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Colneis Junior School Colneis Road Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 9HH Tel: 01394 284052 Fax: 01394 273425 colneisoffice@fairfieldandcolneis.co.uk

www.colneisjunior.co.uk

Co-Headteachers Letter 1

Fairfield 2

Colneis 3-4

Joint School 5-11

Term dates 12

Dear Parents and Carers,

As we draw to the end of another busy and exciting school year, it is

time to reflect in a final newsletter on the hard work and success of

everyone at Fairfield and Colneis.

We hope you have enjoyed reading the children’s reports and have had

the opportunity to attend one of the Open Evenings to celebrate your

child’s progress. As always we are very proud of every child’s

achievements and would like to take this opportunity to thank you for

all the support you give by helping them at home and in attending school

events.

We have just enjoyed a wonderful Year 6 Leaver’s Assembly and are

looking forward to the Year 2 Assembly on Tuesday. These assemblies

round off a busy calendar of events that staff organise and I am sure

that like us, you would want to extend your thanks to all the staff who

work tirelessly to support your children in every way possible with their

learning.

As you will see later on in the newsletter, we have a number of staff

leaving (some temporary and some permanent) and a number of new

joiners too. We extend our thanks and best wishes to all the people we

are saying goodbye (or au revoir) to, and we look forward to working

with our new colleagues.

Mrs Reed is naturally disappointed that she has missed this exciting

part of the term, but wanted to pass on her good wishes to you all. She

is regularly in touch with us and loves to hear how well all the children

are doing. Her treatment is progressing well and she hopes to be back

in school following October half term as planned.

We’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of our Year 6 children (and

any other children moving to pastures new) very good luck for their

next steps in education and we look forward to hearing of all of their

future successes. So it just remains for us to wish all parents and

children a very happy Summer holiday and we look forward to welcoming

you back in September.

Kind regards

Mr Keith Rimmer and Mrs Anne Marks, Acting Co-Headteachers

Fairfield Infant School High Road West Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 9JB Tel: 01394 283206 Fax: 01394 283895 fairfieldoffice@fairfieldandcolneis.co.uk www.fairfieldinfant.co.uk

Newsletter July 2016

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FAIRFIELD INFANT SCHOOL

Dates:

Wednesday 20 July Nursery Party

Wednesday 20 July End of Summer Term

Monday 5 September Start of Autumn Term

Thursday 15 September Friends of Fairfield AGM

Pupils’ Success

County Final Gymnastic Tournament

Congratulations to our gymnasts who got through to the

County Final Gymnastic Tournament. Well done to you

all.

Premier Sport—early booking saver

If you plan to book your child onto a Premier Sport afterschool club starting in September, you

can SAVE if you book early. Just use online code EC/10 before Wednesday 31st August

2016 and SAVE 10% off all Extra Curricular Club bookings.

To book visit www.premier-education.com

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for data protection purposes

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COLNEIS JUNIOR SCHOOL

Dates:

Wednesday 20 July End of Summer Term

Monday 5 September Start of Autumn Term

Monday 12 September Y3 Beach Visit

Thursday 29 September Friends of Colneis AGM

Pupils’ Success

This information has been removed

for data protection purposes

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One Life Suffolk Oscars

On Thursday 7th July, three groups of

children from Year Six were invited to

attend the One Life Suffolk Oscars at

Endeavour House. Each group had

entered their anti-smoking film,

produced as part of their PSHE lessons.

They were all recognised for

successfully promoting the risks

associated with smoking. Along with

groups from a range of other primary

and secondary schools from Suffolk, the

children were treated to a 'red carpet'

experience, including receiving three

awards for the school and individual

trophies. Congratulations to everybody

who participated!

A Day Out at Wimbledon

Members of the Colneis Tennis club

joined Mrs Livingstone and Mrs Harvey

for a day at Wimbledon on Sunday 10th

July. The eight pupils had an amazing

day out absorbing the atmosphere and

had seats in Court 1. They watched the

Boys Final and were able to meet the

winner and had their giant tennis balls

signed! An amazing day out was had by

all.

Y6 Leavers Assembly

Well done to all in Y6 for participating in

their Leavers Assembly. We wish you all

the very best as you leave Colneis and

move on to high school.

