Newsletter No 11 - 23rd April 2010

Thank you for all your patience and co-operation during this disrupted week.

We are pleased to welcome Max Jones into our Foundation Stage and Oliver Jones into Class 1.

School Meals
Sorry for any confusion regarding school meals this week. The Autumn and Winter Menu will continue to be in use for the next few weeks. The scheduled Summer Menu will commence from Monday 17th May.


Paying for School Meals
As all Primary Schools in Oxfordshire change their finance system to SAP on 1st April, there is a requirement for parents paying for school meals by cheque, from the 1st April, to make sure that cheques are made payable to “Oxfordshire County Council” and that they write “Stadhampton Primary School” on the back of the cheque, please. Also, although the vast majority of parents do follow our regular reminders via the newsletter to pay for school meals on MONDAY MORNING, there are still a significant number of parents who have not yet consistently got into this habit! The organisation of school meals and banking of the monies collected is a time-consuming task and we do appreciate parents’ co-operation in this matter in order to keep the time involved to a minimum.


Warning to Parents
Thames Valley Police have recently received several reports of a man in a white van, who has been trying to persuade young children around the Watlington area to get into his van.


Polling Day Closure – Thursday 6th May
Following recent notification to parents, we are now able to confirm that the school will be closed on Thursday 6th May, as it will be used as a Polling Station. There will be no after-school football club on this day.


Clothes Recycling - Friday 30 April
Bags are available from School or Sarah Madry. Please bring in your bags on the actual day by 09.30am.

Sun-hats and sun-cream
Children should bring sun hats into school for outdoor breaks now that the weather has started to improve. Some children may need sun-cream. There are sun-creams on the market that last for the day, so we ask that you please apply it before they come to school. When the weather gets warmer and the sun becomes stronger, children may need a further application and can bring cream into school. They will need to apply it for themselves, although the younger ones will, of course, be supervised.

Car Boot 3rd May – Helpers & Cakes needed!
PTA is responsible for the Car Boot Sale on 3rd May and if this nice weather continues we will be busy. We need helpers on the day please from 0730 – 1130 for 30 minutes or one hour stints to help out at the refreshment stall.
Cakes - We would really appreciate it if parents would make cakes, tray bakes or biscuits for the stall and bring them along on the day by 09.00am. Alternatively ask an active member of PTA to bring your goodies along on the day if you are unable to help or bring them yourself.

PTA Message – Easter Chocolate Raffle
Thank you to everyone who both donated prizes and bought tickets. The event raised £165 for PTA funds with 75% of parents buying raffle tickets and lots of 10p’s spent on the lucky dip on the day.
There are a small number of outstanding prizes still to be collected from School; these are:
Prize Number
Raffle ticket number
Details on back of ticket
3
White 405
Miss Erskine
7
White 397
Miss Erskine
14
White 733
Tia Khan (Reception)
18
Peach 90
Olivia Shannon
19
White 247
Megan Barber
27
White 303
Carl Bloomfield
(Leo BB Foundation)
42
White 402
Miss Erskine
47
Peach 93
Shannon (Reception)
48
White 730
Tia Khan (Reception)
51
White 400
Miss Erskine

Chiltern Chase 13th June
We will be sending out sponsorship forms for the Chiltern Chase next week. If you are planning to run and be part of the Stadhampton Steamers please ensure you register on the Chiltern Chase website and let Sara Wright know via sara.wright@tiscali.co.uk.

DIARY DATES:
Monday 26th April
Governing Body meeting at 7pm.
Wednesday 28th April
Maths Booster Y6 – 3.20pm – 4.20pm
Friday 30th April
“Clothes bags” collection – please bring bags into school by 9.00am. Unfortunately, as the portacabin is now in full-time use as a classroom, we do not have storage facilities to accept bags prior to the morning of collection.
Wednesday 5th May
Y5 pupils to ICC – Maths
Thursday 6th May
School Closed – Election Day
Wednesday 12th May
Mobile Library

Little Bears News
The Little Bears all seem to be happy to be back and have settled very well. We are learning about Mini Beasts this half term, concentrating on different bugs each week. This week we are looking and talking about Ladybirds and Beetles. The children have made some fantastic Ladybird crowns and have made some yummy bug bread!