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.

• Specialist Club Spring Uptake

  Fri 29 Jan 2016

  In January we successfully launched our new Specialist Club Program.

  The program was designed to increase the number of clubs running and amount of spaces available. We now offer 36 Specialist clubs and have the extended provision so every year group has a choice of clubs each term.  We also introduced a later time slot so children could access a range of activities. In addition we also offer a similar Specialist club to any invite clubs running.

  To book clubs for this term, parents used our new Laser system. Despite some teething problems the online booking has been a success with over 100 parents logging on within the first five minutes of going live.

  The feedback from children regarding the range of new activities has been overwhelmingly positive. Many children have started learning new skills and subjects which embellish and link to the current curriculum. The school will also be carrying out informal observations of all Specialist clubs to ensure that providers are maintaining a high standard for children and parents.

  We’ve now created a table to show parents the current uptake of Specialist Clubs and offer clarity on our review process. We’re pleased to announce that nearly half of our Specialist Clubs are 75% to 100% full.

  To ensure we are offering a popular Specialist Club program, we will be reviewing all clubs with 60% or less booking rate. This will help us refine our program and guarantee that our valuable space is used effectively. Please click on the document below to review the table.

  Following parent and child feedback from our Childcare and Club consultation carried out in September. We extended our range of clubs on offer. Currently some of the clubs have lower than expected uptake.

  • Clubs marked in yellow do not start until w/c 22nd February which may contribute towards lower bookings. We encourage parents to book these clubs sooner as there is only 2 weeks left of this half term.

  • Offering clubs for Reception was a key outcome of our Childcare and Club consultation, however the uptake of clubs for this age group has been very low. To help keep these clubs running we needed to open them up to further year groups

  • Our Invite Choir club has previously been oversubscribed and held long waiting lists. As an alternative we now offer a Singing club, available for everyone in year 3, 4, 5 and 6, however uptake has been low.

  • We introduced many new sports such as Fencing, Ballet, Cheerleading, American football and Yoga, currently all have an uptake of less than 60%.

  Parents are still able to book Specialist Clubs that have availability using Laser.

  • http://www.fieldingprimary.com/specialist-club-spring-uptake/

• Fielding Recorder Club

  Fri 29 Jan 2016 Michael Mappin

  Years 3, 4, 5 & 6:

  We are pleased to announce that the Fielding Recorder Club is being formed.  Recorder is the original woodwind instrument (Henry VIII played it and many great composers wrote for it) and it is a fantastic complement to other instruments and musical activities.

  • Letter and Permission slip

• Fielding extreme challenge for Sports Relief 2016

  Thu 28 Jan 2016 Mr Thomas

  Fielding are holding a Sunrise to Sunset football match.

  It is nearly time for Sport Relief and Fielding is planning an extreme sport challenge to raise money this year. On Friday 18^th March Fielding will be holding a Sunrise to Sunset football match! The game will kick off at 6.07 a.m. and will finally finish over 12 hours later at 6.11 p.m. To make this happen Mr. Thomas and Mr. Winn have agreed to each captain a team and play continuously throughout the day. A timetable has been drafted up so that every child from Year 1 to Year 6 will come out and substitute into the game at some point during the day. That means over 700 children will take part in this game!

  In addition to staff signing up, we are also hoping that some parents might want to get involved too. If you as a parent would like to play in this game get a copy of the letter from the school notice board and return the slip to school by Thursday 11th February.

  In order to actually raise money whilst staging this ridiculously long game of football we are asking all children to bring in a suggested donation of £1 on the day. This will then allow them to come to school in their own clothes (possibly a favourite football kit) and take part in the game. We are also asking parents who would like to play in the game to make a donation to Sports Relief (you can be as generous as you want!), see attached letter. If you would like to show your support but not play in the game you can always come down and cheer on your child when they are taking part in the game (again with a small donation if you wish). The timetable of when the children will be playing will be published soon so you can make arrangements to come and show some support.

  For more information check out the year group notice boards or speak to Mr Thomas or Mr Winn.

  See you all matchday!

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• Year 1 - Where the Wild Things Are

  Thu 28 Jan 2016

  Exploring story settings

  This week in Year One we have been studying the classic story of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Pupils enjoyed role playing the story through drama. We are working towards writing a description of our own story setting, so we discussed ways to make our writing more exciting.  They were encouraged to think carefully about the story setting in the book. We looked at how the writer used descriptive language to set the scene. The pupils were introduced to the concept of similes and how they may be used to enhance a description. Every pupil chose something to describe from the story and they wrote a simile about it. “The trees were as green as guacamole” –Simon, 1S.

