Newsletter for week ending 6 March 2015

Happy MARCH Birthday to: Maggie Almeida, Jem Burnell, Darcy Crook, Emily Drake, Daniel Ellis, Alana Hyde, Hannah Lansley, Greg Madry and Ben Walker.

During MARCH we are focusing on the core value of HOPE

Goodbye
We say goodbye and good luck to Harry Ventham who left our Reception Class this week to move to another part of the country.

Sixth Form at Icknield Community College
Please find attached to this newsletter a joint letter from Mr Hunter (Headteacher) and Mr Cockrem, (Chair of Governors) at Icknield Community College about their plans for a Sixth Form at Icknield.

World Book Day – Thursday 5th March 2015
Thank you all so much for your support of our World Book Day event. The children were dressed as the most imaginative story-book characters and many of the costumes were home-made. Characters ranged from Harry Potter to Pippy Longstocking, Paddington Bear to Eeyore and Little Red Riding Hood to the Tiger who came to Tea. The response has been fantastic and has brought children’s literature to life. Photographs were taken of all the children and we will shortly be creating a display of these for you all to see. Thank you for your active support, we do appreciate it, and a huge thank you to Mr Wells who took all the photos.

Jian-Zi Tournament 2015
Each year, as part of our Chinese New Year events, we hold an annual ‘Jian-zi’ tournament. If you are unfamiliar with what a Jian-zi is, it is a Chinese feathered toy, similar to a shuttlecock, which is used for ‘keepy-uppy’. We hold this tournament in tandem with our colleagues at our partnership school in Hazlach, Poland. Pupils in each year group are involved and our results are as follows:-

Reception – Cianna Browning (2) Year 1 – Harvey Saunders (3)
Year 2 – Joshua Hursey (3) Year 3 – Lorenzo Elliott (6)
Year 4 – Thomas Cove (27) Year 5 – Max Jones (9)
Year 6 – Greg Madry (9)

The top three Polish scores are:-

Piotr Kaleta (13)
Jakub Suchanek (12)
Marcel Gabzdyl (11)

Congratulations to Thomas Cove for being not only our school winner but our international winner! The trophy returns to Stadhampton!


PTA NEWS:
Kids Bingo Night on Friday 20th March 5.30-7pm. Please return the consent forms along with £3.00 to the school office no later than Thursday 19th March, no tickets are being issued. If you are able to help please speak to a PTA committee member.

Fish and Chips supper and disco/karaoke night on Saturday 21st March at 7.30pm in The Crown. The PTA are very excited to announce that we are holding this event in partnership with The Crown; tickets are priced at £7 each which includes an enormous fish and chip supper, plus a disco, Karaoke, an alcohol raffle and much more; all funds are going to the PTA. This promises to be a fantastic night for everyone; tickets are available from Georgina Wiggins and from The Crown.

Easter Egg Raffle, we are holding a raffle the day before we break up for Easter and are asking for donations of Easter eggs from parents. Please put all donations into the PTA box in the school hall. Thank you.

We are also asking parents for donations of alcohol for our raffle at The Crown. Please put in the PTA box. Thank you.

Thank you for your continued support of the PTA.


Friday Cake Club
Congratulations to Bobby Byrne, the lucky winner of last week's cake, kindly donated by Mrs Odell. A reminder to Mrs Bradford that she is on the rota for Friday 13th March.

DIARY DATES:
Friday 13 March Red Nose Day
Monday 16 March Governing Body meeting at 7pm
Tuesday 17 March Compton Verney visit for Classes 2 and 3. Letters sent in bookbags this week.
Parents’ Forum meeting at 8pm. Everyone welcome.
Thursday 19 March Thames Valley Police in school at lunchtime to chat informally with pupils during their outside playtime
Monday 23 March Work Viewing Evening 3.15-6pm
Friday 27 March End of term assembly. Everyone welcome to attend.
School finishes at 1.30pm for the Easter break
Monday 13 April Pupils return to school for the start of Term 5
Vision screening for Reception pupils

LITTLE BEARS NEWS:
The Little Bears will be talking about healthy foods next week and making our favourite food plates. We are also making a very special something for our very special Mummy's.
Dates to remember: Easter Cake Sale on Thursday 26th March on Little Bears patio; Friday 27th March Easter Bonnet Parade.

Community News
Michael Hopkins will be leading an 3-day Easter Sports Course at Stadhampton School on Monday 30 March, Tuesday 31 March & Wednesday 1 April. The course runs from 9-3pm each day and is open to all pupils (not necessarily just Stadhampton School) aged 4-11. The cost is £10 per day and bookings can be made directly by e-mailing m.hopkins07@hotmail.com or via Mrs Hopkins in the school office. These sports courses are very popular and early booking is advised.

Stadhampton Youth Club Continues..
Wednesday 18th March is the next sessions which continue on the first and third Wednesdays of the month @Village Hall at St Johns.
Sessions run as follows - make sure you're attending at the correct times!
18.30 – 19.30 – School Years 5 & 6 (approx. ages 9 to 11)
19.45 – 20.45 – School Years 7 & 8 (approx. ages 11 to 13)
Subs £1.50/week
Before attending, a Membership Form, signed by a parent, needs to be completed and handed to the Club Leader (available on the door or by emailing the address below).

We’d love feedback from the young people coming along to the sessions as well as parents/carers and there will an opportunity to feedback confidentially your thoughts (suggestion box at Youth Club) or by email.

Of course we need more volunteers; both adults and older youngsters, from the local community to ensure these sessions can continue to run.
stadhamptonyouthclub@gmail.com

Brookes Science Bazaar
Free fun for the family- Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, OX3 OBP- 11am – 4pm on Saturday 21st March. No parking available for this event. No booking required – just drop into Reception!