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Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome back and we hope that you all had a lovely half term. It has been lovely to see all the children back and showing us that they are ready to learn.
Key dates for Spring 2
Please see a list below of all the key dates that you need for the remainder of the Spring term.
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19th February |
Year R Vision and Height Checks |
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Monday 26th February |
Parents Evening - 3.15 - 6.00pm |
Book via the Gateway |
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Tuesday 27th February |
Parents Evening - 3.15 - 5.00pm |
Book via the Gateway |
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Thursday 7th March |
World Book Day and Mum’s and Gran’s day |
Come dressed as your favourite word or your favourite book character. For eg. You could come dressed in black and white clothes as the word ‘monochrome’ or come dressed as Harry Potter. |
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Monday 11th March |
Author Visit - Puneet Bhandal |
Puneet will bring along signed books that children can buy. See below for examples of her books. |
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Thursday 14th March |
Year 1 trip |
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Friday 15th March |
Red Nose Day - Comic Relief |
Bring a donation for the food bank and wear something red |
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Week beginning 18th March - Rainbow, Bronze, Silver and Gold Trips |
Rainbow - Easter Baking Bronze - Easter egg hunt in school Silver - Easter egg hunt at Staunton with picnic Gold - Trip to Playzone |
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Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd March Parents invited in to learn more about Maths at Front Lawn |
Sessions to sign up for to learn more about how we teach maths and spend some time in your child’s class over the course of the week. |
Sign up via the gateway Session includes a free bacon bap! |
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Monday 25th March |
Easter Craft 9.15 or 10.30 |
£2.50 per child Sign up for sessions and pay in advance |
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Tuesday 26th March |
Easter Craft 9.15 or 10.30 |
£2.50 per child Sign up for sessions and pay in advance |
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Wednesday 27th March |
Easter Craft 9.15 or 10.30 |
£2.50 per child Sign up for sessions and pay in advance |
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Tuesday 26th March |
Year R and 1 Easter Disco 2.30 - 3.30 Year 2 and 3 Easter Disco 3.30 - 4.45 Stay in school with teachers and get collected at 4.45 Y4,5,6 Easter Disco 5.00 - 6.15pm |
£5.00 payable in advance to include sweets, drink and hotdog £5.00 payable in advance to include sweets, drink and hotdog £2.00 payable in advance (bring some change for the tuck shop and hotdogs) |
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Thursday 28th March |
Easter Egg Raffle |
Buy tickets via the gateway |
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Thursday 28th March |
Come and have lunch with your child Early finish for the Easter Holidays |
Book a dinner for yourself on the gateway and eat with your child before taking them home. School closes at 1pm, children to be collected at 1pm. |
Reading Matters
Here are some of the reasons why reading really does matter and how it can impact and improve children's lives at home and in school.
1. Good habit for stress reduction
Everyday concerns will keep bothering you unless you do something to divert your mind. Reading gives you that mental space to occupy yourself with something more interesting. When you read a great story, all your stress seems to slip away and relax you since you tend to travel mentally in a different realm. Sometimes while reading, you come across valuable advice or solutions to your problems.
2. Better writing skills
If you read more, you will naturally become good at writing skills. Since your vocabulary and pronunciation improve by reading regularly, it eventually makes you a better writer. We are not just talking about writing fiction, books, novels, etc. Even when writing something in everyday personal and professional life, your writing skills would have improved with regular reading.
3. Can help prepare you for sleep
By lowering your stress hormone, you can also lower your blood pressure and heart rate, helping you feel calm and ready for sleep.
A lack of vocabulary and experience of the wider world (prior knowledge) can become barriers to reading for some children.
Graphic novels can provide struggling readers with a way of strengthening their vocabularies, build their reading confidence, and foster their appreciation of story.
