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 2021 Availability

  Wed 28 Jul 2021

  Are you still looking for a specialist club this autumn term?

  With the lifting of Government restrictions it is now possible to open up some of the specialist clubs to wider year groups so they have a chance to catch-up on missed opportunities.

  The following clubs have limited availability.

  Club	Year Groups	Day	Time
  Autumn 2021 Olma Spanish Club	Reception	Thursday	3:30pm
  Autumn 2021 En Pointe Ballet Rad Primary	Y 1	Monday	4:35pm
  Autumn 2021 Minecraft	Y 1 & 2	Friday	4:35pm
  Autumn 2021 En Pointe Ballet RAD Primary	Y 2	Monday	7:45am
  Autumn 2021 En Pointe Ballet	Y 3	Friday	7:45am
  Autumn 2021 Authorfy	Y 3 & 4	Wednesday	3:30pm
  Autumn 2021 Ealing Trailfinders Rugby	Y 3 & 4	Monday	3:30pm
  Autumn 2021 Olmo Spanish Club	Y 3 & 4	Wednesday	3:30pm
  Autumn 2021 QPR Football ( Girls only)	Y 3,4,5,6	Friday	3:30pm
  Autumn 2021 Sewing Club	Y 4	Thursday	4:35pm
  Autumn 2021 Multi Sports	Y 4 & 5	Wednesday	3:30pm
  Autumn 2021 QPR Football (Friday)	Y 4 & 5	Friday	3:30pm
  Autumn 2021 Running Club	Y 4, 5, 6	Wednesday	7:45am
  Autumn 2021 5 a side football	Y 5 & 6	Monday	7:45am
  Autumn 2021 QPR Football	Y 5 & 6	Thursday	3:30pm
  Autumn 2021 Young Voices	Y 5 & 6	Tuesday	7:45am
  Autumn 2021 Running Club	Y 6	Friday	7:45am
  Autumn 2021 Judo Fitness	Y 4 & 6	Tuesday	4:35pm

• EMS Instrumental Tuition September Timetables published

  Tue 20 Jul 2021 Maria Neil-Smith

  Click here to view the Autumn term timetables for EMS instrumental tuition. Please note the timetables show your child's new class in September. There has been exceptionally high demand for music tuition next academic year- over 400 places have been requested. If your child is due to start learning an instrument in September please ensure they have an instrument ready to start lessons. You can hire an instrument through Ealing Music Service (EMS) but you must book an appointment to collect it. Click here for more information.Fees will be added to your MCAS account in September with payment due by 10th September 2021. If your child's name does not appear on any of the timetables and you haven't received an email informing you they have been added to the waiting list please email music@fielding.ealing.sch.uk. 

• Staying Active over the Summer

  Mon 19 Jul 2021 Dan Thomas

  It's  the end of the school year and I'm sure everyone is looking forward to a well earned rest but you may also be looking for ideas about how to stay active over the summer. If you are, have a look at some of the ideas here and get involved as much as you can.

   

  We love to know what you are doing outside of school so remember to take plenty of photos and write a paragraph about what you have been doing and you could feature on the Fielding Sporting Stars page of the website and in our PE and Sport Celebration assemblies next year.

• ISS school caterers online payment goes live 12th August

  Mon 19 Jul 2021 Clare Haines

  From 12th  August you will be able to register for an online payment account with ISS. You can use this account to add and top up funds to pay for your child's school meal.

  Find out how here:

  • Parents how to guide
  • More information on school meals

  should you have any further questions, please contact ISS's online ordering support team by emailing feedinghungryminds@uk.issworld.com or calling us on 01924 792334 

• Harrisons school meals accounts - payment deadline 20th July 2021

  Mon 19 Jul 2021 Jane Peterson

  Please ensure your Harrisons school meal account is paid up to date and there are no outstanding payments. Online payments are accepted up to and including the 20th July 2021. After this date, outstanding debt will be passed to a debt collection agency. If you have a credit balance in your account, Harrisons will be in touch to arrange a refund.

• ARP building work is due to start

  Fri 16 Jul 2021 Peter Dunmall

  Building work for our new Additionally Resourced Provision (ARP) for special educational needs pupils should start during the summer holidays.

  The Council has chosen a building contractor after a few delays. Works to put up safety fences around the building site in the Wyndham Road playground should take place soon.

  We are aiming to keep a wide pedestrian route from the Wyndham Road entrance to all classrooms. Please be ready for some changes when pupils return in September.

  Find out more about our ARP:

  • Fielding, Our School, ARP

• Post pandemic pupils are doing well

  Fri 16 Jul 2021 Clare Haines

  It’s good news for all!  Despite the pandemic pupils are learning and remembering more. This time last year school was closed to most pupils and had been for a while. After returning to school in September and getting off to a good start to the school year, bubbles started closing and then we all went into lockdown, but this time we were more prepared and delivered our stronger offer for remote learning. What a journey! Despite this, your children have shown us just how resilient they are. This has been shown through their effort and thirst for learning in class. We are proud of each and every one of them.

