Year 5 ICT

 For ICT last term, Year 5 had to create their own game using Scratch. We had to input codes and test if the game worked. If there was any problem with the code we had to debug it and get the game working. We created a game where the shark had to catch the fish but avoid the crab.

February Mathletics Awards

Well done to all of the children that attempted Mathletics during February. The following children in Key Stage 2 received their Bronze award Alexandra and Amelia from Chile class, Wilson in Argentina, Pritika in Brazil, Adem, Pawel and Wajeeha in Mexico, Tomi and Anya in Canada, Ellie in U.S.A, Dinuki and Benjamin in Greece, Andriana in Germany, Daniel and Milana in Italy, Ema and Ithiel in Scotland, Amin and Leona in Northern Ireland and Kevin in Wales.

Well done to Alexandra in Chile, who also received her silver award. 

The winning class for February was Chile.

Look out for your flags on the Mathletics board outside U.S.A classroom. 

SAFETY NET: How to keep your child safe online

It has been brought to my notice that some of our children are accessing inappropriate material online at home which they are then discussing in school causing extreme anxiety to others.
This includes:

• The 'Momo Challenge' which is available through you tube and features a grotesque cartoon character who tries to goad children to extreme violence. 
• Tik Tok-which is an App rated 12+ but which has very inappropriate content not suitable for younger children

With this in mind I thought it would be useful to share the following advice with you.

 The Internet can be an amazing tool to help children learn and play. 

But with the digital world changing all the time, how can you make sure your child is safe?

Set up parental controls

· Parental controls can be used to block upsetting or harmful content, control in-app purchases or manage how long your child spends online

· The filters can help control what time of day your child can go online, and to stop them from downloading apps they are too young for

Talk to your children

· Have regular conversations about what your child is doing online

· Explore sites and apps together

· Talk about what personal information they should share online

· Create a family agreement about what behaviour is appropriate when they are online

Do your research

· Check through websites your child will use through the Net Aware

· Change privacy settings and turning off location sharing

If you need help now, you can phone experts on the free NSPCC & O2 helpline 0808 800 5002

Year 2 Homework and Curriculum letter

Here are the children's homework challenges for this half term.

We have included the curriculum letter for this term.

Thank you for your continued support.

YEAR ONE LEARNING CHALLENGE

Year 1 Spring 1 homework challenges

Significant Person: William Shakespeare

 

Poem: Follow Me into the Enchanted Forest

Follow me into the enchanted forest

Where fairies dance

And trees talk

Dragons fly

Follow me into the enchanted forest

Oh so magical

Lovely it is

Lullabies are heard

Oh so grand

What wonders you can see

Artist: “Fairies” by Cicely Mary Barker

	Poem	Artist	Person
Basic Advanced Deep	Read the poem aloud to an adult Learn and say the poem aloud with rhythm and actions Write your own enchanted poem.	Make a copy of one of Cicely Mary Barker’s paintings. Find 5 facts about the artist Create your own enchanted painting.	Find out who this is and what he is famous for – tell an adult. Name some of his famous plays. Write about why he is famous.

Wow awards-YRS 2-5

Millie-Rae Edwards, Ellie-Mae Rigg, Rehan Riyaz, Alessia Dragostin, Jay-Jay Foyster, Riley Manton, Logan Bearman, Austeja Paulauskaite and Gabriela Alves Rodrigues in Madagascar -For moving up a book band
Ayan Zahid, Reggie Callaghan, Oliver Trinder, Rehan Riyaz, Alessia Dragostin, Riley Manton and Logan Beaman -For completing their homework
Matvejs Ursa, Melisa Guganesh, Sonny Fiorini, Anastasia Munteanu and Fawaz Babalola in Egypt
-For Bingo homework
Hayden Flower, Ava Rowley, Fawaz Babalola, Anastasia Munteanu, Shomari Francis, Alexa Dormer, Benjamin Winjobi, Emily Garip, Franky Perfect, Freddie Phillips, Harry Daniels, Jessica Lacatus, Joe MacMillan, Lenny Surridge, Louisa King, Tai Le, Jake Webb and Dinuki Muthukmarana in Egypt
-For moving up a book band
Elijus Jonikavicius, Matty Fitzgibbon, Julia Nowak, Lukas Domeika, Ivan Coleman, Alishba Hussain, Bella Trevathen, Daniel Ali, Famata Fati, Nicole Nycante, Sulejman Dreni, Alfie Dedross and Marcel Kalinowski in Kenya -For completing their homework
Edward Munteanu, Kiyah Forde, Dominik Lyczko, Julia Nowak, Sulejman Dreni, Bella Trevarthen, Lena Da Silva, Elijus Jonikavicius, Cameron Wingrove, Milana Bucyte, Lexi-Rose Milton, Marcel Kalinowski and Nicole Nykante in Kenya -For moving up a book band
Marley Calvey and Joshua Hart in Scotland -For learning their times tables at home
Chase Safo Kwakye and Grace Allen -For bringing in interesting newspaper articles
Karla Nightingill-For excellent presentation of work done at home
Tzoulia Tzaferi in Canada -For doing extra ICT work