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JOINT SCHOOL INFORMATION

Information on the school website

www.fairfieldinfant.co.uk www.colneisjunior.co.uk

We would encourage you to log on to the school website to find helpful ways to assist your child and to keep up-to-date with the school calendar.

The Federation of Fairfield and Colneis—Governor News

We are at the end of yet another busy and successful school year. Governors would like to thank

all the staff for their hard work during the year. We are very fortunate in having a group of

teachers and support staff who work so well together to provide all the children with the best

education possible.

At our governing body meeting at the beginning of July, governors shared their experiences of

the many visits they had made to school this term. We enjoyed seeing the exciting and

imaginative activities on the open afternoons, where the children were busily engaged and

enjoying their learning. It was good to see so many parents sharing their children’s learning with

them and to hear all the positive comments about the schools that you told us afterwards over a

cup of tea. Governors have also been involved in Learning Walks with members of staff and in

Pupil Perception interviews where we talked to children about their lessons. We have a report

each term from staff about all aspects of school life and it is good to see at first-hand what they

are telling us.

Now we are saying ‘goodbye’ to Year 6 and we give them our best wishes for their future in High

School. It is a big step for them but we are sure that their time at Fairfield and Colneis has

prepared them well for the next stage of their education.

Have a good summer break. Celia Davies Chair of Governors

Parent Mail Upgrade

Thank you for your co-operation whilst the upgrade from Parent Mail 2 to PMX has taken place.

If you haven’t already done so, please remember to upgrade your ParentMail account. If you

have any queries, please contact the school office.

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Pigs Gone Wild

Several pupils and members of staff have enjoyed tracking down the pigs on the Pigs Gone Wild

trail. Mrs Winton snapped Phelix, our pig who is positioned in the Ipswich Town Hall. If you

haven’t already had a chance to go, you can download the Pigs Gone Wild trail maps to make sure

you know where to find all 69 of the pigs. Please log on to http://www.pigsgonewild.co.uk/trail.

The sticker books are also now available to buy in all local East of England Co-op stores.

An app is downloadable from both Apple and Android stores.

Felixstowe Fuchsia Art Competition Winners

Congratulations to Ellie-Rose, Ruby and Eve from Colneis and Saoirse, Ella and

Mathilda from Fairfield for winning prizes in the Felixstowe Fuchsia Art

Competition.

Poetry Recital

Daisy (Y2) and Abigail (Y3) represented our schools brilliantly on

June 30th at a Poetry Recital held at Trimley St Mary school and

supported by The Rotary Club of Felixstowe Landguard.

Daisy performed 'The Cupboard' by Walter de la Mare and Abigail

recited Archibald the Spider by Paul Rogers. The audience were

very appreciative of all the children's efforts and everyone

deservedly received a huge round of applause.

Well done girls and look after those certificates!

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Golden Ticket Winners! For reading 4 times (or more) a week—our Golden Ticket Winners are:

Ronnie —class RC, Jessenia —class RD

From Colneis: Oliver, Olive, Tony

Wonder Pig Book Launch

Last week we were delighted to hold the book launch of our latest book ‘Wonder Pig’. The

families of the Colneis and Fairfield pupils involved in writing and illustrating the book celebrated

the launch with a slice of the Wonder Pig cake kindly made by Mrs Lingley.

Books are available to purchase from the school office at a cost of £7.00 each (cash only

please). All proceeds go to ‘The Steve Ransom Bursary Fund,’ that Mrs Ransom has set up in

memory of her husband. The Bursary will be awarded to fund an Access student on the Access to

Higher Education course at Suffolk New College; allowing them to continue their education. The

fund is a marvellous testament to Mr Ransom, as he inspired so many young people to fall in love

with reading and writing.

Betty and Ned cutting the cake!

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Leavers and Joiners

Leavers

We would like to say a fond farewell to:

Miss Kirby who leaves us to take up a new post at Ravenswood Primary School.

A temporary farewell to Mrs Rowlandson and Mrs Wyard who will be leaving us on maternity leave. We

extend our best wishes to them and their growing families and we look forward to seeing both mums and

babies soon!

An even briefer temporary farewell to Mr Teare who will be leaving us only for the Autumn term on

paternity leave to enjoy some family time with his daughter Olivia and new baby son Charlie.

