Spring 2014 newsletter

NewsletterSpring Term 2014

‘…..individual success for every child…..’Taken from The Mead School

Mission Statement

The Mead School

Dear Parents and Friends of The Mead

Having started the term wet through it is wonderful to break up in the sun amidstan abundance of spring flowers.

Despite far too many wet play times and soggy games sessions The Mead’snatural enthusiasm and zest for attainment never wavered. We have all enjoyeda wonderful term; World Book Day, Science Week (we truly did have bats in theattic!), Art Exhibition, numerous Maths Certificates gained, charities supported,attendance at the first ever WE Day, fantastic trips and the opening of ‘MeadLodge’. Please enjoy this newsletter and revel in all your children areexperiencing, enjoying and achieving.

The future destinations of our current Year 6 are, to date:

Benjamin Averill - SkinnersVaibhav Balasubramanian – Tunbridge Wells Boys Grammar SchoolSamantha Begeman – Drama & Academic Scholarship to St Leonards-MayfieldChloe Boakes –Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammar SchoolFinn Bradley – Tonbridge School – via Sports Scholarship to RosehillJoshua Davies - Sevenoaks SchoolZoe Fasham - HillviewEllla Hague – Skinners Kent AcademyVictoria Hettrich – Bennett MemorialIsabelle Hughes - St Gregory’s SchoolAlfie Johnson – Skinners Kent AcademyChloe Joseph-Horne – Weald of Kent Grammar SchoolJoshua Laurence - SkinnersFlora McIlwham – Bennett MemorialHarry McNeill – Bennett MemorialCaroline Mills - Tonbridge Girls Grammar SchoolCharlotte Morgan - Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammar SchoolAlice Parker - Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammar SchoolJamie Phillips - Tunbridge Wells Boys Grammar SchoolIndia Shaw – Bennett MemorialHannah Skelly – Drama Scholarship BeechwoodImogen Tait – Kent CollegeBethany Taylor - Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammar SchoolBenjamin Tunstead – Bennett Memorial

Congratulations to them all.

NEW PLAYHOUSEMead children welcomed 2014 with the opening of ‘Mead House’ – the mostwonderful playhouse which incorporates all of both the pupils’ and Mrs Culley’sdream ideas!

Two storeys with a slide to the playground, verandah, look out tower, periscopes,Fireman’s Pole, rope ladder, peepholes and so much more. At present the PirateFlag is flying but each Friday, the House with the most house points willceremoniously hoist their flag for the next week. We also fly the Union flag andthe flags for each Patron Saint when pertinent so we never get bored!

COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW WEBSITEPlease ensure that Elizabeth has your correct up-to-date contact details.

I would remind you that forthcoming events are displayed on the noticeboard bythe front door as well as uploaded to news and events (calendar) section on ournew website, www.meadschool.info. We always welcome initiatives to improvecommunication. Please do share any ideas you may have with either Elizabeth,Mr Lockyer or myself.

THE OFFICE MANAGER’S BITCould it be that Spring is in the air? It certainly has been a rather wet term so far,but your children keep the anecdotes rolling in brightening each day.

The term has seen a new member of staff in the shape of Steve Beebe(maintenance), whom we welcome on to our team. A master carpenter by tradewhose skills I intend to put to good use around the school post haste!

You will have seen the new playhouse complete with fireman’s pole, balcony,viewing stations and flag pole in the playground. This has been a huge hit withthe children. In addition we continue our rolling plan of internal improvementswith the updating of all the washrooms and general improvements outside,weather permitting.

Anita and her team continue to mix their magic in the kitchen, being everresourceful in providing healthy, delicious and varied food choices for thechildren. They have yet again achieved a 5 star rating from the Food StandardsAgency and well warranted it is too. David and Margaret remain in the heart ofthe school keeping all safe and sound. Dauda continues with us coming into theschool every evening to sweep away the debris of the day.

Please accept the termly reminder, that invoices are due on or before the firstday of next term i.e. 24th April 2014. Do use electronic transfer where possibleand remember that the transfer may take three working days and to referenceyour payment with your child’s name.

Fees for the year 2014 / 2015The Directors have carefully considered the school’s expected costs for theforthcoming year. Whilst every effort is being made to maintain or reduce costswhere possible, we cannot reduce them all and have again seen price rises in anumber of areas. The Directors have therefore decided to make a modestincrease in the tuition fees for the coming year. Kindergarten fees will increaseby £40 per term to £1,625.00, Reception Infants, Year 1 & 2 fees by £75 per termto £2,990.00 and Years 3 to 6 fees by £85 per term to £3,315.00.

Other activities will be charged at the following rates:

The school continues to be one of the most affordable schools in the area whilstat the same time, offering an outstanding standard of education within its well-known and family-orientated environment.

We continue to offer over 20 after school clubs and supervised prep sessionsavailable to all children in Year 3 and above free of charge, a feature unique tothe Mead. These are:Art, Choir, Cricket, Computer, Construction, Debating, Drama, Eco, Filmmakers,Football, Geography, Hockey, Masks & Crafts, Netball, Papier mache,Photographic society, Public speaking, Reading group, Rollerblading, Rugby,Sewing, Sport, Textiles, Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning and Knitting.

ParkingPlease remain vigilant in regards to the parking around the school as we haveconstant reminders from the council in this regard. Please also respect the ruleof not entering the school car park area in your vehicle at any time. This is forthe safety of staff, parents and children.

Policies and ProceduresPlease may I take this opportunity to remind you that any policies andprocedures you may require to view are shown on our website. If for any reasonyou do not find what you are looking for there, do not hesitate to ask eitherElizabeth or myself and we will guide you. www.meadschool.info/policies/

It just remains for me to wish you a very Happy Easter.Rebecca Hall - Office Manager

SURVEYA huge thank you to all parents who gave the time and took the trouble tocomplete our recent on-line survey. It was enormously encouraging and we arenaturally delighted with the overwhelming positivity it reflected and the terrificcomments that were shared. We also appreciated the very few suggestionsincluding further improvements to our 'Parent File' given when a child startsschool and some healthier break-time snacks. We will be working on these.

TUESDAY JUNIOR AFTER SCHOOL CLUBDuring the Summer Term all Juniors will need to stay on after 3.30 pm onTuesdays for the Summer Show drama rehearsals.

SUMMER SHOWThe Annual Summer Show is our drama highlight and every child from ReceptionInfants to Year 6 is in the cast. This theatrical extravaganza which provides awealth of rich opportunities and experiences for the children does inevitablycome at a cost. In line with many years of past practice the Summer Show feeplaced on this term’s invoice will contribute to the organisation and provision ofcostumes, backdrops and scenery.

