Thursday, May 25, 2017

Week ending 26 May 2017



 

E-Safety Update for Parents


From Samantha Robinson, Parent Governor and Safeguarding Lead Governor

 

Children are using the internet at much younger ages these days and it is important that adults are aware of how to keep children safe from some of the many dangers they may face online. 

 

The NSPCC have a brilliant guide for some of the most popular apps and games that your children may be using. 

Click here  https://www.net-aware.org.uk/ to find out more information about different apps including SNAPCHAT, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM and YOU TUBE.

 

Many of our children are also regularly playing games online BUT do YOU know how safe they are and who they are communicating with? 



 

Stay up to date and keep our children safe!

 

Health and Safety Audit

We are pleased to share with parents the findings from the Local Authority audit this week of our Health and Safety procedures:

“As reported last year, the high standard of H&S management continues, credit to all involved.  It is an absolute pleasure to be presented with so much organised information and confirmation of the monitoring processes and procedures that you have in place.”

 

Book Fair

Thank you to everyone who purchased books and stationery items from our Book Fair last week. We are pleased to report that our sales amounted to £428.99 which meant that we were able to take £196 worth of books for our classroom libraries by way of commission. Thank you to everyone who made this possible.

 

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 – William W.

Class 1 – Honor W

Class 2 – Elizabeth M

Class 3 – Daniel E

 

Well done to you all!

 

UNICEF Day for Change – 24.05.17

Thank you to everyone who brought in change yesterday for the UNICEF Day for Change. We are pleased to report that we raised £38.43 for this worthy cause. Thank you also to Oliver and Mrs Shortman for counting it for us.

 

The Big Science Event Judging

On Monday 22 May, Roger Baker; Big Science Event Judge visited several schools including Stadhampton to judge our Big Science presentation, Stressy SATs! Does Music Help You Relax?

 

We wanted to find out whether music helps children relax when completing a test. The group selected from Stadhampton were Juliana, Tillie, Tende, Ella and Isabella (Year 6). The judge was very impressed with our presentation and we all tried our best. The judge will inform the school after half term if we have been successfully selected. If we don’t get through, it has been a great experience.

 

“I really enjoyed presenting our investigation to Roger” – Juliana

“I have thoroughly enjoyed this experience and it has been a great learning curve” – Tillie

“Having this chance has made me work better in a team and we have bonded together” – Tende

“I have loved having this opportunity and it has really made me appreciate learning and bonding with my friends” – Ella

“I have really enjoyed this experience and have found the results very interesting and it would be amazing if we got through” – Isabella

 

We all worked really hard and understand that the competition will be very tough as over seventy schools are competing for ten places…..

 

PTA News:

Children’s Bingo Evening

We raised almost £100 at our bingo evening last Friday, so thank you to all those who came along.  Thank you to Mrs Stafford, Miss Raval and Mrs Turner for helping us on the evening as well as the PTA members and parents who cooked the pizza and hot dogs and helped the children spot the numbers on their bingo cards.  Special thanks to Guy Holmes for being our bingo caller for the evening.

 

Easyfundraising

Just another reminder about Easyfundraising.org.uk – please register if you are doing any online shopping over half term!

 

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. It is very easy, you only need to register once and it only takes a few minutes.  It costs you nothing, so please register on the site if you can.

 

Our next PTA meeting is on Tuesday 13th June, The Crown, 8pm.  Please join us if you can, all welcome.

 

 

Cake Club

Congratulations to Isabella Dickens and her family who were the lucky winners of the fantastic cake donated by Carly Mason-Fowler last Friday. Thank you so much Carly for providing a second cake for our draw. Mel Saunders is next on the rota for May 26th and Elaine Burnell has offered to provide a cake for Friday June 9th. Many thanks for your continued support.

 

Diary Dates:

 

Monday 5 June
Return to school for the second half of the summer term
Archery ASC begins for participating pupils
Wednesday 7 June
Class 2 visit to Sulgrave Manor
Year 6 Buddying Sessions begin with ICC students
Thursday 8 June
Year 3 Forest School session
Friday 9 June
Cycle Safety training for participating pupils

 

Advance Notice of dates of two Summer Sports Courses

Michael Hopkins, who is well-known to the school as a PE teacher will be leading two Summer Sports Courses on Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 July and then Monday 21 August, Tuesday 22 August & Wednesday 23 August at Stadhampton Primary School. Each 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.  Please see attached flyer.

 

LITTLE BEARS NEWS:

The Team at Little Bears hope everyone enjoys a restful half term break. 

