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Thank you for your donations!
Thursday, 12 December 2024
As you all know, we supported Children in Need in a slightly different way this year and focused on helping children and their families in our local community through a reverse advent calendar.
You may remember that we had assemblies led by Kenny Arnold from People for People who explained the concept of a Reverse Advent and how food banks use the donations generated to help families in need.
Yesterday, the Foodshed took delivery of our donation and were overwhelmed with the amount given to them. It took three carloads filled to the brim to get our donations to them! They were so happy and explained that this will help an unbelievable number of families.
We would like to say an enormous thank you to the wonderful Fairlands community who selflessly donated items for other families to have support over Christmas. The whole of Fairlands should be immensely proud of themselves and their generosity. We would also like to say a big thank you to Mrs Herron and Miss Brooker who organised this and shared their passion for it with the whole school.
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Willow Class WOW DAY
On Friday, Willow Class had their natural disasters WOW Day which was both exciting and educational! The children began their day by building and decorating their own volcanoes. Afterwards, they got comfy with cushions from the book corner and settled down to watch 'Elemental' which was a brilliant way to learn about the natural elements. Finally, once their volcanoes were dry, they spent the afternoon mixing a range of substances to create a chemical reaction that simulated a volcanic eruption. It was a fantastic, hands-on way for them to apply their understanding and they had great fun doing so!
Year 5 Futsal Competition
14 Year 5 children took part in a year 5/6 Futsal competition today at Barnwell School. They played a round robin style tournament with the boys playing the first half of the match, and the girls playing the second half. Fairlands came up against some tricky opponents but they showed determination, resilience and kindness throughout. Well done Fairlands!
Terrible Tusks
This week we have been looking at instructions. Yesterday we read 'The Gruffalo' and thought about who the Gruffalo might want to invite to his party. There were lots of animals we wrote invitations for, but the class said there were other things needed for a party too, such as balloons and food. We had a look at the recipe book 'Gruffalo Crumble' and followed a recipe to make ‘Terrible Tusks'. First, we washed our hands with soap. Then we chopped up the banana, and after that pushed pieces of fruit onto our skewer. Finally, we added a piece of banana to the end to look like a tusk. We then ate our ‘Terrible Tusk' to see if it would be a good recipe for the party, we all decided it would be!
Year 5 Evacuation!
Today, the Year 5 children experienced a WWII style evacuation. We scattered all 92 children across the depths of Fairlands Primary school, where they all had different experiences, much like those who were evacuated during those times. Some children got put to work in Miss Madden's land army and some worked in Queenie's post office. Some children got to play and have fun with their new host families, some were even treated to hot chocolate in Mr Staples' office! The children all gained an insight into what it would have felt like to be evacuated.
"Stop! That’s Not My Story!": Cherry Class Wows Reception with Their Creative Tales
This week, Year 1 had an exciting opportunity to share their creativity and storytelling talents with Reception. Over the past few weeks, the children have been working hard to write their own versions of a traditional tale inspired by 'Stop! That's Not My Story!', a fun and imaginative twist on classic storytelling. The Reception children were captivated, laughing at the funny parts and gasping at the adventures. Afterwards, the younger children had the chance to ask questions and share their favourite parts of the stories. Thank you Reception for being such a great audience!
King of the Sky!
During our No Outsiders lesson for this half term, we read a story called 'King of the Sky' written by Nicola Davies which is a story about a young Italian boy who moved to Wales with his family. He feels isolated and alone until he makes an unlikely friend, an old man who lets him fly one of his pigeons in a race. This friendship helps him to learn how to belong. We discussed how the boy felt throughout the story and how the events affected his emotions. Then, we used this information to draw a storyline showing the main events and how they impacted him. Here are a few of our examples!
Bowling competition
This morning eight children from year three took part in a bowling competition against 11 other schools at Hollywood Bowl.
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Parent information evening for relationships and sex education
The fabulous team at Greenside school have put together an information evening to help when supporting children with learning disabilities or autistic children with relationships and sex education. They will help to cover kanguage used when discussing RSE and how explicit it needs to be.