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‘The Windmill’ Newsletter
Thursday 27 September 2012
www.meophamca.com
Term 1, Issue 2
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On
Wednesday
26
September, Year 6
were treated to a visit
f r o m
' J o h n
Lennon' (aka Mark from
the
Freshwater
Theatre Company!). The
children
learned
about John's early life,
including his childhood
and school experiences.
They then heard about
his rise to fame as a
member
of
the
Quarrymen and latterly
the
B eatles;
his
marriage to Yoko Ono;
his time as a stay-athome dad and his
untimely death in 1980.
A huge thank you goes
to the FMCA for
funding the workshop
which
brought
the
history topic to life in a
really exciting way.
In preparation for Road Safety Week, we
are taking part in 'design a road safety
banner' competition. If your child is
lucky enough to win the competition it will
be printed onto a full size outdoor banner
and displayed outside our school. Your
child will bring
home a design
sheet for their
home learning
during week beginning 1st October. In
order to enter the competition all designs
will need to be returned by Friday 12th
October. Good luck to you all.
Meopham Community
Academy
Longfield Road
Meopham
Kent DA13 0JW
Telephone:
01474 812259
Fax:
01474 813078
Email:
office@meophamca.com
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John Lennon
Road Safety Week
Harvest
On Wednesday 3 October 2012 we will be
celebrating Harvest. We would very much
appreciate any donations of the following
gifts, for The Lions Hospice to use in any
way they may wish - toiletries – e.g. soap,
talc,
shaving
cream,
aftershave,
deodorants. Tea, coffee, sugar, tinned
fruit, tinned vegetables
biscuits - sweet or savoury,
sweets/chocolates - boxed
or packets only. These
donations can be brought into
school from Monday 1
October 2012. This year, we are also able
to make a collection of fresh produce, but
ask that this is brought into school on
Wednesday 3 October. Thank you for
your help and co-operation.
Morrisons
Scooters
Monster Mash Disco
Pupil Council
Holidays
Free School Meals
Munchy Crunchy
Late Items
Snacks
Barrier
Volunteer Readers
Band Club
Coats
Collecting Children
Lost Property
Forthcoming Events
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We are now collecting
Morrisons Let’s Grow
vouchers. The vouchers
will be exchanged for a
variety of
resources
f r o m
seeds to
storage containers. The
more vouchers we receive,
the more equipment we
can order so please get
collecting!
Our Year 5 and 6 children are invited to a Monster Mash
Disco on Friday 26 October 2012 at
6:30-8:30pm. The theme for the
disco is ‘Scary’. We hope to see as
many scary costumes as possible!
Congratulations to the following children who have been elected to
represent their class on this year’s Pupil Council.
Chairperson – Evie Howard
Secretary – Aran McKendry
Seals – Ben Wilson and Charlotte Merry
Polar Bears – Jake Penney and Erin Mills
Tigers – Thomas Noctor and Paige Granger
Giraffes – Rudy Bodkin and Freya Gilson
Penguins – James Palmer and Honey Freeman
Hippos – Oscar Miller-Hanna and Elise Davenport
We would like to remind Giant Tortoises – Samuel Watkins and Maddie Holden
parents that children are Zebras – Jack Palmer and Sophie Menasse
not permitted to
Koalas – Ioan Evans and Georgia Dowling
Pandas – Harry Pickering and Mia Jenkins
ride any form of
Meerkats – Samuel Seex and Chloe Wilson
bikes/scooters on
Geckos – Lukey Hunt and Shelley-Ann Peach
the
Academy
grounds. Thank you.
Children from Starfish and Seahorses will be elected in January.
Any absence from school, whether authorised or unauthorised, has a detrimental effect
on a child’s education. It is up to the Academy whether to authorise
absence, not the parents. If you take your child out of school for a
holiday you will need to complete a Application for Leave of Absence
form. These are available from the office and must be completed and
retuned to the office no later than two weeks before the proposed
period of absence. Each case will be looked at individually, depending on
your child’s current and previous attendance, the absence may or may not
be authorised. If you take your child out of school during term time your child’s class
teacher will not provide catch up work that has been missed.
