Donate to the Keep It Fox
We are re-launching the 'Keep it Fox' Fund. The fund is aimed at ensuring Fox continues to provide its current outstanding provision in light of the budget cuts and increasing costs . Please CLICK HERE to see the attached letter providing more details about the fund and how you can make a voluntary contribution.
Keep it Fox will be used every year to fund expenditures that are above and beyond the provision of a normal Primary School. Currently Fox employs PE, music, dance,drama,art and specialist PE teachers. This is not financially sustainable and therefore in order to maintain these levels of provision, the school requires additional funds. The Keep it Fox fund will be used to support the payment of these and hopefully other costs.
Parent Table Tennis and Fitness with Mr Millet
We ran our taster fitness and table tennis sessions for parents and friends this week. We had 4 parents attend the fitness and 7 the table tennis. Mr Millet and all the attendees really enjoyed both sessions and said they would recommend to other parents and friends. In order to successfully run these sessions, we would need more parents to attend. We will offer 1 more free session this week and after that all sessions need to be booked in advance.
Parents are allowed to invite relatives and friends to the sessions. Again, if there are insufficient numbers booking onto the sessions we will be unable to run them. The booking system will open up during the half term holidays. Please use school gateway to book. If you have a friend you want to bring along, please speak to Michelle about how to pay for them.
Table Tennis: Thursdays 7.30- 9.00pm
Thursday 2nd November - Thursday 14th December - 7 sessions £70
Fitness: Tuesdays 7.30- 8.30pm
Tuesday 31st October - Tuesday 12th December £50
URGENT Fox Holiday Camp - we need more children
In order for the Fox holiday camp to be financially viable we need a minimum of 20 children per day. This will allow us to staff the camp correctly and provide the correct adult - child ratio. If we do not have this number by Tuesday 17th October, we will have to cancel the camp and refund those parents who have booked and paid.
If you want to use the camp for the whole week or certian days, please read below to find out more and how to book.
We have not Fox will be hosting a holiday camp over the October half term from Monday 23rd October to Friday 27th October. The camp will be run by Mr Millet and supported by other Fox staff.
Fox Holiday Camp can now be booked via your child's School Gateway account. Everyone will have a payment request for Fox Camp in their payment baskets but please make sure that you make a booking first prior to making payments. (same way as foxplay and clubs).
The booking options are:
1. Fox Camp Day (9am till 3.30pm) £25 per day - Select this option and pick the dates you want to book
2. Fox Camp Extended Day (8am till 3.30pm) £28 per day - Select this option and pick the dates you want to book
3. Fox Camp Day (Whole Week) £100 - Select this option and pick Monday 23rd October as your booking date
4. Fox Camp Extended Day - (Whole Week) £112.00 - Select this option and pick Monday 23rd October as your booking date
For subsidised places and sibling discounts (3rd child goes free), please email michelle.foster@foxprimary.co.uk
Please send your child in with a packed lunch, plenty of snacks and water. Breakfast will be provided to children booked onto the Extended Day option.
Ms Madden Recommends......
Ms Madden Recommends the graphic novel series, Olympians, written by George O’Connor, including ‘Zeus, King of the Gods’; ‘Athena, Grey-eyed Goddess’ and ‘Hera, The Goddess and her Glory’.
How much do you really know about the Olympians and ancient Greek myths? How did Zeus become king of the gods? How did Medusa get her snake hair? What really happened to Persephone in the underworld?
George O’Connor is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator – who specialises in immaculately researched historical graphic novels. ‘The Olympians’ weaves together many versions of the Greek myths and related tales of Olympian gods. I imagine many parents and carers will buy or borrow these texts, seemingly for their child to read, and end up reading and re-reading them themselves, trying to make sense of the complex family tree, multiple names and tales that are present in so much of contemporary narrative culture. These sophisticated texts are accessible to all of Key Stage 2, due to their comic strip format. However, I think that pupils in Year 5 and Year 6, who already have some grounding in their knowledge of Greek mythology will get the most from them. They are definitely texts to be read by parents and pupils alike… I look forward to hearing your thoughts about them in the playground and on the gate.
Parents in Y1 up: We want your old Wellies!
We are in the process of developing our mud kitchen in Reception. To make best use of it (and avoid having muddy classrooms), we are asking for donations of wellies that would fit Reception-age children for us to keep outside - children's shoe sizes 7 to 12. We are still also in need of old kitchen items (saucepans, ladles, metal bowls etc.) Many thanks!
Allotment equipment
We are also looking for some additional gardening equipment. If you have any old stainless steel trowels and or any adult sized forks, we would love for you to donate them to Fox School. Please drop in the School office if you have them.
Honey label competition winners
Thank you to all the children who submitted a honey pot label. We had hundreds of fantastic designs and the Head Girl and Boy had a difficult job picking 4 winners. The winning labels were designed by Ferdinand 1B, Daisy- 6M, Milo 4H and Skye 3B.
