Year 5 meeting the author - Amy Wilson- of 'A girl called Owl' who visited us on Wednesday
Year 6 at the British Museum
Dates for your Diary
Mon 12th
Science and technology week
Tue 13th
Normal day
Wed 14th
Year 6 school journey meeting 3.45pm
RB @ Forest School
Red Cross Cake Sale
Thu 15th
Normal day
Fri 16th
Class photographs
Summer Term Diary Dates
June
Mon 12th Science Week
Tue 13th Athletics Meeting – Yrs 3-6 - pm
Fri 16th Class Photographs
Sat 17th Red Cross Dance Competition
Sun 18th FSA Fun Run
Tue 20th Yrs 4, 5 & 6 Talent Show – 4 – 6pm
Wed 21st Yrs 1, 2 & 3 Talent Show – 4 – 6pm
Tue 27th Kwik Cricket competition
Thu 29th Yr 6 Production – 6pm
Fri 30th Children’ Opening Party (during school day)
July
Mon 3rd Year 6 School Journey (5 days)
Sat 8th Summer Fair
Mon 10th End of Year Reports
Governing Body Meeting
Wed 12th KS2 Federation Sports Day@ Battersea Park am
Optional Parents Evening 3pm-6pm – 3F only
Thu 13th Reception Graduation 9am
Optional Parents Evening 2.30pm-6pm
Fri 14th Optional Parents Evening 2.30pm-5pm – not 3F
School Opening Event 6 – 8pm (Adults only)
Mon 17th House Sports Week (3 days) Thu 20th Year 6 Leavers Graduation 9.15am School Closes 2.15pm – End of Term (No Fox Play)
Fri 21stINSET DAY
September
Tue 5th School RE-OPENS for pupils
School Meals
We are delighted to have Nina and her team back cooking our meals in the new kitchen. They have excelled themselves this week by cooking the most delicious lunches. The children have really loved the meals and comments have included: 'I wish my mum could cook like Nina'
'I'm eating as if I'm Royalty'
Fox Factor
Dates for the Fox Factor are as follows: Reception 3rd July, Phase A/B (Years 1,2, and 3) Wednesday 21st June, 4 – 6.00pm Phase C. ( Years 4,5,6) Tuesday 20th June 4.00 – 6.00pm
There will be a link emailed to all parents carers by Tuesday 13th June - this will enable parent/carers to complete online entries and also a link for uploading any materials.
Online entries and file uploads should be submitted by June 15th latest.
Reception Area
The reception children were treated to their new outside area following the half term holidays. They have enjoyed playing and learning on it so much, that they are no longer want to use the other equipment. The reception team are delighted with the physical development opportunities it is providing.
Year 4 Literacy Unit Next week Year 4 will be starting a new Literacy unit on identity, place and language in poetry. In order to support and inspire our writing we would love to invite any parents would like to come in and share some poetry in their own language(s). In particular, we would love any parents who speak Trinidadian Creole or Jamaican Patois to come in and give us a short 'lesson' or introduction to support our reading of John Lyon's poems (from his collection 'Dancing in the Rain').
Child Safety Week
This week we had a brilliant Child Safety Week, where all children spent some time talking and learning about how to keep safe. The NSPCC came to visit to run assemblies for all children and carry out workshops in Year 5 and 6. We are very excited to be raising money for them over the next few weeks (more details to follow). Year 3 had a fun and informative visit to Kensington fire station on Wednesday.
We must also say a huge thank you to Fahad Mohamed (parent of Reception child) who is a police officer and came in on his day off to talk to ALL children in the school about safety issues. It was extremely valuable for all year groups and they were all very excited to have a real police officer in their classrooms – THANK YOU!
Child Safety Week
Next Week's Fixtures:
Westway Year 4 Boys Football Draw
Tues 13th Jun
4:00
4:15
4:30
4:45
St Mary Abbots v Colville
St Mary Abbots v St Clements
Please use the above button for more details of the fun event, how to register and order t-shirts. T-shirt orders must be made by 12 June.
FSA NEWS Hello Class Reps and others who have volunteered to help with the summer fair,
Before everyone heads off for half-term holidays, I wanted to share some updates and also to schedule the next meeting on Friday, 9 June at 9am at Chegworth. Class reps -- please ensure a delegate attends if you are not available.
Thanks to all who joined this week's meeting and to everyone for their time and effort to make the fair a success. We have made great progress getting stalls and other jobs assigned. To recap:
Date: 8 July Time: 12-4 Location: Fox - both playgrounds, hall, and toilets. Note we will not use other parts of the building.
