Year 1 at Forest schools making houses out of materials around them.
Reception making bread this week.
Dates for your Diary
Monday 2nd Oct
RC parent lunch
Year 4 out @ V and A museum
Bee- keeper @ Fox
Cello lessons
Tuesday 3rd
Year 1 @ Forest School pm
Year 2 swimming am
Wednesday 4th
Year 4 out @ V and A museum
Thursday 5th
Year 5 out @ Black cultural archives
Year 6 out @ migration museum
Friday 6th
Violin lessons
Community use for Fox parents and friends
We would like to offer the opportunity for parents, carers and friends of Fox to use the school's facilities during the week after 7.00pm. We are looking to offer two clubs for parents and friends:
1. Multi Fitness work-out
2. Top Table Table tennis
Multi Fitness works-out
The fitness and workouts will be for beginners and intermediate fitness and will run on a Tuesday from 7.30-8.30pm. It will run for 8 weeks and will cost £7 per session. The 1st week will be a free taster and the following 7 weeks will need to be booked in advance. The taster session will be held on Tuesday 10th October
Week 1
Focus interval training – No breaks just action! Finishing up with posture stretches to keep you conditioned.
Week 2
Circuit Training – Working on core, legs and bums! Half a dozen exercises as well as routines with rest intervals between each task. All this to strengthen your body, add a little speed, tone and bolster the important muscles.
Week 3
Running Club Training! -Improve your all round running technique. Build up stamina and cardiovascular fitness. Support your ligaments, cartilage and bones by proficient running. Aid your oxygen intake with breathing techniques. Finish with dynamic stretches.
Week 4+ - dependent on how 3 previous sessions have been run.
Top Table, Table Tennis.
The table tennis will run on Thursdays between 7.30-9.00pm. The costs will be £10 per session. The first week will be a free taster session and the following 7 weeks will need to be booked in advance. The taster session will be held Thursday 12th October.
Mini matches played on seven full sized tables. Win to move up. Lose to move down the order. Gain minimal bragging rights staying at the top table the longest.
Training table
There’s always one table set aside for your indulgence to get the practise that you have craved for. Improve your timing and fitness with the Fox Table Tennis Robot. You will be lucky last 5 minutes of continuous barrage of alternating ball training.
Bee Label Competition
We are asking the children to design bee labels for our delicious Fox honey. We will pick 4 different labels designs and transfer them onto the jars. Please can children submit their designs to their class teacher by Thursday 12th October. The children will be given templates on Monday. The can practise some different designs over the weekend.
International Evening
Thank you so much to parents,carers,relatives and friends for making last Friday evening such a special event. It was so great to be able to hold this evening at Fox. So many parents have since commented on how lovely the evening was and how amazing the food was. I truly believe that the we were all eating some of the finest food available in London.
Fox Holiday Camp
Fox will be hosting a holiday camp over the Octover half term from Monday 23rd October to Friday 27th October. The camp will be run by Mr Millet and supported by other Fox staff.The camp will run from 8am to 3.30pm. Bookings will have to be made in advance through school comms. You will be able to book this from next week.
Taste Week in Reception
Reception have been very busy learning all about taste buds and flavour this week! We examined our tongues, made bread, learnt key vocabulary to describe taste and even had a juicing station! The children have LOVED trying new the foods and some great faces were pulled at the sour fruits!
Fox BAME History week
Next week, is Fox’s Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic (BAME) History Week. This provides us with an occasion to particularly focus on BAME culture, history and achievement to complement our ongoing curriculum coverage in this area.
In partnership with parents and the community, Fox aim to ensure that all children develop as individuals and that their diverse strengths, cultural backgrounds, gifts and aspirations are celebrated. This week is one of the many opportunities in which we actively recognise the varied backgrounds, cultures and religions of Fox’s pupils, parents and staff.
We aim to teach children about the importance of moral values such as honesty, respect, tolerance, sincerity, trust and personal responsibility to prepare our children for life in a modern democratic society. Themes of diversity and inclusion are embedded into our curriculum throughout the year in many forms, for example through our international week, text choices, PSHE topics, writing outcomes, humanities units, weekly themes and assemblies. Next week’s activities:
Rec to Year 3 – South Asian food tasting with Ms Afzal
Year 4 – V&A Museum Voyage workshop
Year 5 – Black Cultural Archives workshop
Year 6 – Migration Museum workshop
NB. Year 2 – British Museum African story telling workshop later in the term.
