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Open Day at The Mead – Thursday 8th November
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Red, White and Blue day
We were very proud of how the children approached this day. We all came together to commemorate a hundred years since the end of World War 1, with a peace march around the school grounds, and it was incredible to see the whole school walking...
Y2 & Y6 teachers join Trust colleagues for Lesson Study week
Lesson Study involves groups of teachers collaboratively planning, teaching, observing and analysing learning and teaching in ‘research lessons’. They record their findings and over a cycle of research lessons they may innovate or refine a pedagogical approach that...
Trowbridge Primary Schools Cross Country Race
At the end of September children from across Key Stage Two took part in the Trowbridge Primary Schools Cross Country race, which took place at John of Gaunt School. A big well done to all the children who took part and represented The Mead. A special congratulations...
Trowbridge Football League
Last Friday night the football team competed in their third fixture in the Trowbridge Football League. The Year 6's were up against Bellefield, who are a very tough opponent. The match was played to the highest standard but and after a great...
Wiltshire Sports Ambassadors Conference
Two children from The Mead attended the Wiltshire Sports Ambassadors Conference. We teamed up with the children from Castle Mead and River Mead to walk to and from the Civic Centre for this exciting event. Throughout the day the children...
Trowbridge Football League
The Mead football team competed in the second match in the Trowbridge Schools League playing Staverton Primary. Jack A saved an early shot to keep a clear sheet and after creating plenty of chances in the first half, Toby scored before Jack H put us 2-0 up...
Brass Workshops for Year 3
All the children on both sites in Year 3 took part in a brass workshop run by Eileen Taylor from the Trowbridge and District Brass Band. Children had the opportunity to have a go on a variety of brass instruments. They had lots of fun and made a lot of...
Trowbridge Football League
On 13 September we saw the first meeting of the Trowbridge Football League. Nine children from across both the Hilperton and Wingfield sites represented The Mead in the large schools competition. After last year's success, the Year sixes this year has a...
Instrumental and Singing Lessons
Instrumental and Singing lessons have started on both the Hilperton and Wingfield site. We are delighted to welcome Catherine Hurley to our staff. Catherine is a very experienced flute teacher and performer who has just bought out her first...
Robin Hood Year 6 Leavers Performance at The Arc Theatre
Year 6 children from both the Hilperton and Wingfield site put on a wonderful show at the Arc Theatre. The musical was based on the story of Robin Hood. Children enjoyed acting , singing and dancing and performed to a packed audience. All the...
Scarecrow Trail
Despite the heat and the forthcoming England game in the World Cup, the annual summer event event organised by 'Friends of the Mead' was a fantastic success on Saturday! This year children visiting the summer fair were asked to identify the...
CSL Music Event Civic Centre
Children from both sites took part in the Trowbridge Schools Collaborative Music Extravaganza at the Civic Centre. A number of children from the Young Voices choir on the Hilperton site sang a two part song entitled 'Clever Chameleon' whilst...
World War 1 Event ‘Never Such Innocence’ Year 6 Warminster
Children from Year 6 took part in an event to commemorate the end of WW1. Children wrote a song last year and they performed this song called 'It'll All Be Over By Christmas'. The words of the song were written by a local choir leader whose...
Sports Day
With the sun shining, Hilperton site Sport Day got underway on Thursday this week. The morning activities included egg and spoon, the sack race, cricket, basketball, javelin and football to name just a few. All the children joined in with enthusiasm and...
Wingfield Church Fete
The children all had fun performing their dance with 4 Stars Dance Troop at our village fete on a lovely sunny afternoon. Pictures by Richard Clarke
BBC Ten Pieces Assembly
Children took part in a special assembly to celebrate the BBC 10 Pieces project. Our school ensemble played a number of pieces including the Russian dance from the 'Nutcracker' Suite. The assembly included performances by a visiting musician...
West Side Story – Year 5
Children from Falcons, Crickets and Hedgehogs took part in a performance of West Side Story in the Forum Bath. The event was organised by the Bath Festival and Wiltshire Music Centre . Children took part in a number of workshops at school and then sang...