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If you are in receipt of one of the following benefits We would like to remind parents that
your child/children are entitled to free school meals.
children's snacks must only be fruit
-Income Support
-Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
-Income-related Employment and Support
Allowance support under Part VI of the
Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
-The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
-Child Tax Credit, provided they are not entitled to
Working Tax Credit and have an annual income (as
assessed by HM Revenue & Customs) that does not
exceed £16,190
-Working Tax Credit 'run-on' - the payment someone
may receive for a further four weeks after they stop
qualifying for Working Tax Credit.
Even if your child does not want a school lunch, we
would encourage you to apply as you may be entitled to
other financial support. To apply for free school meals,
please contact the office for the appropriate
application form. All requests are dealt with
confidentially.
or vegetable with nothing added please check the label carefully if
providing anything other than plain
fruit or vegetable. Children should
not have cereal bars, biscuits or
crisps. Years
R-2
are
provided with
free fruit or
vegetables
daily. However,
there may be times when we do not
receive a delivery, where possible we
will notify parents of this in advance.
Please be aware that the car park
barrier is for vehicle access only. If
you have been allowed access to the
car park please wait until the barrier
At the end of the last school year, pupils voted to
has been raised before entering. Do
rename the serving area in the Academy hall,
not tailgate other cars as the barrier
'The
Munchy
Crunchy
will not detect your vehicle, and may
Restaurant'. Children were
come down whilst you are
then invited to enter a
driving through. Pedestrians
competition to design a logo
should not walk under the
and
we
would
like
barrier as it will not detect
to congratulate Charlotte
people or pushchairs, the
Lucy in Penguins class for her
force of the arm returning
winning design.
to the resting position could cause
serious injury. For pedestrian access
Please can parents encourage children
to school or Playpen Pre-School,
to remember all items needed for the
please use the entrances on Longfield
day. Bringing items in late causes
Road or Wrotham Road. Children
unnecessary interruption to the whole
should not be in the car park unless
class. Please consider how necessary the
accompanied by an adult.
item is when bringing it into school late.
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We are in need of volunteers to read
on a 1-1 basis with KS2 children
. If you are able to come in and
read from 8:45-9:10am, and can
commit to the same day/days
each week, please contact Mrs
Kelly via the office. Thank you.
Our KS2 Band club still has places
available, if your child is interested
in attending please
contact
Miss
Nicholson. If we do
not have enough children the club
will not go ahead.
All children need a waterproof jacket
in school everyday, in case of
rain. The children will still go
out at playtime and lunchtime
if it is drizzling.
If your child is being collected by
another adult please inform your child’s
class teacher via the contact book. If
you have several adults that collect your
child on a regular basis, please put a
note in the back of the contact book
listing these adults. If your
arrangements change during the day
please inform the office by 12:30pm
where possible. Going home messages
may not be passed to the class teacher
in time if you call at home time.
We have already accumulated a lot of lost
property. If you are missing any
items, you are welcome to check
through the lost property boxes at
the beginning and end of the day.
To ensure uniform is returned to
the rightful owner please make sure
all items are named.
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Events
3 October Harvest Assembly
4 October YR Full Time
24 October Y6 Tate Modern Trip
24 October WOW Challenge Day
26 October Y5 & 6 Monster Mash Disco
26 October End of Term 1
5 November Staff Development Day
6 November Start of Term 2
8 November School Nurse Drop In
19 November Individual Photos
19-25 November Road Safety Week
11 December Salvation Army Gift Service
20 December Dick Whittington Panto
21 December End or Term 2
7 January Start of Term 3
23 January Y4 Architectural Workshop
30 January Choir Young Voices
5 February Safer Internet Day
8 February Day for Change– Marys Meals
13 February WOW Challenge Day
25 February Staff Development Day
7 March World Book Day
15 March Comic Relief
18-22 March Science Week
7-10 May Y4 Swattenden Residential Trip
17-21 June Y6 Hindhead Residential Trip