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.

• Waiting lists for Autumn 2022 Specialist Clubs

  Thu 30 Jun 2022 Karen Esprit

  Valuing parents feedback. As part of our ongoing improvements for clubs we are currently reviewing the waiting lists from the current term.

  In preparation for Autumn 2022 clubs launch please review your child's waiting list options.

  If your child is currently on a waiting list for a specialist club but no longer requires a place next term please either remove their name from the list in MCAS or email clubs@fielding.ealing.sch.uk with your child's name, class and club that is no longer required.

  If your child's name remains on the waiting list and a space is available they will be pre-booked and charged before the launch evening. 

  This must be actioned by Sunday 3rd July. 

  Please help us to keep this new process as smooth as possible by tidying up your child's MCAS account and clearing all outstanding fees.

• PTFA Silent Auction Closes Friday (1 July)

  Wed 29 Jun 2022 PTFA

  Have you seen the great items in our silent auction this year? There's still time to bid before the auction closes at midday on Friday, 1 July at 9pm. Bag a great meal, day or night out, pampering treatment or some lovely food or drinks and help raise money for the PTFA. Login to the link below and register your email to bid and access the full T&Cs. https://www.32auctions.com/fieldingsummer22

   

• PTFA Summer Raffle & Chicken Poop Bingo 2022 Results

  Wed 29 Jun 2022 PTFA

  The Fielding Raffle looks like it raised over £4,000 for the PTFA and was drawn by Mr Dunmall and Mrs Haines on Saturday 25 June during the Summer Fair.

   

  Thank you to RSK for their continued sponsorship of this raffle, but also to the many local businesses that have donated prizes including Apple with over £2,500 of product.

   

  The winning numbers were: 3975 (£1,500 Apple Product), 2789 (£1000 Apple Product), 3770 (£200 John Lewis Vouchers), 6087 (Mixed Box of Wine), 9167 (3 x Meal Stir Up Recipe Bags), 1880 (2 x Pizzas from Franco Manca), 6082 (£20 Watermans Vouchers), 8772 (Patri starters and drinks for two), 8136 (Dinner for two at Drayton Court Hotel), 4960 (Orange Chat Wash & Blow Dry), 6582 (£20 credit at Little Garden People), 9130 (Coffee and Cake for two at Element), 7926 (Superkid Stores Creative Workshop), 9678 (Mixed box of Wine), 9509 (Book from Pitzhanger Bookshop)

   

  The Chicken Poop Bingo was run by 4S and managed to sell over £550 worth of tickets.  Each of the four games was played by a different Fielding chicken with Arrietty playing Game 1, Marcy playing Game 2, Bess playing Game 3 and Matilda playing Game 4. Unluckily, three of the chickens pooped in squares that were not sold, however we did have a direct winner which included the Fankling Family in Game 4 who win £50.  We have decided to award runner up prizes to Hulme family, Yeung family, Brononcini family, Izadi family who will each win £15.

• PTFA School's Out Summer Picnic Tickets on Sale

  Wed 29 Jun 2022 PTFA

  Back by popular demand, the Summer Picnic returns to the school grounds on Saturday 16 July 2022, from 2pm to 9pm. It will be a great day for parents and carers to mingle while the kids are free to play on the school field. It's also the last weekend before the children break up for the summer. For Y6 pupils it will be the last event they have at the school, while for many nursery parents it will be their first opportunity to get to know who will be in their Reception classes for 2022/23.

  
  Bring a picnic and picnic rug (or camping chairs) and enjoy a relaxing afternoon with friends. The gates will only be opened (for entry and exit) at 2pm and 5pm, 7pm and 9pm so that the kids can run about in safety with the gates locked at the other times. We'll have a BBQ, Refreshments, a Fire Engine (pending no emergencies) and other games during the day.
  
