Congratulations
Congratulations
to Mr and Mrs Humphries on the safe arrival of their daughter, Elli Mia on 25th
September! We understand that mother and baby are both doing very well.
Important Key Dates
for Applications to Primary and Secondary Schools
Primary
Applications
On-line
and paper applications for children born between 1 September 2012 and 31 August
2013 are now being accepted. Link to the Starting
School form: https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/sites/default/files/folders/documents/childreneducationandfamilies/educationandlearning/schools/admissionpolicies/CAFP17.pdf
The
national closing date for on-time
applications for primary schools is 15 January 2017.
Offer letters will be
sent out by the LA using second class post and e-mails sent to those who
applied on line on 17 April 2017.
Secondary Applications
On-line and paper applications for
children born between 1 September 2005 and 31 August 2006 who will be
transferring from Year 6 in primary school to Year 7 in secondary school are
now being accepted. Link to the Moving
On form:
The national closing date for on-time applications is 31 October 2016.
Offer letters will
be sent out by the LA using second class post and e-mails to those who applied
on-line on 1 March 2017.
MEERKAT Champion of
the Week
We
are delighted to share the names of our "MEERKAT Champion of the
Week" award in each class for last week as follows;
Reception
–Grace M
Class
1 – Laila B
Class
2 – Elizabeth M
Class
3 – Lizzie B
Well
done to you all!
Open
Morning – Tuesday 4th October 2016
A reminder
that in conjunction with Little Bears, the school will be open to visitors from
9.00 to 11.45am for current families and the local community, as well as for
the families now making their decisions about their choice of primary school
for September 2017. Please do come along and see the school at work between
these times if you are able, whether you are a prospective parent or an
existing one!
Harvest
Service and Gifts – Friday 30th September 2016
A huge thank you to everyone who provided Harvest gifts for
our Harvest Assembly in school today. We know that the gifts will be much
appreciated by The Porch Steppin’ Stone, a centre for homeless and vulnerable people
in Oxford.
Pupil
Premium Report
A report explaining how we spent our Pupil Premium funding in
the last academic year was uploaded to our school website at the end of last
week.
School Photographs
The School
Photography Company will be in school on Tuesday 11 October and all pupils will
have their photographs taken during the morning wearing their school uniform
individually and also with any siblings in school. Year 6 pupils will also have an informal group photograph taken.
Families are welcome to come into the Hall before
school at 8.30am to have family groups photographed together if they so
wish.
Parenting
Books Reference Library
We have a small, but growing, collection of reference books
that parents and carers are welcome to borrow. Titles include;
Raising
Boys by Steve Biddulph (x1)
Raising
Boys by Steve Biddulph (x1)
Detoxing
Childhood by Sue Palmer (x2)
Help
Your Child Love Reading by Alison David (x2)
The
Danish Way of Parenting by Jessica Joelle Alexander and Iben Dissing Sandahl
(x1)
There are many such books on the market and we only have a
small selection but they have been selected on the basis of recommendation by
professional colleagues and by their “readability”. We hope you find them
useful.
The books are kept in a box in the entrance area, just
outside the school office and we operate a simple honesty system, just fill in
the key details in the notebook in the box so we can keep track of who has
which book!
We are aware that some titles have been out on loan for some
time and now ask that these books are returned to the system for others to
ready. Thank you.
Swimming
Contributions for Class 2
Thank you to the families who have already paid contributions
towards the cost of the swimming transport for this term. Please ask in the
school office if you are unsure whether you have paid or not for this term.
Thank you.
PTA News
Official Notice of the PTA's Annual General
Meeting (AGM) - Monday 10th
October, 8pm in Class 1.
The PTA plays a vital part in the school community and all parents, as members of the PTA, are invited to support the AGM. This is your chance to hear and see how the funds you have helped to raise last year have been used for the benefit of the children at our school.
The PTA plays a vital part in the school community and all parents, as members of the PTA, are invited to support the AGM. This is your chance to hear and see how the funds you have helped to raise last year have been used for the benefit of the children at our school.
