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.

• Fielding Primary awarded 'Best Overall School Garden' by Cultivating Ealing

  Wed 19 Jul 2023 Elise Laird

  Fielding Kitchen Garden awarded Best Overall School Garden by Cultivating Ealing

   

  On Wednesday Fielding was presented with a trophy by Cultivating Ealing for our school kitchen garden. The judges were impressed by (i) the range of plants grown in the garden, (ii) the pupils knowledge of the garden and gardening and (iii) the range of environmental and ecological topics covered in gardening lessons. The also noted the support by the school community in caring for our garden at weekends and holidays. Pupils involved in the judging process or who regularly tend to the garden at break times were there for the prizegiving. Well done everyone!  

   

   

  

• My Child at School - Changes to the way you sign in

  Wed 19 Jul 2023 Office

  Bromcom have recently made some changes to the way parents sign in to My Child at School (MCAS).
  From now on, the only information needed to sign in will be your email address and a password. The school ID code section has been removed.
  
  If you have been experiencing difficulty signing in, please read the troubleshooting tips below:
   

  • Enter your email address. This should be the email we already have on file for you.
  • Your password hasn't changed, it will be the same one you currently use
  • If your password doesn’t work, please select the ‘Reset Password’ option to receive an automatic email

  
  If you are still having trouble;
   

  • For mobile devices, delete and re-install the app
  • For desktop devices, clear your browser and re-open

• Find out more about how we mange behaviour in school, parent session 19th September

  Wed 19 Jul 2023 Clare Haines

  We are updating the way we manage behaviour in school, with plans to align our systems more closely to self-regulation through use of the Zones of Regulation. Find out more about this by coming to our parent information session on Tuesday 19th September at 9.15am, main hall.

  Find out more here: 

  • A change to how we manage behaviour in school

• Reception, year 2, 3 & 5 poetry performance event

  Tue 18 Jul 2023 Peter Dunmall

  Sign-up for your Reception, year 2, 3 or 5 child to take part in a special poetry performance event on Tuesday 29 August, 10am - 1.30pm at school. 

   

  Poetry Together unites young and old through the joy of poetry. It is founded by Gyles Brandreth, and encourages younger and older communities to connect and perform poems for one another over tea and cake. 

   

  It is a wonderful way to bring communities together and it really is very special when two ends of the generational spectrum get together for a chat and a cup of tea. 

   

  This year, the project kicks off with a special event at Fielding Primary School, with poetry performances to Gyles and his very special guests.

   

  If you would like your child to take part and perform a poem of their choice, as a solo recital, as part of a class group or with their grandparent(s), please sign-up by Thursday, 8am:

  • Poetry Together sign-up

   

  Pupils could select a poem from class texts to practise and perform, also asking any grandparents to learn, practise and perform the poem too:

  • Reception: The Owl & the Pussy Cat (by Edward Lear), The Sea (by John Foster) or Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? (by Bill Martin Jnr & Eric Carle)
  • Year 2: The Spider and the Fly
  • Year 3: A Song for Every Summer - poetry collection by Allie Esiri
  • Year 5: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz

   

  The Poetry Together team will then select and invite pupils and any grandparents to this event. Numbers are limited. Priority will be given to any pupils performing with their grandparents.

   

  This is a one-off, unusual opportunity taking place in the school holidays. We recognise that not all pupils will be able to take part because this is during the school holidays. Apologies for the short notice and turn-around: we only had confirmation of the event today.

• EMS music tuition - Autumn Term 2023

  Tue 18 Jul 2023 Music Team

  Autumn Term EMS fees have now been added to pupil MCAS accounts.

  Please ensure fees are paid in full by Friday 8th September in order for your child's lessons to start the following week.

  If you were previously on the waiting list, please check to see if your child has been allocated a place.

  Timetables will be updated on our website here by the end of the week.

• Two remaining dates for summer chicken care - 30/8 & 2/9

  Tue 18 Jul 2023 Elise Laird

  There are two remaining dates for volunteers to feed the Fielding chickens in the summer holidays. Volunteers can keep all eggs laid that day, as well as help themselves to any ripe and ready produce in the garden. Anyone that would like to feed the chickens on Wednesday 30th August and/or Saturday 2nd September please sign up here. 

• Reminder - School closes Thursday 20th July 2.30pm

  Mon 17 Jul 2023

  The summer term ends for pupils in Reception to Year 6 at 2.30pm on Thursday 20th July. After-school club (childcare) starts at 2.30pm for those who are booked into a specialist club or childcare, no charge or additional booking required.