UNIFORMWe do have samples here at the school if you are unsure on sizes. Pleasecontact Elizabeth if you would like to see the sizes prior to ordering online.

MEAD SCHOOL LIBRARY - FORGING AHEAD ONE BOOK AT A TIME!

This term has been an extremely busy and positive one within our schoollibraries. It has been super to see our pupils thumbing through and regularlyutilising our Non Fiction Libraries and making good use of our touch screencomputers for research purposes. From planets and the solar system, sports,insects, geography and science, the topics available for the children to exploreand peruse are extensive.

Our Fiction Library has seen a hive of activity, particularly at lunchtimes when ourteam of wonderful parent librarians not only man the library system but inaddition work with our Mead children on many creative and artistic activities.

I would like to say an ENORMOUS thank you toMrs Burton, Mrs Brewer, Mrs Lake, Ms Zenoniand Mrs Henry who have given their time thisschool year! I would also like to thank all oursuper pupil librarians who have worked so hardin helping to organise the libraries and books!

Isobel Feaver - Literacy Coordinator

SCHOOL COUNCIL

The School Council have had another busy term.

Our main mission this term was organising the collection of unwanted textiles.We collected over 90 bags in total! We heard back a few weeks ago that all thebags we collected added up to 440 kilograms that we saved from going intolandfill. This was a fantastic achievement and thank you to all of you who helped

with this. We now have 17,600points to spend on scienceequipment. The school councilhave asked their teachers whatequipment they would like to haveand we are now putting togethertheir requests. We will be placingour order before the Easterholidays so that when we returnthe new equipment will be readyfor the classroom!

Thank youThe School Council

A FABULOUS FORTNIGHT OF READING AND WRITING!!!Each year the fortnight that surrounds World Book Day at the Mead is alwayspacked full of activities designed to stoke children’s enthusiasm for reading.

Book AssembliesOn the Monday and Tuesday of this fortnight, members of staff shared theirfavourite children’s stories during assembly ; introducing some terrific plots andcharacters as well talking to the children about a selection of stories that involvedthe theme for our World Book Day – Water..

Book Cover HuntingPupils hugely enjoyed a Book Cover Hunt that involved them not only having totrack down elusive book covers that had been cunningly hidden around schoolbut also to consider which book cover would have belonged to which teacher!This proved much harder than they initially thought.

Book SwapOn Wednesday, we all enjoyed a fantastic time at our third ever Mead SchoolBook Swap! Early in the day, many of children brought books to the Dining Roomthat that they had already enjoyed at home and were happy to donate to theSwap.

At 3.30pm the Dining Room swiftly became full with Mead children eagerly usingthe one or two tokens they had been given in return for donating their books.Discussions on possible new reads and new book selections resoundedthroughout the room, as the books that had so happily been donated earlier wereproudly carried home by new Mead owners!

World Book DayOn World Book Day itself every Mead child participated in events organised bythe teaching staff which aimed to extend their knowledge of a range of fictionwhilst challenging them to write and experiment with language in many creativeways. We were also fortunate to be able to welcome back the fantastic storytellerDave Arthur. He worked with every class throughout the day.

Our theme this year was a watery one. This was chosen due to the powerfulprofile that water has held for us, through both fund raising activities such asWater Aid and our help in supporting some of the areas of the world effected bysevere flooding. Neither should we forget the enormous amount of rain we haveexperienced this term and the numerous wet playtimes.

Pupils came to school dressed in the most creative and exciting costumesinspired by a favourite book, story or character, some children even managed tolink their attire to our watery theme.

Scholastic Book FairThe second week of World Book Day fortnight saw the arrival in school ofScholastic Book Fair.

The Fair lasted for a week and gave the children the opportunity to browse andbuy a wide range of super quality books.

I would like a say a huge thank you to all the members of staff who so fullyembraced all the events of this fortnight; in addition may I say thank you to allthose parents who supported us by helping their children participate so

wonderfully in everthing we organised for them.I wish you all a happy and peaceful break.

Isobel Feaver - Literacy Co-ordinator

SCIENCE WEEKThe theme for National Science and Engineering Week this year was ‘LocalWildlife’. As part of science week ‘Wildlife A and E’ and ‘Kent Bat Group’ visitedthe school.

Wildlife A and E are a charity based in Rotherfield. They take ina variety of local wildlife that become orphaned or injured.During their visit we met a hedgehog, a barn owl and two fox

cubs. They explained why the fox cubs areblack, misconceptions about hedgehogs andwhat the terms nocturnal, Crepuscular anddiurnal mean.

Lynne Flower who works on behalf of Kent Bat Groupintroduced us to French Bob, a common pipistrelle bat. She tookus through the anatomy of a bat, what they eat and how theybehave. The children were amazed at the size of French Boband also how soft he was to touch!

During the week there was also a competition running. The competition consistedof the children sending in their wildlife pictures. I had some fantastic pictures sentto me and it was very hard to select the winners. Below are some of the entries Ireceived.

Mr Agnew

ARTThe Art Department has had a very busy term and the children have beenworking really hard.

Year 3 have been looking at the work of Mondrian and have created their own‘Rainbow Fish’.

Year 4 have also been working on their ‘Rainbow Fish’ and have started a projecton the Trojan Horse which they are enjoying.

Year 5 are working hard on their Birds of Paradise and, lastly, Year 6 have finallyfinished their William Morris lino prints. All the prints look absolutely fantastic andsome of the cotton prints are being made into a wall hanging by the lovely MrsPrice as we speak.

If you haven’t already seen this work, please feel free to pop into the 6Lclassroom and have a look – it’s well worth it!

The highlight of this term however, was all the wonderful self portraits done byevery child in the school and displayed at our Art Exhibition. All the childrenshould be really proud of what they achieved and they couldn’t wait to show themoff. I must admit, I would have loved to take them all home with me!!

Thank you to all those who managed to attend that afternoon and to everyone forshowing such support. You have very talented children!

I look forward to the continuation of some of the projects and the start of newones next term and I hope the children throughout the school will always enjoytheir art lessons!

Have a greatEaster.

Debbie LattyArt Dept

MATHS NEWSThis term we have been concentrating on learning our Times Tables throughoutthe school. Year 6 have been very keen to act as Times Tables Testers and havebeen listening to individual children saying their tables. They have specialbadges so that they can be easily identified by the rest of the school. Everycorrectly repeated table earns 5 Good Works and is also recorded on a chart ineach classroom. Several children have gained the maximum of 55 Good Worksfor knowing all their tables up to 12x. It only takes a few moments to say onetable and these have been done frequently during break times on the playground.Well done to everyone who has checked off a table on their class chart.