COURSE INFORMATION – ORCHESTRA AND CHORAL
Schedule:
Day 1 – Tuesday 24th October 9.30am – 4.30pm
Day 2 – Wednesday 25th October 9.30am – 4.30pm
Day 3 – Thursday 26th October 11.00am - 5.00pm
End of course concert, Thursday 26th October 6pm - 7pm Venue: Latymer Upper School, King Street, London W6 9LR Course fee: £75 (concessions £37.50)
Information for Orchestral Players:
Open to strings, brass, winds and percussion players at Grade 5 - 8 ability. Information for Singers:
Open to enthusiastic singers aged 8-18. This intensive three-day course will focus on vocal technique and choral skills, looking at music by John Williams, Malcolm Singer and more, with a performance on the final day. Please note that you will not be able to take part in both the orchestra and choir during this course, and will need to choose one or the other.
To secure your place, please apply by 5pm on 18th October.
FREE HALF TERM CONCERT - Orion Orchestra
‘The Planets’ at Cadogan Hall
22nd October 2017, 6pm
As part of its commitment to access to music for everybody, Orion Orchestra is pleased to be offering free tickets to school groups across the borough of Kensington and Chelsea for our next concert at Cadogan Hall on 22nd October 2017.
The concert will be a fantastic opportunity for all ages and experiences of music, with a full performance of Holst’s ‘The Planets’ to spark young imaginations, as well as a moving tribute to the music of a soldier killed in action in the First World War named Cecil Coles, who was also a student of
Holst’s.
The concert will also be a fantastic talking point and learning opportunity in run up to Remembrance Day and the centenary of the Great War, with performances by the Band of the Household Cavalry and the Military Wives Choirs. The evening is held in benefit of Combat Stress, the Veterans’ Mental
Health Charity.
Concert Programme
Holst - Suite No. 1
Coles - Behind the Lines*
Holst - The Planets
For more information and to arrange tickets, please contact Max Vickers via
max@orionorchestra.org.uk, or 07400 457490.
www.orionorchestra.org.uk
Next Week's Fixtures:
Westway Year 6 Boys Football Draw
Tues 17th Oct
4:00
4:20
4:40
Ark Brunel v St Charles
Fox 2 v St Mary Abbots
Fox 2 v St Charles
Colville 2 v Barlby
Fox 1 v Thomas Jones
NHP v St Mary's
No matches for Westway Year 6 Girls Netball
Whole school attendance to date - 98.31%
RB
Teymour
What an amazing team player Teymour has been this week. Everyday he has helped his friends to achieve new things and challenge themselves, giving them words of encouragement and high fives. His enthusiasm has been contagious and made our classroom even more of a happy place to be! What a superstar.
RC
Rafael
Rafael is such a kind and caring member of our class. He is always looking out for his friends and helping them in any way he can. He is also full of enthusiasm and puts 100% in to everything we do. Keep it up, superstar
1B
Connie
Connie shows great motivation and determination in her learning. She has shone in phonics this week and is sounding out and blending the words beautifully. Connie has a wonderful attitude to learning and is a joy to teach!
1J
Avi
Avi has shown great enthusiasm all week. Avi is always ready to contribute to the class discussion. He has put a lot of effort into his literacy learning this week. He spoke in full sentences, remembered his capital letter and full stop and tried to do his neatest handwriting! Really well done Avi!
2J
Amaya
Amaya is a star every week in 2J! She comes to school every morning, greets everyone with a huge smile and is always bursting with energy and enthusiasm. Amaya is always trying her best with her learning and shows real determination when she finds something tricky. This week, Amaya really showed this in her numeracy, where she used the resources perfectly to help her understand partitioning. Well done Amaya!
2S
Ada
Ada is a star every week and she is such an enthusiastic and determined learner. She puts so much effort into all aspects of the school day and loves to push herself to get better at things. Ada is a fantastic talk partner and loves to share her thoughts and ideas with her friends too. Superstar!
3B
Albert
Albert has had an excellent start to Year 3. He shows brilliant dedication to his learning and is a fantastic team player. We often notice Albert quietly tidying the classroom without being asked and he always looks out for his friends. What a star!
3M
Chester
Chester is a star every week! He approaches each lesson with excellent focus and great enthusiasm, always applying himself fully to every task. This week we were particularly impressed with his work in numeracy, in which his partner work during talk tasks was excellent. Keep up the amazing learning Chester!
4B
Karim
Karim has had a fantastic week and has worked incredibly hard in maths! He challenged himself to solve tricky missing number equations and his work is always presented beautifully! Well done Karim!
4H
David
David's focus and dedication this week has been fantastic! He is always kind and polite to his peers and has been working incredibly hard during Numeracy. Well done David!
5C
Olivia
Olivia has been exceptionally focussed this week. She has been developing her explanation and reasoning skills during class inputs. Especially during numeracy, where she guided the whole class through a difficult reasoning task!
5G
Henry
Henry has been a star in our Guided Reading lessons this week. He offered incredibly insightful contributions to our group discussions about Autumn poetry and demonstrated an excellent understanding of complex vocabulary, which he was able to explain clearly to the rest of the group. In addition, he worked hard during independent tasks to produce some great work. Well done Henry!
6J
Finn
Finn has been working incredibly hard in literacy all term. This week, he successfully used a range of stylistic devices to create an impression of his characters in the reader’s mind! They were so entertaining and made us all laugh. Well done Finn!
6M
Rawad
Rawad has really upheld our Fox Values this week: he demonstrated great independence in overcoming the challenge of learning long division and displayed a very caring approach whilst reading to Reception. Well done Rawad!
