Keep up to date with all the news happening in the school at the moment. Articles are added during the week. Parents are encouraged to check regularly. Our weekly bulletin, emailed directly to parents, summarises content for the week.

• Fielding Nursery holiday club, book now for the Summer Holidays

  Sat 30 Jun 2018 Tracy Cherry

   

  With less than three full weeks until the summer holiday begins, nursery are planning to have fun, fun, fun.

  The children enjoyed cooking so much that we will be baking again this holiday and trying out new recipe's including pizza and fruit smoothies, we will also be making ice lollies to enjoy.

  We will be making regular visits to the school allotments and helping to care for the chickens and may see an egg or two! And as always plenty of fun on the pirate ship and school field. We will picnic on the field when the weather is nice and join the Childcare Club to celebrate National Play Day on Wednesday 1st August. The Childcare Club have a great day planned for us to share.

  We are also planning lots of water play with paddling pools, water squirters, bubble magic and target practice with wet sponges, so please send a spare set of clothes each day as they may just get wet!

  There will also be lots of messy play to tantalise the children's senses, so remember old clothes for the holiday.

   

  These exciting experiences are open to all children who currently attend nursery. Session timings and fees follow the same pattern as term-time and sessions can be selected in any pattern to meet your childcare needs. Please log into your Laser account to book.

  Depending on your chosen sessions, please provide a wholesome healthy packed lunch and snack for teatime. Do remember to check that no food sent in with your child contains nuts or sesame. Fruit will be available throughout the day for the children. 

  Book via Laser

• Reception excellent learning outcomes

  Sat 30 Jun 2018 Peter Dunmall

  Most pupils ready for Year 1

  85% of pupils in Reception this year, including all disadvantaged pupils, have achieved the government's 'good level of development' standard, reflecting their readiness to start learning in Year 1.

  Last year, 83% of Fielding's pupils achieved a good level of development compared to 71% of children nationally.  Fielding's results have improved year-on-year or remain very high since 2013 when the school was just in line with the national average.

  Children are defined as having reached a good level of development at the end of the Early Years if they have achieved at least the expected level in:

  • the early learning goals in the prime areas of learning (personal, social and emotional development; physical development; and communication and language)
  • the early learning goals in the specific areas of mathematics and literacy.

  Girls perform slightly better than boys although our gender gap of 10 percentage points is less than that nationally.

  Teachers have carefully planned learning this year so that pupils develop holistically across a wide range of areas in the Early Years Foundation Stage.

• Year 1 Phonics excellence

  Sat 30 Jun 2018 Peter Dunmall

  100% success in screening check

  Every Year 1 pupil at Fielding, irrespective of their background or starting point, has successfully passed the Government's phonics screening check this year as a result of highly effective teaching and support for individual pupils.  Moreover, 80% of our pupils gained a score of at least 37 marks out of 40.  The threshold pass mark was 32.

  Nationally every June, hundreds of thousands of five and six year old children in Year 1 take the phonics screening check - reading aloud a list of 40 words, which is marked by their teacher.  The check is a list of 40 words; 20 of them are real, 20 are nonsense words, such as "quass".  Nonsense words are denoted with a monster to make it clear to children that they are the monster’s "names".  These are included to show that children are using their knowledge of letters and sounds and have not merely memorised words.  Pupils apply their knowledge of letters and sounds to decode and read the words aloud.  Last year, 97% of our pupils met the required standard compared to 81% of pupils nationally.

  Success at Year 1 in the phonics screening check is important to us because it helps our pupils to read fluently by the start of Year 2, providing a secure base to reach the higher standard of reading by the end of Year 2.

  Highly effective teaching by all adults working in Year 1 has included daily teaching of phonics, identifying letter sounds which pupils find hardest to learn and providing support to individual pupils and their parents.  During Reception and Fielding Nursery, pupils are introduced to letters and sounds which provides an excellent foundation for the start of their learning in Year 1.

  In Year 2, four out of five pupils who had to re-take the test because they missed the test or did not reach the pass mark at the end of Year 1 last year, also successfully passed the test this year.  These pupils have benefited from a programme of support during Year 2 to enable them to catch-up with their peers.

• Annual reports, end of year assessments and open house

  Sat 30 Jun 2018

  Annual reports, end of year and Key Stage assessments and open house.

  From the afternoon of Wednesday 4th July your child’s end of term assessments and Annual Report will be available to view on School Pupil Tracker Online (SPTO) www.mychildsreport.co.uk.

  Once you have logged on you will be able to access your child’s Annual Report, as well as their most recent assessments and any previous reports and assessments. 

  Statutory assessments

  This term children in Years 2 and 6 children have completed statutory end of Key-Stage assessments and children in Year 1 have completed their Phonics Screening Check.

  Year 1 and 2 parents will receive a print out of results on Wednesday 11th July, please check your child's book bag! Parents in Year 6 will receive a printout via post on the 12th July.

  Open School

  On Thursday 5th July between 3:45pm and 6pm there is an opportunity for you to attend a drop-in session to view your child’s books with your child.

   

  For further information about assessment this term, what information to expect and how to access the reports please read our Summer Term update.

