Fairfields Primary School

Dear Parents and carers,

It has been a fantastic first week back to school.  The children have really enjoyed learning in their curriculum.  Here are some on the photographs from the week:

Foundation Stage have been looking at firework safety and creating firework artwork. 

Year 1 discovered what looked like the remains of three little pigs’ houses.

Year 2 experienced crashing into an iceberg as a passenger on the Titanic.

Year 3 built a roman aqueduct to test their water transporting skills.

Year 4 began reading the story Beowulf.

Year 5 explored Australia using Google maps.

Year 6 learnt how to ride safely on the road through Bikeability training. 

Thank you to the incredible staff in the school for organising such rich activities for the children to experience. 

Thank you to all of the parents who attended the parents evening this week.  It makes such a difference to a child’s progress when they can see that both school and home are working together.  If you have any feedback about either the virtual or face to face meetings, please do let us know as we constantly want to improve the work that we do to engage with our families. 

Infinity Gems

We held an assembly today to celebrate the achievements of children in relation to their skills for learning.  To teach the children about these, we use our Infinity gems.  The children have shields that they wear for these assemblies and are tasked with collecting as many of the gems as possible throughout the year.  Attached is an image of the gems for you to see what skills we are focusing on.  When the children display these skills, they are rewarded with a gem to stick onto their shield.  The shields will then be sent home at the end of the year. 

Coat and Wellington Boot Swap

We have only had a few coats and wellington boots donated for the swap.  We will put these out on display on Monday after school for parents who require them.  If you do have and unwanted coats at home and are able to bring them in, please do!

Finally, I wanted to remind parents about the importance of a balanced diet and in particular lunchboxes.  We have noticed that chocolate bars are sneaking into school.  Please be reminded that sweets and chocolate bars are not allowed to be brought into school.  Snack bars that are allowed are based on cereal and fruit.  

Top tips for parents

As the weather begins to change and the daylight hours reduce, the temptation may be to stay in and spend less time on physical activity.  The NHS have produced guidelines on how much sitting children and adults should be doing.  Here is a summary of their guidance:

For children and teenagers aged 5 to 18, reducing sitting time includes anything that involves moving in and around the home, classroom or community.

Tips to reduce sitting time:

• consider ways for children and teenagers to "earn" screen time
• agree a family limit to screen time per day
• make bedrooms a TV, computer/laptop and phone-free zone
• set "no screen time" rules to encourage other activities
• encourage participation in house chores such as setting the table or taking the bins out
• choose gifts such as a scooter, skateboard, ball or kite to encourage active play

Parents could lead by example by also reducing their TV time and other sitting-based tasks.

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/exercise-guidelines/why-sitting-too-much-is-bad-for-us/

Have a wonderful weekend.

Miss Kelly Dillon

Headteacher