Year 3 children had an amazing night under the stars camping on the school field. They hoisted the flag, erected tents, toasted marshmallows, sang camp-songs, ate bugs, made hot chocolate, drilled pendants, fried pancakes, made shelters, played Kinball and much much more... What an action packed adventure full of memories that will last a long time. 

 

Children demonstrated resilience with the weather and showed empathy towards each other. They respected all of the adult helpers and activity leaders, which made adults very proud. 

 

Their empathy towards each other showed what great children they are - supporting one another and helping people to stay resilient. They showed the values to a high standard. 

 

So as the camp came to a close and we took down the flag for 2024 - Year 3 will now be ready for the next residentials in Year 4, 5 and 6. Exciting times ahead!  

The charity Cancer Research would like to express their gratitude for the generosity of Fielding families through our charity event last week.  We donated £495.11 to the charity. Our charity days provide opportunities for the children to learn about supporting charities and how this links to our school value of empathy.

 

We have one more charity event that we will be holding during this academic year. On the 9th July we will be raising money for the charity World Wide Fund for Animals (WWF)  We will communicate information around this event closer to the time. 

Don’t forget, Saturday 11th May is the annual Fielding School Disco Day in the school hall with snacks and drinks available to purchase, and a refreshment area for the adults outside. The disco is £2 per child - adult tickets not necessary.

Timings are as follows:
Nursery & Reception - 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Year 1 & 2:  1:50pm - 2:50pm
Year 3 & 4:  3.10pm – 4:10pm
Year 5 & 6:  4:30pm – 5.30pm

Only children for correct year groups can enter the disco at that time. Children remain parents’ responsibility at all times; at least one adult per five kids please. We look forward to seeing you there!

 

Fielding’s Summer Fair celebrating our School’s 70th anniversary will take place on Saturday 29th. The first planning meeting will take place on Thursday 9th May in The Forester’s Pub, Leighton Road, at 8.30pm.

We would love to see as many parents there as possible – any contribution to planning, big or small, will make a massive difference to this extra special celebration.

 

The PTFA will hold its next online meetings on Tuesday, 7th May with updates on PTFA spending commitments and kicking off planning for the Summer Fair.

We ask that at least one Class Rep attends the meeting, but of course any parent is welcome as we will be giving an overview of our activities and how you can get involved. 

The morning session with Mr Dunmall will start at 10am whilst the evening session will start at 8.30pm. Both take place via Microsoft Teams - links are below and any questions in advance can be sent to fieldingPTFA@gmail.com.

• Click here to join the 10am meeting
• Click here to join the 8.30pm meeting

 

On Thursday 16th May, ISS (Feeding Hungry Minds) will be providing a special menu. This will be served instead of the usual menu, during lunchtime. 

Children with an existing special menu from ISS can also enjoy the special menu and their meals will be served in line with their dietary requirements.
 

Lunch can be ordered in the usual way via the ISS Feeding Hungry Minds website. 

Thursday 25th April brought around the NFL Flag Football competition at Gunnersbury Park for our Year 5 & 6 team.

 

Our first game was against Selborne which turned out to be a thrilling game. With Selborne leading 18-12 and 30 seconds remaining on the clock, we managed to score a touchdown to tie the game. We knew we needed the extra points and after a great run, Sev (6S) was able to score and secure the victory.

 

Lastly, playing Little Ealing in the Semi-Final who posed a difficult challenge for us and resulting in a 28-0 loss.

 

In the the 3rd and 4th place play-off, we faced off against St Vincent's. This proved to be another thrilling and close game as the score after normal time ended 12-12. After no score in overtime, we went to a penalty shoot out with both teams having one attempt to score. Oscar (6P) made a great pass to Tem (6F) who was able to convert. Our defence knew that by stopping the next play, it would secure the win and Axel (6S) was able to intercept and knock the ball away giving Fielding the win.