   

  Your child's teacher has used the last few weeks of the summer term to find out what your child knows and remembers in the core areas of the National Curriculum, reading, writing and maths, and to establish any gaps in learning they might still have due to periods of school closure.

   

  This is what our assessment information tells us:

  The upward trend identified in the spring term of the number pupils on track to meet age-related expectations (ARE) continued. For most pupils any gaps in learning that occurred as a result of school closure have closed. 

  • In mathematics 93% of non-SEND pupils have met the standards expected for their age group, 90% in reading.
  • 50% of pupils are working above the expected standard in reading and maths, and 36% in writing. 
  • 90% of pupils, including those from a disadvantaged background and those with a special educational need and/or disability (SEND) have made expected progress in reading and writing and 93% in maths.
  • Around 30% of pupils have made more than expected progress in reading and maths and 23% have made more than expected progress in writing. 
  • Children in Nursery and Reception have made expected progress from their baseline in most areas of learning, with many children making more than expected progress.

   

  There is some variance across subjects and across year groups, especially in key stage 1 and Year 3. To get ready for the autumn term, so that no time is lost when the children come back to school, teachers have looked at assessment information for pupils in their new classes in detail.

   

  We’ve still got some work to do in the teaching of writing, especially with spelling, grammar and punctuation and getting children to practice what they want to write by speaking out loud before attempting to write it down.

   

  We’ll also be teaching reading in a slightly new way. Read Miss Whaley’s news article here to find out more.

   

  To  find out more about our assessment outcomes for this year, click below for our detailed analysis.

  • End of year headlines and evaluation

   

  So what did we do to help children know and remember more?

  • invested in additional reading books for our reading lessons and for take home reading books, especially at the higher levels;
  • increased the amount of time spent on teaching phonics in Reception, Year 1 and 2;
  • teachers used the knowledge they had about pupils’ gaps to tailor their teaching. This meant in some year groups more time was spent on teaching reading, writing and maths. Teachers also used opportunities in the FLCC for pupils to apply their knowledge in different ways.
  • we provided support for teachers at early stages of their career to provide ‘quality first teaching’ (mentoring and coaching);
  • we provided teachers with the devices and applications to be able to teach in school and from home so that time wasn’t lost during school closure periods.

  Some pupils also had

  • additional daily reading sessions in school;
  • 1:1 maths tutoring, through ‘Third Space Maths’;
  • small group teaching focused on writing skills;
  • online vocabulary development.

   

  Your child’s assessments outcomes are now available for you to view on MCAS. Their annual report has also been published to the ‘report’ section of MCAS

  • Your child's progress live on MCAS

  Find out more about our assessment at Fielding here.

• Changes to contact tracing

  Thu 15 Jul 2021 Clare Haines

  The Prime Minister announced on 12 July that Step 4 of the roadmap would go ahead on 19 July. 

  One of the key changes that will take place from 19 July is that education and childcare settings will no longer be asked to conduct routine contact tracing. As with positive cases in any other setting, NHS Test and Trace will work with either the positive case – or in the case of children – the parents, carers or guardian of the positive case to identify close contacts. 

  NHS Test and Trace already manages the contact tracing process for the rest of society – including children who have recorded a positive PCR test – and has expertise in supporting people to identify close contacts. 

  Self-isolating and taking a test

  • If your child has symptoms, they and other members of the household should self-isolate – and you should inform us. You should order a PCR test for your child. If the PCR result is negative, they and other members of your household can stop self-isolating (unless instructed to self-isolate for other reasons). If the PCR result is positive, they, other members of your household and any close contacts identified by NHS Track and Trace must self-isolate until 10 days after the onset of symptoms.

   

  • If your child has a positive result from a lateral flow device (LFD) test, they and other members of the household should self-isolate –  you should inform us. You should immediately order a PCR test. If the confirmatory test is taken within two days and the result is negative, they and other members of their household can stop self-isolating (unless instructed to self-isolate for other reasons). If the confirmatory PCR test is positive (or is taken more than two days after the LFD), other members of the household and any close contacts identified by NHS Track and Trace must self-isolate until 10 days after the LFD test.

  Booking a PCR test

  • PCR tests can be booked online through the NHS Test & Trace website or by calling 119. 
  • PCR test results will be recorded with NHS Test and Trace automatically, but you should also communicate the result to the education or childcare setting during term time or summer provision.

  Contact tracing

  • If your child gets a positive PCR test result, NHS Test and Trace will contact you, using the details you registered when ordering the PCR test. You and/or your child will be asked a series of specific questions designed to identify who your child has been in close contact with. Being in an education or childcare setting with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 will not necessarily mean a person is identified as a close contact. 
  • You will be asked to provide the contact details, if you know them, of any of the individuals – or their parents or guardians – who have been identified as close contacts. NHS Test and Trace will then get in touch with these close contacts and provide appropriate instructions or advice (see below).

