We're excited to launch our Park & Stride campaign at Lidl, just a 4minute walk from the school! We want to encourage all families who need to drive to school to park at nearby Lidl at Villiers Rd and enjoy a short and active walk to school. It's a simple way to reduce traffic and congestion near the school gates, keep children safer, and enjoy some fresh morning air! Plus... a chance to WIN! A member of Southampton City Council School Travel team will be standing at the entrance of the Lidl car park each morning from Tuesday to Friday to collect names of pupils walking from the car park. Every participating pupil will be entered into a raffle to win exciting prizes! One goodie bag winner will be chosen every day. Winners will be announced at the end of the week. The SCC staff member will be wearing a hivis jacket, so they'll be easy to spot. We hope everyone will get involved and help make the area around our school safer, healthier, and more pleasant for the whole school community. *Please note that there are parking restrictions at the Lidl car park, allowing max 90 minutes of stay. The JTAs have been working hard on an assembly and designing posters that will be shared on Monday with KS2 and will be on the gates Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning to promote this. There is also a 'love your journey to school' competition that will be shared in assembly that I have also attached that the children can get involved in! Bingo cards will be available to take home at school from their class teacher. Mrs Reis

I've had my maths hat on today and had the pleasure of seeing teaching and learning across many year groups. Year R completed some wonderful work on shape, Year 1 were working hard on one more, and Year 2 were confidently tackling dividing by 2. In Year 4, pupils were focusing on HTO/O, while Year 5 were also getting stuck into some tricky division. I'm in Year 3 every Wednesday morning for maths so didn't pop in today, but I know they've been working hard on division too. Year 6 have been stretching their thinking with percentages. Well done, super mathematicians! It was lovely to see the clear progression in maths across our year groups. Mrs Loftus

This Week's School Highlights Year 6 – Environmental Art Year 6 are really excited to begin designing their environmental art, carefully thinking about the message they want their artwork to communicate. Year R – Shape Learning Reception pupils have been learning all about 2D and 3D shapes, exploring their properties through practical and hands-on activities. Year 2 – DT (Beach Huts) Year 2 have been incredibly busy making the wooden structures for their beach huts. Pupils carefully cut balsa wood and glued pieces together to create strong frames. A huge thank you to the wonderful parent helpers who kindly gave up their time to support the children we couldn't have done it without you! Year 5 – Geography (Farming in the UK) Year 5 have enjoyed learning about allotments and the different types of farming in the UK. They successfully explored the key features of pastoral, arable and mixed farming. Year 3 – Volcanoes Year 3 have been exploring volcanoes, learning about their parts and the stages of an eruption. Pupils also acted out being active, dormant and extinct learning through movement and fun! Year 4 – Writing Year 4 completed their independent write based on the short film Feast. They worked hard to show, not tell Dad's emotions and to accurately punctuate speech. Year 1 – Animals & Adaptation Year 1 have loved learning about animals and how they adapt to different seasons. In writing, Grandma Fantastic continues to inspire lots of exciting vocabulary choices!

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We've had a fantastic week at Foundry Lane, especially with the final of Foundry Lane's Got Talent – what a brilliant celebration of confidence and creativity! In PE, Year 3 have been developing their agility, balance and co-ordination through tag rugby, showing great teamwork and determination. Year 4 have worked hard to master column multiplication this week, using their times tables knowledge confidently to support their calculations. Year 5 enjoyed a very successful Question of Faith Day. Pupils took part in activities such as Pass the Message, created their own key message posters and enjoyed some thoughtful crafting, leading to lots of meaningful discussion. In DT, Year 2 pupils used straws, card, glue and scissors to create an initial model of their beach hut, exploring basic strengthening and joining techniques. Over the coming weeks, they will design and make their final models using wood. Year R have had great fun making animal masks and learning animal songs, bringing lots of energy and enthusiasm to their learning. Meanwhile, Year 6 have been thoroughly enjoying their new class novel, Boy Everywhere, and are already engaging deeply with the story. Another busy and brilliant week at Foundry Lane – well done to all our pupils and staff!

It's all go on our INSET day today: The teaching team are knee deep in maths progressing, while our LSA team are having important safeguarding training and learning about sensory play.

