School Council - The Takeover

Weekly Newsletter - 20th January 2020

Dear Parents,
Please be reminded that pupils can come into school from 8:30 but MUST be in for registration at 8:50. An increasing number of children are arriving late, which causes disruption to the classes and is distressing for the children who have to walk into the rooms after lessons have started.
Ofsted inspectors look at attendance and punctuality figures and these can have a negative effect on a school’s final judgement so please make an effort to ensure ALL children are in school on time.

Also-an increasing number of pupils are being collected late from school. Please be reminded that KS1 pupils should be collected at 15:00 and KS2 pupils at 15:10 (unless they are attending a club). Unfortunately, if parents are late collecting their children from clubs I will have to consider if the child can continue to attend. In extreme cases I will refer to social care, as on occasions we are having to wait beyond the time we would normally go home for a parent/relative to collect a child.

Diary Dates
Monday 20th January -Dental outreach day for Reception and year 1. Our school council will be meeting this afternoon.

Tuesday 21st January Germany class are visiting MOD Pizza in Romford this morning

Wednesday 22nd January- Forest school session for some of our year 3 pupils

Thursday 23rd January - Reception parents are invited to join us for a writing workshop between 9:00 and 10:00. Our Year 3 pupils are spending the day at the Natural History Museum while year 1 enjoy a production from the Hobgoblin Theatre Company in school this afternoon.


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 20th January is week 2 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.

A message fromHavering Catering Service
We would like to reassure parents whose child may have a Dairy Allergy or Intolerance that the School Kitchen only use Dairy Free Sunflower Spread at Breakfast Club and Lunch time.

Key Diary Dates for this term
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/Tuesday31st 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 Update
Well done to Mexico &vU.S.A class who had the highest attendance in Y5&6 at 97% . Germany had the highest attendance in LKS2 and New Zealand in KS1 both with a very impressive 99.3%. Well done to them! The overall attendance was 96.1% which is very slightly above out target-Well done everyone -Hopefully we’ll be able to keep this up!!

Have a good weekend

Yours Sincerely

Mrs L. Smith

Welcome Student Council 2018/19!

On Monday, the 2018/19 Mead Student Council held their inaugural meeting.

The Year 3 and Year 4 Councillors

 Congratulations to:

Year One

Leo

Sophia

Chloe

Year Two

Ali

Tommy

Vansh

Year Three

Nicole

Melisa

Gabriela

The Year Five and Six Councillors

Year 4

Charlotte

Jacob

Amelia

Year 5

Francesca

Carla

Simeon

Year 6

Momina

Daniele

Chase

The Year One and Two Councillors

These students were chosen in a secret ballot by their classmates for their kindness, diligence and sense of responsibility.


'I was excited when I heard my name,' said Nicole, from Northern Ireland class. 'I'm excited to do the projects and meet other kids.'


The council hit the ground running, and many students showed great promise as elected officials by bringing suggestions from their classmates to the table.


Mead has a successful and productive year to look forward to - congratulations to all our councilors.

Thank you for our goats

Our donation from WE Create Change was matched to the Oloirien community in Kenya. 

The community of Oloirien is located in Narok South District, in the Rift Valley of Kenya. The population is approximately 3,000 people, comprised of Maasai, Kiisi and Tugen ethnic groups coexisting peacefully. In the last 30 years, the community has had a history of drought and famine, most recently suffering from both in 2007 and 2011. Community members lack the capacity to cope with these unexpected weather changes and factors threatening their livelihoods. About 22% of primary school aged children are not attending school. 

Our goats will help the community to raise essential funds to provide food, water and education for the children.

Thank you

Weekly Newsletter-6th July 2018

Dear Parents,

It was wonderful to see so many of you at the special events we held this week.

The weather stayed fine for our sports events which were really well attended and it seemed that a good time was had by all. It was lovely to welcome parents/carers to the Mead Farm and I have been inundated with positive comments about the provision. Also many of you have been able to celebrate the hard work our children have put in this term through the year group showcases-What a busy week we’ve had!

The school fete last Saturday was well attended and I would like to extend my thanks to the LFPA who worked really hard to organise it and raised in excess of £800 to support the schools.

Pupils will be bringing their reports home next Friday 13th July, and not on Monday as originally planned. This is so that you can be fully informed of your child’s attainment, as some test results will not be available until after Monday. If, after reading your child’s report, you want to discuss the content with the teacher we have allocated Monday 16th July 15:30-18:00 for parents meetings.


