Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

Remember, you can learn about lots more exciting things that happen in Fairford Academy Barnehurst by visiting the Outstanding Learning page under the Our Learning section.

• Harvest Festival Assembly

  Thu 17 Oct 2019
  Harvest Festival Assembly took place on Thursday this week with parents and carers of our Year 4 parents in attendance. The children spoke about how food is grown on farms and how healthy food benefits everyone. Thank you to all who donated tinned foods and non perishables which have been passed on to our local Bexley Food Bank, in Erith. We support many different charities over the year and are pleased to be able to donate and help where we can.

• Parents Evenings

  Mon 14 Oct 2019

  Parents Evenings took place on Monday and Tuesday after school. It was wonderful to see so many parents/ carers in attendance with their child's class teacher discussing their child's progress. Thank you to all of you who attended. It is so important for our teachers to be able to share your child's fantastic learning with you and continue to build home/ school communications.

  During parents evening, Independent Catering, our school catering team, were serving up some delicious samples of some of the food on offer to pupils at Normandy Primary. The majority of children at Normandy enjoy a delicious, healthy meal at school with many of those who regularly have packed lunch changing to school meals during the course of the school year. If your child feels that they may wish to change their lunch option they are more than welcome to.

  School meals are charged at £2.30 per day, £11.50 per week, payable in advance via Sims Pay.

• Yellow day for Young Minds Charity

  Thu 10 Oct 2019
  On Thursday, children came to school wearing something yellow to support and raise funds for the Young Minds Charity. Pupils attended a special assembly where they listened to poems about feelings and discussed how to share your feelings with friends. We raised a fantastic £179.02p. Thank you for your continued support.

  

• Book Fair

  Mon 07 Oct 2019
  Thank you to all of those who came along to our Book Fair after school this week. It was lovely to see so many of you there looking at the large variety of books which were on sale. With the help of your sales, we have raised a grand total of £793.77p which will go towards buying new books for the classrooms. Thank you for your continued support.

• National Poetry Day

  Thu 03 Oct 2019
  We celebrated National Poetry Day's 25th anniversary on Thursday this week with children taking part in various fun-filled activities based around poetry. Children and teachers shared their favourite poems during special assemblies. They also enjoyed listening to and studying and performing poems written by some of their favourite authors. Lots of children wrote their own poems using different features they had been learning about in the week. I was particularly impressed watching some incredible teaching and learning in Years 5, where they were comparing a range of poems of differing styles and themes. Please ask your child all about the poets they have learnt about. It was such a joy to see so many children so excited about poetry this week!

• Independent Catering - American Theme Day

  Thu 03 Oct 2019
  On Thursday, our school catering team, Independent Catering, invited pupils to take part in an American Themed Day. They served up a delicious menu of stacked burgers in a bun or vegetarian burgers in a bun, served with potato wedges, BBQ mixed beans and sweetcorn. It was wonderful to see so many children tucking in to their delicious themed food and enjoying the celebrations. Thank you to all of the kitchen staff and midday supervisors who always make the lunch experience for our pupils such an enjoyable one.

• School Council Elections

  Tue 01 Oct 2019

  This week pupils voted for who they would like to see represent them as part of our School Council. Voting took place with real booths and a ballot box. Children listened to candidate's manifestos before deciding who they wanted to represent their class. Being a member of the School Council is a fantastic opportunity for the elected pupils to have their school and contribute to the development and growth of the pupils and school. Congratulations to the following children:

   

  YEAR 2:  Bella G, Sophia A

  YEAR 3:  Esther S, Yasin S, Daisy S

  YEAR 4:  Addiena E-K, Lyam B-L, Spiros P

  YEAR 5:  Isabella T, Liara L, Temi B

  YEAR 6:  Naomi S, Marco V-G, Olu A