Another Brilliant Week in School! Years 2, 4 and 5 enjoyed an engaging eco workshop, learning about sustainability and caring for our planet We've also had lots of fun with the auditions for Foundry Lane's Got Talent – the confidence, creativity and courage on show have been fantastic! Reminder: School will be closed to pupils next Wednesday due to an INSET Day. Our staff team will be focusing on Number Sense and strengthening our maths progression across the school Year R This week, children have been learning how to make 6 using part–whole language "One is a part, five is a part and the whole is 6." "Two is a part, four is a part and the whole is 6." "Three is a part, three is a part and the whole is 6." A brilliant foundation for number understanding Year 1 In Geography, pupils explored the characteristics of a city and then designed their own cities, confidently describing features such as buildings, roads and landmarks Year 2 Year 2 started a brand-new maths unit all about recognising, making and adding equal groups – a great step towards understanding multiplication Year 3 Year 3 practised drawing with detail, inspired by the work of L.S. Lowry, as part of their People and Places learning. The focus and creativity were wonderful to see Year 4 In PSHE, Year 4 explored friendships, discussing the difference between online and real-life friends They also thought carefully about how to fill others' 'buckets' with kindness rather than depleting them Year 5 A big thank you to Mrs Decelis, who kindly brought in vegetables for Year 5 as part of their DT and Geography project Pupils were fantastic at trying new foods, including butternut squash, swede and parsnips – it was lovely to see such openness and curiosity Year 6 Year 6 have been learning about polar winter and summer and developing their balanced arguments linked to the class text Holes. Some really thoughtful reasoning has been on display Well done to all our pupils for another fantastic week of learning, and thank you for your continued support!

We've had a very busy first week back, and it's been so lovely to see everyone together again on the playground each morning Next week, Years 2, 4 and 5 will be taking part in an environmental education workshop . A huge thank you to Steve and Amber for sourcing the funding to make this possible – we're very grateful! Year 6 have been learning about the Arctic and Antarctic as part of their new Geography unit Frozen Kingdom . In Art, they've explored a range of environmental artwork and discussed what can harm our planet . Year 5 have been writing some fantastic narratives inspired by Katherine Rundell's The Explorer – we've been so impressed with their creativity. Year R were very excited to welcome Monty the school dog . Mr Taylor taught the children all about how to look after and care for a dog. Year 1 have had great fun in PE this week , practising different gymnastics shapes such as pike, straddle, star and squat. Year 3 have been learning about the four layers of the Earth in Geography and thinking about what they would like to find out next. Year 2 have been learning how to write a non-chronological report , focusing on toys from the past and present. In RE, the children explored the idea of authority and learned about people who guide and lead others . Wishing you all a lovely and restful weekend

We're really looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow! Alarms are set and ready to go see you all bright and early

To those celebrating this evening

Our civic award charity this year is George's Rockstars. They do a brilliant tree service collection for a small donation: please find the details in the picture.

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Elfridges raised £176 for friends and £176 for George's Rockstars. The Y6 civic award children worked so hard to make it a success - we hope you like your presents on Christmas morning!

Christmas Jumper / Non-Uniform Day Reminder A reminder that tomorrow is Christmas jumper / non-uniform day as we have special assemblies in the morning and parties in the afternoon (a huge thank you to the Friends Committee ). School will finish at the normal time tomorrow fingers crossed for dry weather What a busy and wonderful week it's been! Alongside our Maths and English learning, pupils have enjoyed lots of foundation subjects, our RE curriculum, and of course our beautiful Carol Service Here's a snapshot of the learning happening across the school: Year 6 have been recycling old clothing to create festive Christmas stockings as part of their DT project creative and sustainable! Year 5 explored how Victorians celebrated Christmas, making Victorian Christmas cards, Christmas crackers and paper-chain decorations lots of festive fun! Year 1 continued learning about their senses in Science and how to keep them safe, while in Geography they've been discovering the equator Year 2 finished writing their Christmas Day poems. Each stanza focused on a different part of Christmas what we see, hear, eat, feel and the movement around us. The poems are truly beautiful and the children worked incredibly hard Year 4 performed brilliantly in their first Soundbites concert they made us all so proud! Year 3 reflected on their History learning, comparing similarities and differences between the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age Year R have been learning their number bonds to 5 fantastic progress! Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We're ending the term feeling festive, proud and full of joy

