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.

• Inclusion Drop-In

  Mon 26 Sep 2016 C Chadwick

  The next Inclusion Drop-In will be held on Thursday 6^th October from 2:30-3:30pm.

  In response to feedback, we have changed the timings very slightly to allow parents and carers to pop in directly before pick up times.

  The purpose of the October Drop-In will be to discuss the different external specialist services we work alongside to support children, and to offer guidance and information on services available.

  Please join us if you would like any information or have any questions about supporting your child’s learning and well-being.

  Our November Drop-In will focus on developing speech and language in the Early Years – where our speech, language and communication therapist, Hannah Howell-Day, will be joining us.

  As always, the Drop-In will be held in the school house.

  We look forward to seeing you there!

• Times Tables Challenge

  Fri 23 Sep 2016 P. O'Dwyer

  Pupils have returned to school very excited to continue their times tables challenge and push themselves to excel in each level. After collecting feedback from parents, pupils and teachers there has been a slight change made to allocated time for Level 8. Pupils will now be allowed a time of 2 minutes 30 seconds to complete Level 8. This new time scale is allocated to Level 8 only. All other levels will remain at 2 minutes.

  Any questions please speak to your child's class teacher.

• PTFA for Reception

  Fri 23 Sep 2016

  The PTFA Rep would like to use your email address on the schools database to contact you regarding forthcoming events and social gatherings relating to Reception. If you DO NOT wish to be contacted via your child's class rep, please contact the school office. 

  Many thanks

  The PTFA

• Music Invoices

  Fri 23 Sep 2016 S.Read
  Mrs Read is in the process of uploading the music invoices onto Laser, over the next few weeks. The tutors are currently updating their registers according to pupil ability, so please check our website under curriculum / music for any updated timetables.

• Brain Power!

  Fri 23 Sep 2016 Ms K. Oliver
  In Year 3, we have been learning about our brains and how they affect our learning. We use brain breaks to calm our amgydala. This helps the other parts of our brain - the pre-frontal cortex and the hippocampus be ready for learning. We have also been developing our strategies for when we find our learning challenging. Using the 5 Bs - brain, book, board, buddy and boss (teacher) is an example of what the Year 3 children find helpful. Reflection, our value of the month, is also a great skill for thinking about our learning. We have reflected on our strengths and are all 'shining lights' in a wide variety of areas. Miss Sammon commented, "It's great to hear how the children talk about strategies to help them."

• Keeping Happy & Safe, Safeguarding Assembly

  Fri 23 Sep 2016

  Termly Safeguarding assembly for children in Years 1-6

  During assemblies on Monday 26th September we will be talking to the children about how to keep themselves safe. We will help the children understand that it is their right to be happy and safe and to encourage the understanding that any problem or worry that they may have is legitimate, and to share their worries – big or small – with their trusted adult; at home, at school, or with ChildLine.  

  The assemblies will be led by Mr Dunmall and Mrs Haines and the content delivered in a sensitive and age appropriate way.
   
  During the assembly will we aim to give children:

  • An understanding of different forms of abuse, including bullying, and an ability to recognise the signs of harm or abuse
  • Knowledge of how to protect themselves from all forms of abuse
  • An awareness of how to get help and sources of help, including ChildLine.  

  Click on the link below to see the content of Monday’s assembly, you may wish to look at this in advance, in case your child has any questions. 

  • Assembly slides
  • Video link, to NSPCC Pantosauraus campaign
  • NSPCC, information for parents

• Top performing school

  Thu 22 Sep 2016 Peter Dunmall

  Excellent results last year compared to local schools

  More Year 6 pupils left Fielding ‘secondary ready’ than neighbouring schools*. The proportion of Year 6 pupils last year who met the government’s expected standard or above in reading, writing and maths combined placed Fielding firmly in the top 25% of Ealing’s 62 schools and higher than all neighbouring schools.

  Progress

  Our Year 6 pupils also made excellent progress, resulting in Fielding climbing into the top 25% of Ealing’s schools for progress in writing and maths, and just outside the top 25% for progress in reading.  Compared to neighbouring schools, Fielding’s pupils made more progress in maths than other schools with only pupils at Grange outperforming our children’s progress in reading and writing.