  Self-isolation and testing of close contacts

  • At present, anyone identified as a close contact is legally required to self-isolate and must not attend their education or childcare setting (the only exception is if they are participating in a daily contact testing trial). Anyone identified as a  non-household close contact by NHS Track and Trace must self-isolate until 10 days after the date of their most recent contact with that person. If they live in the same household, they must self-isolate until 10 days after the date of that person developing symptoms (see above) or, if that person was asymptomatic, the date of their test (see above). NHS Test and Trace will notify you of the day on which the self-isolation period ends.
  • Close contacts are also advised to take a PCR test. If the test result is negative, they must still complete the full self-isolation period, as the test will not detect all positive cases. If the result is positive, they will need to self-isolate for a further 10 days – and NHS Test and Trace will contact them to identify any close contacts. 

   

  • From 16 August, if the close contact is under 18, they will not have to self-isolate (in line with the policy for fully vaccinated adults) but will be asked to take an PCR test immediately, other than for very young children identified as non-household contacts, and they will not need to self-isolate while awaiting the results of the test. If the PCR test is positive, they will be required to self-isolate for 10 days from the date of the test. NHS Test and Trace will then get in touch to identify close contacts (see points 5 and 6 above). Further guidance on these changes to self-isolation will be provided once we have them..

• Parent donations, class sizes and childcare income update

  Thu 15 Jul 2021 Peter Dunmall

  Thank you to every family who has started to make a voluntary donation to the school. At the end of the first month since launch:

  • parent donations: 199 donations, totaling £6,614;
  • class sizes: 22 new pupils joining us in years 3,4,5 & 6 next year:
    • year 3, 4 pupils
    • year 4, 7 pupils
    • year 5, 4 pupils
    • year 6, 7 pupils
  • childcare income: on target to meet our plan of £280,000.

   

  This means:

  • parent donations: we could receive £79,368 in a year, if things stay the same. This is slightly below our target of £91,200 but very generous and welcome.
  • class sizes: at least 1 extra pupil in each class, resulting in around £78,958 of pupil-led government funding each year.
  • childcare income: could go higher than our target depending on summer holiday places and then autumn term use of after-school and Breakfast clubs.

   

  Overall, these estimates suggest that we are below our total target of £221,633.

   

  Sometimes family circumstances change and pupils leave Fielding at the end of a school year. This might reduce the impact of offering places to new joiners. The number of pupils at our school in October is critical.

  • If you have friends or neighbours who would like a place for their children at Fielding in year 3,4,5 or 6 from September, now is an ideal time to contact us.

   

  Use of Breakfast club in the autumn term could improve childcare income. We wait to see how working patterns change for parents.

  • If you are going to need Breakfast Club, help our planning and start booking your place by MyChildatSchool (MCAS) from 21 July.

   

  Parent donations in the first month might be higher than following months because some families made lump-sum, up-front donations. On the other hand, more families might start to make a donation.

   

  Some parents asked us to tell you how well we are doing against our need to increase income to keep all of the things that matter most to us all. There is a fine balance between sharing this information, reminding those who want to make a voluntary donation while not putting any expectation on those families who do not want to make a voluntary donation. I will write each month to keep parents up-to-date.

   

  If you would like to start making a regular, voluntary donation to the school, please contact us for bank details:

  • E: finance@fielding.ealing.sch.uk

• £30,000 and counting - message from PTFA Chair

  Thu 15 Jul 2021 Nolan O'Connor

  The PTFA has a dual purpose.  Firstly, it's to bring together our parent/carer community.  Secondly it's the need to raise funds for Fielding Primary School for extracurricular activities.  The previous academic year was tough when 60% of physical events were cancelled due to Covid, however 2020/2021 proved to be even more challenging when 95% of our face-to-face events could not go ahead. 

   

  However, thanks to a team of wonderful volunteers across the school, the PTFA still managed to raise over £30,000.  Aside from the fact that this is an incredible achievement based on the year we have had, it has ensured we can commit to funding certain activities around the kitchen garden and library services.  

   

  As chair of the PTFA, I have been incredibly humbled by the generosity and commitment from parents.  It's been another hard year for many families - including my own -  but parents across the school have pulled out stops to ensure the experience our children get at Fielding Primary School is maintained. We have done things that we would have never imagined - including Reindeer/Chicken Poop Bingo, online Pumpkin decorating, online Cheese & Wine events, online Biscuit Decorating amongst others. We have pivoted events to become online activities and even managed to become finalists in the PTA Fundraising Achievement Awards for our dynamic efforts in fundraising. 

   

  The PTFA is run by volunteers - so thank you to them for help in our achievements. We'd also like to thank any Y6 parents who are leaving us this week. Thank you for being amazing supporters and your involvement! You have helped to set a legacy.  

   

  If you are keen to get involved in the PTFA then we have several roles that will need filling in September including our Events Team, Marketing Communications, Vice Chair (email fieldingPTFA@gmail.com)

   

  Nolan O'Connor, Chair PTFA, Fielding Primary School