  Tickets are on sale now.  Early bird tickets are £5 per family until 12 July - a 50% reduction. After that prices rise to £10.  Thank you to our sponsors Sargeants Estate Agents - based on Northfield Avenue - for their support at this event.  Visit https://www.tickettailor.com/events/fieldingptfa/  If you can support us with 30mins or 60mins to help run the bar or BBQ visit https://fieldingptfa.ivolunteer.com/fieldingpicnic_002

• WWF and RSPCA charity day - 12th July

  Tue 28 Jun 2022

  Each year, Fielding pupils choose 3 charities to support which include: one local charity, one national and one global. This year the pupils have chosen to  support: Ealing Food, the RSPCA and World Wildlife Fund (WFF). For more information about how we choose charities, please see here.

   

  This term, we are supporting The WWF and the RSPCA.

   

  As both of these charities support animals, we are asking children to decorate an animal mask. There are templates available on the WWF website, should you wish to use them. Class teachers will also have a selection to distribute to those who would like one. On the 12th July, there will be class parades for those with masks. In return we ask for a small monetary donation, which will be split equally between the two charities. Anyone wishing to donate, can do so by handing cash to their child’s class teacher on the 12th July.

• Parent and Carer online drop-in- Thursday 30th June, 9:15am-10:15am

  Fri 24 Jun 2022 C Chadwick

  We will be holding an online parent and carer drop in on Thursday 30th June, between 9:15am and 10:15am. If you would like to discuss any aspect of your child's learning or wellbeing with Mrs Chadwick, SENDCO, or Mrs Reehal, Learning Mentor,  please email sendco@fielding.ealing.sch.uk. to book a slot.

  

• Exceptional phonics learning

  Fri 24 Jun 2022 Peter Dunmall

  Nearly every pupil in Year 1 has met the standard for the phonics screening check:

  • 97% pupils reached the pass mark of 32+ out of 40 marks;
  • 78% pupils achieved very highly with 37+ out of 40 marks.

  We are delighted with these results for our pupils. This reflects the work of every adult in school who has worked with this group of pupils from Reception and Year 1. It is also thanks to all of the practice that parents do at home, giving children time to read and rehearse the letters and sounds that they know.

   

  Individual pupils' results will be published in annual pupil progress reports on 12 July.

   

  Phonics is very important to us. Learning to read by matching letters to sounds is a key milestone in a child's learning at primary school. Rightly, our ambition and expectations for our pupils is very high. We aim for our pupils to achieve high marks, not just meeting but smashing the threshold pass of 32 marks. 

   

  The phonics screening check is a government test for children at the end of Year 1. Pupils take the test one-to-one, usually with their class teacher. Whilst children learn phonics to help them with both word reading and spelling, the Phonics Screening Check only tests their skills at word reading. This is sometimes called decoding. During the Phonics Screening Check, children are asked to read (decode) 40 words. Most of these words are real words but some are pseudo-words. Pseudo-words are included to ensure that children are using their decoding skills and not just relying on their memory of words they have read before. Some children may misread these pseudo-words based on their similarity to words in their existing vocabulary, so each pseudo-word is clearly identified with an image of an alien. This means most teachers and children, refer to pseudo-words as 'alien' words.

   

  Our results mean that our pupils can access the whole curriculum, especially from Year 3 onwards. For the 4 pupils who are yet to pass, we will work intensively with them from now and through Year 2.

• Today's Virtual Author visit in Years 5 & 6 and Reading Celebrations

  Fri 24 Jun 2022 P. Whaley

  Pupils in Years 5 and 6 are looking forward to a Virtual Author visit at 10:30am this morning from Hana Tooke, author of, 'The Midnighters.' To find out further information, please click here. This follows the success of previous virtual author visits during Spring and Summer term.

   

  Hana Tooke grew up on a polder near Amsterdam, in a house filled with peculiar clocks and a head filled with a peculiar imagination. She's been a singer, a teacher, and even a mad-scientist, but these days she spends her days writing stories, sculpting puppets, and collecting curiosities. She lives in Bath with two humans, a cat, and a skeleton marionette. Her debut novel, The Unadoptables, was shortlisted for the Bath Children's Novel Award and longlisted for the Branford Boase.

