Welcome
back to everyone and Happy New Year!
Happy January
Birthday to: Elizabeth
Bowerman, Thomas Cove, Myles Dobson, Anna Fegyveres-Nagy, Peter Fegyveres-Nagy,
Aisulu Goddard, Isabella Kenny, Riley Mason-Cook, Leo Thornhill, William
Webber, Benjamin West, Thomas West, Honor White and Rosie Wiggins.
During
JANUARY we are focusing on the core value of FRIENDSHIP
Thank
you
All members of staff would like to join me
in thanking you for your many good wishes, Christmas cards and very thoughtful
Christmas gifts. We don’t expect any gifts but are very touched by your
generosity and thoughtfulness. Thank you!
Coming into school
in the morning
As a village school we highly value the
role we play in the village community, especially the strong links we have with
parents and the enormous support we receive. However, as our class sizes have increased
over time, rooms can become congested and noisy first thing in the morning due
to the sheer number of people (adults and children) in a small space and this
can delay the start of the school day. We encourage parents of children in KS2
(i.e. Classes 2 and 3) to send their children into school independently whenever
possible. Where there is a need to accompany your child into class it would be
appreciated if this could be done discreetly so that the morning can get off to
a calm and quiet start promptly at 9am. We recognise that there are occasions
when parents and carers do need to speak with a teacher and the following,
which is taken directly from our School Prospectus, is intended to provide some
guidance.
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“We should like to stress that parents
are always welcome to come into school to see their child’s work or talk to
the teacher. However, to ensure that the start of the school day is not
delayed, we prefer this to be at the end of the school day whenever possible
and by appointment.”
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We hope you appreciate this situation and
we thank you, in anticipation, for your support in this.
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 (£12 in total) should be made
payable to Stadhampton School. Thank you, in advance, for your continued support
and to those parents who have already made a ‘voluntary contribution’. It is
very much appreciated.
Amended
Lunch Menu to start in January 2017
Mrs Sheridan requested some changes to the
school menu as some of the choices were not popular with the children. The
amended menu (which has already begun) has been uploaded to the school website.
Conjunctivitis
Guidance from the Royal College of General Practitioners
Please find attached to this Newsletter new
guidance from the RCGP about infective conjunctivitis.
eTwinning
Project
We are pleased to be participating in a
one-year (January 2017 – December 2017) eTwinning project with our partner
school in Hazlach, Poland, and a school in Ouistreham, France. eTwinning is an
initiative from the European Commission’s eLearning Programme promoting school
collaboration in Europe through the use of ICT. Our joint project, which
unfortunately is not funded, is entitled “The Four Elements of Nature: Fire,
Earth, Wind and Water”. Through this project, which will mainly focus on
developing science and maths skills, we hope to share learning experiences
between pupils in each of the three countries, gain an understanding of other
children and adults in these countries and work as part of an international
team. In our school the project will largely link directly with the curriculum
in each class. We aim to provide you with termly updates.
Garden
of Remembrance and Reflection
We are pleased to share with you the news
that we are now have two curved oak benches installed in our Garden of
Remembrance and Reflection. The benches are formed from an oak bough split into
two lengthways, so creating “mirrored benches” which links perfectly with the
‘reflection’ aspect of the garden. The benches are from locally sourced oak
mounted on metal legs made by a local blacksmith and were designed and shaped
by Mr Simon Clements, a local wood carver who carved our unique story-telling
chair. We look forward to seeing the benches in use in the near future!
After
School Clubs run by Icknield Community College Students
We are delighted that a number of former
pupils from Stadhampton School, now students at Icknield Community College,
have volunteered to run a range of after school clubs here as part of their
Duke of Edinburgh Award activities. The clubs they are offering are being run
as 6-week blocks as follows:-
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Mondays 3:15 to 4:15
January 9th – February 20th
Tuesdays 3:15 to 4:15
January 10th – February 21st
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Mondays 3:15 to 4:15
February 27th – April 3rd
Tuesdays 3:15 to 4:15
February 28th – April 4th
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Letters for the first block of after school
clubs were sent home via bookbags, for the relevant classes at the end of last
term but we thought you may like to know what is available later in the Spring
Term too. Letters can be found on the Parents Section on our website under After-School
Clubs.
Other
After School Clubs
In addition to the above, we are delighted
that Mr Goddard is kindly running a Chess After School Club from 3:15 to 4:00pm on Mondays for pupils in Classes
2 and 3 from January 9th to February 6th (please note a
4pm finish). As usual, we are offering Multi Sports After School Club for
children in Classes 1, 2 and 3 from 3:15 to 4:15 on Thursdays. Letters for
these also went home, via bookbags, for children in the relevant classes at the
end of last term. A full list of all
clubs and recent letters can be found on our website under our Parents Section.
Term
Dates for 2017-2018 School Year
The term dates for the new academic year
starting in September 2017 are attached to this newsletter. They have also been
uploaded to the school website.
PTA News
A
Happy New Year from everyone on the PTA committee.
We
will start planning the fundraising events for the term at our next meeting on
Thursday 12th January at 8pm in The Crown.
Please do come along if you can, all welcome.
Diary
Dates:
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Monday 9 January
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Class
2 Swimming starts 1/6
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Thursday 12 January
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Y1
Forest School session
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LITTLE
BEARS NEWS:
Welcome
back to a new year. The Little Bears team hope everyone had a peaceful and
restful Christmas break. Our topic this term is ‘Transport’. We are also
welcoming some new children this term and looking forward to an exciting and
busy term.
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