Thursday, January 25, 2018


Week ending 26 January 2018

 

SODC food waste trucks need a name – vote now!

Residents of South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) are being invited to vote for their favourite names put forward by local schoolchildren for a new fleet of food waste recycling trucks. Local schools were invited to participate and from the dozens of names suggested by the children across the area, SODC has whittled them down to ten names and one of the names was suggested by a pupil at Stadhampton School!

Residents are being asked to choose their top three names out of the ten names and the most popular will be printed onto the district’s new food waste trucks which will be seen out and about carrying weekly food waste collections. The children whose suggested name gets the most votes will scoop £150 book tokens for their school and a swimming pass for their family. Our contribution to the list is “Waste Warrior”.

To vote please go to:

southandvale.gov.uk/namethattruck

In addition, residents can look out for how to vote on the council’s social media channels:

·         Twitter: @SouthOxon / @WhiteHorseDC

·         Facebook: facebook.com/southoxfordshire

Voting will close on Friday 16th February. Thank you.

 

Meerkat Champion of the Week

Reception        Matteo B

Class 1                         Orla V

Class 2             Jude B

Class 3                         Izzy K

Congratulations to you all!

 

Sportshall Athletics Tournament

A reminder that the rescheduled Athletics tournament for Class 3 pupils will now take place on Thursday 8 February from 11am until 1.15pm, so all pupils will need to take a packed lunch with them. We have held on to the payments parents have already paid in readiness for the new date.

 

National Storytelling Week

Letters detailing the arrangements for National Storytelling Week were sent home via book bags earlier this week. Please think about coming in on the afternoon of Wednesday 31 January to tell/read a story to a small group of children. Thank you.

 

Head Lice

A parent has reported that despite treatments to her own children’s hair, they keep being reinfected. Please could ALL parents, and particularly parents in Class 3, check their children’s hair for head lice and treat if necessary. This is the only way that this problem can be cleared up quickly. Thank you.

PTA News:

Film Night

Thank you to everyone who supported the PTA film night last week.  The evening raised over £150 for PTA funds. 

We hope to hold another film night later in the year, so please watch this space for details.

 

Race Night, Friday 2nd February, 7pm for first race at 7.30pm, St John’s Church

The PTA and Little Bears will be holding a Race Night to raise funds for both the school and pre-school on Friday 2nd February.  For those who don’t know what a Race Night is, pre-recorded horse races are played onto the big screen.  You are then able to place bets on which horse will win - if your horse wins, you win!

 

It promises to be a fun evening (over 18s only), so please see Melanie Gravett or Debbie Bradford for tickets.  Tickets are £7.50 each.

 

Our next PTA meeting is now on Wednesday 14th March, 8pm, The Crown.

 

Cake Club

A huge thank you to Craig Thomson for the lovely cake on Friday. It was won by Emily in Year 4 who very kindly donated it to Mia – what a treat for the weekend! This week’s cake is very kindly being provided by Claire Cowlard. Many thanks.

 

Diary Dates:

 

January 2018

 

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
29
Class 2 Swimming Session
Meeting of the School Governors at 7pm
30
Y2 Forest School session; Reception FS session pm
31 Parents/grandparents are invited to come into school to read a story as part of National Storytelling Week
 
 

 

February 2018

 

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
 
 
 
1
Multisports afterschool club
2
PTA & Little Bears Race Evening 7.30pm at St John’s Church
5
Class 2 Swimming Session
 
4/4 Computing afterschool club
6
Safer Internet Day
Y3 Forest School session; Reception FS session pm
7
8
Rescheduled Sports Hall Athletics Event for C3. All pupils require a packed lunch
Multisports afterschool club
9
3.15pm pupils finish for Spring ½ term
12
13
14
15
16
19
Pupils return to school
Class 3 Swimming Session
20
Y3 Forest School session; Reception FS session pm
21
Science Club starting – more details to follow
22
ELLI Project Assembly
23
26
Class 3 Swimming Session
27
Special PE Event – more details to follow
Y4 Forest School session; Reception FS session pm
28
 
 

 

LITTLE BEARS NEWS:

Little Bears will continue with our ‘All about Me’ theme for new children and we will begin to look at families and how we celebrate different holidays and celebrations.  We look forward to celebrating Burns Night as well as Shrove Tuesday.

We will be in the garden with balls, target practice and bats making large gross motor movements to keep warm!  

Its National Storytelling Week soon and we look forward to sharing lots of traditional stories with the children. 