So many thank yous today for such a wonderful Carol Service To Miss Kara and the KS2 choir ; Mrs Clifford and Mrs Spicer for leading the prayers ; Mrs Phillips for supporting me with organising the service yesterday and today – and for the wonderful dancing ; Mrs Singh for being our extra pair of hands absolutely everywhere today ; Mr Taylor for his closing words; The Friends Committee for providing teas and coffees ; Shirley Baptist Church, as always, for hosting us so warmly ; Our fantastic Year 6 tech crew ; Lily, our brilliant soloist ; Our whole community for your wonderful singing ; And finally, to our amazing Year 5 and 6 pupils for your hard work and strong performances You had just 45 minutes to practise and you absolutely smashed it! Mrs Loftus

Our wonderful friends committee , with the help of Mila and Isabelle in Y6, are serving refreshments at the church tomorrow before and after the services. Save yourself a few pound and have a Friends coffee and snack, than the one on the corner!

Year 6 have just been on Zoom with Mrs Loftus'scousin in Australia as we learn about time zones A MASSIVE thank you to Tamsin who not only told us about the climate , the time difference and what life is like in Australia, but also answered lots of brilliant questions about wildlife , dangerous animals and what life is like in the Southern Hemisphere What an amazing real-life learning experience!

Y6 are loving their cornerstones curriculum! We are making globes to identify the features of the Earth

Another festive-filled week across the school, with wonderful Year R and Year 1 performances bringing plenty of Christmas cheer! Year 6 have been creating and performing their own songs inspired by Holes fantastic creativity and confidence on display. Year 4 turned designers in DT, making hummus; the range of colours and flavours was amazing! Year 3 had a truly memorable experience meeting and chatting with an actual Celtic warrior (Steve!), bringing their history learning vividly to life. Year 1 wowed us with their Wriggly Nativity performances this week. Alongside this, they've been learning about verbs in English and exploring world maps in Geography. Year 2 made Eton Mess yesterday and absolutely loved it Year 5 produced beautiful double-page spreads in Science, responding to the question: How did people discover the universe? Their work has been a real joy to see. Where possible, we are keeping lesson structures consistent, as we know this helps our pupils stay calm and regulated during the busy Christmas period. Maths fluency and phonics will continue next week, with RE and other foundation subjects taking centre stage. A reminder that we have our Carol Services on Wednesday, followed by Christmas Jumper Day and class parties on Friday a lovely way to end the term.

What a brilliant Festive Fayre! A HUGE thank you to Hilde and her team of elves on the Friends Committee, our fantastic Year 6 helpers , our private stall sellers , and members of the staff team for all their hard work in making the afternoon such a success. Candy floss , crochet , cakes , tombolas , Steve's outdoor creation , the longest raffle in the world , refreshments , Mr & Mrs Claus story time , glitter tattoos , games and arts and crafts all came together to create a truly wonderful festive experience. Community at its finest!

Well done to our KS2 choir for a wonderful festive performance at Thorners Housing today! Our pupils sang so beautifully and brought lots of Christmas cheer to the residents A huge thank you to Miss Kara for organising, mentoring and conducting the choir your hard work and festive spirit truly shone through today!

Well done, Year 1! A huge congratulations to all of our Year 1 children for their wonderful Christmas assemblies today! You were so brave, confident and full of festive cheer. We are all incredibly proud of you!

Festive Party Fun – 19th December! Our amazing Friends Committee have kindly funded our class parties again this year! We're excited for an afternoon of games, snacks and quizzes for all our pupils! Pupils (and staff!) are welcome to wear their festive jumpers on the 19th December. No donations needed we've already had lots of donation days, so this one is just for fun! We can't wait to celebrate together!

Events This Week Tuesday 9th December Class 1G Nativity – 9:30am Class 1PO Nativity – 1:45pm Christmas Lunch Thursday 11th December Class RLB Nativity – 9:30am Class RM Nativity – 1:45pm Friday 12th December Festive Fayre – Please contact the Friends Committee if you're able to help or support in any way!