The Newsletter of Fulwell Infant School Academy Number 5

15th November 2019

Dear parent,

As the cold weather and rain have affected school life in the last two weeks,

we know that winter is approaching. Flooding around the walkway into the

year 1/2 playground is always a problem and it is necessary to have

alternative entry arrangements for at least the year 2 children.

Thank you to parents for attending the first parent meetings of this year. I

am certain that many parents were as thrilled as we all are of the progress

the children are making. As we watched teaching in reception and year 1

(having already seen nursery and year 2) school leaders felt very proud to be

part of an amazing teaching team, working with wonderful children. The

children love to chat to visitors and will engage willingly in conversations

about what they are doing and how they have improved since September in

their learning.

We respectfully held our 2 minute silence on Monday morning, in memory of

the bravery of the men and women who fought in the wars that have

scarred our past.

The fortnight came to a lively conclusion as ‘Anti-bullying week and children

in need coincided in a ‘colourful’ day with lots of teddy bears! Throughout the

week a range of activities took place, centred around the theme ‘Inside Out’.

We remembered those who

have died for our country. A

special assembly marked the

occasion.

Year 1 Geography explorers... During last week class 4 enjoyed walking along Station Road and Sea Road as they discovered lots of information about our wonderful local environment. They received a post card whilst at the Post Office and this sparked lots of interest in life on the Isle of Coll in the Scottish Hebrides and how this compares to life in Fulwell. The children are developing their geographical understanding of physical features and quickly becoming experts!

Fulwell

On a very busy

Friday, our anti-bullying

work continued and we

celebrated children in

need!

The children enjoyed many different

activities around bullying, based on the film

Inside Out.

These are examples of our work are from reception, year 1 and year 2...

November Birthdays– up to 16th

Congratulations children. We

hope you have a very enjoyable

day!

Alexander Frost

Oliver Wilkinson

Emmeleia Smith

Isaac Warrener

James Forster

Austin Richardson

Laurel Leachman

Hannah Stannard

Isabella Johnson

Harshita Mahamuni

Coming Events: 18.11.2019 Book Fayre week (No clubs using the hall)

27.11.2019 6pm Year 1 curriculum meeting for parents in the hall

29.11.2019 Christmas performance costumes to be in school

3.12.2019 Nursery Christmas filming 30 hrs, Early Red, PM

Reception filming

5.12.2019 Year 1 and 2 Christmas filming

9.12.2019 Year 2 perform for FJS Year 3

9.12.2019 2.30pm Reception perform for parents

10.12.2019 9.30am Reception perform for parents

10.12.2019 2.30pm Year 1 perform for parents

11.12.2019 9.30am Year 1 perform for parents

11.12.2019 2.30pm Year 2 perform for parents

12.12.2019 9.30am Year 2 perform for parents

13.12.2019 Christmas jumper day

Christmas lunch

SOFIA news Supporters of Fulwell Infant Academy are delighted to host their

very first Carols by Candlelight! This will be the perfect way to get into the spirit of Christmas and spread some festive cheer! Everyone is welcome to join us outside Grannie Annie’s pub on the Roker Promenade to sing Christmas carols both traditional and fun for the children including:

Jingle bells , Silent night, Away in a manger Oh little town of Bethlehem, Santa Claus is coming to town , Rudolf the red nose reindeer, Have yourself a Merry little Christmas, Frosty the snowman, It’s the most wonderful time of the year, I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow, Little donkey, Last Christmas, All I want for Christmas is you, We wish you a merry Christmas. Grannie Annie’s pub will be selling warm mulled wine, hot drinks along with some mince pies and will also be offering a full food and drinks menu for anyone wanting to make a night of it. Finally, we will be collecting donations all of which will to go towards buying a new school learn-ing pod. Don’t forget to be bring a lantern!

At each concert SOFIA will be running their Annual Christmas raffle which has many amazing prizes to be won including hampers, toys, gift vouchers from local businesses, con-fectionary and much, much more. They will also be running a cake raffle and selling Christmas crafts including sweet cones, hot chocolate reindeers, reindeer dust and hand made tree decorations. For more information on prizes please visit their Facebook page

https://m.facebook.com/supportersoffulwellinfantacademy/

Team SOFIA will be braving the icy north east sea on Boxing Day to raise money for the school. All monies raised will go towards buy-ing an outdoor learning pod for the school yard. Their aim is to provide all our pupils with the best education, experience and envi-ronment possible, unfortunately due to increas-ing budget demands this is becoming harder. SOFIA are determined to provide this for our children and feel a new outdoor learning pod would provide a relaxing, sensory area for all our pupils.