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.

• PTFA: Is your child running the Ealing Mini Mile (23 Sept)?

  Thu 21 Sep 2023 PTFA

  The PTFA knows that there are many pupils taking part in the Ealing Mini Mile on 23 Sept and that pupils are keen to raise money for our charitable activities!  This is absolutely wonderful to hear and hopefully a testament to the enjoyment pupils get from activities that are funded by the PTFA - which include Forest School, Kitchen Garden, Drumming and School Trips amongst others experiences.

   

  We already have fundraising pages set up for the following groups (so feel free to donate - and we can claim GiftAid):

   

  All Year 1 Classes: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/24348

  Class 2P: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/24462

  Class 2H: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/24401

  Class 3P: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/24402

  Class 5P: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/24349

  Class 5S: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/24389

   

  If you would like the PTFA to set up a dedicated fundraising page for a particular class where there are multiple pupils running, please get in touch by emailing fieldingPTFA@gmail.com. We'll be able to provide you with landing pages and totalisers alongside social media assets to promote to family and friends about your child's involvement. It's a great way to raise money from outside the parent community. 

• Did you miss our behaviour information session? Slides and resources.

  Tue 19 Sep 2023 Clare Haines

  Thank you to the parents who attended our session today and to Amanda Gleeson (specialist HLTA) and Leah Jayson from Ealing Speech and Therapy service for presenting alongside me.

   

  It was great to share our updates with parents and to hear initial feedback and questions. Please find a link below to the slides, which include some of the resources I talked about and a downloadable version of the Colour Monster and Zones of Regulation cards.

  • Parent presentation, slides
  • Fielding Colour Monster and Zones of Regulation (downloadable images).
  • Behaviour at Fielding (Webpage)

   

• Termly Safeguarding Assembly, keeping your child happy and safe. Monday 18th September

  Sat 16 Sep 2023 Clare Haines

  Termly Safeguarding assembly for children in Years 1-6

  During assembly on Monday Mr Dunmall and I 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.  

   
  During the assembly we focus on  different forms of abuse, and an how to recognise the signs of harm or abuse, including child on child and domestic abuse an online safety these topics will be tackled in an age-appropriate way and child will be given time to discuss the issues are any worries with their class teacher after the assembly.  We will be using the NSPCC video 'I saw your willy' to talk about image sharing and online safety.

   

  Click here to see the slides that will be used for Monday’s assembly, you may wish to look at this in advance, in case your child has any questions. 

   

  Other useful information

  • Safeguarding at Fielding
  • Online safety
  • Video link, to NSPCC Pantosauraus campaign
  • NSPCC, information for parents

• Reporting your child absent from school

  Thu 14 Sep 2023 Office

  If your child is absent from school please inform the office before 9am on the day of absence. You can do this in one of the following ways;
  
  1) Leave a voicemail message on the absence line 020 3745 7411
  2) Send an email to attendance@fielding.ealing.sch.uk
  3) Visit the school office in person to let someone know
   

  State your child’s full name, their class and the reason for their absence, E.g. Chicken Pox.
  Please do not give messages to the class teacher.
  
  Illness
  Children should only be kept away from school for significant illness. If they have vomited or had diarrhoea, they should remain at home for 48 hours after the last episode.
  Further guidance from Public Health England on when to keep your child at home can be found below.
  
  Public Health - Infection Control in schools
   

  Medical appointments
  Every effort should be made to schedule routine medical appointments outside school hours or during school holidays. Where this is not possible and children are absent for all or part of the school day, you must show the office confirmation. This can be an email, letter or text message showing the date and time of the appointment

• Behaviour in school, parent session Tuesday 19th at 9.15am

  Thu 14 Sep 2023 Clare Haines

  On Tuesday I will be holding a parent information session about the strategies we use to manage behaviour in school. I will be joined by Amanda Gleeson, Specialist HLTA and Leah Jayson from Ealing Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Service. Leah has some great tips to share  on how you can use the Zones of Regulation at home. It would be great if you cold join us.

  More information:

  • Find out more about changes to our behaviour system in school

  Click here to let us know you are coming.

  

• Staff unwell with COVID

  Tue 12 Sep 2023 Peter Dunmall

  There is an increase in the number of members of staff who are becoming ill with COVID. So far this term:

  • 1 member of staff, week 1;
  • 3 members of staff, including a year 6 teacher, week 2.

   

  We continue to follow Ealing's guidance for staff in schools. Whilst we are living with COVID, staff who have symptoms and a positive result, should stay at home for 5 days.

   

  If a class teacher tests positive, we will cover the class using our own Cover Supervisors and/or agency (supply) teachers.

   

  We will tell you by email if a class teacher, or other adult who works regularly with a class, tests positive so that you can take any precautionary measures for vulnerable family or household members.

   

  We are not implementing any other measures or changes at this stage.

• Meet your child's teacher, 25th September and 2nd October.

  Fri 08 Sep 2023 Clare Haines

  Booking for this term's meet the teacher, parent consultation meetings will open on MyChildatSchool (MCAS) on Thursday 14 September at 12pm.

   

  For pupils in Years Reception to  year 6 appointments will be available before and after school for the following days:

  • Monday 25th September
  • Monday 2nd October (3P will be on the 4th and 5th October)

  For Nursery, appointments will be available during the day on:

  • Nursery Dragonflies - 9th, 10 and 11th October
  • Nursery Ladybirds - 16 and 17 October

• Cooking sessions contribution 2023-24

  Thu 07 Sep 2023 Jane Peterson

  We are very proud to continue to provide a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to attend cooking sessions. These sessions take place with their class teacher, within the School House kitchen, during the school day.

  An annual voluntary contribution of £12.00 has been added to MCAS to cover the cost of ingredients, required to supplement the fresh ingredients provided from the school garden. This fee covers sessions for the whole school year, from September 2023 until July 2024.

  This fee is voluntary, however, without the support of our parents, we would be unable to provide an opportunity such as this for our pupils.

  To make payment, please log into your MCAS account. The fee can be located by selecting the 'Products' icon and then 'Voluntary Contributions' from the left hand menu.

• Family Links Nurturing Programme for parents’ coffee morning

  Thu 07 Sep 2023 Tracy Cherry

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

  The course will be run by Karen Esprit and Tracy Cherry.

   

  The programme will start on Monday 25 September 2023 and run for ten weeks on the ground floor of the school house. The sessions will be in the afternoons from 12.45pm-2.45pm every Monday.

   

  If you are interested, please contact the school office, or come along to our coffee morning in the school house on 11 September 9.15am-10.15am. 

   

  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"

• Orchestra and choir auditions

  Thu 07 Sep 2023 Dani Lynch

  Lunch time auditions for orchestra (year 3-6 pupils) and senior choir (years 5 & 6 pupils) will take place over the next few weeks. Pupils will be told about auditions during music lessons.

   

  Current orchestra members will need to audition and are highly likely to keep their place. Orchestra rehearsals begin Wednesday 1 November, 7.45am.

   

  Senior choir will take place during Monday lunchtimes from Monday 30 October. Our end point will be performance at the Young Voices event or a Disney workshop depending on availability.

   

  Instrumental lessons with Ealing Music Service (EMS) tutors will start w/c Monday 18 September. 

   

  I am looking forward to music lessons starting on Monday and continuing the excellent music tradition at Fielding through our shared love of music.