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.

• Specialist Clubs: Celebration of growth and opportunity

  Mon 18 Dec 2023 Karen Esprit

  Our specialist club offer continues to grow thanks to the uptake of pupils and support of parents. The specialist club offer and the quality of provision is exceptional. For Spring term: 

  • 1,663 individual places per week, up from around 1,200 per week           
  • Reception, years 1 & 2 – 691 places
  • Years 3-6 – 972 places
  • 77 individual hours of clubs across the week.

   

  If children don't get their first choice clubs, there are lots of opportunities to try something new.

   

  New additions for Spring Term include Kin-Ball, the sport is fun, fast and for everyone. The huge ball engages pupils straight away. A sport for everyone where the team can only achieve successes when they work together.   

   

  Girls only rugby continues, offering girls an exciting opportunity to be coached by a member of Trailfinders Premier15s squad. It was fantastic to see Lauren Knowler who represented England U18s this season join one of our coaching sessions last week.

   

  Next term tennis will be coached by Mr Francis linking perfectly with the school curriculum, nurturing future competitors ready for school tournaments.

  

• Year 4 Boys Performance vs Year 5 & 6 Boys Development

  Fri 15 Dec 2023 Natasha Pasha

  In a spirited display of determination and sportsmanship, the Year 4 Boys Football Team faced a challenging match against their older counterparts the Year 5 & 6 Boys Football Team. The match, played with enthusiasm and skill, unfolded with a final score line of 6-1 in favor of the the Year 5 & 6 Development team.

   

  From the initial whistle, it was evident that the Year 5 & 6 team held a slight edge in experience and physicality. However, the Year 4 team demonstrated commendable tenacity and a strong willingness to compete against their more senior opponents.

   

  The game began with both teams showing great energy, but the Year 5 & 6 team quickly asserted their dominance, displaying their adeptness in controlling the ball and swiftly maneuvering it across the pitch. Despite the Year 4 team's valiant efforts to defend their goal, the older team managed to secure an early lead, showcasing their skillful attacking play.

   

  The Year 4 team, undeterred by the score line, exhibited remarkable resilience and determination. They relentlessly attempted to counter-attack, displaying glimpses of excellent teamwork and impressive individual skills. Their perseverance paid off when, amidst their relentless efforts, they managed to break through the opposition's defense and score a fantastic goal, igniting cheers from their supporters.

   

  Despite their relentless efforts, the Year 4 team faced a tough challenge throughout the match. The Year 5 & 6 team's experience and cohesive play ultimately proved to be the deciding factor, allowing them to secure several more goals before the final whistle.

   

  The match concluded with a final score of 6-1 in favor of the Year 5 & 6 Boys Development Team. Although the Year 4 team faced a defeat, their resilience, sportsmanship, and unwavering effort were truly commendable. They showcased great promise and potential, leaving the field with heads held high, having given their all against more experienced opponents.

   

  Both teams exhibited fantastic sportsmanship, with cheers and applause exchanged between players at the end of the match. The Year 4 boys displayed admirable teamwork, determination, and a positive attitude, which will undoubtedly serve as a solid foundation for their future endeavors on the football pitch.

   

  Well done to Myles (4H) who made some amazing saves!

   

  Special thanks to the Year 4 team:

  Oscar (4S), Reuben (4S), Patrick (4S), Toby (4S), Xavi (4H), Myles (4H), Jamie (4H), Samuel (4H), William (4H) and Jamie (4P)

   

  Special thanks to the Year 5 & 6 Development team:

  Marc (6S), Conor (5H), Albie (6H), Jude (6P), Elias (5F), Arlo (5P), Lucas (5S), Rowan (5F) and James (5P)

  

• Lost property

  Thu 14 Dec 2023

  Lost property will be outside the main hall (Wyndham Road entrance) from 18/12/23. Please come along and check for any lost uniform, lunchboxes etc.   All labelled items go back to your child's classroom. 

  A reminder to label your child`s uniform  & any other property please.

  Thank you 

• PTFA: Save the Date: Quiz Night - Fri 2 February.

  Thu 14 Dec 2023 PTFA

  The PTFA will be running it's annual Quiz Night on Friday 2 February. 22 teams will battle it out to become overall champions.  Teams consist of six people and we'll have Apple prizes for each winning team member! Of course there is also the obligatory Wooden Spoon.

   

  Be sure to mark this in your calendar before Friday nights get booked up! Tickets will go on sale early January. 

• PTFA brings in £15,000 for Christmas Fair

  Thu 14 Dec 2023 PTFA

  We are overwhelmed and incredibly grateful for the generosity and support on activities around the Christmas Fair. Thank you to all those families that got involved - you spent over £15,000! It is a testament to the incredible community spirit we have here at Fielding Primary School. Your contribution will profoundly impact our school in numerous ways, enabling us to enhance educational experiences and provide invaluable resources for our pupils.

   

  Big fundraising winners were the Christmas Raffle (raising over £4,000) and Silent Auction (raising over £1,300). We'd like to thank our sponsors RSK who have been loyal supporters for many years, alongside Martin McConway Plumbing and Juniper Uniform for getting involved in specific areas of our Christmas event.  A full breakdown of stall revenue and profits will be available at the next PTFA on Monday 15 January once all the expenses have been sorted.
  
  We extend our heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you who contributed or volunteered for the event. Each donation, regardless of its size, plays an integral role in shaping the future of our school. Your dedication to the betterment of our school community is truly inspiring.

  
  Warm regards,
  Fielding PTFA

• Family Links Nurturing Programme Starting in January 2024

  Thu 14 Dec 2023 Tracy Cherry

  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 two qualified facilitators, Tracy Cherry and Marsha Coppin-Payne.

   

  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 9.30-12pm.

