Mead Primary School

Year one Palau forest school.

Palau class had a lovely afternoon at forest school.

We explored the new site, then looked at autumn leaves and made leaf rubbings with crayons and autumn pictures using chalk.
There was also lots of focused mud painting and engineering going on with how to position the pipes so the conkers would roll.

Year One Science - Taste

Year One investigated the sense of taste this week by trying foods that have the five basic tastes: sweet, salty, bitter, sour and savoury. We enjoyed trying the sour lemons!

This week we have started mastering number in year 1. The children have been looking at the Rekenrek and discovering all the different parts. We have discovered that the top row has 5 red beads and five white beads and this makes ten. The children have enjoyed using the Rekenrek to find number bonds to 5.

Year 3 are Authors!

The year 3 children have just completed their first independent write of the year. We have been reading the brilliant book 'The True Story of the Three Little Pigs' by Jon Scieszka. The children wrote an alternative version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. They all worked very hard and, as you can see below, we have some budding authors in our midst.

Nursery have been learning Nursery rhymes and counting songs and have enjoyed participating in related activities.

Egypt Class have had a wonderful afternoon in the forest. We were very lucky with the weather.

We loved learning about the Kelly Kettle and fire safety. We then enjoyed hot chocolate from the Kelly. The children were very sensible around the fire zone and were very careful and respectful.

The children enjoyed collecting and looking at bugs and also making little bug houses with leaves and food for the bugs.

Well done Egypt class!

Well done to the Mathletics winners in China this week.

Weekly Newsletter - 06/10/23

Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been a lovely week at Mead which has included lots of maths! Year 1 and 2 have been working on their understanding of maths concepts through the Mastering Number Programme and have enjoyed learning how to use their Rekenreks. I am sure that they will be able to tell you all about it at home.

Thank you to everyone who has already donated to the Harvest Appeal. We will be continuing to collect donations for the Trussell Trust Harold Hill Food Bank to celebrate Harvest Festival throughout next week. Children can bring in food donations to their classrooms.

Thank you to everyone who has stopped scooting across the school grounds. There have been some issues around the KS2 gate in particular this week so please make sure that you come off the scooters before entering the school grounds. Thank you.

Parents Evenings

We are looking forward to sharing all of the wonderful things your children have been learning with you during parents evening on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th October. Your child’s teacher will send out their availability via Ping this week. If you are unable to attend your parents evening appointment please let your child’s teacher know in advance where possible. All KS2 appointments will be held in the dining hall.

Reception Open Days

Please book through the school website. The link can be found on the bottom of the home page. The next dates are Monday 16th October and Wednesday 1st November @1:30pm

World Mental Health Day

We will be taking part in World Mental Health Day on the 10th October to raise awareness of mental health and driving positive change for everyone’s mental health. As part of ITV's new initiative from the UK's most recognised mental health campaign, Britain Get Talking every British school will join in to create an important national conversation - and in doing so, help all British children share what’s on their minds through this unique homework exercise. Ant and Dec will be joined by other famous faces throughout the campaign, with celebrities encouraging Britain to Get Talking. Watch out for the homework activity so you and your child can participate.

Key Information and dates
Havering Catering Lunch Menu - Week 2

Dates for the Diary

Tuesday 10th October Lets get Britain talking day

Monday 16th October Harvest Festival

Monday 16th October New Reception Open Day

Tuesday 17th October Parents Evening

Wednesday 18th October Parents Evening

Friday 20th October End of Autumn 1

Monday 30th October INSET DAY

Wednesday 1st November New Reception Open Day @1:30pm

Monday 15th April INSET DAY

Wednesday 24th July INSET DAY

Yours sincerely,
Ms A Holmes

Headteacher

Celebration Assembly

Celebration Awards

Malta Star of the Week

Congratulations to Bella who has received Malta Star of the Week for working hard to complete her workstation with increased independence.

Star Writer Certificates

These children have excelled with their writing this week. Well done to Varan (Jamaica), Faith (England), (Greece) Sofia (Barbados), Esther (Kenya), Denithan (New Zealand), Isla (Madagascar), Azrah (Egypt), Lily (Northern Ireland), Cat (scotland), Jack & Kyrah (Wales), Kaden (Brazil), Eleni (China), Andrey (Germany), Halianna (Palau), Lucille (Italy), Gracelyn (USA), Majus (Mexico), Leo (Fiji), Paige (Malaysia), Sandra (Greece), Victoria (Antigua) and Oghomwen (India).

