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• Year 2 Christingle Service

  Thu 11 Dec 2014
  Year 2 walked down to St Thomas' church for the Christingle Service. They learnt that the orange represents the world; the red tape around the orange represents Jesus' blood; the cocktail sticks represents the four corners of the world and the candle light represents the light that Jesus gave to the world.

  

• Football Tournament

  Tue 02 Dec 2014

  On Tuesday Mr Peart and Mrs Honour took 15 Year 2 children to a Football Tournament at Stoke Park Junior School.  They competed in football matches with other Year 2 children from Stoke Park Infant School, Upham and Durley schools.  They played really well and showed great respect to their competitors by shaking hands to say well done at the end.  We are pleased to report that from the three teams that took part, we came 1st and 2nd!  Well done Fair Oak!

  

• Remembrance Day

  Tue 11 Nov 2014

  On Tuesday, everyone gathered for a Remembrance Assembly shortly before 11.00am.  We talked about the relevance of poppies and saw photographs of the poppies growing on the Battlefields in France.  Many children had visited the Tower of London to see the amazing display of poppies, we also saw footage of the Queen laying her wreath at the Cenotaph.

  All the children have made individual paper poppies which we have collaged into wreaths for out hall display.

  

• Puppet Show

  Tue 04 Nov 2014
  Year 1 had a very exciting afternoon watching a puppet show.  All of the children really enjoyed the show and participated very enthusiastically!  The show gave them the opportunity to see the different ways the puppets can be created and they will be developing these ideas to create their own puppets over the coming weeks.

  

• Space Dome visit

  Mon 03 Nov 2014
  Year 2 had a fabulous experience in a Space Dome.  They learnt all about the different planets, how the sun sets and rises, that the four planets closest to the sun are made of rock and the four farthest away are made from gas.  They watched the first space mission and astronauts walking on the moon.

  

• Book Week

  Mon 06 Oct 2014

   

  We have had an amazing book week in school. All Year 1 & 2 classes walked to Fair Oak Library (despite the weather!) and met with the Librarian. They were shown around the library and had the opportunity to borrow books if they had become or already were members of the library.

  The School Library Service has been in school on couple of days this week visiting all classes for a story time session. We were also joined by some pupils from Fair Oak Junior School yesterday, who brought some of their favourite books to share with the children.

  At the end the week, all children came dressed as their favourite book character, including a Gruffalo, Winnie the Witch, Harry and his bucket full of Dinosaurs and a Hungry Caterpillar. We were also joined today by Chris Thomas, a professional Storyteller.

  

• Pupil Council Visit to Sunnybank House

  Wed 01 Oct 2014

  Earlier this week Year Two Pupil Council members attended the grand opening of Sunnybank House, the new care home within the village. They met the Mayor and Mayoress of Eastleigh, Fred Dinenage from Meridian Television and the staff and residents from Sunnybank House.  Following the opening ceremony the children had drinks and canapes and were then given a tour.
  
  The children are looking forward to visiting again, sharing books with and singing for the residents.  They also want to take their iPads to share their learning! They have invited the residents to come and visit them in school.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

• Grounds Launch Day

  Mon 29 Sep 2014

  All the children enjoyed Grounds Launch Day on 29th September.  Children in Year R had lots of fun using their senses to explore their surroundings.  They found lots of objects to match textures and used their fantastic listening ears to see what they could hear around the school.

  Year One children were set a challenge to find objects in different shades of green or brown and match it to a colour chart.  They had great fun doing observational drawings of the plants around the school too.

  Year Two had a fabulous time making pongy pots using leaves and plants found in the school grounds.

  

• Year 1 Pirate Workshop

  Tue 09 Sep 2014
  As part of their learning, which has continued from Year R, Year One had an exciting start to their week when Open Box Theatre came and worked with each class. All the children had a great time acting in role as pirates and finding out what life was like for pirates out at sea!

• Year Two explore the Polar Regions

  Mon 08 Sep 2014

  Year Two have had an exciting and busy first week, especially with the arrival of the Open Box Theatre on Monday. The children behaved brilliantly taking on a number of roles in their exploration of the Polar Regions. We hope that they can show you where these are on a map or globe, and explain what these words mean: Inuit, rising sun, Arctic, Antarctic and blubber! We will be using this knowledge in our next topic about Explorers.