Diary Dates for next week

Monday 9th July- Year 6 Pupils are visiting The Barbican. KS1 School Councillors are visiting Wellgate farm and at 13:00 St. Lucia class will be having their class picnic.

Tuesday 10th July -Representatives from the library service are leading assemblies to introduce the Summer Reading challenge, which I hope our pupils will participate in. Year 1 will be visiting Southend to see the Sea Life centre and weather permitting spend some time on the beach. 17:30-19:00 Parents/carers of our year 6 pupils are invited into school for their Oscar ceremony.

Wednesday 11th July-Go Bonkers Day at Mead

Thursday 12th July 13:00-14:00 Jamaica class will be having their picnic and there will be a Harry Potter quiz between pupils from Broadford and Mead. Parents of pupils in year 3 are invited into school between 14:00 and 15:00 for their Showcase when they will be able to see some of the fantastic work they have done this year. After school Mead will take on Broadford to determine which school is going to finish first in the netball league.

Friday 13th July- Year 6 are going to the park in the morning. Barbados class are having their class picnic in the afternoon 13:00-14:30 and parents of year 2 pupils are invited into school between 14:00 and 15:00 for their Showcase when they will be able to see some of the fantastic work they have done this year.

Important dates the rest of this term
Monday 16th July -Parents’ meetings
Tuesday 17th July class changeover afternoon-Your children will be brought out to the playground by their new teacher for next year.
Friday 20th July -Last day of school before summer holiday

Havering Catering Services
Week beginning 9th July is Week 3 on the Havering Catering Services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.20.

Attendance Update
Well done to Mexico class who had the highest attendance in Y5&6 at 96.9%. A massive well done to N.Ireland who had the highest attendance in LKS2 at an impressive 99.3%.Kenya had the highest attendance in KS1 at 95.7%. We don’t usually include our reception classes in this tally but I must mention Barbados class this week who had 100% attendance and so earn themselves a cupcake party. Well done to them!. The overall attendance was disappointing at 93.7% which is significantly short of our 96% target! 

Have a fabuous weekend

Mrs L.Smith

Headteacher

Houses of Parliament

On Wednesday 4th July the KS2 representatives from the School Council went up to Westminster to visit the Houses of Parliament. 

The tour started with a 15 minute 360 degree high production film taking us through key events in the changing history of UK Parliament. We found out many facts about the building and the formation of Parliament. 'That was such a good film', announced Elizabeth. 

We then went to explore the Palace of Westminster, learning about the work of Parliament today. During our visit we were able to walk up the same steps as the Queen used to use, but now she uses a lift! We saw the room where she puts on her robes for the State Opening of Parliament and the throne made for Queen Victoria, it was quite small. Following that, we were shown into the House of Lords. 'I like all the gold in here' said Jason. It was very shiny! We discovered that the Lords come from all walks of life and backgrounds. Louis was impressed, stating that 'If you became good at your job, you could be a Lord!' Unfortunately the House of Commons were sitting for Prime Minister's Questions and we could not go in. Raul said that he would like to come back and watch a debate in the House of Lords one day, especially when he found out that it was free! We went through The Central Lobby to Westminster Hall, last remaining part of the original Palace almost 1000 years old. 

It was a lovely day and the children received many positive comments about their behaviour, knowledge and enthusiastic questioning. Mrs Jolly and Mrs Commer were very proud.

Diary Dates

S0 much going on next week!!

Saturday 30th June 11:00-16:00-Learning Federation Fete at Mead

Monday 2nd July -Year 3 Parents are invited to visit our wonderful farm 14:00-15:00
9:30-12:00 -YRS 5&6 Sports Day
1:30-2:45 -YR 1 Sports Day

Tuesday 3rd July -The Shooting Stars circus skills team are in school for year 5. Year 6 pupils who are attending Drapers Academy will not be in school as it is their transition day. Parents of our year 1 children are invited into school between 14:00 and 15:00 for their showcase and parents of our reception children can come into school to visit the School Farm
9:30-12:00 - YRS 3&4 Sports Day
1:30-2:45 -YR 2 Sports Day

