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 19^th 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 13^th 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