THURSDAY 1^ST APRIL 2021 - Change To Dinner Choices From The Standard Menu.

Today Will Be:   Red Choice – Fish Fingers, Chips & Ketchup

                                Green Choice – Gnocchi In A Tomato, Basil & Spinach Sauce

OAK BITES 31st March 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Wednesday! Tomorrow is the last day of the spring term and we would like to wish you all a happy, healthy and relaxing Easter break. Here’s hoping for some dry, sunny days to make the most of our lovely local outside spaces. We look forward to seeing the children back with us on Monday 19^th April for the start of the summer term!

News for all pupils

Tomorrow, the last day of term, is a ‘dress as you please’ day…..!

A reminder that for a voluntary contribution of £1, the children can dress as they please tomorrow. Our wonderful PSA are organising an Easter surprise for the children so hopefully, all the children will end the term with smiles on their faces!

Teams

Just so you are aware, the weekly work that you may see on Teams is there should a child need to isolate or a bubble close. The only task that needs to be completed by the children who are in school every day, is the weekly online reading record and any homework that may have been set on Teams, which will be clearly labelled as homework.

Mobile phones in school

At Fair Oak Junior School, bringing a mobile phone into school is a privilege for Year 6 children only. The phones are looked after during the school day by the Year 6 teachers and given back before the children go home. If your child is in any other year group and you feel that they need to have a mobile phone with them, please email the school office for Mrs Layley’s consideration - in this instance the phone would need to be kept in the school office - but we do not encourage phones in school.

Messages from the office

As always, we ask that you check your child(ren)’s Scopay account(s) during the Easter break and ensure that any outstanding dinner money or after school club payments are paid up to date. Thank you as always for your support with this.

THURSDAY 1^ST APRIL 2021 - Change To Dinner Choices From The Standard Menu.

Today Will Be:   Red Choice – Fish Fingers, Chips & Ketchup

                                Green Choice – Gnocchi In A Tomato, Basil & Spinach Sauce

OAK BITES 24th March 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Wednesday! 

News for all pupils

Thank you for those that attended parents evening via Teams over the past two weeks. Hopefully you have found this very useful. The teachers have loved having the chance to get to meet you, share information and have conversations about your child's return to school/ full opening of school. Unfortunately, our school internet connection wasn't working in our favour last night and we had quite a few connectivity issues, so we apologise for that and hope you still managed to get on Teams, or a phone call was made by the class teacher in place of the Teams call. 

Further to this, we just wanted to remind you that Teams is now the format used for homework. The children will be able to complete and submit their work here, so please – if you haven’t already done so – get set up on Teams as soon as you are able to. You can call the school office if you need a reminder of how to go about this, we will be happy to help. Please also have a look at our You Tube ‘how to’ videos, that help with this.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZIFU6ip_6Y&list=PLRHRlwCYD4L0S5JzRzicKuPleUfu62ZLt

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hXa5dahjcE&list=PLRHRlwCYD4L0S5JzRzicKuPleUfu62ZLt&index=3

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWBPgO2coxI&list=PLRHRlwCYD4L0S5JzRzicKuPleUfu62ZLt&index=2&t=10s

Thank you for your support for Red Nose Day. We raised £1162.57 which has all been paid to the charity and covered our deposit which we paid for the red noses. The children all had a fun day in school and enjoyed learning about how their generous gifts will help others.

Thank you once again,

Judith Sear

Sustrans Big Pedal,  19^th – 30th April 2021

Please see the attached letter from Mr Stredwick for more information about this inter-school competition to get pupils, staff and parents cycling, walking or scooting to school!

Tuesday 23^rd March 2021

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Sustrans Big Pedal

Fair Oak Junior School will again be participating in this years Sustrans Big Pedal which is the UK’s largest inter-school cycling, walking and scooting challenge. The aim of this event is to inspire pupils, staff and parents to choose human power for their journey to school. Walking will be counted alongside cycling and scooting.

Sustrans Big Pedal will run for 10 days from 19 to 30 April 2021 and is open to all primary and secondary schools in the UK. On each day, schools compete to see who can get as many of their pupils, staff and parents cycling, walking or scooting to school. Journeys will be recorded and schools will select their best five days. This information will determine our final overall position against all other participating schools.