  • Assessment update, summer term
  • DfE Information for parents, key-stage one assessments

• Year 3&4 Athletics team claim 2nd place in competition

  Fri 29 Jun 2018

  Today 4 schools competed on the Fielding school field for the first ever Fielding Sport Partnership Year 3&4 Athletics competition. A Fielding athletics team were joined by teams from St. Mark's, Edward Betham and Holy Family in a competition which would see them compete in tho 60m, 150m, 450m, shotput, javelin, long jump and 75m relay.

   

  It was fantastic afternoon of sport with athletes from all four school impressing in each event. At the end of the afternoon the Fielding team were very pleased to hear that they had some individual success in the the competition. We had bronze medals in the boys javelin for Josh and the girls long jump for Oleena. We had silver medals in the boys javelin for Charlie C, the boys shotput for Toby and Charlie B, and the boys 450m for Charlie B. We also had some gold medals for the boys long jump for Archie, the girls javelin for Sophie, the girls 60m for Oleena and the boys 150m for Archie. We were also very happy that our mixed relay team of Archie, Roquan, Sophie and Oleena won their event to claim another gold medal each.

   

  At the end of the afternoon of competition all of the points were added up to determine which team had won overall. The Fielding team did very well to finish in 2nd place and although they were very proud about that they are also determined to try to go one better when they are in Year 5! The winners of today's competition was St. Mark's and so congratulations must go to them. Well done to everybody who competed today you were all brilliant!

   

  http://www.fieldingprimary.com/year-34-sport/

  

• New outside learning space for Reception, September 2018

  Fri 29 Jun 2018 Peter Dunmall

  Construction works start next week to create a new outside learning space for Reception pupils.  The new playground is due to be completed ready for the start of the new school year.

  Works during term-time will have minimum impact on the day-to-day running of the school.  However, access to Reception classrooms for morning drop-off and afternoon collection will only be available via the Coombe Road entrance.

  Our plans include:

  • giant 'natural' feel sandpit with running water stream, bridge, rock boulders and climbing tower.  Pupils will be able to divert the stream and pump water by hand from end to end
  • multi-tiered platforms adjacent to the existing 'sail' seating area
  • bike track
  • wooden village buildings
  • mini-GaGa pit
  • planting beds for growing crops
  • mud-kitchen
  • range of zones for flexible use during the year

  Mr Webb, Reception Leader, and the Reception team have carefully designed the new outside learning space to give maximum flexibility and a wide range of learning opportunities for pupils which can change over time.

  The improvements are needed as a result of Nursery expansion and the need for Reception and Nursery pupils to now have separate outside learning spaces.  The school is fully funding the works from an under-spend last year and capital funding this year. 

  

• Constellation treat: Monday 2nd July 2018

  Thu 28 Jun 2018 Miss L Stabler

  Orion are the Constellation winners!

  Big congratulations to the children in Orion, who have won the constellation prize for Summer term. They won with a massive 571 stars. As a reward for making the right choices and going above and beyond for the whole of Summer term, all the children in Orion will have their treat this Monday afternoon (2nd July after Move- up morning). The star leaders for Orion have chosen an afternoon of:

  · Non-uniform

  · Outdoor play

  · Ice lollies

  The treat will last from just after lunch until 3.20pm. The children are allowed to wear non-uniform all day but will need to wear clothes and footwear suitable for playing on the field and climbing frames. The children will also need to wear sun-cream and wear a hat as they will be outside all afternoon.

  Well done Orion, we are proud of you.

• Chicken-sitting

  Thu 28 Jun 2018 Ellie Lock
  Would you like to do some chicken-sitting over the summer? We're looking for volunteers to feed the chickens and water the Kitchen Garden during the holidays. You'll be able to pick some garden produce and take home any eggs. Look out for a sign-up list by the garden gate next week. http://www.fieldingprimary.com/kitchen-garden/

  

• Have you placed your bids in the PTFA SILENT AUCTION yet?

  Wed 27 Jun 2018
  Get in there quick to bag some amazing bargains... 

  • Citadel festival tickets JUST ADDED!!
  • 1 term's tuition at the Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts
  • Family course at urban farm Hen Corner
  • Brentford FC family ticket for home league fixtures
  • Kids party by Serge Betsen Rugby 
  • AND LOTS, LOTS MORE!!!!

  The bidding is now open and will close at 4.00pm on Saturday 30th June at the Summer Fair.  

  All you have to do is click on the link below and register your email address which you will be asked to verify (please check your junk mail if is not in your inbox).

  https://www.32auctions.com/fieldingsummerfair18

  You will also have a chance to bid in person during the Summer Fair at the Silent Auction stall. 

  Good luck!

• Change to specialist teaching timetable week beginning 9th July

  Tue 26 Jun 2018

  Due to some of our teachers accompanying Year 6 to France and to enable our teachers to plan together in their new year groups ready for September, we have made some changes to the specialist teaching timetable during week beginning 9th July.  

  There will be no French or Music teaching this week, PE may be taught on a different day. Please check the timetable below to make sure your child wears their PE kit on the correct day.

  Day	Classes PE day
  Monday
  Tuesday	2H, 2F, 2S, 3P
  Wednesday	RH, 1S, 1P, 2P, 3S,  5S, 5H, 5P
  Thursday	RF, RP, RS, 1H, 4H, 4S, 4F. 4P, 5F,
  Friday	1F, 3H, 3F