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Learning This Week
EYFS
EYFS
This week in EYFS, the children have been exploring using their senses - They have used their 'hearing' senses to listen to the sounds around them. The children used their 'touching' sense to feel items and describe what was inside the feely box. They have also created some of their own instruments using junk modelling and began to write the pattern they played using mark making.
Year 1
Year 1
This week in Year 1 the children have been learning about high and low notes. They have sorted chime bars into long c low notes and high c short notes, sang songs about Goldilocks and the three bears and practiced making their voices have a high tone, middle and low tone for the different bear characters. The children loved making their own music using the different notes.
Year 2
Year 2
This week, the children have had a fantastic time in PE, making the most of the lovely sunny weather to practice their ball skills outside. The focus was on bounce pass and overarm throw, where the children lined up, ensured proper grip and leg positioning, and challenged themselves to throw as far as possible while maintaining good form – the children loved it! In maths, they have been working on estimating numbers on a number line and comparing two numbers using the correct symbols. The children have truly impressed us with how much they’ve remembered from Year 1!
School 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!
New for this year, proof cards will be sent home by email - this is better for the environment and saves some of the workload for the school administration team. As we already hold email addresses for guardians due to our pupil management system Arbor, school GDPR practices allow us to supply them to a third party. Yellow's GDPR statement has the following assurances that the data we provide them “……is used exclusively for ordering, management and delivery of our photographic packages, and not used for any marketing purposes of third parties” AND “…..is not shared with third parties”.
A full copy of their GDPR Policy is available should you request to see it.
Cool Milk
Parent Registration Letter.pdfFree 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.pdfTapestry Journals
Tapestry have recently begun publishing children's online learning journals into real books. If you wish to order/ purchase any backdated copies you will just need to upload the PDF download of your child's journal using the link below.
Flu 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
Bags2School
Our next Bags2School collection is on Thursday 26th September, please note this is a non-school uniform day in exchange for a donation. Whilst we appreciate any donation for this event, children that do not have anything to donate are still welcome to come in non-school uniform. There is no limit as to how much you can bring, the more donations we receive the more money we receive.
If your child attends Pippins the playground gate will be open so please just drop your donation into the wooden gazebo, everyone else please drop your donations into the gazebo as you arrive at school. All donations will need to be dropped off by 9am.
Quiz Night
One week until our quiz night. 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
Disco
Do not forget to purchase disco tickets if your child would like to attend. 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. https://buytickets.at/fishes
If you hold a DBS with the school and would like to help at either disco please do get in contact to let us know.
Laser Show
After a year of planning we cannot believe this event is only 4 weeks away! We are looking for a small numbers of volunteers for this event. If you would be interested in helping, please do get in touch. You must be available on Tuesday 15th October at 6.30 to meet at the school for a small training session and walk around the site and then available from 3.30 on the day of the event. If you volunteer you will still be able to watch the show!
Wreath Workshop
Tickets for our wreath workshop will go on sale at 6pm Friday 20th September and will be available via our website https://buytickets.at/fishes When purchasing your ticket please make sure you click the PARENT workshop link. You are welcome to bring friends/family members that are not connected to the school but there is a limit of 3 tickets per person and there is a limited number of spaces available. This is a lovely event and will be our third year of running it and it will be hosted by the lovely people at The Hampshire Flower Hut.
Christmas cards
Your child should have brought home their Christmas card sample this week. The instructions on how to order are on the back of this and it is online orders only. There is a strict deadline of 12 noon 2nd October to place your orders by. All commission raised from purchases will go to FISHES.
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)
Together We Make Eastleigh
Dear Families,
We are excited to announce that Together We Make Eastleigh, a new placemaking project by Eastleigh Borough Council in partnership with town centre regeneration experts Hemingway Design, has officially launched!
As part of the launch, you are invited to take part in a public online survey, which is now live. This is a rare and important opportunity for you to share your views and help shape the future of Eastleigh town centre. Share what you currently like or dislike, and what improvements you believe would make Eastleigh a better place to live, work, study, socialise, and shop.
Find the survey here or through the council's website. Your voice will play a key role in shaping the future of Eastleigh for our entire community.
The survey has some multiple-choice questions and others where you can write as much (or as little!) as you like. Rest assured, all responses will be carefully reviewed and treated confidentially, and your input will directly inform proposals for the town centre’s regeneration.
Please be sure to submit your responses by Sunday, 20th October.
You can access the survey here: https://togetherwemakeeastleigh.co.uk/.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact the project team at ukspf@eastleigh.gov.uk.
Thank you.
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 - 98.7% attendance with 0 episodes of lateness
Red Class - 100% attendance with 1 episode of lateness
Yellow Class - 97.73% attendance with 0 episodes of lateness
Green Class - 97.86% attendance with 0 episodes of lateness
Orange Class - 97.86% attendance with 4 episodes of lateness
Purple Class - 96.3% attendance with 1 episode of lateness
Scarlet Class - 93.33% attendance with 1 episode of lateness
Turquoise Class - 97.67% attendance with 0 episodes of lateness
Dates for Your Diary
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
Blue Class - Archie for Resilience, Rosie for Respect
Red Class - Arlo for Respect, Laraya for Thinking & Respect
Yellow Class - Oscar and Alex, both for Independence
Green Class - Teddy for Independence, Lexi for Thinking
Orange Class - Noah for Independence & Thinking, Rosa for Independence & Resilience
Purple Class - Kareema for Independence, Lucas for Creativity
Scarlet Class - Reuben for Resilience, Tiarah for Respect & Teamwork
Turquoise Class - Ava for Independence, Noah for Resilience
School Spotlight
Nick the Rights Respecting Ninja!
Nick the Rights Respecting Ninja!
Freegrounds Infant School – Rights Respecting School Award
Freegrounds Infant School is a school where children’s rights are at the heart of our ethos and culture, to improve well-being and to develop every child’s talents and abilities to their full potential. In March 2023, we achieved our Silver RRSA.
The RRSA (Rights Respecting Schools Award) is awarded by UNICEF. UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation working for children and young people and their rights. In 1989, governments across the world agreed that all children have the same rights by adopting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). These rights are based on what a child needs to survive, grow, participate and fulfil their potential. The Award recognises achievement in putting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child at the heart of a school’s planning, policies and practice. A Rights Respecting School is a community where children’s rights are learned, taught, practised, respected, protected and promoted. All children have rights which are inherent, inalienable, indivisible, universal and unconditional. They are 42 different articles relating to the rights of the child. For more information about the convention the Convention on the Rights of the Child by visiting www.unicef.org.uk/crc. For further information about Rights Respecting Schools please visit: www.unicef.org.uk/rrsa
All children are taught about their rights across the curriculum. Rights are the focus each week during collective reflection and are discussed in detail as part of our PSHE lessons. Every year each class makes a class charter. This charter is agreed and signed by the children and adults. It details how we will show respect for each other's rights. Our school ambassador’s work with children across all year groups to ensure children can enjoy their rights throughout the school day.
Action for Happiness Calendar
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