Reaching high for the best for your child

We received a fantastic surprise delivery today – a box of brand new, beautiful books! They were gifted to us from our fantastic friends at Stevenage FC Foundation and we are so grateful to them.

The books have already been stamped and are ready to be added to our wonderful library by the year 6 librarians tomorrow. Part of the delivery included 15 poetry books all based around football and diversity (called ‘Beautifully different, wonderfully the same’) and it is a wonderful anthology of poems which will make us all think. We are going to add this to our collection of Guided Reading books so the whole school can enjoy them and use them to aid our discussions and thoughts about diversity.

A huge thank you to Stevenage FC Foundation for this hugely appreciated gift! 

A great way to get active, enjoy the fresh air and help the planet is cycling. It is a fun activity which the whole family can be involved in and is a super skill for children to learn. We have been made aware of some fantastic biking courses being held over half term by the Stevenage Cycling Hub. Here is an overview but please visit the website for further information.  

https://stevenagecyclinghub.co.uk/pages/training/children 

Beginner Biking courses will free your child from their stabilisers and get them riding on two wheels. A one-hour session for £10.  

Bikeability courses are for children that can already ride a bike. Children will enjoy learning the skills and developing the confidence to ride their bikes on today’s roads. 

These courses are run in conjunction with the Herts County Council Cycle Training Team and will be led by their National Standards Bikeability instructors. 

We would love to hear how your child gets on if they attend any of them! 

Our Value for the month of January is... COURAGE!

We will be thinking about showing that we can be EVERYDAY HEROES by:

• being an ‘everyday hero’
• finding the hero inside ourselves: what makes you a superhero?
• standing up for what we believe in, even it makes us unpopular: being an UPSTANDER!

We have talked in assembly about all the everyday heroes who help us, including our wonderful teachers and teaching assistants!

Happy New Year to everyone at Fairlands - we are looking forward to seeing all the children back on Thursday 6th January at the normal time!

Please remember to wear a face covering when dropping off and collecting children. 

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas holiday, whatever your faith and whatever we all end up doing on Christmas Day!

Thank you to all our wonderful governors, staff, parents, and children for being such a fantastic team. 

In January, please keep a particularly close eye on the website for the latest updates about returning to school in the New Year!