The Mead teacher awarded MBE in Queen’s birthday honours
Mrs Sheila Claridge, who taught at The Mead Primary School for 5 years before retiring in December 2016, has been recognised for her incredible contribution to children across the town with an MBE in this week’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. As a Specialist Maths...
Nursery open sessions at Hilperton & Wingfield
Our nursery and pre-school classes are holding a series of open sessions in June and July. If you are looking for a nursery place for your 3 year old from September 2018 onwards, this is your opportunity to have a look at our beautiful nursery provision at both of our...
Year 4 become Composers
Fireflies and Merlins have been composing music in groups over the last few weeks. They have taken the poem 'Midnight Visitors' by Irene Rownsley and created music as a 'Sound Picture'. Children have thought carefully about how they can change the texture,...
Belle – Whole School Performance
Children in Years 4 5 and 6 from both the Wingfield and Hilperton site took part in a wonderful performance of 'Belle' at the Wiltshire Music Centre. Children told the story of Beauty and the Beast in dance ,song and drama to a packed audience....
Ukulele Assembly
Children from Year 4 demonstrated their performance skills in a special Ukulele Assembly on the Hilperton site. Fireflies gave an uplifting performance of 'Supercalifragilistic' and 'Don't Worry be Happy' whilst Merlins played and sang 'Magnificant Men in...
Young Voices Parent Workshop
The talented singers in our Young Voices Choir took part in a workshop showcasing their learning from this term. The children sang a number of songs including'Jazz is Cool' in 2 parts, 'This Little Dog' and a beautiful piece called 'The Moon'....
Year 3 Iron Man Sound Pictures
Children in Year 3 Robins and Woodpeckers have become composers this term. They have created 'Sound Pictures' that accompany the story of 'The Iron Man' by the author Ted Hughes. Children have enjoyed playing a variety of percussion instruments...
Instrumental Lessons at The Mead
We are very fortunate to have such a variety of instrumental lessons taking place at The Mead.and weekly lessons can be individual , paired or in a group. Parents can sign up for their child to receive a weekly lesson from Year 3, on the...
Nursery open morning on 24th March
We are opening our new purpose-built nursery on Saturday 24th March 2018 from 10.30 - 11.30am for any prospective parents to come and have a look at the wonderful setting and provision we offer. You will be able to meet our highly qualified and...
Year 5 Samba Band
Year 5 Samba Band Our Year 5 children are having the opportunity this term to play instruments in a Samba Band. Falcons and Crickets learnt the technique for each instrument and played different rhythms for a piece of music called Brazil. Mrs...
Year 6 Garage Band
Children from Stoats and Skylarks have been using the app 'Garage Band' to compose music on the iPads. They have learnt how to create a piece of music using loops and learnt how to duplicate sections to make a structure that sounds good. They...
Y3 Learn about Pentatonic music
Year 3 Woodpeckers and Robins have been learning about Pentatonic music. They have had an opportunity to play melodies using a 5 note scale made up of the notes G A B C and D and were great at improvising new patterns too....
Young Voices 2018 Genting Arena Birmingham
80 children from both Young Voices choirs on the Wingfield and Hilperton sites travelled to Birmingham to take part in the Young Voices event in the Genting Arena. They sang with 6000 other children, performed with professional musicians and...
Christmas Celebrations at the Civic Centre
Our talented children from Years 4, 5 and 6 put on a spectacular show at the Civic Centre just before Christmas. This included a mixture of singing, ensemble playing and instrumental performances. Every child performed with confidence and...
Open evening for teachers and TAs
The Mead Academy Trust is holding an open evening on 1st February 2018 for teachers and TAs. This is an opportunity for teachers and TAs who are interested in working for the Trust to come along and meet the leadership team, teachers and pupils, ask questions, and...