Our Little Bears have enjoyed the growing theme so much the last few weeks with decided to carry on into the last part of the summer term. 

Thank you all again for your continued support.

 

Community News:

Chalgrove and Watlington Children’s Centre

We are open!
-       Daily groups ranging from Creative Club, Singing Group and Stay & Play
-       New coordinator (Lucie Hamilton) and playworker working hard to plan exciting engaging interactive sessions and respond to community requests
-       Monthly timetables found on Facebook (@CHALWATCC) or www.chalgrovewatlingtoncc.org
-       Welcoming external providers who are running sessions from our centre (hiring the facilitites); Health visitor, dance school, Play Days
-       Centre is managed by a team of volunteers, mums and local headteachers. Very keen to involve more members of the community – get in touch with us if anyone can spare any time at all!
-       Key events coming up- Nearly New Sale
-       Won ‘Best Stall’ at Village Fete –game was Draw a Straw,  aim of stall was to highlight awareness in the community that the centre is open and welcoming families to our groups. 

 

CAR B00T SALE

STADHAMPTON VILLAGE GREEN

 BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 29th May 2017

8.00 a.m. until 12.30 p.m.

CARS £5.00           VANS £10.00

Free Parking and Free Entrance for Buyers

 

Ffennell Festival flyer for 24 June attached


Have a wonderful May Holiday. Let’s hope this wonderful weather continues.

Friday, May 19, 2017

Week ending 19 May 2017



 

Musical Allsorts Concert

Many thanks to all our young musicians who played with such enthusiasm and talent last Tuesday! It was clear that many of the younger children really enjoyed it and, hopefully, are aspiring to learn to play an instrument in the future! Thank you to the parents who were able to join us for the concert, and to the parents and members of staff who have commented on how much they enjoyed it too! Mr Payne (guitar) and Mrs Drake (piano) would welcome approaches from parents of pupils who will be Year 3 upwards and we are in contact with the Oxfordshire County Council Music Service regarding the continuation of clarinet lessons for pupils in Year 5 next year. Mr Murray, our current clarinet teacher, has made the observation that of all the schools he visits, only Stadhampton Primary School has a school logo that incorporates an image linking with music – we have a long tradition of music and it is one to be proud of.

 

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 – Grace M

Class 1 – Freddie T

Class 2 – Thomas W

Class 3 – Myles D

 

Well done to you all!

 

UNICEF Day for Change – 24.05.17

Wednesday 24 May is UNICEF’s annual ‘Day for Change’. UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) work to support every child in danger. This year their focus is on helping malnourished children grow up healthy and strong – you may have been aware of adverts on the television.

We are aware that there have been several charity fundraising events this school year but if you are able to donate any loose change we hope that we can support UNICEF raise vital funds to help provide life-saving food and care for malnourished children. For example, £5 could provide life-saving therapeutic milk to treat a severely malnourished child for 5 days, £50 could train 250 parents/guardians about the importance of good nutrition, helping to ensure that more children grow up healthy & strong, £150 could provide 6 malnourished children with a month’s supply of life-saving emergency food. Please bring any donations into school on Wednesday 24 May. Thank you.

 

Sainsbury’s Vouchers

Sainsbury’s have now finished distributing their vouchers. Please could everyone bring in any final vouchers they have so that we can count them and exchange them for goods in the catalogue. Thank you to the families who have collected them for us.

 

 

Lost Glasses

We have a pair of red reading glasses which was found outside on Monday. Please come to the office to be reunited.

 

PTA News:

 

Children’s Bingo Evening – this week – Friday 19th May

Thank you to all those who have returned their permission slips for the children’s bingo evening on Friday.  If you have not returned the permission slip but your child would still like to come along, please speak to Melanie Gravett ASAP. 

 

Easyfundraising

Just a reminder about Easyfundraising.org.uk.

 

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. It is very easy, you only need to register once and it only takes a few minutes.  It costs you nothing, so please register on the site if you can.

 

Our next PTA meeting is on Tuesday 13th June, The Crown, 8pm.  Please join us if you can, all welcome.

 

Cake Club

Many congratulations to Casey Price and his family who were the lucky winners of our Cake Club draw on Friday May 12th. Thank you to Anett Fegyveres Nagy for donating another of her lovely cakes. Carly Mason-Fowler has volunteered to provide a cake again this Friday, then Mel Saunders is next on the rota for Friday May 26th.