Wednesday 4th July- Key Stage 2 School Councillors are visiting Westminster. Some of our older pupils will be representing Mead in a cricket competition at Draper’s Pyrgo Primary School. Nursery parents are invited in to school between 10:30 and 11:30 (morning children) or 14:00 and 15:00 (afternoon children) to visit our wonderful farm. Parents of our year 4 children are invited into school between 14;00 and 15;00 for their showcase

Thursday 5th July -Our Harry Potter club children are visiting Harry Potter Studios. Parents of our year 1 children are invited in to school to see our wonderful farm between 14:00 and 15:00
1:30-2:45 -Reception Sports Day

Friday 6th July- Year 3 children are visiting The Orbit. Some of our children have been invited to visit Havering Sixth Form college for an Aspirational Day, others will be accompanying Mr Robinson to Eton Manor RFC where they will be taking part in a Tag Rugby competition. Our year 6 maths team will be taking part in the Havering Maths Quiz. Year 5 pupils will be welcoming their parents in to school for their showcase between 14:00 and 15:00. Year 6 parents are invited into school to see our wonderful farm between 14:00 and 15:00
9:30-11:00 -Nursery Sports Day

Newsletter 29.06.18

Dear Parents,
We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the Learning Federation Fete on Saturday. Our LFPA have been working hard to ensure it will be and fun day and to top it off the sun is going to shine!

Diary Dates

SO much going on next week!!
Saturday 30th June 11:00-16:00-Learning Federation Fete at Mead

Monday 2nd July -Year 3 Parents are invited to visit our wonderful farm 14:00-15:00
9:30-12:00 -YRS 5&6 Sports Day
1:30-2:45 -YR 1 Sports Day

Tuesday 3rd July -The Shooting Stars circus skills team are in school for year 5. Year 6 pupils who are attending Drapers Academy will not be in school as it is their transition day. Parents of our year 1 children are invited into school between 14:00 and 15:00 for their showcase and parents of our reception children can come into school to visit the School Farm
9:30-12:00 - YRS 3&4 Sports Day
1:30-2:45 -YR 2 Sports Day

Wednesday 4th July- Key Stage 2 School Councillors are visiting Westminster. Some of our older pupils will be representing Mead in a cricket competition at Draper’s Pyrgo Primary School. Nursery parents are invited in to school between 10:30 and 11:30 (morning children) or 14:00 and 15:00 (afternoon children) to visit our wonderful farm. Parents of our year 4 children are invited into school between 14;00 and 15;00 for their showcase

Thursday 5th July -Our Harry Potter club children are visiting Harry Potter Studios. Parents of our year 1 children are invited in to school to see our wonderful farm between 14:00 and 15:00
1:30-2:45 -Reception Sports Day

Friday 6th July- Year 3 children are visiting The Orbit. Some of our children have been invited to visit Havering Sixth Form college for an Aspirational Day, others will be accompanying Mr Robinson to Eton Manor RFC where they will be taking part in a Tag Rugby competition. Our year 6 maths team will be taking part in the Havering Maths Quiz. Year 5 pupils will be welcoming their parents in to school for their showcase between 14:00 and 15:00. Year 6 parents are invited into school to see our wonderful farm between 14:00 and 15:00
9:30-11:00 -Nursery Sports Day


Important dates the rest of this term
Friday 29th June-Inset day/Staff training-School closed
Saturday 30th June -LFPA Summer Fete
Tuesday 10th July-Year 6 Oscars (16:30-18:30)
Monday 16th July -Parents’ meetings
Friday 20th July -Last day of school before summer holiday

Havering Catering Services
Week beginning 2nd July is Week 2 on the Havering Catering Services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.20.

Attendance

Well done to Canada class who had the highest attendance in Y5&6 at 96.7%. A massive well done to N.Ireland who had the highest attendance in LKS2 and overall at 100% and have now earned themselves a cupcake party. Palau had the highest attendance in KS1 at 96.3%. Well done to them!. The overall attendance was better at 94.9% but still short of our 96% target!


Have a good weekend

Mrs L. Smith
Headteacher

Mead Farm - Julia Lopez MP Visit

Mead Farm had a visit from Julia Lopez MP just before the holidays. Julia had heard about the initiative to promote pupil leadership and provide an environment that would support the nurture needs of existing pupils and those due to attend the new Additional Resourced Provision (ARP).

