Tuesday 8^th June 2021

Fair Oak returned to competitive inter school matches with a rounders competition held on our school field for year 6 pupils. The competing teams were split into two leagues with each team playing every other team in their league. Fair Oak 1 began with a hard fought win over Botley by 3 ½ rounders to 3. Berrywood 2 were the next opponents and Fair Oak ran out winners again, this time by 5 rounders to 2. The final group match was against Durley 1 and it was our opponents who came out on top by 5 rounders to 1 ½ . Fair Oak 2 began with a 4 – 3 loss to Freegrounds and then followed that up with a draw with Berrywood 1. The final fixture against Durley 2 ended in a convincing 6 ½ to 3 ½ win for Fair Oak. These results meant that both Fair Oak teams finished in second place in their groups and would meet in the third place play off game. In that match, Fair Oak 1 just pipped Fair Oak 2 to third place winning the match 4 – 3. Well done to all those participating players for a fabulous return to competitive school sport!

Tuesday 15^th June 2021

It was the turn of our year 4 rounders teams to play their tournament today. The competition took the same format as the year 6 event. Fair Oak 1 began with a 4-2 loss to Freegrounds, but then won 3½ to 2½ against Berrywood 2. Unfortunately in the final pool match Fair Oak 1 lost to Durley 1 by half a rounder. Fair Oak 2 began their fixtures with a loss by one rounder to Botley, but then won their final two games against Berrywood 1 and Durley 2. These results meant that Fair Oak 1 finished third in their group and Fair Oak 2 won their pool, from Botley on rounders scored. Therefore, Fair Oak 1 would meet Berrywood 1 in a play-off for fifth place, while Fair Oak 2 qualified for the final which would be against Durley 1. Fair Oak 1 played superbly to comfortably beat Berrywood 1 by a scoreline of 5½ to 2½. The final was a very closely contested game, but Fair Oak 2 just edged out Durley 1 to win the event with a scoreline of 4½ rounders to 4. Well done to all those pupils who took part!

Tuesday 22^nd June 2021

Fair Oak entered a two cricket teams into a cricket tournament held at the Lapstone Park playing fields between schools from the South Eastleigh and Winchester area. In their pool, Fair Oak 2 won one game and lost three which meant that they finished fourth in their pool and would play Berrywood 1 in a play off for seventh place overall. Unfortunately, Fair Oak narrowly missed out in this match scoring 232 for 2 against Berrywood’s 242 for 4 which put them in eighth place overall. Fair Oak 1 won all of their group matches which meant they qualified for the final where they played Berrywood 2. In a rather one sided match, it was Fair Oak who came out on top scoring 233 for 0 while Berrywood scored 189 for 4. Well done to both of our superb cricket teams!

Tuesday 29^th June

Fair Oak entered two teams into a year five and six golf tournament today which was held at Wildern. All participating teams worked their way around a series of stations which were designed to improve every element of their game from putting to driving with points being scored depending on how well the teams performed at each activity. At the end of the tournament when the team totals had been added together, Fair Oak 1 ended up in 8^th place with 500 points while Fair Oak 2 finished 4^th with 676 points. Well done to our golfers for a great overall team performance!

Over the last two weeks all year groups have been participating in House Rounders matches. All pupils have participated which has been fantastic to see. The standard of competition has been extremely high and everyone has really enjoyed themselves. Here are the collated results:

Overall Points Totals And Result

1^st     St Andrew (16 points)

2^nd     St George (13 points)

3^rd     St David (11 points)

4^th     St Patrick (8 points)

NB. Points are allocated in the following way:

A first place finish = 5 points

A second place finish = 3 points

A third place finish = 2 points

A fourth place finish = 1 point

Well done to all participants. You performed brilliantly and tried your very hardest!

OAK BITES 28th June 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

News for all pupils

Happy Monday, hopefully you have all had a relaxing weekend and the children are ready for another busy week of learning!

• Menu choice changes for Wednesdays - Our school kitchen will be offering either pizza or bubble salmon every Wednesday instead of the published menu choice until the end of term (alongside the baked potato option)

• After recent communications via Oak Bites, we are unfortunately still receiving lots of calls/concerns about a lack of road safety with some of the children. Please take the time to talk to your children about keeping safe and making sensible choices if walking on their own to school. Thank you.

• Cricket in the community

Attached is lots of information about how children can sign up for community cricket. No prior experience is required.

News for Year 3

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News for Year 4

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News for Year 5

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News for Year 6

• Instrumental Music lessons at Wyvern 2021-2022

Please see the attached letter detailing how to sign up and how to pay for instrumental music lessons at Wyvern for your child if they are moving on to Wyvern in September, should you so wish.

• Year 6 are asking for donations of any wool that you may have going spare for ongoing craft projects in school. Thanking you in anticipation!

OAK BITES 23rd June 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

News for all pupils

Happy Wednesday - Sunshine at last!

We just have a couple of reminders for you today which we would be grateful if you could take note of.

• Please take care when parking in nearby roads and respect our neighbours. It is very important that emergency vehicles always have enough room to access nearby properties as well as local residents being able to leave and return to their homes unhindered. Thank you for your support.