Star Reader Certificates

These children have worked really hard on their reading this week. Well done to James (Jamaica), Domas (England), Rose (Barbados), Talula (Kenya), Gracie-Mae (New Zealand), Khadijah (Madagascar), Alicia (Egypt), Joanna and David T (Northern Ireland), Ella B (Scotland), Jacob & Ender (Wales), Taylor (Germany),Eva (China), Maisy (Italy), Nvar (Palau), Yara (USA), Caine (Fiji), Kaycie-Jo (Mexico), Luka (Malaysia), Ustym (Greece), Ava (Antigua) and James (India).

Star Mathematician Certificates

These children have enjoyed a fantastic week with their maths. Well done to Caitlin (Jamaica), Albi (England), Reggie (Barbados), Cairo (Kenya), Zoya (New Zealand), Milena (Madagascar), Daniel (Egypt), Sienna (Northern Ireland), Amelia D (Scotland), Oscar (Wales), Millie (Brazil), Lyra (Germany). Dev (China), Amaan (Italy), Marnie (Palau), Jack (USA), Benjamin (Fiji), Daniel K (Mexico), Albert and Sophie (Palau), Sara (Malaysia), Janvi (Greece), Ivy-Rose (Antigua) and Chloe (India).

Achievement Certificates

These children have earned 20 Achievement points and are on their way to the Mead Roll of Honour- Well done to Harry, Vinnie and Raayn (Kenya), Varnika, April (Madagascar) , Sara, Aliyah, Shawaiz, Nevaeh and Ella (Egypt), David T, Sai and Shree (Northern Ireland)

Mathletics Award
Bronze certificate

Varnika, Eric, Emily(Madagascar), Zoya, Zara, Nifemi, Leon, Esmay (New Zealand), Stefan, Lily and Daniel (Egypt), Jessica, David D, Sai, Nathan N, David T and Kavi (Northern Ireland), Charlotte, Justas, Amelia D, Violet, Oguzcan, Olivia, Leo J, Cat, Lenny M, Roens and Akhila (Scotland), Rayan, Ender, Kane, Kelsie, Elena, Jacob, Sara, Zakariya, Victoria & Manha (Wales), Bogdan, Sophia, Alexis, Zachary, Bentley, Olivia, Lottie & David (China)Moksha, Amaan, Izyan (Italy) Loris, Parisha, Amy, Albert and Nikole (Kenya), Logan, Esther, Grace, Hollie-Rai, Isla, Lorena, Malakai, Poppy, Aum, Shay, Andrey (Germany) Maryam (USA), Samiyah and Sebastian (Fiji) David, Kane, Cristian, Daniel, Majus, Alexander, Enelya, Venbaa, Siam, Gabriel, Robert, David, Ivan, Junior and Michelle (Malaysia), Igancy, Ria, Zuzanna, Amy, Sidrah, Janvi, David and Ustym (Greece).

Silver certificate

Nathan K and Adriana (Northern Ireland), Rayan (Scotland), Max (China), Amber (Greece) and Michael N (Malaysia).

Gold certificate

Bike Ability

Well done to all of the children in year 5 who took part in Bike Ability last week in both level 1 and level 2. Level 1 awards goes to Kydeigh. Level 2 award goes to Keeley, Muhammad, Francesca, Paulina, Indigo, Antony, Kaden, Danyil, Amira, Harrison, Hazel, Anna, Elda, Vlad, Jessie, Layla, Renesmee and David.

Golden Certificate

Congratulations to these children who have been awarded a Golden Certificate as they have made exceptionally good choices linked to The Mead Creed. These certificates are not easy to get so very well done to this week’s winners!

Palau (Y1)
Aria

New Zealand (Y1)
Alessia

Fiji (Y1)
Sophia-Rose

Australia
Rebecca

Madagascar (Y2)
David

Kenya (Y2)
Milena

Egypt (Y2)
Charlotte

Scotland (Y3)
Charlotte

Wales (Y3)
Kelsie & Rayan

Northern Ireland (Y3)
Emaan and Mahir

England (Y3)
Hayden

Italy (Y4)
Layla

Greece (Y4)
William

Germany (Y4)
Leona

USA (Y5)
Evelin

Brazil (Y5)
Harrison

Mexico (Y5)
Alex

Malaysia (Y6)
Michelle

India (Y6)
Victoria

China (Y6)
Riley N

Attendance

Well done to Palau, Egypt, N Ireland, Scotland, Greece, Germany and Malaysia who achieved 95% or more for their attendance target this week.