 

Community News:

This year Oxford Brookes University is celebrating 10 years of the Brookes Science Bazaar and we invite your students, their families/guardians and school staff to celebrate with us!

The science bazaar will take place at Headington Campus on Saturday 24 February from 10.00am to 4.30pm.

This free event will be packed with exciting activities offering something for everyone, from fitness to healthy foods, building the highest spaghetti marshmallow tower and learning about your genes.

 

Friday, January 19, 2018


Week ending 19 January 2018

 

Class Curriculum Overview ‘Jigsaws’

Overviews of the curriculum for each class for this Spring Term, presented in the format of a ‘jigsaw’ to reflect our integrated curriculum are now on the school website, under the ‘Classes section’.

 

Coming into school in the morning

As a village school we highly value the role we play in the village community, especially the strong links we have with parents and the enormous support we receive. However, rooms can become congested and noisy first thing in the morning due to the sheer number of people (adults and children) in a small space and this can delay the start of the school day. We particularly encourage parents of children in KS2 (ie Classes 2 and 3) to send their children into school independently whenever possible, so that children start to take responsibility for themselves. They should be able to carry their own lunchbox, hand in any forms, money, etc without the need for parents to come into the classroom with them every morning. Where there is a need to accompany your child into class it would be appreciated if this could be done discreetly so that the morning can get off to a calm and quiet start and registration can take place promptly at 9am.

We recognise that there are occasions when parents and carers do need to speak with a teacher and the following, which is taken directly from our School Prospectus, is intended to provide some guidance. ‘At Stadhampton Primary School we are keen to engage with the families of the children and operate an “open door” policy where parents can talk to teachers about their children; all we ask is that these discussions are arranged at a mutually convenient time for both teacher and parent. We hope you appreciate this situation and we thank you, in anticipation, for your support in this.

 

Meerkat Champion of the Week

Reception        Max W

Class 1                         Harry T

Class 2             Honor W

Class 3                         Elizabeth M

Congratulations to you all!

 

Swimming at the Abbey Sports Centre for Class 2 pupils

As always, we are most grateful to receive a ‘voluntary contribution’ from parents of £2 per child per swimming session towards the transport costs (currently £75 per visit). Cheques for swimming contributions (£10 in total) should be made payable to Stadhampton School. Thank you to the parents who have already made a contribution. It is very much appreciated.

 

Sportshall Athletics Tournament

As parents of pupils in Class 3 were aware last Friday, unfortunately the tournament was cancelled at late notice due to the breakdown of the van carrying the specialist equipment. We are pleased to advise that this tournament has been rescheduled to take place on Thursday 8 February from 11am until 1.15pm so all pupils will need to take a packed lunch with them. We have held on to the payments parents have already paid in readiness for the new date.

 

Year 2 and Reception Forest School

A reminder that Forest School for Year 2 and Reception class pupils will take place on Wednesday next week.  Year 2 will be in the morning and Reception in the afternoon.

 

PTA News:

Film Night, Friday 19th January, 3.15pm until 5.30pm, School Hall

Don’t forget Film Night on Friday 19th January after school until 5.30pm.  If your child would like to come, please return the permission slip and £3.50 to the office or Melanie Gravett as soon as possible.

 

Race Night, Friday 2nd February, 7.30pm, St John’s Church

The PTA and Little Bears will be holding a Race Night to raise funds for both the school and pre-school on Friday 2nd February.  Tickets are £7.50 each and include curry or chilli.  A bar will be available selling beer, wine and soft drinks.

 

It promises to be a fun evening (over 18s only), so please see Melanie Gravett or Debbie Bradford for tickets.

 

Our next PTA meeting is now on Wednesday 14th March, 8pm, The Crown.

 

Cake Club

Well done to Honor for winning the cake on Friday. Thank you to Karen Bradley for providing it and to Rosie Thomson for this week’s prize. Good luck everyone and don’t forget that you can still enter. Please see Vicky Venner in Class 1 or Mrs Hopkins. Thank you.


Diary Dates:  January 2018

 

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
22 Class 2 Swimming Session
23
24 Y2 Forest School session
Reception FS session pm (note change of day for this week only)
25
26
29 Class 2 Swimming Session
Meeting of the School Governors at 7pm
30 Y2 Forest School session; Reception FS session pm
31
 
 

 

 

LITTLE BEARS NEWS:

We have been listening to and enjoying songs with a repetitive nature, such as 5 currant buns, 12345 once I caught a fish and other number songs. Big Club have worked on numerals up to twenty this week with some of our little ones going above this too! We have also looked at patterns and shapes in the world around us and seen if we can make links between our activities and the things around us for example triangle toast; we have also used marks and linked them to symbols and numerals.

