News from Fair f ield Park Lo wer School

The children across the school par ticipated in Safer Internet Day with the theme “Want to talk abou t it?” The gro wing use o f online games, apps and shops means our children need to kno w the impor tance o f being safe online Our children explored this in their classes through stories, games and discussions

Our work with our chosen local charity, The Need Project, continued this month too as Gordon came into school alongside members

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This formed par t o f our diversity day centred on Sikhism and understanding seva The whole school community donated food and children worked together to create food parcels for the charity

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It is always a pleasure when we have visitors to the school who comment on our fantastic students and the welcoming staff So far, this term has been no exception Our Year 11s welcomed an external speaker who gave a presentation on revisions skills, exam preparation and exam techniques, and referred to them as ‘some o f the best students he had seen on his travels across the countr y ’ These types o f comments make us ver y proud

We continue with our staff development sessions to suppor t the School Development Plan and impro ve the ou tcomes for our students Miss Phillips, SENDCO, led a session to develop staff kno wledge on individual students as par t o f our commitment to kno wing our children Senior Leaders have also had presentations on specif ic year groups with a par ticular focus on Year 11 as they get closer to their main examinations The commitment f rom the students is equally impressive, attendance is exceptional and we kno w their rewards will be even higher. Working together really makes a difference.

Some o f our Year 8 and 9 students were taken to Stevenage Magistrates Cour t, in preparation for their Mock Trial Competition in March. They were able to watch a few cases, learn more abou t the legal process and the people involved. Thank you to Ms Denton for organising such an excellent trip.

Our Year 9s have been experiencing the GCSE options by having taster lessons in all subjects across the school comprising some new ones including Media, Childcare, Pho tography, Business Studies and BTEC Spor t Our Year 9 parents/carers will be invited to an Options Evening after half term to f ind ou t more abou t their GCSE journey

Our Juniors are o ff to Duxford Air Museum, National Space Centre and Harr y Po tter, and Secondar y have trips to Belgium and France for Histor y, Languages and Food, Geography trips to Nor folk and to Iceland in the next academic year A number o f our Year 10s were also for tunate to attend an event run by the University o f Oxford as par t o f the Wadham Project Thank you to Miss Denton for leading this prestigious par tnership Our Juniors had a wonder ful day at Young Voices, singing amongst thousands o f o ther children and taking in the atmosphere at the O2 Arena in London These learning experiences are such an impor tant par t o f Etonbur y, and are a great way o f getting to kno w our students and developing them as individuals.

We are seeing numerous wins in our spor ting f ixtures and also amongst our children who take par t in ou tside school activities

The school is going f rom strength to strength, we are looking for ward to unveiling more plans for the Sixth Form Centre ver y soon

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TAKEAWAY

SCARLETT JUKES

4th March Happy 12th Bir thday

JANET BREACHER

Wishing our Mum and Grandma a ver y Happy 80th Bir thday on 17th March!

SYLVIA MASON

Happy 80th Bir thday!

With lo ts o f lo ve, Mum, Dad, Morgan & all your family & f riends x

EUAN PEARSON

Happy 23rd Bir thday!

Lo ve f rom all your family & f riends x

With Lo ve, Sharon, Kai, Dylan, Denise and Adrian xxx

SYLVIA & DAVID GREEN

Happy Golden Wedding Anniversar y

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All our lo ve Davina, Richard, Maria, Josh, Liam & Charlo tte

NICOLA BUSHALL

Happy 30th lo ve Tom x

JULIE CHRISTIE

Happy 60th Bir thday

We hope you have the best day ever Lo ve, Margaret, David & Jessica xx