Reaching high for the best for your child

This term, a group of Fairlands staff have started up a book club and we are loving it - reading is not just for childhood! Today, some of us swapped our Secret Santa gifts and we couldn’t wait for the holidays to start so we could get reading. There’ll be many messages shared about great books over the break, much swapping in the New Year and it will continue to put smiles on our faces.

The whole of the Fairlands team would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a wonderful festive period and we hope you enjoy the break. We look forward to seeing you all when we return in January.

Happy reading time to one and all!

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.

Thanks to your support in our recent Non-Uniform day, Fairlands was able to raise £485 for Stevenage Community Trust! They do a lot to support people around the local area. Please see https://stevenagecommunitytrust.org/ for more information. Thank you again!

On Sunday, representatives from Mrs Herron's singing club took part in a charity Christmas singing performance at Chesfield Downs Golf club in aid of Stevenage Community Trust. They treated their audience to a fabulous selection of Christmas songs even including a touch of Spanish and signing!

Their performance went down brilliantly and the children did themselves proud. They finished the event off by singing with another school and an adult choir and helped everyone to start their December in a festive way.

Many thanks to Mrs Herron for arranging this great opportunity and for leading the singing club all year round.

Applications have opened for Reception school places for September 2025, they will close 15th January 2025 for all children born between 1st September 2020 and 31st August 2021.

Reception Tours - We are holding tours during the school day on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays throughout November and December. Booking is required. Please do so by calling 01438 351053 or emailing amy.mcdonagh@fairlands.herts.sch.uk

We will also be holding a second Open Evening of the Reception classes on Thursday 9th January 4pm-6pm. No booking required. 

Children are welcome to attend. 

We are really proud to announce that we have just been awarded the Primary Science Quality Mark. Well done to our Science Leaders, Miss Free & Mrs Mclean, for all their hard work on this!

The Primary Science Quality Mark celebrates a school's commitment to excellence in science leadership, teaching and learning. PSQM is a comprehensive evidence-based professional development programme that effectively develops science leadership, ensuring teachers have the knowledge, capability and support they need to transform science education and shape future generations.