The Mead Deputy Headteacher heads to Parliament for training
We are very proud that one of our Deputy Headteachers, Mr Rob Cunningham, has been selected to attend a three-day training course at the Houses of Parliament. He will join 60 other teachers from across the UK, after 170 applied, to attend the Teachers’ Institute from...
Are you interested in becoming a TA?
Are you interested in becoming a TA? Or would like to find out more about what’s involved in being a TA? We are holding some informal information sessions in the new year for anyone who would like to know more about the best way into a career as a TA: Thursday...
Young Voices Parent Workshop
Children from the Young Voices choir wowed their parents, grandparents, siblings and carers when they sang a selection of songs they have been preparing for the Young Voices event in Birmingham in January. This included songs with choreography...
Competent drumming!
Congratulations to our talented Year 6 Stoat drummer. She passed a Grade 2 Drum exam with Merit and continues to excel with her skills. Well done!
Year 4 Kingfishers – Ukulele Learning
Year 4 pupils at Wingfield have been working extremely hard with their ukulele learning. They will be performing two songs at the Christmas concert in the church. Well done year 4
The English National Ballet Company Workshop
Aspiring dancers from The Mead attended a workshop with The English National Ballet Company. Our day started early and we were greeted at the stage door of the Bristol Hippodrome by Charlotte, who took us straight onto stage to start work!!! We...
Music – Devizes Eisteddfod singing competition
Children from The Mead took part in the Devizes Eisteddfod last week. Everyone did really really well, without exception and their singing teacher Ms Jolley was so pleased. The children pictured won their classes in musical theatre and they...
Special visitor at Wingfield
Wingfield was visited by Trowbridge Ted today. We all had a dance on the playground with him! It was good fun in the sun!
Bath Taps Assembly
On Friday, we were visited by Andrew, a scientist, from the University of Bath. He spoke to us about solids, liquids and gases and brought with him a very special liquid: liquid nitrogen. The liquid froze a banana, shrank a balloon and made a...
Ballet lessons for nursery children begin
Mr Montgomery, one of our fabulous TAs who has a degree in Performing Arts, has recently started ballet lessons for our nursery children and feedback from their first lesson is that they love it! Miss White, our Early Years at The Mead, said 'These lessons...
Year 3 Recorders
The Robins and Woodpeckers have all been learning the descant recorder since the start of September. They are becoming more skillful with their playing and can now play B A and G. They enjoy playing along to the backing tracks and are beginning...
Y6 boys win the large schools football tournament
Well done to the ten boys from both our Wingfield and Hilperton sites, who won the large schools football tournament last night (Thursday 2nd November 2017). They played six games, and won five of them (the elusive sixth was a draw). During the games, the boys scored...
Year 2 Singing Games
The children in Year 2 have been enjoying learning a number of singing games. They have also become experts at working in pairs and devising new actions with their partner. In the photos you can see them taking part in the song 'Bobalinka' as well ...
Year 5 Steel Pan Workshop
Our talented Year 5 children wowed their parents, siblings and friends by their performances on the steel pans at our first steel pan workshop this year. The children shared their skills by becoming teachers and encouraged other family members...
Trowbridge Youth Parliament
Last week our members of our school council attended the first meeting of the Trowbridge Youth Parliament. This body meets every term and has a representative from all schools in Trowbridge, they work together to make Trowbridge and it’s schools reflect the needs of...
British Red Cross Book Sale
The School Council would like to say a huge thank you for attending the books sale last Friday (6th October) and buying so many books. We were overwhelmed by your support. Thanks to your generosity we will be donating £251.75 to the British...
Year 6 Stoats and Skylarks become composers
Children from Year 6 have been working in groups composing 'sound pictures' that describe, in music the story of 'Skellig'. They have skilfully chosen instruments, layered sounds and performed together, focusing on changes in dynamics, texture...
Not sure what to do when your child is unwell?
Parents, carers and healthcare professionals can access expert advice about common childhood illnesses and how to treat them via a mobile app, called HANDi App. It is free and can be downloaded to any Apple or Android smartphone or tablet. Developed and...
