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.

• Risk of further industrial action

  Thu 30 Mar 2023 Peter Dunmall

  Talks between teacher unions and the government ended this week. Union leaders are recommending that their members reject the government's offer. There is a risk of further industrial action which could mean the school is forced to close.

   

  The National Education Union (NEU) has announced another two potential strike days in England. Any action depends on the views of union members. The result of their ballot will be announced on Monday 3rd April. If the deal is turned down, the next two days of strike action in England will be:

  • Thursday 27th April,
  • Tuesday 2nd May.

   

  Parents may wish to make contingency arrangements in the event of strike action and the school being closed or partially closed.

   

  Year 4's residential trip is due to take place on 2nd May. We are looking at re-arranging this trip to remove the risk. More details to follow.

• Family Links Nurturing programme for parents coffee morning

  Thu 30 Mar 2023 Clare Haines

  We are pleased to let you know that we will be running the parenting course 'Family Links Nurturing Programme' in the summer term. This is the first time we have been able to run this since pre-pandemic. The course will be run by Marsha Coppin-Payne and Narinder Reehal.

  The programme will start on Friday 5th May 2023 and run for ten weeks in the school house. The sessions will be in the afternoons from 1pm-3.30pm every Friday.

  If you are interested, please contact the school office, or come along to our coffee morning on 27 April at 9am.

  Find out more about the programme here:

  • Family Links, Parent Zone

  Parents who have previously attended welcomed the opportunity to talk to other parents and to develop their knowledge of strategies to use at home:

   

  "I would definitely recommend it; it really has brought joy back into our family" 

   

  "I always felt so supported and it made me feel so positive and confident. The things I've learnt have been invaluable!"

   

  "Anyone who wants to get some top tips and have the opportunity to share and learn from others should do this course"

  

• Summer term assessments, annual reports & parent consultation meetings

  Thu 30 Mar 2023 Clare Haines

  During the summer term, children in Years 1, 2, 4 and 6 will be taking part in national tests.

  Useful parent guides produced by the DfE can be found here:

  • End of Key Stage assessments, Years 2 and 6 (due to be updated this month)
  • Year 1 phonics screening check
  • Year 4 Multiplication check

  Our time table for these national assessments is:

  • wc 8th May, Year 6 assessments (SATS), 
  • wc 15th May, Year 2 assessments
  • wc 12th June, Year 1 phonics check
  • wc 19th June, Year 4 multiplication check, 

  Outcomes of these assessments will be published to parents alongside the annual report, on MCAS on:

  • Nursery to Year 5 -11th July.
  • Year 6 - 12th July

   

  Children in Years 1, 3, 4 and 5 will be completing their second round of NFER tests for reading and mathematics during wc 5th & 12th June. 

  Throughout the term teachers in all year groups will also be assessing your child's writing skills and knowledge.

  Teachers in Reception and Nursery continue to work with children daily to find out what they know and remember. 

  Assessments for these Year groups will be published on MCAS on 26th June.

   

  Our new format annual reports will be published on MCAS on 11th July (Nursery to Year 5) and 12th July (Year 6).

   

  This year our reports will be much shorter than previous years. They will only contain the required statutory information. This is because we have added in additional parent consultation meetings for the summer term, instead of teachers using the time to write more thorough reports. 

   

  Parent consultation meetings will take place on:

  • 12, 13, 14 July  Nursery Dragonflies
  • 17, 18 July, Ladybirds
  • 13 and 17 July - Years Reception to Year 5
  • 17 July only for Year 6 (no appointments, drop in)

  Booking opens on MCAS on 19th May at 9am.

   

  Find out more about assessment at Fielding here:

  • End of year assessments guide for parents
  • Assessment at Fielding
  • Assessment at Fielding video

• Summer term clubs

  Wed 29 Mar 2023

  A few places remain in summer term clubs, these can be seen in your child’s MCAS under the clubs tab. Bookings stay open until Sunday 16th April.

  Please take a moment to make sure your account is in order.

  • Check club bookings show on the dashboard.
  • No duplicate bookings or charges have been made.
  • Booked clubs do not clash.
  • Childcare is booked when needed to complement a club booking.
  • Clubs are paid for in full before the start of the summer term.

  Need help or support? Please contact clubs@fielding.ealing.sch.uk

• New school dinner menu published, includes Halal options, find out more...

  Tue 28 Mar 2023 Clare Haines

  Feeding Hungry Minds have worked with us to produce the new school dinner menu for after the Easter holidays, This now includes Halal options. 

