Weekly Newsletter - Important Information
Friday 28th March 2025
Dear parents and Carers,
It has been a busy penultimate week of the Spring term here at Mead. We have had pupils from year 5 and 6 competing in the tag rugby finals. Well done to team A for winning the tag rugby tournament, who will now represent Havering in the London Youth games, and to the B team who finished 3rd place in their competition. On Wednesday our year 2 football team finished 3rd in their league against other Havering schools. We have also had a fantastic History workshop for year 5 this week, which has brought their Victorian topic to life.
Thank you to our Friends Of Mead School parents association, for holding the Mother’s day and special person sale this week, and to all of you who contributed to making it a success for our school, and those lucky people receiving gifts this Sunday.
With one week to go until Easter, we look forward to what we have in store in the lead up to Easter. It is a busy week, so please take note of the dates and events below.
Easter Bonnet Parade & Egg Decoration Competition – Friday 4th April 2025 🐣
On Friday 4th April we will be holding a special Easter eggstravaganza. All children are invited to come into school with a decorated Easter Bonnet. We will then have a whole school Easter Bonnet Parade outside in the KS1 playground so that everyone can see their wonderful bonnets.
Easter egg decoration competition
We will also be holding an Easter egg decoration competition. All entries must have a name and class. Eggs come in on the morning of the 4th of April and then they can go into the exhibitions in KS1 and 2 halls and prizes will be awarded after lunch. Please mark your child’s entry clearly with their name, class and category.
Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:
⭐ Funniest Egg (EYFS, KS1, KS2)
⭐ Best Character/Celebrity Lookalike Egg (EYFS, KS1, KS2)
⭐ Mead Egg (EYFS, KS1, KS2)
Entry Fee: 50p per decorated egg – proceeds will go towards purchasing playground equipment.
We look forward to seeing all the creative and egg-cellent designs! 🐰✨
Friend of Mead Upcoming events
Easter Year Group Raffle – Reminder
Our Easter Year Group Raffle is taking place soon!
Entry Cost: 50p per entry (maximum of 3 entries per child)
Prizes: Each year group will have 1 large, 1 medium, and 1 small Easter egg to win!
How to Enter: Children can bring their money in an envelope and give it to their class teacher from Monday, 24th March.
Raffle Draw: Winners will be announced on Friday, 4th April.
Don't miss out on the chance to win some delicious Easter treats! 🐣🍫
Support for Families
Bluesky social app
Blue Sky is a microblogging social media platform that gained popularity after separating from Twitter in 2021. This app has a minimum age rating of 13, however, It’s more than doubled its user numbers in the past six months alone, from 14.5 million in October 2024 to 32 million at present. Since accounts must be public, this opens the door to potential trolling, cyberbullying and the spread of misinformation
Please see the attached guide offering parents and educators advice and guidance on the tools available to keep children safe while using the popular social media platform Bluesky.
Havering SEND Family Voice
For information on upcoming SEND Family Voice workshops, please follow this link:
🔗 Havering SEND Family Voice Workshops
Kindest regards,
Ms A Holmes
Headteacher
