FOSS awarded Golden Grant by Tesco 

FOSS is delighted to have been awarded a Golden Grant of £5,000, as part of the Stronger Starts programme, which provides funding for children for healthy food and activities. These Golden Grant events take place in more than 100 Tesco stores and FOSS was one of the lucky groups chosen to receive £5,000 in funding. These funds will provide wellbeing support for the children and parents at St Stephen's School.

Orleans Fireworks Display, Sunday 5th November, 4.30pm-7pm

Come and watch a dazzling display of fireworks at Orleans Park School on Sunday 5th November from 4.30pm-7pm.

FOSS will have a stall selling sweets, popcorn, cookies and hot chocolate on the evening - come and support us and OPS.

Other food and drink stalls will be available too.

Tickets cost £15 for adults and £10 for children

All bookings should be made at Orleans Park Friends (pta-events.co.uk)

STOP PRESS... STOP PRESS... PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO ORDER YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS STOP PRESS... STOP PRESS... STOP PRESS...

CAKE SALES

The FOSS Friday cake sale takes place every week in the playground after school. Last year it raised a staggering £5,700 for the school. Many thanks to everyone who donated and bought cakes.

As a reminder - in order to keep our whole school community safe we always ask that homemade or shop bought cakes do not contain nuts, coconut or sesame. Many shop bought cakes will say 'may contain nuts' and, given people bake in their homes, we can never guarantee the sale is completely 'nut free,' as traces may exist.  Any cake bought at the sale is under parental supervision, not school supervision. Parents who give their children money to visit the sale are accepting parental responsibility (especially for Yr5 and Yr6 children whose parents may not be present at pick up).  Children going to Stars on a Friday afternoon do not visit the cake sale, instead a cake is provided directly by Stars to children who would like to visit. Thank you in advance to everyone over this school year that will bake, buy and help make our cake sales succesful and safe.

Many thanks

The Cake Sale Team

Now for a spot of bird watching in Reception. Inspiration from the class text 'Owl Babies' has encouraged our youngest cohort to use a variety of transient art materials to model their very own two-dimensional, feathered friend. Home made nests and owl paintings completed work on the topic for our Reception ornithologists at the end of last term. However, they have not confined themselves to bird talk, but have also some enjoyed French with Madame G, as well as  human patterns in Maths. 

Oh, before we go, have we told you about our Friendship Wreaths in Reception? Well, a ribbon is attached to the wreath when one of our Reception children performs an act of kindness. We may soon be running out of ribbon! Friendship is the school value for Reception and is a perfect theme for school starters, as working well with peers and learning to share and compromise are fantastic life skills. Our Reception staff report that the children are showing lots of kindness and friendship to one another and making everyone very proud.