Happy April
Birthday to:
Katende Amery, Oliver Bourne, Cianna Browning, Bobby Byrne, Isabel Holmes,
Zachary Holmes, Chloe Kamali, Sam Sundberg and Orla Valentine.
During
APRIL we are focusing on the core value of HUMILITY
Changes to the
Governing Body
Sara Wright, stepped down as Chair of
Governors on Friday 31 March and attended her last Governing Body meeting on
Monday 3 April. Sara has been a member of the Governing Body since 2010 and
Chair of Governors since September 2015. Previous to that Sara was Chair of the
PTA for 3 years! I’m sure that all pupils, parents and staff would like to join
me in thanking Sara for her huge commitment to Stadhampton School over the last
10 years and for her leadership of the Governing Body over the last two years.
Paul Gravett has kindly agreed to lead
the Governing Body as ‘Acting Chair’ until a new Chair of Governors is
appointed in the new academic year starting in September.
Easter Holidays
A
reminder that school finishes for pupils at 1.30pm today for the Easter
Holidays. Teachers will be in school on Friday 7 April for an INSET Day. We
wish you all a happy and safe Easter and look forward to seeing everyone on
Monday 24 April.
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
– Riley MC
Class
1 – Leo T
Class
2 – Archie D
Class
3 – Lizzie B
Well
done to you all!
School
Website
We can see from our website statistics that
approximately 5 families have followed the instructions and are now successfully
syncing the school website calendar onto their computer, tablet or phone. We
hope that this is something that other parents might find useful and have
attached the instructions again to this Newsletter which explain how to do it.
If any parent has tried to sync and encountered problems we would be very happy
to contact our website provider to seek help to solve any issues raised with us.
We would like to encourage all new parents of children joining our Reception
class in September to sync with the school website so feedback on how this is
working for you would be invaluable to us. Thank you.
Residential
Visit to Woodlands for Class 3 pupils
Thank you to everyone for paying the
deposit for the Woodlands residential visit taking place for Class 3 pupils on
19-23 June 2017. We are delighted that all
Class 3 pupils will be going on the visit. The total cost of the visit
including transport, insurance, board and lodging and all tuition, is £310. We
will write to families individually after the Easter holiday to request the
final balance which we hope can be paid by 9th
June. In the meantime, we are happy to accept any payments towards the
final balance before 9 June if any families would prefer to pay in instalments.
We will make further contact after the Easter Holidays with more information
about activities, travel arrangements, packing lists, etc. Thank you.
Visit
by Tim Bradley
We were very pleased to welcome Tim
Bradley, a local author, to school on Monday. Tim has written a children’s
story called ‘Arnie Jenks and the House of Strangers’ which children in Class 3
have been having as a class story. Tim spoke about what inspired him to become
an author during a whole-school assembly and, using a large poster of the front
cover of the book as a focus, spoke about the importance of the setting as well
as the characters. He then went on to read a chapter of the book to the
children in Classes 2 and 3 before talking in more depth with Class 3 children
(and those who wanted to know more in Class 2!) about the writing process and
how he has approached it.
It was a fascinating visit and we hope some
budding authors may have been inspired to write their ideas down! We have
bought a set of 6 copies of the book as class readers in Class 3 but if anyone
is interested in buying their own copy of ‘Arnie Jenks and the House of
Strangers’ please let us know and we will ask Tim for further copies – they
cost £6.99 each. We may be able to persuade Tim to return to school to sign any
further copies and to talk about his main job which is that of a television
producer! Thank you to Richard Jones (Bella’s dad) for putting us in touch with
Tim.
Wheels
at Work Assembly
We were very pleased to welcome three
visitors to our assembly on Tuesday morning. They came to talk to us about the
Stoke Mandeville Spinal Research charity which runs the ‘Wheels at Work’
initiative. Briony, along with Mel
Gravett, told us a little about how the charity supports research into spinal
injuries and then Luke, who is a wheelchair user, told us about the accident
which resulted in him needing to use a wheelchair and about his day to day life
since his accident. He spent a long time
answering the children’s relevant and thoughtful questions and then joined us
for break time. The children are now having a small experience of using a
wheelchair themselves and finding that getting about is not easy. We would like
to thank our visitors for taking the time to come and speak to us and hope that
over this month you are able to support the charity by collecting any loose
change you can spare in the boxes that the children will be bringing home.