Mrs Jacobs has been an amazing HLTA and supported children over both schools from Nursery through to

year 6. She leaves us to begin her post graduate certificate of education and will qualify as a teacher in a

year. We wish her every success and know that she will be a fabulous teacher.

Mrs Crump and Mrs Tottle are leaving us as teaching assistants, with Mrs Crump to enjoy a well-earned

retirement and Mrs Tottle to return to her previous career as a nurse. Both have given immeasurable

support to many children during their time at our schools, we thank them for all they have done and we wish

them well.

Mr James Marks is leaving our cleaning team to take up a place at University.

Joiners

Welcome to our four new teachers: Miss Anderson (Reception), Miss Day (year 2), Miss Lucas (year 3) and

Miss Clarke (year 4). We are really looking forward to working with them all and are confident that they

will be great additions to our talented team.

Miss Lumley is our new HLTA who will be teaching classes across both schools so will soon get to know all of

the children.

Mrs Parker will be joining us to teach in year 2 for the first half of the Autumn term as Mrs Haxley

undertakes the SENCO role and supports Mrs Marks.

Mrs Beasley will teach in year 4 for the Autumn term whilst Mr Teare is on paternity leave.

Mrs Clarke will be teaching Mrs Ransom’s class in year 1 for one day per week.

Welcome to our two teaching assistants, Mrs Lingley and Mrs Deal.

Miss Day and Mrs Throup are joining our cleaning team.

We have already welcomed Mr Vince Cook as Site Manager over both schools this term.

Staff Changes

Mrs Letts will be moving to Colneis to teach in year 6 and is really looking forward to working with the

children in their final year at Colneis.

Teaching Staff from September 2016 Nursery Miss Read.

Reception Mrs Simmons (EYFS lead), Ms Drahokoupil and Mrs Brinkley, Miss J Clarke, Miss Anderson.

Year 1 Mrs Barker (YGL) and Miss K Aberdein, Miss Maitland, Mrs Ransom and Mrs H Clarke.

Year 2 Mrs Haxley (YGL), Mrs Olafsson and Mrs Werrett, Miss Day, Mrs Parker (1st half term).

Year 3 Mrs Churchyard (YGL), Miss T Aberdein and Mrs Mackenzie, Miss Lucas.

Year 4 Miss Mills (YGL), Mr Teare, Miss Clarke, Mrs Beasley (Autumn term).

Year 5 Ms Spurgeon (YGL), Mrs Castle and Mrs Game, Miss Roberts.

Year 6 Mrs Livingstone (YGL), Mrs Steele, Mrs Letts.

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Enjoyment and Enrichment Workshops

The Felixstowe Family of Schools programme of enrichment courses take place once every half

term on a Saturday morning at one of the Felixstowe schools. We were delighted to host our

event on Saturday 9th July for over 60 children from all of our local schools. Workshops

included art, poetry, sports, movie making, creative writing and robotics. The children behaved

beautifully and really enjoyed all that was on offer. A big thank you also to all the staff,

coaches and STEM ambassadors from BT who gave up their time on a Saturday morning and

made it such a success.

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School Uniform Advance Notice

We want the children in our schools to look well dressed and feel proud of their uniform.

Consistency of appearance across the school is important and so we will be adopting a firm line

regarding uniform from September. Please note black trousers and pale blue shirts will no longer be

acceptable. All children will be required to wear plain dark coloured, low heeled shoes or ankle boots.

Trainers will not be allowed.

Fairfield Uniform (Reception, Year1 and Year 2)

Dark grey knee-length skirt or pinafore dress, tailored shorts or trousers

White shirt/polo shirt

Plain royal blue cardigan or sweatshirt*

Blue and white gingham dress (in summer)

Plain grey, white or navy socks

Plain dark coloured low heeled shoes or ankle boots

Plain blue or black shorts (or tracksuit bottoms and sweatshirt in winter), a white t-shirt and

plimsolls for PE*

Colneis Uniform (Year 3—Year 6)

Plain navy sweatshirt or cardigan*

White shirt/polo shirt

Dark grey knee-length skirt or pinafore dress, tailored shorts or trousers

Blue and white gingham dress (in summer)

Plain grey, white or navy socks

Plain dark coloured low heeled shoes or ankle boots

Plain blue or black shorts (or tracksuit bottoms and sweatshirt in winter) and a house coloured

t-shirt and plimsolls/trainers for PE*

Swimming hat (in house colours)*

*Available from the school office

For art and design lessons, children will need an overall or apron – an old shirt will do – to protect

their clothing.