Our School Council and Farm Leaders gave Julia the tour, and helped her to get hands on: grooming Mr Darcy & Betsy and feeding the goats.

It is clear to see how the farm environment, and outdoor learning opportunities have already made a real difference to pupils. 
Julia Lopez MP

Tommy, who has been one of our leading farm hands, told Julia and the other guests about the typical daily routine required to take care of all the animals. He then showed them the enclosures for the rabbits, which Julia seemed very taken with!

New KS2 Play Equipment

Our KS2 pupils were delighted with the new additions to the playground this half term. Following on from the installation of the gym equipment - which was chosen by the school council - the pupils had the chance to select which elements they wanted added to the space.

We really wanted somewhere that you could use as an imagination space... the tunnels are perfect. There isn't anywhere in the playground where you can go if you want a bit of quiet time or if you want to pretend - Chloe Year 5

Many of the pupils also voted to have some equipment that allowed them to do some climbing.

We have seen the tree house in the Reception outdoor area. We wanted some equipment to climb on
- Daniel Year 4

This won't be the end of the additions to the KS2 playground. As our pupil numbers continue to grow we will add additional equipment for the children to enjoy. Sine adding:

• gym equipment
• clamber trail
• music 

we have been delighted in the increased levels of pupil activity and a reduction in any behaviour incidents. 

Shout out from the Mayor of London

On Thursday some Mead and Broadford children were invited to City Hall to find out how the Mayor runs London. After a security check they were shown a large aerial map of London taken from the International Space Station. Their task was to locate football grounds, airports, their school and their house. It was very interesting and most of the children were successful. The children were then taken to a room to learn about the responsibilities of the Mayor and given a brief history of London. During the morning the children also found out that the iconic shape of City Hall is an energy saving feature and they were given some amazing facts about London.

Can you answer these questions?

• How much money is the Mayor of London given to spend on Londoners every year? 
• What is the population of London? 
• What is the majority of the Mayor's budget spent on? 

(Answers below)

 

Suddenly a call came through and we were invited into the assembly room to sit in on a meeting of the London Assembly who were discussing the Mayor's Transport Strategy. Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, was there to answer questions with his transport advisers. One of the items discussed was the accessibility of trains and buses to everyone. Then to our surprise the Chair of the assembly, Jeanette Arnold, stopped the meeting and introduced us to the assembly members. We got a wave and a round of applause. 'We got a shout out in City Hall!' exclaimed some of the excited children after we had left the chambers.

The children all agreed that London was an amazing city, 'It is a special city because it looks lovely at night' said Tamara. Raul pointed out that it had lots of tourist attractions. Abdullah was able to answer many of the questions regarding the political parties and announced that he wanted to be a politician and Jessica is aiming to be Prime Minister. The visit to City Hall has inspired many of the children to take an interest in local government and Raul announced 'I'm into politics now!'

Answers: £17bn, 9 million, transport

The School Council's Fabulous Fundraising

Well done to the school council who spent their lunch times and after school decorating and selling cup cakes for The Goat That Gives Back campaign. Thanks to their efforts and your generous support and donations, they raised £180 and will be able to purchase six goats for the WE charity. 

Why goats? Goats are practical animals, they like to live in harsh climates. A goat is able to provide up to 16 cups of milk a day. It's milk is easier to digest than cow’s milk and is an excellent source of calcium, protein, and other essential nutrients that growing children need. The extra milk can then be sold. Therefore a goat will enable parents to earn enough money to feed and educate their family. 

The cakes were snapped up quickly after school and the money rolled in.

NEWSLETTER Thursday 8th Februaury

Dear Parents,

Please be reminded that we have a teacher training day tomorrow so for our children school finishes today until Monday 19th February when we look forward to welcoming them back. After half term we get started with our learning straight away from day one. Remember the pupils number one job of coming to school everyday on time so that everyone can enjoy the exciting learning opportunities on offer!

School Council
Well done to the school council who spent their lunch times and after school decorating and selling cupcakes for The Goat That Gives Back campaign. Thanks to their efforts and your generous support and donations they raised £180 and will be able to purchase six goats for the WE charity. The goat's milk will help families in developing countries to earn money to feed and educate their children. Thank you.

