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Issue 14 - Friday 15 December 2023
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Dear Families
All pupils have had the opportunity to visit our amazing Grotto this week to receive a gift from Father Christmas! Younger pupils were especially excited to see the Elves and receive their gift.
This week's assembly was about holidays, how people feel about them and what we do during them. Pupils thought about how to strengthen their friendships, how to invest in their family relationships, trying new activities and keeping safe, both in the community and online.
One aspect of keeping safe is road safety, and we would ask all families coming onto the school site to please set a good example for our pupils by using the Zebra crossing or Bollards. Even if you are crossing without a child, pupils may see you and think it's OK to nip across a road. Thank you for your understanding with this. That additional 30 seconds could save a life!
Kind regards,
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Reminder:
Thursday 21 December is the last day of term.
School finishes at 2pm
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Jack Petchey Award Winners
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Yousef won the Jack Petchey Award for October
Yousef was nominated for the Jack Petchey award for his significant improvements in behaviour, trying hard to be independent in all his lessons and showing compassion towards other students in his class who might be having a difficult day.
Well Done Yousef!
Yousef chose to spend £300 towards a team-building trip for his form.
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Tahiyah won the Jack Petchey Award for November
Tahiyah was nominated for the Jack Petchey award for her outstanding behaviour within the School community. Tahiyah works extremely hard in School and always offer her support to her peers. She is a good role model and a good friend.
Well Done Tahiyah!
Tahiyah chose to spend £300 towards the sixth form Christmas party and Christmas Grotto.
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Jack Petchey Award Winners
Trip to Musical
In recognition of this year's Jack Petchey winners we all went to London Dominion Theatre to watch Elf the Musical.
We had a fantastic time and the show was truly amazing and got us all in the festive spirit.
Well done to all of our winners.
Ms M Newman - Team Leader, KS4
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Pathway 1
Winter Celebration Performance
and Crafts Afternoon
Pathway 1pupils enjoyed hosting their parents, carers and families to view their Winter Celebration Performances on Diwali, Hanukkah and Christmas. It was so lovely seeing how proud each pupil was of their performance, and they were so excited to share this with their loved ones. Each class put tremendous effort in to ensure they had learnt their lines and perfected their dances. Many classes made sure to include Signalong, which is always great to see everyone getting involved. Parents, carers and families then joined in for some Winter Celebration crafts to finish off the afternoon.
Thank you to all who attended. It is so amazing to see the pupils’ faces light up when they see their loved ones join them at school. We look forward to inviting you all back next term for some Eid Celebrations.
Mr M Parker - Pathway 1 Teacher
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Pathway 1
Pantomime Visit
Pathway 1 enjoyed seeing Beauty and the Beast this week at the Beck Theatre. There were many stars of the show including Antony Costa from boy band "Blue."
"All the show was funny" - Himesh
"The witch was a kind person" - Ahmed
"I liked getting wet from Nanny P’s water pistol." - Elyas
"I liked it when they ‘fell over’" - Jayce
"I liked it when we had to shout ‘He’s behind you!’" - Shahab
"I liked the finale song, happy endings" - Jason - (he got up and danced)
"The beast - that my favourite - I like this" - Isiah
We all had a great time!
Mrs J Evans - Pathway 1 Teacher
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Calendar / Letters Home / Lunches
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Upcoming Events
Tuesday 19 December 2023
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Upper School Christmas Lunch
(Years 10, 11 and 6th Form - including Pathway 1)
Lower School (Years 7, 8 and 9 - including PW1) to bring in packed lunch. Free School Meals - sandwiches will be provided
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Wednesday 20 December 2023
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Lower School Christmas Lunch
(Years 7, 8 & 9 - including Pathway 1)
Upper School (Years 10, 11 and 6th Form - including PW1) to bring in packed lunch Free school meals - sandwiches will be provided
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Thursday 21 December 2023
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THE BIG BREAKFAST : 9am - 11am
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Thursday 21 December 2023 |
LAST DAY OF TERM
School finishes at 2pm |
Friday 22 December 2023
- Friday 5 January 2024
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SCHOOL HOLIDAY
School is Closed
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Monday 8 January2024
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Back to School - 9am start
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School Lunches
Monday 18 December - Thursday 21 December 23
Please note changes to the menu this week as follows:
Monday 18 December
Week 3 Monday (cheese & tomato pasta bake)
Tuesday 19 December
Upper School Christmas Lunch
(Years 10, 11 and 6th Form - including Pathway 1)
Lower School (Years 7, 8 and 9 - including PW1) to bring in a packed lunch.
