Temple MeadowPrimary School

💛 Mental Health and Wellbeing Photo Competition Winners! 💛 As part of our recent World Mental Health Day celebrations, we were delighted to receive a fantastic range of entries for our Mental Health and Wellbeing Photo Competition. Children captured some wonderful moments that showcased the many ways they look after their mental health and wellbeing, from spending time outdoors and being active to enjoying time with family, friends and pets. A huge congratulations to all of our winners and thank you to everyone who took part. The quality of entries made judging incredibly difficult! 📸 Winners: Evelyn & Jovie We are incredibly proud of all the children who entered and helped us promote the important message that looking after our mental health and wellbeing matters every day.

Boys Football Team Victory! We're delighted to share that our Boys Football Team secured a fantastic 11-8 victory yesterday afternoon. It was such an exciting match and all of our children represented the school brilliantly, demonstrating excellent perseverance, determination and sportsmanship throughout. Well done to every player involved! 👏🏆

🎄 Christmas Card Competition – Get Creative! 🎄 We are excited to share that we have received details of a fantastic Christmas Card Competition from our local MP, Alex Ballinger. As we have recently invited children to take part in the BBC 500 Words Competition, we completely understand that some may already be busy working on their entries. Therefore, participation in this competition is entirely optional. Our Head Boys and Head Girls will be creating a special Christmas Card Competition Entry Box, which will be located in the School Office for children to submit their festive designs. 🖍 Closing date for entries: Monday 9th November 2026 We can't wait to see all of the creative and festive artwork from our talented children! 🎅🎨

📚 Is your child starting primary school in September 2027? Applications for Reception places are now open! If your child was born between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023, you can now apply for their primary school place for September 2027. Don't leave it until the last minute. Apply early to ensure your child's application is submitted on time.

Today, our school community came together to celebrate World Mental Health Day 2026, focusing on this year's important theme,"Mental Health for All". Children and staff brightened the school with a sea of yellow, helping to promote positive mental health, wellbeing and the importance of supporting one another. Throughout the day, children took part in activities designed to encourage reflection, connection and conversation about mental health and wellbeing. A huge thank you to all of our families for supporting this special day. Together, we are helping to create a culture where everyone feels valued, supported and able to thrive. 💛

📚 Calling All Young Authors! 📚 We are excited to be encouraging all children at Temple Meadow to take part in the BBC 500 Words Story Writing Competition 2026! 🌟 This fantastic competition is all about creativity, imagination and storytelling, giving children the opportunity to let their ideas run wild and share the story they would most like to read themselves. Best of all, entries are judged on characterisation, plot, originality, language and enjoyment, rather than spelling, punctuation and grammar. We would love to see as many Temple Meadow children as possible get involved. Stories should be returned to Mrs Van Straaten or Mr Curzon by Wednesday 4th November, either as a paper copy or via email. Good luck to all of our budding authors. We can't wait to celebrate your creativity and imagination! 🌟📖