Dear Parents,
As we come to the end of what has been another 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 and our year 1 phonic screening test results were good which is a testimony to the hard work of our teachers in continuing to implement 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, is invaluable and continues to help the school improve and succeed.
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 Woodgate, Miss Evans, Miss James and Miss Thomas are all relocating to other areas (Miss Woodgate to Holland!) and Mrs lomas is leaving temporarily to have her baby.
They all leave Mead with our very best wishes for the future.
On a more positive note we extend a warm Mead welcome to Ms Boxall who will be the teacher in our nursery, Miss Bloom who will be taking New Zealand class, Mr Cash who will be taking Greece class, Miss Miklaucich who will be working alongside Mrs Rolph in Madagascar class, Miss Bush who will work alongside Miss Winters in Scotland class and Miss Hircock who will be working alongside Miss Doherty in Canada class.
Congratulations
I am sure you will all join me in wishing Miss Highton and her fiance all the best for their upcoming wedding. We hope that they both enjoy their wonderful wedding day and have a very happy life together.
Summer Reading activities-Get Caught Reading 2019
This year we will be running a 'Get Caught Reading' competition during the Summer Holiday again. It is a competition that has been extremely popular at Mead 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
Term Dates 2019-20
Havering term dates for the academic year 2019-2020 can be found here.
INSET Days 2019-2020
INSET 1 -Wednesday 4th September
INSET 2 -Friday 3rd April
INSET 3 -Monday 20th July
INSET 4 -Tuesday 21st July
INSET 5 -Wednesday 22nd July
Catering
The following is a communication from Havering Catering Services who provide our school meals
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
Term Dates 2019-20
Havering term dates for the academic year 2019-2020 can be found here.
INSET Days 2019-2020
INSET 1 -Wednesday 4th September
INSET 2 -Friday 3rd April
INSET 3 -Monday 20th July
INSET 4 -Tuesday 21st July
INSET 5 -Wednesday 22nd July
Catering
The following is a communication from Havering Catering Services who provide our school meals
I am writing to politely inform you of a small price increase for school meals from September 1st 2019. The current price will be going up by 5p from £2.20 to £2.25 (per meal). We have managed to avoid any increases for over 3 years; however we are in a position where we need to increase now due to challenges such as food inflation.
Please remember new Year 3 parents unfortunately you will need to pay for your children’s meals now-Please ensure your SQuid accounts are set up and the correct monies deposited.
Please remember new Year 3 parents unfortunately you will need to pay for your children’s meals now-Please ensure your SQuid accounts are set up and the correct monies deposited.
Week beginning 2/9/19 is week 1 on the lunch menu.
Breakfast Club
Our breakfast club is changing as of 5th September as it will be run by Havering Catering services
The price remains the same at £1.50.
For this your child can have Bacon or Sausage sandwich or beans on toast with cereal or toast or fresh fruit or yoghurt plus a drink (FULL MENU BELOW)
We will also have speciality days when other items such as pancakes and muffins will be available.
In order for you to book a place you will need to deposit the monies in advance in your Squid account.
Please do not send your child to school to attend breakfast club if there are no funds in your account as they will not be admitted.
Return to School: Thursday 5th September
Year 1 - Year 6 pupils are expected back at school for 8.30am on Thursday 5th September. Breakfast Club will be open as usual that day from 7.45am.
Attendance Update
Our overall attendance for the year is 94.4%, just below our target of 96%: hopefully with a joint effort we will reach our target next year! Well done to Canada class who had the highest attendance for the year in Y5&6 and overall at 95.5% -They celebrated with a pizza party this afternoon. Germany had the highest attendance in LKS2 at 95.3% and Palau had the highest attendance in KS1 at 94.9%. Well done to them!
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 Thursday 5th September.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs L Smith
Headteacher
Breakfast Club
Our breakfast club is changing as of 5th September as it will be run by Havering Catering services
The price remains the same at £1.50.
For this your child can have Bacon or Sausage sandwich or beans on toast with cereal or toast or fresh fruit or yoghurt plus a drink (FULL MENU BELOW)
We will also have speciality days when other items such as pancakes and muffins will be available.
In order for you to book a place you will need to deposit the monies in advance in your Squid account.
Please do not send your child to school to attend breakfast club if there are no funds in your account as they will not be admitted.
Return to School: Thursday 5th September
Year 1 - Year 6 pupils are expected back at school for 8.30am on Thursday 5th September. Breakfast Club will be open as usual that day from 7.45am.
Attendance Update
Our overall attendance for the year is 94.4%, just below our target of 96%: hopefully with a joint effort we will reach our target next year! Well done to Canada class who had the highest attendance for the year in Y5&6 and overall at 95.5% -They celebrated with a pizza party this afternoon. Germany had the highest attendance in LKS2 at 95.3% and Palau had the highest attendance in KS1 at 94.9%. Well done to them!
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 Thursday 5th September.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs L Smith
Headteacher
