End of Year Awards-Reciprocity

These wonderful children received the Reciprocity Award for 2018

Luka, Alexis, Rae-Louise in Reception
Nicole, Frankie, Alfie in Year 1
Alicia, Milana, Dinuki in Year 2
Yvie, Reggie T, Fizzah in Year 3
Demi-Jane, Lukas, Jessica in Year 4
Nura, Tatiana, Jamell in Year 5
Sadja, Musab, Jessica B in Year 6

End of Year Awards-Resilience

These wonderful children received the Resilience Award for 2018

Seiar, Siddi, Kevin in Reception
Ella, Harley, Jimmy in Year 1
Jay-Jay, Sebas,Jake in Year 2
Hanzalah, Ronnie,Anthony in Year 3
Jamie, Lily,Tanisha in Year 4
Rehaan, Aleena, Chelsey in Year 5
Laice, Frankie, Rolvier in Year 6

End of year Awards-Reflectiveness

These wonderful children received the Reflectiveness Award for 2018





Tommy, Saeeda, Chloe in Reception
Michael, Alex, Kajus in Year 1
Lily-Rae, Edward, Taylor in Year 2
Mihaela, Charlie, Scarlett in Year 3
Wilson, Courtney, Ryan in Year 4
Hollie, Riana, Keira in Year 5
Amelia C.,Abdullah, Kevin in Year 6

End of Year Awards-Resourcefulness

These wonderful children received the Resourcefulness Award for 2018

Linh, Lara, Bella-Leigh in Reception
Rosie, Alexander, Daniel in Year 1
Jasmika, Alfie, Harry in Year 2
Hamit, Kristupas, Marley in Year 3
Hannah, Millie, Alan in Year 4
Valentino, Chanelle, Alecia in Year 5
Jack C., Jack W, Pawel in Year 6

Get Caught Reading 2018

This year we will once again be running a 'Get Caught Reading' competition during the Summer Holiday. It is a competition that has typically been extremely popular across our Federation and led to some great photos of the pupils. It is also open to staff!

What are we looking for?

The best picture of a child caught in the act of reading - normally in a stunning, funny, historic, cultural or unusual  location (outside Buckingham Palace, or a beach somewhere tropical... the sky's the limit) wins a book voucher. Just follow the simple steps...

• Get a good book
• Get caught reading it somewhere unusual - have your picture taken
• Send it in via the school Facebook page - or Facebook Messenger
• Wait for confirmation that you have won the competition!

Please promote this with your friends and show them how to access the links. We will be posting the links to the map and tracker on the blog/Facebook page as well - this will keep reappearing during the holiday.

Click here to access the Get Caught Reading Map

Summer Holiday Pictures

We'd also love to see images from the pupils' and staff travels this summer - please encourage them to upload these as well. On the Harry Potter Trip we were talking to a pupil who - last holiday - was able to actually see Mount Everest... that would be a cool photo to add. Pupils from Mead are off to Bulgaria, Lithuania & Poland. Broadford pupils will be travelling to India, Spain and Dubai! Already it could be quite some travel record.

Closing date will be the first Friday 7th September.

Y5 Circus Skills

Our Year 5 pupils had a very fun and challenging day as they tried out their circus skills. This was a workshop designed to test their 4Rs: resilience, reciprocity, reflectiveness and resourcefulness.

Resilience
The plate spinning was hard to get the hang of. Balance the plate, lightly rotate the stick and then build up speed...

I had to try really hard to get it right. It kept falling off. First I had to watch the Circus man again before he came to help me. Once I got it I was very proud... I didn't give up!
Biddy

Reciprocity
A number of the activities required the children to work in pairs and groups. The children very quickly realised that if they didn't help each other they wouldn't have the success that they wanted.

The balance wheels were hard. Without help from my friends I would definitely have fallen over. By holding me up I was able to get the hang of it.
Abdullah

Pupils also had the chance to apply their reflective skills, watching the performance of others and giving them tips on how to improve. This was particularly true with the juggling!

Did you know that circus skills have physical benefits too? Skills such as diabolo, plate spinning and juggling with scarves, beanbags or balls improve hand-eye co-ordination, concentration, manipulation, throwing and catching skills and encompassing both fine and gross motor control.

Nursery Graduation -The class of 2018

What a wonderful time we had celebrating the graduation of this year`s Nursery classes.
The morning concert started with an amazing sight-a silent Nursery with children sitting perfectly watching their adults arriving. The silence was soon broken as the children started to sing and dance
and the hours of practising  at school paid off. Clearly there had been a lot of practising as there was a lot of singing along from the parents .The instrument playing was timed to perfection and each child looked amazing in their cap and gown.
As the children received their certificate their was hardly a dry eye in the house.
We wish all Nursery children moving on every success and look forward to following the learning journey of those staying with us at Mead.
We thank all our families for all the amazing support this year.

 We even had a year 6 pupil wanting to join in with the celebrations!