Staff
Changes for September
As you will be aware Mrs Humphries (Reception teacher) is currently on maternity leave
and was due to return to school for the start of the new academic year in
September. Mrs Humphries has been appointed as a part-time teacher at
Watlington Primary School. There will still be many opportunities through the
CLOSER partnership to maintain contact with her. We know that Mrs Humphries
will be missed by pupils, parents and colleagues alike. She was a dedicated and
valued member of our team and was instrumental in setting up a very successful
EYFS class in their current setting. We hope that she will be able to come to
our end of year assembly on 21 July so that everyone will have an opportunity
to thank her for her great contribution to this school and wish her well in her
future career at Watlington Primary.
We are delighted to be able to announce
that Mrs Stafford, who has done an
excellent job covering Mrs Humphries’ maternity leave and who has quickly
established herself as a valued member of the school team, will be staying with
us and has been appointed as a permanent member of staff teaching the Reception
Class.
We are also very sad to be losing Mrs Gonzalez as she will be taking up a
new position at Lord Williams Lower School, a secondary school close to her
home. We will say goodbye to Mrs Gonzalez in our assembly on 21 July and wish
her every success in her career at Lord Williams.
Woodlands
Residential Visit
We
have given each pupil a reminders list of departure times, medical
requirements, money, etc ready for their visit next week. Please ensure that
you ask to see this list!
Class 2 Swimming
Reminder – additional session next week only
A
reminder that Class 2 pupils will be having an extra swimming session on Monday 19 June whilst Class 3 pupils
are away at their residential visit. The cost of this session had already been
included in the request for swimming voluntary contributions. Thank you.
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
– Keegan
D
Class
1 –Alana
H
Class
2 – Daniel
R
Class
3 – Beau
B
Well
done to you all!
Calendar Syncing
for Parents
Thank you to the families who have let us
know that they find it very useful to have followed the guidance which enables
them to download the school calendar events from the school website into their
personal calendar on their computer, tablet or phone. We have attached the
notes on how to do this to this newsletter again in case other families would
also find this useful.
Lunch credit
The lunch credit issued by Food and More to
cover the roast chicken meal which was unable to be served on 29 March has been
added now to individual pupils’ lunch credits. Please check with Mrs Hopkins if
you’re not sure whether you had paid for, and your child had ordered, a roast
chicken meal on that day. Thank you.
Class
2’s trip to Sulgrave Manor – Report by Ella and Thomas
“On Wednesday 7 June we went on a school
visit to Sulgrave Manor. We all got to dress up in Tudor clothes and spent the
day as Tudor children in the Washington family home. Mistress Meg and Mistress
Annie showed us around the house. They taught us a Tudor dance and some of us
performed a play about Tudor history to the rest of the class. It was amazing!”
Class
3 Elections – Report by Sam, Isabel and May:
“We held a mini election in Class 3 because
of the General Election last week. Our parties were:
FEATHER (Family, Environment,
Animal welfare, Transport, Housing, Equal rights
and Religion)
Environmental Impact
Support Environment & Family Care
(SEFC)
UK Saver
Everyone Matters
Support Everyone
Greenland
Everyone presented their manifesto in front
of the whole class. Then we voted inside a booth made from a display board. The
teacher counted the votes and told us what they were. The results were: 2 votes
each for Everyone Matters and Support Everyone; 3 votes for UK Saver and
Greenland; 4 votes for Environmental Impact and 5 votes for SEFC; the winners
were FEATHER with 8 votes.”
Sainsbury’s
Vouchers
Thank you to everyone for their donations
of Sainsbury’s vouchers which we exchange for play and sports equipment. Final
call for any further vouchers lurking in bags to be brought in please so that
we can complete our order and send it off. Thank you.
PTA
News:
Sports
Night – Friday 14th July
The
PTA will once again be organising a BBQ and bar on the evening of the school
sports night on Friday 14th July. BBQ tickets will go on sale
shortly for either a burger, hot dog or veggie burger priced at £2.50
each. Further details to follow.
School
Disco – Thursday 20th July – 6pm – 7.30pm
We
will be holding an end of year disco on Thursday 20th July for all
Stadhampton pupils. Further details will follow in bookbags shortly.
Easyfundraising
And
just another 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 using the link below and
clicking on the Join Us button:
Advance Notice of PTA
Dates for the Diary
Tuesday 19th
September – Next PTA committee meeting, The Crown, 8pm
Friday 29th
September - Children’s bingo night – further details to follow
Tuesday 3rd
October – PTA Annual General Meeting – further details to follow
Cake Club
Many congratulations to Izzy Kenny and her
family who were the lucky winners of last week's Cake Club draw. Thank you to
Elaine Burrell for providing another cake for our children! Jo Hutchence has
kindly volunteered for Friday 16th June and Hollee Mason-Cook is next on the
rota for Friday 23rd June.
Diary
Dates:
|
Monday 19 – Friday 23 June
|
Class
3 residential visit to Woodlands
|
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Wednesday 21 June
|
Festival
of Voices for participating pupils
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Wednesday 5-7 July
|
Transition
days / Moving-up days
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Friday 14 July
|
Sports
Evening – 6pm (races start at 6.30pm)
|
LITTLE
BEARS NEWS:
The
Little Bears pedal push was a huge success last week. With lots of children
bringing in something to push, scoot or pedal round the garden and some
children managing a huge 15 laps! Thank you to all that came along and even the
weather was kind to us.
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.
Community News:
SALE
- GARDEN FURNITURE - SATURDAY 17 JUNE, ST JOHN'S
One day only -
Beautiful teak garden furniture sale at St. John's village hall,
Stadhampton. Quality teak garden furniture sale - up to 50% off
normal prices, table and chair sets, benches, steamers, loungers and much more.
Please pop along...
SATURDAY 17 JUNE - 10am - 4pm
- ALL WELCOME.
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