In the second half of this term, we have also been awarding certificates in ourFriday assemblies to those children who have done some excellent Maths workin the preceding week. This is not only for those children who habitually completeenormous quantities of beautiful, correct work (although they may be included in

the list), but also for those children who havepersevered with a topic or struggled to master aconcept but have finally done so through sheer hardwork and determination. Well done everyone whohas gained one of these certificates. Your namesare on the ‘Maths Stars’ chart outside Year 6classroom.

At the time of going to press, those gaining acertificate were:

Samantha Begeman Verity Pinnington-JonesSamuel Tavares Milo KilcoyneDylan Lockyer Chloe BoakesJoshua Davies Payden MasseyTom Callaway Quinn MasseyAshleigh Clarke Joe JohnsonLucas Oldrey Alice Parker

Heather Waight - Maths Co-ordinator

MATHS WHIZZA huge well done to every Mead pupil who hasworked so tirelessly on their Maths Whizzaccounts alongside their hard work and dedicationin class. As a result it has been wonderful to see theirconfidence and ability in Maths grow!

I have really enjoyed giving out the gold, silver andbronze certificates each week to each year group!Please do encourage your children to keep up their weeklyuseage on Maths Whizz over the break as this will keep theirMathematical confidence ticking over until the start of a fresh new term in April.

Should you have any queries or questions regarding Maths Whizz over the break,please email me on [email protected].

Isobel Feaver

PERFORMING ARTSAnother busy term in the Performing Arts department.

Reception has been busy looking at various stories including Little Red RidingHood, Goldilocks and Beaky. The children have had great fun re-telling themthrough music, mime and movement.

Year 1 has worked on a variety of poems, interpreting their favourite using voiceand frozen pictures. They have especially enjoyed their music to movementlessons.

In Year 2 this term the children have been introduced to characterisation andlearning how to create a character using voice, movement and gesture. Somegreat improvisations have been devised by the children who are clearly a veryobservant class!

Year 3 has been creating abstract frozen pictures in pairs, small groups and evenas a whole class! The children have also been working on their improvisationskills and learning about the importance of structure in an improvisation.

Year 4 has been very busy dramatising scenes taken from books. They havebeen using a variety of techniques including mime, narration, frozen pictures,dialogue and slow motion.

Year 5 has been concentrating on their non-naturalistic techniques and applyingthese to structured improvisation.

By the time you read this Year 6 will FINALLY have found out the title of theSummer Show! We had a successful workshop week and I'm looking forward togetting going with rehearsals with the whole school next term. I know Year 6 willlead with gusto, if their current enthusiasm is anything to go by!

Please note that all Junior children will be expected to stay at school next termon Tuesday afternoons between 3.40 – 5.25 for rehearsals.

Thirty children have been entered into the LAMDA exams in the last week of thisterm and the children have worked incredibly hard on either their Acting or Verseand Prose exam. The results will arrive during the Easter holidays.

Open dance week was another success with some lovely feedback from parentscommenting on how much the children have improved in their Ballet, Jazz,Modern and Tap since last term. Modern and Tap exams will be in the final weekof June – more details to follow.

I wish you all a happy Easter and look forward to seeing you next term.

Miss Victoria

MUSIC

We have had an extremely busy term. As we came back to school in January weimmediately launched into preparing for the Inter-house Music Festival. Eachhouse had to prepare: two songs to be sung together ‘Quodlibet’ style. an ensemble a solo singer a solo instrumenatalistMeanwhile everyone performed songs and pieces to gain house points; some ontwo instruments or more and many singing favourite songs. (no ‘We will rock youthis time!’)

Sofia Roy performed on recorder, piano and sang (Total: 13 points), closelyfollowed by Olivia Maltby.

On the finals day, February 13th, there were solos by India Shaw (violin) BeckyColbran (flute) and Jo Price (cello). Solo singers were Samantha BegemanBethany Taylor and Sissy Ellse who stole the show and gained 10/10 for‘Grandfather Clock’. The Ensembles practised at lunch break: Thackeray’s was aSchumann March, Wellington’s Purcell Minuet and Rigadon, Chalybeate‘sPennsylvania 6-5000. Quite a range of styles!

Our Adjudicator was most encouraging and gave ‘Helpful Hints for eachperformance.

It was close at the final reckoning but Wellington won the day.

After half-term our focus was the Junior Concert. Items from the Festival wereincluded but also other large–scale ensembles. Year 5 all played ‘Jupiter’ onvarious instruments in the patriotic medley. Pomp and Circumstance no.4 andno.1 arranged for our eight string players and five wind wrapped round Jupiter.Year 6 used their knowledge of triads to play Somewhere Beyond the Sea andBlue Moon.

We had a Brass Quartet this year – members of Year 4 well-trained byMrs Hanna.

The Choir sang from ‘Les Mis’ and gave a performance of ‘Samson’ in a lightjazzy style. This was much appreciated and enjoyed by all.

The Year 6 hosted the event and were brilliant at the stage management etc. Thecollection for Cancer Research raised £108.75 !

Year 3 have been busy with their ‘Clocks and Bells’ theme and Year 4 havecreated some lovely work centred around ‘modes’.

The Infants and KG are working towards their presentations next term.

World Book Day gave us an opportunity to explore music in a different way. Withthe theme of ‘Water’ each class listened to an extract, described it in imaginativewords and phrases and created a collage. Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro forHarp, String Quartet, Flute and Clarinet sparked a wonderful ‘Paradise’ poemand picture. Likewise ‘The Swan’ was calm and smooth; ‘La Mer’, dark andthreatening; ‘Swan Lake’ full of longing and grand; and ‘The Aquarium’ glitteringwith fish.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to a very productive term.

There are several concerts next term. Please see the calendar.

Sarah Stuart-Pennink Director of Music

Music photos by Ben Tunstead and Finn Bradley

Drum lessons!There is now a drum teacher at the school giving one-to-one lessons. MattWilson is a busy drummer & teacher from the local area who teaches at anumber of schools and privately. If your son or daughter is interested in having ago then please contact Sarah Pennink or Matt on07793560690/[email protected] .

FRENCHThe children have blossomed during this Spring Term, showing great interestand energy in our new topics.

