Weekly newsletter - 07/05/2021

Dear Parents and Carers,


Below are some awards that we would like to share with you and some important information that you should be aware of.


Parent/Carer surveys

It is really important that we survey our children, parents and staff to have a better understanding of what you think we do well, and also how we may be able to improve. The pandemic has caused significant disruption to us all and as a school, we have not been able to provide many of the additional opportunities that we would like to. However, we would be grateful if you would take the time to complete the survey - It should take no more than 2-3 minutes and is open until Friday 21st May. Thank you! Google Parent/Carer Survey

Chromebooks

Children who have been loaned a school Chromebook should bring them back to school on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday by May half-term. These were originally issued to support children through the enforced full school closure and bubble closures; I hope that the recent weeks of non-bubble closures are now here to stay. We will be able to use the additional Chromebooks in school to support the children with their learning.

Attendance

Attendance for this week is 94.3%. Our attendance for this week was excellent until today, when only 86% of children came to school. Thank you to those who supported us during the disrupted week. Next week, we are open every day!

Star Writers

These children have used a range of powerful vocabulary and techniques to become a Star Writer. Well done to Aleeza (Jamaica) Amari (Antigua), Nubian (St Lucia), Ryan (Palau), Natalia (Australia), Daniel (Scotland), Alexa (USA), Ruby and Charlie (Barbados) Oghomwen (Wales) Carter and Maryam (Egypt) Francesca(Italy), Nina (Brazil), Kevin (Germany), Michelle (Northern Ireland), Crisitian and Amen (Kenya) Demi (Mexico), Logan (Canada), Olivia-Rose (Greece), Alex (Madagascar), Harrison (Chile) and Safiyya (Argentina). Look out for examples of their work on the blog!

Congratulations to these children who have demonstrated one of our four learning skills.

Learning Power	Child
Resilience	Harry (Italy), Charlotte (Germany) Julia and Kezrae (Mexico)
Reciprocity	Katie (Italy)
Reflectiveness	Layla-Mai (Italy), Lena and Jolin (Mexico)
Resourcefulness	Carter (Italy)

Tracker Awards

Congratulations to the latest children who have achieved their Tracker Awards. We are very proud of their achievements!

Bronze	Amira (Kenya)
Silver	Aayan (Kenya)  Evelin (Madagascar)
Gold	Macie (Mexico) Janisha and Maria (Madagascar)

Certificate of Presentation
Well done to Kelvin (Palau), Aum (Australia), Dev (Scotland), Bobby (Wales), Joshua, Hazel and Jack (Egypt)and Albert (Italy) who have presented their work beautifully.


Reading Awards
Reading is one of the most important skills we can teach our children. We are very proud of the children below who have demonstrated a real commitment to their reading. Well done!

10 books read.  They receive a bookmark.	Lenny (USA)
25 books read.  They receive a Bronze Reading Award.	Levi (Egypt)
50 books read. They receive a Silver Reading Award and a £5 book token.	Inaya (St Lucia) Ben, Zahi (USA) Ruby and Amirah (Barbados) Emma (Palau) Chase (Germany) Eduard, Olivia and Vilte (Kenya)
75 books read. They receive a book of their choice.	Domas and Faith (Barbados)
100 books read.  They receive a Gold Reading Award and a trophy.	Camelia (Barbados) Maryam (Egypt) Kajus (Germany)
150 books read.  They receive a Platinum Certificate and a trophy. This is some achievement!	Emilia (Barbados)
200 books read. They receive a trilogy or a set of 3 books.	Emilia (Barbados)

Mathletics Award

Yet more fantastic achievements, this time for Maths. Excellent work!

Bronze certificate	Olivia, Sophia, Zachary (Scotland), Aayan, Zakariya, Victoria and Sethika (Antigua), Milena, Olivia Ho, Domas, Zelda, Emilia, Ruby and Sebastian (Barbados),Jessica B, Nathan K, Saivithun and David (Jamaica), Callum, Justas, Olivia, Nibian and Akhila (St Lucia), Logan, Grace, Hollie-Rae, Aum and Natalia (Australia), Amelia, Izabela, Janvi, Dora, Zuzanna and Ella (New Zealand), Moksha, Nuhaa, Mia-Monroe and Taha (Palau), Theodora, Daniel K, Janisha, Layla and Daniel R (Madagascar), Saam, Samuel and Vilte (Kenya), Oghomwen, Jokubas and Victoria (Wales), David, Gabriel and Michael N (Northern Ireland)Saam, Kaden, Anna, Vilte and Samuel (Kenya), Afnan, Brea, George, Austeja, Andriana and Olivia (Canada) Sulejman, Daniella and Nicole (Mexico), Zahi, Jack, Alexa, Riley, Lenny, Hayden, Matvejs, Emily, Louisa (USA), Kajus (Greece)
Silver certificate	Sophia (Scotland), Manha (Antigua), Oguzcan and Lenny M (St Lucia), Constantine (Australia), Muhammad and Majus (Madagascar), Kaden and Anna (Kenya), Oghomwen (Wales), Gabriel and Michael N (Northern Ireland) Kaden and Anna (Kenya) Andriana and George (Canada), Zahi, Jack (USA)
Gold certificate	Sophia (Scotland), Matteo (Jamaica), Maryam (Egypt), Oghomwen (Wales) Zahi (USA)