Diary Dates
Monday 19th February-Swimming for year 4 resumes this week
Tuesday 20th February-Year 3 pupils will be attending a mystery writing workshop in school.
Wednesday 21st February- A Sculpturist visitor will be conducting workshops in school for our year 2 classes. During the afternoon some of our year 3 pupils will be attending Forest Schools
Thursday 22nd February- Our reception children will be attending a Dinosaur workshop in school and Palau class will be visiting the Discover Children’s Story Centre in Stratford. It will be Cycle Day with coach Phil for year 5 pupils.

Havering Catering Services
Week beginning 19th February is week 3 on the havering catering Services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.20.

Attendance
Well done to Canada class who had the highest attendance in Y5&6 at 96.4% . Northern Ireland had the highest attendance in LKS2 at 96% and Australia had the highest attendance in KS1 at 93.4%. Well done to them!. The overall attendance was disappointing at only 93% which is well below our target!

STOP PRESS: We have just been informed that the hockey team have won the the Harold Hill Cluster Hockey Tournament. The six players from the Mead team won all of their games against the five other schools. WELL DONE.

I hope you all have a fantastic half term break and I look forward to seeing you all on Monday 19th February.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs L Smith
Headteacher

NEWSLETTER Friday 26th January

Dear Parents,

Diary Dates
We start the week with Y6 are out on a school trip to the Museum of London. In the afternoon, St Lucia and Jamaica are visiting the library. Tuesday 30th is a big day as we are sending a joint Federation choir to the O2 for the Young Voices event. There will be over 12,000 children singing together… it will be an experience to remember for the children. In addition to this on Tuesday, Chris Kent has organised for Barclays bank to come in to give a careers talk to Y5 & Y6.

School Council Charity Cake Sale - Wednesday 31st January, Thursday 1st February and Monday 5th February 

The School Council will be holding a cake sale to raise funds for the Goat that Gives Back campaign in the KS1 Playground on Wednesday afternoon at 3pm, the KS2 playground on Thursday at 3pm and the Reception playground on Monday 5th at 2.50pm.

Key Dates

Last day of the Half Term               Thursday 8th February 
INSET Day - School Closed               Friday 9th February 
Parents’ Evening                            Mon 26th & Tues 27th March
Last Day of Spring Term                 Thursday 29th March

Half Term: Monday 12th - Friday 16th February

School is closed for INSET on Friday 9th of February, so the children’s last day this half term will be Thursday 8th and then they return to school on Monday 19th

Havering Catering Services

Week beginning 22nd January is Week 1 on the Havering Catering Services menu. All meals are served with unlimited salad and vegetables and cost £2.20.

Maths Champions

Congratulations to four of our Y6 pupils who won the maths cluster competition at Pyrgo this week. Ignas, Stefan, Pawel and Paris M had to solve a range of challenges in order to finish top amongst the other Harold Hill schools. We are delighted to see that all of the high quality experiences they get in class are reaping dividends!

Year 2 Poetry Prize

Year 2 entered the Premier League Primary Stars poetry competition last term. As we were one of the first 1000 schools to enter we were sent a book bag full of poetry books. The children wrote Acrostic poems using the words Try, Try Again. They explored how important it is to persevere and be resilient both within their learning and also whilst participating in a sport. Well done Year 2… a great prize and addition to the school library.

Year 1 visit to Discover Children’s Story Centre

On Tuesday Australia and New Zealand classes visited the Discover Children's Story Centre where they stepped into a magical world of forests, miniature houses, dragons and other creatures. They explored a 3D world created around the stories of the best loved children’s author, Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler. The children participated in a story building workshop where they created their own stories about a grumpy scaffolder and a scary fairy! The day ended in the story garden where the children were able to bring their stories to life.​ We had a fantastic time and want to thank the children for behaving so beautifully.

Attendance Update

Well done to Brazil class who had the highest attendance in Y5&6 with 96.7%. Wales & Scotland had the highest attendance in LKS2 with 97.8% and New Zealand had the highest attendance in KS1 with 96%. The overall attendance was 94.1%!


Have a fabulous weekend.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs L Smith
Headteacher

School Council Cake Sale

The Mead School Council will be selling cakes to raise money for the WE charity campaign The Goat that Gives Back.

