Weekly Newsletter - 21/07/23

 

Friday 21st July 2023

Dear Parents and Carers,

It is hard to believe that we have come to the end of the academic year! The children and staff have worked incredibly hard throughout this year. This week has been filled with lots of end of year activities. We started with the Year 6 leavers Assembly before they went on their residential to Danbury. The children have had a fantastic time working together and completing new adventures.


Today we not only say farewell to Year 6 but we also say goodbye to some staff members who are also moving on. We wish Mrs Carey, Mrs Gladman, Mrs Adams (Attendance and Admin Officer), Mrs Aboiye and Miss Perkins all the very best for the future and thank them all for their commitment and hard work to support the children throughout their time at Mead.

Information for September

School Gates

The school gates on both KS1 and KS2 entrances and exits will be opened from 8:25am each day by a member of staff. There will be no access to the school grounds before this time.

Further information regarding morning and afterschool clubs will be shared once the clubs are up and running in September.


Access to ABACUS Breakfast and Afterschool Club

From September Access to Breakfast and Afterschool club will be via Gate 2. There will be no access via the KS2 playground. Access to Breakfast and Afterschool club will be via Gate 2 from Wednesday 6th September. This is a pedestrian access only route and no vehicles should be beyond the gates. Abacus will have a doorbell in to notify them that you have arrived and they will meet you at the gate.

 


Year 3 Drop off and Pick up from September

Here is the pick up point for Year 3 from September.


School uniform

Please ensure that your child wears the correct school uniform to school every day. All children should wear: A bottle green sweatshirt or cardigan, collared white t-shirt, and black/grey trousers or tailored skirt. Leggings are not part of the uniform policy and should not be worn to school. Children may wear flat ankle boots (no heels). We have also requested that school fleeces be made available with the uniform provider and we will inform you when they are available. If you need support with uniform costs please speak to the office as you may be eligible for uniform vouchers if you have not already received this.


PE Kits: plain black/grey jogging bottoms or black/green shorts and white t-shirt with appropriate footwear.


Water bottles

It is useful for all children to have a water bottle in school to use throughout the day. Please make sure that the bottles are plastic and not glass. Prime bottles are not allowed to be used as a water bottle in school.


Mobile phone Agreements

Please remember to return the mobile phone agreement in September if there is a particular reason for your child to have a phone in school. You will be asked to collect any phones that are brought into school without the signed agreement. Thank you for your continued support.


Contact information

Should you have any worries, concerns or questions please do not hesitate to contact school. Each Year group has a dedicated email which is monitored by the Year Group Leaders. Please use the email addresses below.

 

Year Group	Year Group Leader	Email Address
EYFS (N, R)	Mrs Isherwood/ Miss Edwards	eyfs@mead.havering.sch.uk
ARP	Miss Walsh (Malta)	senco@learningfederation.havering.sch.uk
Year 1	Miss Flynn (New Zealand)	year1@mead.havering.sch.uk
Year 2	Mrs Rolph (Madagascar)	year2@mead.havering.sch.uk
Year 3	Mrs Redgrave (Scotland)	year3@mead.havering.sch.uk
Year 4	Mrs Keen (Italy)	year4@mead.havering.sch.uk
Year 5	Mrs Todd (Mexico)	year5@mead.havering.sch.uk
Year 6	Miss Spinks (Malaysia)	year6@mead.havering.sch.uk

Key Information and dates

School Ping

Squid login

Havering Catering Lunch Menu


Dates for the Diary


Monday 4th September INSET DAY

Tuesday 5th September INSET Day

Wednesday 6th September Children return to school

Thursday 21st September FOMS Coffee Morning

Monday 30th October INSET DAY

Monday 15th April INSET DAY

Wednesday 24th July INSET DAY


We hope that you have a wonderful Summer with your families and friends. We welcome the children back to school on Wednesday 6th September from 8:30am.

Yours sincerely,

Ms A Holmes

Headteacher

Celebration Awards

 

Trackers

David T(Madagascar), Rayan and Jacob (Morocco).

Well done to 105 Books to Read Before You Leave Mead challenge

Bronze	Nikole (Palau) Charlotte and Akhila (Egypt) Layla and Moksha (Northern Ireland)
Silver Award	Nancy(Madagascar), Isla, Cat and Millie (Egypt)
Gold Award	Callum (Egypt and Milena (Fiji)

Bingo Homework

Well done to Elwin, Zofia, Domas, Faith, Olivia and Sebastian (Kenya), Grace, Poppy, Avyukt, Shay, Isla and Aum (Scotland)

Nancy, Sai, David T, Amelia, Nathan K, Jessica, Kavi (Madagascar), Rayne (Palau), Lenny M, Summer and Oguzcan (Egypt), Taha, Izyan, Amaan (Northern Ireland), Page and Michael N (Mexico), Rayan, Sara, Skyla, Elena, Mahir, Eva, Zakariya and Ender (Morocco).


Malta Star of the Week

Congratulations to Malta class for all being stars this week.

Star Writer Certificates

These children have excelled with their writing this week. Well done to Jake (Palau), Logan (Scotland), Sadie (Greece), Maryam (Northern Ireland), Talula (Fiji), Harrison(Germany), Harry (New Zealand), Amber (Italy), Ignacy (Wales), Junior (Mexico) and Dennis (Brazil).



Star Reader Certificates

These children have worked really hard on their reading this week. Well done to David (Palau), Malakai (Scotland), Izampela (Greece), Amy (Fiji), Arsalaan (Northern Ireland), Frazer (Germany) Jakub (New Zealand), Ryan (Italy), Rayya (Wales), Michael N (Mexico) and Esmai (Brazil).



