Newsletter - 4th April 2025
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Furze Platt Infant School
Spring has sprung at FPIS!
Spring has sprung at FPIS!
What a brilliant Spring Term we have had here at FPIS! It has been wonderful to see how much the children have enjoyed their projects this term and how well they have progressed. Their enthusiasm and love for learning is a joy to see!
On that note, our Year 1 and 2 Marketplace events this week provided an incredible showcase and celebration of the children's achievements this term. We are so proud of how passionately they were able to share the things they have been learning about with all those who came along. It was lovely to see so many parents, family members and friends join us. What an excellent ending!
Thank you to all those who attended our recent Parent's Meetings. We hope you found them informative and helpful. We always value the opportunity to meet with our parents to share progress, achievements and next steps in their child's learning journey. Thank you for your continued support.
With plants and animals all around gradually emerging from the depths of winter and the days getting longer, it really does feel as if spring has arrived at last. Hopefully, the weather will continue to be kind over the school holidays! If you are celebrating, we hope you have a very Happy Easter and we very much hope that everyone enjoys the break.
We look forward to welcoming our children and families back to school for the Summer Term on Tuesday 22nd April.
With very best wishes
Jane Indge
Head of School
Quick Links
Quick Links
Diary dates - coming up soon!
Diary dates - coming up soon!
Here is a brief look at what's going to be happening in school during the next few weeks...
Tuesday 22nd April - Term starts
Friday 2nd May - Early Years trip to Oaken Grove Park 1:50pm - 3:00pm
Friday 2nd May - FPSA year 2 Quiz: 3:15 pm - 5:00pm
Monday 5th May - Bank Holiday (school closed)
Friday 9th May - FPSA Bingo Night: 8:00 pm - 11:00pm
Thursday 15th May - Early Years Trip to Windsor
Friday 23rd May - Term ends
Monday 26th - Friday 30th May - Half term holiday
School Attendance
School Attendance
SAM - our School Attendance Mascot, is our FPIS teddy bear who helps our children think about why it is so important to attend school every day.
Our children are busy learning right from the start of the day, so being in class on time each morning matters just as much too. Registration begins at 8:45am and we expect all children to be in class by 9:00am.
Each week, during our Celebration Assembly, the attendance figures are shared. The class with the best attendance overall gets to look after SAM until the following week. SAM will be spending his Easter holiday in Willow Class as they had the highest attendance overall, with a figure of 99.3%! Well done everyone!
Our latest school attendance figures for each class are shown in the table. Our school attendance target is: 97%
You can read our full Attendance Policy here.
Willow 99.3%
Silver Birch 99.0%
Bumblebee 98.4%
Dragonfly 98.0%
Caterpillar 97.7%
Beech 97.4%
Oak 97.1%
Holly 95.8%
Hazel 93.1%
BIG THANKS
Thank you to the FPSA who have bought these beautiful books for our library celebrating neurodiversity.
FPIS SEND Signpost
FPIS SEND Signpost
Neurodiversity Awareness Week 17 - 24 March 2025
Neurodiversity Awareness Week 17 - 24 March 2025
What are the UMBRELLAS all about?
As part of the PINS project, we were invited to take part in the ADHD Foundation's Umbrella Project 2025. The display of 25 brightly coloured umbrellas is designed to represent the one in five of us who have a neurodevelopmental condition, such as ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia or Tourette’s syndrome. These conditions fall under the umbrella term of neurodiversity. Teachers have been sharing books about neurodiversity with the children and they have all had an assembly about the Umbrella Project.
For more information: https://www.adhdfoundation.org.uk/events-and-webinars/neurodiversity-umbrella-project/
Reminder
Remember you can find out lots of information on the SEND page of the school website including information about upcoming events
https://furze-platt-infant-school.secure-primarysite.net/send/
Red Nose Day 2025
Red Nose Day 2025
We were all a little redder and a bit sillier than usual on Red Nose Day - all in aid of Comic Relief, of course.
Thank you to our School Council for organising our Red Nose sales once again this year. We sold 210 noses in total, which is fantastic!
In total our FPPF JustGiving fundraising page has raised an impressive £1070. Thank you to everyone for your support!
