Home/School Agreement
Each family should have received a copy of the Home/School Agreement form to sign. Thank you to the families who have already signed and returned this form to school. We hope to receive all forms back by 14th October. If you have any concerns or questions about signing this form, please contact me to discuss further.
Book Fair
We shall be holding a Book Fair in the school hall from the afternoon of Monday 31st October until the morning of Friday 4th November. We shall have the latest range of top quality reading books for sale as well as stationery items, which pupils will hopefully enjoy. Once takings have exceeded £100 the school receives commission on any other books sold and this is “spent” on buying new books for each classroom library. The Book Fair will be open each morning from 8.30am and then again in the afternoon from 3pm until 3.30pm. We would be happy for parents to stay on, after the children have gone into class for registration at 9am, if they would like to browse for Christmas presents. Leaflets have been sent home this week showing a selection of the books which will be available.
PTA News
We are meeting on the 4th October, in the School Hall, at 8pm, to discuss our calender of events. This is your chance to input into what the PTA do - what ideas have you got for fundraising, what would you like to see the PTA organise? Please feel free to come along and join us, or talk to any of
the PTA committee outside school.
The deadline for plant orders is on 3rd October. Please ensure you have your order form and money into the school office before then. Plants will be delivered to the school on Thursday 13th October.
Just think - there are less than a 100 days to Christmas! As in previous years, all the children will be designing personalised Christmas cards for you to order and use. Full details will be in book bags this week. All orders and payment will need to be in by 16th October, so be prepared to see Christmas card designs coming home soon and get your orders in!
Please remember to keep any green Waitrose charity tokens for our school collection in December. You can either put them in the collection box in the school hall now, or keep them until December to put in our collection box at the Thame store.
Recorders
Recorder lessons for all pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 will recommence on Monday 31st October. These lessons form part of the KS2 music curriculum and usually take place on Monday afternoons. Because of some changes to our Class curriculum timetables, recorder lessons will normally take place during Terms 2, 4 and 6 (i.e. the second half of each long term). For hygiene reasons pupils are asked to provide their own, named recorder – these can be bought from any good music shop, but, for convenience, we also have a stock in school and these are available at a cost of £6.50 each. Pupils in Year 3 may also benefit from having a copy of Recorder Book 1 which is also available from the school office at a cost of £3.50. Cheques for the payment of either item should be made payable to OCC.
Chiltern Edge Cross CountryFlyer attached to this newsletter for anyone who might be interested in these events.
Little Bears News
Next week we will be looking at travelling by sea. We hope to make a large yellow submarine so boxes would be greatfully received.
Has anyone got any Brio train track and/or trains that they would be willing to donate to Little Bears?
DIARY DATES:
Monday 3rd October Meeting of the School Governing Body at 7pm
Deadline for PTA plant orders
Tuesday 4th October PTA Meeting in the Hall at 8pm
Wednesday 5th October Mobile Library visit
Friday 7th October Harvest Festival in school at 9.05am. Please bring a small Harvest Gift.
Wednesday 12th October Open Morning at Stadhampton School and Little Bears. Please come and see us at work!
Thursday 20th October Little Bears Pie Sale
Term 1 ends at 3.15pm
Friday 21st October INSET Day for teaching staff only
Monday 31st October Term 2 begins at 9.00am for all pupils
Wednesday 16th November PTA Clothes Recycling Collection
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Newsletter No 3 - 23rd February 2011
Starting School
Parents with a child born between 1st September 2007 and 31st August 2008 must apply for a school place for entry in the academic year beginning September 2012. The closing date for applications is 16th January 2012. You may apply on-line at www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/admissions or by completing a paper CAP form available in the “Starting School” booklet, which is available from the school office, if you have not already received one from the Local Authority.
Year 6 Secondary School Applications
Families of Year 6 pupils should have received a letter from the Admissions Team at Oxfordshire County Council explaining the process for applying for a place at their chosen secondary school. If Year 6 parents have NOT received this letter, please ask Mrs Hopkins for a booklet which contains the application form. The closing date for on-time applications is 31st October.
