Newsletter for week ending 29 September 2017

 

Open Morning – Tuesday 3 October

A reminder that the school and Little Bears will be open to visitors from 9.00 to 11.45am for current families and the local community, as well as for the families now making their decisions about their choice of primary school for September 2018. Please do come along and see the school at work between these times if you are able, whether you are a prospective parent or an existing one!

 

Applications for Secondary Schools to start in September 2018

Children born between 1 September 2006 and 31 August 2007 (inclusive) need to apply for a secondary school place for their children.

From 8 September 2017 you can apply online for a secondary school place. If you are unable to apply online, you can complete a paper application form. The deadline for receipt of secondary school applications is 31 October 2017.

Please note that UID numbers no longer work for online applications. Applicants now have to manually enter all requested details. If your application is late, it will be processed later in the year, and you are far less likely to get a place at one of your preferred schools.

 

Local Funeral in Cratlands Close

Could we respectfully request please that the approach to school in Cratlands Close is kept as clear of cars as possible by 9.30am on Tuesday 10 October for the funeral of a local resident, Mrs Bartlett. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.

 

Change to the normal menu on Thursday 5 October 2017

Food and More have made a change to the normal meals menu for Thursday 5 October. The menu for the day is now Beef Burger in a bun or Hot Dog or Vegetarian Burger. All served with sweet potato wedges and salad; strawberry shortcake for dessert or fresh fruit.

 

Harvest Festival

A reminder that our annual Harvest Festival will take place in the Hall at 9.05am on Friday 6 October and families are most welcome to join us. Each class will present what they have been finding out about Harvest as well as singing lots of lovely songs. We hope that each child will be able to bring a small contribution into school before our service. We pass on our Harvest gifts to The Porch Centre in Oxford who prefer to receive non-perishable items such as packets of pasta, tins of beans, bars of chocolate, packets of biscuits, tins of tomatoes, tins of spaghetti, etc rather than fresh produce. Thank you.

 

We hope that you will stay on afterwards and buy a tea or coffee with cake, to support the charity ‘Send a Cow.’ Class 1 will tell everyone about the charity during their part of Harvest and explain how it helps people in poverty in other parts of the world. If you can’t make it to our Harvest Celebration and would like to make a donation, then please do hand it into the office. Their website is: https://www.sendacow.org/about-us if you would like more details. Thank you.

Meerkat Champion of the week

Reception: No one child selected for the week

Class 1: Jake M

Class 2: Bella J

Class 3: Mya K

Congratulations to you all.

 

PTA News:

 

Thank you to those who are supporting the PTA Children’s Bingo night– if anyone has a last minute change of mind, please come along this evening at 5.30pm.

 

PTA's Annual General Meeting (AGM) – Tuesday 3rd October, 8pm in the School Hall

As you know, the PTA’s AGM is taking place on Tuesday 3^rd October at 8pm in the School Hall.    Please come along if you can to find out more about what the PTA committee does and how you can support us through the forthcoming year.

 

Cake Club

Well done to Betsy Clarke-Bye for winning last week's cake and a huge thank you to Ami Martins for supplying it. Thank you so much to Ewa Klorek for this week's prize and to all those who have offered their support this year, your generosity is amazing. Please see Vicky, (Joel's mum, Class 1), if you would like to enter this week's draw.

 

Diary Dates:

 

 

 

Tuesday 3 October	Open Morning Year 1 Forest School session Reception Forest School session PTA Annual General Meeting at 8pm
Friday 6 October	Harvest Service in school – parents welcome to attend at 9.00am – please could every child bring a small gift for ‘The Porch’. Refreshments sale for ‘Send a Cow’ charity. Thank you.
Friday 13 October	School Photographs – each child will be photographed in their school uniform individually and with their siblings automatically. If anyone would like to bring in younger siblings so that they can all be photographed as a family group please come into school as a group at 8.20am. Flu vaccination for Reception, Y1, Y2, Y3 & Y4 pupils – all forms must be returned please whether you would like your child to be vaccinated or not. Thank you.

