Mathletics Superstars in Year 3

 A huge well done to the children below for completing lots of activities on Mathletics.  We are super proud of you all.

Year 2 Forest School

Kenya Class loved their first Forest School session. Some of us loved looking for bugs and investigating them in the bug lots, others loved climbing the trees and others learnt how to tie knots to make a fishing rod and bow&arrow.

Well done Kenya for being so resilient in the forest!

Newsletter - 29/09/23

 

Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been another action packed week at Mead. Year 5 have been developing their bike ability and gaining more confidence to ride their bikes safely. We also welcomed Rosie, our schools Read, Write, Inc Trainer into school this week and she was astonished by how well the children have settled into their phonics groups, including our new reception classes. She couldn’t believe the progress the children had made since she last saw them in the Summer term. Well done everyone!

It has been wonderful to see so many children scooting to school, we have noticed how busy the KS1 bike and scooter park is getting, so please make sure you park up safely. We are looking into getting another scooter park so that there is space for everyone. Please make sure that you walk with your scooter as you come on to the school grounds so that everyone stays safe.

IMPORTANT & URGENT MESSAGE – Are you eligible for the School Holiday Meal Scheme? This year the Mayor of London has funded school dinners for ALL primary aged children. However Havering families who have low incomes may be eligible to receive additional financial support so that their children don’t go hungry during the school holidays. You can also apply for your child to attend a holiday activity scheme. You can find out more about this here but hurry because the scheme opens for new applications from Monday 25 September until Friday 6th October.

Who is eligible? If you are in receipt of any of the following benefits your child may be eligible for free school meals.


* Income support

* Income based Jobseekers Allowance

* Income related Employment Support Allowance

* Guaranteed Element of State Pension Credit

* Child Tax Credit (but not Working Tax Credit) and have an annual income of less than £16,190

* Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

* Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit

* Universal Credit (your household income must be less than £7,400 a year after tax and not including any benefits you receive)

If you believe you may be eligible please click on the link below and complete the application form

https://www.havering.gov.uk/info/20006/schools_and_education/431/school_support

We are happy to help you apply if you are unsure of your eligibility - please contact Mrs Parker in the school office.

Harvest Festival

From Monday 2nd October to Friday 6th October, Mead will be collecting donations for the Trussell Trust Harold Hill Food Bank to celebrate Harvest Festival. Children can bring in food donations to their classrooms. The food bank is in particular need of the following items:

• Soup

• Biscuits

• UHT Milk

• Tinned Veg

• Tinned Fish

• Tinned Meat

• Tinned Fruit

• Tinned Tomatoes

• Instant Mash Potato

• Long Life Fruit Juice

Any donations would be greatly appreciated, big or small. Thank you!



Safer Street Scheme

At this time we still have no further information to share and are awaiting a response from the Council. We have been assured that as soon as the final process is completed they will provide a letter for all parents to confirm the details and start dates. We will circulate any information to parents as soon as it is received. Thank you for your patience.


Reception Open Days

Please book through the school website. The link can be found on the bottom of the home page

Holiday Requests

We have seen an increase in Leave of Absence requests for holidays.The DfE and Local Authority have made it clear that we are no longer able to grant any leave of absence during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances. Mead Primary School will consider each request for leave of absence carefully and individually to determine its authorisation, but please remember leave is not an entitlement. Requests should be made by the parent/carer and forwarded to the Headteacher before the period of absence. Please note that all absences of 4 days or more may require medical evidence (eg copies of prescription, hospital letters, medication, etc.). Any unauthorised periods of absence may result in a penalty notice of £60 (which will increase to £120 if not paid within 21 days) for each child and imposed on each parent.

Key Information and dates

School Ping

Squid login

Havering Catering Lunch Menu



Dates for the Diary

Monday 9th October Harvest Festival

Tuesday 10th October Lets get Britain talking day

Tuesday 17th October Parents Evening

Wednesday 18th October Parents Evening

Friday 20th October End of Autumn 1

Monday 30th October INSET DAY

Monday 15th April INSET DAY

Wednesday 24th July INSET DAY



Yours sincerely,

Ms A Holmes

Headteacher

Mathletics in China

Well done to this weeks Mathletics winners in China.