The AGM is also an opportunity for you to elect
the PTA Committee (Chair, Treasurer, Secretary), to represent the association
throughout the forthcoming academic year. If you are interested in taking on
one of these roles or joining the committee, please speak to Georgina Wiggins.
We have a small committee and really need people
to come along and help plan events and to take on any of the roles outlined. I
am stepping down from chair after 3 years but I am very much still part of the
committee, there is huge support for anyone who takes on a role.
Please speak to any committee member for
information, there is at least one committee member in each class.
Bags
to school is on Thursday 17th November, bags will be going into book bags once
we have received them. This is a great opportunity to have a clear out, a full
list of what you can donate will be in the newsletter next week.
Thank
you for your continued support of the PTA
Friday Cake
Club and Nut Allergy Reminder
Thank you to
everyone who has offered to make or provide a cake as part of the Cake Club
rota. We have a child in Class 1 with a serious nut allergy so please could
everyone be aware of this when they make or buy a cake to donate. Thank you.
Congratulations
to Freya Clapton, the lucky winner of last week's cake, kindly donated by Mrs
Hutchence. A reminder to Mrs Holmes that she is on the rota for Friday 7th
October.
DIARY DATES:
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Sunday
2nd October
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@
9.30am Harvest Festival in church, to include breakfast. The service
will be especially suitable for families, everybody is very welcome.
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Tuesday 4th October
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Open
Morning– see posters around the school
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Tuesday 11th October
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School
Photography Company in school taking individual photographs as well as
sibling and family photographs
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Thursday 20th October
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Half
term begins at 3.15 pm
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Friday 21st October
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Inset
day for teaching staff
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Monday 31st October
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Pupils
and staff return to school
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(Advance
notice for parents):
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Monday 14th November
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Parents
Evening 3.45-7pm – appointment letters to follow
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Wednesday 16th November
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Parents
Evening 3.45-5.30pm- appointment letters to follow
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Tuesday 6th December
|
KS2
Christmas Matinee Performance
KS2
Christmas Evening Performance
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Wednesday 7th December
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KS1/FS
Christmas Matinee Performance
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Tuesday 13th December
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Nativity
& Carols afternoon in the Church
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Wednesday 14th December
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Whole
School Christmas Lunch
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Friday 16th December
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End
of Term Assembly
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LITTLE
BEARS NEWS:
Next
week at Little Bears, we will be talking about eating healthily and learning
all about keeping ourselves healthy. We will also be talking about where food
comes from and how it grows.
We
will also be learning all about Harvest and making tractor pictures with shapes.
Little Bears are having a cake sale on Thursday, 20th October, so please come
along if you can.
Community News:
STADHAMPTON YOUTH
CLUB
Stadhampton
Youth Club is on every first and third Wednesday of each month. Dates are as
follows:
October
- Wednesday 5th and 19th
November
- Wednesday 2nd and 16th
December
- Wednesday 7th
It
is held in the community hall (St John's Church) in Stadhampton.
Yrs
5 & 6 from 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Yrs
7,8,9 from 7.45pm to 8.45pm. Subs £1.50.
Tuck
shop, games, music, all children welcome to come and join in the fun!
Advance Notice of a Christmas Sports Club:
Michael Hopkins, who is well-known to the school as
a PE teacher will be leading a Christmas Sports Course on Monday 19th
and Tuesday 20th December 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.
Autumn Water
Festival
11am-4pm,
Sunday 2nd October
Enjoy
a family day out this Sunday by attending Earth Trust’s annual autumnal
celebration of water and wetlands. There’ll be water rockets, apple pressing,
natural dyeing, a chance to feed the pigs and many more aquatic crafts, games and
activities. Poem Tree Café will be open, plus there’ll be a hog roast from
Coopers Oxford Pork. It’s £6 per adult, £3 per child and £15 for a family of
four. Book online and beat the queue (incurs a booking fee) or pay on the gate.
We look forward to seeing you! More info at www.earthtrust.org.uk.
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