Boost for ‘smiling, welcoming, and passionate’ Nursery team
Undertaking a new venture can be daunting at the best of times, but opening a brand-new nursery on 5th September having only found out we had funding to construct a building from scratch in January seemed an almost insurmountable challenge! Our incredible...
Year 4 Ukulele
Merlins and Fireflies have started to learn the Ukulele this term with Mrs Andrews. The Children are really enjoying learning a new instrument. They have already learnt a number of tunes with chord accompaniment. ...
Silver Award for Science
Over the last 12 months Mr Jon Hackett has been working towards renewing our Primary school quality mark Silver Award for Science. We are very pleased to announce that we have been re-accredited with the award! The silver mark acknowledges that the...
New Nurseries at The Mead School open their doors for the first time
The Mead Community Primary School was thrilled to open the doors for its brand new, purpose-built nursery at the start of the month. The teacher-led nursery staff welcomed children for their settling in sessions at the Hilperton site on Tuesday 5th, and...
Singing Games
Our Sing Up Leaders have been enjoying the Autumn sunshine during our play times. Here they are leading the song 'Mrs Macaroni'. If you would like to join in our games come to the Music Garden on Monday and Thursday playtime's with Mrs Dixon...
Y3 Kingfishers and Robins
Our Year 3 children have enjoyed a special brass workshop this week run by Eileen Taylor from the Trowbridge and District Youth Band. Every child had the opportunity to try out the various brass instruments and to experience how it would feel to be part of...
A Midsummer Nights Dream – Adders, Stoats and Falcons
The Year 6 children from both Wingfield and Hilperton put on a wonderful performance at the Ark Theatre. They helped the audience understand the plot with real clarity and humour. We are so very proud of our Year 6 performers for such an awesome show and...
Wingfield Tea Party is a roaring success
The wonderful parents of our Wingfield site hosted a tea party for all Wingfield families and staff earlier this week, and it was a roaring success. The sun shone while families tucked in to delicious homemade cream teas, and the children played in the glorious...
Piano and Keyboard Assembly
Mrs Lee's Piano and Keyboard students performed in a special assembly. They wowed the whole school with their skill and courage. It was a super celebration of all their learning this year. Congratulations to all the...
School Singers at The Summer Festival
Children from Reception to Year 6 came together to sing at the Mead's Summer Festival. Visitors enjoyed a medley of some of our favourite assembly songs all about being a 'Growing School'. The children performed with lots of energy and made the songs come alive with...
Silver School Games Mark Award
We are delighted to announce that we have achieved the Silver School Games Mark Award for the 2016-17 academic year! The School Games Mark is a government led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to...
Garage Band – Eagles and Skylarks
Using the App 'Garage Band' on the iPads the Eagles and Skylarks are developing their skills as composers. Initially they devised a 'Space Rhythm Mix' using loops and a drum machine. Following on from that they have skillfully played a chord sequence using sounds from...
Steel Pans – Year 5 Skylarks and Eagles
Our final mini concert of the year on steel pans took place this week. It was wonderful to see out talented players teach younger children in the school how to play the steel pans. The year 5 children not only played a number of tunes confidently but also had a go at...
Berkeley Ensemble
Last week the children on both the Wingfield and Hilperton sites have enjoyed an amazing performance by the Berkeley Ensemble. The musicians played a number of different pieces and worked with the children to make up a story that was then described in music. The...
Activities Week June 2017
Our Year 4 Foxes, Crickets and Falcons have visited Oxenwood, and our Year 6 Stoats, Adders and Falcons have had a fantastic week at Plas at the same time this week. However, our children who couldn’t make the residentials have had a wonderful week of activities with...
Pam Jolley’s Singers
Newts and Robins were entertained in the last week of term with some wonderful singing. Many of Ms Jolley's singing pupils were incredibly brave and sang solos in front of the year 3 classes. Mrs Dixon was so very proud of the performers and enjoyed the presentation...
