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STEM Week
12/10/18
The week beginning the 1st October 2018 was STEM Week at Fir Tree Primary!! The objective of this week was to get the children to be more engaged and enthusiastic about STEM activities; providing them with a WOW moment!! By creating these moments, we hope to ignite a spark in the next generation...
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Anti-Bullying Accreditation
02/02/18
We are delighted to announce that Fir Tree Primary School and Nursery have been awarded the West Berkshire Anti-Bullying Accreditation "Safe in Our Hands" as of February 2018. In order to achieve the accreditation there are certain criteria we have had to meet. The assessors were part...
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AS Unit on ITV
21/12/17
Our newly opened AS Unit appeared on ITV Meridian News - see the video here http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2017-12-20/new-unit-opens-for-children-with-autism/.
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Philosophy for Children Bronze Award
07/12/17
We are delighted to announce on Tuesday 5th December 2017 Fir Tree Primary School and Nursery was awarded the SAPERE Bronze Award for outstanding commitment and progress in philosophy for children (P4C). Children from Years 1 - 6 take part in weekly P4C enquiries where they ask o...
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Fir Tree celebrate as AS Unit officially opens
06/12/17
Fir Tree School in Newbury celebrated the official opening of their new Autistic Spectrum (AS) Unit yesterday (4 December). West Berkshire Council provided the £712, 000 state of the art space which has two classrooms, a therapy room, a calm room, a sensory room, shower, to...
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Peer Mentors
27/11/17
Congratulations to our Fir Tree Peer Mentors.
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Anti-Bullying Week
27/11/17
Fir Tree celebrated national anti-bullying week during the 13th - 17th November.
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FTSA Christmas Fair
23/11/17
Come and join us for our FTSA Christmas Fair on Saturday 9th December 10am-12pm!
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Meet our Head Boy and Head Girl
13/10/17
Last week, Mrs Purcell and Mrs Hyde held interviews for Year 6 who had said they had wanted to be considered for the important role of Head Boy and Head Girl. They had to answer questions about what they thought was good about Fir Tree, and how they could help it become an even better scho...
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School Games Gold
19/07/17
We are delighted to announce that Fir Tree have achieved the Gold School Games Mark!
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House Art
13/07/17
Our House Art theme this term was 'School Values'
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House Art
10/03/17
This week the children took part in our termly house art morning. Donnington, Windsor, Berkeley and Highclere have been painitng, drawing and collaging to create another set of beautiful displays in our main hall. I hope you will enjoy looking at them when you visit us. Mrs N Purcell Acting Asso...
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