  • Menu, April -October 2023

  School caterers, like Feeding Hungry Minds (ISS), have strict rules to follow regarding what they must provide over a period of time. This menu is on a 3-week rotation to make sure all of the school food standards are met. Here is the checklist that is used to make sure that the menu is healthy and balanced.

  • School foods standards checklist

  A child’s healthy, balanced diet should consist of:

  • plenty of fruit and vegetables
  • plenty of unrefined starchy foods
  • some meat, fish, eggs, beans and other non-dairy sources of protein
  • some milk and dairy foods
  • a small amount of food and drink high in fat, sugar and salt.

  Find out more below

  • Government school food standards
  • School dinners

  Pupils in Reception Year 1 and Year 2 receive a free school meal each day. Did you know that children in Years 3, 4 and 5 & 6 could also receive a free meal if you meet the criteria.

  • Free school meals eligibility checker

  Eligibility for free school meals also opens up other avenues of financial support through our pupil premium passport.

  If your child is in Years Reception, Year 1 or 2, you can still check your eligibility for free school meals as this could mean you also get supermarket vouchers for the school holidays and benefit from our 'pupil premium passport'.

  • Pupil premium

• KS2 TTRS BoB - Are you ready for an Easter Rock Tournament?

  Tue 28 Mar 2023 Reena Patel

  Fielding pupils, it’s that time again to battle against the other classes within your year group and phase!

  Our next battle will begin on Thursday 30th March at 4pm and will end on Sunday 16th April at 8pm - you have an entire extra day to try get those points in!
   

  Two battles will take place during these dates and times:

  • Lower KS2 (Years 3 & 4) 
  • Upper KS2 (Years 5 & 6)
     

  Important Notice:

  Maths Circle has reported that some pupils are using out of date versions of TT Rock Stars so please take this time to update the app and use the latest version of it and website to ensure pupils receive the most secure, feature-rich and enjoyable experience of TT Rock Stars. Some versions are so far behind that you are missing out on key updates which have taken place.
   

  Solution:

  If using the website at home, please can parent(s) / carer(s) visit play.ttrockstars.com/reset to load the latest version in their device's browser. Otherwise update the Times Tables Rock Stars app from the app store.

  Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) continues to be the greatest phenomenon of learning times tables at Fielding as it is fun and challenging for all of our pupils. Through its carefully sequenced programme of daily times tables practice, it ensures no child is left behind in practice and for those that are confident, over-practice is ensured to increase higher levels of automaticity.
   

  How to play:

  Pupils can login via their personalised username and passwords. If they are unsure of this, they can check with their class teacher. 

  Click here to access the site.

   

  How to earn points: 

  Every correct answer in any game type is worth 1 point towards the class team. Pupils can play in Garage, Rock Slam, Soundcheck, etc and earn 1 point per correct answer. 

   

  Pupils should not confuse Battle points with coins! Coins are separate. They will still earn 10 coins per correct answer in the Garage, 5 per correct Soundcheck and 1 coin per correct answer everywhere else. 

  Prizes

  The winning class will be announced on Tuesday 18th April and will be rewarded: 

  • The TTRS Trophy to keep until the end of term
  • An inflatable guitar to keep until the of term 
  • TTRS Certificate

  From the winning class, the pupil who scores the most points for their class team will win: 

  • TTRS Keyring
  • TTRS Pencil 
  • TTRS Certificate 
     

  TTRS promotes the "little and often" technique which is why pupils only need to play between 3-10 minutes a day as part of their daily practice and whilst doing this over the half-term they will be earning those points for their class band! To promote this further, a daily minutes restriction has been set to 30 minutes to stop children from excessive screen-time during the half-term.
   

  We look forward to see how this Battle of the Bands 'rocks' out and I look forward to announcing the next winners.
   

  Havin a rockin’ Easter break!

• KS1 Panathlon

  Mon 27 Mar 2023 Natasha Pasha

  Today 8 children from KS1 attended a Panathlon event at Villiers High School run by the Featherstone Sports Partnership.

   

  The children took part in eight events.

   

  1. Boccia Blast - knocking a ball out of a hoop

  2. Bean bag throw - throwing bean bags at different numbers

  3. Flight path - throwing velcro balls at a target

  4. Kurling - rolling Kurling stones 

  5. Poly bat (Tennis) - balancing a beanbag on a racket and walking in a zig-zag

  6. Basketball - throwing a ball in a hoop

  7. Messi Football - dribbling and scoring a goal

  8. Bowling - hitting the skittles down

   

  A special thanks to ...

