Dear Parents,
We still have a number of pupils arriving late. I cannot emphasise enough the importance of getting your children to school on time-Remember the doors open at 8:30.
Pupils arriving late miss out on their learning and many find it embarrassing and really struggle entering the class halfway through a session.
Also please be advised I can not authorise holidays during term time. Whilst I appreciate it is cheaper, taking your child out of school for an extended period does have a negative impact on their learning and on our attendance data (which we are judged on by Ofsted).
Diary Dates
Monday 3rd February- 10:30-22:30 Some of our children will be attending the Young Voices event at the O2. Germany class are visiting the Tate Modern in London, while some pupils from the remaining year 4 classes attend bikeability sessions.
Tuesday 4th February- Italy class are visiting the Tate Modern today while some pupils from the other year 4 classes attend bikeability sessions. During the afternoon our year 5 pupils will be watching a Birds of Prey display in school. After school our netball team have a match against Harold Court Primary.
Wednesday 5th January-It’s Greece class’ turn to visit the Tate Modern today. Some of our year 3 pupils will be attending a Forest School session this afternoon.
Thursday 6th January-Some of our year 5/6 girls will be representing Mead at a football tournament at Noak Hill while the rest of year 6 pupils will be visiting Duxford.
Friday 7th January 9:00-10:30-Parents of our SEN pupils are invited to attend a coffee morning at Mead. Bikeability sessions for year 4 continue today.
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 3rd February is week 1 on the Havering catering services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.25.
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 or 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.
A message from Havering Catering Service
We would like to reassure parents whose child may have a Dairy Allergy or Intolerance that the School Kitchen only use Dairy Free Sunflower Spread at Breakfast Club and Lunch time.
Key Diary Dates for this term
Monday 3rd February -Last swimming session this half term
Monday 17th -Friday 21st February -Half term-School closed
Monday 24th February -Back to school-Swimming starts
Monday 23rd March -Last swimming session this half term
Monday 30th/Tuesday31st March -Parent afternoon/evenings
Friday 3rd April -Inset Day-school closed
Monday 6th-Friday 17th April -Easter holidays-School closed
Monday 20th April -Back to school
Attendance Update
Well done to Mexico class who had the highest attendance in Y5&6 at 97.1% . Scotland had the highest attendance in LKS2 at 96.3% and Egypt had the highest attendance in KS1 and overall at 98.3%. Well done to them !
The overall attendance was disappointing at only 93% which is well below our target! Hopefully we'll do better next week.
Yours Sincerely
Mrs L. Smith
Headteacher
