OAK BITES 29th April 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Wednesday everybody!

YouTube

As staff, we have been overwhelmed with all your positive comments and support for our YouTube channel. As you can imagine a lot of hard work has gone into creating this learning platform for your children. When you're using the channel next, please can you hit the subscribe button on the channel's home page! Thank you! 

Heroes! 

Thank you so much to everyone who sent in a clip to show their support for Key Workers. I was very impressed with the range of talents and creativity within your videos. My aim is to get it finished this week so keep your eyes peeled for the completed video! 

Thanks again.

Miss Coxhead

OAK BITES 27th April 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Monday! We hope you had a lovely weekend and were able to enjoy the sunshine in one way or another.

Just a reminder to follow us on Twitter – we are always adding pictures and information detailing what is going on in school and we, as always, love to see your pictures of home learning. Don’t forget to look out for our Fri-yay challenge each week too!

We just wanted to remind parents of pupils who have instrumental /vocal lessons with Hampshire Music Service about the following: – it would be wonderful if more parents would sign up and give it a try with the children.

🎶 HMS Virtual Learning Zone 🎶

The HMS Virtual Learning Zone is open for the summer term. Please go to www.hants.gov.uk/hms to log a parent email address and you will be contacted directly. 

By logging on to the Learning Zone, you will be able to:

*have email conversations with your child's music teacher 

*get advice and information on how to help them progress with their instrumental/vocal skills.

*access an extensive resources section which includes video demos by HMS staff and lots of music, technical exercises, worksheets, ensemble activities etc.

*the opportunity to upload audio or video recordings of your son/daughter playing, for a more detailed response from their teacher. 

* Teachers will respond at least once a week during term-time, and you will have open access to all the online resources. This provision is available for HMS students, so please do not share the password with students who will not be registered to communicate with an HMS teacher. To sign in please visit.... 

• www.hants.gov.uk/hms and click on ‘Sign in to HMS' located in the pink bar. Then click on the blue padlock 'Sign in to Student area'.

• Follow the instructions on the 'Student secure area' page and click on the pink 'Secure area' button to continue.

• Enter the username and password which you will find in your son/daughter's practice diary, and click 'ok' (username: hmsstudent, password: learningzone).

Here you will find links to the various sections contained within the Learning Zone, along with instructions on how to contact your teacher and upload recordings of your children playing.

If you experience technical issues with the website, please email e-support@hms.hants.gov.uk 

Some HMS teachers will be able to offer real-time online lessons, via Google Meet. More details about this will be available soon.

We hope you enjoy the resources and opportunities to continue engaging with our teachers and we look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes

Jill Larner

Head of Hampshire Music Service 

OAK BITES 22^nd April 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Wednesday. I hope that the week is going well and that you are managing to enjoy the weather. Huge thank you for your comments about our Home Learning offer. Please remember to encourage your child to post their learning on the Purple Mash blog.

Thanks also to those who have recorded videos for Miss Coxhead. Miss Coxhead will aim to reply to the emails by this Friday to inform parents on whether the videos will be included or not. If you need reminding about this, please see below.

Have a good week.

Mr De Silva

Message from Mrs Coxhead:

I hope you’re all well and managing to spend some quality family time together! We have an exciting opportunity for you to get involved in, to show our community spirit and appreciation for those around us!

We would like to create a short video of us showing our support for one another and also having a bit of fun! We aim to create a video of us ‘The Fair Oak family’ lip syncing and dancing to (We could be) – Heroes by Alesso.  Here is the link of the song so you can get practising… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVEo74CwiG4 … Please get creative! Feel free to dress up, grab a hair brush and show off your great moves. Be original!

Now, you do not need to record yourself doing the whole song. We only want small snippets to ensure that as many children as possible can be on the video. We have split the song up into sections so please check which section your child’s surname is in and get recording! PLEASE ONLY DO ONE SECTION PER FAMILY EVEN IF THEY HAVE DIFFERENT SURNAMES.

Sections (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVEo74CwiG4)

Section 1) 0-37 seconds – Surnames beginning A - B

Section 2) 37 seconds – 1:09 – Surnames beginning C - E

Section 3) 1:09 – 1:25 – Surnames beginning F - H

Section 4) 1:25 – 1:53 - Surnames beginning I - M

Section 5) 1:53 – 2:25 - Surnames beginning N – R

Section 6) 2:25 – 2:55 – Surnames beginning S - T

Section 7) 2:55 – 3:31 - Surnames beginning U - Z

Please note not all section have lyrics, so please show me your best dance moves!

Once you have finished your clip, please email it to fojuniorschool@gmail.com Please ensure that the subject of the email is called the section of the song that you have recorded e.g. Section 1. This helps me with piecing it all together!

A few rules

• Only children from Fair Oak Junior School are to be in the clip (although pets are welcomeJ).
• Only one clip per family – Siblings at FOJS to be in the same video (even if they are different surnames).
• By sending the video to our Gmail address (above) you’re consenting to your child being on our YouTube channel and other social media forums that we use. If you do not want your child’s face in the video, another option is to maybe incorporate a mask into your costume.
• We are also hoping to send the video to local care homes/ Key worker organisations to show our support. If you do not want your child’s clip being sent to these places please do not submit a clip.
• Your clip will be muted so do not worry about background noise or sound, as this is a lip synching video.
• All clips need to have been sent to fojuniorschool@gmail.com by Friday 24^th April. This email address is to be used only for submitting clips.

