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Learning This Week
EYFS
EYFS
The children have been continuing to settle into Early Years this week. They have been learning the daily routines, exploring areas of the classroom and outdoor area, making new friends and trying new foods. We are really proud of them!
Year 1
Year 1
In Year 1 this week the children have started their first writing unit around the book 'On Sudden Hill'. On Monday, there was a surprise delivery of boxes where the children explored and discussed what else a box could be. It's not a box, it's a ....car, cat bed, a beach, a robot and many more. This inspired the children to bring their ideas to life! The next day the children wrote a list of what else their box could have been.
Year 2
Year 2
This week has been an exciting adventure in learning for the children! In Maths, they've been having a fantastic time exploring the world of numbers, mastering the skill of counting in steps of 2 and 10 from any starting point. They’ve also been consolidating their knowledge of partitioning, breaking down two-digit numbers into 10s and 1s, and discovering the magic of how numbers work! Over in Kinetic Letters, it’s been all about fun and creativity as they learn to form the letters m and r. Our target pairs, hm and hr, have added an extra challenge, and the children have been eagerly rising to the occasion with big smiles and plenty of enthusiasm. Well done Year 2!
PE Kit Reminder
Thank you to all those parents who have sent in their child's PE kit so far. These should stay in class to be used when required, and are sent home to be washed each half term.
As the weather is getting a little colder now, a reminder that navy blue jogging bottoms and jumpers should also be included as we still do PE outside when we can!
If your child regularly wears tights, please could you ensure that there are socks in the PE kit for them to change into. Thank you!
Welcome Back Menu!
Our catering provider, Aspens are laying on a special "Welcome Back" menu on Thursday 19th September. All children with special diet menus will be provided with a allergy / intolerance safe option of the menu on this day.
Please see the Aspens newsletter and parent pack below with more information about your child's school lunches!
Jerk Chicken - A4 poster.pdfFF Parent Newsletter - Traditional 2024.pdfParent Info Pack September 2024 - Food Festival- Traditional.pdfSchool Photographer
School Photos
School Photos
The School photographer is visiting us on Friday 27th September to take individual photographs of all the children. If your child has a sibling within the infant school, and you would like a sibling photo taken please visit Yellow's web site below and complete the online Sibling Request Form.
Visit website www.smileYellow.com/sibling
School password is: frinf270924
Closing date for requests is: midnight 20/09/24
If your child has a sibling within the junior school, and you would like a sibling photo taken, please note the details below:
The photographer will be set up in Emerald class (Year 2), and families can arrive at 8am on Friday 27th September to have their photos taken. Please queue up outside the classroom, and a member of school staff will see you in one family at a time. Pushchairs can be left outside due to limited space in the classroom. Once your photo has been taken you will leave through the outside door again to make your way to your usual classrooms.
Photos will only be of children who attend both the Infant & Junior schools - no older or younger siblings, or siblings who only attend FJS etc.
We may reach a point that we need to stop to allow the photographer time to set up for our individual photos, and to allow children to get to both schools on time for registration. We would recommend coming as close to 8am as possible.
Children will need to be in their classrooms for register at the usual time at both schools, or they will be recorded as late even if they have seen the photographer.
Siblings who attend only the infant school do not need to come in early - you need to complete the form via the link above, by the deadline, and we will manage those siblings during the school day.
Please ensure all children have full school uniform on this day, including jumper / cardigan!
Free Maths Sessions for Parents
Multiply is excited to offer a FREE online fractions session designed to help adults over 19 who lack numeracy confidence to boost their skills and confidence in mathematics. This engaging and interactive session, will take place on 27th September 2024, from 10:00 to 12:00 hrs. The session aims to make learning fractions fun and accessible, empowering parents to better support their children’s education.
Details of the Session:
Date: 27th September 2024
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 hrs
Format: Online
Offered by: Multiply
We believe this session will greatly benefit parents and help them develop a stronger foundation in mathematics.
Parents - Fractions Percentages Decimals Course.pdfFlu Immunisations
FLU POSTER - PRIMARY.pdfThe school nurses are coming in on Wednesday 16th October to administer the flu vaccinations to the children. In order for your child to receive their dose, you will need to complete the form online via the attached poster. You can scan the QR code or go to the website here. Consent needs to be given no later 2 working days beforehand.
Please complete the form to confirm even if you do not want your child to have their vaccine.
FISHES News
Quiz Night
Only 2 weeks until the quiz night on Friday 27th September. Doors open at 6.30 for the quiz to start at 7.00. The quiz is always a really fun evening and opportunity to have a night away from the children and meet new people in the school community. You are welcome to bring food and drink with you. There will be extra things on the evening such as games and a raffle so please bring cash with you also. Tickets are £5 per person and you can have teams of up to 8 and tickets are purchasable in advance from: https://buytickets.at/fishes
Bags2School
We have our next bag2school collection on 26th September. Please see attached information sheet of what items we are able to take - please do not bring your bags to school until the morning of this date. This will also be a non-uniform day in return for any donations. Whilst we appreciate any donation for this event, children that do not have anything to donate are still welcome to come in non-uniform. All bags are to be put in the wooden shelter on the playground on this morning. If you are dropping your child to Pippins earlier in the morning, the playground will be accessible for you to drop your bag off at this time.