 

As the weather gets colder we still love being outdoors, we have been climbing, running, jumping and splashing in puddles, the children in the forest area continue to love digging and playing with mud and water - lots of yummy mud pies!

 

Friday, January 12, 2018


 

Week ending 12 January 2018

 

Holiday and Term Dates for the academic year starting in September 2018 have been uploaded to the school website this week. A copy is also attached to this newsletter. Holiday and Term Dates for the current school year are also available on the school website.

 

Class Curriculum Overview ‘Jigsaws’

Overviews of the curriculum for each class for this Spring Term, presented in the format of a ‘jigsaw’ to reflect our integrated curriculum are also scheduled to be uploaded to the school website. Please look under the ‘Classes section’ of the school website. Thank you.

 

Swimming at the Abbey Sports Centre for Class 2 pupils

As always, we are most grateful to receive a ‘voluntary contribution’ from parents of £2 per child per swimming session towards the transport costs (currently £75 per visit). Cheques for swimming contributions (£10 in total) should be made payable to Stadhampton School. Thank you to the parents who have already made a contribution. It is very much appreciated.

 

School Newsletters – please tell us your thoughts!

Thank you to those parents who took the time to let us know their thoughts about our school newsletter. Everyone who responded said they found the frequency of a weekly newsletter very helpful as it means the information comes in “manageable chunks rather than in a much longer monthly missive”. Several parents also reported that “they found the reminders about upcoming events/dates invaluable.” We are looking into the issues some parents face with accessing the newsletter on their i-phone or Mac pc and will let you know if we can find a solution.

 

School Council – Spring Term 2018

Congratulations to our new School Council members, elected by their peers at the beginning of the Spring Term. They are;

Year 2 – Cara G & Frankie S

Year 3 – Laila B & Dexter E

Year 4 – Mia G & Casey P

Year 5 – Freya C & Daniel R

Year 6 – Isabel H & Wyatt B

We hope you have a very successful term. We also thank the out-going School Council for the Autumn Term for their hard work, ideas and achievements – well done to all!

ELLI Project Assembly

This half term, as part of our ELLI project, we will be looking at how “Curiosity” can help us learn and broaden our experiences.

On Thursday, Year 5 led our ELLI Project Assembly, featuring “Curiosity Cat”. Through the sketches they had prepared themselves, they demonstrated how curiosity enables us to explore and delight in discovery.  They showed us how asking questions lets us learn for the joy of learning!

PTA News:

Film Night, Friday 19 January, 3.15pm until 5.30pm, School Hall

The PTA will be running a Film Night on Friday 19  January after school until 5.30pm.  Letters with further details and permission slips will be in book bags on Friday.  If your child would like to come, please return the permission slip and £3.50 to the office or Melanie Gravett as soon as possible.

Race Night, Friday 2nd February, 7.30pm, St John’s Church

The PTA and Little Bears will be holding a Race Night to raise funds for both the school and pre-school on Friday 2nd February.  Tickets are £7.50 each and include curry or chilli.  A bar will be available selling beer, wine and soft drinks.

 

It promises to be a fun evening (over 18s only), so please see Melanie Gravett or Debbie Bradford for tickets.

 

Our next PTA meeting is now on Wednesday 14th March, 8pm, The Crown.

 

Cake Club

Well done to Dexter for winning the fantastic cake provided by Leanne Kenny, thank you Leanne. This week’s prize is very kindly donated by Karen Bradley. Good luck everyone.


Diary Dates:  January 2018

 

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
15 Class 2 Swimming Session
16 Y1 Forest School session; Reception FS session pm
17  Reception & Year 6 pupils weighing and measuring by the school nurse
18
19 PTA Film night
(more details to follow)
22 Class 2 Swimming Session
23
24 Y2 Forest School session
Reception FS session pm (note change of day for this week only)
25
26
29 Class 2 Swimming Session
Meeting of the School Governors at 7pm
30 Y2 Forest School session; Reception FS session pm
31
 
 

 

 

LITTLE BEARS NEWS:

The Little Bears are settling in so well and enjoying the new spring term. Some of the Bigger Bears are enjoying “big club” in the summer house this term and we’ve also enjoyed lots of messy play including jelly play and pasta as well as finger painting. 

 

Community News:

  • January Timetable for the Children’s Centre
  • Youth Club flyer & notification of a youth club meeting on Thursday 18th Jan @ 7.30pm in the Crown.  All welcome