Boiler replacement works and impact on car park
The safety fencing securing the area set aside for the workmen impacts on the number of spaces available in the school car park. We ask that parents try to find alternatives to parking in the car park, especially at the end of the school day, unless unavoidable. The taxis transporting Stadhampton School pupils and Mr Cuddy, our cleaner-in-charge should be the only cars/vans parking by the kerb alongside the front door. We thank parents for their understanding and co-operation in this matter.
End of day collection
Thank you to all parents for waiting in our enclosed outside area when picking up your child(ren). This system works well with Reception parents walking round the school (when the lock is taken off the gate.) The area outside Class 1 is now less busy and so it is easier for the small children to see their parents and get through the gate. When the weather changes, please do still stay outside the gate so that all children in the school can pass easily through Class 1’s outside/covered area.
Work Party
We are most grateful to the Dad’s who helped to prepare and seed the old climbing frame area on Monday evening.
Parent support hearing readers in Classes 1,2 and 3
Thank you to the parents who have responded to the requests from class teachers to help hear pupils read in school. We realise that time is precious and your support is much appreciated. We would still welcome further offers of help – if you would like to volunteer, please speak to your child’s class teacher. It is especially helpful if parents are able to commit to a time slot on a regular basis, even if it is only for a 6-week period for example.
Music for Youth Schools’ Prom, Royal Albert Hall, 9th November 2011
We are delighted that Stadhampton School is one of the 34 schools selected to represent Oxfordshire in the Music for Youth Schools’ Prom at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 9th November this year. We are only able to take one year-group to this prestigious event and, on this occasion, our Year 6 pupils will have this priviledge. A choral work, called “Oxonia” has been composed specifically for the event by Dr John Traill, composer in residence at the University of Oxford and the pupils have already started rehearsing with other Oxfordshire schools. This is the first time that Stadhampton School pupils have been involved in this event and it is very exciting for all involved – it sounds tremendous!
Information leaflets for pupils
This week we have sent home, via bookbags, two leaflets for parents of pupils in Classes 1, 2 and 3. These are: “Supporting your child at home in Mathematics” to provide information and ideas linked with the maths your child will be learning in their current year group and a “Big Writing” information sheet outlining a fresh approach in Literacy which we are adopting to continue to raise the profile and standard of writing. From time to time this initiative will involve “Talking Homework” for you to discuss together at home. The themes for discussion will be sent home via bookbags prior to each class’s Big Writing session. We do hope you will enjoy being involved in this initiative.
Harvest Gifts
We hope that each child will be able to bring in a small Harvest Gift for our Harvest Service on Friday 7th October. This will take place in the Hall at 9.05am and families are most welcome to join us. After the Harvest Service in the village church on Sunday 9th October, the gifts will be taken to The Porch, a centre in Oxford for homeless people. The Porch prefer to receive items such as packets of pasta, tins of beans, bars of chocolate, packets of biscuits, tins of tomatoes, tins of spaghetti, etc rather than fresh produce. Thank you.
Thank you to the P.T.A.
The P.T.A. works extremely hard to support this school socially and financially and their generous contributions make a huge difference to the provision of “extra” opportunities and facilities for all pupils at Stadhampton School. At the recent P.T.A. AGM there was an election of officers and there have been some changes. We would like to take this opportunity to say a big “thank you” to Mrs Madry (Chair) and Mr White (Treasurer) both of whom have stood down as officers, for their hard work and tireless support of the school. Congratulations to the new Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. We look forward to working with you.
P.T.A. News – final message from Mrs Madry
Thank you to those parents who came to the A.G.M on Tuesday 20th September. The P.T.A. is very pleased to announce that a new constitution has now been put in place according to NCPTA recommendations. We are also pleased to announce that the key officer roles have been filled by Diana Woodwards – Chair, Charlotte Hector - Treasurer and Rowena Dobson – Secretary. We wish them lots of luck for the year ahead in their task of continuing to raise extra funds for the children.
We have arranged another meeting for Tuesday 4th October 8.00pm in the School Hall where we will be planning the first fundraising events of the year. Please come along if you can and help support us - your P.T.A. needs you!
Some of the P.T.A. fundraising events that are already underway that we would like to remind you of are:
• The CD/video/computer games collection has now reached over 100 items!! Please keep bringing them into school.
• Please note our next clothes recycling collection will be on Wednesday 16th November at 9.00am. (Not the 4th as previously advertised – sorry our mistake!) Look out for the recycling bags in book bags the week beginning Monday 10th October.
