Federation Sports Days I would like to say a huge thank you to Mr Millett and Mr Garcia for organising two fantastic Federation sports days. The children had a fantastic time and were a credit to both Fox and Ashburham schools.
Dates for your Diary
Mon 17th
Learning as normal
Tue 18th
Year 6 disco 5.30-7pm (NO PARENTS!)
Wed 19th
Children meet their new teacher
Children's Opening Party pm
Thu 20th
Year 6 Graduation 9-10am
Last Day of Term - finish 2.15pm NO FOX PLAY
Tuesday 5th September
Children's first day back
Fox Holiday Camp We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a holiday camp at Fox School during the first week of the summer holidays. (Monday 24th July to Friday 28th July 2017 )
Please register your interest before the Friday 14th of July. This will help us make sure we have the correct staff numbers to. If we do not have enough interest, we may have to cancel the camp.
Your children must bring a packed lunch, snack and plenty of water/juice.
The fees will be £20 per day per child. Sibling discounts will apply if you book for more than one day.
Poetry at Fox
Fox has recently participated in training on 'The Power of Poetry' - a course organised by the CLPE and funded by the Arts Council, which involves five days of creative training from poets Roger McGough, Valerie Bloom, AF Harold, Sarah Crossan and anthologist, Allie Esiri. The project involves action-research in school which has been focused this term on developing a new unit of work in Year 4 based on John Lyon's poetry collection 'Dancing in the Rain'. The unit of work has focused on the exploration and expression of identity and place through poetry and during the second half of the unit looked particularly at the Notting Hill Carnival. As part of the project, children have kept poetry journals - just like the well-known poets who led the course - which they have used at home and at school to record their inspiration, draft poems and explore the interplay of drawing and writing. Their recent writing has been extraordinary:
Glowing embers slither
across the emptiness
of the sky
when
the big bottle of coke spills
across the blue glass
swimming
like an invasion. Lois Montagut
As the darkness flows across the sky,
stillness emerges
from dark ash.
The sun's rays break the heat limits
making everyone whine
and it beats down on us like an angry dragon
in a tantrum
burning the ground
until it's lava hot.
Rory De Carteret
Thunderous, booming footsteps...
marine, blue oceans
shining in the sun,
cars vanishing mysteriously,
deafening crows shouting,
glowing lilies on rivers,
sailing away,
in flaming anger and ear piercing noises.
Mina Schutt
Instrumental lessons 2017-2018
Mrs Hardisty is in the process of organising instrumental lessons before she goes on maternity leave in September. Children who will be in years 3-6 in 2018-18 can learn violin, cello, brass or guitar. Please see the attached letter for details and complete the form and hand it into the office if you would like your child to start an instrument. Please also inform the office if your child is planning on giving up lessons at the end of this academic year so that their place can be allocated to someone else and return any instruments to school before the end of term.
Thank you to everyone who attended the last Book Club of the year. With lots of parents, staff and children from Years 4, 5 and 6 attending, it was a huge success. We really enjoyed discussing ‘The Nowhere Emporium’ by Ross Mackenzie and were so impressed by the high quality of the children’s responses. The children certainly ‘brought their imagination’ to the session and designed their own ‘Wonder’: a room filled with clouds; a room where whatever you thought of appeared in front of you; and a room of endless possibilities. We look forward to seeing you at Book Club next year!
Late bookings and Autumn Clubs
I would like to thank parents who have paid their late fines. However, we still have a number of outstanding fines due. If these are not paid by the beginning of next term, the School Gateway payment system will not allow parents to book Clubs or Fox Play. Please ensure that you settle any outstanding payments, including dinner money, before the end of term.
We have seen a dramatic reduction in the number of children being picked up late at the end of the day and from Fox Play. Parents are now consistently using School Gateway to book children into Fox Play. This has made a big difference to the day to day running of Fox Play.
The Autumn 2017 Club list will be sent out on Monday. We are very excited to offer a wide range of clubs. We will take bookings for these in September.