The brilliant thing about the graphic novel is the way they offer struggling readers several different cues to the story. If a reader gets snagged on the vocabulary or storyline of a graphic novel, illustrated pages offer contextual cues to help decipher meaning. Additionally, in class discussions, the graphic novel has an easy-to-read accessible format that allows struggling readers into the world of classic literary references that would otherwise be accessible only to stronger readers. Graphic novels can also help support a reader’s understanding of everything from Greek Mythology to Shakespeare.
Supporting Reluctant Readers
We all know that kids of all ages love comics! Of course, they’ve known this for decades in places like the US, Japan and France. So while we in the UK are a bit late to the party, at least we’re there now.
Comics can be a great vehicle for starting a love of reading in reluctant readers, however, there is still some snobbery around comics and what people sometimes describe as ‘proper books’. Reading should be about amazing characters and worlds that inspire us. The medium shouldn’t matter because once we are hooked on comics, the world of books becomes more accessible.
Comics are really, really, really appealing to children. That natural enthusiasm is the fuel that powers someone’s path to becoming a reader.
Dear Parents/Carers,
It seems impossible that we are already in October and heading towards half term. We’ve had a great start to the year with lots of trips already taking place such as: visits to Milestone Museum, the Art Gallery in Southampton and the Weald and Downland Museum as well as Year 4 learning in a tepee! And there is more to come…such as a poet, Emilie Jones, on Tuesday 3rd October. She will be working with KS2 children over the course of the day so please ask your child to share their poems with you!
Other events this term are: Halloween Disco on Wednesday 18th October. Tickets are £5 payable in advance (includes hotdog, sweets and a drink for Year R, 1, 2 and 3) and £2 in advance for Year 4, 5 and 6 (bring some change for hotdogs and tuck shop) and our annual Fireworks display on Friday 3rd November!
Dear Parents/Carers,
We would like to say a huge thank you for your support at the Coronation Picnic last Friday. It was amazing to see so many families attend, despite the heavy rain that happened just minutes before the start! We’d also like to thank the staff who organised the event - without their dedication and hard work we would not be able to hold these community events.
Key dates
Important dates coming up in the next couple of months are: ● Friday 19th May - Meeting for Year 4 parents regarding the upcoming camping trip on Thursday 15th June ● Summer sizzler for Year 5 and Year 6 on Thursday 25th May from 3.30-5pm. This is an opportunity for children and their family to come back after school and enjoy a BBQ treat whilst sharing and enjoying books. ● Break up for half term on Friday 26th May ● Return to school on Monday 5th June ● Diversity day on Monday 19th June - more information to follow soon.
Dear Parents/Carers,
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who attended our Fireworks display on Friday - It was so lovely to see families coming together and enjoying the event. We also need to thank Miss Jones for organising the event and all the staff who gave up their time to man stalls and help keep everyone safe. It was a fantastic night and we look forward to next year! ‘The fireworks were really amazing ! It was lovely to watch and to be able to go to a safe environment to do so. All your staff were amazing and did fantastic. It truly was an awesome memory made with my family. Thank you so much for the time and effort put in to give us those memories. Well done and looking forward to the next one !!! Thank you again :)’
It was also lovely to see so many parents attend parents evening last week. If you were unable to attend then please talk to your child’s class teacher and they will be happy to see you another time.
Dear Parents/Carers, It seems impossible that we are already in October and heading towards half term. We’ve had a great start to the year with Year 4 learning in a tepee, a visit from the amazing author Ali Sparkes and the return of our favourite; ‘The Roving Bookshop.’ Thank you to everyone who found the money to buy their child a book; the money spent earns us money to invest in the library, the book vending machine or books for your child’s class ‘dazzle’ library. We would also like to thank the parents/carers who have completed their parent questionnaire - we do read each one and appreciate you giving your time to do so. If you haven’t already completed one, then it is not too late! As a result of looking at these questionnaires, we wanted to provide you with a clear explanation of ‘personal development’ and what this looks like at Front Lawn. The DFE (Department for Education) states that ‘Personal development should equip children with a sound understanding of risk and the knowledge and skills necessary to make safe and informed decisions.’ At Front Lawn we have a bespoke Personal, Social, Health and Economic curriculum (PSHE) that gives children the opportunity to learn about: - safety; through discussing what online safety looks like as well as how they can keep themselves and others physically safe (please see NSPCC poster at the end of the newsletter for how to help keep children safe online whilst at home) -how to look after their own mental health and wellbeing - how to manage different feelings and emotions - how to manage money. Children have the chance to take part in circle time, use TED if they have anything they would like to discuss, talk to Safeguarding Champions and ask for a mindful moment if necessary. We also provide a free breakfast club. The PSHE curriculum also includes Relationships Education which is compulsory for Primary School. If you would like to know more about your child’s PSHE, please ask your child’s teacher at the upcoming parent’s evening.
