Welcome to the seventh Fox School inter-house Talent competition. Individual house points will be awarded using a 4, 3, 2, 1 system. These points will be added to the current House point tally.
Tuesday 27th March:Phase B (Years 2 and 3)
talent show will take on starting at 4.00pm
Wednesday 28th March:Phase C (Years 4, 5 and 6)
talent show will take place on starting at 4.00pm
All children who are taking part in, or watching the talent show should be accompanied by an adult. The exceptions to this are pupils who are attending Fox Play or pupils e.g. Year 6 – who travel home by themselves. However, parents/carers need to inform the office that their child has been given permission to stay to watch the shows.
Entries can ONLY be completed online via the link in this newsletter, Entries must be received by Friday 23rd March 2018 4pm.
This year there are six categories which children can enter: Comedy Dancing Drama
Singing Musical instrument Novelty acts
Children can enter only one category and acts should be no longer than 2 minutes!
It’s important that children are well rehearsed –we would ask for your help in ensuring this!
General guidelines:
Acts should be no more than 2 minutes long.
Group acts are encouraged.
No miming unless it is in fact a mime act!
No repeat performances – original material only!
If you have a media files larger than 7.2mb in size that you need to upload, then please write this in the additional notes when filling out the form and we will contact you with arrangements.
We look forward to some very enjoyable shows!
Sports relief
School council have organised for every year group to do a sponsored run in aid of sport relief next week. They will complete their runs with Ollie during their PE lessons next week.
Reception and Year 1: - 1.2 kilometres (9 times around the building)
Year 2 and 3: - 1.6 kilometres (12 times around the building)
Year 4, 5 and 6: - 2 to 2.5 kilometres (15 to 18 times around the building)
Please ensure your child has the correct footwear and is wearing a Fox PE kit. A separate letter has been sent out explaining how the children can collect sponsorship money.
Parent and carer questionnaire
Thank you to all the parents and carers who have attended parent and carer consultations over the past two days. For those who did not have a chance to fill in the parent questionnaire, the link is here.
Ms Madden's Book recommendation What’s Worrying You? By Molly Potter, in the same range as How Am I Feeling Today? Both these non-fiction texts are really accessible and helpful to pupils from Reception to Year 6. They have a easy to use contents page where readers choose which ‘worry’ or ‘feeling’ to explore. Then, practical advice is given, as well as explanations of feelings – helping to develop emotional literacy. What’s Worrying You covers very helpful issues, such as parents’ arguing, or what to do if you have nobody to play with in the playground. We have several copies of these in school, but I wholly recommend them as a book for home, to dip in and out of, useful for children, parents and carers alike.
Fox Holiday Camp
Camp Dates: Tuesday 3rd April 2018 to Friday 6th April 2018.
Fox Holiday Camp can now be booked via your child's School Gateway account. Please make sure that you make a booking first prior to making payments (same way as foxplay and clubs). Everyone will have a payment request for Fox Camp in their payment baskets - IGNORE PAYMENT REQUEST IF YOU ARE NOT BOOKING FOX CAMP.
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 Tuesday 3rd April 2018 as your booking date
4. Fox Camp Extended Day - (Whole Week) £112.00 - Select this option and pick Tuesday 3rd April 2018as your booking date
Children need to bring in a packed lunch, plenty of snacks and water. Breakfast will be provided to children booked onto the Extended Day option. Please contact me if you have any queries.
In order for this to be financially viable, we require a minimum of 20 children per day. Please note that if we do not get the minimum number of bookings then we will have to consider cancelling the club so please book early and no later than Friday 16th March (same deadline as club bookings)
Contact michelle.foster@foxprimary.co.uk for queries.
Stephen Hawking: Visionary physicist dies aged 76
“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.”
He particularly paid great credit to his Maths teacher, Mr Tahta, who was great-uncle to one of our Year 6 pupils Lara.
He talks about him here on this video. #teachersmatter
Earth Hour 2018 Cake sale - Friday 23rd March 2.15pm
We will be fundraising for the World Wildlife Foundation (www.wwf.org.uk/earthhour) with a bake sale next Friday 23rd March.
What is Earth Hour?
WWF’s Earth Hour is the biggest movement to protect our planet.
When does it happen?
Saturday 24 March – lights out at 8:30pm for 60 minutes.
Hundreds of millions of people around the planet take part in WWF’s Earth Hour every year. Last year around 9 million took part in the UK alone.
How does it work?
People do a wide range of things around the hour to show they care about our planet’s future. Millions choose to mark Earth Hour by going ‘lights out’ for 60 minutes at 8.30pm – a symbolic show of solidarity for the planet.
You can see more ideas of what to do in the dark here.
The world’s biggest landmarks – like Sydney Opera House, the Eiffel Tower, Buckingham Palace, and Edinburgh Castle – switch off lights as a visual display of their commitment too.
Your support for Earth Hour, and for WWF’s work in general, has helped us find solutions for the environmental challenges we face the world over. This includes influencing national climate policies, planting new forests in Uganda, and banning plastic in the Galapagos.
This year, we want to get as many people in the UK to make a promise for the planet as we can.
#EarthHourUK
What's your promise going to be for the planet?
E-safety poster competition - winners!
This week school council judged the e-safety poster competition. The winners are below:
Phase A - Laya (1J)
Phase B - Emma (3M)
Phase C – Hayat (4H)
A big congratulations to our winners! Their posters will be displayed in the school reminding us all how to stay safe online.
Lost Property
Our new Lost Property box in front of the North Playground (left of the main entrance)
Whole school attendance to date 96.59%
FSA News
Help Wanted:
Legal advice specific to charities - if you know anyone, please contact amarraccino@gmail.com
Secretary - please contact Meghan Rogers if you are interested (fsachair1@gmail.com)
Co-chair to take over for 2018-19 school year - please contact Meghan Rogers if you are interested (fsachair1@gmail.com)
Upcoming Events - Save the Dates! (Details about all to follow soon)
Earth Hour Bake Sale - March 23rd @ Fox
Easter Egg Hunt - 29th March@ Holland Park -The Reception classes are organising the Fox 2018 Easter Egg Hunt in Holland Park on the 29th March (last day of the term) after school. Get ready for a lot of fun hunting eggs before the break! please donate nut-free mini chocolate eggs to the office (no larger eggs or chocolate bunnies, etc., please) Each class rep will contact their class for further details on collection dates.
Fun Run - Sunday 17 June @ Holland Park - Taking place almost exactly one year after the Grenfell tragedy, the Fun Run's proceeds will be donated to benefit those affected by Grenfell
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Summer Fair - 30 June @ Fox
Auction/Raffle committee looking for help -- Please contact foxschoolfair@gmail.com if you are interested in organizing the raffle or helping gather donations, or if you have a donation to make yourself.
Stalls -- If any parents are interested in hosting their own stall (separate from what your children's classes will host), please contact Meghan Rogers at fsachair1@gmail.com.