This weeks year 2 Star Writers are...

 Congratulations to Chelsea and April from Madagascar, Charlotte from Egypt and Loris from Kenya. Amazing efforts this week, well done to you all!

Celebration Assembly

 

Marvellous me day in Reception

 

On Friday 13th October children in Reception will be participating in a 'Marvellous Me' Day. This half term in Reception we have been thinking about all of the things that make us marvellous. We have been discussing our families, our likes and dislikes and also our similarities and differences with our classmates. What a better way to round up our topic then to hold a WOW Day for us to celebrate all of the things that make us, us? On this day, the children in Reception can come to school wearing clothes of their choice. This could be their favourite outfit, clothes in their favourite colour or clothes that represent something about them. Please discuss this with your child so that they are able to share with us in school why they have chosen their outfit. 

Celebration Awards

 

Malta Star of the Week

Congratulations to Gracie who has received Malta Star of the Week for brilliant engagement and lots of talking in her different sessions this week.

Star Writer Certificates

These children have excelled with their writing this week. Well done to Hayden (England), Loris (Kenya), Zachary (Wales), Aliyah (New Zealand), Ruby-Lea (Egypt)Chelsea, April (Madagascar), Akhila (Scotland), Isla (Germany), Jessica (Northern Ireland), Vlad (Brazil), Roqaya (USA), Phoebe (Palau), David (China), Emma (Italy), Jacob (Mexico), David (Malaysia), Alex (Fiji), Maya (India)and Izabela (Greece).


Star Reader Certificates

These children have worked really hard on their reading this week. Well done to Milena (England), Sethika (Wales), Olivia-Rose (Kenya), Emma (New Zealand), Charlotte (Egypt), Leo, Isla, Michael (Madagascar), Sai, Sienna, Shree, Reggie and Nathan N (Northern Ireland), Tyler (Scotland), Avyukt (Germany), Aayan (Brazil), David (Palau), Sienna (China), Roman G (Italy), Robbie (Mexico), Seiar (Malaysia)Diamond (USA), Evelina (Fiji), Bella (India) and Shayan (Greece).


Star Mathematician Certificates

These children have enjoyed a fantastic week with their maths. Well done to Camelia (England), Rayne (Kenya), Amari & Kelsie (Wales), Ifra (New Zealand), Dylan (Egypt), Aisosa(Madagascar), Izabella (Northern Ireland), Leo J (Scotland), Samhita (Germany), Nevaeh (Brazil), Charlotte (USA), Flora (Palau), Daniel (Chona), Mekhi (Italy), Yasmin (Mexico), Luka (Malaysia), Isabelle (Fiji), Jacob (India) and Robert (Greece).


Achievement Certificates

These children have earned 20 Achievement points and are on their way to the Mead Roll of Honour- Well done to Nikole, Dawood, Esther, Albert, Talula, Milena, Isaiah and Penelope (Kenya), Max (Madagascar) and Aaliyah (New Zealand).