FPIS supports the Big Chick Knit for Alexander Devine
FPIS supports the Big Chick Knit for Alexander Devine
We were very proud to be supporting Alexander Divine's Big Chick Knit this year. Our thanks to Miss Aggarwal, Miss Evmorfopoulos and our School Council for helping to organise this fundraising event (see more below).
We are waiting to hear how many chicks were sold in total and the amount of money we have raised together as a school community, so will update as soon as we hear.
Early Years and the Year 6 Readers!
Early Years and the Year 6 Readers!
The Early Years children have been thoroughly enjoying their weekly Friday afternoon reading sessions with the FPJS year 6 children. It is so lovely to see the youngest and oldest sharing a pure joy for reading in the sunshine! :)
Early Years
Early Years
Wow, what a busy term our Bumblebee, Caterpillar, and Dragonfly children have had! We have enjoyed learning about the life-cycle of a chick. The children have been observing them every day and they were able to notice and talk about the changes they saw. All of our Early Years children had the opportunity to hold one of our chirpy chicks and even gave them a name! They learned about the characteristics of a chick, how to care for them, and discovered how they grow and develop. We have all thoroughly enjoyed hatching chicks at school. Our little chicks have now returned to the farm, where they will have more space to continue growing into hens and roosters! Following this, the children have been busy creating lovely observational drawings of our chicks during their busy learning sessions and visiting our school guinea pigs and goats! :-)
During Discovery RE, we have been learning about different celebrations. Mrs. Bharj (Navraj's mum) was welcomed in to Early Years talk to all of the children about the Sikh celebration 'Vaisakhi'. The children loved watching an educational video of Navraj at the Gurdwara that he had created with his family - some children even recognised the Gurdwara! Navraj and his Mum shared their own experiences and answered the children's respectable questions. It’s always wonderful to see the children showing an interest and respect for all the different cultures and religions in our school.
In maths, we have been learning about doubles and odd and even numbers. The children have been using their fingers to represent double numbers, impressing us with their excellent stem sentences. For example, one child said, "Four is made of two and two. Two and two make four." We have also been playing fun sorting games with various objects from around the classroom, such as spoons! The children guessed how the objects were sorted and then had a go at sorting them themselves, choosing to sort by colour, size, material, and shape. This week, we explored three-dimensional shapes. Some children created fantastic models, while others chose to print with the shapes. We were so impressed with the mathematical language used to describe their creations.
Our Bumblebees, Caterpillars, and Dragonflies have been busy learning about the Easter story, singing Easter songs and creating Easter cards to take home! The children are excited to explore Easter and can't wait to share the fun ways they celebrate this special holiday. We have all been very impressed with the children's passionate singing and actions to the song "Spring Chicken" which we have linked the song below if you'd like a home performance! Feel free to share their super singing with us on Seesaw :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3oR0eRWmfM
The children have had SO much fun learning 'All About Animals' over the past few months and we can't wait to begin exploring our new project next term on 'Journeys!'
Easter Assembly
Easter Assembly
Beth Gomm from Christian Connections in School came to visit KS1 and tell us all about Easter. The children loved hearing about The Easter Story and enjoyed understanding the meaning behind Easter and why it is celebrated.
Year 1 Paramedic Visit
Year 1 Paramedic Visit
A few weeks ago Year 1 received a special visit from Paramedics from South Central Ambulance Service. They began by quizzing us about our knowledge of Paramedics and The Ambulance Service and they were so impressed with how much we knew! Next they demonstrated how they use their special equipment, such as a heart rate monitor, a neck brace, a box splint, a hi-vis jacket and helmet. In preparation for the visit Year 1 had worked really hard thinking about and writing appropriate questions to ask them and it was lovely having the opportunity to ask those questions to real life Paramedics! We are very grateful for their time and for all of the awe-inspiring work that they do!
Year 1
Year 1
Year 1 have continued their learning about the life of Mary Seacole. They got to explore some of the ingredients that Mary used in her herbal remedies such as okra, lemon grass, ginger, aloe vera and lemons. They enjoyed smelling, touching and understanding more about some of the key ingredients that Mary used to help cure soldiers in the past.