As you can imagine this is not a small task! Please avoid contacting the office or the email address above with questions, as the aim of this video is to showcase our community spirit and to have fun. Whilst we endeavour to use all clips submitted, please note that this may not be possible if we receive too many videos. Please check your video before submitting, as we cannot use videos with technical issues.

Have Fun!

Miss Coxhead.

OAK BITES 20^th April 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Monday. I hope you all had a lovely weekend. I am delighted that our new learning offer has come into play today – the first ‘day’ of the summer term. It has been great to hear about what has been happening at home during the holiday. Some have decided to carry on learning, whilst others have decided to have some time off. Either way, I really do hope that you are managing to look after yourselves, as well as our children.

If you would like to access our daily English and maths learning, please go to the school website and select your child’s year group. When on the year page, scroll past the activity timetable and look for the English and Maths learning presentations – remember that these work in conjunction with our YouTube videos. All work is supplemented further by specific 2Dos on Purple Mash. Once your child has completed their learning, please share it on the Purple Mash blog. Remember that more learning is available through Purple Mash and on the Home Learning page of the website.

Please do contact the school office if you can’t access the learning materials at home as this will give us time to print of the required amount.

On Friday Mrs Downer’s son, Thomas, managed to configure our 3D printer to make PPE items. At the moment we are able to make surgical visor headbands and clips. Please do contact the office if these can help those in urgent need of PPE. (see picture)

Have a good week!

Mr De Silva

OAK BITES 15^th April 2020

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Wednesday. I hope you are all well. Thank you so much for your kind words about the online learning. As mentioned previously, things will be changing from Monday 20^th April. Whilst I have made it clear that we do not expect you to follow a specific timetable, we will be suggesting learning activities. 

On Friday’s newsletter, you will receive more information about our changes to learning. As always, thank you for your messages of support and ideas. The staff are working hard to create learning, be parents, complete other learning tasks required of them and stay safe. As head, I must balance the welfare of my staff team in this time and adhere to specific guidance, whilst doing what is best for the body of pupils at Fair Oak Junior School. Every child will have a different learning experience at home; as a school, we are not here to judge what you can and can’t do – rather support you and your child as best as possible given the need for me to adhere to guidance.

For those of you who are able to send your child to school next week as they are classified as Vulnerable pupils or you are classified as a Key Worker, an email will be coming out shortly with next week’s registers.

Lastly, Miss Coxhead has a plan. See below….

Have a good week.

Mr De Silva

Message from Miss Coxhead

I hope you’re all well and managing to spend some quality family time together! We have an exciting opportunity for you to get involved in, to show our community spirit and appreciation for those around us!

We would like to create a short video of us showing our support for one another and also having a bit of fun! We aim to create a video of us ‘The Fair Oak family’ lip syncing and dancing to (We could be) – Heroes by Alesso.  Here is the link of the song so you can get practising… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVEo74CwiG4 … Please get creative! Feel free to dress up, grab a hair brush and show off your great moves. Be original!

Now, you do not need to record yourself doing the whole song. We only want small snippets to ensure that as many children as possible can be on the video. We have split the song up into sections so please check which section your child’s surname is in and get recording! PLEASE ONLY DO ONE SECTION PER FAMILY EVEN IF THEY HAVE DIFFERENT SURNAMES.

Sections (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVEo74CwiG4)

Section 1) 0-37 seconds – Surnames beginning A - B

Section 2) 37 seconds – 1:09 – Surnames beginning C - E

Section 3) 1:09 – 1:25 – Surnames beginning F - H

Section 4) 1:25 – 1:53 - Surnames beginning I - M

Section 5) 1:53 – 2:25 - Surnames beginning N – R

Section 6) 2:25 – 2:55 – Surnames beginning S - T

Section 7) 2:55 – 3:31 - Surnames beginning U - Z

Please note not all section have lyrics, so please show me your best dance moves!

Once you have finished your clip, please email it to fojuniorschool@gmail.com Please ensure that the subject of the email is called the section of the song that you have recorded e.g. Section 1. This helps me with piecing it all together!

A few rules

• Only children from Fair Oak Junior School are to be in the clip (although pets are welcomeJ).
• Only one clip per family – Siblings at FOJS to be in the same video (even if they are different surnames).
• By sending the video to our Gmail address (above) you’re consenting to your child being on our YouTube channel and other social media forums that we use. If you do not want your child’s face in the video, another option is to maybe incorporate a mask into your costume.
• We are also hoping to send the video to local care homes/ Key worker organisations to show our support. If you do not want your child’s clip being sent to these places please do not submit a clip.
• Your clip will be muted so do not worry about background noise or sound, as this is a lip synching video.
• All clips need to have been sent to fojuniorschool@gmail.com by Friday 24^th April. This email address is to be used only for submitting clips.

