OAK BITES 30th September 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Monday 5^th October – House Cross Country

A reminder that children should come to school on Monday, dressed in PE kit for this whole school event. As per previous communications, your child can also wear a pair of plain black track suit bottoms or leggings as well as their shorts for additional warmth and comfort. Base layers or ‘second skins’ are also a popular way of keeping warm and are permitted as long as they remain predominantly covered by either the PE top or a pair of tracksuit bottoms. In addition, (and as a short-term measure) your child will be permitted to wear a suitable outdoor, waterproof coat or jacket (preferably predominantly black) for all outdoor lessons or events such as this.

Please see below details of current vacancies at Fair Oak Junior School:

• After School Club Assistant vacancy: Term time, Monday to Friday 15.00 – 18.15 

Looking for a fun, rewarding job in a friendly & supportive environment where your job is to engage & inspire children?  

Fair Oak Junior School After School Club has a vacancy for an After School Club Assistant to deliver exciting activities for our children supported by a leader and two other assistants. At Fair Oak Junior School, we are passionate about delivering quality childcare, through quality programmes and systems, with quality staff.  These roles would suit people with experience of working with children, ideally in a Primary School setting e.g. a Teaching Assistant, or someone looking to move into the childcare industry. 

Duties: Fully supported by your After School Club Leader, you will assist with the day to day operations of the club, ensuring all activities are delivered to Fair Oak Junior School standards at all times. You will provide a safe and secure environment for the children in your care to explore, grow and be engaged! 

Skills/Experience: We require an enthusiastic, self-motivated employee who can motivate others within our Fair Oak Junior School Family.  Ideally you will have First Aid and Food Hygiene certificates, however training will be provided. 

Fair Oak Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful applicants will undertake a DBS check and other pre-employment checks. Application packs are available from the Acting Headteacher Katy Layley. Please email k.layley@fairoak-jun.hants.sch.uk or telephone (02380693195) for an application pack. Closing date Monday 19^th October 2020 at 12 noon. Interviews on Friday 23rd October 2020.  

• Cleaner Vacancy 
   

Fair Oak Junior School is seeking to appoint an excellent cleaner to work within our established cleaning team in our large, friendly school. The successful candidate will report to the Site Manager.

The school is looking for a hardworking and enthusiastic person who takes pride in their work and has high standards, so that our children can learn in a clean and safe environment.

The successful candidate will:

1. Ensure that designated areas of the school are kept clean and hygienic.
2. Carry out a range of defined cleaning duties in line with agreed procedures and standards       

Experience would be an advantage, but training will be provided. The post is available to start as soon as all relevant checks are in place.

If you are reliable and resilient, hardworking and flexible, then we would welcome hearing from you.

The post is for 10 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 3.30 to 5.30 pm, 39 weeks per year.  There may be additional casual hours throughout the year.

Application Procedure

Please contact Katy Layley, Acting Headteacher to request an application pack. K.layley@fairoak-jun.hants.sch.uk  Tel 02380 693195

Breakfast Club

Just a reminder that any payments for Breakfast Club should arrive in a sealed envelope with your child’s name, class and the days that you are paying for clearly marked on the front. No loose coins please. Thank you.

OAK BITES 28th September 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Flu vaccinations

Your child(ren)’s annual flu vaccination will be taking place in school on Wednesday 4^th November 2020 – this will be for all year groups. You will need to complete the online consent form as per the attached NHS letter 

https://www.southernhealthimmunisations.co.uk/forms/flu by the 2^nd November for your child to receive their vaccination. Please take the time to read the letter and use the link provided. Thank you.

Keeping warm at school

Most classrooms in school have windows/doors open throughout the day due to the current climate and the need to keep all areas of the school ventilated. With this in mind, please make sure your child wears their school jumper each day and possibly layers underneath their shirt for additional warmth now that the weather is turning colder. Thank you for your ongoing support.

OAK BITES 23rd September 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Curriculum Evenings

Due to the current restrictions in place, we are unable to hold our curriculum evenings in the normal face to face way. This year, each year leader has created a PowerPoint presentation, detailing further information related to your child's learning which will be uploaded to the website on Friday. This can be found under the year group tab. Please take a look and find out about the year ahead!

Year 3

Thank you to everyone who has let us know that there have been Spelling Shed problems. The children all have their list to learn for the test on Monday and we will sort the technical glitch as soon as possible to that the children can access the games. Thank you for your patience.

