Message from Rachel and Jo

Thank you to everyone who attended Parents’ Evening this week – it was a pleasure to welcome you into school and share your child’s progress and achievements. If you weren’t able to make it and would like to speak with your child’s class teacher, please do contact the school office to arrange a convenient time for a meeting.

The children have been making the most of the sunny weather this week, enjoying playtimes outside and plenty of fresh air. We were also excited to introduce our brand-new Play Squad in Monday’s assembly – a group of pupils who will be helping to make lunchtimes even more active, inclusive and fun.

Next week, some of our Year 4 children will be taking part in Hackney’s first Dragon Ball tournament. We are looking forward to hearing all about this new sport and seeing how our pupils rise to the challenge, show great teamwork, and represent the school with pride.

Wishing you all a restful weekend; don’t forget that is school is closed on Monday 5th May for the May Day Bank Holiday.

Rachel and Jo

Health and Safety: Sun Safety

As the weather gets warmer, please help us keep children safe in the sun. In the event of sunny weather, we ask that all children come to school or nursery with sunscreen already applied to any visible areas of skin and wearing a sun hat.

Children in Nursery and Reception will soon receive a letter asking for permission for staff to apply sunscreen during the day. Please return this promptly so we can support your child’s sun safety.

Children in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 should have sunscreen applied before they arrive at school. If your child needs to bring sunscreen in to reapply, please ensure it is clearly labelled and does not contain nuts, in order to keep everyone safe.

Thank you for your support in keeping our school sun-safe!

Introducing Tobi, our Education Mental Health Practitioner

We are delighted to welcome Tobi to the Morningside team. Her role is to support children’s mental health and emotional wellbeing, helping them to feel happy, confident, and ready to learn.

Please see the poster below to find out more about her role and how you can contact her.

Home School Communication Approach

Who to Speak to About What

To help ensure your query is directed to the right person, here is a quick guide:

• Class Teacher – First point of contact for anything related to your child’s learning, progress, behaviour in class, or day-to-day classroom experience. Please speak to them when you collect your child/ren at the end of the day.
• Paul (Pastoral Manager) – Speak to Paul about issues around wellbeing, medical needs, attendance, behaviour support, family circumstances, or if your child is finding something particularly difficult emotionally or socially.
• Sting (Pastoral Assistant) – Sting works alongside Paul to support pupils throughout the school day. He can help with practical day-to-day support, checking in with children, and you can also discuss any pastoral matters with Sting too.
• Olivia (SENDCo) – Anything related to special educational needs and disabilities
• Senior Leaders (Assistant Heads or Co-Headteachers) – For concerns that haven’t been resolved at class or pastoral level, or more serious safeguarding matters.
• School Office – For administrative matters such as absence reporting, school meals, payments, forms, and general enquiries:
   admin@morningside.hackney.sch.uk
   020 8985 5382

A Quick Reminder of Our Communication Expectations:

• Respectful Communication: We expect all members of the school community to communicate kindly and respectfully, in line with our Parent Code of Conduct.
• Clear and Fair Timelines: We aim to acknowledge emails within 3 working days. Staff are not expected to reply outside of working hours (8:45am–3:45pm, Monday–Friday).

Staying Connected: Key updates and reminders are shared via email, text, SeeSaw, and the weekly newsletter – please do keep an eye on these.

The full Home-School Communication Approach can be viewed online at: Working Together: How We Communicate

Family and Community Events: Summer 1

Please see the flyer below for the details of summer 1 events.

Nursery Admissions September 2025

Do you have a child who will turn 2 or 3 before the 31st of August this year? If so, applications are now open for our school nurseries for September 2025. We have full time and part time places available (15 or 30 hours). Please state your preference on the application form. Places will be allocated using Hackney’s nursery admissions criteria. The closing date for applications is 30th April 2025. Any applications received after this date will be allocated if spaces are available.  You can get a paper copy of the form from the office.

Attendance Class of The Week 

This week, we want to celebrate 6S who have 99.2% 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.

Our next group of 100% attendance winners were very happy to receive their prizes today.

Class Attendance this week