Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Fairfield Forest School - Supporting this year's theme of 'Anxiety' for Mental Health Support Week.

  Thu 18 May 2023

  Finding time every day to connect with nature can help you to feel better when you are feeling stressed, worried or sad. In our Forest School sessions we make sure every week that we notice the birds, bugs and any changes in the environment

   

  Blowing bubbles is a great way to practise breathing to calm down when you are feeling anxious. You can also imagine your worries floating away inside the bubbles.

  In Forest School this week we made our own bubble wands using sticks and wool.

   

  Practising mindfulness (being in the present moment right now) can also help to focus the mind and cope with feelings of anxiety. An example of this is to take part in a sensory activity such as playdough, water or natural objects. Our Forest School group enjoyed exploring the clay, using their senses of touch, smell and sight, to make clay faces on the trees, pinch pots and a selection of other creations! We also did some cooking in the mud kitchen!

  

• Mental Health Awareness Week 15 - 21st May 2023

  Wed 17 May 2023

  Looking after your family's wellbeing is very important. Families all need some help from time to time due to life changes or events.

   

  As a parent or carer, you can take small steps to help your child's wellbeing as well as your own. You can do this by starting with the basics.

   

  Using the back to basics approach can empower you to take control of the 5 Ways to Wellbeing. Consider one area at a time. Think about your home environment and what small changes you can make together as a family. For more information, please follow this link:

   

  https://www.hants.gov.uk/.../childrenandfa.../back-to-basics

   

  Here is more information and links to useful websites for more help for children, young people and families:

   

  Kooth is a free, safe, anonymous online counselling and emotional wellbeing support service for 11-25-year-olds in Hampshire with no referral needed. Pupils can sign up this week and access community discussions, content, and moderated live forums all about anxiety and coping

   

  https://www.kooth.com/

   

  ChatHealth free messaging service for parents and carers and children and young people aged 5-19 to text a School Nurse in Hampshire

   

  https://www.hampshirehealthyfamilies.org.uk/chathealth

   

  SHOUT provides free, 24/7 mental health support by text. Text HANTS to 85258

   

  https://giveusashout.org/

   

  Self Harm Support Hub provides information and peer support for parents/carers supporting a child or young person who self-harms

   

  https://www.solentmind.org.uk/.../self-harm-support-hub/

   

  Find more local and national support on Mental Wellbeing Hampshire

   

  https://www.hants.gov.uk/.../pub.../mentalwellbeinghampshire

  

• PTA Strawberry Fayre - Saturday 17th June

  Mon 15 May 2023

  WE NEED YOU!

   

  Plans are moving forward quickly for this year’s Strawberry Fayre on Saturday 17th June, and we are on the lookout for volunteers to help with various activities at the Fayre. We really do welcome any offers of help, however big or small, and would be delighted to hear from you.

   

  If you are able to help out at this important fundraiser for the school, please let us know how and when, by completing the Parentmail form sent out today, letting us know if you are free to help and let us know if there are any particular skills you have or stalls you’d like to volunteer on.

   

  We will then get back to you about how we’d like you to help. The more people we have to help, the more stands we’ll be able to have, and so the more money we will make......…

   

  We are really grateful to everyone who has already volunteered and registered their interest so far!

• Mental Health Awareness Week - Monday 15th - Friday 19th May

  Wed 10 May 2023

  As you may or not be aware, next week is mental health awareness week. The children will be able to take part in activities at school relating to this event. 

   

  As a school, Mental health is something we take very seriously, and we try to support our pupils and parents with this as much as possible, whether this be in school, or via outside agencies.

   

  If you have any concerns or anything you'd like to talk about regarding your child, please feel free to contact me by emailing the admin office, or if you'd rather, I am available most mornings on the playground. 

   

  Mrs Chambers —Child and Family Support Worker

   

  

• Year 2 Racket Skills Festival - 4th May 2023

  Fri 05 May 2023

  This week a group of 10 Year 2 children travelled by minibus to Denmead Tennis Club for a Racket Skills Festival on the tennis courts. They were split into two teams and rotated round ten activities.

   

  The children practised forehand and backhand, balancing a tennis ball on a racket, and hitting a ball over a net. Throughout the morning the group displayed great determination, behaviour for learning and enthusiasm for all the activities.

  At the end of the festival scores were added up for each activity and one of our teams came third in the tournament. It was a very proud moment for the whole group and they all said how much they had enjoyed the festival.

   

  Well done Fairfield!

  

• Year R School Trips to Dell Quay in July

  Thu 04 May 2023

  Next half term, we will be taking the Year R children on an educational school visit to Dell Quay. This trip will support the children’s learning topic in the Summer term “Mini Beasts”.

   

  The trip will take place on:

  Friday 14th July for Squirrels;

  Monday 17th July for Rabbits

  Wednesday 19th July for Owls

   

  We will be leaving the school by Mini bus at 9:30am and returning at 2:30pm to arrive back at school at 3:00pm.