Other business
A reminder please that on PE days, children CAN attend in their PE kit but they MUST wear a school jumper and not a hoodie. If children bring mobile phones into school, they must be handed into the office.
Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome back to the new term, we hope you have enjoyed the sunshine over the summer holidays and cannot wait to see you all!
Your children will have PE on the following days. For the Autumn term the children can come to school in their PE kit on their PE days. We expect children to come into school wearing their house colour PE t-shirt, black shorts, black tracksuit bottoms or black leggings and a school jumper, if it is cold. Children are not allowed to wear their own hoodies - if your child attends school wearing a hoodie then parents will be phoned and asked to bring up a school jumper or a jumper will be provided from lost property.
We appreciate how expensive it can be to replace school PE t-shirts so we will be sending out a google form for you to order a new one, which we will pay for.
PE days are as follows:
YR - PE to start in Spring term
Y1 - Friday
Y2 - Tuesday
Y3 - Monday and Wednesday
Y4 - Tuesday
Y5 - Tuesday and Wednesday
Y6 - Chestnut and Magnolia - Thursday
- Sycamore and Jasmine - Friday
We are also lucky enough that a charity has donated lots of different sized brand new or nearly new shoes. If you are interested in having a pair for your child then please email the wellbeing email and register your interest letting them know what size you need. wellbeing@flpa-tkat.org There is also freshly washed lost property (of various sizes) available if you need or would like a school jumper/cardigan for your child. The lost property will be available to look at in the upper school hall after school on Monday 5th September.
Below is a reminder of classes, start and finish times and where your child’s classroom is.
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Year Group |
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Teachers |
Classroom |
Entrance and exit |
Start and finish times |
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Nursery |
Cherry |
Mrs Davenport Mrs Fairweather |
Cherry class (lower school) |
Gate by lower school car park |
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Preschool |
Hazel |
Mrs Lovelock Mrs Ryder Miss Clark Miss Brown |
Hazel class (lower school) |
Gate by lower school car park |
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Year R |
Maple |
Miss Garrard Mrs Jarrett Miss Martin |
Current Maple class |
Gate by lower school car park |
8.40am -3.00pm |
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Willow |
Mrs Wilson Mrs Joyce |
Current Willow class |
Gate by lower school car park |
8.40am -3.00pm |
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Year 1 |
Ash |
Mrs Lyndon Mrs Hills-Reed Miss Jackson |
Current Ash class |
Lower school playground |
8.40am -3.00pm |
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Holly |
Mrs Claxton Miss Phillips |
Current Holly class |
Lower school playground |
8.40am -3.00pm |
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Year 2 |
Oak |
Mrs Caldwell Miss Channing |
Current Ivy classroom (lower school) |
Outside classroom door |
8.40am -3.00pm |
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Beech |
Miss Chessell Miss Larcombe |
Current Treetops classroom (lower school) |
Outside classroom door |
8.40am -3.00pm |
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Year 3 |
Fir |
Mrs Arbuthnot Mrs Martin |
Current Year 2 classroom (upper school) |
Gate to right of upper school office |
8.30am - 3.05pm |
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Elm |
Mrs Dewey Mrs Payne |
Current Year 2 classroom (upper school) |
Gate to right of upper school office |
8.30am - 3.05pm |
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Year 4 |
Pine |
Mr Christofa Miss Beckett |
Current Pine classroom |
Door to right of upper school office |
8.30am - 3.05pm |
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Birch |
Mrs Clark Mrs Kettle |
Current Birch classroom |
Door to right of upper school office |
8.30am - 3.05pm |
