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.

• EMS Concert Weeks

  Thu 09 Mar 2023 Maria Neil-Smith

  Pupils who have instrumental lessons in school will be given the opportunity to perform in our upcoming concert weeks. Please click here to view the concert schedule and make a note of when your child is performing. It would be great if you could come along and support your child. 

• Easter menu for Thursday 30th of March 2023

  Thu 09 Mar 2023 School Office

  In honour of Easter ISS will be providing a special Easter menu on Thursday 30th March 2023.

   

  Please click the link below to see the menu.

  Easter menu

• PTFA Magic Show raises nearly £2000 for PTFA

  Thu 09 Mar 2023 PTFA

  Thank you to all those parents and children who attended the Magic Show on Sunday.  With a packed hall of nearly 250 people, they saw four different acts take to the stage to perform magic tricks, levitation, ventriloquism, hula hooping and baton twirling.  Thank you to our sponsors Sargeants Estate Agents for supporting this event, which combined with ticket sales and refreshment stalls has made a profit of nearly £2000. Thank you to Year 4 parents who helped organise activities on the day!

   

  

• PTFA FINAL CALL: Secret Gift Shop tickets

  Thu 09 Mar 2023 PTFA

  Ticket sales for the PTFA Secret Gift Shop end on Sunday 12 March at 8pm (or until stock runs out). Your children will be able to pick up a beautifully wrapped gift for someone special. Tickets only cost £6, with collection outside the main hall from 13-14 March 3:30pm-4:30pm and again on Friday 17 March. Children will be able to come into the tent (without their parents) and choose a Mother’s day gift all by themselves! If your child goes to afterschool club (Wraparound care), they will be able to visit the secret gift shop at 16.00 pm, once this has been arranged with childcare staff. For Nursery children, there will also be a special arrangement within the nursery for those with pre-booked tickets. Advanced purchases available online, click on link: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/fieldingptfa/868776

• PTFA Cake Sales Return on Friday with healthy twist

  Thu 09 Mar 2023 PTFA

  The PTFA is excited to announce that the Friday Cake Sales are returning this week after a break of nearly three years. 

   

  Bake sales have been very popular at Fielding and important to PTFA fundraising. However this encouraged children to eat bakes that were high in sugar, fat and also processed.

  By introducing healthier bake sales we want to:

  • reinforce healthy eating lessons taught in the classroom - pupils will be able to see the messages that they hear in the classroom put into action;
  • help create a healthy school culture - selling healthier food tells pupils that their health matters;
  • show our children that healthy treats taste great.

  Each week a different group of classes will have responsibility for organising the Friday Bake Sale and will run outside the main hall at the Wyndham Road entrance between 3.30pm and 4pm each Friday. The timetable has been organised so that each class only needs to organise one bake sale this academic year. This week is the turn of Year 6 parents. You can find the helpful recipes, guidance and tips on this file in the PTFA GoogleDrive https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zBuHoNJC8bTfe4Js2Z8B-zDl7JwZkdb9/view?usp=sharing.

   

  Timetable for Bake Sale:

  • 10th March - Year 6 students

  • 17th March – Fielding Staff
  • 24th March – 5S/5P
  • 31st March –5H/5F
  • 20th April – Year 6 students
  • 28th April – 4S/4P
  • 5th May – 4H/4F
  • 12th May – 3S/3P
  • 19th May – 3H/3F
  • 26th May – Fielding Staff
  • 9th June – 2S/2P
  • 16th June – 2H/2F
  • 23rd June – 1S/1P
  • 30th June – 1H/1F
  • 7th July – RS/RP
  • 14th July – RH/RF

• Easter holidays chicken sitting

  Thu 09 Mar 2023 Elise Laird

  Would you like to do some chicken-sitting over the Easter holidays? We are looking for volunteers for some of the days during the holiday to feed and care for the chickens. Each day you care for the chickens requires only one visit to the school thanks to the chickens automatic door which is safely locking them away each night. Holiday club will be caring for the chickens the other days. Volunteers can keep any delicious eggs that they lay the days you are caring for them.
  
  An online sign-up sheet can be found here. Please leave your email and contact details so that you can be sent access and feeding information. After you have looked after the chickens on the day you have volunteered we ask that you pass the keys to the next volunteer.

  

• Childcare Holiday Club bookings now open

  Wed 08 Mar 2023

  Easter holiday is heading our way so it’s time to make plans for the children to stay happy, energised and engaged. No plan, no problem our amazing play workers are here and ready to make sure the children are all the above and so much more. 

  Children may spend time with friends and siblings across the year groups. A full programme of activities has been planned and shared here ready for the children to enjoy.

