Weekly Newsletter
28th February 2020
Dear Parents,
Welcome back, I hope you had a restful half term and are ready for what appears to be a very busy Spring.
Please ensure that you are driving and parking with care outside of the school gates, we want to make sure that all of our children and families stay safe. Please do not park on the yellow lines or across people’s drives. Thank You!
Shared mailboxes and communication
Don’t forget that you can contact staff using the shared mailboxes. They are checked daily and can be used to ask questions, pass on information or check details:
eyfs@mead.havering.sch.uk
year1@mead.havering.sch.uk
year2@mead.havering.sch.uk
year3@mead.havering.sch.uk
year4@mead.havering.sch.uk
year5@mead.havering.sch.uk
year6@mead.havering.sch.uk
World Book Day is Thursday 5th March this year and Havering Catering service have put on a special menu to celebrate the day-See below:
Red - Sausage baguette
Blue - Hunters chicken with rice
Green - Cheesy quesadilla with potato dippers
Baked beans
Peas and sweetcorn
Iced sprinkled sponge
Remember to dress up as your favourite book character!We look forward to seeing the children in their wonderful costumes.
Diary Dates
Monday - Year 5 parents are invited in for a second meeting for the Mersea residential.
Tuesday - Year 6 will be taking part in a crime workshop with the police.
Wednesday- Today the whole school will participate in NSPCC workshops. Year 3 pupils are attending forest school.
Thursday- World book day! At 8:30am Reception parents are welcome to participate in the stay and read in the classrooms . Nursery parents are welcome to come back and read with their child at 10.45 or 2.30.
Friday- EAL coffee morning in the KS2 hall. EYFS are hosting a dementia coffee morning inthe KS1 hall between 8.30 and 10.00. Everybody is welcome to stay and have a chat.Any donations of bought cakes and biscuits will be gratefully received.
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 2nd March 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 provides 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 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
Well done to Chile class who had the highest attendance in Y5&6 at 96.9% . Germany had the highest attendance in LKS2 at 96.2% and Australia had the highest attendance in KS1 at 95.3% Well done to them!
The overall attendance was really disappointing at only 91.7% which is significantly below our target!
Have a fabulous weekend.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs L Smith
Headteacher
