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 22nd 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 29th 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.
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:
Want to know more about what’s going on
in and around the village?
The Stadham Newsletter is a weekly
email providing news and information about local activities and events in and
around the villages of Stadhampton, Chiselhampton and Newington. There are
roughly 300 households in our community and so far just over 100 are signed up
to the newsletter. It's a great way of finding out what's going on so if you
would like to be added to the mailing list, please visit www.stadhampton.org and sign up
(see Stadham News on the right hand side of the web page) or contact Ken
King via newsletter@stadhampton.org.
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.
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