Digital Leader - Online Safety Workshops

In May our Digital Leaders from Mead & Broadford came together to create an Online Safety Matters presentation for use in our schools. This initiative is aimed at empowering our pupils to use the internet positively while staying safe. We will also be presenting this to parents to help equip them with the tools to keep children protected online. 

So far, we have reached out to over 400 pupils! We have also trained over 40 digital leaders to redeliver the workshops to even more children and parents in the future.

The Workshops
In the workshops, parents and children can explore together:

• How they connect with others online
• Likes and dislikes about the internet
• How to get the most out of the internet and use it positively
• Ways in which people can misuse the information shared online
• How online and internet access matter for the promotion and protection of children’s rights.

It was a bit nerve wracking having to stand up in front of all the other pupils, but my team helped to to complete the presentation.

Amelia - Year 5

Working with the Mead pupils was great fun. We were able to collaborate effectively on Google Drive and share our ideas.

Jack Eve - Year 5

Billy's Boxing Award

Congratulations to Billy who has won a boxing award! He is very proud of his achievements and we are delighted to hear how he is keeping active and healthy outside of school.

Junior Music Festival Practice

Our choir had the chance to practice their Wind in the Willows songs in preparation for the event on the 23rd June. Have a listen to their voices... it sounded great!

Forest Schools @ Mead

Our Broadford pupils enjoyed another weekly Forest Schools session within the grounds of Mead Primary last week.

What is the Forest Schools' Approach?

The philosophy of Forest Schools is to encourage and inspire individuals of any age through positive outdoor experiences.

We believe that by participating in engaging, motivating and achievable tasks and activities in a woodland environment each of our pupils has an opportunity to develop intrinsic motivation, sound emotional and social skills. These, through self awareness can be developed to reach personal potential.
J Stanley - AHT KS1 & EYFS

Forest Schools has demonstrated success with children of all ages who visit the same local woodlands on a regular basis and through play, who have the opportunity to learn about the natural environment, how to handle risks and most importantly to use their own initiative to solve problems and co-operate with others. 

What do they get better at?

Children use full sized tools, play, learn boundaries of behaviour; both physical and social, establish and grow in confidence, self-esteem and become self-motivated and develop key skills:

• Self Awareness
• Self Regulation
• Intrinsic motivation
• Empathy
• Good social communication skills
• Independence
• A positive mental attitude, self-esteem and confidence

TES Awards Nomination

We were delighted to once again be shortlisted in the TES Awards for 2017 as Primary of the Year and EYFS setting of the year.

The awards are to be held on June 23rd at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.

Hopefully this year we will be able to bring back at least one of the main awards to celebrate the effort that all of our pupils, staff, parents and Governors have made to sustain standards in our school.

We're In The Paper: School Funding

We are sad to inform you that we have had to sign up to a letter from the London Councils, which is a bipartisan group representing 32 local authorities and the City of London. It states how the government’s new formula will cut budgets at 70% of schools in the capital at the same time as they are already enduring a funding freeze with increased costs for wages, pensions and inflation.

Currently we are doing all we can to avoid these cuts having any impact on the pupils and staffing levels. However the situation in 2018-19 will be even more challenging.

Clarice Cliff Artwork

When you walk down our main corridor please be sure to stop and admire the colourful creations of our Art Club and More Able artists project. Inspired by Clarice cliff they have designed their own bright and cheerful art deco designs.

Who is Clarice Cliff?

Clarice Cliff (20 January 1899 – 23 October 1972) was an English ceramic artist active from 1922 to 1963. She began as an apprentice potter.

When did she start her career?
Incredibly her artwork can be traced back to her time at school where she made models from papier-mâché. After school Cliff would visit aunts, who were hand painters at a local pottery company.

At the age of just 13, Cliff started working in the pottery industry. Her first work was as a gilder, adding gold lines on ware of traditional design.

How valuable is her artwork?
The world record price for a piece of Clarice Cliff is held by Christie's, South Kensington, London, who sold an 18-inch 'charger' (wall plaque) for £39,500 in 2004!