On Monday the school council delivered an excellent assembly to the children of Mead School highlighting the use of goats in developing countries. They discovered that because remote villages in some developing countries are very hot and dry, it is hard for the villagers to grow crops to earn money. The WE charity is campaigning to buy goats for these families. Why goats? Goats are practical animals, they like to live in harsh climates. A goat is able to provide up to 16 cups of milk a day. It's milk is easier to digest than cow’s milk and is an excellent source of calcium, protein, and other essential nutrients that growing children need. The extra milk can then be sold. Therefore a goat will enable parents to earn enough money to feed and educate their family.

We can buy one goat for £30. Let's see how many goats we can buy!

To raise money for this valuable cause the school council are holding some cake sales. The cakes will be 50p each and all the money will go to the charity. The school council representatives will be in the KS1 playground on Wednesday 31st January at 3pm, in the KS2 playground on Thursday 1st February at 3pm and the Reception playground on Monday 5th February at 2:50pm.

Good enough to eat

The Mead School Council representatives are currently working on a healthy lunch box project in conjunction with the Harold Hill Council Alliance. After a discussion about which food would be suitable to include in the box, the children set to work creating their choices from modelling dough. 
 
Ham sandwiches with brown bread, fruit kebabs, melon, olives and bottles of water were among some of the choices made by the children. Their creations were 'good enough to eat!'.

What would you like to put in your healthy lunch box?

Goats eat coats!

The school council representatives have been learning how to look after the goats on Mead Farm. With the help of Mrs Rowton, they enthusiastically mucked out and fed the goats Paige, Bertie and Blue. After that the children were able to spend some time grooming them. Paige absolutely adores being brushed. Bertie and Blue were a bit more energetic. 'They tried to catch us' exclaimed Ivan. 'I liked feeding them' said Dianna. Millie was surprised, 'Bertie was eating my coat. I think he likes me!'

The school council have been learning about the goats as they are supporting the WE campaign 'The Goat That Gives Back'. In the new year the children will be raising awareness and fundraising to supply goats to families in developing countries. These donated goats are helping parents to earn money to enable them to feed and educate their children. 
More details will follow after Christmas. 

Diary Dates

Monday 20th November- Learn to ride sessions for years 3&4. Jamaica class are visiting Harold Hill library in the morning and Madagascar class in the afternoon. Some of our travel team will be attending the Travel plan conference in Stratford.
Tuesday 21st November -Learn to ride sessions for years 3&4. Some school council members will be representing Mead at The School Council Alliance meeting being held at St Ursula’ infant school. After school our Netball team will be playing at Harold Court Primary School.
Wednesday 22nd November- Barbados and St. Lucia classes will be visiting Harold Hill library in the morning and Egypt class will be going in the afternoon. Years 5 and 6 School Council representatives ‘Meet the goats’ session. After school between 18:45 and 20;00 Dad’s talk about puberty at Broadford.
Thursday 23rd November-Years 1, 2, and 4 School council representatives ‘Meet the goats’ sessions. Year 2 Spinebreakers will be visiting Waterstones in the afternoon to choose some quality reading texts to share with their peers.
Friday 24th November-Today is the deadline for Mersea deposits for year 5 pupils and it is also Non school uniform day.

The puppy has a name!

 Last Saturday, the School  Council organised a stall at the summer fete to raise funds for the Guide Dogs charity. They decided to have a Name The Puppy stall where people were able to suggest a name for the exceedingly soft, toy puppy and, for 50p, have the opportunity to own it. The winner, drawn out of the box, was Katie Pidgeon. Katie had chosen the name Chloe. Well done to her and we hope Chloe has a lovely time in her new home. The stall raised £35 on the day. Thank you to everyone who supported the school council and a special thank you to the school council representatives who gave up their time to help out at lunchtime on Friday to make some decorations and those who staffed the stall on the day.

Just kidding around!

Today some representatives from the school council went to Wellgate Farm to visit some very special animals.

The two little kids and their half sister Paige will be calling Mead School home after the summer holidays.

The children got to spend a lot of time with the baby boys, who are only three weeks old, their sister and two other goats. The children enjoyed looking after the babies for the morning and can't wait for their stables to be built at school. 'I want to call them Star and Stripe' commented Amba, 'But I think they should be called Nibble and Chew' said Jan. Their names will be decided at a later date.

Learning to muck out the stable.

Getting the straw bedding from the barn.

Bottle feeding, just like real babies.

I think we have worn them out! Time for a nap.

Look out for more information about the animals that will be arriving at the Mead farm in the future.