We have also been very busy planning, creating and improving our Emergency! Marketplace stalls. We decided what we wanted to focus on and worked in groups to develop our ideas. The children did an excellent job of explaining their knowledge to the grown ups and sharing their learning from across the term. We hope you enjoyed your visit and learnt something new too!
Year 1 also enjoyed taking part in tennis workshops! It was great learning different drills to warm up and help with our foot work. We then practised some different skills using rackets and balls. We had lots of fun and some of us are even thinking of playing some more tennis again!
In maths we have had fun counting to and from 50. We have been thinking about two-digit numbers and splitting them into tens and ones. We have also been creating our own number lines, thinking carefully about the start point, end point and mid-point. We even went outside to create our own number lines with chalk! Lastly, we have been using different words to describe the position of objects and the direction of turns we make. We have had great fun challenging each other with different turns and positions to make with our bodies.
Year 2
Year 2
We have been busy finishing our project 'Fire, Fire!' and have been finalising some of the last steps of our lanyards. This has included putting all of our sewing skills together to make our very own scent bags. We are sure that you have all been enjoying the wonderful fragrance of these at home! :-) It has been a great way of us using our newly learnt sewing skills whilst also learning about the purpose of a scent bag in 1666. We have also been busy representing all of the facts we have learnt about a city and the key features of a city found in London. Consolidating all of our knowledge we worked in teams to represent the city of London in lots of creative ways.
In Maths we have been busy learning all about capacity and have loved using water to support our exploration and understanding.
Finally we have been very busy planning our marketplace stalls and working collaboratively to bring to life our plans!
On Wednesday we held our Marketplace showcasing our learning from our Spring project 'Fire, Fire!'. The children presented their Sticky Knowledge learning with confidence and enthusiasum.
Some of the amazing stalls included; a Science stall including discussions around the Great Plague of 1665 which included a germ experiment to teach our grown-ups how germs can spread, sewing and creating scent bags, Samuel Pepys, the Monument, Tower Bridge, London Landmarks in 2024, how London has changed since 1666, firefighting and how this has changed, spot the difference between the old and new St. Paul's Cathedral, our very own art gallery, trying ship's biscuits and finally Pudding Lane was also brought to life which included Thomas Farriner's bakery!
Thank you very much for all of your support and the lovely feedback shared on the proud clouds.
We are all extremely proud of the Year 2 children and we are sure that you are too!
Beth Gomm visits Year 2
Beth Gomm visits Year 2
Last Thursday Beth Gomm from Christian Connections in School came to visit each year 2 class to run a question and answer session about why Easter is important to her. The children came up with some brilliant and insightful questions which has helped them think deeply about our key question for RE this half term: 'How important is it to Christians that Jesus came back to life after his crucifixion?'. Thank you to Beth for coming in to support us in exploring this important event in the Christian calendar.
Hazel Class attend Fencing Festival
Hazel Class attend Fencing Festival
Hazel Class was lucky to participate in the School Games Fencing Festival at Altwood Senior School. The children joined some other schools to compete in a number of games. They warmed up with a game of Avoid the Sword then broke off into teams. They then completed a carousel of activities supported by some Altwood students and the Little Musketeers coaches. They learnt the correct form to begin fencing and had loads of fun learning to advance and retreat. They even got to have some individual matches against their friends wearing fencing helmets and some practice swords. Well done to Emma Fitzgerald for organising such a successful event. We definitely have some superb fencers in Hazel Class.
A visit from Perform - Year 2
A visit from Perform - Year 2
We were very pleased to receive a visit from Perform on Friday 4th April. The children had a wonderful time exploring the theme of Under The Sea and using drama, dance and singing to help develop their confidence, concentration and social skills.
To complement the workshop, there is a free educational app for iPhones and iPads based around the theme of Under The Sea. It contains fun games, creative tasks and videos of the themed songs and dances. Click here to download it free or here to find out more about the Under The Sea theme.
Perform run regular weekly classes in the local area and they are offering a special introductory discount to all parents of Furze Platt Infant School if they come along for a free trial session before Saturday 24th May.
