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Issue 25 - Friday 21 March 2025
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Dear Families
Today has been a very fun day with a lot happening in school.
As you know, it's Comic Relief Day, and we invited pupils and staff to dig deep into wardrobes and bring out their 80's gear! If you follow us on instagram, you will see some of the amazing outfits.
Every 21st March is also the World Down Syndrome Awareness Day, and we have learned about this year's focus, which is #ImproveOurSupportSystems in this week's assembly. If you would like to learn more, here is a link to the fantastic video we watched in assembly:
https://www.worlddownsyndromeday.org/about-wdsd
Some key messages we explored are:
- Everyone needs support sometimes.
- People with Down syndrome need support to live and be included in the community, like everyone else.
- Families also need support, as they are often supporting their family member.
- Support is a key human right that helps make other rights possible.
- The support that we need is different for each person.
- We have the right to support that meets our needs and gives us choice, control and dignity.
We invited pupils to wear odd socks to school today and I look forward to sharing some photos with you of the amazing array that were on display!
Best wishes for a lovely weekend. enjoy the sunshine!
Mrs J Rigby
Headteacher
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Cancellation of After School Clubs (Wednesdays)
Football and Gymnastics
Dear Parents/ Carers
Apologies, but after school clubs (Gymnastics and Football) will no longer continue due to not having enough volunteering staff.
If you are owed money, a refund will be processed as soon as possible.
If you owe money, we will be in contact soon.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Just to confirm, there are no longer any after-school clubs.
Pupils will be leaving school at 15:05 on Wednesdays.
Kind regards
Mr B Anstee
Faculty Leader, PE
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Scholastic Book Fair:
We were excited to run a Scholastic Book Fair to help us get ready for World Book Day and Careers Week. We enjoyed hosting families visiting to browse through the book selection on offer, and it was also an opportunity for parents to meet up, look around the library and talk to our librarian.
All classes benefitted from the Book Fair as we were able to find some amazing new resources, selected just for them, to add to their class reading library.
Thanks to your generosity, we now have more reward points to spend on books for our library and to encourage reading in school.
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  WORLD BOOK DAY Week 3rd – 7th March 2025
Celebrating Reading and National Careers Week
Exploring ways to Staying Fit for Life
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This year we were able to partner with the PE Faculty to think about the positive benefits of finding ways to stay fit for life in terms of physical and emotional well-being.
The students had a really interesting week, taking part in a range of workshops linked to life beyond Meadow, including visits from BUILD, The Clancy Group and HS2. In addition, our Year 11s and 6th Form attended a fantastic new job fair that was held at Brentford Football Club.
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Other events in the week included reading sessions in the library every day from staff and our wonderful WEX Librarians.
We also ran a lunchtime film club to share our favourite sports themed stories.
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On World Book Day, students came to school dressed to fit the theme and we held a special assembly where we started our whole school team challenge – How far could we row? Students also took part in a quiz to find out about the hidden sporting talents of school staff and were given the World Book Day book they had ordered.
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To end the week, on Friday we all got outside into the fresh Spring air for a fun fitness challenge on six giant inflatables.
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The My Sporting Heroes competition closing date is Monday 24th March 2025, so there is still time! Winners will be able to visit our library, talk to Miss Gaafar and order a new book of their choice to take home with them.
We hope that the students all had a great time, and we can’t wait to start planning for next year!
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Year 7 - Theatre Workshop
This week we were visited by a Brunel University Student studying Theatre to run a workshop for our year 7 classes.
Here are some of the quotes from pupils :
- It was good, excellent, brilliant
- The games and activities were funny and amazing
- We would love to have more opportunities like that
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Year 8
Visit to Cotswold Wildlife Park
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On Thursday, March 18th, Year 8 visited Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens. During our visit, we had the opportunity to see a variety of animals, including lions, camels, rhinos, and even pet some friendly goats.
One of the keepers gave us an insightful talk about the animals' habitats and how they adapt to their surroundings.
Afterward, we enjoyed a sunny lunch in the gardens before heading back to school on the coach.