(All details of the two above fundraisers can be found on our fact sheet sent home at the start of term)
• Mrs Tracy Perring will be offering parents the opportunity to purchase certain items of school uniform from the Uniform Shop on Thursday afternoons in Little Bears from 3.15 to 3.30pm. Please make a note that the shop will close promptly at 3.30! A small proceed from sales goes towards P.T.A. funds.
• Hopefully all families should have received a form inside book bags giving you the opportunity to order plants through the P.T.A. Please can we remind everyone who wishes to make a purchase to return your form and money back to the school office by Monday 3rd October. Thank You! We can now confirm that the delivery date for orders arriving at school will be Thursday 13th October.
• Finally, the P.T.A. is pleased to announce that in December, we have been chosen to be one of Waitrose’s charities lucky enough to receive a share of £1,000 that the supermarket generously donates each month. The Thame Branch of Waitrose has said that our collection box will be in store throughout December when shoppers can place their green tokens in it to help support us. Shoppers can collect green tokens at the checkout before they leave the store. The more tokens we get, the larger our share of the £1,000! If you shop at Waitrose please think of the children at the school. Start collecting your green tokens now and take them to the Thame branch in December to put in our collection box and help us receive a share of £1,000. Alternatively, if you don’t shop in Thame please drop your tokens into the school at your convenience and we will do the honours for you! There is a labelled collection box in the school hall.
• P.T.A. WARNING! – We would like to let parents/carers know that we will be offering the opportunity for you to purchase Christmas cards made by your children in October – Watch this space for more info to follow!
Little Bears News
Next week at Little Bears we will be looking at the shape of road signs and what they mean, talking about road safety and making lots of large vehicles with junk modeling. So look out all those old shoe boxes, milk tops, yogurt pots etc for this. On the 20th October we will be having a Pie Sale after school so please pop in or if you like to get baking all pie contributions will be gratefully received.
DIARY DATES:
Thursday 29th September Icknield Community College Open Evening
Monday 3rd October Meeting of the School Governing Body at 7pm
Wednesday 5th October Mobile Library visit
Friday 7th October Harvest Festival in school at 9.05am.
Wednesday 12th October Open Morning at Stadhampton School and Little Bears
Thursday 20th October Little Bears Pie Sale
Term 1 ends at 3.15pm
Friday 21st October INSET Day for teaching staff only
Monday 31st October Term 2 begins at 9.00am for all pupils
Wednesday 16th November PTA Clothes Recycling
Parents with a child born between 1st September 2007 and 31st August 2008 must apply for a school place for entry in the academic year beginning September 2012. The closing date for applications is 16th January 2012. You may apply on-line at www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/admissions or by completing a paper CAP form available in the “Starting School” booklet, which is available from the school office, if you have not already received one from the Local Authority.
Year 6 Secondary School Applications
Families of Year 6 pupils should have received a letter from the Admissions Team at Oxfordshire County Council explaining the process for applying for a place at their chosen secondary school. If Year 6 parents have NOT received this letter, please ask Mrs Hopkins for a booklet which contains the application form. The closing date for on-time applications is 31st October.
Boiler replacement works and impact on car park
The safety fencing securing the area set aside for the workmen impacts on the number of spaces available in the school car park. We ask that parents try to find alternatives to parking in the car park, especially at the end of the school day, unless unavoidable. The taxis transporting Stadhampton School pupils and Mr Cuddy, our cleaner-in-charge should be the only cars/vans parking by the kerb alongside the front door. We thank parents for their understanding and co-operation in this matter.
End of day collection
Thank you to all parents for waiting in our enclosed outside area when picking up your child(ren). This system works well with Reception parents walking round the school (when the lock is taken off the gate.) The area outside Class 1 is now less busy and so it is easier for the small children to see their parents and get through the gate. When the weather changes, please do still stay outside the gate so that all children in the school can pass easily through Class 1’s outside/covered area.
Work Party
We are most grateful to the Dad’s who helped to prepare and seed the old climbing frame area on Monday evening.