To claim your discount, just call Perform on 020 7255 9120 quoting FPIS240525 or book a Free Trial Session online at perform.org.uk/try.
Here are some of the nearest Perform classes to the school:
(0.8 miles)
Saturdays at 9.30am and 11.15am
Rutland Road,
SL6 4HZ
(0.8 miles)
Fridays at 4pm
4 Marlow Road Youth And Community Centre
4 Marlow Road,
SL6 7YR
(2.9 miles)
Mondays at 4pm
The Causeway,
SL7 2AA
(5.6 miles)
Fridays at 4pm
Dedworth Road,
SL4 4JW
(6.3 miles)
Saturdays at 9.30am
3 Loddon Road,
RG10 9JA
There are others too. Click to find all the nearest here or view a list of all areas.
School Council
School Council
Our School Council team have had a SUPER busy half term!
We started off selling Red Noses, helping to raise money for Comic Relief. The sales were very popular and we had lots of fun discovering which noses everyone had inside their box!
We then helped to sell chicks and bunnies to raise money for the Alexander Devine Children's Hospice. We loved seeing how unique all the hand knitted chicks and bunnies were with hidden creme eggs inside! We were excellent mathematicians helping people with their change and encouraging others to buy a little Easter gift for someone special. Thank you to everyone who helped support this great charity!
Eco Team
Eco Team
This month, the Eco Club was delighted to check on the progress of our winter wheat crop! With the lovely warm spring weather, we were all amazed at how much it had grown since our last check.
We were thrilled to see that the tallest shoot had already reached an impressive 36.5cm. It’s fantastic to witness its steady growth, and we can’t wait to see how it flourishes over the next couple of months! Stay tuned for more updates!
Turning our attention to energy use in the school, our Eco representatives took a walk around the building to check if any lights had been left on in empty classrooms. We were surprised to find that a few rooms still had their lights on with no one inside! Every small action counts, and leaving lights on when they aren’t needed wastes energy that we can easily save.
To help tackle this issue, we used our last meeting to design and decorate bright, eye-catching posters encouraging everyone to switch off the lights when they leave. These posters have now been placed around classrooms as a friendly reminder to make the most of natural daylight and conserve energy.
By reducing our energy consumption, we can also lower our school's carbon footprint and do our part to protect our planet’s precious resources!
Let’s keep working together to make our school a greener, more eco-friendly place!
Nurture Group
Nurture Group
In nurture, the children have had a fun few weeks exploring our senses. We played a memory game, starting with a tray of 10 items, covering them and removing one item, then trying to work out which one had gone. We also put items like Lego, a coin, a spoon and pencil in a covered tub and had to work out what they were just by feeling them. Finally using our sense of smell and taste, we had to work out crisp flavours, I think this one was our favourite activity.
As Easter is fast approaching we have made some bunny ear headbands and painted some Easter bunnies. we finished our term with an Easter treat of hot cross buns and a film.
The Nurture team would like to wish our children and their families a very happy Easter.
Forest School
Forest School
It was the last session for our very first cohort of Forest School participants this week, as their two-term programme came to an end. As well as learning new skills and finding out more about our wonderful woodland environment, we have also made a good start with implementing some of the actions set out within our 3-year Woodland Management Plan. In particular, we have been pleased to see that the hedgerows planted during the past few weeks have already begun to grow - with the first leaves beginning to emerge.
Well done to all our children who have participated so enthusiastically during the sessions - whatever the weather!
We are looking forward to welcoming and establishing our new Forest School group next term!
Awesome achievements!
Awesome achievements!
We love finding out about and celebrating our children's achievements outside of school!
If your child has an achievement that they are very proud of and would like to share with us all, they will get the opportunity to do so during our Celebration Assembly on a Friday.
Joel received this medal for playing fabulous rugby. Well done!
Phoenix received a badge for excellent fencing skils ad a certificate for swimming 5 meters forwards, backwards and sideways. Well done!
Congratulations to Emmy who has been working hard to complete another stage of her maths app. Well done!
Daisy received a certificate from gymnastics for doing handstands on the beam. Well done!