 

 

Advance Notice of a Christmas Sports Club:

Michael Hopkins, who is well-known to the school as a PE teacher will be leading a Christmas Sports Course on Wednesday 20 December and Thursday 21 December 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.

 

 

 

LITTLE BEARS NEWS:

Next week the children will be learning about Harvest and how it is celebrated. We will talk about where our crops come from and how they are harvested. We will also discuss what different fruits and vegetables they can pick themselves! 

 

Community News:

 

Job Vacancy: Stadhampton Primary School Cleaner

16 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Hours of work: 3.30pm to 5.30pm

@ £7.50 per hour

Experience desirable but not essential as training will be provided

Successful candidate subject to DBS checks

For more information and an application form please contact Nicola on 07710 844174

Nicola.Thompson@carillionplc.com

 

Please be aware that Councillor Caroline Newton has been elected uncontested for the Haseley Brook District By-Election.  At the close of nominations on Friday 22 September only one nomination paper had been received and therefore an election is not required to be held on Thursday 19 October 2017.  You will have received a poll card for this by-election which will now no longer be required.  Any queries please feel free to contact the Elections Team on elections@southandvale.gov.uk or on 01235 422528.

 

Primary School Health Nurse Team Newsletter for September 2017 attached

Newsletter for week ending 22 September 2017

 

Change to the normal menu on Thursday 5 October 2017

Food and More have made a change to the normal meals menu for Thursday 5 October. The menu for the day is now Beef Burger in a bun or Hot Dog or Vegetarian Burger. All served with sweet potato wedges and salad; strawberry shortcake for dessert or fresh fruit.

 

This week Mrs Sheridan has been sent to help another school whilst their cook is off sick. We hope that she will return shortly.

 

Open Morning – Tuesday 3 October

In conjunction with Little Bears, the school will be open to visitors from 9.00 to 11.45am for current families and the local community, as well as for the families now making their decisions about their choice of primary school for September 2018. Please do come along and see the school at work between these times if you are able, whether you are a prospective parent or an existing one!

 

Admissions to infant and primary schools

Applying to start infant and primary school for the first time - Children born between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014 (inclusive) will be starting Reception from September 2018.

 

How to apply

From 25 October 2017 applications can be submitted for primary and infant schools.

If you cannot apply online, you can request a paper application form from schools and from the School Admissions Team.

The deadline for receipt of primary and infant school applications is 15 January 2018.

If your application is late, it will be processed later in the year, and you are far less likely to get a place at one of your preferred schools.

Everybody needs to apply. Even if your child attends nursery classes within a primary school, you must still apply for a place in the main school.

 

Mrs Wilkin

Mrs Wilkin has decided to retire from her current Teaching Assistant role and will be leaving on 28 September. However, we are delighted that we will still see Mrs Wilkin on a regular basis as she will be in school as usual on Thursday afternoons working with pupils in Class 1. Mrs Wilkin has been a much valued member of our team since she joined us in 2008. We will particularly miss her contribution to school plays where she has used her ideas and talents to produce amazing scenery, some memorable choreography and singing and also her invaluable support of children in need of additional help. We would like to present Mrs Wilkin with a retirement gift and would welcome contributions from parents. We also have a card for parents to sign.

 

 

 

Harvest Festival

Our annual Harvest Festival will take place in the Hall at 9.05am on Friday 6 October and families are most welcome to join us. Once again we will be supporting The Porch, (http://www.theporch.org.uk/)

an organisation which provides a stepping stone for homeless people in Oxford, with our Harvest Gifts. We hope that each child will be able to bring a small contribution into school before our service. All Harvest gifts bought into school will be taken to the village church and put on display for the Harvest Service there on Sunday 8 October, before being taken on to The Porch. The Porch prefer to receive non-perishable items such as packets of pasta, tins of beans, bars of chocolate, packets of biscuits, tins of tomatoes, tins of spaghetti, etc rather than fresh produce. Thank you.

 

Meerkat Champion of the week

Reception: Elsa J

Class 1: Anna F-N

Class 2: Freddie W

Class 3: Ruby C

Congratulations to you all.