 

Results

Win vs Selborne 20-18 

Draw vs St Gregory's 0-0

(Semi-Final) Loss vs Little Ealing 28-0

(3rd/4th place play-off) Win vs St Vincent's 18-12

 

As a result of finishing third, we have now qualified for the London Youth Games. 

 

Well done to our NFL Team..

Matt (6S), Axel (6S), Adelaide (6S), Sev (6S), Mareya (6P), Oscar M (6P), Charlie (6H), Tem (6F), Joseph (5P), Alex B (5F).

Fielding entered two teams into this years Featherstone Hockey competition. 

 

Our Development team placed second in our group, after a spectacular comeback against St Marks in the final group game, coming back from 2-0 down to win 3-2. Our Performance team were equally impressive, also finishing second in our group with 7-0 and 6-2 wins. 

 

Both our Development and Performance teams then faced off against each other in the Quarter Finals, with the Performance team coming away victorious after a 4-1 win. In the Semi-Finals, we faced off against Selborne and managed another convincing win to take us through to the final, where we played Little Ealing. Unfortunately, we were not able to take 1st place and lost 6-3.

 

Development Results

Selborne 3-1 win

Little Ealing 3-1 loss

St Marks 3-2 win

(Quarter Final) Performance 4-1 loss

 

Performance Results 

Three Bridges 6-3 loss

St Marks 7-0 win

Little Ealing 6-2 win

(Quarter Final) Development 4-1 win

(Semi-Final) Selborne 7-1 win

(Final) Little Ealing 6-3 loss

 

By finishing 2nd, we have been invited to the London Youth Games to compete.

 

Well done to all.. 

 

Performance Team - Axel (6S), Flo (6S), Emma (5P), Joseph L (5P), Barney (5P), Alex (5H), Tom C (6F), Phoebe (6H)

 

Development Team - Kirsten (5F), Clara (5H), Ben G (5H), Dhilan (6F), Daisy (5P), Alex (6S) 

487 pupils applied to start school at our Reception from September 2024. Of these, 183 parents chose Fielding as their first preference school. Ealing Council made offers of schools places to parents earlier this month.

 

This means that the school is over-subscribed again this year. The Council makes offers of places following their criteria so that places are allocated fairly. Siblings in school and distance from home to school are key factors. This year:

• 44 siblings applied and have been offered a place, lower than previous years, reflecting a general fall in the birth rate in Ealing and London
• the distance from home to school of the last offer has risen to 0.410 miles.

 

Our class sizes in Reception, year 1 and year 2 remain fixed at 30 pupils per class as a result of infant class size legislation.

 

89 pupils in our own Nursery - the highest ever - have received an offer of a place in Reception. Nursery admissions and Reception admissions are separate. However, we especially welcome children from our own Nursery into Reception.

During summer term, in our RSHE lessons across the school, our main focus is on relationships. RSE (relationship, sex education) lessons are included in our summer relationships lessons. 

  

Relationships lessons are statutory and are taught in an age appropriate and respectful way. Pupils in Years 4-6 will be split by gender for some concepts for example puberty and menstruation to enable them to feel confident when asking questions. The content for each year group will be communicated on year group noticeboards. 

  

There are two non-statutory elements of our RSE teaching: 

  

•Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), which is covered in Year 4. 

•The human reproduction system and conception, which are taught in Year 6. 

  

As these are non-statutory lessons, parents have the option to view the lesson resources before they are taught and can speak to class teachers if they have concerns about their children being part of the lessons. 

  

In Year 4, FGM will be taught in an age-appropriate way in a singular lesson. This lesson will be taught in the week beginning the 10th June. This important lesson has been planned with considerable research and thought and we encourage parents who are concerned about this, to look at the lesson resources and speak to class teachers. Resources for this lesson will be added to the year group noticeboard the week beginning the 20th May. 

  

Year 6 lessons on RSE will start from the week beginning the 3rd June and the 10th June The first few lessons will cover puberty and menstruation. Then the last lesson will be the non-statutory lesson. Resources for this lesson will be added to the year group noticeboard the week beginning the 13th May. 

 
Find out more about our RSHE curriculum and lessons here.