Parent support hearing readers in Classes 1,2 and 3
Thank you to the parents who have responded to the requests from class teachers to help hear pupils read in school. We realise that time is precious and your support is much appreciated. We would still welcome further offers of help – if you would like to volunteer, please speak to your child’s class teacher. It is especially helpful if parents are able to commit to a time slot on a regular basis, even if it is only for a 6-week period for example.
Music for Youth Schools’ Prom, Royal Albert Hall, 9th November 2011
We are delighted that Stadhampton School is one of the 34 schools selected to represent Oxfordshire in the Music for Youth Schools’ Prom at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 9th November this year. We are only able to take one year-group to this prestigious event and, on this occasion, our Year 6 pupils will have this priviledge. A choral work, called “Oxonia” has been composed specifically for the event by Dr John Traill, composer in residence at the University of Oxford and the pupils have already started rehearsing with other Oxfordshire schools. This is the first time that Stadhampton School pupils have been involved in this event and it is very exciting for all involved – it sounds tremendous!
Information leaflets for pupils
This week we have sent home, via bookbags, two leaflets for parents of pupils in Classes 1, 2 and 3. These are: “Supporting your child at home in Mathematics” to provide information and ideas linked with the maths your child will be learning in their current year group and a “Big Writing” information sheet outlining a fresh approach in Literacy which we are adopting to continue to raise the profile and standard of writing. From time to time this initiative will involve “Talking Homework” for you to discuss together at home. The themes for discussion will be sent home via bookbags prior to each class’s Big Writing session. We do hope you will enjoy being involved in this initiative.
Harvest Gifts
We hope that each child will be able to bring in a small Harvest Gift for our Harvest Service on Friday 7th October. This will take place in the Hall at 9.05am and families are most welcome to join us. After the Harvest Service in the village church on Sunday 9th October, the gifts will be taken to The Porch, a centre in Oxford for homeless people. The Porch prefer to receive items such as packets of pasta, tins of beans, bars of chocolate, packets of biscuits, tins of tomatoes, tins of spaghetti, etc rather than fresh produce. Thank you.
Thank you to the P.T.A.
The P.T.A. works extremely hard to support this school socially and financially and their generous contributions make a huge difference to the provision of “extra” opportunities and facilities for all pupils at Stadhampton School. At the recent P.T.A. AGM there was an election of officers and there have been some changes. We would like to take this opportunity to say a big “thank you” to Mrs Madry (Chair) and Mr White (Treasurer) both of whom have stood down as officers, for their hard work and tireless support of the school. Congratulations to the new Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. We look forward to working with you.
P.T.A. News – final message from Mrs Madry
Thank you to those parents who came to the A.G.M on Tuesday 20th September. The P.T.A. is very pleased to announce that a new constitution has now been put in place according to NCPTA recommendations. We are also pleased to announce that the key officer roles have been filled by Diana Woodwards – Chair, Charlotte Hector - Treasurer and Rowena Dobson – Secretary. We wish them lots of luck for the year ahead in their task of continuing to raise extra funds for the children.
We have arranged another meeting for Tuesday 4th October 8.00pm in the School Hall where we will be planning the first fundraising events of the year. Please come along if you can and help support us - your P.T.A. needs you!
Some of the P.T.A. fundraising events that are already underway that we would like to remind you of are:
• The CD/video/computer games collection has now reached over 100 items!! Please keep bringing them into school.
• Please note our next clothes recycling collection will be on Wednesday 16th November at 9.00am. (Not the 4th as previously advertised – sorry our mistake!) Look out for the recycling bags in book bags the week beginning Monday 10th October.
(All details of the two above fundraisers can be found on our fact sheet sent home at the start of term)
• Mrs Tracy Perring will be offering parents the opportunity to purchase certain items of school uniform from the Uniform Shop on Thursday afternoons in Little Bears from 3.15 to 3.30pm. Please make a note that the shop will close promptly at 3.30! A small proceed from sales goes towards P.T.A. funds.
• Hopefully all families should have received a form inside book bags giving you the opportunity to order plants through the P.T.A. Please can we remind everyone who wishes to make a purchase to return your form and money back to the school office by Monday 3rd October. Thank You! We can now confirm that the delivery date for orders arriving at school will be Thursday 13th October.