WOW Award

I have made my teacher happy
Ashton Morley in Jamaica -For always joining in during lessons and being happy and cheerful
Alfie Covell in St. Lucia -For finding South America on a globe and knowing so much about it
Ava Paris and Ruby Sinclair in Palau -For moving up a book band
Bailey Richardson and Jasmika Thivaker in Madagascar -For moving up a book band
Jessica Lacatus in Egypt -For fabulous Bingo homework
Harry Daniels, Emily Garip, Lenny Surridge and Brooke Debono in Egypt -For moving up a book band
Lenny Surridge in Egypt -For being very brave when he hurt his finger
Jasmine Bennett, Chloe Wooster and Lexie Smart in Northern Ireland-For completing extra work at home
Anthony Clarke and Aniyah Jackson in Scotland-For their maths challenge work
Dalayla Rami in Canada -For extra ICT work
Claudia Lutete-Ndoko -For moving up a book band
Elizabeth Hau in Mexico -For fantastic maths work

Diary Dates

Monday 13th November -Year 5 are going to the Vue cinema to see the film Sing. Some year 3&4 pupils will attend learn to ride sessions at Mead. Pupils attending Harry Potter film club will be watching the 2nd film during the afternoon and we will be welcoming a very special guest ‘Pudsey Bear’ who will be visiting classes. Monday will be the last opportunity you will have of purchasing books from our book fair located in the reception area.

Tuesday 14th -Learn to ride day 2 for year 3&4 pupils and during the afternoon. Year 1 spine breakers will be going to Harold Hill library.

Wednesday 15th -The photographer will be in school for individual photographs. We will, this year, ensure group photos are taken and if you have younger children you wish to be in the group photo you can bring the children to the KS2 hall between 8:30 and 9:00am. Year4 & 5 will be attending the STEAM powered workshop in school and Year 1 &2 Spinebreakers will be going to the Vue cinema in Romford.

Thursday 16th -Our school council will be going to City Hall to visit the Mayor, while other pupils will be attending the ATP tour tennis finals at the 02. Year 6 showcase will be between 14:00 and 15:00-An opportunity for pupils to share some of the work they have completed so far this year. After school our Football team will be playing Harold Court School-Fingers crossed for another win!

Friday 17th- Year 3 will visit The Vue cinema to watch Lego Batman. In the afternoon Year 6 parents are invited to join their children for the puberty talk which will be delivered by the School nurse.

Digital Leader Online Safety Workshop

In May our Digital Leaders from Mead & Broadford came together to create an Online Safety Matters presentation for use in our schools. This initiative is aimed at empowering our pupils to use the internet positively while staying safe. We will also be presenting this to parents to help equip them with the tools to keep children protected online.

So far, we have reached out to over 400 pupils! We have also trained over 40 digital leaders to redeliver the workshops to even more children and parents in the future.

The Workshops
In the workshops, parents and children can explore together:

• How they connect with others online
• Likes and dislikes about the internet
• How to get the most out of the internet and use it positively
• Ways in which people can misuse the information shared online
• How online and internet access matter for the promotion and protection of children’s rights.

It was a bit nerve wracking having to stand up in front of all the other pupils, but my team helped to to complete the presentation.

Amelia - Year 5

Working with the Mead pupils was great fun. We were able to collaborate effectively on Google Drive and share our ideas.

Jack Eve - Year 5

Dates for the diary

INSET Day - Friday February 10th
Please be advised that school will be closed on February 10th as we have INSET training at both Mead & Broadford.

On Monday 6th February some of our pupils will be going to Stratford to take part in the Music Festival. In the past our pupils have been really successful so fingers crossed for those attending on Monday. 

Also, Chile class are out of school on Monday visiting the Docklands Museum.

Tuesday 7th February is internet safety day and we would like to invite parents/carers to come into school at 9:15 for a short presentation on this theme which will be given by our digital leaders in the KS2 hall.

Mead has new digital leaders.

Children in Y5 & Y6 were invited to apply for the post of digital leader. After receiving a vast number of applications Mr. Frith held interviews on Wednesday afternoon for the shortlisted candidates. All the children conducted themselves well in the interviews and after a lot of deliberation the leaders were chosen.

Our new digital leaders are George Folan, Pawel Lyczko, Angel Adjei, Amelia Christie, Aaron Livingstone, Amelia Tattam and Stefan Labedzki in Y5. Abbie Harding, Callum Jackson, Rosie Bonnett and Formoso Da Silva in Y6.

There are many projects in the pipeline for the leaders to get their teeth into in the year ahead. These include leading Internet safety training with parents and taking assemblies, as well as having the opportunities to help teach other children within the school to improve their computing skills.

Well done to all the children who took the time to apply for the role.

Online Safety

Pupils at Mead Primary have been learning about social media and how to stay safe online. Normally we tell our children to share but online it's different. In fact, sometimes sharing online can be dangerous.


Together our Digital Leaders and School Council members made up a campaign to inform pupils of ways in which they can stay safe with the different social media apps.

For parents, we advise that talking to your child is the best way to help keep them safe. But with things changing all the time, it can be hard to keep up to date. If parents need more advice on how to stay safe they can use the NSPCC helpline: 0808 8005002.

Abby - Year 5

The straightforward, no-nonsense advice was communicated to the pupils via posters, and show simple ways in which you can stay safe online.

The internet is a great place for children to be. Being Share Aware makes it safer.

Danny - Year 6