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• Is your child absent from school?

  Mon 30 Sep 2019
  If you child is absent from school for any reason, please call 020 37457411 to record this absence. Please state your child's name, class and reason for absence. Absences should be recorded no later than 09.15 am. You can also email attendance with the same information at attendance@fielding.ealing.sch.uk. After this time we will call parents to find out why your child is absent from school. 

• Sport this week

  Fri 27 Sep 2019 Dan Thomas

  This week, Fielding have entered teams into the Brownlee Brothers Mini Triathlon at Willesden Sport Centre and the Featherstone Boys Football Competition at Spikes Bridge. Our children were excellent at both events with our triathletes showing great flexibility to take part in a converted indoor triathlon due to some terrible weather and our footballers showing great resilience to come back from an opening game loss to reach the quarter finals.

   

  Big well done to both teams. Check out the PE page for full reports.

  https://www.fieldingprimary.com/inter-school-sport-level-2/

  

• Nursery Holiday Club Bookings are open for the October Half Term 21-25

  Thu 26 Sep 2019

  Welcome to Fielding Nursery

  We have had a lovely few weeks settling into nursery and it will not be long before the first holiday club of the year! We are looking forwards to a mixture of free play and planned activities, including lots of messy play for the children to explore. We will be pumpkin carving, planting the seeds, baking batty cakes, exploring Fielding's forest, and exploring the pirate ship 'ships ahoy'! We will make sure we say hello to our chickens and surprise them with some freshly chopped salad, yum, yum. Please make sure your child has a coat/jacket as it can get windy on the school field.

  Please provide a wholesome healthy packed lunch and snack for tea, Fielding School is 'nut free' so do make sure that any food sent in for your child does not contain any form of nuts or sesame, please check all food labels for 'may contain nuts/traces of nuts, 'made in a factory that also uses nuts/peanuts' any food with either or similar statements on the packaging will be sent home, please ensure that you check all labels including seeded breads etc. Their will be fresh fruit throughout the day.

  The session fees for holiday club are the same as term time sessions, each booked session will be added to your Laser cashbook and must be paid before your child attends the holiday club. Please be careful when selecting and booking sessions as once sessions are booked and confirmed we are unable to change or refund.             Booking your holiday session/s:

  1. Select Nursery button in your account
  2. Select Ad-hoc places button
  3. Use the arrows to near the top left-hand side of the page to go to week starting: 21/10/2019
  4. Click the holiday session you want to book (turns red) click again to confirm

  Nursery Holiday Club Dates:

  • Autumn half-term, 21-25 October 2019
  • Christmas, closed
  • Spring half-term, 17-21 February 2020 
  • Easter, 6-17 April 2020
  • May half-term, closed
  • Summer, 22 July - 21 August 2020

  Please note: Due to demand for nursery holiday club, we have had to implement an ad-hoc fee for session bookings made after Friday 12pm before the following week. We have a legal duty to ensure sufficient qualified child:staff ratio's, and to do this we require adequate notice for staffing arrangements. 

  • Early Morning 7.30am to 8am, £5.00 per session
  • Morning 8am-1pm, £33.00 per session  
  • Afternoon 1pm-6pm, £33.00 per session

  Fielding Nursery Training Day Closures:

  Please note that nursery is closed on Monday 28 October 2019, Monday 20 April 2020, Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 July 2020 for essential training.

  Please click the following link for term dates 

  http://www.fieldingprimary.com/term-dates/

  We look forwards to welcoming you to Fielding Nursery holiday club

   

   

   

• Fielding Orchestra auditions next week

  Thu 26 Sep 2019 Maria Neil-Smith
  The Fielding Orchestra will start after October half term therefore informal auditions will be held next week on Monday 30th September and Friday 4th October between 1:40-3:30pm in the Music room with Miss Neil-Smith the specialist Music teacher. If your child would like to audition for orchestra they need to sign up for a time slot on the sign up sheet on the Music room door by 12pm on Monday 30th September. Children can audition on the following instruments: Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon, Alto Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Drums/percussion. Please note if your child was a member of the orchestra last year they do not need to re-audition. For more information about the Fielding Orchestra and the audition process click here. 

• New Committee members needed at PTFA AGM - Monday 7 October

  Thu 26 Sep 2019

  First of all, we would like to say a heartfelt thank you for all your hard work and support. This year was another record breaking fundraising year. The PTFA raised an incredible £52,000, which is the highest amount raised in 25 years, beating the previous year of £44,000.

  That money has paid for the outstanding facilities, trips and opportunities that our children all enjoy including £12,500 for the kitchen garden extension, £7,000 for a new Library Resource Service for every teacher as well as schools trips, new library books and even teas & coffees for the staff room.
  Thanks to your constant support, Fielding’s facilities are the envy of other schools and we should be incredibly proud of the tireless efforts by our hardworking group of parents.
  
  Unfortunately a number of dedicated PTFA committee members are now stepping aside.  We reply on volunteers to run the PTFA and the majority have full time jobs.  If you believe in helping enrich the education of our children and have even a small amount of time, we are on the look out for a new secretary, a new co-events coordinator and some parents to help support specific events like the Christmas or Summer Fair amongst others. 

  Even if you are unable to volunteer, please come along to show your support at our AGM on Monday 7 October at 8pm.  We'll be setting out our agenda for the next 12 months. We would love to hear your ideas, feedback and suggestions on fundraising and how future revenue should be spent. It is also an opportunity to hear about some of the exciting new events we have planned.  Any questions, please contact Nolan, PTFA Chair on fieldingPTFA@gmail.com

• Fielding Comedy Night tickets on sale now

  Thu 26 Sep 2019

  Fielding PTFA is excited to announce its continued partnership with Headliners Comedy Club with an exclusive Comedy Night held at Fielding Primary School. On Friday 11 October the school hall will be transformed into a pop up comedy club and the last two outings have achieved the highest satisfaction scores of any event the PTFA has run in the last two years!