 

School Council

The following pupils have been elected by their peers to sit on the School Council this term;

Year 6     Izzy K & Billy B

Year 5     Elizabeth M & Jack A

Year 4     Emily H & Freddie W

Year 3     Cianna B & Oliver L

Year 2     Anna F-N & Jack F

Congratulations to them all!

Mrs Wahid has kindly offered to work with the School Council during Miss Raval’s absence.

 

PTA News:

 

Children’s Bingo Night - Friday 29^th September, 5.30pm in the School Hall

Letters with further details of the Bingo Night have now been sent out in bookbags so please return the permission slip and payment to the office as soon as possible if your child would like to come along.

 

Official Notice of the PTA's Annual General Meeting (AGM) – Tuesday 3rd October, 8pm in the School Hall

The PTA plays a vital part in the school community and all parents, as members of the PTA, are invited to support the AGM. This is your chance to hear and see how the funds you have helped to raise have been used for the benefit of the children at our school.

  

The PTA Committee (Chair, Treasurer, Secretary) will be elected at the AGM so if you are interested in taking on one of these roles, please speak to Melanie Gravett who can give you more details about what is involved.

 

We would like the AGM to be a relaxed and informal meeting – drinks and nibbles will be provided.  Please come along to find out more about what the PTA committee does and how you can support us through the forthcoming year.

 

PTA Facebook Page

Just another reminder that the PTA has a Facebook page used to promote our fundraising events, to remind parents when events are coming up and to ask parents for donations or additional help.   (Individual concerns about our children or what happens in the classroom during the school day are outside of the PTA remit and should not be raised on the PTA Facebook page – the page is monitored by the PTA committee).

 

The link is below.

http://www.facebook.com/groups/765910023426217

 

It is a closed group, so you will need to make a request to join the group.  When requesting to join, please include your name, your child’s name and their year group. 

 

Cake Club

Well done to Bella Jones and Harvey Khan who were this year's first Cake Club winners!
A huge thank you to Kylie Smith for providing the amazing cupcakes and to Ami Martins for supplying this week's prize.
Don't forget to see Vicky if your child would like to enter the draw. 20p per week or £7 for the year (cheques made payable to Stadhampton Primary School PTA).

We will need volunteers to donate the cake prize each week (they don’t have to be home made!) so please also speak to Vicky if you would be willing to put your name on the rota. 

 

Diary Dates:

 

 

 

Tuesday 26 September	Year 1 and Year 2 Forest School session Reception Forest School session
Friday 29 September	PTA Children’s Bingo event
Tuesday 3 October	Open Morning Year 1 Forest School session Reception Forest School session PTA Annual General Meeting at 8pm
Friday 6 October	Harvest Service in school – parents welcome to attend at 9.00am – please could every child bring a small gift for ‘The Porch’. Thank you.
Friday 13 October	School Photographs – each child will be photographed in their school uniform individually and with their siblings automatically. If anyone would like to bring in younger siblings so that they can all be photographed as a family group please come into school as a group at 8.20am. Flu vaccination for Reception, Y1, Y2, Y3 & Y4 pupils – all forms must be returned please whether you would like your child to be vaccinated or not. Thank you.

 

Advance Notice of a Christmas Sports Club:

Michael Hopkins, who is well-known to the school as a PE teacher will be leading a Christmas Sports Course on Wednesday 20 December and Thursday 21 December 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.

 

 

LITTLE BEARS NEWS:

The Little Bears have been learning all about bodies. We have enjoyed lots of fun activities including drawing around ourselves and identifying body parts and we look forward to creating some self portraits. Little Bears have also welcomed 5 new editions  - our 5 stick insets!

Newsletter for week ending 15 September 2017

 

Forest School

Thank you to everyone who has already completed and returned the consent letter for pupils to take part in our Forest School sessions. A reminder that the letter must be completed and returned to school so that your child may participate in Forest School sessions. Thank you.

 

Congratulations to Mrs Sheridan

Congratulations to Mrs Sheridan who was awarded a Values award this week by Carillion for “living our values and making tomorrow a better place for our colleagues and our customers.”