If your child decides to ride in to school during the Big Pedal, they will need to wait until their year group enters school and then park their bikes at the bike sheds before heading to their classroom. Remember, all pupils need a cycling permit to cycle to school. Permit application letters can be collected from outside the school office or from Mr Stredwick.

Thank you for your continued support,

Jon Stredwick

OAK BITES 22nd March 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Monday everyone.  It was lovely to welcome the children back after the weekend in the sunshine this morning!

News for all pupils

With increased numbers of children reporting colds and with increased access to lateral flow tests can we please take this opportunity to remind parents/carers that if a child or indeed adult has any COVID-19 symptoms they must not attend school and will need to book in for a PCR test. The COVID-19 symptoms are listed below. 

The main symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are:

• A high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
• A new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
• A loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal.

If you have any of these symptoms, get a test to check if you have coronavirus and stay at home until you get your result.

The lateral flow tests are only designed for those that are asymptomatic. If anyone receives a positive result on this test, then they should book a PCR test to confirm. 

PSA Easter Surprise

Please see the attached letter from the PSA regarding a ‘dress as you please’ day on the last day of term – 1^st April 2021!

FAIR OAK JUNIOR SCHOOL

Botley Road, Fair Oak, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 7AN

T: 023 80 693195

E: adminoffice@fairoak-jun.hants.sch.uk

www.fairoakjunior.co.uk

Acting Head Teacher: Mrs Katy Layley

PSA Easter Surprise

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are coming to the time of year when we would normally organise our fun Easter Egg Raffle for all the children to enjoy.

However, current restrictions make this event impossible for us to hold. Instead, we will be organising an Easter Surprise for the children (we don’t want to give too much away). The children are invited to come in non-uniform on the last day of term (1^st April) and a voluntary contribution of £1 towards the event would be much appreciated.

Hopefully, all the children will end this term with smiles on their faces, which is our main aim for the day.

Thanks for your support,

PSA.

OAK BITES 17th March 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Wednesday everyone! Our teachers are very excited about the opportunity to speak to you all at parents evening tomorrow night and next Tuesday. However, I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that our internet connection can be temperamental and an issue with our provider, that we are continuously having to raise, is in the process of being investigated. We have everything crossed that all will go smoothly on the day. If you have any problems with connecting and being unable to attend the appointment due to technical difficulties, please email into the admin office and hopefully this can be rectified, or a new slot provided albeit potentially a different day.

Breakfast Club….. Breakfast is back!....

We are delighted to announce that after the Easter holidays we will be reinstating food at breakfast club. To begin with we will be providing a reduced menu. Children will be able to buy either a pork sausage or vegetarian sausage toastie costing £1 and various carton drinks at 40p. As restrictions ease, we will look to increase the options available. These costs are in addition to the £2.50 cost to attend. Thank you.

ICON – FREE WEDNESDAY FOOTBALL…..Please see the attachment for more information.

OAK BITES 10th March 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

What a fantastic first few days back! It’s been lovely to see so many smiling, happy faces. It’s also been lovely to see the children so enthusiastic to be back in the classroom and already showing such positive attitudes to learning and quickly falling back into all the routines of school life. 

The music, bubbles and balloons on Monday was a great hit and made for a great atmosphere at the start and end of the day. For that reason, we are going to continue with the use of music to liven up our mornings and send our children off dancing all the way home on a Monday and Friday (weather dependent) for the next few weeks at least. 

We’ve seen so many children prove just how resilient they can be and have adapted to everything extremely quickly. However, we know that some children will struggle more than others. If you have any concerns, as always, feel free to contact your child’s teacher via the school office or contact Mrs Cooper for family/pastoral/SEND support. 

Social distancing on campus. 

Please can we take this opportunity to remind everyone that social distancing on campus is vitally important in reducing the spread of COIVD 19. We have been informed by Wyvern that there are occasionally our pupils as well as Infant pupils who are walking along and climbing up the bank along the road by the Wyvern pathways. Please can we ask that your children are kept off this bank for their safety in terms of unlevel ground but also ensuring they keep a safe distance from the Wyvern students. 

