Newsletter for week ending 15^th April 2016

 

Welcome back to Term 5!

 

Happy APRIL Birthday to: Katende Amery, Oliver Bourne, Cianna Browning, Bobby Byrne, Isabel Holmes, Zachary Holmes and Samuel Sundberg .

 

During APRIL we are focusing on the core value of THOUGHTFULNESS

 

Mrs Humphries

We are delighted to confirm that Mrs Humphries (Miss Mould before her wedding on Easter Sunday) is expecting a baby. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Humphries and thank you for sharing this happy news with us. Mrs Humphries will go on maternity leave when we break up for the summer holidays on 15^th July and we will be advertising for a teacher to provide maternity cover for the Reception Class from the beginning of September.

 

Class Curriculum Overviews – ‘Jigsaws’

The new format of termly curriculum overviews for Terms 5 and 6, which comprises a coloured ‘jig-saw’, with each coloured ‘piece’ representing a subject area, have now been completed and uploaded to the school website under the ‘Classes’ section. Please also have a look at page 2 of each jigsaw which provides additional important curriculum information.

 

Forest School Fundraising

Bookings are now being taken for the Supper Night on Friday 6^th May from 7.30 to 11.30pm at the Village Hall at St John’s Church Stadhampton. Tickets cost £12.50 and include a buffet and desserts. Bring your own drinks!

We look forward to your support which will help to secure our continued Forest School provision.

 

Class 3’s Greek Feast

Wow! It was lovely to see the school hall transformed into a Greek Taverna yesterday afternoon as Class 3 enjoyed their Greek feast. We had lots of fun investigating and trying new foods. We also had Greek music played with some of the class dancing along to music. We enjoyed it so much that everyone had at least a second portion washed down by a glass or two of Greek wine aka Shloer! Some of the other teachers got involved too. We had heaps of fun and it was a day to remember for all of us.

Ella and Isabella

A big thank you to all class 3 parents for the exquisite contributions.

I would also like to thank Mrs Wilkin for working hard behind the scenes to ensure the children had a great Greek experience.

Miss Raval

  

Rocket Science

As mentioned in a previous newsletter, we are one of the schools who successfully applied to participate in the Royal Horticultural Society and UK Space Agency national Rocket Science experiment. You may have seen reference to the experiment on the television recently.

We are looking forward to taking part in this experiment and are awaiting the delivery of our seeds on Monday 18^th April. We will receive 100 rocket seeds that have been in space, under the watchful eye of astronaut Tim Peake, and 100 similar rocket seeds that have been restricted to Earth! All children in school will be involved, growing the seeds in controlled conditions and recording observations to input on a national database. We will update you with our progress later during the summer term. Exciting!

 

UNICEF Day for Change

On Wednesday 27^th April, we will be collecting coins to support UNICEF. UNICEF work is carried out in 192 countries and they work around the clock to protect children. A current focus for UNICEF is to collect money to help children in Syria. After five years of conflict, Syria remains one of the most dangerous places to be a child. Your donations will contribute to helping these children to remain safe and have food and water to survive. Please start collecting any loose change and bring it in on the 27^th April, as it will be going towards this very important cause. Thank you.

 

Piano Tuition

Mrs Trudy Drake is offering piano lessons during the school day on Thursday afternoons for any child in Class 2 or Class 3. If you are interested in your child/ren learning to play the piano in school, please contact Mrs Drake directly (mob. 07918188519) for more details.

 

Food & More

We have been notified that Food & More will be putting on an Indoor Summer BBQ themed lunch on Thursday 19^th May. Options include Beef Burger in a bun or Hot Dog or a Vegetarian Burger, all served with baked sweet potato wedges and salad. Followed by Strawberry Shortcake or fruit.

 

PTA NEWS

Bingo night Friday 22nd April 5.30-7pm- consent forms and £3.50 for each child need to be returned to Melanie Gravett no later the Tuesday 19^th April please. It should be a very enjoyable evening.

 

Clothes recycling Tuesday 10th May 9am-  look out for recycling bags in your childs book-bags soon.  Please fill the bag with clothes, good condition toys, hats, shoes, bags. All money raised goes to the PTA and Little Bears. Black sacks of clothes are also welcome.

 

Clean up weekend Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th April 10am- we are significantly improving the swimming pool area ready for the summer term as well as doing other jobs around the school. Please see a committee member if you are able to help.

 

Please note the summer fete advertised as being held on Saturday 25th June has now been cancelled.

 

 

Friday Cake Club

Congratulations to the THREE lucky winners of cakes generously donated by Debbie Purchon on the last day of term – Megan Hutchence (1st Prize), Zachary Holmes and Isabel Hector (Joint 2nd Prize).  A reminder to Mrs Payne that she is on the rota for 22nd April.

 

DIARY DATES:
Friday 22 April	PTA Children’s Bingo event
Saturday 23 April & Sunday 24 April	PTA Working Party in school
Monday 25 April	Governing Body meeting at 7pm
Tuesday 26 April	Parents’ Forum at 7pm in the School Hall
Wednesday 27 April	UNICEF Day for Change 2016
Monday 2 May	Bank Holiday
Friday 6 May	Forest School fundraising supper event at the Church – please see Mrs Hopkins to book.