  Year 2

  At the end of Year 2, Fielding’s pupils also achieved very highly in reading, writing and maths assessments, placing Fielding in the top 10, or better, of all Ealing’s schools.

  Year 1

  For Year 1, our 98% success rate in the Phonics screening test placed Fielding’s pupils 3rd in Ealing, the highest of all neighbouring schools.

  Reception

  Reception pupils got off to a great start at Fielding with 84% achieving a ‘good level of development’ placing Fielding’s pupils 4th in Ealing.

  The government will publish final comparative results in November for all schools. Find out more:

  • Fielding, Results 2016 details and evaluation

  (*compared to Grange, Little Ealing, Mount Carmel RC, Oaklands and St. John’s Primary Schools, based on KS2 provisional data from the DfE)

• Volunteers needed

  Thu 22 Sep 2016

  Do you have any spare time?

  On Wednesday 11th October at 9.15am and 2.45pm we will be holding an information session for any parents who are interested in volunteering in school, come along to find out more.

• PTFA recruiting parents now

  Thu 22 Sep 2016 Erica Jenkins, Chair PTFA

  AGM on Monday 3rd October at 7.30pm, Main Hall

  All parents are encouraged to come to the PTFA AGM and get involved. There will be wine and nibbles and we have even managed to avoid the GBBO final this year, so there is no excuse not to come down.

  Last year the PTFA raised a whopping £29,000 for the school, but this didn't happen by accident...

  Our PTFA team is made up of a diverse group of parents, with children in different school years. Many of the current committee work part or full time, or still have very young children at home, so we completely understand parents have time constraints and would only expect people to do as much as they feel comfortable with.

  For many of us, this is the first time we've been on a committee  but with the support of the outgoing committee and by working together we have arranged some memorable events and had lots of fun in the process. Being part of the PTFA has enabled us to meet other parents across the school years, make great friends, who we probably wouldn’t have got to know otherwise. It is a great source of information on what to expect as your child moves up the school, which clubs to get your names down for and even a good source of hand me downs!  Being part of the committee allows you to have a say on the events we run.

  We are very privileged to live in such a fantastic community and the school is a big part of that. When we work together we can achieve so much.

  We will need new members on the PTFA committee this year for these events to continue. Everyone is welcome and there will be lots of support for people taking on new roles. All of the positions can be shared, if you were concerned about how much time you have to commit.

  We appreciate there are many parents with a wealth of experience in their current professional roles and their professional life prior to having children and we would love your support. It is also a great way to buff up your CV in preparation to a return to work, if you have had a few years off while your children have been young. Many of the current committees jobs have no relevance to the PTFA, but we have found it a really useful environment to develop new skills.

  This year we have many positions which need filling. We often have parents suggesting great new ideas to us, but we need bodies to help see those ideas through.. so please come forwards.

  At the AGM we will celebrate the success of the past year with a glass of wine and elect the committee for the coming school year. The more of us involved the smoother things run and the less of a time commitment it is all round.

  Volunteering for the PTFA is very rewarding. We raise a huge amount of money for the school which funds improvement projects, equipment and enrichment opportunities for all our children. But we feel the best part of being involved is seeing how much pleasure the events we put on bring to the children and adults attending. Highlights of the school year such as the fairs, the camp out, the Easter bunny trail, the roller discos, school discos and Quiz Night simply would not happen without the PTFA and volunteers support. 

  If you want any further information regarding the committee, or would like to be involved but are not able to make the meeting please email us at the PTFA email address.

  We look forward to seeing many of you on the 3rd October and having your support in the 2016 / 2017 School Year. 

• Muddy Hands gardeners harvest vegetables for chef

  Wed 21 Sep 2016

  Marrows cooked and served for lunch

  Club members from Reception, Years 1 and 2 harvested home-grown marrows from our vegetable beds and presented them to Harrison's school chef, Marina, for cooking on Tuesday.

  Marina talked to children about their vegetables and agreed that they would be roasted and served with our regular roast meal on Wednesday. 

  Harrison's are also currently supporting British Food Fortnight with a focus on fresh British produce. Children have been able to taste a range of different carrots all week.