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