Fairfield Infant School
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Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Big Walk and Wheel
Mon 06 Mar 2023We’re taking part in @Sustrans #BigWalkandWheel - the Uk’s biggest #walking #wheeling #scooting and #cycling to school challenge. Encourage your children to take part on as many days a possible between 20- 31 March 2023.
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Golf Festival
Fri 03 Mar 2023This week a group of Year 1 children thoroughly enjoyed a Golf Festival at Havant College. They learned how to correctly hold a golf club and how to strike a ball towards different targets. The children played seven different games and showed great team spirit!
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Eat them to Defeat Them!
Mon 20 Feb 2023Today, we have launched the Eat them to Defeat them campaign at school!
80% of kids don’t eat enough vegetables. If you are worried about your child’s mood, behaviour and learning, a good place to start is their diet.
Eat Them to Defeat Them was created by Veg Power and ITV as a fun way to encourage kids to eat more veg. There is a massive TV advertising campaign, activities in thousands of schools, and our websites full of tips, hacks, advice and fun to help you succeed.
Over 1 million children took part last year. More than half of their parents say the kids ate more vegetables as a result. Even 35% of parents with fussy eaters, who eat next to no vegetables, said their kids ate more vegetables thanks to Eat Them to Defeat Them – it could work for you!
We will be sending home a parents information pack to help your child complete their mission....
HC3S (our school caterers) have a dedicated information page and this week will be focusing on peppers!
https://www.hants.gov.uk/educationandlearning/hc3s/education-catering/primary/vegpower
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Fairfield Celebrates its 128th Birthday with a Victorian day
Wed 01 Feb 2023What a fantastic way to celebrate our 128th Birthday - we have had a very exciting and interesting day discovering what it would have been like for some of the first pupils at Fairfield, including the games the Victorians played, discovering some of the foods they ate as well as what school life would have been like!
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Fairfield Infant School Birthday
Thu 15 Dec 2022Friday 27th January is our school’s 128th Birthday. In order to celebrate, the children will be taking part in a range of Victorian activities to find out a little more about what life would have been like for the first pupils of Fairfield. This will be as follows:
Year R – Victorian playground games and toys
Year 1 – Victorian food
Year 2 – Victorian school dayOur aim is for these themes to stay the same each year so that, as children move through the school, they build a little more on their knowledge of life during the Victorian times and the history of our school.
As part of the day, we would like for all children to come dressed in clothes appropriate to the Victorian era. We understand, however, that costumes can be costly especially if only worn once! We hope that the ideas below will give you some ways to provide an inexpensive costume for your child that you could create from existing clothing items you have at home.
If you are unable to provide a costume for your child, we would ask that they wear dark trousers/skirts and a white top or shirt as this will help them dress in keeping with the Victorian theme. Please do see your child’s class teacher if you have any problems or queries regarding this.
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School Book Fair & Reading Competition - November 2022
Thu 17 Nov 2022The Scholastic Book Fair will be in school on Wednesday 23rd, Thursday 24th and Monday 28th November and will be open after school in the hall for you to come and purchase the books on offer. All books purchased contribute towards free books for our school so it is a great place to start looking for early Christmas presents! .
To celebrate the Book Fair, Scholastic has provided us with some vouchers to give out as prizes. We are running a reading photo competition.
To enter, children can bring to school a photo of themselves reading in an unusual place. For example they could be reading in the garden on a trampoline, sat in the washing basket or whilst out and about. The more unusual the better!
There will be an overall winner, who will win £10 worth of book vouchers. There will also be 3 runners up, 1 from each year group, who will win a £5 voucher each.
If your child wishes to enter, they should bring a copy of their photo into school by Wednesday 23rd November. You can also send a copy of their photo to the admin inbox at adminoffice@fairfield-infant.co.uk
Winners will be announced on Thursday 24th November. Good Luck!
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Children in Need
Wed 16 Nov 2022Don't forget it is Children in Need Day on Friday 18th November
Children may wear their pyjamas into school on this day. We will be collecting donations to Children in Need in class and in the playground at the beginning and end of the day - all donations will be gratefully received.
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Your time to Shine Day - Friday 4th November
Mon 07 Nov 2022Your time to Shine Day
The children all look fantastic today dressed in their bright clothes and accessories in order to highlight visibility in Road Safety especially when travelling to and from School. We wanted to hold this event close after the changes in daylight saving time to highlight how children need to be visible when walking, scooting or cycling.
We had a very special visitor - Basil Bird our Road Safety Mascot who joined the children in some fitness fun on the playground this morning and throughout the day to raise our pupil's awareness of visibility when travelling
It was very hard to choose a winner from each class as they really were so many great outfits. Thank you all for so much effort, the children have really enjoyed today!
Owls: Molly
Rabbits: Astrid
Squirrels Sienna
Badgers: Eva-Louise
Hedgehogs: Frankie
Otters: Iola
Foxes: Edith
Moles: Molly
Woodpeckers: Jessica S
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Apple Press
Tue 18 Oct 2022Over the last two days thanks to the support of Mrs Delahay our children have really enjoyed the experience of making their own apple juice from our very own Fairfield apples. We have all loved tasting the juice and would like to invite you to join us to try some yourself at the end of the day on the playground.
If you are also able to make a small contribution it may provide us with the opportunity of hiring the press once again in the future!
Many thanks from
The Fairfield Team
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Eco - Schools
Fri 14 Oct 2022We want to share some exciting news, this year our school has made the decision to work towards Eco-Schools Green Flag accreditation, you can find out more on the Eco-Schools website here: https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/
With the world beginning to experience the effects of climate change; different species of plant and animals becoming extinct every day; and micro-plastics being found in the most remote locations on Earth - now, is the time to educate future generations about the impact of our actions on the planet we call home.
The Eco-Schools programme does this through providing a simple seven-step framework that has been designed to raise awareness of environmental issues whilst empowering young people to make a positive difference by taking a lead on environmental actions and projects in their school and local community.
Within Eco-Schools’ simple framework young people are encouraged to support us in deciding on the environmental issues they would like to tackle, represented by ten Eco-Schools topics. Once the topics have been chosen, they help us to decide what actions they would like to take and how they are going to involve their school and community. The seven-step process takes around one academic year to complete and culminates in an Eco-Schools’ assessor looking over a school’s application and evidence, with a view to recognising and celebrating their achievements.
The Eco-Schools programme began in 1994, is delivered in more than 70 countries around the world and in England is operated by the environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy. The programme not only positively impacts our planet (for example schools participating in the programme planted 37,865 trees during the last academic year), it also benefits young people, building teamwork and leadership skills whilst increasing confidence and reducing eco-anxiety.
A key part of the Eco-Schools process is involving our entire school and wider community so we wanted to get in touch to let you know about our involvement. We also wanted to let you know what to expect over the coming months: regular updates in our school newsletter; invitations to participate in environmental events and projects; and increasingly conscientious young people.
If you would like to support our work or know more about the Eco-Schools programme please contact Mrs Delahay who is our proud leader of this project.
