Thursday, June 23, 2016

Newsletter for week ending 24 June 2016


 

 

Curriculum Targets

Updated versions of pupils’ target cards for Reading, Writing and Maths are being sent home today. Please check your child’s bookbag.

 

Swimming Gala

Huge congratulations to our pupils who won the CLOSER Partnership Swimming Gala yesterday! They scored maximum points in 4 of the events, and only dropped 1 point in the other two events, making them clear winners with 34 points out of 36! Well done to all who took part!

 

Cake from the Village Celebrations to mark the Queen’s 90th Birthday

Thank you to Kerri Jones for bringing in some of the cake from the village celebration to mark the Queen’s birthday into school. All children enjoyed a piece of it during the school day. The thought of giving it to school pupils was very much appreciated!

 

School Council CAKE SALE!

On the subject of cake, the School Council will be holding a cake sale at Sports evening on Friday 1st July, after the races have finished. They are raising money to help buy new sports equipment relating to the Olympic Games. The School Council would be very grateful for donations of biscuits, cupcakes or tray bake slices, ideally with an Olympic/Brazilian theme. Cake donations should be brought into school on Thursday 30th June or Friday 1st July and put in the old library. Thank you.

 

Gardening Club Plant Sale

Thank you to everyone who purchased plants from the Gardening Club Plant Sale last Friday. £30 was raised which will go towards the purchase of seeds and compost for use in the new academic year.

 

PTA NEWS

Thank you to everyone who supported the Queen's celebrations on Saturday. We raised a massive £363 on the raffle.

 

Sports night on 1st July- BBQ tickets are now available from Anna Harries every morning and afternoon, priced at £2.50 for either a burger, sausage or veggie, make sure you get your tickets early and please keep them safe as you will need them to claim your food.

 

Kids end of school disco on Thursday 14th July- consent forms have gone home for the kids disco please fill them in and return along with your £3 to a committee member.

 

Did anyone win at the Winter fair a family ticket to the RAF family day? If so please contact Georgina Wiggins.

 

Thank you for your continued support of the PTA.

 

 

 

Friday Cake Club

 

Congratulations to Oliver Lemon, the lucky winner of last week’s cake, kindly donated by Mrs Smith.  A reminder to Mrs Khan that she is on the rota for 1st July.

 

DIARY DATES:
 
Monday 27 June
Governing Body meeting at 7pm
Friday 1 July
Sports Evening – note earlier date than usual
Monday 4 July
ICC tournaments for Rounders and Kwik Cricket – letters to follow to participating pupils
Tuesday 5 July
Warwick Castle visit for Reception and Class 1 pupils
Wednesday 6 July
First Transition Day
Meeting/talk with Susie Mullin after school about ‘Being a Parent is an Interesting Journey’. It is not too late to attend this talk if you have not yet returned your slip but it would be helpful if this could be returned on Monday please so that we are able to finalise numbers for the talk and for the crèche.
After –School Dance Club will still take place!
Thursday 7 July
Second transition day
Multisports Club for participating pupils. Year 6 pupils have received a refund as they will not be in school today.
Friday 8 July
Final transition day. New Reception pupils are not in school today as home visits are planned.
Tuesday 12 July
End of school year treat for all pupils – Daylight Theatre performance of A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream
Friday 15 July
End of year assembly at 9.05am. All welcome.
School finishes at 1.30pm
Monday 5 September
Pupils return to school for the start of the new academic year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: LITTLE BEARS NEWS:
Next week the Little Bears will continue with the ‘circus’ theme and look forward to making collage clown faces using shapes. We will also be talking about colours as well as shapes used to make our faces. 
The Little Bears are also preparing for their sports day which is on 15 July.

 

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 9th and Wednesday 10th 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:

VOLUNTEER BOOKING CLERK

After getting the Village Hall off to a fantastic start, Kerri is stepping down from the role of Booking Clerk in October; amazingly it will have been a three year stint! And what a fantastic job she has done. Thank you so much Kerri. So we are looking for someone (or even two people sharing it) to take on this important role in the village.  It entails taking phone calls and showing hirers around.  You can get involved in billing if you like but the Treasurer is happy to do it if you give him the necessary information. If you are interested, either have a chat with Kerri or ring me on 01865 891174. It’s a great way to get to know people and the Hall Committee will give you lots of support!