Year 5 Parachute Experiment!

In science this half term, Year 5 have been learning about forces. Over the past two science lessons Year 5 have planned, carried out and evaluated their own experiment on air resistance. They looked at how surface area effects the time taken for the parachute to fall to the ground. Year 5 concluded that the parachute's surface area does effect the time taken to fall to the ground (even with some anomalous data!) Well done Year 5!!

During today's maths lesson, year 6 were exploring the difference between squared numbers and cubed numbers. They used manipulatives during a class investigation to find the answer to 3x3x3 as well as exploring how the number 10 can not be a cubed number.

Year 3 were very lucky to be visited by Theo, our reading dog, today. The children loved reading to him and, as you can see, Theo loved it too!

Special Menu - Tomorrow - Thursday 5th October 2023

Today Year 5 joined a zoom meeting with the author of 'Brilliant Black British History' who told us all about her new book. She shared some fascinating stories about her research and discoveries about Black history and Britain and even allowed us to ask her questions!

Meet our Ks1 members of pupil parliament .We know you are going to work hard to ensure the children have their say in the running of Mead school.

Well done to the KS1 stars of the week.We are very proud of you.

Year 3 Mathletics Superstars!

A huge well done to the children below for completing lots of activities on Mathletics. We are super proud of you all.

Kenya Class loved their first Forest School session. Some of us loved looking for bugs and investigating them in the bug pots, others loved climbing the trees and others learnt how to tie knots to make a fishing rod and bow&arrow.

Well done Kenya for being so resilient in the forest!🌿

Well done to this weeks Mathletics winners in China.

On Friday 13th October children in Reception will be participating in a 'Marvellous Me' Day. This half term in Reception we have been thinking about all of the things that make us marvellous. We have been discussing our families, our likes and dislikes and also our similarities and differences with our classmates. What a better way to round up our topic then to hold a WOW Day for us to celebrate all of the things that make us, us? On this day, the children in Reception can come to school wearing clothes of their choice. This could be their favourite outfit, clothes in their favourite colour or clothes that represent something about them. Please discuss this with your child so that they are able to share with us in school why they have chosen their outfit.

Newsletter - 29/09/23

Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been another action packed week at Mead. Year 5 have been developing their bike ability and gaining more confidence to ride their bikes safely. We also welcomed Rosie, our schools Read, Write, Inc Trainer into school this week and she was astonished by how well the children have settled into their phonics groups, including our new reception classes. She couldn’t believe the progress the children had made since she last saw them in the Summer term. Well done everyone!

It has been wonderful to see so many children scooting to school, we have noticed how busy the KS1 bike and scooter park is getting, so please make sure you park up safely. We are looking into getting another scooter park so that there is space for everyone. Please make sure that you walk with your scooter as you come on to the school grounds so that everyone stays safe.

IMPORTANT & URGENT MESSAGE – Are you eligible for the School Holiday Meal Scheme? This year the Mayor of London has funded school dinners for ALL primary aged children. However Havering families who have low incomes may be eligible to receive additional financial support so that their children don’t go hungry during the school holidays. You can also apply for your child to attend a holiday activity scheme. You can find out more about this below but hurry because the scheme opens for new applications from Monday 25 September until Friday 6th October.
https://www.havering.gov.uk/info/20006/schools_and_education/826/school_holiday_meal_scheme

Who is eligible? If you are in receipt of any of the following benefits your child may be eligible for free school meals.
* Income support

* Income based Jobseekers Allowance
* Income related Employment Support Allowance
* Guaranteed Element of State Pension Credit
* Child Tax Credit (but not Working Tax Credit) and have an annual income of less than £16,190
* Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
* Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
* Universal Credit (your household income must be less than £7,400 a year after tax and not including any benefits you receive)

If you believe you may be eligible please click on the link below and complete the application form

https://www.havering.gov.uk/info/20006/schools_and_education/431/school_support

We are happy to help you apply if you are unsure of your eligibility - please contact Mrs Parker in the school office.