Wonderful moments in time at The Mead’s Community Day
The Friends of the Mead hosted another fabulous Community Day on Saturday 13th May. The free Community Day follows the school's subject focus each year, and this year it was all about art. The theme of the day was 'A Moment In Time', and it featured a whole range of...
Graffiti being created!
Thanks to Boyd for his fab graffiti workshop at our Community Event on Saturday – click here to view his video of the work being created using stencil designs and spraypainting them onto the boards. The theme was Music and the children took it in turns to create a...
Community Event – 13th May – One Moment in Time
On May 13th our community event will have activities in zones to explore significant moments in time from politics, sport, engineering, science, medicine, art, human rights, war. Visitors are invited to express their reaction to each display in different ways...
Gala evening celebrates our pupils’ artistic talents
Over 200 people filled Trowbridge Town Hall on Thursday (27th April) to celebrate the varied artistic talents of The Mead's pupils. Parents and pupils watched on proudly as current pupils and our alumni showed off their acting, singing, dancing and artwork across...
Latest Nursery development – the concrete is in!
We are thrilled that building work on our new nursery started over Easter, and now it's begun it's taking shape very quickly! The concrete mixer and pump arrived this morning, and is now pumping the concrete for the foundations through 100m of pipes. [gallery...
Pupils stun audiences with magical performances of Narnia
Children from both our Hilperton and Wingfield sites wowed audiences with two shows of their school performance this week. Yesterday (Thursday 6 April), nearly 100 pupils from Years 4, 5 and 6 performed a musical rendition of Narnia on a set designed and created by...
The Mead Community Choir
Now running every Tuesday evening 8-9.30pm at The Music Studio, Hilperton Site. Please click here to view flyer for further details.
African Drumming Workshops with Year 5
Year 5 Falcons, Skylarks and Eagles enjoyed a wonderful afternoon of African Drumming with our visiting musician Alex Miles from Kaya Drums. The children experienced playing different drums from across the continent of African and used their whole bodies to create...
Y5 – African Dancing
This week we were in for a treat when we took part in an African-inspired dance workshop. Using the djembe drum as inspiration, we learnt part of a dance and even put our own spin on it. We learnt how to walk to a beat and strive some fantastic balances and moves. We...
Anti-Bullying Information for Parents, Carers & Children
We have produced an anti-bullying leaflet for all of our parents, carers and children. The leaflet was sent home in all book bags on 31st March, and provides key information on a range of topics, including: What is bullying? Who can you talk to at The Mead about...
Composing with Year 4
The Crickets and Foxes have increased their skills as composers this term. Working in groups they have taken part of the text from the BFG and composed a sound picture that supports the story. Carefully choosing different instruments they have constructed successful...
Fun in the sun at The Mead Wingfield’s Spring Celebration
Staff, parents and children came together on a beautiful Saturday afternoon to celebrate Spring at our Wingfield site. With - amongst other things - a cake sale, Queen of Hearts trail, inflatables and a Mothers Day crafting table, there was something for everyone!...
Y4 Ukulele Assembly
Our talented Year 4 classes performed in a special assembly this week. Both Foxes and Crickets played a medley of songs. Their singing was strong and confident and they showed real skill playing the Ukulele. Some children were incredibly brave and played solos. It...
The results are in – Mead pupils raise £300 with Loose Change Challenge
We are very excited to confirm that pupils from Hilperton and Wingfield sites raised almost £300 for the Friends of the Mead with the recent Loose Change Challenge. The challenge was so successful that it was even covered by the Wiltshire Times - you can read the full...
Wiltshire Times’ School in Focus: The Mead, Wingfield
We are very proud to once again be in the news, this time with a lovely feature in the Wiltshire Times focused on our Wingfield site. Reporters and a photographer visited Wingfield a few weeks ago, to talk to pupils and staff and take photos to highlight the community...
Y5 – African Drumming
Our Year 5 classes are becoming expert Djembe drummers this term. Eagles and Skylarks have learnt four different techniques to vary the sound that is produced on the drum and are able to respond to the different master drummer signals. We have all had lot of fun and...
