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Another Brilliant Week at Freegrounds!
It’s been lovely to see the children fully enjoying the Life Education workshops this week and engaging so enthusiastically with Harold, Michelle, and Caroline. Their curiosity and participation has been fantastic to witness! I hope they have shared some of their learning with you at home.
~ Miss Holmes, Acting Headteacher
Learning This Week
Early Years
Early Years
This week in EYFS the children have had fun learning about the traditional tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears. There was then some visitors in the classroom! The children have created bears, learnt a song of the story and written about different aspects of the story!
Key Stage One
Key Stage One
This week, the children had great fun learning about capital cities across the UK. They listened carefully to different sound clips and enjoyed guessing which capital city each sound represented. In Computing, the children worked extremely hard. They learned how to log in independently to the Chromebooks and practised their typing skills. We are very proud of the focus and enthusiasm they showed throughout the week!
Handwarmers
Due to the cold snap in the weather recently, we have had some children come to school with single use handwarmers (such as in the picture). Please note that the materials inside these are toxic, and not safe for children as they are quite easily popped or damaged - please do not send them in to school.
Parents Readers
We are currently looking for volunteers to come in and read with the children in Early Years; are you a parent (or grandparent / aunt / uncle) of a child in school who has a few hours to spare?
Families of children in EYFS are welcome to apply, however you should be confident that your presence would not upset or distract your child, especially as you would be reading with children from all three classes, and not necessarily your own child.
You must have a DBS with the school - please see the office for a pack if you would like to apply for one.
Parents Evenings
Booking for Parent's Evenings are now open.
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.
Parent 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
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 - 6 March
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! 🌼
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 - 99.23% attendance with 8 episodes of lateness
Red Class - 98.33% attendance with 5 episode of lateness
Yellow Class - 96.4% attendance with 5 episodes of lateness
Orange Class - 97.67% attendance with 2 episodes of lateness
Purple Class - 98.67% attendance with 5 episodes of lateness
Emerald Class - 98% attendance with 7 episode of lateness
Scarlet Class - 98.67% attendance with 9 episodes of lateness
Turquoise Class - 97.33% attendance with 8 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 - Oliver for Resilience, Chloe for Respect & Independence
Red Class - Quinn for Thinking, Joey for Respect & Thinking
Yellow Class - Ava and Bobby, both for Thinking
Orange Class - Phoenix for Independence, Max for Resilience
Purple Class - Jacob for Independence, Barney for Independence & Thinking
Emerald Class - Rosa and Louis, both for Independence & Resilience
Scarlet Class - Teddy and Harper, both for Thinking & Resilience
Turquoise Class - Leo for Teamwork, Kobe for Resilience
Hampshire CAMHS PACE Events
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