✨ This Week at Morningside ✨

A huge well done to our Year 6 children, who completed their SATs this week with resilience, maturity and determination. We are incredibly proud of the way they approached the tests and supported one another throughout the week. To celebrate all their hard work, they enjoyed a well-deserved trip to the park together.

This week has also been Mental Health Awareness Week, and it has been lovely to see so many children wearing green today to help raise awareness and show support. Across the school, children have been learning about grounding techniques to help manage worries, strong emotions and feelings of overwhelm. They have explored simple strategies such as focused breathing, noticing things around them through their senses, movement activities and ways to help themselves feel calm and present. You can see how to do some of the grounding techniques on Instagram.

Our Reading Champions and Art Ambassadors, alongside Miss Michelle, have also been working with the artist Matt Ponting to design some amazing new artwork for our corridors. The pieces are inspired by settings from the children’s favourite books, and we cannot wait to see the finished results brightening up the school.

This weekend staff and children will be participating in the Hackney Schools Challenge and the Hackney Half Marathon. We would like to wish good luck (and good weather) to them all. They have been training hard and are ready for action!

Next Thursday, we will be holding our Eid Engagement Day in school. Children will also be enjoying a special themed lunch:

• Main course: halal chicken drumsticks
• Vegetarian option: vegetable samosas
• Rice dishes: white rice, Jollof rice and biryani rice
• Salad: sumac salad
• Dessert: carrot cake

Please see below for more news and upcoming events.

Jo and Rachel

What’s on in the week beginning 18th May 2026:

Tuesday 19th May Managing Worry and Uncertainty in Children with Magadalena (WAMHS) 8:45am

Wednesday 20th May Book Bag Party 8:45am and 3:25pm

Thursday 21st May School Photo Day

Thursday 21st May Eid Engagement Day

Thursday 21st May Community Coffee Morning 8:45am

Thursday 21st May PTA Tuckshop and Bake Sale 3:25pm

Friday 22nd May Family Friday Nursery to Year 3 8:45am

Friday 22nd May End of Summer 1 Half Term – School Closes at 3:30pm

Stay and Play in the School Nursery

Join us for our Nursery Stay and Play Session

Bring your child to experience our nursery first-hand! Meet our friendly team, watch your child explore and play in our learning spaces, and enjoy bubbles and snacks in a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere.

Spaces available for September 2026:

• 15 or 30 hours funded places
• Part-time (mornings, afternoons or 2.5 days) or full-time options
• Free lunches for all full-time children
• Wraparound care available 8am-6pm

Current families: for every family you refer who attends, we’ll enter your name into a prize draw for a £50 voucher!

Please tell your friends – all welcome!

OPaL Playground Wishlist

As part of our OPaL (Outdoor Play and Learning) programme, we are continuing to develop our playground to give children richer, more creative and more adventurous play opportunities.

We have created an Amazon Wishlist with items that would really enhance our play offer. If you would like to support, you can do so by purchasing an item from the list and having it sent directly to school.

There is absolutely no expectation to contribute, but we are very grateful for any support. These small additions make a big difference to children’s play experiences every day.

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Attendance Classes of The Week 

This week, we want to celebrate 6M who have 99.6% attendance . A HUGE congratulations and keep up the excellent work; it has a great impact on learning and progress. You can help your child’s class win the weekly fruit platter by making sure they are at school everyday.

Whole School attendance this week: 96%

Our school target is  97% attendance this year.

Class attendance this week