Merry Christmas from England Class

 

England Class took a Christmas selfie! Merry Christmas everyone! 

Spain Class Says Feliz Navidad

 Merry Christmas from Spain Class!

Spain's Newest Class Member

 Last week, we were lucky enough to see the arrival of on of Santa's helpers. Our new friend Elf Bells. However it hasn't taken long for her to get comfortable and start getting up to mischief. This weeks antics were...

England Class singing at Paines Brook Court

 England Class sung to the residents of Paines Brook Court yesterday. All of the children and the adults enjoyed it!

Year 3 Christmas Parties

 Year 3 enjoyed their Christmas parties yesterday!

Christmas Concert at Paines Brook Court

Well done to Mead Singers who performed today at Paines Brook Court. They sang a collection of Christmas songs bringing Christmas spirit and  joy to local residents.

Have a lovely holiday and we will see you on Thursday 5th January 2023

From all the staff at Mead 

Pantomime Year 1

Today KS1 got to watch Aladdin performed as part of our Christmas celebration. The children were so excited to see the show and join in with all the booing and cheering throughout. Some children even got to dress up and become a part of the production, having a few lines or joining in with a dance. The children really enjoyed watching this pantomime.

 

Festive card competition

 

Well done to everyone who took part in the Purple Mash festive card competition. All of the entries were wonderful.

The winning entries were selected and the children received a festive selection box to enjoy. The winning cards will also be sent to classes around the school.

The winners were:

EYFS: Ethan

KS1:Kelsie

LKS2: Donovan 

UKS2: Maya

Festive Card Competition

 

We are taking part in the Purple Mash Festive Card Competition. All children from reception to year 6 are invited to take part. All you need to do is log in to your Purple Mash account and go to the 2Do section. You can then follow the instructions on how to complete and submit your work. There are prizes from Purple Mash for the overall Winners. We will also be offering prizes across year groups for the best ones within school. The winning cards chosen will have their card printed out and given to classes across the school. We look forward to seeing all of your designs.

Weekly Newsletter- 04/11/22

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back from half term. The children have walked straight back into school life and have been working hard. You can see lots of examples of our wonderful learning on our school website and facebook page! Please do have a look.

Mead Pupil Photography Consent 2022

It is necessary for us to review and update photo consent regularly so that we can share all of the wonderful experiences, work and awards that are celebrated each week. Please complete the form below to update our records on your preferences of photographs being taken. If you have more than one child at the school there is an option for you to add all of your children to this form on question four. Google Form


Children in Need - Friday 18th November

The Pupil Parliament will be raising money for Children in Need on Friday 18th November. They would like everyone to be Spotacular and wear spots. They will collect donations on the day, please donate what you can to Children in Need. They will also be taking part in a Spotacular drawing competition. All entries must be sent back to school by Monday 14th November.



Christmas Fayre

Mead Primary School in collaboration with the Mead Parent Hub are proud to present our Christmas Fayre 2022. Please come along and join us on Saturday 26th November from 11am - 4pm for lots of festive fun.

There will be

• Stalls
• 
  
• Games
• 
  
• Food and drink
• 
  
• Raffle
• 
  
• Tombola

And of course, Santa in his Grotto!

All money raised will go straight back into our school to enable us to do more for our school and wider community. If you are interested in holding a stall, or would like to donate raffle or tombola prizes, please contact the Parent Hub directly at parenthub.mead@learningfederation.org.uk


Key Information and dates


Monday 7th November Year 3 Swimming starts

Tuesday 15th November Parent Hub Meeting 9am

Friday 18th November Children in Need

Saturday 26th November Mead Christmas Fayre 11am-4pm

Tuesday 20th December Last day of term.

Thursday 5th January Back to School

Wednesday 18th January Maths Parent Partnership Meeting- 9am

Monday 20th February INSET Day

Wednesday 19th April Reading Parent Partnership Meeting- 9am

Monday 5th June INSET Day
School Ping

Squid login

Havering Catering Lunch Menu



Have a great half term!

Yours sincerely,


Ms A Holmes

Head of School

An exciting morning at Mead!

The nursery and KS1 children were very excited to see Father Christmas this morning! 🎅🏽🎄😍

YN - Y6 Class Parties - Thursday 16th December (pm)

 

To celebrate Christmas, we will be holding class parties on Thursday 16th December. The children should still

wear their school uniform. It will not be necessary to send in party clothes.

We would be grateful for donations for your child’s class party which could include any from the following:

• Crisps                          Iced  Gems                         Biscuits                       Small Cakes

• Mini sausages             Chicken Nuggets              Sausage Rolls              Breadsticks

We would request that contributions do not contain nuts and are brought in the day before/the day of the party.

If possible, please send in food items that are individually wrapped. The school will provide water and fruit cordial throughout the afternoon as well as paper plates and disposable cups.

If your child has a specific allergy or dietary requirement, you may provide your child with a specific plate of food for the party. This should be clearly labelled and brought to school on the day of the party.

A separate letter has been sent to the parents and carers of children in Malta (ARP) with further details.

Year 3 and 4 Christmas Performances

To, The Parents and Carers of Year 3 and 4 Children

Please complete the google form to confirm your attendance for our Christmas performances.

This is so we can ensure safety and accommodate all. 

Tickets will be allotted on a first come first serve basis. 

Please complete the form by Thursday 2nd December. Tickets will be given out on Friday 3rd of December.

