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.

• Find out how well your child is doing in school and parent consultation meetings

  Thu 21 Dec 2023 Clare Haines

  During the first two weeks after the Christmas break your child’s class teacher will be  assessing your child’s attainment and progress in reading, writing and mathematics against the national curriculum for their age group. Pupils in Years 1 - 6 will take a test for mathematics and reading. 

  In Nursery and Reception your child's class teacher will check your child's progress against the prime areas of learning for the Early Years.

  • Early Years Curriculum

   

  Sharing your child's progress

  Assessment results will be available on MCAS (My Child at School) from 25th January. They will not be available on the app version of MCAS. 

  Parent consultations for Reception to Year 6:

  You will be able to discuss your child's progress at one of our face to face parent consultation meetings. These will take place on:

  • Monday 5th February, 7.40-830am, 3,40-6.40pm
  • Monday 19th February. 7.40-830am, 3,40-6.40pm

  Parent consultation meetings for children in Nursery:

  • 19,20 and 21 February Dragonflies 
  • 26 and 27 February for Ladybirds

  Booking

  Booking for all appointments will open on MCAS on Thursday 11th January at 12noon. The parent consultation meetings will take place in school.

  More information

  Please read the inked assessment updates for more information.

  • Assessment point 1, 23-24, Parent Guide, Years 1 -6
  • Assessment point 1 23-24, Parent guide, Nursery and Reception.

   

  Relevant links:

  • Parent guide to MCAS
  • Assessment at Fielding
  • Parent guide to assessment (downloadable .pdf)

• Family Links Nurturing Programme Starting in the Spring Term

  Wed 20 Dec 2023 Tracy Cherry

  The Family Links Nurturing Programme starts in the Spring Term, if you would like to secure your place on the programme please send an email to admin@fielding.ealing.sch.uk. 

   

  Following the successful 'Family Links Nurturing Programme' parenting course in the Autumn term, we are pleased to be able to offer this free parenting course again for the Spring term. The 'Family Links Nurturing Programme' focuses on supporting parents across a wide range of parenting challenges.

  The course will be run by Marsha Coppin-Payne and Tracy Cherry

  We are holding a coffee morning on Monday 11^th December at 9.30am where you can find out more, do come along to the Schoolhouse to find out more.

  The aims of the Nurturing Programme are to:

  • Give children and parents an emotionally healthy springboard for their lives and their learning.
  • Promote emotional literacy and emotional health.
  • Enhance self-esteem, self-awareness, and empathy.
  • Provide effective strategies to encourage co-operation, responsible behaviour and manage challenging behaviour in children.

   

  Did you know?

  • ‘Children flourish when what they can do matches our expectations of what they ‘should’ be able to do’ (appropriate expectations)
  • ‘Understanding how our own childhood experience can affect us as adults’ (Self-awareness)
  • ‘Helping children to manage their behaviour with clear boundaries, praise, rewards, fair penalties etc’. makes life more enjoyable for parents and children. (Positive Discipline)
  • ‘Children who are treated with empathy and respect will learn to be empathic and respectful towards other people’ (Empathy)

  The programme will start on Monday 15^th January 2024 and will run for ten weeks on the ground floor of the schoolhouse. The sessions will run on Mondays at 9.30am to 12pm except for session 'nine' which will run on Friday 22nd March.

  For more information on the Nurturing Programme please visit https://www.familylinks.org.uk/parent-zone

• Whole Class Reading Books for the Spring Term

  Wed 20 Dec 2023 G Robinson

  As we look to next term, we ask parents of children in Years 3-6, to purchase a copy of the Whole Class Reading Book for their child. These lessons run in a similar format to English lessons and explicitly teach the children a range of reading strategies in a challenging and engaging way. You can find the book titles, and a link to purchase the book for Spring Term, on your child's Year Group Noticeboard. 

   

  If your child has a Pupil Premium Passport, we will provide your child with a copy of the class text free of charge. Please speak to your child's class teacher if you do not receive a grant but will be unable to provide the book due to financial reasons. Many thanks for your support.

• Joyeuses Fêtes!

  Wed 20 Dec 2023 S.Mahvelati

  Pupils across the school have been getting creative whilst learning about Christmas traditions in France. We have decorated La Bûche de Noël; written to père Noel; made des décorations de Noël and even made traditional French truffes au chocolat to gift to friends and family.