As you can imagine this is not a small task! Please avoid contacting the office or the email address above with questions, as the aim of this video is to showcase our community spirit and to have fun. Whilst we endeavour to use all clips submitted, please note that this may not be possible if we receive too many videos. Please check your video before submitting, as we cannot use videos with technical issues.

Have Fun!

Miss Coxhead.

OAK BITES 13th April 2020

Dear Fair Oak Family,

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Happy Monday Fair Oak. It seems odd to be writing to you on a Bank Holiday Monday, but I do hope that you all had a lovely Easter weekend. School is open for those who are classified as Vulnerable and/or the children of Key Workers. If your child receives Free School Meals, please remember to contact the office about collecting a weekly food package. Just a reminder to those who are already on our list – please collect your child’s food package between 11am and 11.30am on the Monday of each week.

It has been wonderful to read about your child’s learning and to see so many photographs on the blogs. Please keep this up. As mentioned by Mrs Layley in an Oak Bites last week, our learning offer will be changing from next week. From Monday 20^th, you will be able to access weekly English and Maths power points from your child’s year group page. These will work in conjunction with the YouTube videos. Please also remember to join Mrs Tuxford every Wednesday and Friday for a Science investigation/challenge video. Can you complete the science task and tell her about what you discovered in the Purple Mash Science Blog… Good luck!

Have a good week.

Mr De Silva

OAK BITES 8^th April 2020

Dear Fair Oak Family,
 

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I hope you are all doing well and making the most of this time spent together – I doubt (hope), there will ever be another time like this, so I think we must make the most of it if we can. Please take care of yourselves and our lovely children.

We will be updating the home learning on offer via our website after the Easter holidays. More information will follow, so please have a look at our regular school communications.

Mrs Layley

OAK BITES 6TH April 2020

Dear Fair Oak Family,
 

Happy Monday Fair Oak Family!

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• I hope you have all had a lovely weekend and that you were able to enjoy the sunshine with your family within the constraints we have been set! During what would have been the school Easter holiday, please remember that our You Tube channel is always there for the children to have a look at and stay engaged with, along with links on our website. Each year group page also includes links to home learning websites. When visiting the website, click on parents and home learning tabs to find links to other websites, which can provide more learning to support your child – should you wish. This page will grow in time, as more learning websites become available to us. All of our YouTube videos are accessible through the Fair Oak online learning tab.

As always, we are always here to help. Look after yourselves and our children.
 

Mrs Layley

• We understand that the increased levels of hand washing over the last couple of weeks has meant that for many of us, we have very dry, sore hands. For those children who are still in school with us, please feel free to send them in with their own hand cream to apply themselves as and when needed.

• Please find attached information/posters etc., from Bike it Ray for the children to join in with!
• Links to videos here…
• Welcome to Bike It Ray’s you tube channel  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzpfJY7SRo0

• Origami cycling jerseys challenge for Easter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPvNnsr6cyQ
• Also attached BLING YOUR BIKE AND SCOOTER TEMPLATES and SOME INSPIRATION!
• All competition entries and comments or more information to ray.craig@sustrans.org.uk
• Bike it Ray is also happy for parents to call him on 07854011829 should they need any support or to put forward ideas for his videos

OAK BITES 1^st April 2020

Dear Fair Oak Family,
 

Happy Wednesday Fair Oak Family!

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…subscribe to our YouTube channel!

Firstly, I hope you and our children are well. We are missing them…and you! Thank you so much for your comments about the YouTube Videos. The staff have enjoyed making them and are really excited to see the children’s learning on the Purple Mash blogging platform.

There are going to be some new additions to the YouTube channel. Each week, in addition to English and maths, we will be sending out Science videos and Music videos, which can be accessed from the Whole school playlist and the Music with Joe Playlist. Need a bedtime story? Thanks to JK Rowling, the teachers are able to read Harry Potter to the children. If you want to hear this, log onto Purple Mash, select the yellow work tab (at the top), select the arrow by school and then access the Harry Potter file. Happy listening!

For those eligible for Free School Meals, due to the Pupil Premium Grant

As our school kitchen is working at capacity, we are able to offer food to those who are in receipt of pupil premium funding. From Monday 6^th April, we are able to offer lunch boxes – these will include ingredients for food for a week. However, for the kitchen to place the correct food orders, please could you contact the school office by 1pm today (Wednesday 1^st April) if you require food for next week. It would also be helpful if you could to let us know if you want these food boxes until further notice, so that you don’t need to contact us weekly.

For those in school – classified as Vulnerable and Key Worker

• Complete the online register for next week by 2pm on Friday 3^rd April – an email link will be sent out separately. If you do not receive this, please contact the office.
• If your child is ill, do not send them into school.
• If your child is returning from isolation, his/her temperature will be taken
• Please wash school uniform daily – no need for ties to be worn during this period
• Hair must be up
• Breakfast club will continue for the time being, although this may change soon

If you are unable to access the internet to complete home learning, the office has hard copies of home learning which you can collect.

Have a wonderful end to the week.

Mr De Silva