   

  As with all school trips and visits, there is a cost attached. We have tried to minimise this as much as possible and would advise that the cost for this trip works out at a contribution of £10 per child which includes guided adult sessions at Dell Quay and return Mini bus travel.

   

  To assist you are now able to pay for the trip by using the payment system on the Parent Mail App or alternatively you can send in cash to school in an envelope with your child’s name and class on the front, stating it is for the Dell Quay Trip.

  We will require payment and consent forms to be submitted to school by Friday 30th June.

   

  Though we understand that, especially at this time, many family’s finances are stretched, we will be unable to run this trip without sufficient contributions from parents.

   

  We will not be able to run this trip without support from parents on this trip, if you are able to help as a parent volunteer who can drive themselves and their child to the trip as a volunteer helper please indicate on the separate parentmail trip consent form (being sent later today). Unfortunately, there isn’t enough room on the mini buses for all adults.
  
  Please do come and speak to Miss Treagust or Mrs Chambers (our Child and Family Support Worker) if you require support with this.
  
  We would be grateful if you could complete the trip consent form as soon as possible, even if you are intending to pay nearer the date of the trip.

  For the visit please could your child wear their full School Uniform, as they are representing the School in a public place. Also ensure they have suitable footwear preferably wellies or shoes that can get wet for the visit, a waterproof coat if weather is wet or alternatively if the weather is sunny, please apply suncream and provide your child with a hat.

   

  If you require any further information about the trip, please do not hesitate to ask your child’s class teacher or member of the Year R team.

   

  Many thanks

   

  Year R Team

• Thank You!

  Thu 04 May 2023

  We would like to say a big THANK YOU to anybody who purchased a book at our recent Scholastic book fair.

   

  Every book you buy earns us rewards as a school. With the rewards from our last few book fairs we have been able to get a lot of new books for our library and also some new atlases to support our Geography learning.

   

  A selection of the books are below!! 

  

• Coronation Lunch - Friday 5th May - Wear Red, White and Blue

  Thu 04 May 2023

  We wanted to remind you all that to commemorate the coronation of King Charles III we will be holding a special Coronation “Street Party” lunch for children tomorrow - Friday 5th May and we will be decorating the tables and playground in red, white and blue.

   

  REMINDER: If your child has not pre-ordered the coronation lunch please ensure they bring in a packed lunch to school.

   

  We would love it if you child could wear red, white and blue to school to celebrate this event!

   

  We look forward to celebrating this momentous event with the children tomorrow...

  

• BEEP BEEP Road Safety Day—Wednesday 26th April

  Thu 27 Apr 2023

  We held a BEEP BEEP Road Safety Day on Wednesday 26th April, starting with a whole school assembly and then   lessons in class. We focused on 3 main areas

   

  · Holding hands with a grown up when walking near roads

  · Crossing roads at safe places with a grown up

  · Using a child seat when travelling by car.

   

  Children came home with a postcard pledge about holding hands when walking near roads. We hope they have shared what they learnt throughout the day and you can reinforce the safety messages at home.  We also sent out details to parents of their day via Parentmail on the same date.

   

  Road Safety does not stop here,  We NEED your help to keep your child safe and use the roads around the school safely and considerately.

   

  Please try and chose an active form of travel and if this is not possible use on our Park and Stride car parks and not the residential roads around the school.  Thank you

   

  

• BEEP BEEP Road Safety Day - Wednesday 26th April

  Fri 21 Apr 2023

  It's not nice to hear, but every day children are killed or very seriously injured on roads. Road safety is the perfect topic for activities that can really engage, protect and benefit young children. We will be holding assemblies and lessons in class on Wednesday 26th April, specifically focusing on Road Safety and we hope your child will speak to you about what they have learnt...

   

  Beep Beep! Days focus on three important road safety topics:

   

  Holding hands with a grown up when walking near roads

  Crossing roads at safe places with a grown up

  Using a child seat when travelling by car.

   

  But, this doesn’t stop here, We NEED your help!

   

  Please promote road safety with your child and lead by example. We need you to help us in keeping the roads around our school safer. This can be helped by choosing an active form of travel to and from school daily: e.g. walking, scooting or cycling.

   

  If this is not a viable option for you, please consider using one of our Park and Stride Car Parks which are free to use for drop off and collection at Fairfield at the following locations:

   

  Bulbeck Road (West Street) Car Park, Prince Georges Street Car Park, East Pallant Car Park and Town End House Car Park. These car parks are available FREE to Fairfield parents/carers between 8.20am to 9.00am (for morning school run) and 2.50pm to 4pm (for afternoon collection).

   

  More information on this is on our website on the following link:

   

  Park and Stride

  https://www.fairfield.hants.sch.uk/

   

  Travel to School

  https://www.fairfield.hants.sch.uk/...