Ann Stead, Chair, Village Hall Committee

 

STADHAMPTON YOUTH CLUB

BBQ ON THE GREEN

WEDNESDAY 6TH JULY, 6.30pm to 8pm

As well as years 5 to 9 we would like to invite the year 4’s who are wishing to join youth club in September. We ask that children are accompanied by an adult.

Siblings welcome.

Friday, June 17, 2016


Newsletter for week ending 17 June 2016

Sleeping Sense

On Wednesday 8th June, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment held an open rehearsal in the school hall in the evening. It was a real privilege to see such a wonderful orchestra in our local setting. The orchestra members talked to the families who came about their instruments and helped the children find out the names of the instruments. They demonstrated how baroque instruments are different to modern ones, and how easily they go out of tune!The singer, Elin Thomas, sang dancing songs, and very sad songs from the opera called the Fairy Queen, and she gave the music to the children to look at. Aisulu in Reception, said she had the most beautiful voice she had ever heard. It was wonderful to see the different members of the orchestra communicating with each other through the music.

Mr and Mrs Goddard

Thank you to Mr and Mrs Goddard for taking the time to write the above report for us following their attendance at the rehearsal on 8th June.

Thank you to the many parents and other relatives who attended the performance at the Sheldonian Theatre on 9th June. With 75 of you there we felt very well supported! It was a fantastic priviledge to take part in such an event and we have uploaded some pictures of the event to both Class 2 and Class 3 pages on the school website for you to see.

 

Forest School Fundraising Event

A huge thank you to everyone who supported the evening Forest School Fundraising Event held at the Church on Friday 10th June. Particular thanks to the parents who kindly donated salads and some amazing puddings and to Food and More (and in particular Mrs Sheridan) who kindly made and donated two large lasagnes and salads. Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket even though they were unable to attend, to those who made cash donations and to those who provided raffle prizes. The evening was most enjoyable and we raised an amazing £523.50! This money will be used for the purchase of more marshmallows, chocolate biscuits and hot chocolate, which the children really enjoy having during their Forest School sessions, and will also help with the cost of the tree work carried out on the Forest School sites in May 2016. Thank you to parents, Little Bears staff, governors and to everyone else from the village who supported this event in any way.

 

Final Forest School Session for Year 6 Pupils

The last Forest School session for Year 6 pupils will be on Thursday 23rd June. We thought it would be nice for pupils to have their lunch at Forest School to celebrate. Please could parents/carers send in a ‘voluntary contribution’ of £1.50 to help with the cost of the food which will be cooked on the campfire. The children will not need a packed lunch or school meal on that day. Please send the money in a separate envelope to the school office. Thank you. 

 

The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebrations

On Friday 10th June we joined in with the celebrations to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday. The children all made crowns, designed a part of our celebratory bunting, iced (and ate!) their own cupcake and watched the live streaming of the royal tea party at Windsor Castle.

The bunting that was made by pupils and used in school will be on display again at the village events during the weekend.

 

ELLI Project

At the beginning of this week we saw the introduction of our next character in the ELLI Project – Changing Cameleon. Changing Cameleon represents changing and learning in the sense of children learning and changing over time. The Reception class did a fantastic job of working together on a story and a group of them presented the story to the whole school. They did very well and everyone enjoyed their little play. Our next ELLI Project assembly will be ‘Making Links Spider’ on Monday 27th June.

 

Parents’ Information Library

A reminder that we have a small collection of information books available for parents to borrow. They are located in a box on the cupboard outside the school office and the following titles are available:-

            Detoxing Childhood by Sue Palmer (2 copies)

            Raising Boys by Steve Biddulph (1 copy)

            Raising Girls by Steve Biddulph (1 copy)

            Help Your Child Love Reading by Alison David (1 copy)

Loans are on an honesty basis and there is a small notebook in the same box to record borrowing and returning. Please return any borrowed booked once you have finished with them so that others can borrow them too! Thank you.