Additional cello lesson - Tuesday 18th July
Due to the number of cello lessons missed due to inset and bank holidays, there will be an additional cello lesson for all children learning cello on Tuesday 18th July, following the normal lesson times, to ensure that children have their full quota for the term. Please ensure they have their cello and practice book on Tuesday.
Children’s Opening party- Wednesday 19th July
On Wednesday 19th July, the pupils will be celebrating the new building with a school party in the afternoon. As part of this, we will be having afternoon games and activities. To help us celebrate this, we are asking parents and carers to donate some ‘party food’ for us to share during the afternoon. You may decide to coordinate this through your class representative. As you are aware we are a nut free school, so please ensure all food is nut free. Children can wear their best ‘party’ clothes if they like!
If you are able to send food in, please send in with your child in the morning.
Thank you for all your support during this year.
Junior Parkrun
This are free local running events for children aged 4-14 years old. The nearest ones to school are Acton Park and Queens Park. There are also other Parkruns throughout the country – you could try one during the summer holidays! It is a very supportive atmosphere for all shapes and sizes to enjoy a run/ jog/ walk on a Sunday morning – please let us know if you take part.
What is junior parkrun?
It is a 2k run for juniors only (4-14 year olds). If you are not a junior please try one of our weekly Saturday parkrun events instead.
When is it?
It is held every Sunday at 9:00am.
Where is it?
The event takes place at Acton Park, Uxbridge Road, London, W3 7LB (See Course page for more details)
OR in Queen's Park, Kilburn, London, NW6 6SG. See Course page for more details.
What does it cost to join in?
Nothing - it's free! but please register before your first run. Only ever register with parkrun once. Don't forget to bring a printed copy of your barcode (request a reminder).
How fast do I have to be?
The aim is to have fun. Please come along and join in whatever your pace!
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee - please come and join us!
The reported attainment in your child's school reports is in relation to the standards set by the new national curriculum. These are raised standards from previously. It is normal across Key Stage 2 for pupils to move between the 'towards' and 'at' category for attainment, or between the 'at' and depth' due to the broad nature of the curriculum. Please speak with your class teacher to find out about the specific targets that will help your child move from one band to another.
Maths Attainment:
As a National Maths Hub, we have focused on the research and best practice in teaching in this subject for the past 3 years. Specifically, we have been at the forefront of the introduction of Mastery teaching, through our exchange with Shanghai - both at Fox and Ashburnham. We are seeing the results of these improved teaching approaches across the whole school, with standards in maths at the highest levels they have ever been. We are very proud of our Year 6 pupils. 100% of the Year 6 achieved the expected standard of the 100 scaled score or higher (compared to 77% nationally) and 69% of our pupils achieved a scaled score of 110 or more - a fantastic achievement.
Ms Madden recommends:
I’ve recently been reading ‘The No 1 Car Spotter’ series by Atinuke. Atinuke was born in Nigeria and grew up in both Africa and the UK. She now lives in Wales. The books are very funny and engaging. ‘No 1.’ is a great character, determined and ingenious. My favourite part was when No.1 meets an American child who is technology obsessed and speaks rudely to his own father, No. 1 says ‘Is everything backwards in America? Is everything upside-down? There the fathers carry the bags for their children!” Above all, I think the books provide a great insight into how people live in other parts of the world.
I’d recommend this series to read to children in Key Stage 1, or for pupils in Y2 –Y4 to read independently.
Whole school attendance to date 97.32%
FSA NEWS
Fox Fun Run
We raised £4,000 from the fun run - Thank you Fox Community!
An extra special thank you to Maja and Christian Neske for once again organising a fabulous day out for all the Fox families.
The money raised is going to be used to pay for the new line markings in both playgrounds. We are looking to have running feet around the school, enabling children to run laps of the school.
Summer Fair Success!
