Newsletter 9 - 7th November 2025

Learning This Week

Early Years

In Early Years this week, the children have enjoyed creating their own firework pictures with chalk and patterns in coloured salt. They have been practising their pencil grip and pencil control to make pictures of beautiful night skies.

Don't forget, the Southern Daily Echo "First Class" Supplement comes out on Friday 14th November, and will include our current EYFS classes!

Key Stage One

This week, Key Stage One kicked off their learning about Structures and Materials with a fantastic Construction Day. The children absolutely loved measuring, building and testing their towers to make sure they were strong and stable. It was wonderful to see so much teamwork and creativity.

In Computing, the children explored photography using the iPads. They had a brilliant time taking photos for Photography Bingo, hunting for different objects and angles to capture. It was a fun and interactive way to learn new skills behind the camera!

Well done KS1 for an amazing first week back!

Rememberance

As in previous years, we now have Poppies to sell in school for a donation to the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.

Items are available from the school office before and after school, and also during break times. Children are welcome to bring in change to purchase these items - please see suggested donations.

This year we also have the 2025 enamel pin badges with a suggested minimum donation of £2 each.

If any of our children are members of Rainbows, Beavers etc, and would like to wear their uniform on Remembrance Day (Tuesday 11th November) they would be very welcome to.

Christmas Performance

This year's Christmas performance will be A Miracle in Town! There will be two performances on Tuesday 16th December (at 9.10am and 2.00pm) and one on Wednesday 17th December at 9.10am.

As in previous years, each child will have 2 tickets, which can be used for any performance. This is 2 tickets total, not 2 tickets per show.

Tickets are free, but need to be booked online here by Monday 8th December. You will need to provide the name of the child the tickets are allocated to, as well as the name of each guest. Younger children will need a ticket if they cannot sit comfortably on an adult's lap for around an hour, and unfortunately we do not have space in the hall for pushchairs.

If there are tickets remaining after the 8th December, these will be released on a first come, first served basis for up to 2 more tickets per family.

Please note this is whole school performance, where every class is included in the show.

FISHES News

Christmas Fayre Raffle

Today your child will have come home with a book of Christmas raffle tickets in their bookbag. If you wish to purchase raffle tickets they are £1 each / 5 tickets to a book. We have a wonderful list of prizes we have managed to secure from very kind donations. Please return your raffle ticket stub (with information completed) and money to the school office ahead of the fayre. For the first time we are going to be accepting payment by card if you wish also. If you need more tickets please pop to the office to collect some, likewise if you have any unused tickets please hand them back in so they can be used for other people.

PLEASE DO NOT ENTER YOUR CHILD'S NAME ON THE STUB, AS PER OUR LICENCE RULES CHILDREN UNDER 16 CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN A RAFFLE.

Christmas Fayre Volunteers

We need your help!!! The volunteer slots are almost half full, thank you! In order to be able to run everything we have planned we need more help!! There is no expectation to sign up to the whole event, just choose the slots you want but this relies on more hands!

Santa

Thank you to everyone that has already purchased tickets. Tickets are still available here: https://buytcikets.at/fishes. There will be limited walk in slots on the day.

Quiz Night

We can’t wait for this event, but ticket sales need a boost to make it happen! If you’re planning to come, please grab your ticket soon as we’ll decide early next week if it can go ahead. It’s always such great fun, and we’d hate to cancel. Thank you to everyone who’s already booked! Tickets can be purchased here: https://buytickets.at/fishes

Wreath Workshop

Tickets are still available for our exciting festive workshop! Whether you're a first-time wreath maker or feel you lack creativity, there's no need to worry. The wonderful team at The Hampshire Flower Hut will be there to guide you every step of the way. You’ll be amazed at the beautiful wreath you create! Https://buytickets.at/fishes

Class Fundraising

If you missed the deadline for ordering your Christmas items we are pleased to announce that the shop will be opening again on 21st November until midday 1st December.

Hampshire Happy Talkers

Do you know what speech and language support is available for a child in Year R? Hampshire County Council, in partnership with the Hampshire and IOW NHS Healthcare Trust and Bernardo's, have developed Hampshire Happy Talkers: a speech, language and communication pathway available for professionals and parents / carers of children aged up to 5 years.

The pathway provides digital resources, easily signposting to speech, language and communication offers and local interventions, which are suitable for all levels of child development, from universal offers through to more specialist help to ensure there is something to meet the needs of all children.

Hampshire Happy Talkers

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.

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