Reception Infants are growing in confidence and have started to interact moreeffectively in role play, games and songs. Year 1 have identified objects of allshapes and sizes around us and learnt the French alphabet and particularly likedembarking in our adventure:'bateau sur l'eau'. Year 2 put all their creative effort inrecreating the 'Arche de Noé’ which is now on display in the main corridordownstairs. The children have responded well, using their French in craftactivities.

Year 3 are now happy to share initiatives and ideas in our discussions such as:What makes a good Birthday party? They have been learning about the animalsand their habitats and performed a song about protecting our forests and wildlife.

Year 4 have used their cognitive and creative skills when learning about types ofhousing and how to become Eco friendly in our everyday lives, based on ananimated song video.

Year 5 have worked hard on their verbs and projects on Music and finally theEnvironment, which is immense! Many children have shown great determinationand sense of rhythm, so much so they were able to write and record their ownrap songs on... verb conjugation. AMAZING! I am so proud of them! I am alsoextremely pleased to hear the children humming and singing along to my ever-socatchy 'verb' song in the school corridors!

This term, Year 6 have been busy learning about the town and focused on writingand producing their French diary. WELL DONE!

Finally, World Book Day was a fabulous opportunity for the children to findinspiration on our French theme: 'L'eau, c'est la vie!' Reception Infants discussedlife in the sea and wildlife. On this occasion, I brought my very special book that Icherished when I was little: 'Au royaume des poissons'. Juniors created, ingroups, crosswords, word searches or designed a poster with their own sloganson saving water, which coincided well with our Eco project!

I would like to congratulate our adult students in our French classes on Fridayafternoons, who are keen and happy to chat in the language, with confidenceand no fear of making mistakes any more. Do not hesitate to join us for a taster,in preparation for the Summer holiday! Just email me [email protected] for more information.

Christine Sautereau-Chandley

KINDERGARTENWell, what a busy term we’ve had. The children’s wet suits have never been sowell used as they have been this year. We are extremely happy to be revelling inSpring and all it’s glories at time of writing.

We came back to school after the Christmas holidays, thoroughly pleased to seeone another, and explored all the wonderful aspects of Chinese New Year,through stories, art, drama and feasts.

A new year also brought two new role play areas into Kindergarten, a shoe shopin Lower and a clothes shop in Upper – much retail therapy for all!

A real highlight of this term has been our first adventure to Hargate Forest, aspart of our new Forest School initiative. This was a huge success – thank you somuch for your support as parents, and waiting so patiently on the morning of ourtrip to see whether the weather was going to be kind enough to let us go ahead.38 children, from Kindergarten and Reception, and all Early Years staffthoroughly enjoyed a very productive and happy morning. We look forward to ournext visits on 30 April and 2 June.

We enjoyed joining the rest of the school to celebrate World Book Day recently;as you know, the theme this year was ‘water’, and we took ‘Rainbow Fish’ as ourfocus. A real highlight was our annual visit to legendary storyteller Dave Arthur,who entranced us all with his stories and songs.

Many thanks again for making our trip to Blackberry Farm such a wonderful day;it was so lovely to spend time with you all, and the children (who werewonderfully behaved throughout the whole day), who adored the coach ride,animal handling, tractor ride and adventure area – not to mention their packedlunches!

As we head into our last week of term, we are looking forward to joining in withMrs Latty’s Art Days, and finishing off one or two cards and presents forsomeone very special in our lives ….. our mummies!

Have a wonderful Easter, and a safe and happy holiday.

JaneOvenden &AvelineArcher

RECEPTION INFANTSAhoy my hearties! The Reception learning focus continued this January with aninspired theme by the children, ‘Pirates’. Pirates were spotted by the ReceptionTeaching Staff, photographed and an expressive art display was created toremind us of the visit. The children used their knowledge to write messages in abottle and make their own treasure maps using the trusted stained paper with ateabag effect.

We had a week focusing on the Chinese New Year – many of the childrenbrought in Chinese items from home to share a bit of the Orient with their peers

and teachers. We looked at our globe and found the continent of Asia. Weresearched on the school chrome books China’s native wildlife. We discoveredhow rare the white tiger and panda are and the children were keen to think upideas to help preserve them. The different culture and stories behind this Holidayfascinated the children. We ended the week with a role play flight to Hong Kongwhere we enjoyed a Chinese Feast. It was agreed that the Chinese cuisine wasa hit with Reception and there was very little left over for Miss Peace, Megs andmyself.

All Reception children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in their first ever MeadInter-House Singing Competition. Little voices could be heard reciting their lyricsin the run up to the competition. Every child in Reception sang a ‘solo’ song toMrs Pennick to gain extra points for their houses. We had repeat soloperformances from our Early Years Nativity, to ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ and avery good humming version of the theme tune from Star Wars!

Oliver asked an interesting question which inspired our second half of termslearning – ‘why does the earth move in China and make buildings falldown’. This led us onto researching Tectonic Plates and Volcanoes. We workedas a group to make Word Volcanoes and were really proud of the effort that wentinto making our 3-D paper mache volcanoes.

Thursday 27th February 2014 was our first ever Early Years Visit to HargateWoods. Research now backs up that children and young people are stimulatedby the outdoors and typically experience, over time, an increase in their self-belief, confidence, learning capacity, enthusiasm, communication, problem-solving skills and emotional well-being. We as staff were all amazed by theexperience and hope for it to be another curriculum extra that we can offer hereat The Mead on a regular basis. Miss Peace and I were delighted in howsupportive and caring the Reception children were in helping their Kindergartenfriends. Their highlight, I am sure many of you will have heard, was having lunchin the Woods.

A huge thank you to Mr Agnew for organising a fun packed Science Week – Thechildren could not believe that fox cubs are black when they are born! To see a12 day old cub in our Wildlife A&E session was such a uniqueexperience. Everyone had the chance to stroke a hedgehog and the hand-reared barn Owl, Ozzie.

We are currently busy with our own class experiments growing beans in clearglass jars to view germination up close and watching to see if our whitecarnations will change colour as the coloured water is absorbed.

Our January gardening in our outdoor area is beginning to show our efforts withsprouting observed. The area is bursting into colour, with the children spotting adaffodil with three heads. Seeing all the bulbs coming to life reminded me of thequote by Rainer Maria Rilke the Austrian poet "Spring has returned. The earth islike a child that knows poems."

Easter Blessings to you all.

The Reception Team – Mrs Hunt, Miss Peace, Megs, Jo and Miriam

YEAR 1

Wow! What a fun and exciting term we have had. We have dressed up as ourfavourite characters from a book, run for Sports Relief in our Onesies, spent awhole day thinking of African Art, hunted for Easter eggs, waved palm leavesduring the Easter service and so much more.

