Friday, 20 December 2024

Weekly Newsletter - 20.12.24

 

Weekly Newsletter - Important Information

Friday 20th December 2024

Dear Parents and Carers,

As we reach the end of a busy and successful autumn term, I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and partnership. It has been wonderful to see so many of you engaging in school life, whether through parent workshops, school events, or simply by supporting your children at home.

This term, the children have embraced the challenges of their learning with enthusiasm, resilience, and creativity. Their achievements, both big and small, have been a testament to their hard work and the encouragement they receive from you, their families.

I would also like to thank our dedicated staff, who work tirelessly to ensure every child feels supported, valued, and inspired to succeed. Their commitment to the Mead Creed—being READY, RESPECTFUL, and SAFE—helps to make our school such a positive place for all.

As we approach the festive season, I hope you find time to relax and enjoy special moments with family and friends. From everyone at Mead Primary, we wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year.

We look forward to welcoming the children back on Monday 6th January, ready for another term of exciting learning and opportunities.

Kindest regards,


Ms Holmes. 

Information for After Half Term



Good Luck to Miss Peart

As we come to the end of term, we would like to share that Miss Peart will be starting her maternity leave after the Christmas holiday.

We wish her all the very best as she begins this exciting new chapter of her life—becoming a mum! We can’t wait to hear the wonderful news of her baby’s arrival and are sure she will embrace this next part of her journey with the same care and dedication she has shown at school.

On behalf of the whole Mead community, we send her our warmest wishes for this special time ahead.

Sports Clubs

Club lists will be sent out by Mr Robinson and Mr Stanbridge the week of the 6th January and clubs will start the week beginning the 13th January. 

Trading Cards
After half term, children will be allowed to bring in trading cards to use during break and lunchtime. Please note that this is done at their own risk, and they are responsible for keeping their cards safe. While we do not encourage swapping cards, if children decide to do so, the school will not intervene in any disagreements or issues that may arise.

Labelling Uniform
We kindly remind parents and carers to ensure that all school uniform items are clearly labelled with your child’s name. This will help us return any misplaced items to their rightful owner promptly.

Dates for Next Half Term
Keep an eye on the Mead Diary for Parents 2024 for all the key dates and events for the upcoming term. This has been  shared below and will continue to be updated throughout the term, so you can plan accordingly.

We look forward to welcoming everyone back after the break, ready for another exciting term of learning and opportunities!                                                                                                                

Key Dates- Spring Term 1- January 2025


Date

Event

January

Monday 6th January

Return to School

Monday 13th January

Sports clubs start this week

Tuesday 14th January

Year 6 boosters

Thursday 16th January

Year 6 boosters

Thursday 16th January

Pupil Parliament meeting

Friday 17th January

Year 5 and 6 C.S.I. Road Safety

Tuesday 21st January

Year 1 local area walk

Tuesday 21st January

Year 6 boosters

Wednesday 22nd January

02 Young Voices

Thursday 23rd January

Year 6 boosters

Thursday 23rd January

Year 3 and 4 new age kurling comp

Monday 27th January

Year 1 and 2 road safety assembly

Tuesday 28th January

Year 6 boosters

Wednesday 29th January

Chinese New Year

Thursday 30th January

Year 6 boosters

February

Tuesday 4th, Wednesday 5th February

Parent's Evening - more info to follow

Monday 3rd - Friday 7th February

Children's Mental Health Week

Tuesday 4th February

Year 6 boosters

Wednesday 5th February

Year 3 and 4 girls football comp

Thursday 6th February

Year 6 boosters

Thursday 6th February

Pupil Parliament meeting

Tuesday 11th February

Year 5 and 6 Girls football Quarter Finals

Tuesday 11th February

Safer Internet Day

Tuesday 11th February

Year 6 boosters

Thursday 13th February

Year 6 boosters

Thursday 13th February

England and NI trip to Natural History Museum

Thursday 13th February

Year 3 and 4 Indoor Athletics Comp

Friday 14th February

Scotland and Wales trip to Natural History Museum

17th - 21st February

Half term



Havering School Term and Holiday Dates 2024-2025

Year 1 Drawing

In year 1 art, we started the year drawing the characters from the story Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy. The children listened to the story and drew the characters from the descriptions given. They used their imagination and created beautiful dogs!

We were focusing in our first few lessons how to use pencils in different ways; to create textures.

Then we explored using pastels and chalks in different ways to draw spirals, and snails. We noticed how we use our fingers, hands, wrists, arms and shoulders when drawing!

We also drew careful observational drawings of shells which were very difficult because of the intricate detail. We explored the patterns and lines on the shells before drawing them using sketching pencils.



Reception Forest School

Yesterday the whole of Reception got to go out for Forest School. This was their first experience of fires. The fire was ready lit for them and we spoke about how to be safe around fire and the 'respect' position that we sit in when we are cooking on the fire. 

The children then had the opportunity to toast marshmallows and turning them into Smores. We all had a great time and it was lovely to see the children enjoying a new experience. 

















Year 1 achievements

 

Well done to our children in year 1 on their mathletic certificates, homework bingo and excellent attendance certificates.











Y3 Tempo in music

 Children in year 3 have been learning about tempo in music. 

They listened to two pieces, Trish-Trash Polka and The Dying Swan and had to describe the interrelated dimensions of music such as melody, rhythm, tempo and dynamics. They also looked at the similarities and differences between them. They learned that tempo markings are named after Italian words and everywhere in the world musicians use Italian terms.

The children enjoyed moving to the music of Trish-Trash Polka.




Merry Christmas from England Class

 

England Class took a Christmas selfie! Merry Christmas everyone! 

Wednesday, 18 December 2024

New Zealand Forest School

 

This week New Zealand has their second forest school session. We had lots of fun digging, climbing and balancing. We played a game of hide and seek. We also made our own jingle bells using twigs, pipe cleaners and bells.




















Boom whackers in Year 5

Year 5 enjoyed playing boom whackers. Watch Brazil class performing ‘’Rolling in the Deep’’ by Adele. 



Weekly Online Safety Advice

 


Tuesday, 17 December 2024

Year 4 Water Cycle Experiment

 Today, Germany class created their own miniature water cycles so they can watch all the different processes in real life.