Newsletter No 6 - 14th October 2011

Open Morning
Thank you to everyone who came along to Open Morning this week. We were very pleased to show so many visitors around the school!

Parents Consultation Evenings
The dates for our Parents consultation Evenings have now been set for Monday 14th and Wednesday 16th November. Further details and reply slips have been sent home via book bags this week.

School Photographs
If you have not already returned orders for photographs to the school office, please do so by 9am tomorrow morning, as the orders are being collected then.

Plastic bottles needed!
School gardening club has an exciting new project to build a full-size plastic bottle greenhouse, using as many recycled materials as possible. Our plan is to complete construction over the autumn-winter period so that the children can begin to raise plants from seed under protection in the spring. As well as providing a new opportunity for our keen young gardeners, we hope that those pupils interested in design and technology and recycling will also want to get involved. Our basic building materials are 1,500 clear 2 litre plastic drinks bottles (rinsed out with lids and labels removed where possible please) and 140 6 foot garden canes. And this is where we need your help, please could you (and your friends and family) send in any empty water, cola, lemonade, squash bottles etc and any spare garden canes so that we can start to build the walls. We will be putting up a small display in school so that you can see photos of a finished greenhouse, the type of bottles required and other materials we will need to complete the job, together with an idea of what the children would like to grow in their greenhouse and veg patch next year. Thank you for your help.

P.T.A. News
Please remember to return your Christmas card orders and payment to the school office no later than Monday 17th October.

The “Bag2School” clothes recycling bags have been handed out in bookbags this week. The date for collection will be Wednesday 16th November at 9.00am. Extra bags can be obtained from the school office but black bin bags are also welcome.

Thank you to everyone who order plants to help raise extra funds for the P.T.A. we have received payment from cd Bell for £98.00.

Home/School Agreement
Although the deadline for returning the Home/School Agreement was the 14th October we realise that some families may have misplaced the document and we have put another copy into those bookbags this week. If you would like to discuss any aspect of this agreement then please speak to Mrs Turner.


Little Bears News
Little Bears is open as usual on Friday 21st October (it is just the school which is closed).
Next week we would love to go on a Farm visit to the Crazy Bear – we can’t go unless we get lots of helping hands, so please put your name on our helper list if you can. Don’t forget the Pie Sale on Thursday 20th October.

DIARY DATES:

Monday 17th October Last day for completed order forms and artwork for Christmas Cards
Tuesday 18th October Year 6 rehearsal for Youth Proms
Thursday 20th October Little Bears Pie Sale
Stadhampton School Term 1 ends at 3.15pm
Friday 21st October Little Bears open as usual
INSET Day at Stadhampton School – only teaching staff in school
Monday 31st October Term 2 begins at 9.00am for all pupils
Book Fair begins from 3.00 – 3.30pm
Tuesday 1st November PTA meeting in the hall at 8pm
Wednesday 2nd November Class 2 visit to Woodstock Museum
Year 5 visit to Icknield Community College for Wider World lesson
Sunday 6th November Final Year 6 rehearsal for Youth Proms 2-5pm
Wednesday 9th November Year 6 pupils performing at the Royal Albert Hall!
Mobile Library
Monday 14th November Foundation Class & Class 1 visit the Oxford Museum of Natural History
Parents’ Evening
Wednesday 16th November PTA Clothes Recycling Collection
Parents’ Evening