WOW! Award

Child/Children	Reason
David T, Matteo, Nathan K, Sai and Stephanie (Jamaica)	Fantastic maths work.
Zofia (Barbados)	For her fantastic writing.
Stanley (Palau)	For moving up a reading level.
Poppy (Australia)	For moving up a reading level.
Wadi	For working independently.
Jasmine, Kevin and Riddhi	For working hard in Google Classroom.
David (Kenya)	Amazing work in his maths this week.
Majus, Todor, Kane and Janisha (Madagascar)	For moving up a book band.
Summer, David and Arthur (Wales)	For moving up a book band.
Marley, Min, Yoyinsola, Kelsie, Ayaan, Sethika, Manha, Amari, Athena and Ruby (Antigua)	For moving up a book band.
Chase (Germany)	For homework.
Ella, Daniel, Sidrah, Dora and Amber (New Zealand)	For moving up a book band.

E for Excellence Winners
These wonderful children have demonstrated excellence this week.

Barbados	Olivia and Ella	Wales	Evie
Jamaica	Eva	Scotland	Dennis
St Lucia	Rayan	Germany	Remi
Antigua	Oscar	Greece	Yanis
New Zealand		Italy	Sophie
Australia	Damira	U.S.A	Taylor
Palau	Maryam	Canada	Ayan
Madagascar	Luke	Mexico	Toby
Egypt	Gracie and Jett	Chile	Lily
Kenya	Kaden and Honey	Brazil	Havin
N. Ireland	Michael N	Malta	Joseph
Argentina	Pavel

Key Information and dates

Squid login
Havering Catering Lunch Menu

Thursday 27th May Final day of the half term (normal hometime)

Monday 7th June Back to School

Thursday 22nd July Final day of the Summer Term (normal hometime)


Have a good weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Yours sincerely,

Mr D Denchfield
Executive Headteache

As part of their learning at home yesterday, children from Germany designed Roman shields.

 

Well done! 👍🏻 Mr Denchfield

Havering Catering Services

 

Week commencing 10th May Mead are on week 1 of the menu

(School is closed for the bank holiday on Monday)


https://www.haveringcatering.co.uk/schooldata/test-mead-primary/

Chase and Kajus completed some fantastic work at home yesterday. Well done! Mr Denchfield

Well done!  Mr Denchfield 

Year 3 - Forest School - Week 2

Another great afternoon full of exploration and fun in the forest with Year 3. The hammock was up and well used throughout the session. The mini beast hotel was re stocked with a range of sticks, bark and leaves. There was plenty of hide and seek with the cows parsley providing good cover. Some climbing today and also artistic creations on the ground. It was lovely to see Year 3 following their own interests, including their peers in their ideas and working together.

The forest floor provided much entertainment and inspiration today. One child began trying to smooth the floor with a stone. Another was drawn to him and together they worked on a sculpture made from the dried mud and other items they found. They took such time, effort and care as they worked on their creation.

Well done Year 3!

World Maths Day

 Today is World Maths Day. This is an annual event which aims to get primary and secondary school students excited and enthusiastic about learning Maths. In Mrs Keen's Maths group we celebrated this event by a carousel of activities.

One activity involved the pupils looking at different ancient number systems. They were working out the answer to calculations using the different symbols for the number systems.

On another table, they were creating different shapes using a tangram. A tangram is a Chinese geometrical puzzle consisting of a square cut into seven pieces which can be arranged to make various other shapes.

One activity was to use the I-Pads to research famous Mathematicians. They had to choose from one of the famous Mathematicians given and research 5 interesting facts that they found out. 

On another table, they had to use straws and marshmallows to build 3D shapes. 

The last activity was designed to develop their logic skills to solve problems.

The pupils had a fun lesson. Rebekah said "It was interesting. I always thought in Maths you had to use number skills but you need to use other skills to solve problems."

Grace and Isla have completed the third line of their Tracker book. Well done! Mr Denchfield