 

Warwick Castle Visit (Classes 2 & 3)

On Wednesday 15th June, Class 2 and Class 3 went to Warwick Castle. The first thing we did was went through the Horrible Histories Maze. We also watched a trebuchet – This is a trebuchet

We explored the Time Tower, it was very dark and wet! Before returning home we had fun in the park and although we got soaking wet, it was the best time ever! Ben

 

On Wednesday 15th of June Class 2 and Class 3 went to Warwick Castle because Izzy won a contest on building a model castle.

There were a lot of different things to do like Horrible History, Time Tower, the Mighty Trebuchet, awesome interiors and lots of towers. Here is what some pupils thought about the trip;

“It was an interesting experience” – Juliana

“I loved the visit and I’ll never forget it” – Ella

“Even though we got drenched by rain, it was the best school trip ever” – Ellie

“It was an amazing experience and it was the best school trip that I can remember” – Tillie

By Tende and Ella

 

Rio Olympics/Brazil Drama and Dance Performances for Parents

As mentioned in our newsletter of May 27, on Tuesday 28th June pupils in Classes 2 and 3 will be taking part in a series of Olympic Drama Workshops. These will finish with a KS2 performance for parents and carers between 2:50 and 3:15 in the school Hall which you are warmly welcome to attend. On Wednesday 29th June all pupils will be taking part in a series of Dance (Carnival) Workshops which will finish with a performance by KS1/Reception pupils only in the the school Hall at 3:00pm, which you are also warmly welcome to attend. We look forward to seeing you!

 

Thank you

We are extremely grateful to current parents and to parents who no longer have children in our school, but still continue to support us. This week we would like to thank in particular:

  • Mrs Jane Duke for continuing to audit the school Special Purpose Account and the Hall Management Accounts again for us this year,
  • Mr Burnell for spending a day re-pointing the slabs in the swimming pool area
  • The many parents who have accompanied trips over the last couple of weeks to Blenheim Palace, Warwick Castle, the Sheldonian Theatre and to the Quad Kids Event,
  • The parents who are training Year 6 pupils on cycle safety training and the parents who run Gardening Club for us.

Thank you, your help and support is very much appreciated.

 

We would also like to thank Mrs Shortman for giving up a large part of her weekend to clean the pool of grit and prepare the water for the microbiological testing. The test has now come back clear so the pool is now ready for use.

 

Important information about swimming in the school pool – please get ready!

Please could ALL pupils have their swimming kit in school from Monday (20th June) ready for use in the school pool. The onus will be on families to ensure that swimming kit is in school each day, otherwise pupils may miss out on opportunities to swim. Pupils who do not have their swimming kit in school will sit in the pool area and read when their class has their turn in the school pool. Thank you.

 

Rocket Science

We have completed our investigation and have submitted our data to the RHS/UK Space Agency. We await to hear the results nationally. Although there was little evidence of any noticeable difference between the sets of seeds and the children were divided as to which set of seeds had been in space but more children thought it was the ‘blue’ seeds packet. We await to hear from Tim Peake himself!

 

Sports Night

As you may have gathered from the school dates/calendar, Sports Evening is on 1st July. The children will be put into their Olympic colour teams on Monday (some of them may know before then) and they will bring a note home to say which one they are in. We will be sorting out the teams on Monday morning as a part of the start of our ‘Sports Week’. An assembly on the Olympics will introduce the Rio Olympic theme this year and, although skipping is not yet one of the Olympic events, your child may like to bring their speed rope into school to practice for our annual competition.

Please check your diaries and make sure that you let the office, or Mrs Manzie, know if your child is unable to attend ‘Sports Evening’ as it is crucial that Mrs Manzie has the correct numbers to be able to organise 100 children in the relay event. Thank you.

Mrs Manzie

 

PTA NEWS

In order for the PTA to keep fundraising for the school we need parents to be on the committee otherwise we cannot continue. Could you donate some of your time? We meet once every 6 weeks to organise fundraisers for the school and to help pay for things that the school has asked for. In this academic year alone we have helped pay for:

Forest school waterproofs

New laptops for Class 3

French teacher

Improvements to the swimming pool

School trips

Robot school

New chess sets

Bookbags for all Reception children

 

If you would like to join the committee please speak to a committee member a full list of active members is on the noticeboard.