• Finally, the P.T.A. is pleased to announce that in December, we have been chosen to be one of Waitrose’s charities lucky enough to receive a share of £1,000 that the supermarket generously donates each month. The Thame Branch of Waitrose has said that our collection box will be in store throughout December when shoppers can place their green tokens in it to help support us. Shoppers can collect green tokens at the checkout before they leave the store. The more tokens we get, the larger our share of the £1,000! If you shop at Waitrose please think of the children at the school. Start collecting your green tokens now and take them to the Thame branch in December to put in our collection box and help us receive a share of £1,000. Alternatively, if you don’t shop in Thame please drop your tokens into the school at your convenience and we will do the honours for you! There is a labelled collection box in the school hall.
• P.T.A. WARNING! – We would like to let parents/carers know that we will be offering the opportunity for you to purchase Christmas cards made by your children in October – Watch this space for more info to follow!
Little Bears News
Next week at Little Bears we will be looking at the shape of road signs and what they mean, talking about road safety and making lots of large vehicles with junk modeling. So look out all those old shoe boxes, milk tops, yogurt pots etc for this. On the 20th October we will be having a Pie Sale after school so please pop in or if you like to get baking all pie contributions will be gratefully received.
DIARY DATES:
Thursday 29th September Icknield Community College Open Evening
Monday 3rd October Meeting of the School Governing Body at 7pm
Wednesday 5th October Mobile Library visit
Friday 7th October Harvest Festival in school at 9.05am.
Wednesday 12th October Open Morning at Stadhampton School and Little Bears
Thursday 20th October Little Bears Pie Sale
Term 1 ends at 3.15pm
Friday 21st October INSET Day for teaching staff only
Monday 31st October Term 2 begins at 9.00am for all pupils
Wednesday 16th November PTA Clothes Recycling
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Newsletter No 2 - 16th September 2011
Work Party Required! Can you help please?
We are most grateful to Mr Khan for a donation of top soil which will be delivered onto the area behind the new climbing frame this morning. We already have some grass seed kindly donated by Mr and Mrs Birtles and Mr and Mrs Pattisson and would really appreciate any help parents could give us by raking the top soil and sowing the seed. If anyone could spare an hour or so on Monday evening at 6.30pm, please come along with a rake! Thank you.
Class Topics/Areas of Study
An outline of the topics/areas of study for each class for Terms 1 and 2 was sent home earlier this week via book bags.
Privacy Notices for New Pupils
In order to comply with Data Protection, we are required by law to issue privacy notices to parents of new pupils so that they can be aware that the school and Local Authority hold confidential records about pupils. The information sheet which explains what we hold and why we need to hold it has been sent home to parents via book bags this week.
Open Morning at Stadhampton School and Little Bears
Stadhampton Primary School and Little Bears Pre-School will be holding a joint Open Morning on Wednesday 12th October between 9.00am and 11.30am. Parents and other visitors are most welcome to come along and see the school at work during this time.
PTA News
The PTA would like to welcome and say hello to all new families to the school. We hope you have received our fact sheet inside book bags which explains who we are and what we do. We will keep you informed of all the exciting fundraising events that we have planned over the year in this newsletter each week, so please keep your eyes open for dates and ways in which you can support us. Our AGM will be held in the school hall at 8pm on Tuesday 20th September. Please do try to come along and join the team to help raise some extra funds for the school and its pupils. We will give a report on the AGM in next week’s newsletter, so please watch this space!
Harvest Gifts
We hope that each child will be able to bring in a small Harvest Gift for our Harvest Service on Friday 7th October. This will take place in the Hall at 9.05am and families are most welcome to join us. After the Harvest Service in the village church on Sunday 9th October, the gifts will be taken to The Porch, a centre in Oxford for homeless people. The Porch prefer to receive items such as packets of pasta, tins of beans, bars of chocolate, packets of biscuits, tins of tomatoes, tins of spaghetti, etc rather than fresh produce. Thank you.
School Council
Congratulations to the following pupils who were elected by the pupils on to the School Council for Terms 1 & 2:
Year 6: Ewan Madry and Olivia Dallimore; Year 5: Bryce Dobson and Millie Birtles; Year 4: Rhys Brown and Amy Matthews; Year 3: Alfie Howard and Amy Freeman; Year 2: James Lowman and Tia Khan.
Little Bears News
Next week Little Bears are going to be looking at railways and steam. They will be doing lots of activities which involve trains. We would be pleased to see any items or books which you have relating to this topic.