  The booking window is open Wednesday 8th March - Wednesday 29th March midday. 

  Book early to avoid disappointment, trip days are extremely popular. Bookings made after midday on Wednesday 29th March will be charged at the adhoc fee £45.90

   

• KS2 Girls' Football Festival

  Wed 08 Mar 2023 Natasha Pasha

  Today 8 girls' across Years 4 - 6 were selected to take part in a Girls' Football Festival at Ealing Trailfinders. Initially, six stations were set up to support gameplay. 

  1. Penalty Shootout 

  2. Passing

  3. Dribbling

  4. Messi Football

  5. Robbing the nest 

  6. Overhead throw-ins

   

  Then we played three 8 aside games. 

  First, we played Oaklands and didn't know what to expect which is why the game ended in a goalless draw. 

   

  Next, we played John Perryn and had a team talk where we were going to press from the goal kick. This strategy proved to be successful as Liv (6S) scored an early goal which was assisted by Lottie (6S). Then Isla B (4S) scored a great last-minute goal. Therefore the final score was 2-0 to Fielding Primary. 

   

  Our final game was against Allenby Primary School. Confidence amongst the team was high due to the momentum from the previous match. This resulted in Fielding once again scoring two early goals one by Mialy (5S) and another by Isla B (4S) who scored her second goal. Unfortunately, we became complacent and Allenby ended up scoring two last-minute goals. Therefore the final score ended up 2-2. 

   

  Overall, the girls' collaborated really well as a team and showed resilience when games were tough and respect by showing sportsmanship.

   

  A special thanks to...

  Isla B (4S), Mialy (5S), Walde (6F), Isla T (6P), Liv (6S), Natalia (6F), Mia B (6F) Lottie (6S)

  

• Industrial action, 15th & 16th March: school closed, childcare and Nursery open

  Wed 08 Mar 2023 Peter Dunmall

  The National Education Union (NEU) is taking industrial action again on Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th March. As a result of this action, for the core school day:

  • main school, Reception - Year 6 - closed to all pupils.
  • ARP - closed to all pupils.
  • Nursery - open to children, as usual. Children to attend and wear Nursery uniform as usual.
  • childcare, Breakfast & After-School Clubs, and specialist clubs are open as usual. Pupils may attend and wear clothes of their choice.

   

  The risk of not having enough staff to teach pupils in school, including the risk of a picket line and staff not wishing to cross any picket line, means that the main school and ARP are closed to all pupils.

   

  Wrap around childcare - Breakfast and After-School Clubs - are open. If parents wish to cancel a booking, we will issue a credit to your child's childcare account. We are trying to be flexible to support any essential childcare needs at times we would usually be open while giving parents the flexibility to cancel if a booking no longer suits your arrangements.

   

  Specialist clubs - before and after school - will run as scheduled. If your child does not attend we will offer a refund, on request to the clubs email address. 

   

  Instrumental music lessons provided by tutors from Ealing Music Service will not take place and are likely to be rearranged for later in the school year. Miss Neil-Smith will contact parents individually when arrangements for each instrument and tutor are known.

   

  Pupils who receive a benefits-related free school meal may collect a packed-lunches for both days from the school office on Tuesday afternoon. 

   

  We are not providing remote education because we want to maintain harmonious employee relationships and do not expect teachers who are taking strike action to plan and prepare lessons in advance or teachers who are not taking strike action to cover for their colleagues. Parents may wish to use lessons and resources published by the government funded Oak Academy.

   

  Whilst parents will, inevitably, experience some inconvenience, please remember that this industrial action has met all legal requirements and that teachers do not take the decision to strike lightly. 

   

  Some teachers may attend picket lines at the Wyndham Road and/or Coombe Road entrances. Access for pupils and parents should not be restricted by any picket lines.

   

  No further industrial action is planned. 

   

  If this period of industrial action is suspended by the union, we will fully open. I will publish any change immediately.

• Readathon sponsor money reminder

  Tue 07 Mar 2023 Philippa Whaley

  Last week, pupils at Fielding took part in Readathon, reading as many books as they could to gain sponsorship and raise money for books for children in hospital as well as for our own school libraries. Fielding staff and pupils are very proud of how much money they have raised individually and are eagerly awaiting to find out how much the school has raised in total. This will be published later this week.

  Please remember:

  -Donate online at  https://readforgood.org/sponsor-a-pupil-taking-part-in-readathon/

  -Return your sponsorship card to your class teacher  today.

  In the unlikely event that you are unable to donate online, please ensure that cash is handed to class teachers before 9am today. Finance Manager, Jane Peterson will be paying in cash sponsorship money this morning. Any cash brought in after this time will have to be returned to parents. Many thanks for your support.