• Fair Oak Junior School is a nut free school. Please ensure that any sandwiches or snacks etc., brought into school by the children are nut free. We have several children in school with nut allergies and epi pens so this is vitally important. Thank you once again for your support with this.

News for Year 3

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News for Year 4

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News for Year 5

A reminder that the deposit for the PGL residential trip which takes place next year (when your children are in Year 6), should be paid by this Friday the 25^th June to secure your child’s place. Please see the presentation about this trip on the school website under the Year 5 section.

News for Year 6

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OAK BITES 21st June 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

News for all pupils

Happy Monday!

After a soggy weekend, we are ready for another week of learning!

• Just a little reminder please, to let the school know the result of any negative PCR test before your child returns to school. Thank you.

• Park Sport is back this summer – this is an initiative by Eastleigh Borough Council to provide affordable activities at various venues in the borough of Eastleigh to help to keep children active and engaged. Please check out eastleigh.gov.uk/parksport for further information.

News for Year 3

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News for Year 4

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News for Year 5

• It is the turn of Jemison Class to go to Hedge End golf centre tomorrow (Tuesday 22^nd June). In contrast to last week, we think it would be advisable for the children to wear their school uniform (and a waterproof coat) to school and bring PE kit to change into should they get too wet. Fingers crossed the weather will be kind!

• A reminder that the deposit for the PGL residential trip which takes place next year (when your children are in Year 6), should be paid by this Friday the 25^th June to secure your child’s place. Please see the presentation about this trip on the school website under the Year 5 section.

News for Year 6

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OAK BITES 16th June 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

News for all pupils

• Active City Uk is the UK’s leading Sports, Fitness, Health and Wellbeing magazine and directory in local areas. Please use this link to get in touch with local clubs and services via https://www.activecity.uk . Attached is a flyer with information about fitness/sport/dance events for adults/children can get involved with.

PSA News

Please see the attached message from our Parent Staff Association that gives details of how you can help us raise funds to support your children.

News for Year 3

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News for Year 4

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News for Year 5

• Valentina Class will be visiting Hedge End golf centre on Monday 21^st June and Jemison Class on Tuesday 22^nd June. If the weather is hot - the children can wear their PE kits to school, (Fair Oak PE kits only, no football kits or personal sportswear). We would also suggest that the children bring sun hats and sun cream if hot weather is forecast. Thank you.

News for Year 6

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Fair Oak Junior School needs your Smile!
The Parent Staff Association has just signed up with Amazon Smile.
What does this mean for you and your child(ren)?
When you shop with Amazon you are given the option to choose a “smile” charity, if you choose Fair Oak Junior School Parent Staff Association it means Amazon give us a contribution every time you shop. It doesn’t cost you a penny, Amazon make the donation, but the more you shop the more you help.
What is the PSA and why should I help?
The PSA is the group of staff and parents that raise money to help the children in our school with a range of activities and equipment. Our activities have been curtailed by Covid recently, but we help purchase things like the outdoor gym equipment, golden ticket books, IT equipment etc. We also subsidise many school trips and visits from authors, sports people etc. As you are probably aware school funding is always very restricted, so we try to fill the gap to ensure that the children in our school don’t miss out on the fun activities that the budget doesn’t stretch to.
How else can I help?
At present the PSA is running with a very depleted skeleton of volunteers due to Covid. This means that, once the restrictions are lifted, we won’t be able to run our usual offering of events such as the Summer Fayre, Fun Run, Discos etc. If you are able to help, even for an hour or two on an ad-hoc basis, it would make a huge difference to the support we can give to the children. Please email a.holbrook-bull@fairoak-jun.hants.sch.uk if you are able to help in any way.
Find out more about Amazon Smile
For more details about how Amazon Smile works, click the link below
Amazon Smile FAQs
So please get Shopping! How do I shop with AmazonSmile? To use AmazonSmile, simply go to smile.amazon.co.uk on your web browser or activate AmazonSmile in the Amazon Shopping app on your iOS or Android phone within the Settings or Programmes & Features menu. On your web browser, you can add a bookmark to smile.amazon.co.uk to make it even easier to return and start your shopping at with AmazonSmile. How do I activate AmazonSmile in the Amazon Shopping app? AmazonSmile is available for Amazon customers with the latest version of the Amazon Shopping app on their mobile phone, including Android devices with version 7.0+ or iOS devices with version 12+. To activate AmazonSmile in the Amazon Shopping app, simply tap on “AmazonSmile” within the Programmes & Features menu or Settings and follow the on-screen instructions.

