in school.

Attendance News

Well done to Chile class who had the highest attendance in Y5&6 and overall at 99.2% . Scotland had the highest attendance in LKS2 at 98.4% and Kenya had the highest attendance in KS1 at 97.9%. Well done to them!. The overall attendance has slightly improved and stands at 94.7% still slightly below our target!

Diary Dates

Monday 26th February -We have the author Cliff McNish visiting our year 5 pupils.
Tuesday 27th February -Our year 1 pupils will be attending a circus workshop, in school, during the afternoon. After school our Netball team will be taking on a team from Broadford.
Wednesday 28th February -Our year 6 pupils will be visiting the IMAX cinema in London and during the afternoon some of our year 3 pupils will be attending a Forest Schools session.
Thursday 1st March is World Book Day-See additional information above. During the afternoon some of our year 5/6 pupils will be representing the school at a Tag Rugby competition to be held at Brookside Primary School
Friday 2nd March- Some members of our travel team will be attending the TFL travel conference with Mrs Harding and Miss Doherty, other pupils will be attending a Zoella event at Westfield.

KS2 Car Park

Please be reminded that, for safety reasons, parents are not permitted to use the KS2 car park to drop/pick up pupils (unless this has been authorised by the head teacher). Parents using the car park this week caused congestion which resulted in someone backing into a lamp post on the school drive. The gate has remained open recently due to mechanical failure which has now been addressed and we will revert to the correct safety procedure which does not allow parent vehicle access.

Parents Consultations

At the end of the term we will be holding parent consultations when you are invited to come and meet your child’s class teacher to find out how they are progressing this year. There will be a chance for you to look at your child’s work and complete a parental survey to let us know how else we can provide you with information and support.
These events will be held on Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th March.

Newsletter Friday 23rd February

Weekly Newsletter

23rd February 2018

Dear Parents,
I hope you had a restful week last week. I can’t believe how quickly the time is going -already we are halfway through the school year!

World Book Day
As part of our drive to maintain, promote and engage pupil interest in reading, the school is taking part in WORLD BOOK day on Thursday 1st March. Children are asked to come into school dressed as their favourite book character. A £1 donation is required on the day and the money raised will be used to buy new books for the school.
To help get them started on their reading journey, every child will receive a £1 World Book Day Book Token that can either be exchanged for one of TEN special £1 World Book Day books or used to get £1 off any book/audio book costing £2.99 or more. You can find out more about the books at worldbookday.com/books. Your child’s token can be redeemed at most UK bookshops. Please help your child to use it on or after World Book Day by visiting your local bookshop (if you need help finding one, visit booksellers.org.uk/bookshopsearch).

Bike Safe
During this half term, Mead Primary School will be running a Bike Safe Competition to increase the awareness of travelling to school in a safe and sustainable way. If you wear your helmet when travelling to school on a
scooter or bike you will get a Helmet Point. The children with the most Helmet Points at the end of the 6 weeks will win a prize.
When you cycle or scoot to school wearing your helmet, take your helmet into class where your teacher can help you record it on the Bike Safe Tracker.

Parents Consultations
At the end of the term we will be holding parent consultations when you are invited to come and meet your child’s class teacher to find out how they are progressing this year. There will be a chance for you to look at your child’s work and complete a parental survey to let us know how else we can provide you with information and support.
These events will be held on Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th March.


KS2 Car Park
Please be reminded that, for safety reasons, parents are not permitted to use the KS2 car park to drop/pick up pupils (unless this has been authorised by the head teacher). Parents using the car park this week caused congestion which resulted in someone backing into a lamp post in the school drive. The gate has remained open recently due to mechanical failure which has now been addressed and we will revert to the correct safety procedure which does not allow parent vehicle access.


Mothers Day
The Learning Federation Parents' Association (LFPA) will be providing pupils with a chance to order a Belgian chocolate Mothers' Day Gift.
The gift costs £1. You are able to order multiple gifts - but they will all be the same. The exact description has been deliberately omitted so that there is a 'surprise' element! However it is a Belgian chocolate based gift.
To order your gifts, please complete the Google Form which can be accessed on the school Facebook page.
Orders should be submitted by Friday 23rd February and deliveries to class will take place w/c 5th March
If you have more than one child attending the school, please send all monies in with one of them so that it is easier for the LFPA volunteers to manage the collection of money and the deliveries.

Diary Dates
Monday 26th February -We have the author Cliff McNish visiting our year 5 pupils.
Tuesday 27th February -Our year 1 pupils will be attending a circus workshop, in school, during the afternoon. After school our Netball team will be taking on a team from Broadford.
Wednesday 28th February -Our year 6 pupils will be visiting the IMAX cinema in London and during the afternoon some of our year 3 pupils will be attending a Forest Schools session.
Thursday 1st March is World Book Day-See additional information above. During the afternoon some of our year 5/6 pupils will be representing the school at a Tag Rugby competition to be held at Brookside Primary School
Friday 2nd March- Some members of our travel team will be attending the TFL travel conference with Mrs Harding and Miss Doherty, other pupils will be attending a Zoella event at Westfield.

Havering Catering Services
Week beginning Monday 26th February is week 1 on the havering catering Services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.20.

Attendance News
Well done to Chile class who had the highest attendance in Y5&6 and overall at 99.2% . Scotland had the highest attendance in LKS2 at 98.4% and Kenya had the highest attendance in KS1 at 97.9%. Well done to them!. The overall attendance has slightly improved and stands at 94.7% still slightly below our target!.

Have a good weekend

Yours sincerely,

Mrs L Smith
Headteacher

We are the Champions of the Stratford and East London Music Festival!

Every year in February, the Stratford and East London Music Festival takes place.This is the oldest UK’s music festival and many musicians and actors can trace the start of their careers from success at the Stratford & East London Music Festival.

Following last years success, this year our school entered the competition in five different categories and we won in three. Mead Singers won in Junior Choir Religious Songs Class; Year 3 Recorder Group won in Wider Opportunity Class and Amelia Christie,who represented Mead in solo singing, won in Popular Songs Class. 

Although the competition was really strong as we had to compete with many school across East London (some of them private), we managed to stay on top of the game. We are extremely proud of our children and their unbelievable achievement. Mrs Kumszczynska, who worked with our pupils said, ‘’We have practised incredibly hard for the last few months and once again we have proved that with a hard work and resilience anything is possible.’’ 

Well done to other solo singers: Kian Muwenda-Simbwa, Marley Calvey and Aimee Ince who also took part in the festival. They came second and were awarded Commended which is a fantastic result.