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Issue 40 - Wednesday 24 July 2024
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Dear Families
As this Academic Year draws to a close, I wanted to take the opportunity to make you aware of some changes happening in the next 12 months.
I have tendered my resignation to the Governing Body effective at the end of July 2025 which gives the Governors an extended time period to recruit a replacement. I am making you aware of this now as the advert for the post will be going out in September. By giving this extended notice period, it will allow me to complete a full and effective handover to the new Headteacher. We are also extremely fortunate to have an experienced and established Senior Leadership Team in place who will assist the new Headteacher and ensure a smooth transition of Leadership.
Once the new Headteacher has been appointed I will write to all of you and introduce them.
Thank you all for your support this year and I look forward to a busy and exciting year ahead.
Very best wishes for a happy and safe summer break.
Mrs J Rigby
Headteacher
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School finishes at 2pm today
Have a good Summer Break
School reopens for pupils on
Wednesday 4 September 2024 at 9am.
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REMINDER:
Summer Reading Challenge 2024
Earlier this term we had a visit from one of our fabulous local librarians to explain the scheme to our students. The Librarians of Hillingdon are looking forward to seeing our pupils over the summer break. Please follow this link to view some of the books that are being highlighted as part of the scheme. You will see that we have several of these stories on our Meadow High School Hello Youtube channel, so you can get those ticked off your list straight away!
https://readingagency.org.uk/get-reading/our-programmes-and-campaigns/summer-reading-challenge/
Mrs. Sugden Miss Gaafar
Lead Practitioner Librarian (Supporting and Delivering Learning English &
Communication Faculty Leader
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Engaging with a range of stories provides lots of extra learning opportunities. Check out our youtube channel where you’ll find a wide of stories to enjoy. Listening to stories can help boost reading and language skills. This summer we are running a competition to write stories for the new ‘Our Authors’ section of our library. Listening to and reading other stories is a great way to get inspiration!
We will be posting two new stories on Thursday 1st August ’24 AND Sunday 1st September ‘24.
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The stories for August are:
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The Library Mouse
by Frances Tosdevin &
Sophie O’Connor
read and signed by Mrs Sugden
Quill, the mouse, is a dreamer! He longs to write stories and share them with children in his beloved library. But getting his words noticed seems impossible for such a small creature.
Can he and his spider friend, Leggsy, find a way to make his voice stand out from the crowd ? or will Quill’s stories remain forever unheard?
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Colours
by Katherine Woodfine
read by Miss Gaafar
Elisabeth loves to paint, just like her papa. She spends hours painting – the more colourful, the better! But when she goes away to school, she finds herself in a world of grey: grey buildings, grey uniforms, grey rooms.
This is a touching tale about friendship, family and finding joy in the darkest of times. Inspired by the story of French artist Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun.
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and the stories for September are...
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Found You
by Devon Holzwarth
read by Mrs Daniels
A magical, inspiring story about making friends. Little Bird is on a mission: to help lonely children make friends.
One day she spots Sami, a little boy in a new country, who's always playing on his own. With Little Bird's help, Sami discovers that the world is full of friends, if only you know where to look.
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The Wondrous Prune
by Ellie Clements
read by Miss Gaafar
Meet Prune. Uprooted by her single mum along with her troublesome older brother, Prune Robinson is trying to settle in a new town. She figures she can't burden her hard-working mother with the fact she's being bullied. Or the fact that her drawings have started coming to life...
But with her brother soon in danger, Prune comes to realise that she can't hide her power forever...
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Where Does Ice Cream Come From?
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Your shopping!
Last week Friends of Meadow was delighted to support the ice cream van visiting school on a scorching Friday. We were able to do so thanks to money raised by your shopping on giveasyoulive.com. So far you’ve raised almost £1,000 for the school by buying what you’d buy anyway, but clicking through giveasyoulive.com.
So, thank you if you’ve helped already. If you haven’t, why not give it a try and we’ll be able to keep the treats coming!
https://www.giveasyoulive.com/
John Goodbody
Secretary, Friends of Meadow
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10ZK – Visit to Tesco in Yiewsley
Students visited Tesco as part of the WOW session and employer engagement. During the visit, students had a great opportunity to see the back of the house operations e.g. warehouse, click and collect area, bakery, Sushi counter, chillers
and food freezers. Students were explained about the various job roles available within Tesco such as driver, security, till operators, customer service and so on. Students absolutely enjoyed carrying out practical tasks of filling bakery items and serving customers on the till.
Mrs S Kabhoo
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Year 8 classes – WOW session with HS2 - SCS volunteers
All year 8 classes had a WOW session with HS2 volunteers who work through SCS (3 companies – Skanska, Costain and Strabag). During the session, volunteers explained students about HS2 work, their job roles and career journey. This session was focused on the importance of PPE in the construction sector. Students absolutely loved dressing up in PPE.