New this year: Tokens -- we are moving from handling cash at each stall to centralized token booths; tokens will be used to make nearly all purchases (excluding auction, etc.). Each token will be worth 50p, and we will have 2 card readers so people can use debit/credit cards and contactless payments in addition to cash to buy tokens. This simplifies the money handling and gives us real-time data on the revenues through the day.
New this year: Closed to the general public -- After discussing safety concerns with Mr. Cotter, we agreed that the fair will happily welcome all Fox families and their invited friends/relatives/guests, but we will not advertise to the general public.
Auction and Raffle: Many thanks to Joanne Zanetton and Brenda Brady who have stepped up to lead the Auction and Raffle, respectively. DONATIONS NEEDED! PLEASE contact your class parents, friends, contacts, etc. Joanne and Brenda will organize contacting local businesses for their contributions to ensure we don't have multiple people contacting the same places. If you have any connections, please reach out to Joanne (joanne.zanetton@gmail.com) or Brenda (brenda.brady@mac.com).
Stall Assignments: The stalls list is filling out nicely, with a few classes yet to confirm and a few critical gaps to fill (BBQ, Bouncy Castle, Cake Stall). As a reminder, the responsibilities for each stall include:
Plan the stall and source supplies
Please let me know if your stall needs school-wide donations (e.g. auction, raffle, tombola, cake stall, cafe, like-new toys, etc.) so I can include the request in the newsletter after half-term
Develop the rota of volunteers to run the stall
Decorate (as needed) and set up the stall
Clean up afterwards
Gather receipts for any reimbursements needed and provide them to Anthony Marraccino (amarraccino@gmail.com)
Next Meeting: Friday, 9 June at 9 a.m. @ Chegworth - please ensure a delegate attends if the class rep(s) are not available
Please let me know if you have any questions or need help. I hope you all have a happy and healthy half-term break. See you in June!
Meghan Rogers
0752 214 3460
Whole school attendance to date 97.17%
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Emma
Emma 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. Emma is a fantastic talk partner and loves to share her thoughts and ideas with her friends too. Superstar!
RB
1B
Edward
Edward shone in his drama performance this week. He thought carefully about how his character felt and expressed these emotions clearly using his facial expressions and body language. Edward fantastic observational skills and vivid imagination enable him to bring his character to life through drama. The class whole class were captivated. Well done Edward!
1H
Bea
Bea has had a fantastic start to the summer term and has put so much effort into all areas of her learning! She blew us away with her amazing acting in literacy and has solved lots tricky money problems in maths! She used her number bond knowledge and the resources to explain her mathematical understanding to her talk partner. Well done Bea!
2J
Raphael
Raphael has really impressed us with his learning. In particular, Raphael has been so curious this week, asking questions about a whole range of things including our literacy unit on Matilda, during our lesson using Cuisenaire rods in Numeracy and he was particularly interested in the General Election! This inquisitive behaviour has not only helped Raphael to learn but has helped everyone in the class. Well done Raphael!
3B
3F
Brandon
Brandon is star this week for his huge effort with his independent reading. He has taken ownership of choosing excellent texts from the new book corner and is eager to find out what happens next in the series he is currently reading. It is a joy to see him able to respond in depth to questions about the texts he has read- what a colossal effort Brandon. Superstar!
4F
Victor
Victor has written a fantastic explanation text this week on how to make chocolate! He has paragraphed all his writing, used different formal conjunctions and lots of technical vocabulary. Well done Victor!
4W
Marta
Marta has and amazing attitude to school and all areas of her learning. She is extremely focused and always shows determination .She has worked extremely hard in numeracy this week and has mastered division and in particular her reasoning has been fastastic. We are extremely lucky to have her in our class! What a superstar.
5P
5T
Daisy
Daisy is always such a kind and supportive classmate. She is always aware and observant of those around her and shows great empathy and understanding of others. She sets a great example of how to treat others and has impeccable manners, which has been really evident with all the visitors we've had this week. Thanks Daisy, you're an inspiration.
6G
Scarlett
Scarlett has been a star in so many ways this week! She worked incredibly hard on our trip to the British Museum and has been equally diligent in our Literacy lessons. Scarlett was also brilliant in our first Grease rehearsal; she had clearly spent lots of time practising her lines over half term! Finally, Scarlett is always such a kind and supportive classmate, who always makes sure her peers are included and have smiles on their faces. Well done Scarlett
6J
Hannah
Hannah has been an absolute star in topic recently. At the British Museum this week, she was inquisitive and keen to learn as much as she could about the Mayans. Her enthusiasm is infectious and she has been talking non-stop about the Mayans! Well done Hannah.