DIARY DATES:
Wednesday 21st September School photographs for all pupils. Pupils will be photographed individually and with other siblings in school automatically. If any families would like a family photograph taken or photos taken with younger siblings, please come into the Hall at 8.45am.
Year 5 pupils go to ICC for a PE lesson. Please take PE kit and trainers with you.
Friday 23rd September Year 5 & 6 and their parents assembly with Mr Hunter, Head of Icknield Community College at 2.45pm
Thursday 29th September Icknield Community College Open Evening
Monday 3rd October Meeting of the School Governing Body at 7pm
Wednesday 5th October Mobile Library visit
Friday 7th October Harvest Festival in school at 9.05am.
Wednesday 12th October Open Morning at Stadhampton School and Little Bears
Thursday 20th October Term 1 ends at 3.15pm
Friday 21st October INSET Day for teaching staff only
Monday 31st October Term 2 begins at 9.00am for all pupils
Friday 4th November PTA Clothes Recycling
Attachments to this newsletter:
• Oxfordshire Early Intervention Hub Open Day
• Open Evening at Icknield Community College
We are most grateful to Mr Khan for a donation of top soil which will be delivered onto the area behind the new climbing frame this morning. We already have some grass seed kindly donated by Mr and Mrs Birtles and Mr and Mrs Pattisson and would really appreciate any help parents could give us by raking the top soil and sowing the seed. If anyone could spare an hour or so on Monday evening at 6.30pm, please come along with a rake! Thank you.
Class Topics/Areas of Study
An outline of the topics/areas of study for each class for Terms 1 and 2 was sent home earlier this week via book bags.
Privacy Notices for New Pupils
In order to comply with Data Protection, we are required by law to issue privacy notices to parents of new pupils so that they can be aware that the school and Local Authority hold confidential records about pupils. The information sheet which explains what we hold and why we need to hold it has been sent home to parents via book bags this week.
Open Morning at Stadhampton School and Little Bears
Stadhampton Primary School and Little Bears Pre-School will be holding a joint Open Morning on Wednesday 12th October between 9.00am and 11.30am. Parents and other visitors are most welcome to come along and see the school at work during this time.
PTA News
The PTA would like to welcome and say hello to all new families to the school. We hope you have received our fact sheet inside book bags which explains who we are and what we do. We will keep you informed of all the exciting fundraising events that we have planned over the year in this newsletter each week, so please keep your eyes open for dates and ways in which you can support us. Our AGM will be held in the school hall at 8pm on Tuesday 20th September. Please do try to come along and join the team to help raise some extra funds for the school and its pupils. We will give a report on the AGM in next week’s newsletter, so please watch this space!
Harvest Gifts
We hope that each child will be able to bring in a small Harvest Gift for our Harvest Service on Friday 7th October. This will take place in the Hall at 9.05am and families are most welcome to join us. After the Harvest Service in the village church on Sunday 9th October, the gifts will be taken to The Porch, a centre in Oxford for homeless people. The Porch prefer to receive items such as packets of pasta, tins of beans, bars of chocolate, packets of biscuits, tins of tomatoes, tins of spaghetti, etc rather than fresh produce. Thank you.
School Council
Congratulations to the following pupils who were elected by the pupils on to the School Council for Terms 1 & 2:
Year 6: Ewan Madry and Olivia Dallimore; Year 5: Bryce Dobson and Millie Birtles; Year 4: Rhys Brown and Amy Matthews; Year 3: Alfie Howard and Amy Freeman; Year 2: James Lowman and Tia Khan.
Little Bears News
Next week Little Bears are going to be looking at railways and steam. They will be doing lots of activities which involve trains. We would be pleased to see any items or books which you have relating to this topic.
DIARY DATES:
Wednesday 21st September School photographs for all pupils. Pupils will be photographed individually and with other siblings in school automatically. If any families would like a family photograph taken or photos taken with younger siblings, please come into the Hall at 8.45am.
Year 5 pupils go to ICC for a PE lesson. Please take PE kit and trainers with you.
