30th January 2026
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 30.01.26
One of the main learning areas that both schools are focusing on for improvement, is writing.
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16th January 2026
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 16.01.26
The children have come back to school and have been working hard.
19th December 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 19.12.25
I am sure all of you who have attended the Reception, Y1, Y2 and Y3 performances over the last couple of weeks, will agree with me that the children were wonderful.
5th December 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 05.12.25
If you hadn’t noticed, Christmas has arrived. The decorations are up in school and the pupils, who will be performing in the coming weeks, are busy practicing.
21st November 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 21.11.25
Last year the attendance percentages at both of our schools were just above 95%. This is really good and means that we were above both averages for similar schools and national averages.
7th November 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 07.11.25
This feels like a strange weekly email to send due to the relatively warm start to this half term, however, we are now heading into winter and the unpredictable weather patterns.
3rd October 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 03.10.25
This week has included some great 'extras' to our curriculum and our offer to you and the children.
19th September 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 19.09.25
Once again thank you for your response to supporting with contributions to school trips, these are an important part of school lives for children - it is good to know so many of you value them.
18th July 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 18.07.25
As the year draws to a close, it has been a pleasure to sit back and reflect...
11th July 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 11.07.25
Another week over already – Monday to Friday seems to go so quick at the moment.
20th June 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 20.06.25
It was lovely to see all the parents and carers at FJS over the last couple of days for the sports mornings – I am so glad we did them in the morning.
6th June 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 06.06.25
It is that time of year when parents and children start to think about who their teacher might be next year.
23rd May 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 23.05.25
Today is the end of what feels like the shortest half term ever.
9th May 2025
FINS Friday Newsletter
Firstly, I would like to say how proud we are of the Super-Singers at FJS who went to perform at the VE Day event organised in the church gardens yesterday. It is important that this younger generation understands the significance of the end of WW2, even though it was 80 years ago. I grew up hearing stories about the war from my grandparents, but these first-hand recollections are quickly disappearing.
25th April 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 25.04.25
Welcome back after the Easter break – I hope you had a good one and didn’t over- indulge in chocolate too much.
28th March 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 28.03.25
Five years ago, both of our schools were beginning ‘Lockdown 1’.
14th March 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 14.03.25
Spring is almost here, which means we are more than halfway through this school year.
28th February 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 28.02.25
What an exciting week we have had this week.
11th February 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 11.02.25
Next week, on Tuesday 11th February, it is once again 'Safer Internet Awareness Day' across the UK.
24th January 2025
FJS/ FINS Friday Newsletter 24.01.25
This week, it has been lovely to start to get around the schools and classrooms again.
10th January 2025
FJS/FINS Friday Newsletter 10.01.25
May I wish you all a belated Happy New Year – although, as we head into mid-January already, it all seems a long time ago now!
20th December 2024
FJS Friday Newsletter
As we draw to a close for this term, I want to thank you all for your support. Not just for coming to the wonderful Christmas performances over the last week, but for getting your children to school, helping with homework and reading, and supporting the events organised by HELPS and Friends. When we work closely in partnership the impact on your children is greater.
6th December 2024
FINS Friday Newsletter
What an amazing turn out on Saturday 30th November for the town’s Christmas Light ‘switch on’ and the huge number of children on the stage singing along to the Christmas songs. Thank you to parents and carers for bringing the children and supporting them.
22nd November 2024
FINS Friday Newsletter
Currently the attendance percentages at both of our schools are sitting just above 95%. This is pleasing and would be judged as ‘good’ by OFSTED and the DfE. It is also slightly higher than we were achieving at this time last year.
8th November 2024
FINS Friday Newsletter
This time of year is an exciting time. I am sure many of you went ‘trick or treating’ with your children during half term, we have just had ‘Bonfire Night’ which this year seems to be stretching over two weekends and before you know it, we will be up to our necks in Christmas – the shops already are!
18th October 2024
FINS Friday Newsletter
I hope you are all well and that hopefully the Learning Review evenings at both schools have been useful and informative. Apologies again for the FJS ones needing to be by phone, however, ensuring that contact was made by the teachers was important and earlier in the term, when these were being planned, we were not certain that building issues would be sorted before Christmas.
4th October 2024
FINS Friday Newsletter
Following further investigations from building professionals, Synergy Multi-Academy Trust has now instructed a contractor to start remedy work on our ceilings at FJS. The work required is to remove the structurally unsafe material and repair these areas.
