Dear Parents,
It is really pleasing to see how well our Reception children have settled in to their first week at Mead-All good so far!
Our nursery children attended stay and play sessions on Thursday where they have had the opportunity to get to know the practitioners in our nursery setting in preparation for their start over the next few weeks.
Our new breakfast club has been well attended with the children especially enjoying the hot food (bacon, sausage sandwiches and beans on toast). PLEASE BE AWARE LAST ORDERS ARE TAKEN AT 8:20- anyone arriving after this time will not be provided with breakfast as the kitchen staff have to start preparing for lunch.
More details below.
Any parents/carers whose children suffer from asthma please ensure their pumps and forms are returned to school a.s.a.p
To ensure everyone is safe and prevent accidents please be reminded children ARE NOT permitted to ride their bicycles/scooters in the playground before/after school
Please be mindful of our local residents. It has been brought to my notice that some Mead parents are parking in spaces specifically allocated to residents and blocking access routes. I appreciate parking around the site is limited but would ask you to please not inconvenience others-Thank you.
Diary Dates
Jeans for Genes Day- Friday 20th September
Pupils are encouraged to wear jeans on Friday 20th September to raise awareness for Genetic disorders UK. This is a charity that donates money towards children with different genetic conditions and helps to provide day-to-day support to these children. We are asking that pupils who wear jeans to school make a suggested contribution of £1, although any contribution is greatly appreciated.Please note pupils must still wear their school polo shirt & jumper/cardigan.
Monday 14th October- Parents Evening 1
Tuesday 15th October- Parents Evening 2
Friday 18th October- Last day of half term
Monday 28th October- Pupils back to school
INSET Dates for 2019-20
Please note the school closure dates for this academic year.
INSET day 1- 4th September
INSET day 2- 3rd April
INSET day 3- 20th July
INSET day 4-21st July
INSET day 5- 22nd July
Please note that the final day of the summer term for pupils will be on Friday 17th July, 2020.
Term Dates 2019-20
https://www.havering.gov.uk/downloads/file/2023/term_dates_2019-2020
Havering Catering Services
Week beginning Monday 16th September is week 3 on the Havering catering services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.20.
Please be reminded to top up your child’s catering account as we cannot provide dinners for pupils whose accounts exceed a debt of £10.
Havering catering Service now provide a breakfast club for Mead pupils. For £1.50 your child can have a bacon or sausage sandwich or beans on toast with cereal or toast or fresh fruit or yoghurt plus a drink.
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 money 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.
Attendance Update
Well done to Chile class who had the highest attendance in Y5&6 at 97.9% . N. Ireland had the highest attendance in LKS2 at 97% and Egypt had the highest attendance in KS1 and overall at 98.6%. Well done to them!. The overall attendance was 94.9% a little short of our 96% target. Let’s hope we do better next week!
Have a fabulous weekend.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs L Smith
Headteacher