 

Sports night- Friday 1st July- I am still looking for volunteers to help tidy up after sports night, please speak to Georgina Wiggins if you would like to help.

Tickets for the BBQ will be on sale soon so please watch this space.

 

End of school disco- Thursday 14th July 6-7.30pm- look out for letters in book bags next week.

 

Thank you for your continued support of the PTA

 

Friday Cake Club

 

Congratulations to Thomas Eaton, the lucky winner of last week’s cake, kindly donated by Mrs Kozlowska.  A reminder to Mrs Parkes that she is on the rota for 24th June.

 

 

DIARY DATES:
 
Saturday 18 June
Village Fete including PTA Raffle
Friday 24 June
Cycle safety training practical test
Monday 27 June
Governing Body meeting at 7pm
Friday 1 July
Sports Evening – note earlier date than usual
Friday 15 July
End of year assembly at 9.05am. All welcome
School finishes at 1.30pm
Monday 5 September
Pupils return to school for the start of the new academic year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: LITTLE BEARS NEWS:
We look forward to seeing you over at the summer fair from 3 pmin the Little Bears garden. Hopefully the weather will hold out for us and you can all come over and have some cake and the children can enjoy Bertie Slippers, the entertainer. Little Bears are having a stall at the Queen’s celebration on the Green this Saturday - please join us so that you can to make your very own crown!

 

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 9th and Wednesday 10th 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:

  • Queen's 90th Birthday Village Tea Party on Saturday 18 June 2016, 2pm onwards

See attached flyer for details of the event on the Village Green

 

  • Proposal for ICC to convert to an Academy – notice of meetings on 22nd June – see attached flyer

Friday, June 10, 2016

Newsletter for week ending 10 June 2016


 

 

Welcome back to the start of Term 6.

 

Happy JUNE Birthday to: Freya Clapton, Will Eaton, Ella Gravett, Alice Hindmarch, Zara Hopkins, Maya Jacobs, Natalia and Weronika Kozlowska, James Lowman, Ivy Odell, Casey Price and Ellie Wiggins.

 

During JUNE we are focusing on the core value of PATIENCE

 

Teacher Appointment

We are pleased to announce that we have appointed Mrs Nichola Stafford as our Reception teacher for one year from 1st September 2016. Mrs Stafford is a very experienced teacher and we look forward to welcoming her to the staff team to cover Mrs Humphries’ maternity leave. Mrs Stafford will be in school from time to time over the next few weeks and hopes to be here to meet her new class during the transition days.

 

Waiting Area at the end of the school day

We understand that there have been injuries caused to some pupils as a result of children running around and bumping into other pupils in this very busy area at the beginning and end of the school day. Children should not be climbing or standing on the seat. We ask for all parents’ co-operation in supervising their children in this area to ensure that the safety of any pupil or younger sibling is not compromised. Thank you.

 

Gardening Club Sale

The Gardening Club will be holding a Plant Sale after school on Friday 17th June. All proceeds made from this sale of plants will be used to buy seeds and compost for the Gardening Club going forward.

 

National Book Tokens Competition

Help us win £5,000 of National Book Tokens for the school library – and get £100 for yourself! Just enter the competition online, it only take a minute: http://www.nationalbooktokens.com/schools Thank you to Helen Moss-Black for sharing this with us and for entering the competition already!

 

Blenheim Palace Trip

On Wednesday 8th June, Reception and Class 1 had a school trip to the beautiful Blenheim Palace. We spent the morning being shown around part of the palace and learnt about the people who live there and the palace itself. After lunch we headed down to the maze and adventure playground. Luckily we all made it out of the maze and the adventure playground was fantastic! We had a brilliant day out in the sunshine and everyone had lots of their favourite memories.

Mrs Humphries

 

PTA NEWS

Sue Bowerman- Sue has decided after 5 years to step down from the committee and being in charge of school uniform. We cannot thank Sue enough for all her hard work and dedication to the school and I think I speak for all parents in thanking her. She will be missed by all the committee. On a personal note Sue has been a huge support for me over the last 3 years that I have been chair of the committee with support, guidance, event ideas, helping at events, providing uniform for the children and donating her spare time to help paint fences etc at our clean up weekends. Thank you Sue.