Friday 23rd September Year 5 & 6 and their parents assembly with Mr Hunter, Head of Icknield Community College at 2.45pm
Thursday 29th September Icknield Community College Open Evening
Monday 3rd October Meeting of the School Governing Body at 7pm
Wednesday 5th October Mobile Library visit
Friday 7th October Harvest Festival in school at 9.05am.
Wednesday 12th October Open Morning at Stadhampton School and Little Bears
Thursday 20th October Term 1 ends at 3.15pm
Friday 21st October INSET Day for teaching staff only
Monday 31st October Term 2 begins at 9.00am for all pupils
Friday 4th November PTA Clothes Recycling
Attachments to this newsletter:
• Oxfordshire Early Intervention Hub Open Day
• Open Evening at Icknield Community College
Friday, September 9, 2011
Newsletter No 1 - 9th September 2011
Welcome to the start of a new school year!
We are pleased to welcome the following new children into the Foundation Stage Class: William Bowerman, Wyatt Bullock, Beau Burnell, William Eaton, Lorenzo Elliott, Gene Green, Charlie Hackett, Mikka Haskins-Hall, Isabel Hector, Isabel Homes, Isabella Kenny, Isobel Macleod, Jemima O’Brien and Samuel Sundberg. We are also pleased to welcome Amy Matthews back to Stadhampton School (in Class 2.)
Happy belated AUGUST Birthday to: Amelia Birtles, Rhys Brown, Cora White and Abigail Wright.
Happy SEPTEMBER Birthday to: Charlie Austin, Isabella Dickens, Bryce Dobson, Phoebe Hindmarch, Alfie Howard, Annabel Roe, Chloe Scragg and Lawrence Wright.
During the month of SEPTEMBER we are focusing on the core value of CO-OPERATION
School Meals
A reminder that the cost of a school meal has increased to £2.10 per day. Cheques for school meals should be made payable to Oxfordshire County Council with Stadhampton Primary School written on the back of the cheque please and sent into the office on Monday morning (or whichever day of the week the school begins on after a school holiday). Thank you.
Swimming at Berinsfield
Class 2 pupils will be swimming at the Abbey Sports Centre in Berinsfield, starting on Monday 12th September. They will have 6 sessions. As always, we appreciate a “voluntary contribution” of £1, per child, per session towards the transport costs. Cheques for swimming should be made payable to Stadhampton Primary School, please. All pupils must have a swimming hat.
Composting Bin
The Gardening Club would love to have another composting bin if anyone should happen to have one that they would be willing to donate.
PTA Clothes Recycling
Advanced warning – we will be collecting unwanted clothes, shoes, towels, curtains, bedding (no duvets or pillows), in black bags for the next recycling collection on 4th November. More details of this, and other PTA fundraising events, will follow shortly.
Year 5 and 6 Assembly with Mr Hunter
Mr Hunter, the new Head of Icknield Community College will be taking an assembly for Year 5 and 6 pupils and any parents of those pupils who are able to attend at Stadhampton School on Friday 23rd September at 2.45pm. Please do come along if you can as there will be an opportunity at the end to ask Mr Hunter any questions you may have about life at ICC.
Message from Chalgrove and Watlington Children’s Centre
A new “Promoting Positive Behaviours” course at Chalgrove & Watlington Children’s Centre – (Chalgrove Site) will begin on Tuesday 27th September from 9.15am – 11.30am. For more information please contact either Jane Bellars, Home School Community Link Worker: -07719 735573 or Denise Hooper, Children’s Centre Support Worker: 07948 348632.
Guitar Lessons at Stadhampton School
Guitar lessons for participating pupils will begin again on Friday 23rd September. The lessons are between 12 and 1 and open to pupils in Years 3-6. Please contact the school office if you would like further details of the costs involved and an application form.
Little Bears News
Little Bears are pleased to welcome the following new children this week: Jack, Lexi, Toby, Olivia, Casey, Rudi, Chloe, Nat, Nate and Emily. We are enjoying getting to know the children and their parents.
We are also starting out topic work for this term which is about transport by making some collage buses.
Please remember to send in a piece of fruit or vegetable for our morning snack and also wellies now that the weather is turning.