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

• Year 3,4,5 & 6 New Age Kurling

  Wed 13 Dec 2023 Mr Francis

  Two teams of Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 children represented Fielding in Kurling today at Featherstone High School.

   

  We entered 2 teams consisting of Year 3 & 4 and another team of Year 5 & 6. Elias (6P), Dylan (6H), Imraan (6F), Hamdi (6F), Caitlin (6P), Ellie (6P) and William (5F) were extremely unlucky to finish 4th in their group with some great shots being made in the final game and Fielding leading 2-0. After a very tactical encounter, Clifton were able to push both of our stones out of the board to level the game and end with a draw. 

   

  Unfortunately for the Year 3 & 4 team, some children were unable to attend but Grace (Oak) & Elisa (4P) did not let that affect them and still were confident and showed a positive attitude. The girls done a great job accumulating 16 points in total and finishing 1st place in their group! Elisa (4P) and Grace (Oak) worked so well as a team and had a game plan. Elisa (4P) demonstrated some great accuracy as she was able to consistently knock the ball out of the board and Grace (Oak) had amazing shot selection as she pushed her stones into the scoring zone, so by working as a team, they managed to do incredibly well today. Unfortunately, as they were only a team of two today and the rules stated that teams must consist of 4, they were unable to progress onto the finals.

   

  Year 3 & 4 - 1st place in Group

  Year 5 & 6 - 4th place in Group

   

  Well done to the following children for your efforts today.. Elisa (4P), William (5F), Grace (Oak), Caitlin (5P), Ellie (5P), Imraan (6F), Hamdi (6F), Dylan (6H), Elias (6P)

  

• Christmas Music at Fielding Primary School

  Wed 13 Dec 2023 Miss Lynch

  As the Christmas holidays draw closer, I thought it was essential that I congratulate all of our talented musicians in their performances over the last couple of weeks.

   

  I would like to thank our Junior Choir, guitar ensemble, orchestra, Musical Theatre Club and the children who took part in the Cadenza ensembles (as a part of the Ealing Music Service) who have all done exceptionally well representing our school in our community. They have shown great musicianship and enthusiasm but more importantly respect for the spaces they were performing in.

   

  I could not be prouder! Bring on the spring term for more amazing opportunities to shine.

   

  Thank you to all of the parents and children.

   

  Merry Christmas

  Miss Lynch

• Honours even in Year 5 & 6 Boys PEAL Shield

  Fri 08 Dec 2023 Mr Francis

  Today, Fielding hosted St Josephs in the PEAL Shield. We started off well keeping possession of the ball and working it into St Josephs final third, creating some good chances but could not find the goal we were searching for. St Josephs took the lead with a finish inside the area and at this point we knew we needed to react and get the next goal. After lots of pressing, we won the ball and Ahmed (6F) hit a fantastic shot into the bottom left hand corner putting us back on level terms. We had to sustain a lot of pressure from St Josephs as they kept trying to break through our defence, however Oscar (6P) done superbly to intercept the passes and calmly keep possession and pick out some pin-point passes. Despite the boys’ efforts, we went into half time 2-1 down and knew if we kept doing the right things, the next goal would come, we just had to believe. We started the half well pressing high up and forcing St Josephs to turn over the ball and had a number of shots that were unlucky not to go in. Ahmed (6F) and Tem (6F) linked up well down the right hand side, with Tem (6F) going through on goal but St Josephs goalkeeper made a great save to deny him. The goal finally came when Tem (6F) received the ball, played a pass down the line to Ahmed (6F) who hit a first time shot which the goalkeeper parried, allowing Yaqoob to follow up with the finish to draw us level. Towards the end, with both teams going for the goal, Charlie (6H) had to pull off a fantastic reaction save.

   

  Final Score: 2 - 2

   

  Congratulations to Zain (6P) for making his debut today for the Performance Team.

   

  Well done to.. Charlie (6H), Zain (6P), Oscar (6P), Matt (6S), Rory (5S), Daniel (6F), Yaqoob (6S), Ahmed (6F), Tem (6F).

  

• 10 - 0 Victory for Year 5 & 6 Girls Performance Football team!

  Fri 08 Dec 2023 Natasha Pasha

  Today the Year 5 & 6 Girls Performance team played their third game of the Ealing Girls Cup against St Joseph’s Primary.

   

  You could tell from the start there was a charged atmosphere as the girls were dominating possession. Qamara (5S), Coco (5P) and Flo G (6S) were all playing at the top and played some excellent one- two passes which resulted in Flo G (6S) scoring x 5 goals, Qamara (5S) scoring x 4 goals and finally Coco (5P) scoring x 1 goal. Not only were the attack amazing we had a solid defense that did not let a single ball get to the goalkeeper.

   

  We were all holding our breath when a penalty was awarded to St Josephs for a handball, but our brilliant goalkeeper Adeliade (6S) maintained a clean sheet by saving the powerful penalty shot.  She made several excellent saves when St Josephs tried to score from long range. It was clear that today the girls established their authority, swiftly controlling possession and dictating the tempo of the game.

  Our defense Emily (6S), Daisy (5P), Lois (5P), Martina (5S), Alice (5S) and Darcy (6P) were all a lot more composed when clearing the ball, they showed control on the ball compared to previous games. There were some excellent tackles and interceptions which made it very difficult for St Josephs to score.

   

  At the final whistle, with a remarkable score line of 10 – 0, they showcased not only their individual talents but also their unity as a team, leaving an indelible mark of their prowess in the realm of girls' football.

   

  Fielding 10 – 0  St Josephs!

   

  Special thanks to…

  Qamara (5S), Flo (6S), Coco (5P), Darcy (6P), Emily (6S), Martina (5S), Alice (5S), Adeliade (6S), Lois (5p), Daisy (5P)