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• The results are in, constellation treat winner is.....

  Fri 08 Dec 2023 Clare Haines

  ...Hercules!

  The treat will take place on Monday 18th December. 

   

  Hercules Star & Deputy Star Leaders have selected the following activities.

  • non school uniform 
  • Christmas arts & crafts - in the dining room
  • outside games in the MUGA, netball, football and dodgeball
  • inside choice, Christmas movie, main hall

  They have also requested two special guests in the form of a cracker and an elf.....

   

  Congratulations Hercules. We hope you enjoy your reward for consistently demonstrating our school values.

   

  Full results

  Constellation	Points
  Hercules	1022
  Cygnus	1007
  Pegasus	990
  Orion	959

   

• Year 5 & 6 Indoor Athletics

  Thu 07 Dec 2023 Mr Francis

  Today, Fielding took a team of Year 5 & 6 boys and girls to compete in the Indoor Athletics Competition at Featherstone High School. Each child competed in a different event with Track, Relays and Field events being one of the options.  

   

  The children competed in the following events:

   

  Relays

  • Obstacle Race – Lois (5P), Coco (5P), Lucas (5S), Faris (5H)
  • Over/Under – Elli (5S), Aoife (6H), Tem (6F), Sev (6S)
  • 4 x 1 – Qamara (5S), Mari (6S), River (6S), Alex (5F)

   

  Track

  • 1 + 1 – Qamara (5S), Aoife (6H), Alex (5F), Faris (5H)
  • 2 + 2 – Lois (5P), Elli (5S), River (6S), Lucas (5S)
  • 6 Lap Parlauf – Tem (6F), Sev (6S), Coco (5P), Mari (6S)

  Field

  • Long Jump – Elli (5S), Faris (5H)
  • Triple Jump – Lois (5P), River (6S)
  • Chest Push – Mari (6S), Sev (6S)
  • Javelin – Coco (5P), Lucas (5S)
  • Speed Bounce – Qamara (5S), Tem (6F)
  • Vertical Jump – Alex (5F), Aoife (6H)

   

  6th place out of 16 schools!

   

  Congratulations to the following children for their achievements in their events:

   

  • Alex (5F) 1st place in Vertical Jump
  • Sev (6S) 2nd Place in Chest Push
  • Lois (5P) and Elli (5S) 2nd in 2 + 2 Relay

   

  Well done to the following children.. Sev (6S), Mari (6S), River (6S), Aoife (6H), Tem (6F), Elli (5S), Qamara (5S), Lucas (5S),Alex (5F), Lois (5P), Coco (5P), Faris (5H)

  

• 90 Second video: antibullying, a guide for parents

  Thu 07 Dec 2023 Clare Haines

  Find out more about how we prevent bullying and support those who experience bullying behaviour, watch our latest 90 second video.

  • Antibullying, a parents video guide
  • Policies
  • Behaviour at Fielding
  • More 'how to' video guides for parents

• Reminder for the Family Links Nurturing Programme Coffee Morning

  Thu 07 Dec 2023 Tracy Cherry

  We are holding a coffee morning on Monday 11^th December at 9.30am in the Schoolhouse. Do come along to find out more about the programme, including running days and dates.

   

  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 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.

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

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

• Improving children’s lunchtime experience

  Thu 07 Dec 2023 Clare Haines

  We are continuing to look at ways to improve children's dining experience at lunchtime.  This includes a focus on children eating healthily, reducing food waste and using their knives and forks well.

  We are really pleased to see lots more pupils are now regularly eating vegetables and choosing heathy salad options.

  After the half-term break we reorganised the tables to reduce movement, creating a calmer atmosphere while children are eating, this is working really well. We are also really pleased to see the children persevering with selecting and using the correct cutlery for their meal each day.

  This week we introduced a 'top table' for each class.  Each day our fantastic dining room team will select a table in each class who have shown the value of respect and have the  best table manners. Today the children enjoyed seeing who's table had been set as the 'top table'  for their class!

  

• ISS Christmas lunch and 'jumper' day- Wednesday 13th December

  Wed 06 Dec 2023 Office

  Our Christmas lunch for pupils in Nursery to Year 6 will be on Wednesday 13th December. All children can choose to wear a Christmas themed themed item with their school uniform, for example a jumper, hat or socks

  
  If your child usually has a school meal and you have registered an account with Feeding Hungry Minds, please complete the online form below to tell us if your child will be having a school meal on that day and select their meal option. If you have more than one child at school, please complete a form for each child.
  
  Pupils who don't usually have a school meal and haven't registered for an account with Feeding Hungry Minds can choose to have Christmas lunch on that day if they wish. For those pupils, ISS have requested that a special diet option form be completed. Follow the link below to access the form.
  
  Pupils with specific dietary needs who have an existing special menu with ISS should complete the special diet form.
  
  Christmas Lunch Menu Option
  Christmas Lunch - Special diet option form (for pupils who don't usually have school meals and those with specific dietary requirements)
  
  Forms must be completed by Monday 11th December

  

• Year 4 & 5 Gymnastics Festival

  Wed 06 Dec 2023 Natasha Pasha

  On Thursday 30th November, 8 children from Year 4 & 5 were selected to take part in a Gymnastics Festival. This was an opportunity for children to further explore various gymnastics skills and was a non competitive event. 

   

  The children took part in 5 different activities:

  1. Rolling e.g. teddy bear roll

  2. Balances e.g. Y- balance

  3. Shapes e.g. bridges

  4. Stretches e.g. front split

  5. Jumps e.g. bunny jumps

   

  A Special thanks to...

   

  Amelia (5P), Rohan (5P), Joseph (5H), Asiya (4P), Hugo (4S), Rayna (4S) Toby (4H) Hannah (5F)

  

• Values Baccalaureate Leaderboards have been updated 🥈

  Tue 05 Dec 2023 Clare Haines

  Values Baccalaureate leaderboards have been updated. Find out more here:

  • Individual achievements (webpage)
  • Values Baccalaureate (webpage)
  • Values-based education (webpage)
  • News article, find out more about our values baccalaureate awards 

  

• Year 3 WOW day - Stone Age Workshop

  Sun 03 Dec 2023 Davina Paul

  This term in Year 3 we have been learning about prehistoric Britain in History. We had the pleasure of inviting Dantastic Education to take the children on a journey to visit the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. Dan hosted the event and it really brought the children's learning to life. They were really excited to learn more and it was amazing how so much information was shared during the session. He showed them artefacts and made noises that they might have heard during that time period. The workshop was a huge success and the children learnt lots of new facts about it!

   

   

  

• Sports Captains

  Sun 03 Dec 2023 Natasha Pasha

  On Monday 27th November, the Year 6 Sports Captains attended their first Sports Leadership training session run by the Featherstone Sports Partnership.

   

  The training program aims to prepare the children for running a sporting event called Project Active on 1st February 2024. By the end of the program, the children will know how to give clear instructions, project their voices to be heard by other children, and learn how to motivate others to participate. 

   

  At the end of the event, one child will be chosen by other PE teachers from the local schools attending the event to receive an award from the Sports Partnership.