 

Diary Dates:

 

Wednesday 24 May
UNICEF Day for Change – please bring your loose change to school to add to our collection. Thank you.
Thursday 25 May
Y3 Forest School session
Friday 26 May
Break up for half term at 3.15pm
Monday 5 June
Return to school for the second half of the summer term

 

Advance Notice of dates of two Summer Sports Courses

Michael Hopkins, who is well-known to the school as a PE teacher will be leading two Summer Sports Courses on Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 July and then Monday 21 August, Tuesday 22 August & Wednesday 23 August at Stadhampton Primary School. Each 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.  Please see attached flyer.

 

LITTLE BEARS NEWS:

Little Bears will be growing various fruit and vegetables and children will be helping with planting. After half term we look forward to cooking with the things we have grown. There will also be opportunities to handle and explore the various insects and their habitats as we collect and observe them in the garden. 

The team at Little Bears would like to thank everyone who has helped out or donated toys for the children. 

 

Community News:

Chalgrove Cavaliers Football Club are hosting Open Girls Training Days for 4 weeks, from Thursday 18th May 2017. 

The FREE training is open to all girls in years 1-7 (ages 5-12) and runs from 4pm until 5pm at Chalgrove Recreation Ground on 18th and 25th May, 8th and 15th June.

The event is being organised by Kerry and Chris Hawkins who manage and coach the U11 Chalgrove Cavaliers Girls team. Oxfordshire FA will also be supporting the training.


For more information, please contact Chris Hawkins at c-hawkins4@sky.com

 

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Week ending 12 May 2017


 

 

SATs Tests

Congratulations to our Year 6 pupils who seem to have coped with their SATs very well during this week, there was an audible sigh of relief at the end of the last test! Thank you to all members of the Governing Body who have been in school frequently this week to help with the administration of the SATs. A reminder that tests continue into next week for many other year groups.

 

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 – Danny H

Class 1 – Alice H

Class 2 – Ben W

Class 3 – Lorenzo E

 

Well done to you all!

 

Wheels at Work Money boxes

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to the magnificent sum of £250 raised in the ‘money box’ collection for Wheels at Work.

 

Walk to School Week

Image result for walk to school imagesWalk to School Week will take place from 15 – 20 May. We hope that many families will join in with this initiative which is aimed at making a real difference to pupils’ health and happiness. In addition, participation will help to reduce congestion and pollution at the school gates.

It is recommended that children do at least 60 minutes of physical activity per day in order to maintain their health. Walk to School Week, is a national programme organised by Living Streets, the UK charity to promote everyday walking, and we are pleased to promote our involvement in it. 

Music Concert on Tuesday 16 May

A reminder to please let Mrs Hopkins or Mrs Scragg in the office know if you would like to attend this concert. Thank you.

 

Change of Menu on Thursday 18 May

There will be a change to the normal school meals menu on Thursday 18 May when we will have an Indoor BBQ menu, as follows:

Beef Burger in a bun or Hot Dog or Vegetarian Burger; all served with baked sweet potato wedges, and salads. Dessert will be either Strawberry Shortcake or Fresh Fruit Pieces.

 

Primary School Health Nurse Team Newsletter for May 2017

This newsletter aims to provide families and young people with some useful tips for keeping healthy. Childhood is an important time to instill healthy habits and learn crucial life skills. Establishing these habits early on will help to improve your child's quality of life in the future and enable them to reach their full potential educationally. Please find the Newsletter attached.

 

PTA News:

Bags2School Collection

Thank you to everyone who donated bags of unwanted clothes to the Bags2School collection last Friday.  190kg of bags were collected which raised £76 for PTA funds.

 

 

Children’s Bingo Evening – Friday 19th May

Please return the permission slips and £3.50 for the Children’s Bingo on Friday 19th May to the office or to Melanie Gravett as soon as possible. 

 

 

Easyfundraising

In the past, the PTA has asked families to register with Easyfundraising.org.uk as it is an easy way of raising money for the school just by shopping online.  In the last few months, we have raised over £50 from just a few parents registered with the site.

 

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. It is very easy, you only need to register once and it only takes a few minutes.  It costs you nothing, so please register on the site if you can.

 

Our next PTA meeting is on Tuesday 13th June, The Crown, 8pm.  Please join us if you can, all welcome.

 

Cake Club

Congratulations to Beau Burnell who was the lucky winner of our Cake Club draw last. Many thanks to the Jenkins' family for providing the cake. Anett Fegyveres-Nagy has volunteered for this week , Friday May 12th and Carly Mason-Fowler is next on the rota for Friday May 19th. 

