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Learning This Week
EYFS
EYFS
This week in EYFS the children have continued their learning from last week after being inspired by plants. They decided to plant their own seeds and discussed that a plant needs water, soil, sunlight, space and nutrients to grow.
Year 1
Year 1
This week Year 1 loved their trip to Tudor house! The children enjoyed exploring the house and learning about why it burnt in The Great Fire of London. There were many interesting artefacts to look at and the children were great at guessing what they were used for. It was lovely to see the children also enjoying the Tudor garden and drawing some of the statues and flowers.
Year 2
Year 2
This week, Year 2 had great fun getting creative with nature through Land Art. In small groups, they used natural materials like leaves, sticks, stones and fallen petals to design and build outdoor sculptures.
They talked about how 3D sculptures have height, depth, and width, and thought carefully about adding layers and texture to their work. Their creativity really shone through!
They also enjoyed exploring the school grounds to collect their materials, making the most of our lovely outdoor spaces. We reminded everyone to stay safe when handling wood and natural objects.
Well done Year 2,brilliant teamwork and imagination!
FISHES News
Quiz Night
1 WEEK TO GO! Quiz is written, games planned, raffle prizes put together! If you have not already got your ticket don't forget!! All you need is:
A team of up to 8 people
Drinks and snacks
Sense of humour
Maybe a little bit of knowledge - but don't worry the questions aren't too tricky as they have been written by Becky and Carly!!
Purchase your tickets from: https://buytickets.at/fishes
World Baking Day Bake Sale - 19 May
We will be doing another bake sale in honour of World Baking Day. Please bring your bakes in on this morning, either homemade or shop brought is fine. These will be sold in the playground after school.
Summer Fayre - 28 June
The Summer Fayre is fast approaching. More information will follow on this but if you are able to donate a raffle prize, sponsor a stall or would like to have a stall please do get in contact with us.
Legoland - 20 June
We have managed to get discounted tickets to Legoland on the inset day 20th June. Tickets are £20 per person (adults and children) if you would like to purchase tickets at this price you have until 31 May to complete this form and make payment https://forms.gle/HxGf5i9Cw1FMJEgg8 Thank you to everyone that has already purchased tickets. If you have friends that would like to go also that aren't connected with the school they are more than welcome to fill in the form also.
We have exceeded the minimum number of tickets required (there is no maximum) so all tickets purchased will be fulfilled.
Parent Questionnaire Feedback
Following on from the Parent Survey that was sent out last half term, we will post the results of each question and one response to feedback each week. Thank you again to those who took the time to leave their feedback.
You said
Physical parent workshops on Phonics scheme, Kinetic Letters, Behaviour Policy etc. would be nice again and waiting for the online versions of the behaviour ones is taking a long time. At least provide a hand out on the new schemes or something maybe (already viewed the behaviour bits on website)? Seem to have been a lot of changes this year with little information provided to parents.
We did
Sadly, despite offering a range of parent workshops, attendance at our face to face workshops has been very low. We have tried to offer them at different times and on different days to accommodate different working patterns for our parents. By providing recorded workshops, parents can access them at their own convenience. Miss Holmes has created some videos about the new Behaviour Policy and more are coming too. These have been advertised on our whole school newsletter, Facebook and they are available on our website
https://www.freegrounds-inf.hants.sch.uk/the-empowerment-approach/
Walk with Wheels Week
In a change from the normal Walk to School Week, Walk with Wheels Week is from the 19th - 23rd May.
Trickbox
This week EYFS have been learning Win Win, and Year 1 & 2 have been learning Light Bulb.
Nut Free School
We would like to remind parents that we are a nut free school. We have members of both the staff and student community who are anaphylactic to nuts of all varieties. This includes obvious things like hazelnut spread in sandwiches, but also many types of cereal bars and biscuits also contain nuts. Please check the ingredients list of all food items that you send into school.
Year Group Home Learning Newsletters
Attendance This Week
If you are struggling to get your child/ren to school on time each day, please do get in touch so we can try to help.
Blue Class - 97.83% attendance with 1 episode of lateness
Red Class - 100% attendance with 1 episode of lateness
Yellow Class - 93.64% attendance with 1 episode of lateness
Green Class - 95.06% attendance with 0 episodes of lateness
Orange Class - 99.64% attendance with 7 episodes of lateness
Purple Class - 95.63% attendance with 0 episodes of lateness
Scarlet Class - 96.21% attendance with 1 episode of lateness
Turquoise Class - 100% attendance with 2 episodes of lateness
Attendance Guide for Parents / Carers
What YOU must do:
Try to telephone the school before 8.30am each day of your child’s absence.
Tell the school in advance, of any medical appointments and bring in appointment cards/letters.
If you are not sure whether your child is well enough to attend school, send them in anyway as they often perk up on arrival.
If you and your child are experiencing difficulties with school attendance then talk to us as a first step so we can help!
What WE will do:
Check your child’s attendance every day.
Phone home to discuss your child’s attendance with you.
Invite you into school for attendance meetings if we are concerned.
If we cannot establish a reason for absence, then we may make a welfare home visit.
Dates for Your Diary
Thursday 8th May - VE Day Dress Up (Red, White & Blue) *This is a change from the original date*
Thursday 15th May - Aspen's Theme Menu "Dive into the Deep Blue"
Monday 19th - Friday 23rd May - Walk With Wheels Week
Wednesday 21st May - Class Photos
Wednesday 18th June - Sports Day (AM) *This is a change from the original date*
Thursday 26th June - Whole School Transition Day
Thursday 17th July - Parent's Book Look (3.15-4.30pm)
Friday 18th July - Year 2 Leaver's Assembly (9am)
Monday 21st July - Freeground's Got Talent (1.15pm)
Tuesday 22nd July - Class Parties (PM)
FISHES Dates
Friday 9th May - Quiz Night
Monday 19th May - World Baking Day Bake Sale
Thursday 19th June - Non-Uniform Day
Saturday 28th June - Summer Fayre
Friday 11th July - Disco
Family Assemblies
Red Class - Friday 9th May
Blue Class - Friday 16th May
Yellow Class - Tuesday 20th May
--Family assemblies will be in the hall from 9am--
INSET Days 2024/2025
Friday 20th June 2025
Head Teacher Awards
Blue Class - Bella for Thinking, Austin for Creativity & Independence
Red Class - Archie for Resilience, Zac for Independence & Thinking
Yellow Class - Mia for Thinking, Aoife for Independence
Green Class - Jack for Resilience & Independence, Jemima for Resilience & Thinking
Orange Class - Harry and Willow, both for Thinking
Purple Class - Skyla and Teddy, both for Independence
Scarlet Class - Sophie for Thinking & Independence, William for Thinking
Turquoise Class - Pippa for Resilience, William for Independence & Resilience
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