Thank you to all the parents who have already offered to come and speak to their child’s class. There is still time to volunteer so let your class teacher know if you would like to get involved!
WANTED! Pots, pans and utensils!
If you have any old metal pots, pans and utensils (no plastic please!) that you have been meaning to throw away, the Reception Team and children would love to have them for our new mud kitchen!
Please bring your donations to the office and we will collect them from there.
Thank you in advance from all the Fox Reception team.
Did you know Nottinghill Police Station is closing?
Nottinghill Police station is due to be closed, leaving the High Street Kensington Station as the only permanent 24/7 police station in the borough of RBKC. If you want to find out more information about the the changes to policing in London, visit the policecampaign.org web site.
Whole school attendance to date - 98.35%
RB
Krystian
We have seen Krystian's confidence to speak in class grow and grow this week. He has been a fantastic talk partner on the carpet and has been sharing lots of ideas and stories from home with the whole class. Well done Krystian!
RC
Zainab
Zainab is such an enthusiastic member of our class. She listens so well and is always the first one to offer her ideas on the carpet. Zainab has a go at all of the activities in the classroom, and with a smile! Keep it up.
1B
Danny
Danny is a great ambassador for our Fox values. He is incredibly helpful and polite. Danny has a mature approach to his learning and is keen to give things a go. He is a supportive talk partner and always stays on task. Well done, Danny!
1J
Michaela
This week Michaela has shown a huge amount of dedication when listening to others. She has tried her best in all areas of learning, particularly in Literacy, when she produced some wonderful writing. Great work Michaela, keep it up!
2J
Julia
This week, Julia really impressed us with her determination in numeracy. She has been carefully using the strategies we have learnt to answer questions and Julia showed excellent perseverance in our show what you know, where she took the time to work through each question and check all of her answers. Well done Julia and keep up the excellent learning!
2S
Gaia
We have been blown away by Gaia’s writing this week. She has written an enticing opening and a thrilling climax to our Anders story! She has filled her writing with ambitious adjectives and exciting adverbs. An author in the making! Gaia always works hard and tries her best and we love it!
3B
Ariane
Ariane is such a supportive peer. She is always looking out for others and loves to help people. She is understanding, patient and kind and we are so lucky to have her in our class!
3M
Charlie
Charlie has been a superstar this week, she has been focussed, attentive and applied herself whole-heartedly to her work at all times. We were particularly impressed with her hard work during numeracy this week. Very well done Charlie - keep up the fantastic learning!
4B
Gherardo
This week, Gherardo has impressed us all with his positive approach to learning. He has worked incredibly hard during lessons and he has been courteous, kind and patient during playtime. Well done Gherardo!
4H
Maia
Maia has had an excellent week and has shown excellent determination and perseverance in maths! Her reasoning and explanations skills in the jelly bean problem solving lessons were fantastic! As well as this, Maia is always a kind and supportive talk partner. Well done Maia!
5C
Isabelle
Isabelle has made a fantastic start to year 5. Pushing herself to try new challenges and striving to learn more and more. Her focus during Literacy has really paid off and she has produced some great, tense writing. Keep it up
5G
Rhea
Rhea wrote a fantastic build up for our sequel to ‘The Viewer’ this week. She used sophisticated sentence structure and ambitious vocabulary to create a very eerie and suspenseful atmosphere. We can’t wait to read her climax next week and have no doubt it will have us on the edge of our seats! Well done for your hard work Rhea.
6J
Laura
Laura works incredibly hard in all of her lessons and is always enthusiastic about school. This week, she really impressed Mr Millet with her positive and determined attitude in PE. Well done Laura for setting such a great example!
6M
Elsa-Marie
Elsa-Marie has had a fantastic week across all subjects in Year 6. She is always incredibly enthusiastic and sets a great example to the rest of the class with her mature, positive and diligent approach to learning. Well done Elsa-Marie!
