Reaching high for the best for your child

We had fun making snow men and women and children today! Go to the Galleries section to see our efforts!!

On Monday, we will be sending home our annual Parent Survey. This is a really important source of information for us, so please make sure that you complete the survey and hand in in, through your child, before 13th February.

You can download a copy of the survey here.

We will give you feedback on the outcomes of the survey after the half term break.

Don't forget you can always drop us an email to let us know about something - or feel free to make an appointment through the school office to see the relevant member of staff.

Every half term, the whole school brushes up one aspect of Reading, Writing and Maths, with the aim of getting every child up to the right level for their age in this focus area. Please support your child at home, using the ideas on the Reaching High Target Flyers that we send out. Stick them on your fridge & ask your child one question a day for each target!

Click here to download the latest Reaching High Target Flyer for your child.

'Word Whizz' is our Reading Target. We will be making sure we can use our knowledge of punctuation read aloud with expression.

'Get It Write' is our Writing Target. We will be making sure we know how to use punctuation to improve our writing.

'The X Factor' is our Maths Target. We will be making sure we become experts in our X-tables this half term!

Excitement is mounting as we prepare to open the new pre-school in January 2009!

The setting will provide for children aged 2 to 3, giving them an excellent preparation for entering the Nursery when they are old enough.

Pre-school Managers Nicola Mutch & Patricia Scotcher have been working amazingly hard to get everything ready and the last few final touches are being put into place. The room has been completely refurbished and a new entrance is in the process of being installed, hopefully before Christmas.

The setting will offer truly outstanding quality care for children - with a fantastic opportunity to work in close, direct partnership with our own, highly-regarded Nursery & Foundation Stage. All together, this means that Fairlands will be offering some of the best quality early years provision in Stevenage.

Nicky & Tricia are holding an Open Evening on Wednesday 17th December to welcome prospective parents to the pre-school. If your child will be 2 or older in January and you are interested in finding out more, please contact the school office for more details. Places are being snapped up very quickly, so don't delay! There is more information here.

 Welcome back to Fairlands! The new school year has started peacefully, if a little 'damply' thanks to all the terrible weather we are enjoying at the moment!

The teachers have been working very hard over the summer to get all the classrooms ready for the children - we are still continuing our major programme of refurbishment in the Lower Building, so there will be some movement between classrooms during the autumn term as the decorators make their way around the school. I am sure that Miss Verlander, our new Assistant Headteacher, will manage the proceedings expertly to minimise disruption to the children!

Our SEAL theme this term is 'New Beginnings' - time to think about making a fresh start and the feelings that come with experiencing things for the first time. We will be focusing on this in assembly and the children will follow up this work back in their classrooms.

Fairlands' first Family Fun Day in many years was a resounding success on Sunday 13th July 2008. The weather was amazing and, despite being in 'competition' with several other events that were taking in place in Stevenage that day, the fayre was extremely well attended.

The final total raised by the event is an incredible £2000! Thank you so much to all the Friends of Fairlands members, each of whom worked so hard to make it all happen.

And thank you to the parents and children who came along - apprently, next year is going to be EVEN BIGGER AND EVEN BETTER!