Issue 34 - Friday 18 June 2021

Dear Families,

Covid

There have been no positive cases of Covid in our community since the last bulletin.

Annual Review Day

Thank you to families who attended the annual review day on Wednesday. This is the most significant meeting regarding your child in the calendar and we would encourage all families to attend. An Education, Health and Care ( EHCP) Plan is for children and young people aged up to 25 who need more support than is available through special educational needs support in a mainstream setting. EHC plans identify educational, health and social needs and set out the additional support to meet those needs. They also set up the aspirations and outcomes for the young person so that everyone is working towards a common goal.

Residential Trip

Unfortunately, our residential trip to Devon has been cancelled again, as the centre is now not opening until the 19th July. All families have been informed and their deposits and payment will be refunded. If we are able to offer a residential trip next year, any pupils who were booked on this year's trip and remain at Meadow in 2021/22 will be given first refusal.

May I wish you all a happy and healthy weekend.

Mrs J Rigby
Headteacher

Care Plans

We are currently reviewing our systems for medical care plans and where and how we record and share important medical information in school.

Having reviewed the current system of care plans, I am in the process of updating our systems and this may mean that we cease some care plans where the school is not actively supporting or managing a medical need. Please do not worry, we will still record, know and share this important information as and when needed. For example, we would tell a paramedic any relevant medical history when needed to insure the right medical care was given. However, where we do not actually directly provide care for a condition eg. an allergy to a medication, we will not issue a care plan and will cease current care plans. You will be notified in writing where this occurs and, if you feel we really do need a care plan, we can discuss this with you and explain in more detail where and how we will maintain a record of this need.

In general all key information will be recorded on a secure encrypted electronic system called Medical Tracker which will streamline our system and make key information more readily accessible when it is needed.

Kind Regards
Ms C Caddell
Deputy Headteacher

Water In School Next Week

We have received information from the Water Company who supply school that they are carrying out cleaning works to pipes in the local area next week. We may experience a drop in water pressure around school. Water in school may appear discoloured but is perfectly safe. Please see the letter from the water company below:

Water Bottles

Water is really important especially in hot weather - it improves focus, concentration, learning and gut health.

We have noticed that some pupils are not bringing bottles to school and are not drinking enough fluid across the day. Whilst water is readily available in school, we no longer have water fountains outside because of Covid restrictions, so pupils need a bottle or lidded cup to drink from.

Please can you ensure that your child has a bottle or lidded cup with their name on for water every day. It does not have to be a purpose bought bottle, it can be one you have recycled and written their name on, but names are really important, so pupils don't get mixed up and drink from the wrong one!!!

Thank you.

Ms C Caddell
Deputy Headteacher

Exams Results

Some pupils in the Sixth Form and some Year 11s took Functional Skills Maths and Functional Skills English exams last week. Some Sixth Form pupils have been entered for GCSE subjects and teachers have been working hard to provide exams boards with teacher assessed grades, as GCSE exams were cancelled this year due to COVID.

Results for GCSE and Functional Skills exams will be available to pupils on Thursday 12 August. Results will be emailed to the pupil's school gmail account from 8am onwards on that morning. Results letters will also be posted out first class on 12th August.

For GCSE results this year, Ofqual have published a process of appeal which is specific for Summer 2021, details of which are on the school website and can be found here: Key Information/Exams and Assessment Arrangements 2021.

For pupils who have taken Entry Level accreditation and any other accreditation, these results will be available when the pupils return to school in September.

Kind regards

Mrs Norris
Exams Officer

PARENTS EVENING (VIRTUAL)

HAS BEEN MOVED TO

15 JULY 2021 (4pm-7pm)

(a letter with more information will be coming home soon)

TRANSITION BREAKFAST

Today we enjoyed our first transition breakfast event, classes 6DH & 6CM welcomed some pupils from 11CL. All pupils enjoyed some breakfast treats and had the opportunity to have conversations about their transition to 6th form in September.

We are looking forward to our next breakfast event next Thursday.

Miss Carter
Team Leader - Sixth Form

Calendar, School Lunches and Letters Home

UPCOMING EVENTS

SUMMER TERM:

Tuesday 6 July 2021 - Whole School Transition Day

Thursday 15 July 2021 - VIRTUAL Parents Evening (more information to follow)

Friday 23 July 2021 - Term ends (2pm finish)

To view the school calendar visit the website NEWS/CALENDAR

Please find below the updated Term Dates for next school year (September 2021 - August 2022). Term Dates 2021-2022 (updated)

LETTERS HOME

SCHOOL LUNCHES

Week - Monday 21 June - Friday 25 June 2021

Week 3 - Spring Summer Menu 2021

Here is a printable PDF of the new Spring / Summer Menu 2021

E-Safety

News and Events in the Community

Urgent Treatment Centre Survey

Dear parents/carers,

The NW London Integrated Care System and Clinical Commissioning Group are making a plea to anyone that has attended the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at Hillingdon Hospital over the past three months. If this applies to you, please consider participating in their survey, link below, which will only take 5 minutes and is completely anonymous. Your responses will help them to improve the service.

Many thanks,

Hillingdon Parent Carer Forum

On behalf of the Steering Committee

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ZQH86NC

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Weekly Bulletin - Issue 34 - Friday 18 June 2021