 

In order for the PTA to keep fundraising for the school we need parents to be on the committee otherwise we cannot continue. Could you donate some of your time?  We meet once every 6 weeks to organise fundraisers for the school and to help pay for things that the school has asked for. In this academic year alone we have helped pay for:

Forest school waterproofs

Contributed towards new laptops for Class 3

Contributed to the cost of the French teacher

Improvements to the swimming pool

Contributed to some school trips

Contributed towards Robot school

New chess sets

Bookbags for all Reception children

 

If you would like to join the committee please speak to a committee member. A full list of active members is on the noticeboard. Thank you.

 

Queen’s Birthday celebrations Saturday 18th June- we are hoping to make a hamper for one of the raffle prizes at the celebration day; we still need quite a few donations to achieve this. If you can donate we are looking for, wine, beer, chocolate and gift sets (all sell by dates checked first) please put any donation into the PTA box in the school hall.

2 strips of raffle tickets have been sent home for each family to buy, raffle tickets are 50p each or £2 a strip, we have some fantastic prizes to be won and there will be a chance to purchase more on the day.

 

Sports night- Friday 1st July- I am still looking for volunteers to help tidy up after sports night, please speak to Georgina Wiggins if you would like to help.

Tickets for the BBQ will be on sale soon so please watch this space.

 

End of school disco - Thursday 14th July 6-7.30pm - look out for letters in book bags next week.

 

Friday Cake Club

 

Congratulations to Isabella Dickens, the lucky winner of the last cake before Half Term, kindly donated by Mrs Burnell.  A reminder to Mrs Kylie Smith that she is on the rota for 17th June.

 

Thank you for your continued support of the PTA.

 

PTA and School Uniform

We echo the above thanks to Sue Bowerman for managing the sale of school uniform over the last five years and for the contributions that both Mr and Mrs Bowerman have made to helping with PTA events over the years.

 

It would be helpful if a parent would be willing to take on the ordering and selling of school uniform on behalf of the school. The person who does this does not necessarily have to be a member of the PTA committee but it would be an advantage if it could be managed by someone who already comes into school on a regular basis or someone who has time to come into school if we let them know that there are orders waiting. Please let Mrs Hopkins know if you would be willing to take this on or would like to know more about what is required. Thank you.

 

Summer Safety Advice from Oxford School Health Nursing

We have been asked to pass this information to parents by the Oxfordshire School Health Nurse Team:

 

“As summer approaches with the promise of some good weather, please make sure your child wears sunscreen and covers their shoulders when outside – a hat is a good idea too. Please encourage children to drink plenty of water and so it will be helpful if they bring a bottle of water that they can refill during the day. Some parents put their bottle in the freezer over night to ensure their child’s drink stays cold all day. It is also during these hot spells that young people are often tempted to cool off in the river. It is not safe to play in the river which often has deceptively strong currents . We will be advising them against this and hope you will reinforce this message at home too.” Please find below some useful links:



 

DIARY DATES:
 
Weds 15 June
Class 2 & Class 3 trip to Warwick Castle
Mobile Library visit
Saturday 18 June
Village Fete including PTA Raffle
Friday 24 June
Cycle safety training practical test
Monday 27 June
Governing Body meeting at 7pm
Friday 1 July
Sports Evening – note earlier date than usual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: LITTLE BEARS NEWS:
Little Bears would like to welcome everyone back to Term 6. Our topic this term is "the circus". We look forward to making the most of our garden practising hard juggling skills, balancing and stilts. 
We hope you can join the Little Bears in the garden on Friday 17th June for our summer fair which is from 3pm to 4.30pm. We have a number of stalls, a children's entertainer and tea, coffee and cake for all the grown-ups!

 

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 9th and Wednesday 10th 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:

Queen's 90th Birthday Village Tea Party on Saturday 18 June 2016, 2pm onwards

See attached flyer for details of the event on the Village Green