Newsletter for week ending 7th June 2013

Happy JUNE Birthday to: Freya Clapton, Will Eaton, Betsy Elliott, Ella Gravett, Zara Hopkins, James Lowman, Josh Matthews, Georgia Valentine and Ellie Wiggins

During JUNE we are focusing on the core value of HONESTY

We would like to welcome Margarida (Maggie) Almeida into Class 2 and hope that she is very happy at Stadhampton School.

Skipping Workshop – 19.06.2013
I am very pleased to inform you that we are planning to hold a Skipping Workshop for all pupils to learn different skipping skills on Wednesday 19 June.

Skipping Workshops have presented demonstrations in over 10,000 schools, represented Great Britain in international skipping events and appeared on many TV shows including Blue Peter, Record Breakers and MTV Live. Skipping Workshops currently hold a world record in the Guinness Book of Records which we participated in. Their aim is to encourage children and adults to skip for health, fun and fitness, whilst introducing modern and traditional skipping games including individual rope tricks, speed skills, long rope and ‘Double Dutch’, back into the playground. The school supports these aims. Skipping Workshops are also trying to promote skipping as a new Olympic sport.

Parents are invited to see a demonstration of skipping at 2.40pm and there will be an opportunity for pupils to take part in an after school workshop from 3.15 until 4.15pm at a cost of £3 per child. Forms for participation in this workshop will be distributed early next week.

Skipping Workshops will have high quality ‘speed ropes’, as used by the international team, on sale at school at a reduced cost of £4.00 each. In addition they will have ‘solar’ ropes (which change colour) for sale at £6 each and a range of adult and family sized ropes. Further details will be on the workshop information sheet. Purchase of the skipping ropes is optional.

We are aware that the Skipping Workshop coincides with both the Year 6 ICC Buddying session and the Singing Club. The Singing Club will still take place and Year 6 pupils will need to attend the Buddying Session.

Cycle Safety Training
We would like to be able to offer cycle safety training to eight Year 5 pupils starting on 14th June. There will be further training sessions on 21st/28th June and 5th/12th July with the test booked for 17th July. We are grateful to Mrs Scragg, Mrs Green, Mrs Birtles and Mrs Ellis for their support in providing this opportunity but would welcome further offers of parental help so that we have a larger range of support to call upon for future sessions. Pupils need to have a roadworthy cycle and a cycle helmet and be able to commit to training on each day otherwise they will not be eligible to take the test. Numbers are limited to eight Year 5 pupils. Please ask your child to let Mrs Hopkins know if they would like to participate.


Vouchers
Thank you for collecting Sainsbury vouchers for us. We would be grateful to receive any further vouchers now so that we can make our choices from the catalogue. Thank you.
Summer Fair and Bus opening Event -15th June
The PTA have put in a huge amount of time and energy to organise this event so please support it in whatever way you can – please read on…

PTA News

Summer Fair & the Big Bus Opening - Saturday 15 June, 2 til 4.30pm
It's nearly here - and we have so many exciting things happening - from the Bus being officially opened by a local poet, a drum band, have a go at Zumba, James & the Giant Peach Punch Tent, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory game, Ride on the Magic Roundabout, Guess How Much I Love You card making and much more!!!

We still need lots of the following for our stalls:
• Items that we could use as raffle prizes
• China for 'Winnie the Witch Gets Cracking'
• Good quality items for the 'Brown Gruffalo' Stall
• Bottles/Jars/Cans for the 'Lord of the Rings' Game
• Filled jars (small toys, recipes, sweets, hair clips/bands, stationary items) for the 'BFG's jar of...' stall
• Sweets/Chocolate for the 'Charlie & the Chocolate Factory' game
We also need Gazebos (just in case it rains, although I'm sure it won't!) - have you got one that you could lend us for the day? We'll be around all week so please bring in and give us any donations you have. Don't forget to return raffle tickets, competition entry forms, bus quizzes and payment to Rowena Dobson at School. Thank you.

Friday Cake Club
Megan Green was the lucky winner of the last cake before half term, kindly donated by Mrs Payne. A reminder to Mrs Gonzales that she is on the rota for Friday 14 June.


DIARY DATES:
Tuesday 11th June Reception and Class 1 visit to Science Oxford Live
Wednesday 12th June Mobile Library
Friday 14 June Pre-loved sale at Little Bears 7.30-9.30pm
Saturday 15 June Pre-loved sale continues at 10am.
Summer Fair & Bus Extravaganza 2 - 4.30pm
Tuesday 18th June Year 5’s visit to ICC for a PE lesson. Please remember to take trainers/plimsolls and PE kit.
Wednesday 10th, Thursday 11th & Friday 12th July Moving up days; Reception pupils starting in September join us in school; Year 6 pupils spend three days at ICC; all other pupils move up to the year group/class they will be in from September.
Friday 12th July EYFS/Reception meeting with parents in School Hall at 2.50pm
Sports Evening
Monday 15th – Friday 19th July No afterschool clubs in the final week of the school term
Tuesday 16th July Daylight Theatre performance
Thursday 18 July School disco 6 – 7.30pm
Friday 19th July Leavers assembly 09.05am
School finishes for Summer holidays at 1.30pm
Wednesday 4th September Pupils return to school for the start of the new academic year