Mrs S Kabhoo
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New School Uniform Orders for September
Mapac, our School Uniform supplier, recommends ordering new uniform by 31st July to ensure you receive your delivery by the beginning of September. Click here to order
Meadow School Uniform List and information
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Calendar, Letters Home & Lunches
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Upcoming Events
SUMMER TERM
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Wednesday 24 July 2024
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Last Day of Term
School finishes at 2pm
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25 July 2024 - 1 September 2024
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School Summer Holiday
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Monday 2 September 2024
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Staff Training Day
School is CLOSED to pupils
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Tuesday 3 September 2024
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Staff Training Day
School is CLOSED to pupils
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Wednesday 4 September 2024
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Back to school for pupils - 9am start
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Letters Home
No letters home.
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School Lunches
Wednesday 4 - Friday 6
September 2024
Week 1 - NEW Winter Menu
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Here is a printable copy of the menu above: PDF September 2024 Winter Menu
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Safeguarding Concern - Social Media
Keeping Pupils Safe Online
Dear Families
We are having an increasing amount of social media concerns reported to us by pupils and their families. These include:
- bullying
- threatening behaviour
- inappropriate sexual behaviour on video calls
- the sharing of semi nudes and nudes
Smartphones
We would recommend that all parents / carers consider the safety implications of allowing their child to use a smartphone and if the decision is made to allow this, we recommend discussing appropriate and safe usage and the consequences of not doing so.
Monitoring
Please consider your child's age and digital behaviour when deciding whether to monitor their devices. We would recommend that monitoring takes place regularly. If you do choose to monitor, talk to your child about it and explain why it's important. NB No amount of monitoring can protect kids from everything and kids can often figure out how to get around parental controls!
What school can and can't do
We will support you with all instances of online abuse and bullying between our pupils but we will also have expectations regarding parents / carer monitoring their child's use and making safety decisions based upon their child's behaviour and safety. This might be upto and including removing a phone from a child, be they a victim or a perpetrator.
We will offer support and guidance for all online safety issues.
We can't fully investigate and enforce appropriate social media conduct out of school hours. Should you have ongoing concerns we would signpost you to the Safer Schools Police Team or directly to CEOPs or the Police.
We would not apply sanctions to pupils for behaviour on social media but we would put in place additional support, education and, where appropriate, interventions.
What parents / carers can do
- Limit their child's social media use to common areas of the home.
- Follow their child's accounts and monitor online activity.
- Set daily limits on social media use.
- Turn off GPS settings to disable tracking and geotags.
If you need support regarding any of the above, please contact your child's Form Tutor.
Best wishes for a safe online summer!
Kind regards,
Mrs J Rigby
Head Teacher
Designated Safeguarding Lead
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Emergency Contact Numbers / Help and Assistance Over The Holidays
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Safeguarding
Please remember that if you have any concerns about
your child or another child's safety during the holidays, you can use the following contacts:
If a child is in immediate danger or at risk of immediate harm, you should contact the Police on 999
If you are concerned about a child you should share your concern with our local Children’s Social Care Service by calling Hillingdon Children's Services/Stronger Families Hub on 01895 556006 or email StrongerFamiliesHub@hillingdon.gov.uk
You can also contact the NSPCC for advice on 0808 800 5000 or email help@NSPCC.org.uk
If you have non-urgent information about the safety or welfare of a child to share with the safeguarding team at Meadow High School then please contact the relevant Safeguarding Designated Lead listed on our Safeguarding page, and below. You can also email meadow@meadowhighschool.org
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Pupils
If you have any concerns over the holidays you can contact:
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Food
Should you need support with food over the holiday please contact the London Borough of Hillingdon at 0203 949 5786 or Help Through Hardship 08082 082138.
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Domestic Abuse
- Should you have concerns regarding Domestic Abuse please contact the HIllingdon Domestic Abuse Advocacy Service (HDAAS) in confidence (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm) by emailing hdaas@hillingdon.gov.uk or calling 07874 620954 Outside of HDAAS' opening hours and on bank holidays, contact our Stronger Families Hub by calling 01895 556006 or emailing strongerfamilieshub@hillingdon.gov.uk
- If you are a victim of domestic violence and abuse, you can make a safety plan to help you live safely and be safe if you stay - we can help you to do this. In an emergency, call the police on 999. If you are calling 999 from a mobile telephone and are unable to speak, remain silent and follow the operator's instructions. When prompted, press 55 as part of the silent solution option (this option does not apply to 999 calls made from a landline telephone).
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Keeping Pupils Safe Online
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Holiday Activities and Food Programme
The Hilllingdon HAF programme is open to school-aged children (reception to year 11) who receive benefits-related free school meals. HAF activity sessions run during Easter, summer and winter school holidays. This programme is funded by the Department for Education.
There are places still available on some programmes.
Click on the link to see what is available and book
https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/haf-programme
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All Meadow High School job vacancies are advertised on the Crinklerecruitment.com website.
Applications must be made via the crinklerecruitment.com website.
Meadow High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and governors to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
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School Telephone: 01895 443310
Reporting Pupil Absence: attendance@meadowhighschool.org
Email: meadow@meadowhighschool.org
Instagram: @meadowhighsch
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