9th February
Jodie Terry met with the school council to discuss Governance and Federation. They discussed what the Governing Body was and how it contributed to the school and what changes a Federation might bring. School council discussed the questions they had around federation. They will now talk to their classes about federation and hand out a letter for each child from the Governing body. Children are asked to hand comments back to their school council member who will feed those back to the GB.
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Building Meeting
5th February
PC, KP, JT and GD met with EC Harris, Soilfix and Golders to discuss the removal of the raised beds in the playground in advance of building work. Contamination at 'undetectable levels' but will still need to be removed under controlled conditions. Majority of raised bed soil to be removed over half term. Soilfix will present to parents about the methodology for removing contaminated soil on the 12th February. For compliance reasons nothing other than memorial plants (after testing) to be retained.
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Radio 4 - Academies
3rd February - Radio 4 'You and Yours' discussed academies and whether they made a difference to the success of schools. Here is a link to the programme -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05107zp
There did seem to be a strong message that schools are successful due to strong leadership, outstanding teaching and a positive ethos (including parental support) and that school structure was not an important factor (other than that it may help as a catalyst to improving these other elements).
JT
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05107zp
There did seem to be a strong message that schools are successful due to strong leadership, outstanding teaching and a positive ethos (including parental support) and that school structure was not an important factor (other than that it may help as a catalyst to improving these other elements).
JT
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Meeting with Building Contractors
22nd January 2015
Paul Cotter, Jodie Terry, Kezia Pearce, Gloria Double and Harry Williams from Fox met with representatives from EC Harris, Soilfix, Galliford Try and RBKC.
Soilfix is the contractor that has been appointed to remove the bank and make good the site in readiness for construction. They are an award winning contractor that specialises in remediation of contaminated soils and groundwater on brownfield sites. They have proposed the scheduling of a presentation to Fox parents to demonstrate their capability in this area and the methodology they use for ensuring the safety of children at the school.
http://www.soilfix.co.uk
Galliford Try is the contractor that has been selected to carry out the construction of the new building and renovations of the existing building. They have played a major role in delivering some of the UK's most high profile and innovative schemes including for the London Olympic and Paralympic games. They have extensive experience in the construction of schools.
http://www.gallifordtry.co.uk
Following this initial meeting about timing and phasing of work we will have a workshop in the next couple of weeks for the school, contractor and governors to discuss the phasing of construction in order to minimise the disruption to teaching an learning. It is anticipated that a final plan for this phasing will be available in the next two months.
The planning application was submitted on the 21st January. An initial clearance of light vegetation (for example, ivy) on the bank will commence over the half term.
Paul Cotter, Jodie Terry, Kezia Pearce, Gloria Double and Harry Williams from Fox met with representatives from EC Harris, Soilfix, Galliford Try and RBKC.
Soilfix is the contractor that has been appointed to remove the bank and make good the site in readiness for construction. They are an award winning contractor that specialises in remediation of contaminated soils and groundwater on brownfield sites. They have proposed the scheduling of a presentation to Fox parents to demonstrate their capability in this area and the methodology they use for ensuring the safety of children at the school.
http://www.soilfix.co.uk
Galliford Try is the contractor that has been selected to carry out the construction of the new building and renovations of the existing building. They have played a major role in delivering some of the UK's most high profile and innovative schemes including for the London Olympic and Paralympic games. They have extensive experience in the construction of schools.
http://www.gallifordtry.co.uk
Following this initial meeting about timing and phasing of work we will have a workshop in the next couple of weeks for the school, contractor and governors to discuss the phasing of construction in order to minimise the disruption to teaching an learning. It is anticipated that a final plan for this phasing will be available in the next two months.
The planning application was submitted on the 21st January. An initial clearance of light vegetation (for example, ivy) on the bank will commence over the half term.
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Mindfulness and Massage
Last week Sema Aydin attended a mindfulness session held for parents at the school. The session was very useful and informative and was well attended. Feedback from other parents has been very positive.
In October 2014 Sema had observed mindfulness and massage lessons in both year 6 and year 5.
The years 6 session was about awareness - noticing and being aware of thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations and anything that is around the individual and happening right at that moment.
In October 2014 Sema had observed mindfulness and massage lessons in both year 6 and year 5.
The years 6 session was about awareness - noticing and being aware of thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations and anything that is around the individual and happening right at that moment.
The expectations
of the session are to feel calmer, less anxious, perform better and learn more
effectively. Mindfulness is used in the school to enhance wellbeing and
learning.
The children followed Ms Afzal’s instructions and guidance very gently, as best as they
could, showing genuine interest and enthusiasm.
The yr 5 class was a massage class. During this
session the children gave a gentle massage to their partner. They followed Ms
Afzal’s demonstrations and listened carefully to her instructions. The children seemed to enjoy the session and
were telling the teacher how much they liked giving and receiving massage.
The massage
sessions are used in the school to enhance the children’s relaxation and
wellbeing.
Federation Meeting
16th January 2015
Paul Cotter, along with Governors (JT, BW, KP, SA, TV and AS) held a Q&A session in the school hall to answer questions around the proposed Federation between Fox and Ashburnham. The meeting was well attended.
Kezia Pearce started off with an update around the building project. The contractor, Soilfix, who will be removing the bank have asked to have a meeting with the parents at Fox to talk them through all of the safety and other precautions that will be taken during the works. The date for this will be agreed this week and communicated to parents.
Fox will also be meeting with the contractors this week to have initial discussions around phasing.
Paul Cotter did a presentation on the Federation proposal and then answered questions. Minutes were taken and these will be sent out in due course. Answers to the most frequently asked questions will be on the Fox website.
The consultation document was distributed on Monday 19th January, starting off a six week consultation period.
Parents will have the opportunity to ask more questions this Friday 23rd at the FSA meeting as well as at another consultation meeting in the school hall, date to be confirmed.
JT
Paul Cotter, along with Governors (JT, BW, KP, SA, TV and AS) held a Q&A session in the school hall to answer questions around the proposed Federation between Fox and Ashburnham. The meeting was well attended.
Kezia Pearce started off with an update around the building project. The contractor, Soilfix, who will be removing the bank have asked to have a meeting with the parents at Fox to talk them through all of the safety and other precautions that will be taken during the works. The date for this will be agreed this week and communicated to parents.
Fox will also be meeting with the contractors this week to have initial discussions around phasing.
Paul Cotter did a presentation on the Federation proposal and then answered questions. Minutes were taken and these will be sent out in due course. Answers to the most frequently asked questions will be on the Fox website.
The consultation document was distributed on Monday 19th January, starting off a six week consultation period.
Parents will have the opportunity to ask more questions this Friday 23rd at the FSA meeting as well as at another consultation meeting in the school hall, date to be confirmed.
JT
Thursday, 27 November 2014
27th November 2014
Kezia Pierce and Jodie Terry attended an exhibition held at the The Tabernacle Notting Hill of Fox Yr 6 students art work on the theme of The Trellick Tower. The quality of work produced by Year 6 was amazing. Thank you to their Art teacher Sarah Edwards for inspiring such an amazing array of work and for putting together a really lovely event for children, parents and teachers.
Kezia Pierce and Jodie Terry attended an exhibition held at the The Tabernacle Notting Hill of Fox Yr 6 students art work on the theme of The Trellick Tower. The quality of work produced by Year 6 was amazing. Thank you to their Art teacher Sarah Edwards for inspiring such an amazing array of work and for putting together a really lovely event for children, parents and teachers.
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