DIARY DATES:
Monday 12th September After-school hockey club begins for participating pupils
Tuesday 13th September After –school cookery club begins for participating pupils
Wednesday 14th September After-school netball and multi-skills clubs begin for participating pupils
Thursday 15th September After-school football club begins for participating pupils
Wednesday 21st September School photographs for all pupils. Pupils will be photographed individually and with other siblings in school automatically. If any families would like a family photograph taken or photos taken with younger siblings, please come into the Hall at 8.45am.
Thursday 29th September Icknield Community College Open Evening
Friday 4th November PTA Clothes Recycling
We are pleased to welcome the following new children into the Foundation Stage Class: William Bowerman, Wyatt Bullock, Beau Burnell, William Eaton, Lorenzo Elliott, Gene Green, Charlie Hackett, Mikka Haskins-Hall, Isabel Hector, Isabel Homes, Isabella Kenny, Isobel Macleod, Jemima O’Brien and Samuel Sundberg. We are also pleased to welcome Amy Matthews back to Stadhampton School (in Class 2.)
Happy belated AUGUST Birthday to: Amelia Birtles, Rhys Brown, Cora White and Abigail Wright.
Happy SEPTEMBER Birthday to: Charlie Austin, Isabella Dickens, Bryce Dobson, Phoebe Hindmarch, Alfie Howard, Annabel Roe, Chloe Scragg and Lawrence Wright.
During the month of SEPTEMBER we are focusing on the core value of CO-OPERATION
School Meals
A reminder that the cost of a school meal has increased to £2.10 per day. Cheques for school meals should be made payable to Oxfordshire County Council with Stadhampton Primary School written on the back of the cheque please and sent into the office on Monday morning (or whichever day of the week the school begins on after a school holiday). Thank you.
Swimming at Berinsfield
Class 2 pupils will be swimming at the Abbey Sports Centre in Berinsfield, starting on Monday 12th September. They will have 6 sessions. As always, we appreciate a “voluntary contribution” of £1, per child, per session towards the transport costs. Cheques for swimming should be made payable to Stadhampton Primary School, please. All pupils must have a swimming hat.
Composting Bin
The Gardening Club would love to have another composting bin if anyone should happen to have one that they would be willing to donate.
PTA Clothes Recycling
Advanced warning – we will be collecting unwanted clothes, shoes, towels, curtains, bedding (no duvets or pillows), in black bags for the next recycling collection on 4th November. More details of this, and other PTA fundraising events, will follow shortly.
Year 5 and 6 Assembly with Mr Hunter
Mr Hunter, the new Head of Icknield Community College will be taking an assembly for Year 5 and 6 pupils and any parents of those pupils who are able to attend at Stadhampton School on Friday 23rd September at 2.45pm. Please do come along if you can as there will be an opportunity at the end to ask Mr Hunter any questions you may have about life at ICC.
Message from Chalgrove and Watlington Children’s Centre
A new “Promoting Positive Behaviours” course at Chalgrove & Watlington Children’s Centre – (Chalgrove Site) will begin on Tuesday 27th September from 9.15am – 11.30am. For more information please contact either Jane Bellars, Home School Community Link Worker: -07719 735573 or Denise Hooper, Children’s Centre Support Worker: 07948 348632.
Guitar Lessons at Stadhampton School
Guitar lessons for participating pupils will begin again on Friday 23rd September. The lessons are between 12 and 1 and open to pupils in Years 3-6. Please contact the school office if you would like further details of the costs involved and an application form.
Little Bears News
Little Bears are pleased to welcome the following new children this week: Jack, Lexi, Toby, Olivia, Casey, Rudi, Chloe, Nat, Nate and Emily. We are enjoying getting to know the children and their parents.
We are also starting out topic work for this term which is about transport by making some collage buses.
Please remember to send in a piece of fruit or vegetable for our morning snack and also wellies now that the weather is turning.
DIARY DATES:
Monday 12th September After-school hockey club begins for participating pupils
Tuesday 13th September After –school cookery club begins for participating pupils
Wednesday 14th September After-school netball and multi-skills clubs begin for participating pupils
Thursday 15th September After-school football club begins for participating pupils
Wednesday 21st September School photographs for all pupils. Pupils will be photographed individually and with other siblings in school automatically. If any families would like a family photograph taken or photos taken with younger siblings, please come into the Hall at 8.45am.
Thursday 29th September Icknield Community College Open Evening
Friday 4th November PTA Clothes Recycling
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