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Message from Rachel and Jo
At the end of our first term as co-headteachers, we would like to thank the Morningside community for all your support this term. It has been a busy term with trips, workshops and fabulous learning in all classes. It has been such a pleasure to see so many of you at school events – there are more of these coming up in the summer term which you can read about below.
We are incredibly proud of the hard work, creativity and kindness we see from our children every day, and we are grateful to be leading such a vibrant and welcoming school community.
We are sad to be saying goodbye to Jess, one of our wonderful kitchen team. She is moving on to new opportunities after 13 years helping to feed hundreds of Morningside children. We wish her all success in the future.
After Easter, we are happy to be welcoming Paul as our new Pastoral Manager. Paul is a very experienced practitioner and will be a huge asset to Morningside. He will be in the playground before and after school each day, and there is an opportunity to meet him at the pastoral drop in on Wednesday 23rd April at 08:45am.
Wishing all our families a restful break and, to those celebrating, a very Happy Easter. We look forward to seeing you in the summer term for more learning, laughter and community togetherness.
Have a great break.
Rachel and Jo
Easter Bonnet Parade Winners
It was great to see the children in their homemade bonnets today. They looked fantastic. Thank you so much for your support with these and to all of you who attended the event today. We hope that you enjoyed it as much as the children and staff did. We are pleased to announce the winners below. Congratulations to them and to everyone who took part. What a lot of talented children we have!
| Nursery | All the children | Reception | All the children |
| 1M | Denis | 1S | Ayvah |
| 2M | Liam | 2S | Elijah |
| 3S | Deniz | 3M | Teghraj |
| 4M | Dylan | 4S | Shazyah |
| 5S | Amina | 5M | Rico |
| 6S | Iris | 6M | Chloe |
Happy Easter!
To all our families who will be celebrating Easter this weekend, we send our warmest wishes for a joyful and peaceful time with your loved ones. May this season of hope and renewal bring happiness to your homes and hearts.
From all of us at Morningside, Happy Easter!
Family and Community Events: Summer 1
It has been lovely to see so many families at our community events this half term. 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. Please look out for an email with the application form next week. You can also get a paper copy of the form from the office.
Attendance Class of The Week
This week, we want to celebrate 6S who have 93.1% 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 on Monday.
As you can see below, attendance has been a little lower than usual. We hope to see everybody back refreshed and healthy after half term.
Class Attendance this week
| RM | 1M | 2M | 3M | 4M | 5M | 6M |
| 80.3% | 89.2% | 86.9% | 93% | 84.9% | 86% | 84.6% |
| RS | 1S | 2S | 3S | 4S | 5S | 6S |
| 89.9% | 82.7% | 87.8% | 87.4% | 84.9% | 84% | 93.1% |
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Dates to Note
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”newsletter-events”]Tuesday 22nd April: First day of term. School starts at 8:45am
Wednesday 23rd April: Pastoral Drop in: Meet Paul the new pastoral manager 08:45-09:30
Tuesday 29th April: Magdalena (WAMHS) in school
Tuesday 29th April: Books and Biscuits 08:45-09:30
Tuesday 29th April: Calm, Confident, Ready: Supporting your child through SATs 2:30-3:30pm
Thursday 1st May: Parents Evening 2:15pm-6:30pm
Thursday 1st May: School closes to pupils at 2:00pm
Friday 2nd May: PTA Meeting. 09:15am all welcome
Monday 5th May: Bank Holiday Monday – school closed
Wednesday 7th May: Safer Screens: Parental controls and online awareness 08:45-09:15am
Thursday 8th May: SENDCo Drop in. 08:45-09:15am
Tuesday 13th May: Magdalena (WAMHS) in school
Friday 16th May: Family Friday: Internation Day for Families
19th – 23rd May: Walk to School Week
Tuesday 20th May: Understanding the Phonics Screening Check for parents 09:00-10:00am
Tuesday 20th May: School photos
Friday 23rd May: School finishes for half term. 3:30pm
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In the news this week…
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