Here is the link to complete the form;

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1io5NSJMq9hJK8CIYmoz1pqVQnSwIzxE0uDFxleDAEmY/edit

Thank you,

The Year 3 and 4 Team

A goodbye from Mrs Smith

 

Year 3 Christmas Jumper Day

Happy Christmas Jumper day! 🎄⛄❄️ 

Even though we couldn't be in school, we still wore our festive jumpers at home.

Lovely pictures - Thank you for sharing them with us :)

Well done Year 3!

Year 2 Christmas Jumper Day

 Even though we couldn't be together today it was lovely to see some of you wearing your Christmas jumpers at home.

Coming soon...

Coming soon to a screen near you... 

Get your popcorn ready, as the best thing to come out of 2020 will be premiering on Wednesday 9th December...

Year One's Christmas production of 'The Bossy King'!

It will be available for you to watch on Facebook and Class Dojo.

Here is a sneak preview to whet your appetite... 

Weekly Newsletter- 20th December 2019

Dear Parents,

What a lovely week we’ve had in school. Our choir sang beautifully at the St Paul’s Christmas concert and despite the rain our carol service in the playground was well attended and the children did us proud. At times like this I am bursting with pride as I’m sure you are.

We have come to the end of a long term and I am sure that the whole school community is looking forward to a well earned rest. The staff certainly are after what we’ve had to put up with from those mischevious elves! Hopefully you’ve been able to follow the elves antics on facebook with your children-We have certainly had some fun this week!

It was lovely to see everyone supporting the children at their Christmas concerts. They certainly did us all proud. I am pleased to report that we raised the grand total of £1210 which we sincerely hope will help one of our local families through a very difficult time. On behalf of them thank you so much for your generosity.

On behalf of myself and all the staff thank you so much for your cards and generous gifts-I think some of us will be putting on a lot of weight over Christmas!


Diary Dates
Monday 6th January -We look forward to welcoming everyone back bright and early and well rested after the Christmas holiday

Tuesday 7th January -Italy class to MOD Pizza in Romford


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 6th January is week 3 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 provide a breakfast club for Mead pupils. For £1.50 your child can have a bacon or sausage sandwich or beans on toast with 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.

Key Diary Dates for next term
Monday 6th January -First day of Spring term

Monday 6th January -Swimming starts

Monday 3rd February -Last swimming session this half term

Monday 17th -Friday 21st February -Half term-School closed

Monday 24th February -Back to school-Swimming starts

Monday 23rd March -Last swimming session this half term

Monday 30th/Tuesday 31st 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

Attendance
Our attendance so far this academic year is 95.1% which is an improvement on previous years but still short of our 96% target-Let’s hope we can do even better next term.

Well done to Mexico class who at 96.3% have the best attendance for the autumn term-As a reward they will get a session at Jump Evolution next term.

We have been celebrating 100% attendance today-A massive well done to the following children who have been in school for every session so far this academic year:

ARP-Malta Class- Jackson and Jessica

Reception classes
Jamaica-Lyra, Leya, and Shay
Barbados- Arsalaan, Emma, Stanley, Mia-Monroe, Ryan and Emilia
St. Lucia- Amy, Roman, Donovan, Jacob and Faruq-Ademola

Year 1 classes
New Zealand- Merkhima, Evelin and Tommy
Australia- Gracelyn, Joshua, Alexander and Yannis
Palau- Marvellous, Jessie, Elda, Kaden, Amaliah, David, Ezekiel and Vilte

Year 2 classes
Kenya- Tommy, Michelle, Leo, Michael, Cattleya, Roberto and Joshua
Egypt- David, Fareeda, Maximilian, Millie, Sophia, Dennis, Eva-Rae, Bentley and Zachary
Madagascar- Maya, Zachary, David, Jokubas, Matteo, Leonard, Victoria, Arjya and Jared

Year 3 classes
N. Ireland- Dami, Sarah, Lyla-Mai, Mariama, Daniel, Stephen, Leona, Jovan, Vansh and Yanis
Scotland- Ian, Michael, Harley, Ema and Ithiel

Year 4 classes
Italy- Jolin, Kezrae, Ivan, Alishba and Elijus
Greece- Hayden, Melisa, Kali, Anastasia, Rehan, Riley, Jake and Benjamin
Germany- Felicity, Brea, Andriana, Akunna, Sade and Austeja

Year 5 classes
U.S.A- Mihaela, Jacob, George, Kai, Ajus, Justice, Anmona and Chloe
Mexico- Rebekah, Hamara, Joshua, Pavel, Harrison, Kristupas, Kaylin and Ryleigh- Mae

Year 6 classes
Chile- Giovanna, Amelia, Alan, Ryan, Vinnie, Ramone, and Alexandra
Brazil- Amy-Leigh, Amara, Vyte, Maryam, Pritika, Demilade and Alicia


2019 has been a good year at Mead, with the children having lots of fun experiences, and we are looking forward to more of the same in 2020.

It just leaves me to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Peaceful New Year. I am very much looking forward to welcoming everyone back on Monday 6th January-Bright and early and ready for what the new term brings here at Mead.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs L Smith
Headteacher

Carols in the playground

Sing along with us!

Just a quick reminder that you are all welcome to join us today for Christmas Carols in the Junior playground at 2:30pm.

We look forward to seeing you there.