Fun at Fairthorne!!

The children have all arrived safely and are having a wonderful time! The sun was also shining! Be prepared for the washing - it was very muddy! 

World Book Day

 

 Today was World Book Day and to celebrate we all came to school dressed in pyjamas, ready to share our bedtime stories! There was a chance for children to get together to share their favourite books and some classes even wrote their own bedtime stories. Every year group also decorated their classroom door to represent their favourite story.

 

Thank you to those of you who have already entered the 'Get Caught Reading' competition. You still have time to send in your pictures of you reading in the most weird & wonderful places! A winner will be chosen on Friday 14th March.

PAM Winners for this week!

The class with the least amount of late arrivals for the last week before half-term was... Year 6.
They have earned a little extra break time. Well done and keep it  up!

Results for the week:

Yr 6 = 4

Yr 5 = 7

Yr 4 = 5

Yr 3 = 5

Yr 2 = 6

Yr 1 = 5

Yr R = 9

Year 1 won the most PAM's overall last term and have been awarded a special set of coloured pens for their classroom.

We would like to remind you that the road works in the area may add extra time to your journey to school. Please allow time eave a little earlier.

Year 1 farm!

Year 1 had a great time on the farm in school today! They got to stroke the animals and even hold a chick.

Farm visit Bitterne Manor!

For once the sun is shining and the children are outside learning about all the different animals! I managed to escape from the office and join Year R! 

Read For My School 2014

We are writing to let you know that this term our school will be taking part in a national reading competition called Read for My School, which is open to all children in years 3 – 8 in England.

The competition website www.readformyschool.co.uk is hosting a free online library of over 100 books. If they participate then your child will be able to read those books online wherever they have internet access. They can of course choose to read books in print or that are not part of the online library – the goal is simply to read as much as possible this term.

100,000 books will be distributed by Pearson in prizes for the schools and children who read the most. Individual children will be drawn as prize-winners from the pool of all children around the country who read eight books or more. Prize packs of 100 books for whole schools will be awarded after a draw from the pool of all schools where 250 books or more are read.

100,000 books will also be donated to a Book Aid International programme in Tanzania that distributes books into schools where children currently have very limited access to reading material. A new feature of the competition this year is that children will have the option to write a short letter to the children in Tanzania who will receive these books. Regional and National awards will be won by the children who write the most powerful letters, and by those who read the most books.

Any encouragement that you can give to your child that supports them as they try to read a little more this term would be invaluable, whatever form it may take. If they do participate in Read for My School fully then your child will reap benefits for themselves, for our school and for children in Tanzania.

HOW IT WORKS:

With you child, visit: www.readformyschool.co.uk

Choose sign up as a pupil then follow the simple instructions - you do not have to provide any personal details. 

The READING GROUP CODE is 195961

There is a list of Recommended Reads and a range of books available to read online. If you have a computer or tablet computer at home, you may need to enable Adobe Flash Player to ensure that your child can read the online books. Unfortunately the website won’t work on iPads, but if you have an Android device then you should be able to read the online books.

If you are using Internet Explorer 9 or below, please update to the latest version to be able to take advantage of everything this brilliant scheme has to offer! On Android you can try the Dolphin browser, which enables Flash to work.

Children can also log paper books they have read offline, and they will be counted towards their total number of books read in the competition. To do this, your child needs to log in, then next to their Reading Record, click on 'Toggle more', then 'Click here to add a book read offline' – your child should then be able 

to add any book s/he has read offline...

Have fun reading!

Proposed Admission Changes

Please follow the link below for an update from Southampton City Council regarding the proposed changes to admissions in 2015.

Southampton City Council Update