In Literacy we are writing in cursive now, using our sounds to help us to spell andwriting creatively on our own. We can read independently and answercomprehension questions. We have written thank you letters to our wildlife

visitors and have written our own Enormous Crocodile book in beautifulhandwriting.

In Science we have learnt all about the difference between light and dark, wehave looked at light sources and we have learnt about and met some nocturnalanimals. We visited the Science Centre at Herstmonceux for the day where wetook part in a workshop and watched an amazing show all about rockets and thenight sky.

In History we looked at different homes and compared those in the past to thosenow. We drew our own homes and talked about the different features and thedifferent types of houses that we live in. We worked in groups to design a roomof a house to which we decorated and added furniture.

In Maths we have been learning to tell the time, we can recognise and namedifferent 3D shapes and can create patterns with shapes, we can understand andfollow instructions when using a map and we are beginning to understand theimportance of learning our number bonds when adding and subtracting.

Next term we will be rehearsing and performing in the summer show andpractising for Sports Day and we can’t wait!

Have a super Easter holiday and thank you for being such supportive parents.

Mrs Morgan and Mrs Moral

YEAR 2Another fun-filled and happy term! We have enjoyed lots of visitors, including a'Great Fire of London' production, Wildlife A&E and Kent Bat Group. We have run(or walked!) for ten minutes to raise money for Sports Relief and contributed toother fundraising events. We have learnt about the Isle of Coll, Electricity, Forcesand made some lovely artwork using our new talent for mixing colours! We'velooked at a broad range of texts, the children particularly enjoyed writing theirown dragon stories inspired by different versions of George and the Dragon. Iwrite this in anticipation of an exciting trip to the Tower of London and Monument

next week which, following this term's work on the Great Fire of London, shouldbe a great experience.

Next term we will be learning about Florence Nightingale, Plants and Coasts. Ihope you all have a really enjoyable Easter and I look forward to seeing thechildren in the Summer Term.

Miss Seymour

YEAR 3We have had an exceptionally busy Spring Term with the children embracing allthe opportunities available to them. They have thoroughly enjoyed our Sciencetopic on Rocks and Soils, and a real highlight was the presentation given by MikeCox, who never fails to enthrall us with his fascinating information on PlanetEarth and the universe. In History we have learned all about Henry VIII and hissix wives in preparation for our visit to Michelham Priory next term, while inGeography we have focused on our locality, learning more about TunbridgeWells. Practical sessions weighing a variety of objects in maths left the teachersexhausted, but we think the children enjoyed the lessons. In literacy we havebeen given a very good idea of the high regard in which they hold us throughtheir recipes to turn us into a hippopotamus or an exploding volcano!

We were all very sad to say goodbye to Sarah Cox, who has been our helper andvery willing slave for three years! While we wish her all the best in her new job,we will miss her dearly, as will the children.

We hope you have a very happy and peaceful Easter break, and look forward toseeing you all again at the start of the Summer Term

Rachel Crouch &Jill Faure

Instruction WritingHow to make a gorilla laugh by Lucas Oldrey, 3F:Thingamijigs, feather, gorilla, rope and a banana1. Find a gorilla and tie it to a tree (use the banana to tempt it).2. Tickle it with the feather and it should laugh. You can try this with any animaland instead of a banana give the other animal their favourite food.

The Story of Holy Week by Oliver Averill, 3C:Palm SundayOn Palm Sunday Jesus rode to Jerusalem on a donkey, lots of people werefollowing the donkey and lay their robes in the donkey’s pathway shoutingHosanna. Not everyone unfortunately was happy; some grumpy lot went to tellthe Romans. The Romans said “he shall be crucified”.

Jesus’ deathSo the Romans hung him on the brown cross made of wood. The big crowd wasin tears. The Romans left him there to die.

Easter SundayJesus is alive. Mary went running to where Jesus was buried. Mary saw thatJesus had gone; she thought she saw the gardener and she explained what hadhappened. She thought that she recognised him, it was Jesus! He was alive!Mary went to tell Jesus’ friends, they were all delighted! I expect they had abigger feast than the Passover! (hopefully).

YEAR 44BWell it’s been a fun packed and busy term and seems to have flown by! In mathswe have looked at many of the key topics which are needed for life, particularlytime and timetables. My group is continuing to practise this by using clocks orwatches at home. If you do take trains or buses or even a flight this holiday don’tforget to ask them questions relating to the arrival or departure time and/or totaltrip time.

Again my class have embraced their poetry this term where they have read andproduced their own similes and, during World Book Day, poems related to water.We have also looked at non-fiction (studying sources of information) which hasculminated in the children, in groups, creating their own power-points of unusualcreatures. During this session the children have been working together, carryingout research, taking notes and presenting their work with writing and images.Whilst mentioning World Book Day I have to give a huge thank you to mydaughter Mia (once a Meadite always a Meadite) and her three friends Thea,Francesca and Callie for all of their hard work in changing my everydayclassroom into the Winter Wonderland that is Narnia. I could not do it withoutthem and the look on the children’s faces was priceless! Watch this space fornext year’s extravaganza.

Year 4 have created some Sensational Science this term and carried out manyinvestigations. Their favourites were the Jelly Experiment for friction (although Iam not sure that it was the investigation or the eating afterwards) and buildinglight and buzzer circuits in Electricity. They have completed one project, judgedby Mr Agnew, which involved creating a streamlined animal, submarine or boatwhich could produce minimal water resistance. I received an amazing collectionof diagrams and three dimensional designs pictures of which are in myclassroom. The next project is to plan and make a room and insert light circuits.An apology to year 4 parents whose homes will be invaded during the Easterholidays! You may also notice that your children go around your homesswitching off lights to conserve electricity. Hopefully they won’t do this whilst youare in the room!

It just remains for me to say have a lovelyEaster and see you in the Summer Term.

Lisa Biggs4LWe have had a brilliant term together in theSpring Term.

We began the term by welcoming Beau intoour class. He has settled in brilliantly, and is avery fun and kind addition to our fold! He alsohas the most amazing handwriting, and wasone of the first to be awarded his covetedhandwriting Licence. These are for pupils whocan consistently demonstrate clear, even andcursive handwriting. I hold my own handwritingup as an example of someone who didn't practise enough!

We were able to launch our now annual Bushcraft trip for this year. As ever, it isfor Years 3 and 4, but as an added bonus, we have moved both the date (so weare more likely to get sunshine) and duration (as the price was kept down for us)- if you haven't already signed, please do join us for one of the best weekends ofthe year!