Noah has been working really hard during swimming lessons and has received a certificate for his efforts. What a good job, Noah!!
Mara has been working hard during swimming lessons and has progressed to Level 3. Well done, Mara!
Orla received her gymnastics certificate for, "Working hard on my cartwheels and handstands." Congratulations!
Congratulations to Sophie who is proudly sharing her medal she was awarded in her football club. "I got it for whenever I fell over, I bounced straight back up and I was really determined to score goals and I was a great team mate." Great job superstar!
Maya has recently moved up to Stage 5 swimming at Braywick Leisure Centre. She is very proud to be a confident swimmer with good technique across different strokes.
Congratulations to Seamus for receiving a medal for his super passing in rugby.
Freddie received two medals for his sporting activities. One from his Henley Hawks rugby team for scoring well, the other for being a team player in his football team.
Freddie also received this medal for his super tackling in rugby.
Congratulations to Alex for passing her green tag and moving onto her purple tag in Kickboxing.
Alex received this certificate for her sewtastic work in sewing club.Well done Alex!
Isabelle received a certificate to celebrate her sewtastic work in sewing club.Well done Isabelle.
Congratulations to Sebby for gaining a medal for his super Rugby tackling.
Indra received his certificate for his brilliant characterisation of Mr Boggis in the drama group's production of Fantastic Mr Fox.
Congratulations to Indra for receiving the Player of the week medal from his football club
Seamus received a medal for good tackling and scoring tries in his rugby matches.
Congratulations to Oliver for being nominated for player of the match, by his football coach, and for also gaining a medal for his great team effort in the matches.
Well done Sebby for receiving a medal for trying very hard in the rugby matches.
Congratulations to Jaiven for gaining Player of the match award from his football team.
Well done Myles for doing a great job at reciting his words for his drama performance
Hanna received a medal for playing fantastic football this term. Well done!
Congratulations to Delilah who received star of the week in her Gymnastics club!
Well done to Jack who is proudly wearing his medal from football! Keep up the excellent effort Jack!
Well done to Joseph who is proudly sharing his Swimming certificate for swimming 15 metres!
Another congratulations to Delilah for moving into her next Gymnastics group! What a brilliant achievement!
Congratulations to Flora for receiving her Level 1 Swimming certificate!
Great effort Flora!
Well done to Emmy who has had a fantastic term at Little Tanks Drama Club working on her characterisation skills!
Congratulations to Orla who has been working on her characterisation skills and has had a wonderful term at Little Tanks Drama Club!
Aiden was so proud to share his certificate from Drama club! He was so brave when he said his lines out loud! Well done Aiden!
Congratulations to Naomie for getting a certificate from her gymnastics club! She told me that she got it for "good listening!" Well done Naomie!
Well done to Harry who received this football medal for, "Being a good player." Congratulations Harry!
Congratulations to Som who during football, "Helped people even when they were not on my team." Well done Som!
Well done Orla for, "Trying hard in football club to score goals." Congratulations Orla!
Congratulations to Isai for completing both sewing and football club! Excellent effort Isai!
Well done to Jack who received his football medal for completing the term! "I was a great team player!"
Congratulations to Mia who is proudly wearing her football medal! Well done Mia, what a great achievement!
Well done to Esme who has completed Little Tanks Drama Club. "It was lots of fun!"
Well done to Phoenix for getting a wrist band for trying his hardest during Little Musketeers.
Harriet received a certificate for doing some amazing gymnastics ad another certificate for progressing to Level 3 during swimming. Well done!
House Points
House Points
Pegasus win the House Cup!
Pegasus win the House Cup!
Congratulations to our blue house team, Pegasus for being awarded the most house points overall for this half term - 751 in total! A super team effort. Well done everyone!
Head of School Awards
Head of School Awards
Every Friday, during our whole school Celebration Assembly, Head of School awards are given out to a child or children in each class. The certificates are presented by Mrs Indge to those children who have consistently demonstrated excellent behaviours for learning.
Head of School Awards 4th April 2025.pdfSuperPoWeR Awards
SuperPoWeR Awards
Miss Dexter pops on her Superhero cape each week during Celebration Assembly to present our SuperPoWeR awards. The awards are given to children who have been demonstrating excellent behaviour through our school values of Passion, Well being and Respect.
