Newsletter for week ending 20 May 2016

 

Congratulations to Ex-Pupils

We are delighted to note that some of our ex-pupils have been appointed into roles of responsibility at ICC for the start of the next academic year:

Congratulations to Rhiannon and Florence Amery who have jointly been appointed as deputy Head Girls; Ewan Madry who will be a Senior Prefect, and to Chloe Scragg, Gabriella White and Matt Green who will all be Prefects in September.

 

Forest School Fundraising

Please let Mrs Hopkins know if you are intending to come to the Supper Night on 10^th June at the Village Hall in the Church but haven’t bought tickets yet. We look forward to your support which will help to secure our continued Forest School provision. Thank you.

 

Singing Club Performance for Participating Pupils

Parents/carers of pupils who attend the after school Singing Club on Wednesdays with Mrs Humphries are invited to come and listen to a selection of songs that they have been practising over this term. The performance will be on Wednesday 25^th May at 3.50pm.

 

Visit to Bhaktivedanta Manor Hindu Temple

Report by Olivia and Joshua: “On Tuesday 17^th May we went to a Hindu Temple. We went on the bullock cart and fed the cows. We found lyrics to George Harrison’s songs about Krishna hidden in the woodland gardens. Next we learnt about the gods. The three main gods are Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. We dressed up in Indian clothes and some people dressed up as the gods and their wives. We saw the ceremony in the shrine room and then we had lunch. We had curry, rice, popadoms and naan bread. Everything was really nice and yummy! At the end of the day we had the story of Lord Rama and Sita. Words cannot describe what an amazing day it was!”

 

PTA NEWS

Cake club- we are very pleased to announce that Helen Payne will be taking charge of cake club from September. Thank you very much Helen, we know you will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rowena for all her hard work over the last few years! We are truly grateful.

 

Queens 90th birthday celebrations- 18th June- the PTA are running a raffle stall at the village celebrations with all proceeds going towards the school. We are looking for donations from parents for hampers. Items such as:

Beer, Wine, chocolates, gift sets, bath sets (please check the used by dates)

Please place all donations in the PTA box in the school hall.

We will be putting raffle tickets into book bags, 5 strips per family, tickets are 50p each or £2 for a strip, Tickets will also be available to buy on the day and also from The Crown pub. We have already lined up lots of great prizes.

 

Sports Night Friday 1st July- we are looking for volunteers to help clean up after at sports night, please speak to a committee member if you are able to lend a hand.

We are also looking for people to help run the BBQ if you know anyone that would be interested then please speak to Georgina Wiggins.

 

I hope to see lots of you at the Family Quiz this Friday, a fantastic night of fun for all the family.

 

Thank you for your continued support of the PTA. 

 

Friday Cake Club

Congratulations to Leo Burnell, the lucky winner of last week’s cake, kindly donated by Mrs Ellis.  A reminder to Mrs Burnell that she is on the rota for 27th May.

 

DIARY DATES:
Thursday 26 May	Year 7 Induction Evening at Icknield Community College for present Year 6 pupils at 7pm
Friday 27 May	School finishes at 3.15pm for May Holiday
Monday 6 June	Start of Term 6 for staff and pupils
Weds 8 June	Reception and Class 1 trip – letters to follow very shortly in book bags
Friday 10 June (rearranged date)	Forest School fundraising supper event at the Church – please see Mrs Hopkins to book
Weds 15 June	Class 2 & Class 3 trip – letters to follow shortly
Friday 1 July	Sports Evening – note earlier date than usual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer Sports Course at Stadhampton School

Michael Hopkins, who is well-known to the school as a PE teacher will be leading a Summer Sports Course on Monday 8th, Tuesday 9^th and Wednesday 10^th AUGUST at Stadhampton Primary School. 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 for the day and bookings can be made directly by e-mailing m.hopkins07@hotmail.com or via Mrs Hopkins in the school office. Early booking is advised as the Easter Sports Course was very popular!

 

Community News:

Oxfordshire County Music Service in partnership with Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra are hosting a Junior String Day on 25^th May from 10-4pm and on 26 May an Intermediate String Day from 10-4pm. Both events are being held at the Centre for Music, Bayswater Road, Headington, OX3 9FF and are free of charge.