Lastly, we all ran at least one mile in our Runsies (Running Onesies) togetheraround the field. The children have been incredibly supportive of my marathontraining and the associated aches and pains which accompanied me, and it waslovely to return the favour by running with them in my normal sports clothes!

Marathon Update------------------------As you may be aware, I am running the London Marathon on Sunday 13th Aprilfor the charity SENSE. If you would like to track my (slow) progress, you can doso online on the day - my running number is 47468, and my aim is to finish under4.30! I have already raised almost £1,500 for the charity (thank you all), but if youdo feel like donating and haven't yet, please visit my fundraising page at:www.justgiving.com/mrlockyer

Stephen LockyerYEAR 5Year 5 pupils have continued to embrace all aspects of life this term whether theybe in the classroom; the music room; the drama studio or outside during play andsports sessions. In fact their boundless enthusiasm and thirst to move forwardsin their learning is wonderful to experience.

The term has flashed past in the blink of an eye and we find ourselves on thebrink of another Easter break and preparing ourselves for what will be a busy butimmensely productive summer term.

In science, the children have investigated sound, which included somedemonstrations from the musicians among us. We have also ‘looked’ at the Sun,Moon and Earth and the children are currently putting the final touches to theirindividual ‘Planets’ projects.

The children have continued to work with great gusto within all aspects of theirEnglish and Mathematics studies, particularly finding our new individual Literacytarget bookmark certificates helpful tools in focussing their minds on exactly howto move their work forwards. History has seen us polish off our Victorian Topicand move into a study of Local History which, next term, will see the childrenbeing out and about exploring the finer historical details of their locality.

Sporting participation and achievement has been a key theme for many of ourYear 5s. Several of the year group have been involved in ISA Football andNetball Teams. Both Teams had fantastic tournaments, missing out narrowly onqualifying for the National Finals.

Mr Agnew and I wish our Year 5 children a superbreak and look forward to seeing everyone backat the start of the Summer Term.

Isobel Feaver & John Agnew

YEAR 6A Report on WE DayI woke up on the day feeling very excited. I lay inbed pondering about how the day would go untilMum came in and woke me up saying,’Time to go to WE day!’

We had a hurried breakfast then set off to school. We had to be there by 6.00am,so we were all very tired.

By ten past six we were on the bus. It was a very long journey. On the way wefound out what WE day was – celebrating all the charity work we and thousandsof others had done.

Before we knew it we were walking towards the stadium while Mr Lockyer madehis dodgy jokes! We got a fantastic view of Wembley before our attention flickedto Sam Callahan, who was just arriving. The girls went crazy!

On our entrance we were given a gift bag and a number of goodies, such as atorch that you put on your wrist and it would light up when you moved.

We all went to the loo then entered the stadium. It must have been about a milelong, with a stage at one end! We were at the far end but there were massivescreens so we could see. For about half an hour music played, then a videocame on which showed us all about WE day and the charity behind it – Free TheChildren.

After the video the day soared by. We saw Richard Branson, Prince Harry,Malala (my favourite). Ellie Goulding and Al Gore. It was amazing. It went all theway from 9.30 am to 3.30 pm, yet it seemed like ten minutes! By the time we hadgot on the coach to return home I was already remembering the day.

Mr Lockyer decided to abandon the coach on the way back and promptly caughta train. It was hilarious! The rest of the coach journey was uneventful and by thetime the coach arrived back at school I was glad to stretch my legs.

What an exciting day!Joshua Davies, Year 6

BETTFor those outside Education, BETT maysound like an unusual acronym for schoolsto associate with - but it is in fact the largestEducational Technology Exhibition inEurope, with over 40,000 attendees overfour days at the ExCeL Centre in EastLondon.

As a Google Certified Teacher, I had been invited to speak about the work wewere doing with our Chromebooks at school. Many schools have explored theChromebook route, but we were the only school that Google knew of who hadbeen so radical as to completely flip our computer room and only haveChromebooks! As might be expected, I have no trouble in speaking publicly (!),but I thought it would be a lovely and rare opportunity to take some children withme to see this Exhibition for themselves. This is tricky, as they don't really likechildren attending (which seems crazy), but we nevertheless persuaded them,and Google applied for Performance Licences for the children.

After a week of rehearsing our 'improvised' talk every lunchtime, it was a delightto finally meet up with Alex, Talia, Emma and James, and their respectiveparents and grandparents, in one of the huge foyers outside the Exhibition itself.They looked stunning in their cleanest school uniform, and I was hugely proud ofthem even then!

Just before we went on the stage, I took a moment to look at the crowd, whowere sitting there, waiting patiently to start. The assembled teachers andeducators were now intimidating, yet the children remained excited to start. Thenwe were on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlpYkjyA2-I

Just 15 minutes later, we came off stage and breathed a huge sigh of relief. Thebest thing I heard from a friend in the audience was that when I spoke, peoplewalked past, but when the children spoke, bystanders stopped and listened!

It was a huge honour to speak at the BETT Show, on the Google stand, but itwas an even greater honour to take four children who clearly loved the day, woretheir hearts (and badges) on their sleeves, and did the Mead School proud!

Stephen LockyerECOOnce again the Green Team have been working hard behind the scenes toensure our school is a pleasant place to be! We have been discussing Ecoinitiatives in our weekly meetings and have plans for a whole school campaignnext term to encourage everyone to reduce their usage of plastic bottles. This willrequire participation from home so please do support us and join in!

Switch Off Sunday will also be making a return (thank you so much to those whoparticipated last term) so start planning your electricity-free activities now!

The Green Team

HOUSE NEWS

ThackerayIt seems that spring is finally here, and the better weatherhas heralded fantastic participation in a range of matchesby our wonderful Thackeray children. Looking back, wehave had the inter-house music festival, where despitenot coming first, the children all sang incredibly well. Inparticular, Reception children outdid themselves andraised the roof. Throughout the term Thackeray has keptthe yellow flag flying in the playground and we win thetreats this term. Thank you to our departing HouseCaptains, Isabelle Hughes and Bethany Taylor, who havedone a superb job of keeping the house book up to date, and to our SportsCaptains, Chloe Joseph-Horne and Ben Averill, whose enthusiasm for sortingdirty socks has been unrivalled.

We wish you all a lovely Easter break, and look forward to a very busy SummerTerm.

