Newsletter No 14 / 14th May 2010

Congratulations to our Year 6 pupils who have all conducted themselves and coped very well with the pressures of “SATs Week.” There was an audible sigh of relief after the last paper! However, some tasks and tests will continue over the next week or so for other pupils in Year groups 2-5.

PTA Message
Summer Raffle tickets – hopefully this week you will have received some raffle tickets in an envelope. Please look out for them in your child’s school bag and if they cannot be found let Mrs Hopkins know.There are still a couple of prizes to be claimed from the Easter Chocolate raffle - please check previous newsletters for the winning tickets and claim your prizes before half term. Any prizes not claimed by this time will be put into the Summer Fete chocolate tombola.

Summer Fete – you by now will have received an email note regarding the summer fete. This event will only be successful and raise funds if you take an active part; this can either be through donating items for the fete, helping with a stall and coming along with your pennies. We still need helpers on the day so please get in touch and let us know what you can do. Hope to see you there and keep your fingers crossed for good weather!

Gardening Club and Summer Fete
Despite it blowing hot and then cold, gardening club has got underway, and we have been planting and potting on in readiness for the fete on 12th June. Gardening Club will be running a plant stall, with hanging baskets and lots of flowers and veg, so don't splash out on your summer bedding until you've seen what we have on offer! In the meantime, any surplus plastic pots or ceramic pots in good condition are very welcome.

New School Lunch Menu
Each family should have received a copy (in book bags on Monday) of the new lunch menu which begins on Monday. We shall start on “Week One” of a 3-weekly cycle.

School Council News
Thank you to last term’s School Council for their hard work. We now have a newly elected School Council for the summer term, as follows: Izzy Matthews and Robbie Scragg represent the Year 6 group, Alice Madry and Ben Drake are the Year 5 representatives, Ewan Madry and Maisie Matthews represent Year 4, Matthew Ellis and Tazmin Vale represent Year 3 and Marcin Skwarek and Thea Diment represent Year 2. We look forward to our first meeting next week!


Chess Club Results
After 7 tournament matches in school we have a winner – Izzy Matthews, with the highest possible score of 21 points. Benedict Diment, Ella Mae White, Ben Drake, Robbie Scragg and Owen Cove all came joint second with 19 points. We were really pleased with the enthusiasm shown by all those who took part in Chess Club. We would also like to thank Reverend David for his help in running the club. A number of participants names will be put forward to the British Land Chess to be invited o complete in the local Megafinal.

Mock Election
Last Friday, Stadhampton School held a “mock election”! Class 3 pupils were divided into 3 parties and worked together to form their own maifestos on “How they would improve the school”. After a few days of preparation, they presented these to the rest of the school, who asked many questions! Pupils then voted using an actual voting booth! The results were: J.I.B.R.A.T.I.P. – 31 votes, Yellow Submarines – 25 votes., DC House – 20 votes. Clearly it was a very close vote.The members of the winning party were Jordan, Izzy, Ben Drake, Rory, Amber and Tom. Congratulations to them! However, as you can see there was no overall majority....

Icknield Governors Information
Francesca Holmes-Smith, the Chair of Governors at Icknield Community College has asked us to inform you that they now have a blog to provide parents and prospective parents with governor-related information. This can be found on http://icknieldgovernors.blogspot.com

Little Bears News
We are talking and learning about spiders this week to support our Mini Beasts topic. However, we have put the spider craft on hold as we are preparing for our Open Day which is on Saturday 15th May. The children are decorating bears to make bunting. We continue to observe our caterpillars: they are growing very fast, fascinating the children. We missed our singing session with FS1 last week due to school closure, but were happy to go again this week. Please come along to our Open Day on Saturday between 11am & 3pm. See you there!

DIARY DATES:
Thursday 20th May
PTA Meeting at 8pm. All welcome.
Wednesday 26th –Sunday 30th May
Mrs Turner and Mrs Manzie visit our partner school in Hazlach, Poland for the final teachers’ meeting of this Comenius Project
Friday 28th May
Break up for May Holiday at 3.15pm
Monday 7th June
INSET DAY – No pupils in school
Tuesday 8th June
Pupils return to school