OAK BITES 14th June 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

News for all pupils

Fair Oak Squash Club are looking for new players between the ages of 5 and 11. The club is a non-profit organisation that is run by volunteers and supported by the borough council. They have coaching for juniors on a Saturday morning from 0900-1440hrs and sessions on Monday and Wednesday evenings for anyone who can’t attend on a Saturday. This coincides with a county wide recruitment scheme run by Hampshire Squash who for a £30 fee will provide a junior racket, ball, eye protection and 6 free lessons at a participating club (which includes Fair Oak). Please follow the link for further information.
https://www.hampshiresquash.co.uk/juniors/

News for Year 3

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News for Year 4

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News for Year 5

• Peake class will be going on their ‘crazy golf’ visit to Hedge End golf centre tomorrow afternoon. We would recommend – with the hot weather that has been forecast - the children wear their PE kits to school, (Fair Oak PE kits only, no football kits or personal sportswear). We would also suggest that the children bring sun hats and sun cream. We would advise the same for the subsequent visits to Hedge End golf centre for Valentina on the morning of Monday 21^st June and Jemison class on the morning of Tuesday 22^nd June, depending on the weather on those dates. Thank you.

• Hopefully you will have seen the letter sent home last week giving details about the PGL residential trip that your children will have the opportunity to take part in next year when they are in Year 6. We have attached it again for your information. The trip will take place Monday 13^th – Friday 17^th June 2022. A presentation about this trip will be available to view on the school website from tomorrow. Please direct any questions you may have through the school office and we will endeavour to help.

News for Year 6

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Dear Parents/Carers,

I am pleased to be able to offer your child the opportunity to take part in a school trip to Little Canada on the Isle of Wight from Monday 13^th June 2022 to Friday 17^th June 2022

The trip will be led by Mr Anderson and organised through PGL Travel Ltd.

What’s it all about?

It’s about having fun while taking part in all sorts of adventurous activities designed to help your child learn and develop new skills and really shine as an individual and also as part of a team. 

For many children this may be their first experience of staying away from home without you. PGL staff and I will be on hand throughout to encourage, reassure and help, so that your child returns home even more confident and independent with a real sense of achievement.

We have chosen to book with PGL because not only do they offer excellent value but they also have a reassuring 60 years of experience organising trips for schools. Their extremely high standards ensure that your child will be in safe hands at all times.

Visit PGL‘s website www.pgl.co.uk  to find out more about the company and the location we will be visiting.

What does it cost?

The cost per person is £435, which can be paid in instalments prior to the trip. 

Deposit to secure a place by 25^th June 2021: £50 (this is non-refundable)

You will then be able to pay in instalments until March 15^th 2022. You may as much or as little as you like throughout the months leading up to this date; but full payment must be made by the end of March 2022.

The cost includes:

• Return coach travel from school to the centre and back.
• Passage on the Isle of Wight ferry
• A full daily programme of adventure activities
• Fun evening entertainment
• All meals and accommodation
• Full comprehensive travel insurance (details available on request)

There are no extras, however if you wish, you can provide a small amount of pocket money for your child to spend in the gift shop. We recommend no more than £10 for the week.

What do I need to do next?

If you would like your child to go on the trip, please complete and return the form below, together with an initial deposit of £50 by June 25^th 2021 Further payments will be required on the dates listed above.  Please note that once deposits have been paid to PGL they are not refundable and terms and conditions will apply.

Finally,

If you have any particular questions or concerns regarding your child’s participation in the trip please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr J Anderson

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Reply Slip – PGL Activity Trip – Year 6 Residential June 2022

Pupil’s Name .......................................................

I would like to reserve a place for my son/daughter on the PGL Activity trip and enclose a deposit of £50.

I understand that once deposits have been paid to PGL they are non-refundable.

Signed ...................................................................             Date ..........................................
(Parent/guardian)

Please return to the Office by 25^th June 2021

OAK BITES 7th June 2021

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Dear Fair Oak Family,

News for all pupils

It has been lovely welcoming the children back after a lovely sunny half term break. We hope you were all able to make the most of the warmer weather with the children.

As part of our STEAM fortnight, don’t forget it starts with a Science Competition!

This is a photography competition with prizes to be won! How do I enter, I hear you cry? The theme of the recent mental health week was nature and I want the children to observe and embrace nature through science for this challenge. It may be a photo of a flower in the garden, an interesting looking tree on a walk with the dog, fish in the river, a robin feeding after the rain, a rainy day rainbow, amazing patterns in the clouds, woodlice under a tree stump, your bug hotel or anything else you can think of. It could be a photo of a scene, you, your family or your pets enjoying nature or wild nature. It really is up to you. I really hope you enjoy being nature detectives, observing the colours and things around you and being out and about in nature whether it is sunny or rainy.  

What do you need to do? 

Take a photo of something with a nature theme. Print it off and to bring it into school to give to Mrs Tuxford or email it to the office for the attention of Mrs Tuxford. Judging will take place after the closing date and the winning entries will be awarded a prize. Good Luck. 

Entries close on Thursday 17^th June and you can enter as many times as you want.  

I can’t wait to see your photos.  

‘There is something to be wondered at in all of Nature’ – Aristotle 

Mrs Tuxford, teacher and year leader

News for Year 3

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News for Year 4

Request for medicine packets and boxes - To support our next PSHE unit (Medicines and household products; drugs common to everyday life) please could you save any empty medicine boxes or tablet blister packs and send them into school for Mrs Downer's attention.  All donations will be cleaned and sanitised before use.  Many thanks.

News for Year 5

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News for Year 6

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