  Elijah (1F), Millie (2P), Mahir (2H), Dottie (2S), Carrie (1H), Rosie (1F), Ollie (1S)

  

• 3-1 Victory for PEAL Shield (Boys') Year 5 & 6 Quarter Finals

  Mon 27 Mar 2023 Natasha Pasha

  On Friday 24th March the Year 5 & 6 Boys' Performance  Football team played against St Gregory's for the PEAL Shield competition. The boys were concerned that it would be a challenging game as St Gregory's were the winners of Group D. 

   

  As the game started it was intense because St Gregory's were on the attack and managed to score an early goal. This meant we were now 1-0 down. Before the match in our team talk, we predicted this might be the case and had a game plan in place for the counterattack. Changes amongst the team were made and Noah (6F) crossed a beautiful ball to Ahmed (5F) who scored the first goal. This goal instilled hope in the team and restored the team's spirits.  We were now level 1-1. Ahmed (5F) adopted the same strategy Noah (6F) used and assisted Theo (6S) scoring our second goal and now putting us in the lead. We knew we were not safe and needed to secure the victory by scoring another goal. Noah (6F) once again crossed the ball to Ahmed (5F) who smashed the ball into the back of the net and took St Gregory's goalkeeper by surprise.  Consequently, Fielding finished the match winning 3-1! We are now through to the semi-finals so watch this space!

   

  Special thanks to all the boys that played:

  Oscar (5P), Jordi (6S), Sev (5S), Gioele (6F), Reuben (6S), Ahmed (5F), Tem (5F), Ishaaq (6F), Aiden (6F), Theo(6S) and Noah (6F)

   

   

  

• Fielding awarded 'Outstanding Readathon school,' by Read for Good

  Fri 24 Mar 2023 Philippa Whaley

  This week, Read for Good wrote to us to let us know that Fielding has been one of their best participants in Readathon over the years. Our school's recent Readathon raised £4102.80 which brings our grand total to £9485 since 1997. They stated, 'This is a truly incredible achievement and one that we believe should be celebrated.' We have therefore now been exclusively awarded, 'Outstanding Readathon school.'

  They went on to thank us for our continued support over the years and said, 'It really does mean the world to us.' 

   

  Fielding pupils received a video recording from Sir Tony Robinson saying, 'Thank you for reading and raising and being amazing.'

   

  Read for Good award two 'star readers' at the end of each school Readathon who receive a £5 book token.  They wanted to especially thank Anabelle Wan, in RF who read books with her family at home and raised £150 and Rex Stafford in 4F who independently read and raised £145. A huge congratulations to these two pupils but also to everyone throughout the school who read and raised during Readathon. 

   

  A huge congratulations once again to the many pupils across the school who have been reading books for pleasure from the recommended reading lists and completing reading response activities in their pink book to achieve bronze, silver, gold and even platinum certificates!  The options for these activities can be found in your child's reading record or on their year group noticeboard on the website. We look forward to celebrating further reading achievements next week!

  

• Ofsted update

  Fri 24 Mar 2023 Peter Dunmall

  The main school (including childcare and clubs), Nursery and ARP were inspected by Ofsted on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The inspection report is likely to be published in the first half of the summer term.

   

  The school was inspected against Ofsted’s framework, introduced in September 2019. The summary judgement words remain the same but the criteria for each judgement are new compared to our last inspection. The judgement of ‘outstanding’ is even more challenging than before with an emphasis on being ‘exceptional’. Ofsted says that this is the most research-based inspection framework ever. Some people in the education sector think it is the most holistic yet challenging framework too.

   

  His Majesty’s Inspector, Phil Garnham, led the inspection. He was joined by Ofsted Inspector, Jeff Coles for the first day. Ofsted’s ‘deep-dive’ approach uses sampling to draw overall conclusions. The inspectors completed deep-dives in early reading (including phonics), mathematics, music and history. They talked to senior leaders and subject leaders, scrutinised documents, visited lessons and talked to teachers, talked to pupils and looked in their books. A focus on pupils with special educational needs was weaved through all inspection activities. Pupils’ behaviour, the school’s approach to anti-bullying, safeguarding, wider pupil’s development and staff workload & well-being were also inspected. Discussions with governors, a wider group of staff and more pupils followed, including talking to pupils, informally at breaktime. Views of parents were collected and compared to in-school findings.

   

  If you completed Ofsted's on-line survey, thank you for your support and feedback. Around 400 responses were received. Staff also appreciated your kind words one-to-one at drop-off and collection times.

   

  The inspection was thorough, rigorous and fair. 

   

  Ofsted’s judgement and findings will be published as soon as possible, depending on Ofsted’s timelines and own quality assurance process. This is likely to be during the first half of the summer term.