  

• COVID High staff absence

  Tue 19 Dec 2023 Peter Dunmall

  Around 20 members of staff are unwell and absent from school. All describe very similar symptoms. Some are testing positive for COVID, typically several days after first feeling unwell.

   

  If you have vulnerable family members in your household, you may wish to be extra alert to any COVID symptoms.

   

  Please be patient and understanding about our cover arrangements. Agency (supply) staff for teachers or teaching assistants are increasingly in short supply. Agencies tell us of high demand from other schools and own staff sickness.

   

  It is unlikely that any class will be sent home. All parts of the school continue to operate as usual for all pupils.

   

  In school, to minimise risk of infection and to try and reduce staff absence, we have implemented social distancing for adults for the last couple of weeks. 

• Threadworms

  Mon 18 Dec 2023 Clare Haines

  Cases of threadworms have been reported to school.

  Find out more from the NHS on what to look out for and how to treat it here.

  How can you avoid your child getting thread worms?

  • wash hands and scrub under fingernails – particularly before eating, after using the toilet

  • encourage children to wash hands regularly

  • shower every morning

  • rinse toothbrushes before using them

  • keep fingernails short

  • wash sleepwear, sheets, towels and soft toys (at a hot temperature) every day for several days after treatment

  • disinfect kitchen and bathroom surfaces, using hot water

  • vacuum and dust with a damp cloth

  • make sure everyone in the household wears underwear at night and changes it in the morning

• Check your child's hair regularly for headlice

  Mon 18 Dec 2023 Clare Haines

  To prevent the spread of head lice the NHS has produced these guidelines. Please could you regularly check your child's hair and ensure long hair is tied back.

  
  Head lice and nits
  Head lice and nits are very common in young children and their families. They don't have anything to do with dirty hair and are picked up by head-to-head contact.

  
  How to get rid of head lice
  You can treat head lice without seeing a GP.
  Treat head lice as soon as you spot them.
  You should check everyone in the house and start treating anyone who has head lice on the same day.
  There's no need to keep your child off school if they have head lice.
  
  Wet combing
  Lice and nits can be removed by wet combing. You should try this method first.

  You can buy a special fine-toothed comb (detection comb) online or from pharmacies to remove head lice and nits.

  There may be instructions on the pack, but usually you:

  wash hair with ordinary shampoo
  apply lots of conditioner (any conditioner will do)
  comb the whole head of hair, from the roots to the ends
  It usually takes about 10 minutes to comb short hair, and 20 to 30 minutes for long, frizzy or curly hair.

  Do wet combing on days 1, 5, 9 and 13 to catch any newly hatched head lice. Check again that everyone's hair is free of lice on day 17.

  
  For more information about wet combing, see the healthychildren.org website.

  
  Medicated lotions and sprays
  Ask your pharmacist for advice if you have tried wet combing for 17 days, but your child still has live head lice.

  They may recommend using medicated lotions and sprays. These kill head lice in all types of hair, and you can buy them from pharmacies, supermarkets or online.

  Head lice should die within a day. Some lotions and sprays come with a comb to remove dead lice and eggs.

  Some treatments need to be repeated after a week to kill any newly hatched lice.

  Check the pack to see if they're OK for you or your child and how to use them.

  If lotions or sprays don't work, speak to your pharmacist about other treatments.

  
  Some treatments aren't recommended because they're unlikely to work. For example:

  • products containing permethrin
  • head lice "repellents"
  • electric combs for head lice
  • tree and plant oil treatments, such as tea tree oil, eucalyptus oil and lavender oil herbal remedies

  
  You can't prevent head lice
  There's nothing you can do to prevent head lice.

  You can help stop them spreading by wet or dry combing regularly to catch them early.

  Do not use medicated lotions and sprays to prevent head lice. They can irritate the scalp.

  There's no need for children to stay off school or to wash laundry on a hot wash.

• Will your class be Number 1 in the Xmas Rockstar charts?

  Mon 18 Dec 2023 Dan Thomas

  As we approach Christmas, pupils are eagerly awaiting the start of the next TTRS Christmas battle.
   

  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.

   

  What is a Battle of the Bands? 

  A Battle of the Bands is a fun way to get groups of pupils competing against each other and a great way to sustain pupils' enthusiasm in practicing times tables on TTRS. This battle will be between all classes in Years 3, 4 and all classes in Years 5 and 6. 

