Newsletter for week ending 6th July 2012

During JULY the school is focusing on the core value of COURAGE

Happy JULY Birthday to: Georgia Day, Ayisha Hall and Amy Matthews.

New Foundation Stage Pupils
This newsletter is being sent for the first time to the families of pupils who will be entering the Foundation Stage in September and who are joining us for the three induction days next week. We look forward to welcoming you all to Stadhampton School. We are holding an informal meeting with new parents at 2.45pm on Friday 13th July. We hope that as many new parents as possible will be able to join us for this meeting so that we can answer any questions you may have!

Big Science Event – by Florence & Bryce
“When we went to the Big Science Event we were thrilled at the sight of the actual place even before we fully got in. We were in heat 2, so we had some time to play on the science activities. Our favourite was the shadow wall; to use it you pressed a button and counted to 5 before it caught an image of your shadow. There were lots of amazing presentions which were laid out on a table. Many of them consisted of food and liquid, we think ours entitled “Do girls hear better than boys – and does age make a difference?” was the only one that was comparing boys to girls. Afterwards when everyone had done their presentations we went to lunch. Our group went for a picnic in the park. After lunch we watched “The Fire Show! It was MAGNIFICENT! The man doing this presentation was showing us all these tricks and told us that even though custard powder taste’s nice it is a product with surprising properties!
All in all, even though we came joint third place – 1st place was taken by St Aloysius’– we had a great day and would like to go back again.”
Playforce made a live blog of the event which may be accessed through this link:
http://www.playforce.co.uk/group-b-finish-off-the-big-science-event-presentations-with-impressive-skill/
Congratulations to Florence, Bryce, Matthew and Maisie. Our team of young scientists made a great job of their investigation and presentation. Each year the standard gets higher and we have managed to be in the top three schools every year over the last four years.

Right Royal Quiz
We are pleased to announce that Owen & Thomas Cove (with help from Dad!) were the only 100% correct entry. Congratulations to them! The prize was awarded in assembly on Friday. Thank you to those who entered. £7 will go to Lunch4Learning.

PTA NEWS
End of Term Disco - Thursday 19th July
You should all have had a letter about the disco in bookbags this week, if anyone has not received this please speak to Diana Woodwards. Tickets are available in the mornings from the school office or from a PTA committee member.


Pampered Chef evening
Thanks to everyone who supported either by attending or donating - we have raised a fantastic total of £179.14. Our thanks also to Sharon Dyson for a great evening of cooking and kitchen gadgets, the food was delicious.

Clothes recycling
Thanks to everyone for their donations - school raised £140.80 and Little Bears raised £35.20.


Little Bears News
The children have enjoyed learning all about animals from the circus; we have looked at photos of horses which are in the circus on The Green at the moment.
Next week we will be getting ready for sports day with lots of practice outside -weather permitting ! Our older children will also be having their transition days in “big school” next week; we wish them luck and feel sure they are going to have lots of fun!
We will be having some new Little Bears with us next week and are planing to start a new mini topic with them – “Ourselves”

DIARY DATES:
Monday 9th July Olympic Torch in Oxon
Tuesday 10th July Olympic Torch in Oxon
Cycling Re-test for some candidates
Wednesday 11th,Thursday 12th, Friday 13th July Year 6 transition days at Icknield Community College
New Reception pupils for September join us for three taster days. “Moving up” days for all Reception –Year 5 pupils
Friday 13th July Sports Evening (weather permitting)
Friday 20th July 9.05am - Leavers assembly. Everyone welcome to attend.
1.30pm school ends
Wednesday 5th September Pupils return to school for the start of the new academic year.