 

Diary Dates:

 

Monday 15 May
Book Fair arrives
Tuesday 16 May
Pupil concert at 2.30pm
Thursday 18 May
Y1 Forest School session
Wednesday 24 May
UNICEF Day for Change
Thursday 25 May
Y3 Forest School session
Friday 26 May
Break up for half term at 3.15pm
Monday 5 June
Return to school for the second half of the summer term

 

Advance Notice of dates of two Summer Sports Courses

Michael Hopkins, who is well-known to the school as a PE teacher will be leading two Summer Sports Courses on Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 July and then Monday 21 August, Tuesday 22 August & Wednesday 23 August at Stadhampton Primary School. Each 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.  Please see attached flyer.

 

LITTLE BEARS NEWS:

Little Bears will be growing their own beans next week. We will be exploring the book ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ as well as talking about size. We will also be measuring our beanstalks as they grow.

 

Community News:

  • Flyer attached for Science Event at Vale and Downland Museum on 30 May 2017
  • Flyer attached about Chalgrove Summer Fete

Friday, May 5, 2017

Week ending 5 May 2017


 

 

Happy MAY Birthday to: Billy Bowerman, Lorenzo Elliott, Gene Green, May (Isabel) Hector, Joshua Hursey, Miriam Hutchence, Olivia Kenny, Jack Smith, Jamie Waters and Freddie Webber.

 

During MAY we are focusing on the core value of UNDERSTANDING

 

Wheels at Work Money boxes

Thank you to everyone who has returned their ‘money boxes’ from Wheels at Work. So far we have collected over £200! We will let you know the final amount collected in next week’s newsletter.

 

Woodlands Residential Visit for Years 5 and 6

As the date for the residential trip for pupils in Years 5 and 6 approaches, individual letters detailing the outstanding balance owed for the Woodlands visit from 19 -23 June have been sent home at the end of this week. Also in the letter is a kit list, details of departure time and expected arrival time home, arrangements for money to spend in the shop, purchase of T-shirts and photo discs, arrangements for medicines and inhalers, contact with school during the week, etc. Please ensure that you have seen this important letter.  Thank you.

 

Music Concert on Tuesday 16 May

We have a number of pupils In Classes 2 and 3 who have specialist music lessons in school (including piano, guitar, clarinet and saxophone) and we have arranged to hold a concert in the school hall from 2.30 to 3.10pm on Tuesday 16 May. The audience will be made up of other pupils in the school (apart from Reception pupils who will be at Forest School) and as many parents as would like to attend!

We have arranged this concert in conjunction with the children’s specialist teachers (piano - Mrs Drake, guitar - Mr Payne, woodwind – Mr Murray) who all intend to be present. We think this would be a great way to celebrate and showcase the talents of our young musicians and hope that you will be able to join us! To help us organise enough seating please let Mrs Hopkins or Mrs Scragg in the office know if you would like to join us. Thank you.

 

PTA News:

Children’s Bingo Evening – Friday 19th May

We will be holding a children’s bingo evening on Friday 19th May.  Letters have gone in bookbags this week – please return the permission slip as soon as possible if your child would like to come.

 

Easyfundraising

In the past, the PTA has asked families to register with Easyfundraising.org.uk as it is an easy way of raising money for the school just by shopping online.  In the last few months, we have raised over £50 from just a few parents registered with the site.

 

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. It is very easy, you only need to register once and it only takes a few minutes.  It costs you nothing, so please register on the site if you can.

 

Our next PTA meeting is on Tuesday 13th June, The Crown, 8pm.  Please join us if you can, all welcome.

 

Cake Club

Congratulations to Jake Martins (Reception class) and his family who were the lucky winners of our Cake Club draw on Friday 28th April. Many thanks to Ami for providing (and winning!) the cake last week We hope you all enjoyed it! Kylie Smith has kindly volunteered a cake for Friday May 5th and Anett Fegyveres-Nagy is next on the rota for Friday May 12th.

 

Diary Dates:

 

Monday 8 May
SATs week begins
Thursday 11 May
Y1 Forest School session
Monday 15 May
Book Fair arrives
Tuesday 16 May
Pupil concert
Thursday 18 May
Y1 Forest School session
Wednesday 24 May
UNICEF Day for Change
Thursday 25 May
Y3 Forest School session
Friday 26 May
Break up for half term at 3.15pm
Monday 5 June
Return to school for the second half of the summer term

 

LITTLE BEARS NEWS:

The Little Bears continue to enjoy and explore our garden theme. So far they have enjoyed planting some potatoes and talking about how things in the garden grow and how we must take care of them.

Next week we hope to get some cress to make our own Little Bears!