• Happy Learning in Year 4

  Thu 28 Jan 2016 Year 4 Team

  Brightening up January with Happy Learning!

  Year Four have been doing their best to brighten up their days by getting to grips with 2 and 3 dimensional shapes, X any Y axis, translations, rotations, lines of symmetry, and the digital world of co-ordinates and spread sheet cells.  Mixing their new math skills with computing lessons on being Meteorologists, Year 4 are looking forward to using their weather data graphs to create PowerPoint presentations which will be used in the filming of their Weather forecasting debuts.

  Everyone in Year four has been reflecting on how much progress they have made with their Year 4 spellings and are looking forward to having another go at showing all the new words they have locked away in their Hippocampus in our new spelling tests next week. Creative Home learning tasks have started to roll in as there is only two more weeks left till the Creative Home Learning showcase.

  Please note that the Creative Home learning task list is available on the website in the Year 4 noticeboard. 

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• Exciting changes to Inclusion Drop-In Service

  Wed 27 Jan 2016 Claire Chadwick

  Specialist input at each of our Inclusion Drop-ins

  We run a monthly Inclusion Drop-In service. This is usually on the first Thursday of each month, term dates permitting, and is held in the School House. The session takes place between 2-3pm and is open to all parents and carers with children at this school.

  The Drop-Ins provide an opportunity to talk to Mrs Chadwick, SENDCo, and Mrs Reehal, Learning Mentor. Mrs Chadwick, as SENDCo oversees the support provision for children who have special educational needs, to ensure they reach their full potential. Mrs Reehal, as Learning Mentor, offers support and guidance to children who may be experiencing barriers to their learning or are socially excluded.

  Parents and Carers are provided with an opportunity to meet and discuss any concerns that they may have in an informal manner.

  The Inclusion team are delighted to announce that starting in March, there will also be a specialist joining the Drop-In sessions, focusing on a particular topic.

  Each specialist will explain the role they play in supporting and promoting learning, health and well-being and be available to answer any questions.

  The Drop-In on Thursday 3rd March will feature special guest speaker Hannah Howell-Day, Speech, Language and Communication Therapist.

  Hannah explained her role:

  "Did you know that 1/10 children in the UK have some form of Speech, Language or Communication difficulty? This means that they might:

  • have difficulties learning words, or putting words into sentences 
  • have problems understanding what other people are saying to them 
  • find it hard to make friends and interact socially with people in the right way 
  • be hard to understand because they can’t say sounds the right way

  As a Speech and Language Therapist, I work with so many different types of children; children with Autism, learning difficulties, speech disorder, difficulties understanding others or expressing themselves! I don't just work with people who stammer, despite what the film 'The Kings Speech' might have told you!

  Come along and find out more about my job, how I work with your school and your child"

   

  Please see the Inclusion Drop-In calendar (on the Inclusion page) for more details of future specialists

   

  We would be delighted to welcome any parents with specialist training relating to learning, health and well-being who would like to extend their knowledge to support other parents. Please contact Mrs Chadwick or Mrs Reehal.

• French Year 5 & 6 : Matisse

  Wed 27 Jan 2016

  Les couleurs

  Year 5 & 6 have been exploring the work of French artist Matisse. We have looked closely at his famous piece: L'escargot (The Snail). 

  The children have created their own interpretations of 'L'escargot' using the colours that we have learnt in class: rouge, marron, bleu, jaune, rose, orange.

  • French, Years 5&6

  

• EMS concerts

  Mon 25 Jan 2016 Michael Mappin

  Children showcase their learning to parents

  EMS concert will take place in the week beginning 8th February.  ALL concerts will start at 2:45pm on the various days.  DOWNLOAD a timetable by visiting the MUSIC PAGE (or click this sentence).

• Trip/EMS payments due-Y1,3,4,5,6

  Mon 25 Jan 2016 Sandra Read
  Please log on to your parent mail 2 account and make payment for your child's music lessons or forthcoming trip. Thank you

• Year 6 visit to Elthorne

  Mon 25 Jan 2016 P O'Dwyer

  'Oliver'

  Next week, Thursday 4th February, our year 6 children will visit Elthorne to attend a morning performance of their school production 'Oliver'. All the necessary information can be found on the Year Group Noticeboard. Please print the permission slip, sign and return to your child's class teacher as soon as possible.

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