The Newsletter of Fairisle Junior School

March 2016

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Tag Rugby Tournament

Last week a team travelled to the Test Park to participate in a tag rugby competition. Our team consisted of a group of children from Years 5 and 6. The children were brilliant, and we were very unlucky not to win the final, as they were narrowly beaten by Oakwood, after having taken a narrow lead!

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Congratulations Fairisle Junior

On Tuesday I received the latest information from the Local Authority’s Schools’ Monitoring

Group, which has judged our school as Good. The group is chaired by the Principal Officer

for Education & Early Years and consists of inspectors, city officers and the Teaching School

Headteachers. We are very pleased at this outcome.

Year 4 News

On Friday 11th March, Year 4 had an amazing day at Marwell Zoo. The sun was shining which brought all of the animals out - the tigers particularly enjoyed basking in the sun. We had the opportunity to get up close and personal with a Madagascan Hissing Cockroach and come face to face with a Royal Python. The children were all very adventurous and enjoyed the chance to touch such unusual creatures. Even the adults took part (although Miss O'Shea won't be buying a cockroach as a pet anytime soon!). Everyone agreed that it was a fantastic trip and we just wish that the day had been longer.

Children Participate in Autism Awareness Week 2016

Last week the children learned more about autism in assemblies as part of the National

Autistic Society ‘Schools Autism Awareness Week’. We learned about what autism is and

what it might be like to be a child with autism. They also gained some fantastic insights

talking about friends or family members with autism.

Childline and the NSPCC joined us and ran workshops about staying safe and happy. The

children also learned about different types of abuse and the importance of talking with a

trusted adult. They will be back soon to work in Years 3 and 4.

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Year 6 Test Week

During the first few days of the week beginning Monday 9th May, our Year 6 children will be taking their SATs tests. They are really well prepared and even Mrs Saunders, Miss Boler, Miss Donovan and Mr McVittie are managing to crack the occasional smile at the moment (just joking!) The timetable is as follows:

Monday 9th May Reading test Tuesday 10th May Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Paper 1 (Short answer questions) Paper 2 (Spelling test) Wednesday 11th May Maths Paper 1 (Arithmetic test) Maths Paper 2 (Reasoning test) Thursday 12th May Maths Paper 3 (Reasoning test)

Once again the children will not be taking a writing test as such this year. Instead we will be providing a number of pieces of writing which cover a range of genres for each child. These may be moderated by the Local Authority and our teachers will also compare judgements with colleagues across the Federation to support consistency in teacher assessments.

After the Easter holiday we have four weeks leading up to the tests. It is really vital that the children attend school every day (except in cases of severe illness). We will be writing to Year 6 parents giving a few tips for the week itself and further information!

As in past years we will be holding a special free Breakfast Club during the week so that Year 6 children can come to school earlier, settle down to a hearty breakfast and chat with their friends and teachers in a calm environment. We do hope that every child will take advantage of this.

As far as we know, the results will be available sometime on Tuesday 5th July. I will confirm this to parents closer to the time.

Dates for the term

Thursday 24 March 3.15pm School closes for Easter holiday

Monday 4 — Thursday 7 April Year 6 Easter School (See separate letter)

Monday 11 April School re-opens for the children at 8.50 a.m.

Monday 18 — Friday 29 April The Big Pedal (See separate letter)

Monday 2 May School closed — Bank holiday

Monday 9 — Thursday 12 May Year 6 Test Week (See separate letter)

Friday 27 May 3.15pm School closes for Half Term

Monday 6 June Junior school closed for staff training

Tuesday 7 June School reopens for the children at 8.50am

City Athletics (Separate letter to be sent)

Wednesday 15 June Class Photographs

Tuesday 28 June Year 6 RE Day

Wednesday 6 July Transfer Day (Children meet new class teachers)

Friday 15 July Year 6 to Paultons Park

Monday 18 July Year 6 to Red Lodge Swimming Pool (2 sessions)

Tuesday 19 July 5.00pm Year 6 Leavers’ Party

Wednesday 20 July 3.15pm School closes for Summer Holiday

Doors open at 8.40am each morning and 8.50am is the latest the children should arrive.

On Saturday 9th April, Jack Cornick in Year 6 will be climbing Snowdonia to raise money for cancer

research. To support him, please go to www.justgiving.com/jack-john-snowdonia. Good luck!

Attendance and Punctuality — Spring Term 2016

I am very pleased to report the following children who have attended school on-time every day this

half term and throughout the entire term since Christmas, as well as those who are well on their

way to a complete year’s 100% attendance. I would like to say a huge ‘well done’ and

congratulations to all of them (and their families of course!) especially given the number of

different illnesses over the past few weeks. Our number of late children has also improved.

