MEERKAT Champion of
the Week
We
are delighted to share the names of our "MEERKAT Champion of the
Week" award in each class last week as follows;
Reception
– Austin M-F
Class
1 – Ollie P
Class
2 – Morgan D
Class
3 – Thomas C
Well
done to you all!
Swimming
at the Abbey Sports Centre
Class 3 pupils begin their swimming
sessions on Monday 27 February. They will have 6 sessions up to the Easter
Holiday. As always, we very much appreciate a ‘voluntary contribution’ of £2
per session per pupil towards the hire costs of the pool at the Abbey Sports
Centre (OCC no longer fund this) and the transport costs. Cheques for swimming
contributions should be payable to Stadhampton Primary School please. Thank
you.
Recorders
A reminder that pupils in Class 2 and Class
3 will have recorder lessons, on Mondays, starting on Monday 27 February until
the Easter Holidays.
Football
Tournament at RAF Benson
Well done to the pupils in Classes 2 and 3
who represented Stadhampton School at this week’s partnership football
tournament. We came an admirable 3rd out of 6 teams in each age
group. Here are some comments from the children;
“Yesterday nine selected Year 3 and
Year 4 pupils went to play a football tournament. We played five other teams
which were Chalgrove, Watlington, R.A.F. Benson, Ewelme and Lewknor.
We all had a great time with many goals
scored and we came third. Thank you to Mrs Singleton and Mrs Hutton-Price for
taking us.” – Report by Mia Gravett and Casey Price
“On Wednesday 22 February students from
Classes 2 and 3 participated in a football tournament, both coming third. It
was a tight competition and the windy conditions made for a great atmosphere.
Ewelme and Watlington dominated getting one win and one second place a piece,
us, Chalgrove, Lewknor and RAF Benson weren’t as lucky. We all really enjoyed
it.” Report by Daniel Ellis
Thank you to Mrs Singleton for managing the teams and to Mr
Cove, Mr Hursey and Mrs Hutton-Price for their support. Thank you also to Mrs
Singleton and Mrs Turner for washing the match kits afterwards!
World
Book Day Vouchers
Every child in school will be given a World Book Day voucher
on Friday 24 February to take home as part of the annual World Book Day
initiative. The voucher can be redeemed at participating bookshops and can be
exchanged for a special World Book Day book or be worth £1 off the cost of a
children’s book.
A reminder that pupils (and staff!) are invited to dress up
as a character from a book and pay £1 donation on Friday 3 March (see last
newsletter and Diary Dates below).
ELLI
Project Assembly
Our latest character in the ELLI Project was introduced by
Class 1. They did a short role play, with the characters, introducing ‘Creative
Unicorn’ who helped the others with writing poems. We learnt about
experimenting with ideas and taking risks too.
Run
a Mile a Day Initiative
Following the popularity and positive impact of the ‘Run a
Mile a Day’ initiative piloted in Class 3, we will now be extending this to
Class 2. This will start from Monday 27 February so please could all pupils in
Class 2 have their trainers available every day – although we plan to ‘run’ 3
times a week, the days may vary depending on the weather! The children will not
be expected to run a whole mile but run, jog or walk one or two laps of the
playing field. If you would like to find out more about this initiative the following
website is very helpful http://thedailymile.co.uk
New
School Meals Menu
A new school meals menu which begins on Monday 27 February has
been uploaded to the school website. Hard copies are awaited from Food and More
and will be distributed to families as soon as they arrive. A copy of the new
menu is also on display outside the school office.
PTA News
Thank you to everyone who came to the disco just before half
term. We raised almost £200, which is great, so thank you to all for your
support.
Saturday
1 April – Easter Fayre
Our
next event is the Easter Fayre in the afternoon on Saturday 1 April. More
details to follow but for now, please keep the date free if you can.
If
anyone has any suggestions for stalls or activities they would like to see at
the Fayre, then please speak to any member of the PTA committee. A full
list of PTA committee members is on the noticeboard by the gate outside Class
1.
Our
next PTA meeting is on Tuesday 7 March, The Crown at 8pm. Please
come along if you can.
Cake Club
Congratulations to Wyatt
Bullock and family who were the lucky winners of the cake club draw in the last
week of term. Many thanks to Anett Fegyveres-Nagy for baking such a lovely cake
for us. Thanks in advance to Hollee Mason-Cook who has volunteered to
provide a cake on Feb 24. Anna Harries is next on the Cake Club rota for March
3.
Diary
Dates:
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Thursday 2 March
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Year
4 Forest School session
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Friday 3 March
|
World
Book Day at Stadhampton School. Dress up as a character from a book and pay
£1 which will be divided between the School Council and Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity
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Tuesday 7 March
|
PTA
Meeting – 8pm at The Crown
|
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Monday 20 March
|
Work
Viewing Evening – 3:15pm to 6pm
|
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Saturday 1 April
|
PTA
Easter Fayre (pm)
|
LITTLE
BEARS NEWS:
Little
Bears are very excited about this terms topic which is ‘Dinosaurs.’ We look
forward to lots of fossil and bone hunting and enjoying some favourite dinosaur
books.
Please
support Little Bears by attending our Ladies Supper Evening, it's great fun and
a change to socialise with other ladies in the area.
Little
Bears Ladies Supper Night
Friday
17 March, 7.30pm
Stadhampton
Church Hall
Selection
of curries and desserts.
£12.00,
contact Debbie on 07854 508417 to book your place.
Please
bring your own drinks.
Advance Notice of an Easter Sports Club:
Michael Hopkins, who is well-known to the school as
a PE teacher will be leading an Easter Sports Course on Monday 10, Tuesday
11 and Wednesday 12 April 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.
Community
News:
The
Village Prescription Run - A plea for help...
Did you know that each week there is a service available
to collect prescriptions from Berinsfield Surgery which can then be collected
from the village shop for those who for varied reasons are unable to get there
themselves? The service will also take people to appointments on that
day. Along with volunteers, Ann Tothill organised this service for many
years and a huge thank you must go to all involved.
We now need a new co-ordinator and volunteers to
continue this service. If we are unable to find enough people regrettably
it will have to stop. The time commitment is quite minimal as it is
organised on a rota basis.
If
you are able to help or want to find out more, please contact Stephen Dawson on
07729 902427 or email s.dawson78@yahoo.co.uk
Stephen
Dawson
Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust (OHCT) - Development Officer
The Knoll, Chiselhampton, Oxfordshire, OX44 7XA,
Telephone: 01865 890079, Mobile: 07729 902427
Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust (OHCT) - Development Officer
The Knoll, Chiselhampton, Oxfordshire, OX44 7XA,
Telephone: 01865 890079, Mobile: 07729 902427
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4 WEEK INTRODUCTORY TENNIS COURSE
THURSDAY 9TH
– THURSDAY 30 MARCH INCLUSIVE, 3:30
– 4:15pm
AGES 5-8 YRS
COST £20
THERE ARE ALSO SPACES IN THE THURSDAY
4:15-5:15pm GROUP WHICH IS FOR MINI ORANGE (8/9 YRS) AND
MINI
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PLEASE CONTACT
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