  We are delighted to confirm we will have the following comedians joining us - Carey Marx, Omid Singh and Steve Gribbin with Sam Hurst to compere the evening.

  Carey Marx was the winner of best international comedy show in New Zealand in 2009 & 2011 and comes fresh off his stint at the Edinburgh Festival.  Omid Singh meanwhile is an America, born to an Iranian mother and Indian father, and is one of the top multicultural comics working today.

  Steve Gribbin is a diminutive guitar-wielding satirist from Liverpool whose scabrous comedy songs and off the wall observations have made him one of the firm favourites of the comedy circuit.

  Doors will open at 7.30pm with the first act on stage at 8.15pm. There will be a licensed bar serving drinks until 10.30pm. This is an Adult event and there is a limited number of tickets. Early bird tickets will go on sale on 26 September at a cost £12.50 per person (this includes a 50p booking fee.  Prices will go up from 7 October to £15.50. Tickets can be purchased from: http://buytickets.at/fieldingptfa/304958

  Headlines Comedy Lineup

• October Holiday Club - Bookings Open

  Wed 25 Sep 2019

  October Half-term is only a few weeks away, here at Fielding Holiday Club we have planned a fantastic array of activities to keep your child stimulated, happy and engaged. Snakes and ladder is calling for all fun loving explorers with stamina, curiosity and imagination to explore and discover what lies within the huge three tier adventure play frame. Children can then cool off in the outdoor play area with bouncy pillows and multi-sport area. Children may also enjoy a  visit to Walpole park adventure playground, there they are free to engage in free play with friends, using the equipment and rich natural resources to enhance their play experience.

  Back at school , there will be a  spooktacular mix of craft and cooking activities to keep the children occupied. Baking creepy cupcakes and mummified gingerbread men will appeal to many. Children will have access to all areas including looking after the chickens, play frames, pirate ship, forest and field.  Let us put fun into half-term, come and join us for a fantastic play date! The programme is available on the website, please remember trip days are always super popular, so don’t delay book today.  ​

   

• Nursery Payments and Credit 2018/19

  Wed 25 Sep 2019

  Dear Parents

  If your child has moved from Fielding Nursery to Fielding Reception this September please ensure that your childcare vouchers are re-directed to Fielding Childcare, please select Fielding Childcare as your childcare provider. 

  Tax-Free Childcare payments are not affected.

  If your child is now in Reception, any childcare vouchers received via nursery have been credited to your fielding childcare cashbook and any credit from your child's nursery cashbook 2018/19 has been credited to your fielding childcare cashbook also.

   

• Child Bereavement UK – Monthly support at Fielding Primary School

  Wed 25 Sep 2019 Narinder Reehal

  Dear Parents/Carers

  Fielding Primary School will be welcoming Child Bereavement UK once every month, starting from October. They offer advice and support to children and families experiencing bereavement.

  There will be a parent/carer drop-in session between 8.45-9.15am on the day, where parent/carers can confidentially come and get some advice, ask questions and/or discuss concerns. They will also be offering allocated support for children, if required. The dates CBUK will be based at Fielding are as follows:

   Tuesday 1st October

  Tuesday 5th November

  Tuesday 3rd December

  Tuesday 7th January

  Tuesday 4th February

  Tuesday 3rd March

  Tuesday 5th May

  Tuesday 2nd June

  Tuesday 7th July

   All Parents/Carers are welcome to come to the drop-in on the above dates, or if you would like your details to be passed on to CBUK  to discuss support, please contact Mrs Reehal (Learning Mentor) at school. 

• Reminder - Get Ready for Outdoor Play When Wet

  Sun 22 Sep 2019

  We have started the school year with some fantastic weather, and the children have been enjoying morning break and lunchtime play in the sun. As we move into autumn and winter it is likely that we will have more wet and unsettled weather. As far as possible we do not want this to interrupt playing outside. 

   

  Previously there would be indoor play in any wet weather, but as publicised earlier in 2019, from this term we will remain outdoors where possible. However, during heavy rain or extreme weather children will remain indoors during play. 

   

  There are several benefits to this change of approach

   

  • To maximise the use of our outdoor space
  • Following NHS guidelines by providing pupils the opportunity to engage in moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity for at least 60 minutes and up to several hours every day
  • Movement breaks help to decrease stress, increases productivity, boosts brain function, and provides opportunities for children to learn social skills. It is more difficult to provide this opportunity during indoor play
  • The indoor circulation of germs and bacteria is much more harmful to children than by playing outside. 
  • Children gain the sensory experience of listening to and feeling different weather conditions.
  •  A significant number of pupils have expressed a desire to play outside during unsettled weather
  • For some pupils due to the lack of physical play opportunities, this leads to poor behaviour choices and some pupils experiencing less productive lessons after wet play.

   

  To allow outdoor play to take place both pupils and staff are expected to have suitable warm and waterproof clothing in school at all times. Please ensure they bring suitable clothing with them to school to accommodate for the unsettled English weather.

  Suitable clothing includes 

  • Waterproofs – This may be a jacket, coat or suit
  • A warm fleece, jumper or cardigan
  • Winter hat and sun hat (optional)
  • Scarves and gloves (optional)
  • Wellie boots (optional)