• PTFA: Book Donations for Whole Class Texts

  Thu 13 Jul 2023 PTFA

   As part of the PTFA's sustainability initiative, we are keen to collect any unwanted books that parents may have purchased as part of the Whole Class Text for Y3-Y6.  If you have any of the following books below that your child is happy to pass on to other pupils in the school, then we'd love to have them.  You can drop the books into the collection point at Wyndham Road entrance between Monday 17 July and Thursday 20 July.

  Year 6

  • The Hobbit - J. R. Tolkien
  • Autumn 2 Eyewitness Victorians - DK
  • The Big Amazing Poetry Book - Chris Riddell

  Year 5

  • The 1000 year old Boy, written by Ross Welford
  • The Incredible Ecosystems of Planet Earth, written and illustrated by Rachel Ignotofsky.
  • Poems from a Green and Blue Planet Hardcover

  Year 4

  • The Borrowers, Mary Norton
  • Eye Witness, Ancient Greece
  • The Boy at the Back of the Class, Onjali Rauf

  Year 3

  • Flora and Ulysses, The Illuminated Adventures
  • DK Find Out Ancient Egypt
  • A Song for Every Summer - poetry collection by Allie Esiri

• PTFA Secondhand Uniform Sale - dates

  Thu 13 Jul 2023 PTFA

  Any uniform to be donated can either be brought along during shop opening or left with the school office.
  
  Donations will be accepted until the end of term.
  
  Please see below for the 2023/24 dates.
  Friday 22 September
  Saturday 14 October
  Friday 24 November
  Saturday 16 December (subject to change for Christmas fair)
  Friday January 26 2024
  Saturday 24 February 2024
  Friday 15 March 2024
  Saturday 20 April 2024
  Friday 17 May 2024
  Saturday 15 June 2024 (subject to change for summer fair)
  Friday 12 July 2024

• PTFA End of Year Message:

  Thu 13 Jul 2023 PTFA

   

  An outstanding year for the school, a year of change for the PTFA.

  It would be remiss of us as co-chairs, not to open this message with a nod to Mr Dunmall, the teachers, and the rest of the school staff on successfully negotiating an OFSTED visit and securing an “Outstanding” rating for the school once again. I can only imagine the amount of hard work, organisation and dedication that goes into this, so on behalf of the PTFA and all the parents of the school (if I may), I’d like to offer congratulations on seeing all your efforts pay off.
   

  From a PTFA perspective, I think it has been a year of change for the PTFA, with handovers taking place from Nolan as our outgoing chair and Charlotte as leader of our treasury team. It’s fair to say, it has taken the newer members of the PTFA leadership group a bit of time to find our feet, so a special thank you to Nolan, Charlotte, Blair, Chloe, Jenny, Patti, Amon and all the other experienced members of the PTFA who have shown tremendous patience and goodwill and providing guidance and support to us as we move this along.

   
  I’m also pleased to announce that the PTFA has raised approximately £ 44,000 over the past year, which I think is a great achievement given the period of flux experienced. As a school and community we have come together and enjoyed spectacular Christmas and Summer fairs, brought in exciting new events such as the laser tag and continued with old favourites such as the parents quiz night, movie afternoon, the magic show, and the school disco. From a sustainable viewpoint, we now have a dedicated secondhand uniform shed, which has been a great success, and we also saw the return of the bake sale, together with a seedling sale, which was a parent-led initiative. A sincere thank you to everyone who got involved and helped ensure all events were a success. A big thanks also to all those Y6 parents, and indeed any parents whose children are leaving the school for pastures new, your contributions and support will be missed, and we wish the children all the very best as they move to new schools.

   
  The year ahead – Looking at the school year ahead, we will be in touch in September, with some thoughts on how to ensure the PTFA is even more successful. It goes without saying that the PTFA is run by volunteers, who give up their time and energy to help support a wonderful community that has built up over the years, and at the same time provide additional funding to the school for extra resources such as the school garden and playground equipment. Those additional resources do provide a lot of additional benefit to the children so we believe it’s vital to continue that work.

   
  The PTFA would be nothing without its volunteers, and speaking from personal experience, while it can be challenging at times, we have found it really rewarding and a fantastic way to meet new people and develop new friendships. For anyone that is new to the school or new to volunteering, we urge you to consider getting involved, whether it’s getting involved with planning school events, becoming a class rep or even if it is just to support your class stall during a fair or other event, it would be hugely appreciated by the other volunteers. Please email fieldingPTFA@gmail.com if you would like to get involved or would like to find out more. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and please feel free to say hi if you see any of us around the school at drop off / collection. Have a wonderful summer and see you all in September.

   
  Conor Lyne – chair PTFA, Fielding Primary School
  Jen Timoshanko – co-chair PTFA, Fielding Primary School
  Prashant Patel - co-chair PTFA, Fielding Primary School