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Issue 11 - Friday 24 November 2023
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Dear Families
It was an absolute pleasure and privilege to see so many of you, with your child, at last night's Celebration of Achievement Evening. Thank you to our Governors for attending and the Worshipful the Mayor of Hillingdon,
Cllr Shehryar Ahmad-Wallana for being our guest of honour and presenting pupils with their certificate packs.
For those of you with children in Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 who haven't yet attended one of these evenings, this is our annual event where we present pupils with their externally accredited achievements. Last night this included: Bronze and Silver Duke of Edinburgh Awards; School special certificates; AQA unit awards, Entry level; Signalong; Functional skills and GCSE.
Our two Head Pupils, Lazaro and Poppy, represented the school with confidence and maturity far beyond their years. Their vote of thanks, delivered to a packed hall of over 200 people was done clearly and from the heart. Many thanks and congratulations to both of you.
I look forward to welcoming people to their first, second, third, fourth or even fifth Celebration Evening next year!
Have a well deserved weekend.
Kind regards
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Celebration of Achievement Evening
Here are some of the photos from last night's Celebration of Achievement Evening.
We held a charity raffle to support the Sixth Form Charity of the Year
Steel Bones. £128.00 was raised.
More photos of the evening will be on the website very soon.
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We would like to say a big thank you to Funky Flowers by Louise for kindly donating the two wonderful flower arrangements for Celebration of Achievement Evening last night. Thank you for supporting Meadow High School.
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Parent Governor Vacancy
We currently have one vacancy for a Parent Governor.
Information has been sent home to all parents via email this week (Tuesday 21st November).
Deadline for Nominations is 12:00pm Tuesday 5th December 2023
If you would like a hard copy sent home, please contact the school office.
Letter to Parent - Parent Governor Vacancy
Parent Governor - Information for Applicants
Parent-Governor-Nomination-Form
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Library Books Reminder
This is a gentle reminder that your child should be returning ALL books borrowed from the school library back to school. If your child has any books from the school library at home, please bring them back into school as soon as possible so these can be returned.
Books can be borrowed for two weeks, after which they will need to be returned to the library. If your child wishes to borrow their book(s) for longer than two weeks, they must speak to the Librarian.
As you will appreciate, new books are expensive, and the Librarian keeps track to ensure books are being returned on time. If book(s) are not returned, are lost or are damaged beyond repair, a letter will be sent home asking for payment towards a replacement.
Unfortunately, there is no alternative but to implement this course of action. Pupils who fail to return or lose their library books will be able to continue to enjoy books in the library but not be able to borrow library books until payment has been made. Please note that the Librarian will take any extenuating circumstances into consideration before issuing payment requests for replacements, and will discuss this with your child’s form tutor.
If you have any questions, please contact the Librarian, Miss S Gaafar, at sgaafar@meadowhighschool.org.
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Our BRAND NEW
Scholastic Book Club
is now up and running!
Scholastic Book Club is a fantastic way for all of us to promote a love of reading for our students, and to support our school!
For every £1 you spend on our Book Club, our school will earn 20p in Scholastic Rewards. We can then use these rewards to get brand new books and resources for our students!
Please go to https://schools.scholastic.co.uk/meadow-ub8/digital-book-club to browse the latest books and order online.
Please place your order online by 21st December 2023.
If you have any questions, please contact our Librarian, Miss S Gaafar, at sgaafar@meadowhighschool.org.
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Susan Mehmi is a school advisor from Job Centre Plus and supporting our students to understand the World of Work by delivering useful sessions. She recently delivered four sessions to Year 12 students about labour market
information, change in the job market, transferable skills and jobs for the future. She will be returning later in the year to deliver session to Year 8 students and other year groups.
Mrs S Stock
Careers Advisor
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Calling for a kind donation
One of our Meadow families is in need of a tumble dryer as theirs has broken. If you or anyone you know has one you no longer require, and you are happy to kindly donate, please do let me know. Thank you,
Ms K Walsh Welfare Lead
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Anti-Racism Workshops
On Wednesday 15th November we had Audrey Pantelis from Elevation Coaching and Consulting visit the school again to do her 2nd Anti-Racism workshop with our students.
She provided some really fun, engaging and thought provoking activities for all. The staff and students loved having her back again and are looking forward to doing further work with her to try and make our school a Racism free place.
Miss C Sojka & Ms M Newman
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Friends of Meadow Quiz Night
A fun evening of music and film quizzing took place last Friday evening to raise money for Friends of Meadow. Over eighty people attended, and with the raffle as well we raised £428.03.
Do you know your Disney characters ? Do you know your Michael Jackson from your Madonna ? Think you are clever enough ? Come along next time and have a go !
Thank you to the Friends of Meadow Committee for organising this event and Mr Rainsbury for being MC.
Friends of Meadow
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I am pleased to tell you that £108.51 was raised for this year`s Poppy Appeal. Thank you for your donations.
Mrs Mistry
Assistant Headteacher
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Here are some photos of Children In Need Day last week. Thank you for all the kind donations via Parent Pay.
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Calendar / Letters Home / Lunches
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Upcoming Events
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Friday 1 December 2023
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Whole School Flu Nasal Vaccine
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Thursday 7 December 2023
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Christmas Jumper Day
More information to follow
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Thursday 7 December 2023
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Pathway 1
- Winter Celebration Afternoon
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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 |
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School Lunches
Monday 27 November - Friday 1 December 2023
Week 3
- NEW MENU -
AUTUMN / WINTER 2023 menu below:
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Here is a printable version of the menu: PDF: Autumn / Winter Menu 23/24
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Keeping Pupils Safe Online
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News & Events In The Community
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Hillingdon SENDIASS Drop In Sessions
Hillingdon Special Education Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) offers free, impartial, and confidential information, advice, and support. We aim to empower and enable parents/carers to be able to take an active role in decisions made about their child/young person regarding their education. Our drop-in sessions are for parents/carers to ask questions and share experiences.
Drop-in sessions for November and December
·27th November 1 – 3pm
Barra Hall Childrens Centre Wood End Green Road, Hayes UB3 2SA
·11th December 12.30 – 2.30pm
Nestles Childrens Centre Nestles Avenue, Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 4QA
Please use the link below to register with the setting before attending, you will be asked to sign in. You do not need to print, please just register electronically. Do not worry about the age of your child when registering for these drop ins, all parent/carers of children and young people 0-25 welcome.
https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/7409/Hillingdons-childrens-centres-Registration-form
We look forward to seeing you.
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Epilepsy Focus Group
Dear parents/carers,
The child development centre in Hillingdon is wanting to put together a small focus group to support them with a piece of work they are doing around epilepsy.
If you have a child with epilepsy and are interested in taking part please let me know and I will pass on your details.
Many thanks
Hillingdon parent carer forum
email: hillingdonpcf@gmail.com
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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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