Also, where possible can parents leaving the campus after drop off / collection leave following the one-way system off of campus and leave along the grassed area behind the car parking spaces / near the art block as this means there is no crossing bubbles between families and students at Wyvern moving around their site. 

Car Parking

As mentioned, previously we are not issuing car parking permits for access to site during this period unless for very exceptional circumstances and those that are blue badge holders. If your permit end date has expired, you will no longer be able to access the site with your old pass. The gates are manned by both FOJS and Wyvern staff as well as Wates who are the main contractors on the school campus. This change is due to increased number of construction vehicles on site before, during and after the school day as well as reduced parking on campus as a whole due to work being carried out and various areas being blocked off.  It is also allowing for adequate safety and social distancing of our parents at drop off and pick up (which is along the road) and safety in regard to movement of cars with children and parents in the vicinity. 

Dear Parents

Red Nose Day

19 March 2021

Red Nose Day is back and after a funny old 12 months, we’re more than ready for a giggle.

To make sure everyone stays safe, we’ll be following the latest Covid-19 guidelines. That means some of our fund raising in school will look a little bit different. But rest assured, we’ve still got lots of laughs in store.

Here’s what we’ve got planned…

• Holding a dress as you please day on 19^th March
• Hosting a trail within each bubble (50p if pupils want to be entered for a prize draw)
• Within bubbles, having lots of fun art, craft, English and maths activities including quizzes, designing new noses and physical challenges, assemblies etc.
• Selling red noses (£1.50) in each bubble. All red noses are plastic free this year. We will be selling them every day in the week from Monday 15^th March

Please could you add the non-uniform day in your diary. The children can pay for the trail in advance when they buy their red nose, so for convenience they could bring in £2 any day from 15^th-19^th March which would cover their red nose and the entry for the trail prize draw.

However much we raise, it will change lives, both here in the UK and worldwide.

In fact, £100 could buy ten pairs of warm, winter shoes for children living in a refugee camp in Lesvos.

We’ll also be using Red Nose Day as a learning opportunity to explore the issues facing young people across the world, and how the money we raise can help.

We really appreciate your support and hope that you’ll have fun helping us raise lots of money for Red Nose Day.

Yours faithfully,

Judith Sear

OAK BITES 8th March 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

Happy Monday everyone!

Welcome back! We were so excited this morning to see so many happy smiling faces and the eagerness for children to be back in school with their friends and teachers again. Hopefully the drop off went smoothly for you all this morning but we are very aware that some children may have found the idea of coming back to school more daunting than others. As always, if you feel you or your family need any support going forwards, we are all here to help.

Messages from the Office….

• As always, please take the time to check that your child’s dinner account has enough credit added before meals are taken at school. Thank you.

• Please be reminded that children attending Breakfast Club should bring payment with them, in a named envelope, stating which days you are paying for. Payment for Breakfast Club should be made in advance and can be paid on a day to day basis, or for a few weeks at a time, a half term, whole term, etc..

• If you have booked a place for your child at After School Club, please ensure payment is made for this. Thank you.

Red Nose Day is on Friday the 19^th March and is a ‘dress as you please’ day. Please see the attached letter with all the information you need to join in the fun!

PE Challenges for this week….

We know the children are back in school with us now, but if you are ever at a loose end or looking for some exercise inspiration at home, please see the attached challenges for this week.

Message from Mr Stredwick…

Tag rugby training at lunch times will be cancelled until Easter as we do not want class bubbles to mix with each other. This will be reviewed after Easter, so watch this space!

Reading records on Teams

Starting on Monday 15th March, all children will be able to access a copy of the reading record on Teams. The record is in the same format as the homework diary. The expectation is that children should fill this in weekly, reading 5x a week and submit it on their class Team on a Monday. This can be done in the same way as the assignments are currently handed in. A video for submitting work is on our school You Tube site. A fresh reading focus will then be set for that week. Uploading this for a Monday will hopefully be more manageable and also gives you the weekend to complete. Many thanks for your anticipated support with this change.