Disco
We are holding our spooky disco on Friday 4th October. Tickets are now on sale via our website: https://buytickets.at/fishes. All tickets must be brought in advance of the event and the cut off for purchasing tickets is 1st October - there will be no ticket sales after this date.
On the day of the disco, Year R need to bring in their disco clothes to school and they will be taken to the disco by their teachers. You will then need to collect them at the end from their classroom doors.
Year 1 and 2 children will need to be dropped to the double doors between Orange and Turquoise Class where they will be signed in.
We will ask that all children bring their water bottle to this disco to save on the wastage of plastic cups. Halloween fancy dress is optional for this disco.
Courses for Parents
To book, please see the Hampshire Libraries page.
Starting School September 2025
Starting school poster 2025.pdfIf your child was born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021, they are due to start school in the school year beginning September 2025.
Admission to a Year R class is not automatic. Application opens from 1 November 2024 and close 15 January 2025 for Hampshire residents.
To make an application between these dates go to: Hampshire County Council Year R application
If your child is currently in Year 2 you will be required to make an application for a place to the Junior School as the transfer is not automatic. The dates and procedure for this process is the same for an application for a place in Year R above.
To make a Year 3 application: Hampshire County Council applying for a junior place (Year 3)
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
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 - 98.37% attendance with 0 episodes of lateness
Red Class - 97.62% attendance with 1 episode of lateness
Yellow Class - 97.73% attendance with 0 episodes of lateness
Green Class - 98.93% attendance with 0 episodes of lateness
Orange Class - 96.79% attendance with 1 episode of lateness
Purple Class - 95.36% attendance with 1 episode of lateness
Scarlet Class - 94.33% attendance with 1 episode of lateness
Turquoise Class - 98.99% attendance with 2 episodes of lateness
Dates for Your Diary
Thursday 19th September - Special Menu
Friday 27th September - Individual school photos
Wednesday 16th to Monday 21st October - Book Fair in School
Wednesday 16th October - Flu immunisations & Harvest Festival
Monday 21st October - Year 2 trip to Vedic Temple
Friday 1st November - Applications open for Year R / Year 3 2025
Thursday 7th and Tuesday 12th November - Parents Evenings
Class Assemblies
Friday 4th October - Scarlet class assembly
Thursday 10th October - Turquoise class assembly
Friday 18th October - Purple class assembly
Wednesday 23rd October - Green class assembly
Friday 25th October - Orange class assembly
Friday 15th November - Red class assembly
Friday 22nd November - Blue class assembly
Thursday 28th November - Yellow class assembly
All class assemblies will be in the school hall @ 9.00am.
Parent Lunches (EYFS only)
Wednesday 16th October - Red class parent lunch
Wednesday 23rd October - Yellow class parent lunch
Wednesday 6th November - Blue class parent lunch
More information on these will be sent nearer the time.
FISHES Dates
Thursday 26th September - Bags 2 School Collection / Non Uniform Day
Friday 27th September - Quiz Night
Friday 4th October - School Discos
Tuesday 8th October - AGM (6.30pm in school)
Saturday 19th October - Laser Show
Saturday 23rd November - Christmas Fayre
Wednesday 27th November - Wreath Workshop
INSET Days 2024/2025
Friday 11th October 2024
Friday 29th November 2024
Friday 14th February 2025
Friday 20th June 2025
You can view Hampshire term dates at any time here.
Head Teacher Awards
Green Class - Imogen for All the Values, Jack for Resilience
Orange Class - Rose and Harry, both for Thinking
Purple Class - Brody for Creativity, Lily for Independence
Scarlet Class - Oliver and Harley, both for Thinking
Turquoise Class - Harry for Resilience, Freddie for Independence & Teamwork
Trick Box
Trick Box
Trick Box Is an emotional management approach that we use in school to develop children’s ability to cope and develop life skills, focusing on confidence, calmness, communication and creativity to cope with all kinds of life situations. It is an emotional management and personal development programme for all of our children. It’s simple, fun and effective. It is based on developing 4 key areas Confidence, Communication, Creativity and Calmness.
Trick Box helps children and adults to:
· Recognise and self-manage emotions
· Develop mindful awareness around mind-body connection
· Build awareness and choices around body language signals
· Create confident, mindful decision making
· Set and achieve positive goals
· Develop communication skills to enhance interpersonal relationships
· Problem solve and create solution thinking
· Create intrinsic motivation and the confidence to try new things in new ways
· Develop a positive mind set building long-term resilience and autonomy
Adults in school will use the Tricks alongside the Empowerment Approach when supporting children in how they can help themselves.
We teach the children specific tricks each half term. These will be shared on our Year group newsletter and on out school Facebook page.
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