Newsletter 30 - 16th May 2025

Learning This Week

EYFS

This week in Early Years the children have been exploring water and how precious it is to Christians for baptism.

Year 1

This week in Year 1 the children have been learning about mechanisms. After experimenting and carefully drawing a plan, they brought their plans to life! The children created their own moving part with either a leaver or a slider. They displaying fantastic creativity and made some lovely, imaginative moving pictures. Well done, Year 1!

Year 2

This week, we’ve been diving into the world of speeches as the children prepare to write their own on the topic: Who is the real villain in Jack and the Beanstalk?

To help them get ready, the children have explored the speeches given by the crayons in, "The Day the Crayons Quit", thinking carefully about what makes a great speech. They identified key features and even started using them in their own writing.

Year 2 have had a fantastic term and we are so proud of everything they’ve achieved. Have a wonderful and restful half term!

FISHES News

Thank you to everyone that donated cakes to our cake you were all so generous and thank you to everyone that came a purchased a cake or few! You helped to us to raise an incredible £113.70.

Summer Fayre - Saturday 28 June 11:30 - 2:30

We hope you are all looking forward to our annual joint Summer Fayre.

We are in search of any unwanted toys for our toy tombola and teddies for our teddy tombola. If you have any that you are happy to donate please bring them along to either the Infant or Junior school office.
If you own / work for a business and would be happy to either donate a raffle prize or would be happy to do any sponsorship of the event please get in contact with us at freegroundsfishes@gmail.com or pop into the school office.
If you own a small business or know anyone that does and would like a stall at the event please get in touch with us at freegroundsfishes@gmail.com to find out more information or complete the following Google form: https://forms.gle/1pW8Mu5nCFFHze9v9

The volunteer sign up is now active via the following link: https://volunteersignup.org/47JB4 if you can spare any time at all we would really appreciate it. These events are only possible with the help of all the volunteers. If you have any questions about any of the stalls please let us know.

Legoland

Just a reminder that if you have not purchased Legoland Tickets yet and you still wish to the deadline for this 31st May. We will not be able to process your ticket if we have not received payment.

Once this deadline has passed, we will be passing the number of tickets required over to Legoland and once we have more information we will be in touch with everyone.

Please see attached a list of dates as a reminder of what we have got going on after half term. We hope you have a lovely break thank you for your continued support.

Cookery Club

There are still 2 places available in Year 2 Cookery Club after half term! Book now through your child's Arbor account.

Daily Echo

Join the Southern Daily Echo School Token Collect Competition!

Calling all schools in the Southern Daily Echo circulation area! We are thrilled to announce our exciting token collect competition, designed to bring our community together and support local education. This is a fantastic opportunity for schools to engage students, parents, and the wider community in a fun and rewarding challenge.

Prizes:

• 1st Prize: £1,000 Amazon Voucher

• 2nd Prize: £500 Amazon Voucher

• Raffle Prizes: All participating schools will receive a runner up prize to use as a raffle prize in future school events or fundraising.

How to Win: The school that collects the most tokens per pupil will be the winner. For example, 50 pupils collecting 6,000 tokens is equivalent to 100 pupils collecting 12,000 tokens. This ensures that every school, regardless of size, has an equal chance to win.

Why Participate? This competition is more than just about winning prizes. It's about fostering a sense of community and teamwork. By participating, schools can:

• Encourage Collaboration: Students, teachers, and parents can work together to collect tokens, strengthening bonds and promoting teamwork.

• Support Local Education: The prizes can be used to enhance school resources, fund special projects, or provide new opportunities for students.

• Engage the Community: Local businesses and residents can get involved by donating tokens, creating a supportive network around each school.

Take Part: Simply encourage your community to collect tokens printed in the Southern Daily Echo from Monday 2nd June until Friday 11th July.

The school that collects the most tokens per pupil will be the winner. For example, 50 pupils collecting 6,000 tokens is equivalent to 100 pupils collecting 12,000 tokens.

Closing Date: All tokens must be returned to schools no later than Friday 11th July 2025. Schools must then provide tokens to Newsquest by midnight on Friday 18th July 2025. Address for token submission is SDE Newsquest, Fleet House, Hampshire Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9XD or please call 01305 830811

Terms and Conditions: Newsquest terms and conditions apply. Please visit http://www.newsquest.co.uk/prize-competition-rules http://www.newsquest.co.uk/privacy-policy. No Photocopies Accepted: Only original tokens will be counted. Only registered schools can enter, and no two schools can combine their token collections. Prizes are non-transferable and no cash alternative is available.

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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