 

Change to the normal menu on Thursday 5 October 2017

Food and More have made a change to the normal meals menu for Thursday 5 October. The menu for the day is now Beef Burger in a bun or Hot Dog or Vegetarian Burger. All served with sweet potato wedges and salad; strawberry shortcake for dessert or fresh fruit.

 

Swimming for Class 2

As always, we are very grateful to receive a ‘voluntary contribution’ towards the cost of the swimming transport to the Abbey Sports Centre. Class 2 will have 6 swimming sessions this term so a voluntary contribution of £2 per child per swimming session (£12 for the 6 sessions) would be very much appreciated. Cheques for swimming contributions should be made payable to Stadhampton Primary School. Thank you.

 

Calendar Syncing

Parents are now able to download the school calendar events from the school website into their personal calendar on their computer, tablet or phone. This will help parents ensure that they know when their child(ren) have a forest school session, when anything special is happening, when we have a non-school uniform day or when there is a requirement to bring anything in, etc. Instructions are attached to this Newsletter about Calendar Syncing for parents. If you encounter any difficulties in carrying out this process please let us know so that we can contact our website provider and hopefully assist you.

 

Class Curriculum Overviews – ‘Jigsaws’

Termly curriculum overviews for the Autumn Term, which comprises a coloured ‘jig-saw’ with each coloured ‘piece’ representing a subject area, have now been completed and uploaded to the school website under the ‘Classes’ section. Please also have a look at page 2 of each jigsaw which provides additional important curriculum information. Thank you.

 

Science Club

Science Club has proved extremely popular and unfortunately not everyone who applied has been successful in securing a place. Applications were accepted on a first come first served basis and the following children have a confirmed place; Zac H, Isabel H, Arun D, Peter FN, Ellie W, Freya C, Thomas W, Daniel R, Beau B, Jem B, Laila B, Archie D, Riley S and Jake J. Should anyone no longer wish to have a place please let us know as someone else could have a place. We hope to have another series of Science Club sessions later in the year and will prioritise those children who were disappointed this time. Thank you.

 

Archery and Multisports After School Clubs

There are still places available on both these after school clubs. Archery is open to 8 year olds and above and multisports is open to pupils in Years 1-6. Please contact Mrs Hopkins if you would like a place. Copies of the letters are on the school website.

 

Open Morning – Tuesday 3 October

In conjunction with Little Bears, the school will be open to visitors from 9.00 to 11.45am for current families and the local community, as well as for the families now making their decisions about their choice of primary school for September 2018. Please do come along and see the school at work between these times if you are able, whether you are a prospective parent or an existing one!

 

Meerkat Champion of the week

Following the introduction of a ‘Meerkat Champion of the week’ in each class last year we are pleased to be continuing with this initiative this year. For families who are new to the school the Meerkat Champion of the week was introduced across the school to encourage and recognise the following positive learning attitudes:

Motivated

Enthusiastic

Engaged

Resourceful

Knowledgeable

Attentive

Talkative (at the right time!)

 

On a weekly basis class teachers will award one child in their class as ‘Meerkat Champion of the week’. That child then is the custodian of the class soft toy meerkat for that week (the meerkats stay in school as they are not housetrained!) and the child awarded with a certificate showing a photograph of them with the Meerkat. The first champions this year will be identified next Monday.

 

ELLI Project Assembly (‘Teamwork Bee’)

We held our first assembly of the year for the ELLI Project this week. Class 1 worked as a team to show how to make a good party for Elli’s birthday and talked about working as a team when carrying out class activities. This was the introduction for ‘Teamwork Bee’. The whole school also enjoyed watching the ‘Treasure Hunt’ video made by last year’s Year 6 pupils.

 

PTA News:

 

Thank you to everyone who came to our committee meeting on Wednesday evening.  We have some great events planned for the next few weeks and months and will send out details through the newsletter in due course.

We are very pleased to let parents know that the PTA has been able to make a contribution of over £1,000 to the cost of some upcoming trips and new books for children throughout the school.  This would not be possible without families backing PTA events, so thank you to everyone who supported the PTA throughout the last school year.  We hope we can count on your support for the forthcoming months, as this will mean the PTA can contribute to other items for the benefit of all children later in the year.

