School Christmas
Productions
Thank you, as always, for all your support.
We had a great turnout of parents and other relatives as well as neighbours
from Stadhampton attend both productions. All the children did really well and
are a credit to you all. Proceeds from the sale of tickets, along with those
from the bucket collection, will help to support the continued provision of
Forest School for all children at school and we are delighted to let you know
that we raised £491.20. Thank you!
Our Key Stage 2 production, “Sleeping
Beauty – the Ugly Truth!”, was great fun and was clearly enjoyed by pupils and
audience alike! We have received many messages of congratulations from parents
for the quality of acting, singing, dancing, narration and scenery-changing.
Thank you to you, as parents, for helping support us with providing amazing
costumes and helping your child/ren practise their lines and for lending us
your children for the evening performance! Thank you to all staff involved,
especially Miss Raval, Mrs Garrard, Mrs Wilkin, Mrs Shortman and Mrs Singleton,
and to Mrs Hutchence and Mrs Eaton for their additional support, and to the PTA
for providing the after performance bar. However, our greatest thanks go to the
Year 6 children who were outstanding this year, especially our soloists
“Tiffany” and “Alfie” who captivated us all with their singing and have
everyone’s respect.
Our Key Stage 1 and Reception production,
“Busy, Busy Bethlehem”, was also most enjoyable and the children did so well to
learn all the songs and remember their speaking parts and actions. We are
already seeing glimpses of who may be taking on lead parts in the future! Thank
you to all staff involved and especially Mrs Manzie, Mrs Stafford, Mrs Baker
and Mrs Gonzalez.
Our annual Nativity and Carol Service will
be held in the church of St John the Baptist in Stadhampton at 2:00pm on
Tuesday 13th December and you are most welcome to join us. All
pupils will come back to school after the Nativity and Carol Service.
At 3:45pm, the Stadhampton Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place on the
green outside the church. Children from our school choir will meet back on the
green to lead the singing of some carols around the tree and one lucky Year 6
pupil will be turning on the Christmas lights! We do hope you can join us
there.
MEERKAT Champion of
the Week
We
are delighted to share the names of our "MEERKAT Champion of the
Week" award in each class as follows;
Reception
– Riley M
Class
1 – Cara G
Class
2 – Freddie W
Class
3 – Ellie W
Well
done to you all!
School Netball
Tournament Report
“On Wednesday 30th November,
seven class 3 pupils, (Thomas, Lawrence, Lorenzo, Ella, Isabella, Tillie and
Juliana,) went to Icknield Community College to compete in a school partnership
netball tournament. Six schools, including Stadhampton, participated in the
tournament. We played five games of intense netball and won four of the five
games and came second overall! Everybody played really well and worked very
hard as a team, together we scored 16 points and did very well! We would also
like to thank Mrs Dickens and Mrs Elliott for providing transport.”
Thomas
and Lawrence
Whole
School Christmas Lunch on Wednesday 14 December
It is a tradition at Stadhampton School that the whole-school joins in our Festive Lunch
which, this year, is on 14th December and we hope that no-one will
have a packed lunch on that day.
The menu is:
Roasted Turkey with Chipolata
sausage or Celebration Roast with Veggie Chipolata; Yorkshire Pudding,
stuffing; roast potatoes, carrots, peas and gravy. Dessert is a Christmas Cookie.
We can accommodate requests such as no gravy, etc.
The cost of the meal is
£2.10 and all pupils make their special place mat in the morning and we have
crackers, napkins and music. Staff serve the pupils with their meal. Payment
for the meal for pupils in Classes 2 and 3 is welcome at anytime prior to the
event. Pupils who normally have a Free School Meal may still do so on this day
and all pupils in Reception and Class 1 are entitled to a Universal Infant Free
School Meal so will get their lunch free on this day too!
Christmas
Party – Thursday 15 December 1.30pm
School/packed lunch required as normal. School & PTA will
supply party food, drink & prizes. Children may bring party clothes to
change into after lunch if they wish.