Thackeray House StaffChalybeateAfter a few wet and windy months of hard work and good work collecting, wefinally saw our lovely green flag flying on the flag pole…Hoorah! We also won theInter-House Fun Swimming and the Under 8 and Under 9 Netball. This meansthat we are currently in joint first place with Thackeray in the Inter-housecompetitions with a total of 69 points. We are all very proud and excited at ourresults so far.

The Spring term’s Year 6 House Captains; Alfie Johnson and Charlotte Morganalong with the Sports Captains; Jamie Phillips and Imogen Tait have workedtirelessly in their positions of responsibility, completing the house books weekly,guiding various visitors around the school and have taken on their roleswholeheartedly and with great enthusiasm.

We have enjoyed supporting the various fund raising events this term and lookforward to organising our own fund raising event next term to raise much neededfunds for our chosen charity, Help Tibet.

Have a wonderful Easterbreak!Mrs Waight, Mrs Crouch,Mrs Morgan, Miss Peace,

Sandy and Lisa.

WellingtonWe have had a very happy term with various successes. Although we haven’tbeen first in house points or swimming we really excelled in the Inter-HouseMusic Festival. We sang a very difficult pair of songs – Barbara Allen andShenandoah, Jo Price played a great piece on the cello – Stiffkey Blues andSofia Roy joined him playing Purcell for the ensemble (top marks of the class8/10) and Sissy Ellse was brilliant with her solo singing of Grandfather Clock(10/10)!We have been organising the Sports Relief charity run in onesies and our cakesale. The cake sale has raised £156. We are still awaiting sponsorship formsand monies for the run.

To date, we have had NO MINUSES!!Mrs Feaver, Mrs Pennink and Mrs Moral

WATER AIDMany thanks to all those who have contributed to Water Aid. I know many of youare collecting and have not yet brought it in! So far we have raised over £300.Please continue to contribute to this worthwhile charity. We are still a long wayoff target!

Wishing you a very happy Easter.Rachel Crouch & helpers

WEAR SOMETHNG RED DAYThe children raised £190 on 14 Februaryin aid of the Evelina Childrens Hospital,part of St Thomas’ in London, by wearingsomething red. An ex-Meadite hadundergone open heart surgery at thehospital and with their ongoing help andsupport, Ollie is now back at school full-time.

COOKERYWe have had a busy term learning many different cooking techniques, includingpastry making, peeling, chopping, whisking, mixing, beating and slicing.

We have made sausage rolls, Eton mess, chocolate chip cookies, ice-creamsundaes and much more.

We have been learning how to wash and wipe up and attempting to keep ourworkstations relatively tidy. Some of the boys found the latter task particularlytricky but made a very good attempt at clearing up afterwards.

Cookery is a popular club and spaces are limited but anyone who doesn’t get infirst time round will always get in the next term. I look forward to meeting somenew chefs next academic year.

Have a super sunny Easter holiday!Mrs Morgan

FILM CLUBAlthough our group has shrunk a little over the term the group has been busyscript writing and rehearsing mini funny stories.

Each story lasted about 3 minutes and the children had learnt their scripts reallywell. We watched each group in turn and discussed them at length, focusing onfavourite elements.

During the second half of term we focused on local news. Each person in thegroup wrote either a news, weather or sports report and then the two groupsrehearsed their 5-minute news. During the last week of term we recorded andwatched the final pieces.

Everyone has worked really hard this term and has produced some brilliantpieces of work. We all had a lot of fun on the way too. Happy Easter!

Mrs MorganFRIENDS OF THE MEADBoth Donna and I, on behalf of all parents and children, would like to thankCaroline and George for all of their hard work for the FOM during their time asjoint chair. We certainly have some big shoes to fill. However, we are up for thechallenge!

Our first event was the inter-house pancake race, which thankfully the sun shonefor and the whole school were out in force to support their house team. We were

extremely impressed with the commitment shown by each and every runner,including the teachers!

We are looking forward to seeing which house can weave the largest egg,shaped out of the 2p's in the playground next week.

Next term we are holding the car wash on Sunday 11th May and the SummerFayre will be after Sports Day ends on 21st June.

Many thanks for all of your support and have a lovely Easter,Donna and Philippa

ISA JUDO COMPETITIONFive pupils took part in the ISA London South East Judo Competition onSaturday 8 February 2014 at Oakhyrst Grange School, Caterham.

SPRING TERM SPORT REPORT

Swimming154 swimming badges were won this term across the school and heartfeltcongratulations go to all pupils who earned their badge. This is the first year thatall the Year 6 in Sharon’s group passed their Personal Survival one and two.Congratulations.

Football:We took our team to the ISA tournament in Crystal Palace this year. It was aglorious day in the sunshine compared to all the bad weather we had earlier inthe term. We did not lose one match throughout the whole tournament but

finished third in our group by one point and one goal difference. It was frustratingto have missed the nationals by the smallest difference possible but well playedguys.

Netball:Years 3 & 4:Both Anita and myself have been thrilled with the dedication and commitmentthat all our Year 3 and 4 girls have put into every aspect of our training sessions.The girls should be proud of their individual development and progress this term.The Under 9 match at Skippers Hill was cancelled due to excessive rain.

NetballYears 5 & 6:The girls have had an excellent term on the netball court. They have all workedvery hard and selecting my team has been a difficult decision.

In February we went to the annual ISA South Netball Tournament in Shoreham.The standard is always very high and we have suffered heavy defeats there inthe past. This year though the girls played extremely well and we came awaywinning three games and losing two. Although this was a major success it wasalso frustrating as we only narrowly missed out on qualifying for the nationaltournament!

We also played a home match against Skippers Hill. Every girl in year 5 and 6played as part of the A, B or C team. Our A team won convincingly whilst the Band C teams gave a great account of themselves only losing narrowly.

I am looking forward to next term and carrying on our success on the roundersfield!

Tag Rugby:For the U9 team: We lost our first match by only one try against Beechwood butthe training went well and we won the next two: Fosse Bank 8-5 and Skippers Hill12-11.

For the U11 team: four of our girls played their first match with the boys againstSacred Heart Wadhurst. This was a brilliant game which we won 10-8.

Contact RugbyOnly one match has been played due to flooded pitches. It was a great gameagainst Fosse Bank ending up with a spectacular win for The Mead: 71-7 withthe usual suspects: Finn, Jamie and Ben scoring 11 tries and superb kicking byJamie.

Our team shout for the match Was ABUNAI. (Danger in Japanese). Correct.

