OAK BITES 18^th December 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

News for all pupils

Just as a reminder, our COVID risk assessment is on our website and is being regularly updated so if you have any questions or concerns regarding our COVID safeguarding procedures please take a look at that document. However, as always, we are always available to answer any questions if you are not able to find the information you are looking for. 

Also, as mentioned earlier in the week, 100% attendance certificates will be coming home with your children today as per our normal school procedures. We are more than aware that this has been a very different year and as a result those that have been isolating due to COVID following school and government procedures will not be penalised and this authorised time off working from home will not be included in the attendance figures. 

Have a lovely Christmas - stay safe and we look forward to seeing you all in the new year!

OAK BITES 16th December 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Wednesday everybody! What a fabulous week it has been so far - Christmas jumpers, Christmas lunch and Christmas Fayre yesterday; Rotary club Christmas train today! The Christmas spirit is well and truly alive at Fair Oak Junior School – we hope the children have enjoyed it.

News for all pupils

• Due to schools being best placed to support track and trace services during the Christmas break our staff will be on call to make phone calls as necessary. If your child develops symptoms within 48 hours of contact with other pupils, and as a result, has a test which comes back positive, we will need to contact all of those contacts to ask them to isolate. Therefore, if this happens please email into the school office with URGENT COVID in the subject box, these emails will be checked regularly and forwarded to Mrs Layley and the rest of the Senior Leadership Team. Please be prepared to answer any questions to aid the tracking of all those that have come into contact with your child. If your child tests positive for covid or indeed anyone else in the household does during the Christmas period but hasn't had contact with their class 48 hours before symptoms developed please email in as normal and state isolation periods and when we would expect them back in school etc. We are very aware that nobody wants any interruptions during their Christmas break but we have a duty of care to everyone in the Fair Oak Junior School community and track and trace phone calls will be made as soon as we have information provided to us. Please be kind and courteous to all those making phone calls as they will be made in the best interests of your child/family. 

• In response to our recent survey monkey and in preparation for supporting children with their home learning in the case of any future class or year group isolations, we are looking to provide some IT equipment for those children that are eligible for free school meals and who have no other device available to them at home.

If you meet these two criteria, please email the school office and we will be able to consider your request. Thank you.

• At the end of the week, we will be sending home certificates to celebrate with all those children who have been in school every day this term. Also, we will be sending letters home to any family whose child's attendance has dropped below 90% and is becoming a cause for concern. If you receive a letter, we hope that we might see an improvement in your child's attendance next term.

News for Year 3

There is no news for Year 3

News for Year 4

There is no news for Year 4

News for Year 5

There is no news for Year 5

News for Year 6

There is no news for Year 6

OAK BITES 14th December 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Monday everybody!

News for Year 3

There is no news for Year 3

News for Year 4

There is no news for Year 4

News for Year 5 

Following the letter, you received on Friday regarding Bikeability, here is the online form that you need to complete if you would like your child to take part. The form needs to be completed by Monday 11^th January 2020  https://forms.gle/z2na9iN6dCVaj5Qg9  

All online payments for Bikeability/ Stubbington need to be made via Scopay. Cash and cheques are also acceptable - however, please make sure it is in a sealed envelope, clearly marked with your child’s name, class, amount enclosed and what you are paying for.  

News for Year 6

There is no news for Year 6

News for all pupils

Messages from Icon Sports Coaching:

Dear Parents/Guardians of all the children attending our Autumn Term Fair Oak Junior After School Clubs,

Thank you for your support and I trust your Child/Children have enjoyed themselves when attending our Autumn Term After School Club(s).

I am delighted to confirm they have been Auto Enrolled, securing their place(s), on the same Club(s) for our Spring Term 2021 After School Club Programme, which is identical to our Autumn Term offering and please see the attached leaflet with the same 8 Clubs, costs and dates. Places are currently available for all of our After School Clubs and your child/children may wish to invite their Year Group School Friends to join them and us from January 2021 😊.

On the basis they wish to continue, all you need to do is kindly arrange to make online payment to ICON Sports Coaching Ltd Bank Account 22595228, Sort Code 522118 or via Child Care Voucher Payment (if making Child Care Voucher Payment we remain registered as MLT In The Community). 25% Sibling Discount Available.

Example Ref:-    FOJS5/A Example        Please Quote Ref FOJS and include Club Number(s) & Pupil Name(s).

If they no longer wish to attend, please email: info@iconsportscoaching.co.uk to let us know “You “no longer wish to continue to attend the same After School Club(s) OR “You” wish to make amendments for the Spring Term. Please include any change to Contact Details or Medical Conditions, which will allow our Registers to be amended.,

Places are still available to join our Christmas Holiday Camp at Wyvern College where we will be running from
9am – 1pm/4pm/5pm on Monday 21^st, Tuesday 22^nd, Wednesday 23^rd and 9am – 1pm on Thursday 24^th December “Christmas Eve”.
Book Online here: https://www.iconsportscoaching.co.uk/holiday-camps.htm

On behalf of everyone at ICON Sports Coaching, “Thank You for your continued support and have a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year”.

