22 July
No. 19
BACK TO SCHOOL WEDNESDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER
Summer Holiday Camps
With Footy Skills 4 kids
Mr Gillard, our sports coach, will be
running a variety of summer camps at
school over the holidays. The frst of
which is a Girls only football day in
partnership with Thatcham Town La-
dies and Girls F.C. on the 25th July. This
is open to girls from Year 1 to Year 8
and is only 15.
From 28th July to 1st Aug there is a
boys and girls football camp and anoth-
er between 4th and 8th Aug. These are
both for Years 1 to 6-75 for the week.
Between 11th and 15th August there is
a mult-sports camp for ages Year 1 to
Year 6.
Further football weeks take place
startng Monday 18th and Tuesday 25th
August.
All courses run from 10am-4pm each
day .
For bookings and enquiries please
email: [email protected]
FBs Got Talent
Thank you to all of the
children who took part in
FBs Got Talent this year.
The Lower Junior secton
was won by the trio Kady
Medford, Lily Apps and
Millie Denton-Powell who
went by the name Triple
Trouble.
The Upper Junior secton
winner was Daisy Bayliss.
Partcular thanks go to the
following Year 6 children
who organised and ran the
event; Mathew Busher,
Mia Smith, George Knight,
Ryan Holmes, Ben Emmons,
Spencer Walters, Scot
Wallace and Tilly McCready
Medicines
Please collect from the ofce
any medicaton that we are
holding for your children before
the end of term. All medicines
lef in school will have to be
disposed of during the holidays.
Please note we will need new
permission forms to be flled in
for September.
Francis Baily News
Transiton Day
This seemed to go very well in school
with teachers and children beneftng
from spending the whole day together.
Hopefully this has reassured children
about their new teacher but if you
have any concerns please make them
known early and we will endeavour to
do whatever is possible to support
your child.
Parking
We are stll getng complaints from
residents in the Skillman Drive area
about parking in the street. Please take
ever care to ensure you park with con-
sideraton to the householders who
only want to be able to get on and of
their driveways when they need to!
As we come to the end of my frst year at Francis Baily it is tme to wish farewell to
this years leavers. As well as the Year 6 children we also say goodbye to a number
of teachers and several families.
We hope all take away fond memories of their tme here and we wish them the
very best for what comes next.
For the rest of us we look forward to enjoying the holiday and preparing ourselves
for the return to school on Wednesday 3rd September.
During the holidays there will be much work undertaken on improving the school.
As well as the completon of the renovaton of the year 2 classrooms we will also
see a reconfguraton of the internal space in the Foundaton block to create a
third classroom following the issues we have experienced this year. In additon, all
of the school fat roofs will be renewed along with some drains. There will also be
some internal changes to the school kitchen to prepare for the introducton of the
Infant Free Schools meal initatve. The Years 3 and 4 area and classes will be deco-
rated and a range of further smaller works undertaken.
I look forward to welcome everyone back to our improved school and intend to
press forward with further improvements next year.
School Uniform
A reminder of the school uniform requirements for September. Please
ensure that our excellent standards are maintained and improved by
kitng your child out according to these guidelines.
Year 2 Mult-Sports Partcipaton Festval
On Tuesday 15th our team of 12 Year 2
children took part in a mult-sports fest-
val at Theale Secondary School.
The children took part in events such as
throwing, ball balancing on a tennis rac-
quet, slalom runs and target throwing.
When the scores were added up we were
delighted to hear the announcement that
we had come frst.
Well done to all the team; Imran Aboutaj,
Freddie Adams, Andrew Barker, Freddie
Chadwick, Max Cleary, Sam Croton, Erin
Lloyd, Zara Polding, Aaron Povey, Theo
Purton, Sebastan Simpson and William
Tilson-Swain.
Boys
White polo shirt with or without the school logo.
Bottle green polo shirt (with the school logo)
Bottle green round neck sweatshirt with school logo.
Grey tailored trousers (not cargo style trousers) or shorts
Black shoes (no trainers or boots)
Girls
White polo shirt with or without the school logo.
Bottle green polo shirt (with the school logo)
Bottle green round neck sweatshirt or cardigan with school logo.
Grey skirt, grey pinafore dress, grey tailored trousers or shorts.
Grey, black or green tights.
Black shoes (no trainers or boots)
In the summer a green and white gingham summer dress may be
worn.
Foundation Year
The same as the main school uniform, with the option of
Trainers with Velcro fastenings for outdoor wear.
All
PE Kit
Jewellery
Hair
Francis Baily green T-shirt
Black shorts
Gym shoes or trainers
No jewellery may be worn except a watch and/or a single plain stud
earring in either or both ears. Pupils remain responsible for these at
all times. Parents of pupils wearing stud earrings will be required to
sign a form absolving the school for responsibility in the case of
injury to themselves as a consequence of wearing them. (Religious
and medical exceptions can apply)
We ask that all children with hair below collar length have access to a
hair tie so that it can be secured for sporting and at other times
when for health and safety reasons it is sensible to do so..
No extreme hair-cuts
Visit Newbury Races for free on
Sunday 10 August
Dubai Internatonal Race Day
Entry (from 12.00) is free, view all the Ara-
bian horses decorated by West Berkshire
schools. Hopefully, you will like our chil-
drens eforts.
