FREEGROUNDS JUNIOR SCHOOL

Aspire~Believe~Achieve

Hobb Lane Hedge End Southampton SO30 0GG

Telephone: (01489) 782295

Facsimile: (01489) 790282

E-mail: admin@freegrounds-jun.hants.sch.uk

www.freegrounds-jun.hants.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Deborah Johnson BEd, MSc

No: 10 School Newsletter March 2016

World Book Day

SATs workshop to parents on Thursday 3rd March

Thank you to all parents who attended and for your very positive feedback from the KS2 SATs workshop. The documents that were presented on the evening are now available on the school website through the Year 6 blog area. These can be downloaded and can be used to support your child at home.

On World Book Day, we were visited by the local author Martyn Ford to talk to us about his debut novel 'The Imagination Box'. He presented an exciting assembly, getting us to think about what we would create out of the imagination box if we could have anything at all - the ideas ranged from a mini unicorn to £1000! He then worked with a group of Year 3 and 4 pupils to develop their own ideas for a story. Lots of copies of his book are available in the library if you did not purchase a copy and would like to read it.

Before and After School Provision

Can we reassure parents that we will be continuing to offer before and after school provision for our

children. Our current review is to ensure that we offer the highest quality, most cost effective provision for

families and the school. More details will be sent to parents after the Easter holiday.

Reminder Dates

Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 teachers will be holding parent / teacher discussions on:-

Thursday 17th

March 2016 between 3.45pm – 7.00pm

Monday 21st March 2016 between 3.45pm – 7.00pm

Appointments can be booked using the online Parents Evening Booking module, through the Tucasi Online Payment and

Communication system that is already widely used by most parents. You will need to have registered onto the Tucasi system to be

able to book your parents evening appointment this way. Full instructions on how to use the booking system can be found on our

school website under the ‘Letters to Parents’ link, if you have any queries or problems logging on please contact the school office.

When booking sibling appointments we suggest that you allow 10 minutes after the first appointment slot to give you time to view

books.

Wednesday 23rd

March - Last Day of Term

Thursday 24th

March INSET DAY – SCHOOL CLOSED

Year 3 Trip to Butser Farm

Year 4 Trip to Sea City Museum

To start our new topic for this half term ‘Tragedy at Sea,’ Year 4 went on a trip to the Sea City Museum, Southampton. On this trip we had a tremendous time learning all about the luxurious liner The Titanic. We explored the museum with our group leaders and were then given a guided tour by one of the knowledgeable museum staff. We also had the chance to find out more about the Titanic through a workshop led by the museum which made us think about what it would have been like to have been on the Titanic and what happened to some of the passengers and crew. Luckily, on the coach back we didn’t hit any icebergs!

On Tuesday, despite the wet weather, Year 3 had a fantastic day out at Butser Hill Ancient Farm, to launch their new topic ‘Invaders’. At the farm year 3 explored round houses and Roman villas as well as making jewellery and wooden fences. Year 3 are beginning to understand what the Romans bought to Britain and how the Celts lived. They will be continuing to explore these ideas in their topic work over the next few weeks.

Sport News

On Tuesday 1

st March Year 6 played in a Hockey tournament at Hamble Communtiy College against twelve other

schools. It was a tough tournament but they played really well and were still smiling at the end.

Future events :- Tuesday 8

th March - Year 5/6 Emerging Basketball event at Wildern Secondary School

Tuesday 15th March - Year 6 Netball/football against Shamblehurst & Kingscopse at Kingscopse Primary School

Tuesday 15th March - Year 3 & 4 Cross Country relay at Fairoak Junior School

Tuesday 22nd

March - Year Netball/Football against St James & Berrywood - venue to be confirmed

Medicines in school

New guidelines from the Department of Education regarding the administration of medicines in schools.

We can now administer prescription and non prescription drugs such as calpol/eye drops to a child if the parent has completed and signed the parental agreement form available from the school office and supplied the school with the required medication.

Also the new guidelines state that all medication that is administered during school hours must have a completed parental agreement form. We are unable to administer medication without the permission form being completed and the medication has to be in the original packaging. All prescription medicines will need to be in their original packaging stating the childs’ full name, name of the medicine, dose/directions (i.e. 5ml, 3 times per day) and the expiry date. Non prescribed medicines (i.e. calpol/eye drops) will also need to be in the original packaging stating the expiry date.

Football and Netball against Botley away. Football - Freegrounds 3-1 Botley Netball - Freegrounds 5-1 Botley Well done to both teams who played excellent matches.

Dinners

HC3S are starting a new menu after the Easter holidays

on Monday, 11th

April. There will also be a price

increase from £2.00 to £2.10 per meal.

All dinners need to be paid for in advance via the

Tuscasi payment system or alternatively, payment can

be made by cheque (cheques made payable to H.C.C.)

or cash. It should be placed in a clearly named

envelope stating your child’s name and class on the

front. Your child should place their dinner money

envelope into the correspondence tray in the classroom.

Congratulations to all 218 pupils who

achieved their 100% Attendance

certificates for the first half of the

Spring term.

DIARY DATES Thursday 10th March - Year 5 - All day -Dress rehearsal at the Berry Theatre Thursday 10th March - Year 5 production of Sir Bevis at the Berry Theatre Thursday 17th March - Year 6 Think Safe Trip Thursday 17th March - 3.45-7.00pm - Parents Evening Friday 18th March - Sports Relief - £1-non-school uniform - sports clothes optional Monday 21st March - Last Chelsea after school club Monday 21st March - 3.45-7.00pm - Parents Evening Tuesday 22nd March - Russet Cake Sale

Wednesday 23rd March - Last Day of Term

Thursday 24th March INSET DAY – SCHOOL CLOSED

Easter Holidays - Friday 25th March - Friday 8th April 2016 Summer Terms starts Monday 11th April 2016

As always, details of dates for next term can be seen on our website.

Health & Safety

Polite reminder that dogs are not allowed on the school site before, during or after school.

Learning to Learn (The 5 ‘R’s)-Winners

Massive congratulations to the following pupils for being awarded Learning to

Learn certificates for demonstrating ‘Reflective’ Learning to Learn skill.

This half term we have been focusing on being reflective about our learning and these pupils have

certainly done this.

3T Mikey Cook

Ava Sims

4B Rory Burr

Jack Matthews

3P Matthew Taylor

Jack Bee

4P Ethan Naylor

George Hiscock

3TG Adam Pink

Jack Firkins

4S Flo Redmond

Evan Foster

5B Joshua Thomas

Kaitlyn Coxhill

6T Grace Wood

Mia Gregory

5D Freya Sammons

Joanna Killick

6H Ellie Stubbington

Hollie Greenall

5P Evie Stanley-Ridoutt

Jay Reddin

6CP

Abbie Mattison

Well done to everyone for achieving their certificates!