PSA

Our amazing PSA will be holding their AGM meeting on Thursday 15^th October at 6.30pm in the school hall. Please take the time to have a look at the attached flyer for more information. The PSA are always keen to welcome new faces, so please come along to find out more.

OAK BITES 21^st September 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

It has been great to see the children settling back in to school life, (or at least, the new version of school life) so well.  It has also been lovely to see them smiling and enjoying being with their friends again. The sunshine has certainly helped too!

Special diets….

If your child has any special dietary requirements/allergies etc., our school kitchen can only cater for them if you have applied for a special diet through the HC3S website. Thank you for your understanding with this.

Music Lessons

Thank you to all those parents/guardians who have already paid for music lessons. For those who haven’t yet paid and haven’t been in touch with the school office regarding this, payment is now due. Thank you.

OAK BITES 16^th September 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Please take the time to open and read the attached letter regarding changes to uniform expectation. This includes important information about your child’s PE days, wearing PE kit into school etc. Thank you.

Year 5 Parents/Guardians

We have noticed a number of Year 5 children arriving at school, outside of or later than their arrival time slot of 08.30 – 08.45. Because we have to strictly stagger start times to protect the children, we really need your support with these timings. For Year 5, school starts at 08.45 and they do need to be in class ready for the day at that time. Thank you for your continuing support in what we know are difficult times.

Year 7 Applications….

The application process has opened for Year 7 applications and will remain open until 31^st October. Please see the attached letter which explains how the process works.

House Cross Country 2020/21

Weather permitting, the House Cross Country races will take place on Monday 5^th October at the Lapstone playing fields. All children will need to come to school wearing their PE kit on that day ready for action! Sadly, with the current restrictions in place, it is not possible for parents/guardians/grandparents to come and watch this event.

What to do if…..

We understand the confusion parents are experiencing in the current climate – with that in mind, we have attached a COVID-19 quick reference guide to attendance at school for parents which you may find helpful.

• Thank you for all your cooperation surrounding accessing the site and schools. We have established routes that are keeping the different users of the campus as safe as possible, the map attached identifies the designated entrance and exits points for all of our different schools on campus.

We are also receiving concerns from local residents about inappropriate parking in surrounding roads and driveways. Please can parents using local roads, park in accordance with the highway code. The local police have made some patrols in the area already this term and are looking out for particular issues as they are being informed of them.

OAK BITES 14^th September 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family

We have had lots of phone calls and emails asking for advice as to whether children should be in school depending on symptoms. Please see the flow chart below which may help:

OAK BITES 9^th September 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family

A quick reminder that ICON after school clubs will be running from next week (w/c 14/9/20), as per the ICON attachment:

Monday – Years 3 & 5

Tuesday – Years 4 & 6

Wednesday - Years 3 & 5

Thursday – Years 4 & 6

Please refer to the attached schedule for more details and how to book!

MUSIC LESSONS

Music lessons will also start next week (from 14^th September) for the children who are signed up for them. Our Hampshire Music Service teachers are currently working on their timetables and we will get them out to the children as soon as we have them, so please look out for these. It is really helpful if you can remind your child on the day/time of their lesson once you have this information.

Payment for music lessons has now been set up and can be paid online using your Scopay online payment account – Please contact the school office if you need an online access code. Thank you.

OAK BITES 7^th September 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family

What a wonderful first day back with all of our children! It was lovely to see lots of happy smiling faces, hear their laughter and share in their enthusiasm for learning as well as reforming and building friendships. Thank you everyone for following government guidance keeping yourself and others safe as much as possible on campus.  

Going forward could we please ask our new year 3 parents to drop their children at the main green gates in the mornings instead of coming onto the site which you were invited to do today. If you have any problems, Mrs Layley and Mrs Cooper will be around to answer questions and provide support. This will increase the speed of drop off and further encourage social distancing.  

Year 3 parents – Please look out for an online access letter coming home with your child today! This will allow you to pay for lunches/trips/music etc. online and also to book parents’ evening appointments when the time comes.

Campus access 

In order to control the flow of pedestrians across the campus from tomorrow we will instigate a one-way system for Junior and Infant School parents to access the campus. 

Please enter only via the gate at the side of the old Children’s centre at the front of the site and exit via the pavement (in front of Art block and Wyvern Nursery) and red path adjacent to the main vehicular gate (both will be signposted). This will allow for a steady flow entering and leaving the site.  

Please can we ask that if you need to come into the school office, you wear a face covering and observe social distancing as much as possible – to protect yourselves and school staff. Thank you so much for your understanding.
 

Mrs Layley