   

  Even more pupils at Fielding have been awarded Bronze, Silver, Gold and even Platinum Reading Awards. These are achieved for pupils having read  5, 10, 15 or 25 books from their year group recommended reading lists and completing response activities (from the options provided in their reading record). Response activities can be submitted to class teachers on Teams under their class notebook, in the recommended reading section or handed in to their class teachers in person. We look forward to celebrating more reading achievements next week! 

   

  You can view your child's current recommended reading list when you sign their reading record or click on this link and scroll to the bottom of the page. English | Fielding Primary School. In preparation for next academic year, teachers have updated the  lists to include even more of a diverse range. These can also be viewed by following the above link. These will be published in your child’s new reading record which they will receive in September.

   

  £1500 has been spent on new book stock in the KS1 and KS2 libraries and the delivery has arrived! Children will have an opportunity to look at the new books during their timetabled library sessions with our school librarian, Mrs Hodge, and will continue to be able to borrow books to bring home. Please do ensure that your child remembers to return the books once they have finished reading them so that others can enjoy them.

   

  Please do continue to take the time to read daily with and/or listen to your child read for 20 minutes and sign their reading record. This is invaluable as it instils a love of reading amongst our pupils and essential to teachers as they continue to monitor the books that their pupils are reading at home and recommend new books based on their interests. 

   

  

• Raffle Tickets and Chicken Poop Bingo

  Thu 23 Jun 2022 PTFA

  Please remember to bring in your raffle tickets.  Collection boxes will be stationed at each of the school entrances at drop off and pick up. We'll also accept last minute entries at the Summer Fair up to 2.30pm.  The draw will take place at 3pm on Saturday 25 June.  The headline prizes include £1500 of Apple Product, £1000 of Apple Product, £200 of John Lewis Vouchers amongst other prizes.  Thank you to RSK Estate Agents for their sponsorship of the Raffle and indeed the overall Summer Fair.

   

  You can also secure your Chicken Poop Squares for one of the four games that we'll be playing at the Summer Fair.  Square cost just £2. Visit: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/fieldingptfa/714734#   Thank you to our local plumber - Martin McConway for the generous sponsorship for this event. 

• PTFA River Cafe headlines PTFA Silent Auction

  Thu 23 Jun 2022 PTFA

  Help us reach the PTFA Silent Auction target of £1,000 and bid on some amazing auction items - over 50 items!  Thank you to those parents and local businesses that have donated to this event.  We have a wide range of items to bid on including:

  Lunch for two at the Michelin starred River Cafe, Thames Wharf W6
  Brand New Frog 62 Bike

  Isla Cnoc 16' Lime Green Bike
  Family Tickets to Nutcracker at Blenheim Palace
  Family Tickets to Ice Skating at Natural History Museum
  2 x weekend tickets to Reading Festival

  2 x tickets to The Big Feastival

  2 x tickets to see Natalie Imbruglia at Shepherds Bush Empire

  2 x tickets to see Laura Mvulaat Shepherds Bush Empire

  4 x tickets to Questors Panto

  £100 voucher for West London Ink

  Year's supply of Partisan Snacks

  Personal Training Sessions

  Charlotte Berridge Prints

  Daniel Haskett Prints

  Dinner at Patri

  Dinner at Drayton Court

  Carvery at The Foresters

  Meal at The Grosvenor

  JC Nails Vouchers
  plus many more 

  All you have to do is click on the link below to register* your email and find the full T&C’s for the prizes.  https://www.32auctions.com/fieldingsummer22

  
  The bidding opens on Friday 24 June and will close at 4pm on Friday 1 July so keep a note of this date and time for any last minute bids!  
  Winners can pay via PayPal on the auction site or we can accept cash/cheques on collection payable to "Fielding Parent Teachers and Friends Association".
  Good luck!
  *You may be asked to verify your email address (please check your junk mail for verification from 32auctions- if it is not in your inbox).