20th September 2024
FINS Friday Newsletter
I am pleased that the reception children and the new nursery children seem to have settled well into school life – it is amazing how quick most of them adapt.
6th September 2024
Friday Newsletter
Firstly, I would like to welcome Miss Key to our Federation, she will be teaching a class in Y5 at FJS.
19th July 2024
Friday Newsletter
We are very near the end of the school year, a year that has been successful for both schools. At the very start of the year, we had the positive OFSTED inspections at both schools and to end we have seen much improved outcomes.
5th July 2024
Friday Newsletter
Over the last couple of weeks, we have managed to have all three sports days across both schools, on the days and times we planned them. Every event was wonderful!
21st June 2024
Friday's Newsletter
We have come to that point in the summer term when everyone starts thinking about the next school year. This always presents a challenge as we still have 4 weeks, 10% of the current school year to go.
7th June 2024
Latest Newsletter
Two children from both Fakenham Junior and Fakenham Infant and Nursery attended the D-Day events in the town’s marketplace to read the National D-Day poem for schools.
17th May 2024
Friday's Newsletter
This week has seen the Y6s at FJS sitting their SATs – they have been wonderful, trying their hardest and although finding some parts tricky, they have shown good resilience.
3rd May 2024
Friday's Update
It is amazing how quickly time moves forward – we are now in May and already three weeks through the term.
19th April 2024
Latest from our school
Welcome to the summer term – not that the weather has been told it should arrive!
22nd March 2024
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I hope you are all well as we head to the last few days of the second term. I don’t know where the time has gone since Christmas, although it is nice to know we are heading towards, hopefully warmer, and less wet weather (to be honest, who knows in the UK!).
8th March 2024
Friday’s newsletter from Fakenham Infants
Such a short half term, but so much happening! This week we have celebrated World Book Day, on Thursday at FINS and Friday at FJS. Whilst dressing up is fun for most it is important that we do not lose the focus of what it is all about - books and reading.
16th February 2024
Newsletter from FINS
We will keep it short and sweet for the end of half term, just a few dates for your diary for next term – which will also be short, only 4 and a half weeks!
2nd February 2024
Friday Update
Next week, on Tuesday, it is the annual ‘Safer Internet Awareness Day’ across the UK. Our schools will be highlighting this day with the children, reminding them of the core elements of being safe online and what to do if they are worried or concerned.
24th January 2024
Response to Consultation on proposed admission arrangements for Fakenham Junior School from September 2025.
5th January 2024
Friday update from FINS
Happy New Year. It has been great to see all the children back
20th December 2023
End of term newsletter from FINS
We have got to the end of this long, and at times very testing term. We have lots to be proud of, most importantly the children in our schools – but it is nice that OFSTED recognised the ‘good’ schools in our Federation.
8th December 2023
All the latest from FINS
The excitement of Christmas is building – I am sure many of you have naughty elves causing chaos in your homes and lots of doors on advent calendars being opened.
24th November 2023
Latest news
It was wonderful to be able to share the Fakenham Infant and Nursery School OFSTED report with FINS parents last week.
10th November 2023
Friday Newsletter from FINS
The children and staff are continuing to work very hard, so that ‘together we can - be the best we can be’. Just before half term, the staff at FINS (and some from FJS) had a day refreshing our Read Write Inc.
1st November 2023
Consultation on proposed admission arrangements for Fakenham Junior School from September 2025 moving forwards.
This consultation will run from 1st November 2023 until 13th December 2023 (6 weeks).
19th October 2023
Latest newsletter
Amazingly, we have come to the end of the first half term of the year – it has been a busy one! We have spent a lot of time hosting OFSTED; however, it was lovely to share the ‘good’ FJS report with parents and I look forward to sharing the report for FINS when we receive it after the break.
29th September 2023
Latest from our school
It is the end of September! In one breath I can’t believe that the first month of the school year is completed, however, considering the intense start to the term at both schools, I also can’t believe it is only the end of September.
8th September 2023
Start of term newsletter
Firstly, welcome back – it was great to see lots of you yesterday and the vast majority of children. I do hope you had a good summer although, despite the hot weather this week, it does feel like a distant memory already.
30th June 2023
Strike Action Letter - School Information
NEU Strike update: 5th and 7th July