Y3 – Newts and Robins Groovy Jungle Music
In Music this term we are using digital programmes to compose music. The children in Newts and Robins have enjoyed using 'Groovy Jungle'. They have worked in pairs , choosing sounds carefully, changing the melody and rhythm of some sounds and skillfully layered to...
Y5 – Steel Pans
Children in Year 5 have enjoyed teaching younger siblings and friends in the school how to play the steel pans. As well as giving a performance themselves that showcased their skills playing the steel pans they also became teachers . They were really excellent at...
Loose Change Challenge gets pupils buzzing
Our amazing Friends of the Mead hosted their annual fundraising event yesterday, and we think it was one of the best and most successful of recent years. Children from Hilperton and Wingfield sites were asked to raid the...
World Book Day 2017
World Book Day is one of our favourite days of the school year, and this year our parents, children and staff really did pull out all the stops to make it one of the best ever! Below is a gallery of some of our favourite costumes - thank you to everyone for making...
Proposal to open new free schools in East Trowbridge
The Mead Academy Trust is seizing the opportunity offered by the government’s free school programme by applying to open the new schools that are needed in Trowbridge. We have a strong track record of delivering outstanding primary education and opening new...
Community Choir
We were very proud to launch the new Mead Academy Community Choir or MACC for short on a soggy Tuesday in January. There were a good number of us squeezed into the music studio and it was great to see folk from different sites come together. We gave Stevie Wonder a...
The Mead pupils sing out at Young Voices 2017!
Pupils from our Hilperton and Wingfield sites took part in Young Voices 2017 last night, and we are hugely proud of each and every one of them. A long day started with the coach trip to Birmingham at 9.30am, followed by the first of two packed lunches on arrival at...
Year 4,5 and 6 Christmas performance at The Civic Centre
The Year 4, 5 and 6 children showcased their talent in our Christmas event at the Civic Centre in December. The evening included performances on the Ukulele, guitars and school music ensemble. We were entertained with a great mix of funny and reflective songs, some in...
Michael Eavis presents Theatre Royal Bath grant to The Mead School
Fantastic news! We are delighted to have been selected by The Theatre Royal Bath to receive £2,500 as part of their Creative Fund, as a contribution towards the creation of a standalone Art Studio space for our children and the local community. Rebekah Searle, Chair...
Exciting news from The Mead
You may have read in the news an announcement by the DFE about £50million being allocated to funding additional childcare places across the country. We are delighted to be able to tell you that this week we have been told that some of this money will be designated to...
Music – Young Voices Information
All the songs, lyrics and dance moves for the 2017 Young Voices concert are available to download from this page. Simply click on the relevant link below. Thank you. Songs: Five Guys Named Moe Birdhouse In Your Soul Over The Hills Stronger Together Sing For Those...
Latest Wicked Weather Watch newsletter
Wicked Weather Watch just shared their last newsletter of 2016 with us, and what a read! Since the last edition competition winners have been announced, the Polar Ocean Challenge was welcomed home and the team have been working incredibly hard to support schools in...
New website host – Schoolcare
The hosting for our new website is kindly provided by www.schoolcare.co.uk
Pupils come together to meet Wiltshire’s High Sheriff
David Hempleman-Adams, the world famous polar explorer, dropped in to The Mead Primary School last week to meet 240 children from schools in Trowbridge and Melksham, and talk to them about his recent Polar Ocean Challenge. The children from The Mead, Castle Mead,...
We are 15!
On Thursday September 15th, we celebrated our 15th Birthday! All the children from both sites at Hilperton and Wingfield were joined by families and friends to mark our 15th year at The Mead. Our day started with a powerful song led by our own school choir, which got...
Celebrating 15 years of excellence this September 2001 – 2016
Celebrating 15 years of excellence this September 2001 – 2016 This September The Mead is celebrating a fabulous 15 years since it opened in 2001. We would love to hear from children, parents and staff, past and present with their memories of being at The Mead. To...