   

  When will it begin/end?

  The Fielding Battle of the Bands will being on Friday 22nd December at 8am and will end on Tuesday 9th January at 8am. Two battles will take place during these dates and times:

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

   

  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 when we return to school in January and will win: 

  • 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 8-10 minutes a day as part of their daily practice and whilst doing this over the holiday they will be earning those points for their class band! To promote this further, a competition minutes restriction has been set to '30 minutes' to stop children from excessive screen-time during the holidays.

   

  I'm looking forward to see how this Battle of the Bands 'rocks' out and as Maths Lead, I look forward to announcing the next winners.

   

  The question is... who will it be?

• No Outsiders, Book 3. What will your child be learning about in January?

  Mon 18 Dec 2023 Clare Haines

  Preparing children for life in modern Britain

  The end of next half-term (February) will mark a year since we introduced our No Outsiders programme in school.

   

  During the first couple of weeks of the new term children will be thinking about No Outsiders and how everyone is welcome in our school. During assemblies myself and Mr Dunmall will be using the No Outsiders assembly resources to talk about gender equality. We will link this to our core value of respect.

   

  In class the children will be listening to and discussing the 3rd book (spring 1) in the series for their year group. 

  • No outsiders curriculum

  During our parent consultation meetings in  February, the No Outsiders books will be available in the key-stage 2 library for you to view.  We are also planning to run parent workshops in the summer term, so look out for the dates

   

  Here is the list of books, with links, for the first half of spring term:

  • Reception  Hello Hello, (to say hello)
  • Year 1 Want to Play Trucks? (to find out ways to play together)
  • Year 2, The Great Big Book of Families – (to understanding what diversity is)
  • Year3, Beegu, (to be welcoming)
  • Year 4, Red, A Crayon’s Story, (to be proud of who I am)
  • Year 5, Mixed (to consider responses to racist behaviour)
  • Year 6,  Leaf, (to understand fears about difference)

   

  The 'No Outsiders' programme educates children about diversity within our communities and addresses issues such as sexism, ageism, race and different types of families.

   

  It is taught to each year group through the use of age-appropriate books. Through these beautiful picture books, the children explore the concepts of equality, diversity, acceptance of differences and of the right of someone to have an opinion different to their own. .

  More information

  • Click here to find out about the books we use.
  • Click here to find out more from the No Outsiders website.
  • Example Lesson plan
  • Assembly plans

  How does No Outsiders fit into the curriculum?

  The No Outsiders lessons fit alongside many of the things we already teach in school. They align with our core values of respect, resilience, reflection and empathy. They will also form a part of our relationships lessons, which are part of our RSHE lessons and our Monday assemblies.

  • DfE Relationships Education, Statutory requirements
  • Our RSHE lessons

  

• End of term message from Governing Board

  Mon 18 Dec 2023 Alisa Voznaya, Carl Pheasey & Mel Cotton

  We want to introduce the Governing Board to parents and to give you a better understanding of its role in the school.

   

  Governors are here to help the school leadership team. We help set the strategic direction for the school,  act as a critical friend, and hold the school leaders to account.  We provide oversight and accountability, but do not get involved in the day-to-day management of the school.  

   

  We are all volunteers who are passionate about Fielding Primary School and its pupils.  We are part of the immediate and wider community and have a range of professional skills, backgrounds and interests.      

   

  As we come to the end of a successful term, we want to thank the senior leadership team, teaching staff and support staff for their continued commitment and dedication to the school and its pupils. Their hard work was recognised in several ways last year including by the Outstanding rating from Ofsted, the RHS award for the Fielding Kitchen Garden, a Diana Award for the amazing Anti-bullying work done by the school pupil ambassadors, Mme Mahvelati being named French Teacher of the Year and, of course, the memorable visit by Her Majesty the Queen herself! 

   

  Our thanks also extend to the dedication and support of the parent representatives of the PTFA. Parents who volunteer for fundraising activities and school activities make a huge contribution to the school and help ensure that pupils get the most out of their Fielding experience.    

   

  Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to thank pupils and parents for such a positive start to the school year.

   

  We wish you all a very happy holiday and happy new year!

   

  Find out more:

  • Fielding, Our School, Governing Board