Forest
School
We are delighted that £491.20 was raised for Forest Schools
from the sale of Christmas play tickets and from the bucket collection. Thank
you to everyone. A reminder that Forest
School dates are on the school website and that Year 1 have the first session on
Thursday 5th January 2017.
Swimming
at the Abbey Sports Centre in January
Swimming will start for Class 2 pupils at the
Abbey Sports Centre on Monday 9 January. They will have 5 sessions leading up
to half-term, followed by their last session on Monday 20 February. As always,
we are most grateful to receive a ‘voluntary contribution’ from parents of £2
per child per swimming session towards the transport costs (currently £75 per
visit). Cheques for swimming contributions should be made payable to
Stadhampton School. Thank you, in advance, of your continued support.
Amended
Lunch Menu to start in January 2017
We have requested some changes to the
school menu as some of the choices were not at all popular with the children.
The amended menu which will begin in January 2017 will be uploaded to the
school website as soon as we receive it.
PTA News
Thank
you to everyone who supported the PTA bar at the KS2 performance of Sleeping
Beauty – The Ugly Truth on Tuesday evening.
Please
make a note of dates for the diary:
Thursday
12th January 2017, next PTA meeting, The Crown, 8pm – all welcome!
Thursday
9th February 2017 – Children’s Disco, more details to follow.
Easyfundraising
– FREE money for the PTA while doing your Christmas shopping!
If
you haven’t already registered, it is very easy to do and raises money for the
PTA, just by doing your normal shopping.
Easyfundraising.org.uk provides a FREE service where
you can shop with your favourite online stores and at no extra cost
raise funds for the PTA. Simply access your chosen websites by using the links
from the Easyfundraising.org.uk site or use the ‘Find and Remind’ toolbar on
the website. There are over 3,000 retailers and online sites
registered with Easyfundraising and each purchase you make will generate a
cashback donation to the PTA.
All you need to do is register at Easyfundraising.org.uk. You only need to register once and it only takes a couple of minutes.
Friday
Cake Club
Congratulations to Mrs Gonzales the lucky winner of last week's
cake, kindly donated by Mrs Saunders. A reminder to Mrs Jacobs that she is on
the rota for Friday 16th December.
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DIARY DATES:
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Tuesday 13 December
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Nativity
& Carols afternoon in the Church at 2pm, followed by the Tree lighting
ceremony and carols at 3.45pm. Everyone welcome.
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Wednesday 14 December
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Whole
School Christmas Lunch –see menu in the entrance foyer and next to the serving
hatch
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Thursday 15 December
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Christmas
Party in the afternoon. Pupils may bring party clothes to change into after
lunch if they wish.
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Friday 16 December
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End
of Term Assembly at 9.05am. Everyone welcome.
1.30pm
finish for children
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Tuesday 3 January
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INSET
Day for teaching staff
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Wednesday 4 January
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Pupils
return to school for the start of the Spring Term 2017
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Thursday 5 January
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Forest
School for Year 1
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Monday 9 January
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Class
2 Swimming starts 1/6
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LITTLE
BEARS NEWS:
We are all very excited about the nativity
play which is taking place this Saturday at the church. We have been practising
over the past weeks and it promises to be a excellent show.
The Little Bears have also got a very
special visitor coming on Wednesday who wears red! We look forward to our
Christmas party this day too.
Community News:
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.
STADHAMPTON
YOUTH CLUB LAST DATES OF THE YEAR
Wednesday
21st December – Christmas Party
All
years together ( 5,6,7,8 and 9)
6.30pm
to 8pm
Music,
hot dogs and soft drinks provided
Tuck
shop will still be open
SYC
WILL RE-OPEN ON WEDNESDAY 11th JANUARY 2017
Children’s
Centre Panto flyer attached
We wish you all a very Happy Christmas and fulfilling New Year! We
look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday 4 January 2017.
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