Dear Families

Assembly

This week's 'Behaviour Matters' assembly guided pupils to reflect on what we all want when attending school.  To feel safe, happy and want to come to school is so important, because without feeling this way, pupils are going to struggle or not be able to engage with learning and development.  We looked at all the aspects of school life that could impact upon these feelings and how poor general behaviour, or inappropriate behaviour towards others in person, or through social media, could be so damaging. 

Thank you to those pupils who always show kindness, tolerance and civility to others. Keep it up and continue to be positive role models to others. 

We will continue to educate and support those pupils who are still learning how to do this successfully, and we are available to support families who find it challenging to monitor their child's online safety and interactions. 

If you are concerned about your child's behaviour or safety in person, or online, please contact your child's Form Tutor for support.  If you have already done this and continue to be concerned, they will escalate this to the appropriate Assistant Head.

Rewards and Incentives

Our Inclusion Lead Miss Barratt and our Librarian Miss Gafaar have been working together recently on a rewards and incentives project.  This has culminated in the installation of three reward vending machines at strategic points about the school.  These are not stocked with sugary, salty treats, but instead have a range of stationary, games, books, bathroom products, fidgets, as well as higher level awards for those who want to 'save up' including vouchers for restaurants, local sports venues and for beauty treatments!  We will be listening to feedback from pupils, families and staff about what motivates pupils and should be included in the machines in the future. 

There are lots of ways pupils can 'earn' tokens:

• Attendance and punctuality
• Significantly improved attendance
• Modelling high standards of behaviour, both in school, the local community and online
• High standards of work (appropriate to the pupil)
• Exceptional one-off events
• Collecting house points

I hope that pupils enjoy working towards items that have caught their eye and want to thank the team for this amazing project.

Governors in School Day - GiSD

At least twice a year, our School Governors organise a day when they all attend school together.  This is in addition to the visits they undertake individually to monitor the effectiveness of their LINK areas.

Today's Governors in School Day gave Governors the opportunity to:

• Meet staff, check on their well-being and give an opportunity to hear any concerns
• Observe pupil behaviour and safety about the site
• Complete a site walk including checking on various health and safety aspects about the site
• Discuss Diversity and Inclusion
• Be introduced to the school's new safeguarding platform
• Have a taster session of Signalong (the schools Modern Foreign language)
• Learn more about the developments in the Vocational Faculty
• Learn more about the school's new Systematic Synthetic Phonics programs
• Learn more about curriculum developments and the recent audits
• Scrutinise pupil progress data
• Take part in a future planning workshop with the school's Head and Deputy Head teachers
• Scrutinise the school's filtering and monitoring arrangements and asset register
• Be updated on pupil attendance, issues and actions being taken
• Attend a pupil forum, giving pupils across the school an opportunity to ask questions of Governors
• Meet with Year 14 and other leavers to learn about their school journey and next steps

As you can see, it was a busy day!

Next week, our advert for an additional parent Governor will be shared. If you want to help steer the school and ensure an effective provision for all the pupils, please consider expressing your interest.

May I wish you all a very good weekend!

Mrs J Rigby
Headteacher

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

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.

DEPUTY HEADTEACHER