 

Cake Club

Lindsay Jenkins will no longer be looking after Cake Club this year.  She has looked after Cake Club for the last year or so and its success is largely down to her - a huge thank you to Lindsay for all her hard work.

 

Thank you also to Vicky Venner who has volunteered to take over Cake Club from the first draw on Friday 22^nd September

 

For those who don’t know (and a reminder for those who do), the Cake Club draw takes place every Friday afternoon in assembly and gives all those entered the chance to win the cake donated by a different family each time. If your child would like to be entered into the draw for the cake, it’s 20p  per child each week or if you would prefer to pay for the year in one go it’s £7 (cheques made payable to Stadhampton Primary School PTA).  Vicky will be at school each Friday morning to collect any money and answer any questions anyone might have.

 

We will need volunteers to donate the cake prize each week (they don’t have to be home made!) so please speak to Vicky if you would be willing to put your name on the rota. 

 

Children’s Bingo Night - Friday 29^th September, 5.30pm in the School Hall

Our first event of the year will be Bingo Night.  Letters with further details and permission slips have now been sent out in bookbags so please return to the School Office as soon as possible if you child would like to come along.

 

Official Notice of the PTA's Annual General Meeting (AGM) – Tuesday 3rd October, 8pm in the School Hall

The PTA plays a vital part in the school community and all parents, as members of the PTA, are invited to support the AGM. This is your chance to hear and see how the funds you have helped to raise have been used for the benefit of the children at our school.

  

The PTA Committee (Chair, Treasurer, Secretary) will be elected at the AGM so if you are interested in taking on one of these roles, please speak to Melanie Gravett who can give you more details about what is involved.

 

We would like the AGM to be a relaxed and informal meeting – drinks and nibbles will be provided.  Please come along to find out more about what the PTA committee does and how you can support us through the forthcoming year.

 

PTA Facebook Page

The PTA has a Facebook page used to promote our fundraising events, to remind parents when events are coming up and to ask parents for donations or additional help.   (Individual concerns about our children or what happens in the classroom during the school day are outside of the PTA remit and should not be raised on the PTA Facebook page).

The link is below.

 

http://www.facebook.com/groups/765910023426217

 

It is a closed group, so you will need to make a request to join the group.  When requesting to join, please include your name, your child’s name and their year group. 

 

 

 

Diary Dates:

 

 

 

Tuesday 19 September	Y2 Forest School session Reception Forest School session
Tuesday 26 September	Year 1 and Year 2 Forest School session Reception Forest School session
Tuesday 3 October	Open Morning Year 1 Forest School session Reception Forest School session PTA Annual General Meeting at 8pm

 

Advance Notice of a Christmas Sports Club:

Michael Hopkins, who is well-known to the school as a PE teacher will be leading a Christmas Sports Course on Wednesday 20 December and Thursday 21 December 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.

 

Piano Tuition

Mrs Trudy Drake is offering piano lessons during the school day on Thursday afternoons for any child in Class 2 or 3. If you are interested in your children learning to play the piano in school, please contact Mrs Drake directly (mob. 07918188519) for more details. There are several places available at the moment.

 

Guitar Tuition

Mr Russ Payne offers guitar lessons on Friday lunchtimes for pupils in Years 3-6. His e-mail address is goguitarmail@yahoo.co.uk if anyone would like to contact him directly to find out about the cost of lessons.

 

LITTLE BEARS NEWS:

The Little Bears are settling so well into a new term and we are enjoying our topic ‘All about Me’. We are learning all about our families this week and making family trees.  We have a surplus of fruit available on our fruit trees if anyone would like to help themselves.

 

Community News:

 

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National Eczema Week:

As part of National Eczema Week we are holding a special free to attend information day at Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 1AB from 11.30 am to 5.00 pm on Saturday 23rd September.  Leading experts in dermatology will be sharing their knowledge and the latest thinking in eczema management. Specialist dermatology nurses will be on hand to answer questions and we will be there offering advice, support and information. The event is free to all and places can be booked at https://nes-kidlington.eventbrite.co.uk  or by emailing the National Eczema Society info@eczema.org.