Star Mathematician Certificates

These children have enjoyed a fantastic week with their maths. Well done to Sara (Palau), Rubi (Scotland), Nicolae (Greece), JJ (Fiji) Taha (Northern Ireland), Honey (Frazer), Khadijah (New Zealand), Majus (Italy), Ria (Wales), Gabriel (Mexico) and Fareeda (Brazil).



Mathletics Award

Bronze certificate	Esther, Malakai, Logan, Samhita ,Grace and Leo (Scotland), Ugo (Greece), Amy, Rayya, Izabela, Ella, Amber (Wales) and Michael N (Mexico)
Silver certificate	Grace and Leo (Scotland), Izabela & Ella (Wales)
Gold certificate	Leo (Scotland), Izabela & Ella (Wales)

Golden Certificate

Congratulations to these children who have been awarded a Golden Certificate as they have made exceptionally good choices linked to The Mead Creed. These certificates are not easy to get so very well done to this week’s winners!

Barbados (YR)	Ellie and Poppy	St Lucia (YR)	Everyone!
Jamaica (YR)	Everyone!	Antigua (YR)	Everyone!
Palau (Y1)	Everyone!	New Zealand (Y1)	Everyone!
		Fiji (Y1)	Everyone!
Morocco (Y2)	Everyone!	Madagascar (Y2)	Everyone!
Kenya (Y2)	Everyone!	Egypt (Y2)	Everyone!
Scotland (Y3)	Holly	Wales (Y3)	Everyone!
Northern Ireland (Y3)	Everyone!	Italy (Y4)	Everyone!
Greece (Y4)	Levi, Maryam, Hazel and Indigo-Brooke	Germany (Y4)	Everyone!
Brazil (Y5)	Everyone!	Mexico (Y5)	Everyone!
USA (Y5)	The whole class!	India (Y6)	Everyone!
China (Y6)	Everyone!	Malaysia (Y6)	Everyone!

Attendance

Well done to New Zealand, Palau, Morocco, N.Ireland, Mexico, China, Malaysia and Malta who achieved their class attendance target and have rolled the dice this week.


Congratulations to everyone who achieved an award this week, we are very proud of you!

Celebration Assembly

 

Colours of the rainbow

 

Barbados class had a great day celebrating their attendance-opoly win. Today our class was awash with the colours of the rainbow as everyone came dressed in their favourite colour. You all looked amazing and  well done on your fantastic attendance Barbados class!

Italy class reward

 

The children in Italy class have been working hard to fill the class marble jar for an end of term reward. They had an enjoyable afternoon on the bikes, scooters and go-karts.

Year 2-University of Mead Graduation!

 Year 2 graduated from their chosen courses today!

How smart they look in the graduation gowns and caps!

Our Art Project graduates are here:

Our cooking graduates are here:

Our Forest School graduates are here:

Finally, our sports graduates are here:

Well done to our graduates!

Get Caught Reading

 Get Caught Reading 2023

Our Summer reading programme `Get Caught reading` has been very successful in the past but this year we would like even more children to take part.

We believe in developing a culture where children are intrinsically motivated to read for pleasure. We believe in encouraging them to read both inside and beyond school. We believe that the most effective way to promote reading is to work in partnership with parents and families.

We would like parents and family to look out for chances to 'catch their child reading' over the Summer holiday period. This can be a book or any other reading material: timetables, recipes, instructions. The images can then be shared via our Facebook messenger  platform to celebrate the reading being done . Look out for photos from staff, who also take part in the promotion!

The children will all be bringing home an Invitation to join the Havering Library Service Summer Reading challenge today .They receive rewards and a medal and certificate on completion and it is an amazing way to borrow a range of new material.

All the children that take part will receive a Get Caught Reading Certificate .In previous years children have been caught reading  in an amazing array of places: pools, on trampolines, in historic castles and even underground. It also sustains the link we have with parents and carers during the holidays and allows us a window into what our pupils have been doing during the break... thank you for your support and for sharing!

Money raised for Saint Francis Hospice!

Thanks to your amazing generosity, Mead Primary raised a fantastic £420.63 for Saint Francis Hospice's Go Orange campaign! Pupil Parliament worked hard to spread the message around school and design posters to encourage donations to improve the lives of the patients and families of the hospice.

University of Mead - Drama

 On Friday, Mead University's drama club performed Cinderella in under 5 minutes after weeks of practicing our expression, stage presence and characterisiation. Each and every child - from Cinderella to sound effects - did an incredible job and we are very proud of them all. Here are a few action shots of our stars:

Rain, rain go away

 Our poetry basket poem was very fitting this week, given the current weather. Please enjoy our version of "Raindrops"

Year 2 Time Travellers!

Year 2 visited the Ragged School Museum this week. The session engaged the children's minds with Victorian history and encouraged them to use their imagination and creative thinking through role play.

They were transported back to 1893 and they discovered what life was like for poor children their age living in Victorian London. The Ragged school was opened by Dr Barnado in 1877 and it provided an education for some children in the area. 

The strict 'Miss Perkins' sat the girls on one side of the classroom and the boys on the other and then delivered a reading, writing and arithmetic lesson Victorian style. The children used authentic wooden desks, slate boards and chalk and looked at some of the punishments the children may have endured.

They all echoed that they would much rather Mead that the Ragged school but they enjoyed pretending they  were Victorian children for a little while!

We were so appreciative of compliments we received from train passengers and from the museum staff on how well behaved our children were. 

They made use proud! 

Well done Year 2!