What a fantastic day we had on Friday 20th January, dressing up for our TT rock stars day!  The day aimed to promote times tables and their importance and involved several "battles" between classes.  In addition, a competition was set up throughout the week of students vs teachers.  It was a fierce competition with many staff dedicated to outwitting the students!  Teachers did win, but only on average speed and not in total score.  Well done to Mr Sawle for being the most dedicated teacher and winning the top spot in the competition, and for Max B in Y6, Vanshika in Y4 and Ibrahim in Y3 for being the top most valuable players in the competition!  Having played myself, I am awe of all the children who are in our fastest top 10- their speed of recall is outstanding!  Thank you for all the kind donations which will help us purchase more maths manipulatives to deepen children's understanding of maths- we have currently raised over £1000!  If you would still like to donate, please pay via scopay.com - in the Trips and Events tab under the heading TT ROCKSTARS FUNDRAISER.

On Tuesday 24th January the children pictured (above) represented the school at the Badminton Rackets Pack Festival at Altwood School. This event was aimed at children who had little to no experience in the sport, that were keen to experience a new sport or challenge. 

The competition had 8 different stations with 7 of those being small badminton based activities with 1 rest station. Every child engaged fully with the event and thoroughly enjoyed it. Some of these stations included activites such as: bowling a sponge ball and batting it with a racket, working in pairs to serve and catch shuttlecocks and relay races involving shuttlecocks. At each station the children all had the opportunity to score points for the team with the winning team going onto represent Ascot and Maidenhead Schools at the Berkshire Games.

I was extremely pleased and impressed with the levels of maturity and determination displayed by every single one of these children as they battled it out with other schools. We managed to secure a 2nd place finish out of 8 schools in what was a very close call for top spot. I could not be any prouder of each and every one of the team.

All of the children were excited when they were presented with their medals and looked so proud to have represented FPJS in a competition, with some going on to say "I'm really glad I came Mr Manez."

You should all be so happy with the result and so pleased with yourself. Huge congratulations to you all!

I hope this has given you an insight into the sport and hope this ignites a spark to continue to try new sports and challenges.

Mr Manez