Free School Meals - sandwiches will be provided
Wednesday 20 December
Lower School Christmas Lunch
(Years 7, 8 & 9 - including Pathway 1)
Upper School (Years 10, 11 and 6th Form - including PW1) to bring in packed lunch Free school meals - sandwiches will be provided
Thursday 21 December
Fish & Chips
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Here is a printable version of the menu: PDF: Autumn / Winter Menu 23/24
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Ms Caddell is a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead for Meadow High School with particular responsibility for PREVENT / Radicalisation and FGM.
A list of Designated Safeguarding Leads at Meadow High School
can be found here
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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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24 Tips For An Autism Friendly Christmas
A parent has kindly recommended the following website and Facebook page as a useful resource.
Autistic Not Weird - Insights from an autistic teacher, author and speaker
Autistic Not Weird Advent Calendar - 24 Tips for An Autism Friendly Christmas - on Facebook.
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HAF Programme Highlights:
Family Activities
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Dear Parent/Carer
Check out some of the family activities on offer this Winter HAF Programme.
HAF Winter programme at home cookery pack
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The Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme are offering a free at home cooking activity for the family to enjoy. This activity pack contains all the plant-based ingredients you need to create 4 delicious hot meals to feed a family of 4. Boxes include recipes and meal planners to help your family prepare healthy, well-balanced, nutritious food.
To request a cookery pack please complete the form below, there are limited packs available, and our team will contact you to confirm if you will be receiving a pack. The food activity boxes are limited to one per family and will be delivered directly to your home address.
Use this link to request your pack: https://forms.office.com/e/C6Rr2qyxJm
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Compass Theatre Pantomime – Family Tickets to see Dick Whittington
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The Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme are offering our families the chance to attend a performance of Dick Whittington at the Compass Theatre. Compass Theatre's pantomimes are performed by a professional adult cast working alongside locally auditioned, amateur juniors - and are always packed-full of audience participation, jokes, songs, dancing and celebration. Dick Whittington is the ultimate Londoner's pantomime, telling the legendary tale from English folklore of Richard Whittington and his cat - a humble merchant who later became Lord Mayor.
To ensure that we can offer this opportunity to as many children as possible we are limiting the number of adults to one per family. If your child has additional support needs or disabilities and may require an additional carer, please contact us via HAFprogramme@hilingdon.gov.uk to request tickets.
To request your tickets please complete the form below, there are limited tickets available, and our team will contact you to confirm if you will be receiving tickets. We have 3 performances to choose from:
Use this link to request your tickets: https://forms.office.com/e/FTqZRPv8nq
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The Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme is offering our families the chance to attend free family swim sessions as part of our Winter programme.
To ensure that we can offer this opportunity to as many children as possible we are limiting the number of sessions you can book to one per day for a maximum of four days. You must adhere to the ratio of two non-swimmers or under 8s to every competent adult swimmer. A competent adult swimmer must actively supervise under 8s and non-swimmers under 16 at all times.
To request your tickets please complete the form below, there are limited tickets available, and our team will contact you to confirm if you will be receiving tickets. We have multiple timeslots available in the morning, afternoons and evenings (at Hillingdon) we will do our best to allocate you your preference but may offer you an alternative should your selected session be fully booked.
Use this link to request your tickets: https://forms.office.com/e/rNhWaqwEgt
HAF Programme
Children's Services
London Borough of Hillingdon
Based at: Civic Centre, High Street, Uxbridge, UB8 1UW
Telephone: 01895 277 881
Email: hafprogramme@hillingdon.gov.uk
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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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ART TEACHER
JOB REFERENCE: CJ3992
Advert Posted On: 14/12/2023
Post Start Date: ASAP
Closing date: 10/01/2024
Closing time: 11:59 AM
Required ASAP
For more information and to apply please click here.
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RESISTANT MATERIALS TECHNICIAN
JOB REFERENCE: CJ3968
Advert Posted On: 11/12/2023
Post Start Date: ASAP
Closing date: 07/01/2024
Closing time: 11:59 AM
Start date: ASAP
For more information and to apply click here.
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ANNUAL REVIEW LEAD
JOB REFERENCE: CJ3966
Advert Posted On: 11/12/2023
Post Start Date: ASAP
Closing date: 07/01/2024
Closing time: 11:59 AM
Start date: ASAP
For more information and to apply click here
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School Telephone: 01895 443310
Reporting Pupil Absence: attendance@meadowhighschool.org
Email: meadow@meadowhighschool.org
Instagram: follow@meadhowhighschool.org
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