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Celebrating Eid al-Fitr in School
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Dear Parent/Carer,
On Thursday 3rd April 2025, we will be celebrating Eid al-Fitr at school. We will be having a themed lunch with Asian street food and pupils can come in wearing their traditional clothes.
The pupils will be learning about the observed holiday in assemblies and PSHCE lessons that week.
We will be accepting voluntary charity donations to raise money for Friends of Meadow via your child’s parent pay account.
Many thanks for your continued support.
Mrs Mistry
AHT Workforce Development
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Calendar, Letters Home & Lunches
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Upcoming Events
SPRING TERM 2025
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Monday 24 March 2025
- Friday 28 March 2025
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Residential Trip to Devon
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Tuesday 1 April 2025
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Boomerang Club - Leavers !
Easter Meet Up Event.
1.30pm - 2.30pm
Book your place now !
Read more here
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Thursday 3 April 2025
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Eid Celebrations - whole school
Letter home here
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Thursday 3 April 2025
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Pathway 1
Eid Celebration Event
1.40pm - 2.40pm
Letter home here
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Friday 4 April 2025
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Last day of term
School finishes at 2pm
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5 April 2025 - 21 April 2025
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SCHOOL HOLIDAY
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Monday 21 April 2025
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BANK HOLIDAY - school is CLOSED
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Tuesday 22 April 2025
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Back to school - 9am start
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School Lunches
Monday 17 March - Friday 21 March 2025
WEEK 2
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Here is a printable copy of the menu above: PDF January 2025 Winter Menu
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Edible Drugs
For the Attention of Parents / Carers and Families
Dear Parents / Carers
Please may we draw your attention to the letter and flyer below from the Metropolitan Police regarding Edible Drugs.
Meadow Safeguarding Team
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Hillingdon Borough
Email: WA-SchoolOfficersHillingdon@met.police.uk
www.met.police.uk
9/03/2025
Dear Parent / Guardian,
RE: Edible Drugs
Hillingdon Police are aware of the concerns raised around Edible Drugs. We would like to take this opportunity to bring this to your attention, as you may be aware, cannabis can be mixed into cakes (hash brownies), tea, yoghurt or sweets (gummies/lollipops). The amount of cannabis in these products can vary greatly and sometimes other harmful drugs are added too.
The effects of consuming edibles are unpredictable and it can be very easy to accidentally take a larger dose. Edibles take between 1-3 hours to have an effect because food is absorbed into the bloodstream through the liver. Because it takes longer, the user may end up consuming larger amounts of the drug while thinking the drug isn't working. Overdosing with Edibles can be a greater risk because of this!
We ask that you please have conversations with young people about edibles and the risks involved, who they can talk with if they have any concerns, such as family, teachers police or they can report anonymously on www.fearless.org
Please monitor food packaging/ wrappers at home that your young people may have. Often Edibles packaging looks like sweet wrappers, but you will find wording such as CBD or THC suggesting the items are cannabis oil infused.
Please be mindful of the medical needs should your child present with such symptoms, or if it becomes apparent they have consumed a drug laced substance.
If you are made aware of any social media accounts advertising these items, we ask you report this information to the police, school or Crime Stoppers so work can be done around these accounts due to the dangers Edibles present.
We have attached links to Frank which gives more information and laws surrounding Edibles:
www.talktofrank.com/drug/cannabis
www.talktofrank.com/news/dodgycannabisedibles
Kind regards,
Hillingdon Police.
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A full list of
Designated Safeguarding Leads
at Meadow High School
can be found on the website here
More information about Safeguarding can be found on our website here:
Our School / Safeguarding.
Information is also on the website about what to do if you are worried about a child Out of Hours Safeguarding Contact Information / Reporting a Safeguarding Concern
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Keeping Pupils Safe Online
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News & Events in the Community
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Brentford FCCST
Boys post-16 trials for the 25/26 season .
Please note:
- There are limited spaces so sign up as soon as possible as places fill up quickly!
The trial will happen on 2 different trial locations: Gunnersbury is our West London based centre, and Langley is based in the Slough area.
Below, you can find the details about the Football Trial:
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Hillingdon
Holiday Activities and Food Programme
Our 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.
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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