Harvest Festival

From Monday 2nd October to Friday 6th October, Mead will be collecting donations for the Trussell Trust Harold Hill Food Bank to celebrate Harvest Festival. Children can bring in food donations to their classrooms. The food bank is in particular need of the following items:

*Soup
*Biscuits
*UHT Milk
*Tinned Veg
*Tinned Fish
*Tinned Meat
*Tinned Fruit
*Tinned Tomatoes
*Instant Mash Potato
*Long Life Fruit Juice

Any donations would be greatly appreciated, big or small. Thank you!

Safer Street Scheme

At this time we still have no further information to share and are awaiting a response from the Council. We have been assured that as soon as the final process is completed they will provide a letter for all parents to confirm the details and start dates. We will circulate any information to parents as soon as it is received. Thank you for your patience.

Reception Open Days

Please book through the school website. The link can be found on the bottom of the home page

Holiday Requests

We have seen an increase in Leave of Absence requests for holidays. The DfE and Local Authority have made it clear that we are no longer able to grant any leave of absence during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances. Mead Primary School will consider each request for leave of absence carefully and individually to determine its authorisation, but please remember leave is not an entitlement. Requests should be made by the parent/carer and forwarded to the Headteacher before the period of absence. Please note that all absences of 4 days or more may require medical evidence (eg copies of prescription, hospital letters, medication, etc.). Any unauthorised periods of absence may result in a penalty notice of £60 (which will increase to £120 if not paid within 21 days) for each child and imposed on each parent.

Key Information and dates

School Ping - https://mead-havering.secure-dbprimary.com/service/util/login?path=%2Fhavering%2Fprimary%2Fmead&theme=Login.action

Squid login - https://portal.squidcard.com/LoginPortal/

Havering Catering Lunch Menu - week 1
https://haveringcatering.co.uk/schooldata/mead-infant-primary-school/

Dates for the Diary

Monday 9th October Harvest Festival

Tuesday 10th October Lets get Britain talking day

Tuesday 17th October Parents Evening

Wednesday 18th October Parents Evening

Friday 20th October End of Autumn 1

Monday 30th October INSET DAY

Monday 15th April INSET DAY

Wednesday 24th July INSET DAY

Yours sincerely,

Ms A Holmes

Headteacher

Celebration Awards

Malta Star of the Week

Congratulations to Gracie who has received Malta Star of the Week for brilliant engagement and lots of talking in her different sessions this week.

Star Writer Certificates

These children have excelled with their writing this week. Well done to Hayden (England), Loris (Kenya), Zachary (Wales), Aliyah (New Zealand), Ruby-Lea (Egypt)Chelsea, April (Madagascar), Akhila (Scotland), Isla (Germany), Jessica (Northern Ireland), Vlad (Brazil), Roqaya (USA), Phoebe (Palau), David (China), Emma (Italy), Jacob (Mexico), David (Malaysia), Alex (Fiji), Maya (India)and Izabela (Greece).

Star Reader Certificates

These children have worked really hard on their reading this week. Well done to Milena (England), Sethika (Wales), Olivia-Rose (Kenya), Emma (New Zealand), Charlotte (Egypt), Leo, Isla, Michael (Madagascar), Sai, Sienna, Shree, Reggie and Nathan N (Northern Ireland), Tyler (Scotland), Avyukt (Germany), Aayan (Brazil), David (Palau), Sienna (China), Roman G (Italy), Robbie (Mexico), Seiar (Malaysia)Diamond (USA), Evelina (Fiji), Bella (India) and Shayan (Greece).

Star Mathematician Certificates

These children have enjoyed a fantastic week with their maths. Well done to Camelia (England), Rayne (Kenya), Amari & Kelsie (Wales), Ifra (New Zealand), Dylan (Egypt), Aisosa(Madagascar), Izabella (Northern Ireland), Leo J (Scotland), Samhita (Germany), Nevaeh (Brazil), Charlotte (USA), Flora (Palau), Daniel (Chona), Mekhi (Italy), Yasmin (Mexico), Luka (Malaysia), Isabelle (Fiji), Jacob (India) and Robert (Greece).

Achievement Certificates

These children have earned 20 Achievement points and are on their way to the Mead Roll of Honour- Well done to Nikole, Dawood, Esther, Albert, Talula, Milena, Isaiah and Penelope (Kenya), Max (Madagascar) and Aaliyah (New Zealand).