Mathletics Award

Bronze certificate

Rayan, Ender,Skyla,Elena, Zakariya, Victoria & Manha (Wales) Aiza, Denizhan, Leon, Zara, Zoya (New Zealand) Enki, Dawood, Erik, Nikole, Esther, Amy, Penelope, Milena and Prisha (Kenya) , Shawaiz, Daniel, Ethan (x2), Alicia, Azrah, Sara, Aliyah,Stefan (x2) and Olivia (Egypt), Milena, Jake, April, Matas, Eric(Madagascar), Blessing, Joanna, Stephanie, Jessica, Nancy, Robert, David D, Amelia, Nathan K, Adriana, Nathan N, Shree, David T, Kavi and Mahir (Northern Ireland). CallumHenry, Justas, Amelia D, Violet, Oguzcan, Olivia, Leo J, Lenny L, Cat, Lenny M, Akhila and Rayan (Scotland), Izampela, Maryam and Jett (USA)Sophie, Emily, Anastasia (Palau), David, Kane, Daniel K, Francesca, Cristian, Majus, Alex, Saim (Mexico), Ianis, Nuhaa, Amaan, Izyan (Italy), Bogdan, Max, Sophia, Bentley, Olivia & David (China), Tommy, Natas, Michael N, Gabriel, Haydar, Michelle, David and Ivan (Malaysia) Amber, Ignacy, Zuzanna and Amy (Greece).

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!

Palau (Y1)	Sukhwinder	New Zealand (Y1)	Ronnie
		Fiji (Y1)	Anja
Australia	Sophie B	Madagascar (Y2)	Aleena
Kenya (Y2)	JJ	Egypt (Y2)	Arnie
Scotland (Y3)	Isla	Wales (Y3)	Elena & Rosie
Northern Ireland (Y3)	Aleem, David D. Jamie and Adriana	England (Y3)	Bushra
Italy (Y4)	Emilia	Greece (Y4)	India
Germany (Y4)	Tommy	USA (Y5)	Renesmee
Brazil (Y5)	Elda	Mexico (Y5)	Kydeigh
Malaysia (Y6)	Gabriel	India (Y6)	Bobby, Sofia
China (Y6)	Freya

Attendance

Well done to New Zealand, Palau, Egypt, N ireland, Scotland, Wales, England. Italy, Usa , Brazil and Malta who achieved 95% or more for their attendance target this week.

Year 2 Mastering Number

 In year 2, we have started the NCETM Mastering Number lessons which use rekenreks to help us thoroughly understand numbers.

Listen to Azrah explain the commutative properties of addition.

New Zealand Forest School

 

New Zealand class enjoyed exploring the new space at forest school today. 

They enjoyed the revamped mud kitchen which now has seating and the new balancing area. We also looked at the new log pile and are looking forward to seeing if there are any new residents in the coming weeks. 

There was lots of digging and squishing too. One of their favourite activities was swinging on the hammock and swing.

Talking Additional needs and Psychology (TAP): Parent Support groups for children with additional needs in Havering

 

Reception Parent Workshop

 

Calling all Reception parents

On Friday 13th October at 2.30pm we would like to invite you to a Read, Write Inc workshop. As your child embarks on their Read, Write Inc journey we would like to provide you with further information on how we teach your child/ren letter sounds, show you what a phonic lesson looks like and provide you with information on how best to support your child/ren at home.

We look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible.

USA learns to speak Spanish!

In our spanish lesson today USA practiced saying the different seasons (las estaciones). USA enjoyed learning about each season and practicing saying different phrases to their talk partners! Keep up the great work USA!

Weekly Online Safety Advice

Harvest Festival Donations

From Monday 2nd October to Friday 6th October, Mead will be collecting donations for the Trussell Trust Harold Hill Foodbank to celebrate Harvest Festival. Children can bring in food donations to their classrooms. 

The food bank is in particular need of the following items: 

• Soup 

 • Biscuits 

 • UHT Milk 

 • Tinned Veg 

 • Tinned Fish 

 • Tinned Meat 

 • Tinned Fruit 

 • Tinned Tomatoes 

 • Instant Mash Potato

 • Long Life Fruit Juice 

 Any donations would be greatly appreciated, big or small. Thank you!

Hola

Year 3 have only been learning Spanish for two weeks and already they are having conversations with their friends. Well done Year 3 - you are amazing!

Year 1 Maths

The last two weeks we have been looking at the numbers 0-10. We have been representing numbers on ten frames, finding one more and one less and counting forwards and backwards from any given number. We have used a range of resources including counters, ten frames, number tracks, dice and cubes. Year 1 have enjoyed exploring numbers!