The following 181 children came to school on time every day during this half term from Tuesday

24 February to Thursday 2 April (170 in 2015) and those 108 children in bold type

attended on-time every day for the entire term (95 in 2015). Those 46 children in Bold Italics have

been to school on time every day since September (35 in 2015):

Attendance since September is 96.5% - This is VERY GOOD!

Very well done, keep up the great work!

Enjoy the break.

(Don’t forget to enjoy some chocolate!!!)

See you at 8.50 a.m. on Monday 11th April

Thank you for all your support this term.

Charlotte Anastasi

Lexie Andrews

Czarina Aranda

Dylan Argent

Grace Arthur

Lloyd Avery

Lilly Baddams

Teodor Badea

Michael Bagg

Finlay Bainton

Tegan Bainton Michael Baker

Mikey Baker

Logan Bannister

Lewis Barker

Kianna Barrett Hollie Baylis

Archie Beaton-Bassi

Lacie Beaton-Bassi

Courtney Beston

Josh Biacsi

Mollie Bishop Elizabeth Bisson

Joshua Bleeze

Dominic Blundell-

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Jessica Bolt

Michael Bolt

Blake Bowers

George Bowers

Keira Bugden

Sophie Butler

Gabrielle Butt

Kymberly Byworth

Eden Canning

Leonie Carrington-

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Aleah Cepe Ellie Charlton

Leah Christey

Theo Churchill

Jordan Clothier

McKenzie Clothier

Millie Cook

Callum Cool

Layla Cullen

Rhys Curtis

Lukasz Dabrowski Megan Davies

Radley Devera

Travis Dixon-Hadley Lillie Donnarumma

Tierney Downer

Weronika Dziewit

Oskar Ellward

Declan Evans Hayden Evans

Bethany Farrer

Jessica Fear

Sam Fear

Maddison Fielder Brooke Fields

Sophia Fili

Chloe Flood

Nicky Furnell

Mia Gaete

Cody Gibbens

Thomas Gilbert

Thomas Grant

Sophie Haime

Jake Harding

Nathan Hare

Daniel Harris

Jaydon Harvey

Neve Harvie Jaigon-Rae Hendry

Lei-Shara Hendry Jessica Hibbert

Grace Hill

Callum Hollins

Max Hooper

Ryan Horsfall

Ana Jardim

Andreia Jardim

Sienna Jones

JJ Kalokola

Fletcher Kilford

Katy King

Jack Knight

Nadia Krakowska Angelie Lacea

Dann Lacea

Erin Lock Jack Long

Lily Lovegrove

Leo Lovell

Kieran Lunnon

Bethany Lynch

Jailon Magboo

Libby Manley

Phoebe Manley

Cara Mansayon

Harry Maunders

Noah McIntyre

Joshua McKenner

Blake McKnight

Ella Meacher

Ellis Meacher

Moira Mendaros

Isobel Milne

Archie Minard

Daniel Speirs

Oliver Stackhouse

Jack Stephens

Harley Strange

Aislene Stubbs

Leo Stubbs Missey Swanborough

Romi Swanborough

Kacper Szwed

Aneesah Tajamal

Shauyb Tajamal

Charlie Taylor

Adam Taylor-Nixon

Jack Thorn

Daniel Thurston

James Thurston

Nicola Traczynska

Damian Turanski

Callum Vanhear

Jamie Wadhams

Mitchell Wagner

Molly Way Leyton White

Charlie Whitlock

Olivia Wild

Ella-Mae Wilkinson

Anna Wilson

Ella Wilson

Keiran-Lee Wilton

Sharna Wilton

Lillie-Mai Wiltshire

Corie Woolley

Jacob Wynne-

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Elle Yorke

Fred Young

Michael Zajac

Dylan Minard

Hannah Minns

Sandro Mirandela

Emily Muldoon

John Murray

Ben New

Angel Newman

Dylan Newman

Patrick Nolan

Joshua Ojo

Gabrielle Orbita

Giselle Orbita

Aldreiy Pablo

Curtis Palmer-Russell

Erin Panes

Ayman Parungao

Ashley Payne

Nathan Peacey

Charlie Pearce

Bobbi Pearman-

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Plamena Petkova

Dylan Powell

Noorul Qurashi

Mackenzie Richards

Owen Richards

Billy Roch

Toby Saunders

Jayden Self Jayden Shepperd

Aman-Deep Sidhu

Mason Silsbury

Diana Silva

Conan Smith

Jessica Smith

Leah Smith

Cole Smithen