Very Best Wishes

Steve

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Dear Parents/Guardians of all the Year 3, 4 & 5 children attending Fair Oak Junior School,

We are delighted to confirm, limited places are currently available for our Year 3, 4 & 5 After School Clubs, which will return from Tuesday 5^th January 2021 at Fair Oak Junior School.

Please see the attached leaflet for all the details on how to Book Online to avoid disappointment don’t delay, should your Child/Children wish to attend in the Spring Term, which is on a 1^st Come 1^st Served basis with a maximum of 15 places available per After School Club.

Places are still available to join our Christmas Holiday Camp at Wyvern College where we will be running from 9am – 1pm/4pm/5pm on Monday 21^st, Tuesday 22^nd, Wednesday 23^rd and 9am – 1pm on Thursday 24^th December “Christmas Eve”.
Book Online here: https://www.iconsportscoaching.co.uk/holiday-camps.htm

On behalf of everyone at ICON Sports Coaching, “Stay Safe, have a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year”.

Very Best Wishes

Steve

OAK BITES 9th December 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Wednesday everybody!

News for all pupils

Please see a message below from Mrs Layley

Dear Parents/Guardians,

 Yesterday, our daily Covid Update Bulletin from the Government announced that…

‘To ensure that staff get the time off they need and deserve, schools may wish to use an INSET day, making Friday 18th December a non-teaching day and using the day for staff training, which could be delivered online.’

This last-minute announcement has come as a surprise. My personal view, is that the government have spent all term telling schools they must remain open and shouldn’t close early. Secondly, what gives school staff more of a need to time off over say NHS staff or supermarket workers? Thirdly, we don’t see how having an INSET day, delivering training online can be counted as time off, as it is in fact still working.

With such short notice this would cause childcare issues for parents, with many possibly having to take the day off work themselves. Having spoken with Mr Peart, the headteacher at Fair Oak Infant School, we have both decided not to take Friday 18th December as an INSET day and therefore both schools will remain open, until their normal close times. 

Yours sincerely

Mrs Layley

Acting Headteacher

Fair Oak Junior School

After School Club

Please remember to send back your booking forms for the Spring Term, if you intend to use After School Club from January. Many thanks

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News for Year 3

There is no news for Year 3

News for Year 4

Your child is coming home with a letter updating you on swimming this year. 

Further to this, on occasional times throughout the year, we will be watching movies, either to supplement the curriculum, or as a reward for positive behaviour. Since many of their favourite movies are rated PG for parental guidance, we need your permission to allow your child to watch these movies. We assure you that we will watch only age-appropriate material that has been screened by one of the teachers in the year group.  Should you not want your child to watch a PG please email in or speak to your child's class teacher as soon as possible. Thank you for your continued support.    Many thanks

News for Year 5

Please see the attached letter from Miss Coxhead regarding Stubbington.

News for Year 6

There is no news for Year 6

OAK BITES 7th December 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Monday everybody!

Covid test results…. Please tell the office…

Just a gentle reminder that if your child has been isolating because they, or a member of their bubble, is waiting for a Covid test result – we would be grateful if you could inform the school office of the result, either by telephone or email, before sending your child back in to school. Thank you.

OAK BITES 2^nd December 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Wednesday everybody!

I would like to say that as a school we are all working exceptionally hard to ensure that children and staff are staying safe whilst receiving a full well-rounded curriculum and their safety and mental health/well-being is paramount. Every decision made is carefully considered and acted on with the children as well as staff safety in mind. We as a school, have decided against Christmas cards this year. This is to protect everyone. We are working hard to make sure that the children are engaged in lots of fun Christmas themed activities. We still have our Christmas jumper day, Christmas lunch, Nativity play (albeit different conforming to government guidelines), the year 6 Christmas cake making as well as the Christmas fayre (again different to previous years due to COVID restrictions). So, other than the Christmas cards we have kept all other activities we normally do in place. There are always possible ways to reduce the risk from Christmas cards being brought in regarding COVID 19 but this is still a risk none the less. We have a duty of care to our children and staff which is being upheld.  
 

Thank you to everyone that has ordered Christmas lunches this year. The window for ordering is now closed. We apologise that the dinners are different to normal years but due to increased demand for school dinners on this day we are unable to provide nearly 600 hot dinners delivered to the classrooms with the team we have. Unlike infant schools who provide universal free school meals not all of our children receive a hot dinner daily, meaning we have a smaller kitchen team and all food is delivered to classrooms in line with our risk assessments. This is a very different year but we are always striving to make sure that children have as many of the same experiences as they normally would. Classrooms will be playing music, decorations up and crackers provided for all children. Also, we have had a few queries regarding how to pay – please just top up the children’s dinner accounts as usual in advance of the day. Thank you. (Anyone requiring a link to set up online payment just needs to contact the school office).

Mrs Layley

Year 6 Christmas cakes

For your information, the Christmas cakes that the Year 6 children will be making are about 10cm in diameter and will be fine to go home on a plate or a small cake board. Thank you.