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Happy New Year
It has been so lovely to welcome the children back this week! They have come back ready to learn and have been demonstrating our values beautifully - what a fabulous start too 2026!!
Learning This Week
Early Years
Early Years
This week in Early Years the children have been on a bear hunt! The children stumbled upon some bear prints in their classroom and followed them into our outdoor area. They have created different settings of where they could find the bear and written lists of items they would need for their bear hunt.
Key Stage One
Key Stage One
This week in KS1 the children have had a great start to the half term. They went on a 'bus ride' around London to fully immerse themselves in our topic this half term. The children have started to produce their own leaflet about London and can recall facts about key landmarks.
Could we please ask for donations of any scrap material (larger than 30cm x 30cm) and wool, please? These will be used this term for DT. Many thanks!
Menu Change
Thursday 15th January will be Double Pizza day! There will be Margherita Pizza and Pepperoni Pizza available, as well as Jacket Potatoes.
This date is a national school census day, which means that data submitted (like our uptake of school meals) impacts the funding we receive. Please encourage your child to have a school lunch on this day to help support the school!
Parents Evenings
Booking for Parent's Evenings will open at 10am on Monday 12th January.
These will be bookable through Arbor for Tuesday 10th & Thursday 12th February. Please see the office if you are having difficulties making an appointment. Bookings must be made by 10am on Monday 2nd February.
Please note there is one slot per child. Separated parents are strongly encouraged to share an appointment, but where this is not possible it will be down to the availability and discretion of the class teacher as to if a second booking may be made.
Yellow class will see availability for Miss Emery on Tuesday, and Mrs Rigby on Thursday - Please only book one slot, to see one teacher, as any duplicates will be cancelled.
We would like to reiterate the following:
Your parent's evening booking is a 10 minute appointment to discuss your child's current progress in class, and what can be done at home to support them. If you need to discuss anything else, this should be arranged at another time with your child's class teacher.
Appointments cannot overrun, as this throws out not only the next family due to see your child's teacher, but also has a knock on effect for siblings who are due to see other teachers, and so on.
Please do not be offended if your child's teacher has to end the meeting promptly due to this - each teacher may have up to 15 families to see on one evening!
If you are bringing your child/ren with you, please ensure they do not disrupt school resources which will be needed for the next day.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Free Southampton Tickets
We are delighted to be able to share an offer free tickets to the upcoming derby match this Saturday (10th January) where Southampton Women’s First Team takes on Portsmouth, which promises to be a truly exciting fixture and a fantastic live sporting experience! Thank you to Southampton FC for sharing this offer with us as a partner school!
Please scan the QR code on the poster or visit the website here.
SFC Saints Womens Vs Pompey.pdfParent Survey
Every year we ask parents for feeback on their experience of Freegrounds Infant School. Please take a few minutes to complete the online form below - your feedback is very valuable to us! Responses will be shared in the newsletter in due course.
FISHES News
A very warm welcome back to all our families — we hope you had a restful festive break. It’s been lovely to see the children return with such energy and smiles, and we’re really excited for everything the spring term has in store.
Please do take a moment to look over the attached sheet of key dates for the term ahead — we have lots planned, and we’d love to see you at as many events as possible.
Upcoming Events:
✨ School Disco – Thursday 6th February
One of our first big events of the term is the ever-popular school disco! Tickets are now on sale, and the deadline to purchase is Tuesday 4th February.
Tickets will not be available after this date, so please make sure you don’t miss out!
💃 Sponsored Zumbathon
We’re delighted to announce the return of our Sponsored Zumbathon, led by our fabulous Zumba teacher, Janine.
This event will take place in school, and sponsorship forms will be sent home week commencing 19th January. It was such a fun event — we can’t wait to bring it back!
🌙 After Dark: 90s & 00s Adult Disco
Back by popular demand! After the fantastic success of last year’s event, we’re thrilled to welcome back our ‘After Dark: 90s & 00s Adult Disco’.
This will again be held at Hedge End Village Hall and is a bring‑your‑own event. Families and friends are more than welcome — it’s not limited to Infant School parents, so please spread the word! No under 18s!
Tickets are on sale now.
🎟️ Buying Tickets
All event tickets can be purchased easily through our ticket platform:
👉 https://buytickets.at/fishes
We look forward to seeing you throughout the spring term. Here’s to a brilliant few months ahead! 🌼
Trickbox
This half term the children are learning more tricks to help hem develop some healthy lifestyle habits! All children will be looking at Colour Breathing, Year 1 at Sunny Side, and year 2 at Magic Circle.
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
Please see the page on our website for up to date home learning for your child.
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 - 98.85% attendance with 9 episodes of lateness
Red Class - 98.33% attendance with 1 episode of lateness
Yellow Class - 93.6% attendance with 2 episodes of lateness
Orange Class - 93.33% attendance with 2 episodes of lateness
Purple Class - 95.33% attendance with 0 episodes of lateness
Emerald Class - 97.67% attendance with 1 episode of lateness
Scarlet Class - 96.67% attendance with 12 episodes of lateness
Turquoise Class - 96.33% attendance with 9 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
Tuesday 10th & Thursday 12th February - Parent's Evenings
Thursday 12th February - Wear Your Scarf to School Day
Monday 16th - Friday 20th February - Half Term
Thursday 26th February - Orange, Purple & Turquoise to SeaCity Museum*
Friday 27th February - Scarlet & Emerald to SeaCity Museum*
Thursday 5th March - World Book Day
Friday 27th March - Last day of term
*Please note some classes have switched days
Class Family Assemblies
Friday 6th March - Scarlet
Thursday 12th March - Emerald
Friday 20th March - Purple
Friday 27th March - Orange
**All family assemblies will be from 9am, in the hall. Remaining classes will be after
the Easter break.**
FISHES Dates
Wednesday 4th February - Zumbathon (EYFS & Purple)
Friday 6th February - School Disco
Wednesday 11th February - Zumbathon (Orange, Scarlet, Turquoise & Emerald)
Friday 6th March - Adult 90's Disco
Friday 13th March - Non Uniform Day
Saturday 21st March - Easter Fayre
Monday 23rd March - Easter Bake Off / Cake Sale
INSET Days 2025/2026
Friday 13th February
Monday 29th June
You can view Hampshire term dates at any time here.
Head Teacher Awards
Blue Class - Oakley for Thinking, Charlie for Independence & Resilience
Red Class - Harry for Thinking, Frankie for Respect
Yellow Class - Tobias for Respect, Amalia for Thinking
Orange Class - Elsie-Mae and Louie, both for Independence
Purple Class - Arrabella for Thinking & Independence, Amari for Resilience & Thinking
Emerald Class - Brody for Independence, Max for Creativity
Scarlet Class - Isabella for Independence & Thinking, Louis for Thinking
Turquoise Class - Mia for Resilience, Noah for Respect
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