Swimming
after the Easter Holidays
Class 2 will start their swimming sessions
at the Abbey Sports Centre on Monday 24 April (first day back at school). They
will also have swimming sessions on Monday 8 May, 15 May , 22 May and then also
on Monday 19 June when Class 3 are away at Woodlands. We are very grateful to
the vast majority of parents who kindly pay £2 per session towards the cost of
the swimming transport (currently £75 per visit) to the Abbey Sports Centre.
Cash or cheques welcome, payable on a weekly basis or a cheque made payable to
Stadhampton School for £10 to cover all 5 sessions is much appreciated. Thank
you for your ongoing support which we value very much.
International
Jian-Zi Competition
We now have the result of the jian-zi
competition held at Hazlach School in Poland. Their highest score was 15 by
Jakub Suchanek, so Thomas Cove with 355 is our international winner again!
PTA
News:
Easter Fayre
A
huge thank you to everyone who supported the Easter Fayre on Saturday. We
raised nearly £600, which is a fantastic amount.
Thank
you to everyone who came along, made donations, helped with the organisation,
looked after a stall and helped clear up at the end.
Congratulations
to those who won in the competitions:
Cakes
– Riley and Ruby
Easter
Shoebox – Imogen, Peter and Anna and Elizabeth
Junk
Modelling – Austin and Frankie
Decorate
an Umbrella – Laila, Jem and Cara
Decorate
a Vegetable – Austin and Mia
Thank
you also to Edwina Humm and Mrs Turner for choosing our winners.
Bags2School
Clothes Recycling – Friday 5th May
Our
next Bags2School recycling date is Friday 5th May, so please
bear that in mind if you are having a clear out in the next few weeks or over
the Easter holidays. For those who don’t know, we will receive cash from
Bags2School based on the total weight of the bags collected, so the more we
collect, the more we raise.
Bags2School
collection bags have been put in bookbags this week, but you are also able to
use normal black bin bags. Please fill your bags with any unwanted items
from the list below:
Men’s,
Ladies and Children’s clothing
Paired
shoes (tied together or elastic band around)
Handbags
Hats
Bags
Scarves
and ties
Jewellery
Lingerie
Socks
Belts
Soft
toys
Household
linen / Curtains
Towels
Bedding
(bed sheets, pillow cases and duvet covers)
Children’s
Bingo Evening – Friday 19th May
We
will be holding a children’s bingo evening on Friday 19th May.
More details to follow soon.
Our
next PTA meeting is on Tuesday 2nd May, The Crown, 8pm. Please
join us if you can, all welcome.
Cake Club
Many
thanks to Faye Adams for providing such a spectacular cake for us last Friday.
Our Class 3 teacher Miss Raval was the lucky winner of the weekly draw.
However, in an extremely kind (and self-disciplined!) gesture, she donated her
prize to be raffled off at our Easter Fayre. Debbie Purchon is next on the rota
for THURSDAY 6th APRIL, due to the end of term, and Ami Martins has volunteered
to provide a cake for us on Friday 28th April.
Diary
Dates:
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Monday 24 April
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Return
to school for the start of Term 3
|
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Tuesday 25 April
|
Finance
Committee meeting at 8am
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Wednesday 26 April
|
Junior
Citizen visit for Class 3 pupils (letters distributed & a copy is on the
school website if required)
|
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Thursday 27 April
|
Y2
Forest School session
|
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Friday 5 May
|
Cycle
safety training begins for participating Y6 pupils. (Course is now fully
booked).
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Monday 8 May
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SATs
week begins
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Thursday 11 May
|
Y1
Forest School session
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LITTLE
BEARS NEWS:
The
Little Bears team would like to wish everyone a peaceful and happy Easter. We
hope you all enjoy the break. Little Bears will be having a cake sale from
1.30pm. Everyone is welcome to come and buy a Easter themed cake.
Community
News:
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.
Spaces are still available for all three days!
Stadhampton Youth Club runs on the
first and third Wednesday of each month at The Village Hall St John's
in Stadhampton:
18.30 – 19.30 – School Years 5 - 9 inclusive
Subs £1.50/week. Tuck shop available.
Before attending, a Membership Form, signed by a
parent, needs to be completed and handed to the Session Leader (available on
the door or by emailing stadhamptonyouthclub@gmail.com).
Stadhampton Youth Club
See
attached flyer also
BOOT SALE
STADHAMPTON VILLAGE
GREEN
EASTER BANK HOLIDAY
Monday 17th
April 2017
8.00 a.m. until 1.00
p.m.
CARS £5.00 FREE PARKING AND
ENTRANCE FOR BUYERS VANS
£10.00
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