Newsletter 26 - 4th April 2025

Learning This Week

EYFS

This week in EYFS the children have been embracing the sunshine. Some have enjoyed lots of opportunities for outside Discovery Time whilst others spent time carefully creating observational paintings of the beautiful spring time daffodils.

Year 1

Year 1 enjoyed their trip to Hillier Gardens this week to consolidate their learning this half term about plants. They took part in various activities such as a seed survival game, the bee game, looking at evergreen and deciduous trees as well as creating a herb scented caterpillar. The children's favourite activity was the wobbly bridge! They had a fantastic trip and we had some very sleepy children on the way home!

Don't forget Year One Tudor Dress Up day on Tuesday 22nd April

Year 2

This week, Year 2 had an exciting virtual visit from author Huw Aaron! The children loved meeting the quirky characters from Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob and were amazed as Huw created a brand-new monster just for them. In Maths, they had fun collecting Easter egg data by recording their findings using tally charts, bar charts and pictograms.

Well done for a fantastic term!

After School Clubs

Lego Club Summer Term.pdf

By popular demand, Crafty Crocs have added a second day to their after school craft club!

New Menu

The menu for after Easter has now been published on our website and can be seen here: www.freegrounds-inf.hants.sch.uk/school-lunches/

If your child has a different menu due to a dietary need and you have not already received their menu, this will be shared with you over the Easter break.

Delicious Desserts - 24.04.25 FGI.pdf

There will be a themed menu on Thursday 24th April - Delicious Desserts!

FISHES News

Easter Fayre

Another successful event, thanks to all the organisers, volunteers, donations and the children that brought their friends and families along. We were very lucky with the weather again which I think the ponies were pleased with just as much as everyone attending! We hope you enjoyed the addition of the Funky Playbus and the Crafty Crocs craft table this year. We are pleased that you all helped us to raise a grand total of £1596.97.

Easter Bake Off

Wow!! We had some truly incredible bakes this year!!!! Well done to the 4 winners of the bake off competition they were all well deserved wins but the School Ambassadors did find it incredibly hard to choose.

We were blown away by the amount of bakes brought in, so much so we were able to do a cake sale over 2 afternoons and you helped to us to raise an absolutely incredible total of £399.60

Frozen Fridays

After Easter weather dependent we will be selling ice creams most Fridays. If this is something you would be able to volunteer and help with please do get in contact via the school office.

Next term

We can't believe that we are almost in our final term. Please see the attached poster with a list of exciting dates coming up. We have the return of a quiz night - tickets will go on sale after the Easter holidays, a bake sale for World Baking Day, a summer disco for the children, and of course the Summer Fayre which will be joint with the Juniors again.

Legoland

You may have seen on our Facebook page that we have managed to get discounted tickets for Legoland for our inset day on 20 June. Tickets are £20 per person (adults and children) and we are required to sell a minimum number to be able to offer this discount. If you would like tickets you have until 31 May to complete this google form and make payment https://forms.gle/HxGf5i9Cw1FMJEgg8

Finally, good luck to everyone running either the Half Marathon or Full Marathon for FISHES. If you are there spectating make sure to look out for Carly, Bebe, Gemma and Sam! If you would like to sponsor them they are running in aid of FISHES and there is still time https://www.justgiving.com/page/carly-haines-1734518093440?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL. Thank you to everyone that has already donated.

From all the FISHES Team we would like to thank you for all your support again over the Spring term and we hope you all have a lovely Easter break.

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

I’d like to address the car park. I get the impression that some people abuse it by using it when they’re not supposed to. Also leaving car engines running when the children are walking into/out of school seems a common occurrence. It’s not nice for them walking into a cloud of car fumes. Perhaps something to address.

Stricter controls on parking in car park as certain parents use it most days with some cars parking in the lane too.

We did

Thank you for raising the concerns regarding the car park.

We have reinstated the Permit System and if vehicles are using the carpark without a permit we will take measures to approach individuals and remind them that this system is in place.

We understand the importance of ensuring that the car park is used appropriately and that it provides a safe environment for our children. It has come to our attention that some individuals may be using the car park when they are not supposed to, and that cars are often left with their engines running while children are walking in and out of school. This is indeed a concern as it exposes the children to harmful car fumes. We will ensure a note to remind individuals to turn off their engines whilst parked in the carpark is included in any correspondence when permits are issued.

Thank you once again for bringing this to our attention. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our children and appreciate your cooperation and understanding in this matter.

We also have a few ideas in the pipeline to think about how we can promote walking to school too, not just for ‘Walktober’ but for the rest of the year.

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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