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Year 5 |
Cedar |
Mr Craig Ms Batey Mrs Watts |
Current Cedar classroom |
Lower playground in upper school |
8.30am - 3.05pm |
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Poplar |
Ms Allen Mrs Horrell |
Current Poplar classroom |
Lower playground in upper school |
8.30am - 3.05pm |
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Year 6 |
Chestnut |
Miss Goodman Miss Fleet |
Current Chestnut classroom |
Door to Year 6 stairwell (on the front lawn) |
8.30am - 3.05pm |
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Sycamore |
Miss Bartlett Mrs Barlow |
Current Sycamore classroom |
Door to Year 6 stairwell (on the front lawn) |
8.30am - 3.05pm |
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Magnolia |
Mr Willis Miss Jones Mrs Townsend Miss Carter |
Current Elm classroom |
Door to Year 6 stairwell (on the front lawn) |
8.30am - 3.05pm |
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Jasmine |
Miss Rodriguez Miss Tremain Mrs Miller |
Current third area in Year 6 classroom |
Door to Year 6 stairwell (on the front lawn) |
8.30am - 3.05pm |
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TreeHouse |
Treehouse |
Mrs Ryan Mrs Lowry Mrs Williams Laura Carter |
Old Acorns room in lower school hall |
Morning - go to Year group class for registration Afternoon - collect from lower school office door |
8.40am - 3.00pm |
Dear Parents/Carers,
I can’t believe that I am writing the last newsletter of this academic year. Mrs Read, Mrs Grant and I would like to thank you for all your support over what has been a difficult but fulfilling and rewarding year. The children never cease to amaze us; they have worked so hard this year and their ability to retain and recall knowledge from a range of subjects across the curriculum is remarkable. We have really enjoyed being able to have families back onsite for different events and taking the children on trips. Thank you for your support and in attending events such as book fairs and contributing towards the costs of the many visits your child has been able to attend.
We are very pleased to be welcoming three new members of staff next year: Miss Bartlett, Ms Allen and Miss Martin. However, this does mean that we are very sad to say goodbye to Miss Humphreys and Miss Boister. Miss Humphreys has been with us for 8 years and has worked hard to attain her Qualified Teaching Status this year. This means that she is leaving us to take up a post as a Year R teacher at Barncroft. We would like to thank her for all her hard work and dedication to the school. Miss Boister is leaving us to become a Deputy Head at a school in Portsmouth. Miss Boister has been at Front Lawn for 10 years and we are very grateful for all of her hard work, dedication and loyalty. We wish her all the best and know that she will do an amazing job.
We also say goodbye to Year 6. The children performed a heart wrenching but fantastic performance yesterday - I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house! Year 6 have been a mature, hard working group of children who have kept us entertained on a daily basis. We will miss them greatly but know they will go on to achieve amazing things in their future.
Other business
The children who have achieved their gold band are due to go on their trip on Monday. Please can you send your child into school with suncream and a hat.
Year 6’s rescheduled Sports Day is due to take place on Tuesday morning. If parents would like to come then please arrive at the main car park gate for 8.45am. In the afternoon, Year 6 will have their leaver’s BBQ and the children will be able to bring in shirts/Tshirts to get signed on Wednesday.
From September, there is a slight change to our attendance policy. We will no longer be able to authorise holidays unless circumstances are exceptional. However, if you choose to take a holiday in term time, we would still ask you to notify us of this by filling in an absence form.
The last day of term is Wednesday 20th July. The children will finish at 1pm and will need to be collected from their usual exits.
Have a lovely summer holiday and enjoy the sunshine whilst it lasts!