Newsletter for week ending 14th September 2012

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 17th October between 9.00am and 11.30am. Parents and other visitors are most welcome to come and see the school at work during this morning.

Information for parents and carers of children due to transfer to secondary school in September 2013
Parents of children born between 1 September and 31 August 2002 (inclusive) need to apply for a secondary school place for their children. The closing date for on time applications is 31 October 2012. The main means of application is to apply on line at www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/admissions
If you are unable to apply on line please ask Mrs Hopkins for a paper copy of the Common Application Form (CAF).

Swimming at the Abbey Sports Centre in Berinsfield
Cheques for swimming should be made payable to Stadhampton Primary School. A big ‘thank you’ to those families who have already contributed towards this term’s swimming costs.

After School Clubs
There are still one or two places remaining on all after-school clubs running on Wednesdays (Multisports for Years 1&2, Multisports for Years 3-6) and Thursdays (Football for Years 3-6). Please contact Mrs Hopkins if you would like a place for your child. A reminder that all clubs finish promptly at 4.15pm.

Clarinet Lessons
County Music Service Clarinet lessons for all Year 5 pupils will commence on Tuesday 18 September. There are normally 10 weekly lessons each long term but further details will be circulated by Miss Howell, the new clarinet teacher, next week. Clarinets are provided as part of the programme.

We are still unclear of the situation regarding the continuation of clarinet lessons for Year 6 pupils as, unfortunately, there may be an insufficient number of pupils to make this viable. We are currently working with the County Music Service to facilitate this and will be in contact with the families concerned to clarify this as soon as we can. In the meantime, if there are any Year 6 pupils who would like to continue with clarinet lessons it’s not too late to apply. Application forms are available in school.

Our Olympic Experience – by Georgia and Millie
Georgia: I came into the hall and sat down with my fingers crossed. Mrs Turner stood with the hat in her hand and a smile on her face. Everyone turned their faces to her and wished that it would be them. She put her hand in the hat, and pulled out a small piece of paper. “the lucky winners are Georgia Valentine, Millie Birtles and Georgia’s dad”. I cried out in excitement.
Millie: Georgia approached me later on in the day, she shouted out, “we won the tickets, we won the tickets!” I thought she was joking but when the next day came everyone came up to me and said “congratulations”. I felt like I needed to cry, so instead I hugged her.

“We saw the 100 metres and the 400 metres with Usain Bolt running. Also we say Jessica Ennis do the pole voult, long jump and javeline. The atmosphere was amazing. Our favourite bit was the steeple chase and Jessica Ennis doing the long jump. It made us feel like we were very lucky people and we will never get this opportunity again. Watching the Olympics has changed how we feel about sports. This will be a story which we can tell our children and grandchildren.”

School Council
Congratulations to the following pupils who were elected by pupils on to the School Council for Terms 1 & 2:
Year 6: Matthew Ellis and Orla Fernie; Year 5: Ollie Jones and Thea Diment; Year 4: Greg Madry and Cora White; Year 3: Charlie Ball and Georgia Day; Year 2: Will Parkes and Isabella Dickens.

School Website - Class Topics/Areas of Study
Each class teacher has now uploaded information specific to their class about the projects and areas of study they are focusing on in Terms 1 and 2.
A paper copy of these was also sent home earlier this week via book bags.

Headlice
A parent has kindly let us know that their child has had headlice this week which has been treated. Please could all parents check their children’s hair this weekend and treat if necessary. Thank you.

Recorders and Recorder Books
Recorders are now available from the school office, priced at £6.50. Recorder Books 1 and 2 are also available at £4.85 each (sorry, price increase – the school makes no profit from selling these items).

Water/Juice Bottles
To avoid confusion in the classroom and at lunchtime, please could water bottles which are being re-used be labelled.


PTA
School Uniform: Order forms have been put into book bags earlier this week. The e-mail address for uniform orders is stadhamptonpta@gmail.com

PTA Meeting - Tuesday 18 Sep, 7.45pm, School Hall
We're holding our first meeting of the year and anyone is welcome to come along and join in, give us ideas etc. If you can't make the meeting but want to let us know anything then you can email us on: stadhamptonpta@gmail.com, or just speak to Diana Woodwards, Rowena Dobson, Charlotte Hector or any member of the PTA.

Friday Cake Club
Introducing our new Friday Cake Club - watch out for full details in book bags next week. Very simply – you pay 20p on Fridays to be in with a chance to win a lovely cake!


Little Bears News
Next week we are learning all about feelings and Little Bears rules. We will be making some self-portraits and drawing around each other. We will also be doing lots of music and movement.


DIARY DATES:
Tuesday 18th September Clarinets begin for participating pupils
PTA Meeting 7.45pm. All welcome.
Wednesday 19th September Young Leaders Award – Year 5 and 6 pupils
Friday 21st September Guitar lessons begin for participating pupils
Thursday 27th September All pupils have their photographs taken in school uniform. Each child is photographed individually and also with any siblings in school. Families are welcome to come into the Hall before school at 8.30am to have family groups photographed together.

Icknield Community College Open Evening for new students – 6pm
Friday 5th October Harvest Festival in School at 9.05am. All welcome.
Monday 19th November Parents Evening – more details to follow – please put the date in your diary.




Icknield Community College Open Evening
Icknield Community College are holding their annual Open Evening for new pupils on Thursday 27th September starting at 6pm – flyer attached to this newsletter.