Thank you to all who donated your time, talents and money to help make the Summer Fair a great success! We raised more than £21,000, of which the silent auction alone raised more than £12,500! Special thanks to all the class reps and stall owners for your leadership, and to our amazing auction and raffle teams for phenomenal effort and results.
Of the money raised, £2,100 from the Justin Bieber ticket raffle and the toy stall will be donated to an organization called EPIC to benefit those affected by the Grenfell Tower disaster. Epic works in our local community to break down barriers for all children and young people so they can have the best life chances possible. In the wake of Grenfell they opened the youth centres to serve as refuges and went out into the community to counsel children from the tower and the surrounding estates. Epic will use the Fox donation to provide a summer programme to help young people channel their anger and frustration in a way that brings about positive and lasting change. They are incredibly grateful for the support of the Fox community.
Thank you again for all your hard work on the summer fair. The FSA looks forward to meeting again in September and invites all interested in getting involved or more involved to contact us at fsasecretary1@gmail.com.
Have a fantastic summer break!
End-of-School Picnic
All those interested are invited to bring a picnic to Holland Park after school lets out on Thursday. This is an informal get-together to celebrate the end of term.
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R
Miss Earley
Miss Earley has been a star all year. Reception have loved learning all her crazy dance moves and taking part in her activities. She is always so happy and energetic and we are going to miss her very much. Good luck at your new school and come back to visit us soon! Love RB and RC x
star for both reception classes is miss Earley!
1B
Year 1
Year 1 have had a fantastic year packed full of learning and adventure! We are all so proud of everything they have achieved. They shone on the sports field this week, showing great teamwork and determination. You are all superstars!
2B
Albert
Albert is 2B's star this week! He really impressed us during our sports day in Holland Park. Not only did he take great care in helping his friend find their bag but he also neatly folded all of the bibs for the teachers without even being asked! Well done, Albert!
2J
Elvis
What an amazing Year Elvis has had! He exemplifies all of the Fox values on a daily basis and has such an infectious love of learning! He comes to school every day with amazing energy and always has a beaming smile on his face! Elvis is never afraid to take on a challenge and this has meant that he has made excellent progress in all areas of his learning. Well done Elvis and keep up the good work!
3B
Kinan
Kinan has had a brilliant week. He always impresses us with his determined attitude to all that he does. He wowed us at Sports Day - we think it was his new glasses that made the extra difference!
3F
Whole Class
Whole Class- 3F are all super stars this week for their incredible participation in sports day. We were all so impressed with the positive attitude and team work displayed by 3F. Children were working so well together, encouraging one another and being fantastic sports, even if they were not on the winning side. We were so proud of you all! Well done 3F
4F
Mina
Mina is a Times Table Queen! We have been so impressed with how much effort she has put into learning all of her number facts and times tables. She truly is a super star with finger- tip fluency. What a pleasure it has been to see Mina flourishing so much with maths this year. Well done Mina!
4W
Nikolas
Nikolas showed amazing sportsmanship during sports day this week. Not only did he show great sporting skill, but he was incredibly supportive to all of his team mates. He represented the school wonderfuly with his kindness and impeccable manners. Well done!
5P
Clara
Clara is a star this week for her outstanding performance at sports day. She was excellent team player and showed great determination in all of the activities!
5T
Finn
Finn has produced a great quality graphic novel, telling the story of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's evil plan to kill King Duncan. He started by planning what to include to set a sinister atmosphere and he put thought into the spacing, dialogue and drawings to really convey the feeling in the scene. Added to that, Finn continues to be a friendly and supportive class mate who we all really appreciate. Well done!
YR 6
Year 6
Year 6 were all stars last week on school journey. Their behaviour was excellent, they gave everything a go and showed great resilience during activities. Above all, they demonstrated the Fox values on a daily basis and we are very proud of them.Year 6 were all stars last week on school journey. Their behaviour was excellent, they gave everything a go and showed great resilience during activities. Above all, they demonstrated the Fox values on a daily basis and we are very proud of them.
