This week in EYFS, the children have been thinking about Ganesh and Power.  They talked about different powerful things like storms, elephants and diggers.  Then they thought about how they were powerful, and created paintings to show the power. 

90s Disco - 28 February

With less than a month to go now tickets are still on sale. We are really excited to be hosting our first adult disco and look forward to seeing you all there!  With tickets at £7.50 and BYO drinks and snacks it will certainly be a cheap night out!!! 

If you have purchased tickets please make sure that you have your QR code ready to be scanned on the evening.  You are welcome to bring friends and family with you that are not connected to the school. https://buytcikets.at/fishes

Sponsored Parkrun

Your child should have brought home with them a sponsorship form for the Junior Parkrun takeover event that we have coming up on Sunday 23rd March.  If your child will be taking part please can we ask you to complete the following google form and indicate whether you are also able to help marshal the event https://forms.gle/4EfvgmV85fMUQmTs9 If you marshal this is a good opportunity for you to be able to cheer your child on as they run past! 

Please can we ask you to return sponsorship forms and money to the school office by Friday 28th March.

We are pleased to have Sam Dixon onboard with our Southampton Marathon run!  Training is well underway and we are now up to 15 miles. If you would like sponsor us (all proceeds go towards FISHES) then you can do so via the following link: https://www.justgiving.com/page/carly-haines-1734518093440?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL

Easter Fayre

We are pleased to share with you further information about the Easter Fayre.  We are excited to welcome Tiny Trots who will be doing pony rides and also the Funky Playbus.  We will also have a Krispy Kreme stall and we will be taking pre-orders as well as selling on the day. A link to pre-order will be sent out after the half term. 

The rainbow raffle will be making a return - raffle tickets will be handed out after half term. There is a non-unform day on Friday 21st March in return for new items in the colour that has been allocated to your class (see attached poster). 

• If you have any donations of teddy bears please can you bring these to the school office. 

• We will be running the golden ticket game if you own a small business or work somewhere that may be able to donate us a prize for this game please could you bring this to the school office.

• If you are able to spare any time to volunteer at this event please sign up via the following link: https://volunteersignup.org/7DPMM

• If you are going to be attending and doing the Easter trail and your child has an allergy/intolerance to dairy please let us know so that we can get an alternative egg for them. We will only purchase the number of dairy free eggs that we are told about so please let the school office know by Friday 14th March.

Easter Bake Off

The 1st April will see the return of the Easter Bake off followed by a cake sale before and after the Easter Hat Parade. 

There will be 4 categories for the cake competition - Year R, Year 1, Year 2 and Adult. There is enough time to start planning and practicing your creations!!  If you do not wish to enter the competition, we will happily accept donations of cakes/traybakes/biscuits to add to our cake sale. 

Co-Op Community Grant

If you haven't already there is still time to choose FISHES as your chosen charity of your Co-Op Membership card. We have just found out that an incredible 491 Co-Op members have already chosen FISHES!! Each time you shop in Co-Op and scan your card it means that we will be allocated money. In March we will receive £500 which is our first installment and then we will receive the remaining balance in November. This money is going to be put towards a book vending machine for the school. 

You can sign up to a Co-Op card and select us as your charity via the following link: https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/88852 On top of this, every month 10 Co-Op members are in with a chance of winning £500 for themselves and £5,000 for their chosen charity

As always thank you for your continued support.

We are seeking to appoint a reliable and committed Lunchtime Assistant to join our team. The successful candidate will enjoy working in a collaborative and positive environment. This role involves supervising children during their lunch break, developing engaging lunchtime play activities, and ensuring the safety and welfare of all children at all times.

If you would be interested in applying for this role, please complete the application form below and return to adminoffice@freegrounds-inf.hants.sch.uk

The closing date is 12pm Thursday 27th February 2025.

Lunchtime Assistant application pack.pdf

Supportstaff-application-form-2021.docx

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.

• Friday 14th February 2025

• Friday 20th June 2025

You can view Hampshire term dates at any time here.