Reaching high for the best for your child

Hopefully, you will hear your child talking about receiving a SEAL Shield over the next few weeks. This is a very special award for children who have demonstrated that they can achieve our Weekly SEAL Focus - they receive a blue Citizenship Certificate and also a shield, which they colour in and display for the whole school to see in the Upper Building.

This week, our Weekly SEAL Focus is 'Stopping and thinking before I get angry'. We have talked about this in assembly and will be following these issues up in class. You can help your child at home by getting them to talk about what things could make them angry. How can they spot they are getting angry (going red, clenched fists, tight throat/tummy etc) and what could they do to calm down?

This was held on Tuesday March 17th and was a great success. We raised £150 for school funds which is fantastic so a huge thank you to all who contributed.

The children all enjoyed carrying out their shopping and some serious thought was going into which gifts they wanted to choose! We hope that all the mums, grandmas and carers like their presents and that you all enjoy a well earned rest on Sunday.

We shall be holding a present room for Father's Day again this year so they will get their turn too!

Thanks again and enjoy Mother's Day!

A HUGE thank you to all of those who took part in "Wear something Funny for Comic Relief" It was so lovely to see some hilarious outfits and your comic spirit throughout the day.
You raised a whopping £306.62p, so well done everyone! The money raised will go to great causes here in the UK and the disadvantaged in Africa.

Friends of Fairlands.

Please take a look at our Maths Day WALL OF FAME to see who the top scorers were on the World Maths Day website.

Overall, an amazing 217 out of 320 children took part in the competitiion, notching up an incredible 53,883 correct answers!!

Well done to everyone who took part!

We have a busy week coming up next week, with World Maths Day followed immediately by WORLD BOOK DAY on Thursday 5th March!

Our theme for World Book Day this year is 'A Place To Read', and each class will be working on a project to develop a special reading corner/space in their classroom. The classes will have a budget of £20 each to create this space and the best reading area will win £50 of books for the class library!

In addition, we have asked the children to bring in photos of themselves reading in different locations - on the beach, in their bed, or in other weird and wonderful places. Please help your child to bring in at least one photo for our school display.

World Maths Day falls on 4th March this year and we have an exciting day of Maths Events lined up. To get ready for this, all the children in the school have received a login card so that they can go online to www.worldmathsday.com and play against other children around the world in mental arithmetic games. Each game lasts for 60 seconds and you can play as many games as you like!

Over the half term break, please have a go and see if you can beat someone from across the world!! Why not have a go at our own MOON MATHS GAME in the Learning Zone as well? Or go to our MATHS PAGE to find more great Maths Activities & Games!