Book Bingo!
Book Bingo!
Every week, during our Head of School Assembly, a bingo ball is selected from our special red bag. The bingo balls are numbered 1 - 30. Each child in Year 1 and 2 with the corresponding register number to the ball chosen will have the opportunity to bring their Maths book and Project scrapbook to share with Miss Dexter, Miss Edmondson, Miss Aggarwal and Mrs Indge later that week. During the Book Bingo session, the children spend time looking through the books together with the adults, whilst discussing and explaining what they have been busy learning about.
FPSA update
FPSA update
Quiz Night
A massive 25 teams turned up at the Juniors hall for the latest Mr T's Quiz Night. Congratulations to team "I am Smarticus " who won the quiz with 2 Junior staff teams coming 2nd and 3rd. The quiz night has raised around £2,000 profit helped by the sponsorship from Oakwood Estates who also had a team come along. Thank you to everyone who came.
2nd hand uniform sale
Thank you to Julia for organising the latest 2nd hand uniform sale last week, a very busy morning outside our uniform shed.
Inter-PTA Netball tournament
Last Saturday at Braywick Leisure Centre, a team of Netball mums led by Mindy joined in the latest inter-PTA tournament. The team, called "Furze Platt Infant & Junior Schools" had lots of fun.
AGM
Our annual AGM was held on Wednesday evening and we said goodbye and thank you to Dave Wiltshire for all his hard work and enthusiasm. We had inspiring updates from both Mrs Indge and Mrs Clark with plenty of enthusiasm for some of the planned spend. More details from the AGM will be shared in the next newsletter.
Year 2 Quiz - Friday 2nd May (3.15-5pm)
The year 2 quiz is back for all pupils from Hazel, Holly and Willow classes. Mr Thompson is the quiz master testing out the children's general knowledge in a fun quiz in the hall.
Buy your tickets here: www.pta-events.co.uk/fpsa
Bingo Night - Friday 9th May (8pm-11pm)
Eyes down for a full house! Come and support our brand new Bingo Night event at the Juniors hall. Hosted by an external company with a professional host , there'll be plenty of traditional games of bingo along with some music bingo games too. Doors open at 7pm, bingo starts at 8pm. Tickets available at www.pta-events.co.uk/fpsa
Summer Fair - Saturday 28th June
The summer fair is back! Lots of fun for all the family. Please save the date for our biggest event of the year.
Davies Caravans for hire/rent
Davies Caravans are a local, family run business who have 3 modern caravans available to rent. One is based on the Isle of Wight on Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park and has use of a private beach. The other two are based in Dorset, on Oakdene Forest Park.
If you choose to book with them, they will give the FPSA £10 for each weekend break and £20 for longer breaks. Please see the following Facebook link: www.facebook.com/daviescaravans
Personalised name label stickers
We have an updated discount code for buying school uniform labels and labels for water bottles etc. from the 'Easy2Name' company. Simply order from the following site: https://www.easy2name.com/stickeasy, quote code 'FR-FPIS-72' and not only will you will get free delivery, the FPSA will receive 20% of the order value. These labels will help the schools return mislaid uniform and will help cut down on the lost property.
Windsor & Maidenhead Community Lottery
This is a weekly lottery that raises money for good causes in the Royal Borough including the FPSA. Tickets for the lottery cost just £1 and from that 60p goes to good causes including 50p to the FPSA. Each ticket has a 1 in 50 chance to win a prize each week with a top prize of £25,000!
So please sign up and buy a weekly ticket or two using the following link: https://www.windsorandmaidenheadcommunitylottery.co.uk/support/furze-platt-schools-association
Useful Information for Parents and Families
Useful Information for Parents and Families
April Camp Poster.pdfWindsor Rocks Easter Holidays Newsletter (1).pdf
Maidenhead Easter.pdfBHCC All Stars 2025-compressed.pdfForest Fun Easter club flyer.pdfEaster Camp PDF.pdfLTP - Easter Holiday Camps - MA.pdfLTP - Easter Holiday Camp - Football.pdf
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