Inter House Results this term:Thackeray Wellington Chalybeate

U8 + U9 Tag Rugby 20 10 5U10 + U11 Contact

Rugby5 20 10

U8 + U9 Netball 10 5 20U10 + U11 Netball 20 5 10Swimming fun races

Junior14 22 24

Total 69 Points 62 Points 69 Points

With such close results in Inter House this term I can’t wait for Sports Day andthe Swimming Gala next term.

Thanks to everyone for the huge improvement in naming sports kit this year.Although not perfect yet, we’re getting there. This has resulted in lots of ‘goodworks’ being allocated across the three houses. A big thank you to all parents forsupporting their teams and helping us with the driving.

We have now accumulated 3200 Sainsbury’s points through the Active Kidsvouchers – thank you to everyone for collecting them.

The Mead ski trip is off to Morzine on the 29th March which has good snowconditions for the moment. I will be booking next year’s ski trip in September.

We wish you a Good Easter Holiday, Pierre Leroy and the PE Department.

Matches Summer Term 2014DATE BOYS (CRICKET) GIRLS (ROUNDERS)WED23 APR.

No match No match

WED30 APR.

J4 Team selection for the TagRugby festival.

J4 Team selection for the TagRugby festival.

WED7 MAY

13h00J4 Tag Rugby Festival

13h00J4 Tag Rugby Festival

WED14 MAY

U11 8 a side Quick cricketat Sacred Heart Wadhurst.

Thursday15 May

14h45 U9 Quick cricketAt Fosse Bank

Tuesday20 May

12.30. Kwik Cricket 6 a side foryear 5 Girls at Bells Yew Green

WED21 MAYThursday22 May

14h30 U9 Quick cricket atSkippers Hill.

WED28 MAY

Half Term Half TermWED4 JUNE

Sports day practiceAt school

Sports day practiceAt school

And U11/U11 Roundersat Beechwood

FRI6 JUNE

14h00-15h00 at Goldsmith.Mead Junior swimming gala

14h00-15h00 at Goldsmith.Mead Junior swimming gala

WED11 JUNE

Sports day practiceAt school

Sports day practiceAt school

MON16 JUNE

2.15-3.25 Sports day J1-J2Field events at school

WED18 JUNE

2.15-3.25 Sports day J3-J4Field events at school

THUR.19 JUNE

All day Sports day practice at Cadogan’s field

Friday20 June

J3 + J4 Diving Cup.

SAT.21 JUNE

10.00-12.30 Sports dayat Cadogan’s field

MON23 June

Reserve Sports Day: morning at school.+ Inter house Quick Cricket J1 + J2 Afternoon.+ Inter House Rounders J1 + J2 Afternoon.

Tuesday24 JUNE

9H00-13H00 J4 windsurfing taster Group 113H30-17H00 J4 windsurfing taster Group 2

WED25 JUNE

13H30-17H00 J4 windsurfing taster Group 3

WED2 JULY

NO MATCHES NO MATCHES

KEY DATES FOR SUMMER TERM 2014Thursday 24 April Start of Summer TermFriday 25 April First Junior swim – speed badges & First Judo sessionMonday 28 April First Tennis sessionTuesday 29 April First Infant swimWednesday 30 April Kindergarten & Reception Infants trip to Hargate Forest

Safety in Action course for Year 6 during the morningThursday 1 May Start of the cycling proficiency course for Year 6Friday 2 May Year 5 trip to Tunbridge Wells Library as part of local history topic

Junior swimming speed badgesMonday 5 May Bank Holiday Monday - school closedTuesday 6 May Transition meeting for parents of KG going into Reception 8.40- 9.00 amWednesday 7 May First Kindergarten swimming session of termSunday 11 May FOM Car Wash 10. – 12.00Monday 12 May Yoga AssemblyTuesday 13 May Sensational Science Show – ‘Incredible Machines’Friday 16 May Year 6 long distance swimmingMonday 19 May Open Day from 10.00 am – 12.00 noon & 2.15 – 3.15 pm

LAMDA Concert at 4.00 pm for those in Years 3 & 4Tuesday 20 May EYFS Spring Concert at 9.15 amWednesday 21 May LAMDA Concert at 4.00 pm for those in Years 5 & 6Thursday 22 May Panoramic Photo of whole schoolFriday 23 May Break up for half-term at 12.00 noonMonday 2 June Return from half-term

Exam weekTuesday 3 June PC Vernon talksThursday 5 June PC Vernon talks & Year 3 trip to Michelham PrioryFriday 6 June Junior Swimming Gala – parents welcome to attendWednesday 11 June Key Stage One Music Concert at 2.20 pmThursday 12 June French DayFriday 13 June Finish swimming badgesMonday 16 June Years 3 & 4 field events – parents welcome to attendTuesday 17 June Finish all Infant swimming badgesWednesday 18 June Last Kindergarten swim – fun swim. Tara talks to Year 6.

Years 5 & 6 field events – parents welcome to attendThursday 19 June Sports Day practice

Key Stage 2 soloist concert at 4.00 pmFriday 20 June Diving cupSaturday 21 June Sports Day & Summer Fayre at Cadogan Playing Fields, St John’s RoadMonday 23 June Year 1 transition meeting for parents of current Reception at 8.30 am

Alternative Sports Day at school if wet on Saturday 21 JuneTuesday 24 June Year 2 transition meeting for parents of current Year 1 at 8.30 am

Windsurfing for Year 6. Parents can view Infants swimmingWednesday 25 June Windsurfing for Year 6Thursday 26 June Year 3 transition meeting for parents of current Year 2 at 8.30 amSunday 29 June Judo gradingMonday 30 June Year 4 transition meeting for parents of current Year 3 at 8.30 am

Last tennis sessionTuesday 1 July Year 5 transition meeting for parents of current Year 4 at 8.30 am

Last Infant swim – fun swimWednesday 2 July Year 6 transition meeting for parents of current Year 5 at 8.30 amThursday 3 July New Children’s MorningFriday 4 July Last Junior swim – fun swim. Last Judo session.

Bushcraft trip for Years 3 & 4 Friday – Sunday inc.Monday 7 July Show rehearsals at Trinity all weekFriday 11 July Summer Show at the Trinity TheatreSaturday 12 July Prizegiving and Summer Show at the Trinity TheatreTuesday 15 July Leavers Service at 11.15 am at King Charles the Martyr Church – parents

welcome to attend. Break up for the holidays from church at 12.00 noon17 – 20 July Activity holiday at Bude, CornwallWith best wishes for a very happy holiday with, I hope, much sun and fun. We look forward to welcoming everyoneback to school on Thursday 24 April in Summer uniform.

by Jo Price,Year 5