Please remember to name all your child’s clothing, including shoes.

Please note that make up (including nail varnish) and transfers should not be worn in school under

any circumstance.

Jewellery and Hairstyling

Children should not wear jewellery at school. Children who have pierced ears should wear sleepers

with flat studs on the back and must remove them when taking part in PE lessons. Teachers cannot

take responsibility for the removal and safekeeping of earrings. If you are considering having your

child’s ears pierced please could you arrange to do so at the beginning of the school holidays so that

the earrings can be removed for PE and swimming when the children return in September.

All shoulder length/long hair must be tied back using a plain hair band or bobble with or without a

small blue bow. Boys hair should not be shaved below grade 3 and we request that patterns are not

shaved into the hair as this is inappropriate for school.

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SwimSure Swim School Ltd

Colneis Community Pool, Felixstowe

Let us teach your child to swim! Summer holiday Crash Courses

Small classes-maximum 4 children per class Lessons last for 30 minutes each day at 8.30am, 9:00am or 9.30am (time will be confirmed on

booking) Groups organised by ability -Suitable for children 3years+

Qualified teachers- (DBS checked) Week 1: 25th-29th July Week 2: 1st-5th August

Week 3: 8th-12th August Week 4: 15th-19th August

(All 5 day courses - £39.00 per child per week) Book now!

Term –time lessons

New applications now being taken for the Autumn term Pre-school classes held on Mondays - early afternoon & Thursday mornings

Small groups – maximum 4 children per class Adult and Child classes held on Thursdays for children aged 4 months- 3 years.

Lessons available for children of all ages and abilities every day after school And Saturday mornings.

To book, or for more details, email swimsure@btinternet.com

The Adventure Cruise

Holiday Club

Seaton Road Methodist Church

25th-29th July, 10am-12.30pm

Trinity Methodist Church

22nd-26th August, 10am-12.30pm

Games, Stories, Crafts, Drama, Puppets! £2.00 per child per day (includes crafts and

refreshments)

To secure a place, please contact Wendy O’Connor.

Tel: 276595, e-mail: wendy.oconnor2@tinyworld.co.uk

Safety Parking and Crossing

Hardly a month goes by without either a parent or a member of the public contacting us to

report a ‘near miss’ accident or parking hazard.

Can we please remind Fairfield parents that you have not been given permission to park at the

petrol station. A member of staff has contacted us to stress their concern as they regularly

see children run across the forecourt in the path of cars.

Could we also remind you to be considerate when parking in residential areas. Again, we have

received calls from members in the community advising that driveways have been blocked by

parents dropping/collecting.

Please do all you can to ensure every member of the Fairfield and Colneis families stays safe.

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Term dates for 2016-2017

Autumn Term 2016:

Start of Autumn term: Monday 5th September

Half Term: Monday 24th October-Friday 28th October

End of Autumn term: Tuesday 20th December

PD day: Thursday 1st September

Friday 2nd September

Spring Term 2017:

Start of Spring term: Thursday 5th January

Half term: Monday 13th February-Friday 17th February

End of Spring term: Friday 31st March

PD day: Wednesday 4th January

Summer Term 2017:

Start of Summer term: Wednesday 19th April

Bank Holiday: Monday 1st May

Half term: Monday 29th May-Friday 2nd June

End of Summer term: Friday 21st July

PD days: Tuesday 18th April

Monday 5th June

Term dates for 2017-2018

Autumn Term 2017:

Start of Autumn term: Wednesday 6th September

Half Term: Monday 23rd October-Friday 27th October

End of Autumn term: Tuesday 19th December

PD day: Monday 4th September

Tuesday 5th September

Friday 24th November

Spring Term 2018:

Start of Spring term: Thursday 4th January

Half term: Monday 12th February-Friday 16th February

End of Spring term: Thursday 29th March

PD day: Wednesday 3rd January

Summer Term 2018:

Start of Summer term: Monday 16th April

Bank Holiday: Monday 7th May

Half term: Monday 28th May-Friday 1st June

End of Summer term: Tuesday 24th July

PD days: Monday 4th June