Mathletics Award
Bronze certificate

Rayan, Ender,Skyla,Elena, Zakariya, Victoria & Manha (Wales) Aiza, Denizhan, Leon, Zara, Zoya (New Zealand) Enki, Dawood, Erik, Nikole, Esther, Amy, Penelope, Milena and Prisha (Kenya) , Shawaiz, Daniel, Ethan (x2), Alicia, Azrah, Sara, Aliyah,Stefan (x2) and Olivia (Egypt), Milena, Jake, April, Matas, Eric(Madagascar), Blessing, Joanna, Stephanie, Jessica, Nancy, Robert, David D, Amelia, Nathan K, Adriana, Nathan N, Shree, David T, Kavi and Mahir (Northern Ireland). CallumHenry, Justas, Amelia D, Violet, Oguzcan, Olivia, Leo J, Lenny L, Cat, Lenny M, Akhila and Rayan (Scotland), Izampela, Maryam and Jett (USA)Sophie, Emily, Anastasia (Palau), David, Kane, Daniel K, Francesca, Cristian, Majus, Alex, Saim (Mexico), Ianis, Nuhaa, Amaan, Izyan (Italy), Bogdan, Max, Sophia, Bentley, Olivia & David (China), Tommy, Natas, Michael N, Gabriel, Haydar, Michelle, David and Ivan (Malaysia) Amber, Ignacy, Zuzanna and Amy (Greece).

Golden Certificate

Congratulations to these children who have been awarded a Golden Certificate as they have made exceptionally good choices linked to The Mead Creed. These certificates are not easy to get so very well done to this week’s winners!

Palau (Y1)
Sukhwinder

New Zealand (Y1)
Ronnie

Fiji (Y1)
Anja

Australia
Sophie B

Madagascar (Y2)
Aleena

Kenya (Y2)
JJ

Egypt (Y2)
Arnie

Scotland (Y3)
Isla

Wales (Y3)
Elena & Rosie

Northern Ireland (Y3)
Aleem, David D. Jamie and Adriana

England (Y3)
Bushra

Italy (Y4)
Emilia

Greece (Y4)
India

Germany (Y4)
Tommy

USA (Y5)
Renesmee

Brazil (Y5)
Elda

Mexico (Y5)
Kydeigh

Malaysia (Y6)
Gabriel

India (Y6)
Bobby, Sofia

China (Y6)
Freya

Attendance

Well done to New Zealand, Palau, Egypt, N ireland, Scotland, Wales, England. Italy, Usa , Brazil and Malta who achieved 95% or more for their attendance target this week.

New Zealand class enjoyed exploring the new space at forest school today.
They enjoyed the revamped mud kitchen which now has seating and the new balancing area. We also looked at the new log pile and are looking forward to seeing if there are any new residents in the coming weeks.
There was lots of digging and squishing too. One of their favourite activities was swinging on the hammock and swing.

Calling all Reception parents

On Friday 13th October at 2.30pm we would like to invite you to a Read, Write Inc workshop. As your child embarks on their Read, Write Inc journey we would like to provide you with further information on how we teach your child/ren letter sounds, show you what a phonic lesson looks like and provide you with information on how best to support your child/ren at home.

We look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible.

Harvest Festival
From Monday 2nd October to Friday 6th October, Mead will be collecting donations for the Trussell Trust Harold Hill Foodbank to celebrate Harvest Festival. Children can bring in food donations to their classrooms.

The food bank is in particular need of the following items:
• Soup
• Biscuits
• UHT Milk
• Tinned Veg
• Tinned Fish
• Tinned Meat
• Tinned Fruit
• Tinned Tomatoes
• Instant Mash Potato
• Long Life Fruit Juice

Any donations would be greatly appreciated, big or small. Thank you!

The last two weeks we have been looking at the numbers 0-10. We have been representing numbers on ten frames, finding one more and one less and counting forwards and backwards from any given number. We have used a range of resources including counters, ten frames, number tracks, dice and cubes. Year 1 have enjoyed exploring numbers!

Year 3 have been looking at the place value of 3-digit numbers during our maths lessons. We have used base 10 and place value counters to support our learning.
We have been representing 3-digit numbers; partitioning numbers into hundreds, tens and ones as well as finding 1, 10 and 100 more and less of a given number.