Week ending 9 February 2018

 

Consultation regarding joining a Multi Academy Trust (MAT)

A reminder that a specific e-mail address has been set up for comments, questions or sharing of any thoughts about Stadhampton School joining a Multi Academy Trust (MATConsultation@stadhampton.oxon.sch.uk)

and a meeting with parents and other interested members of the local community is planned for Thursday 1 March at 7.30pm in the School Hall.

 

SODC food waste trucks need a name – vote now!

Please go to http://survey.southandvale.gov.uk/s/SouthTruckNaming/ and vote for the name chosen by one of our pupils, Waste Warrior! The winner, whose suggested name gets the most votes, will scoop £150 book tokens for their school and a swimming pass for their family. Voting will close on Friday 16^th February. Thank you.

 

Meerkat Champion of the Week

Reception        Noah B

Class 1                         Harry P

Class 2             Ivy O

Class 3                         May H

Congratulations to you all!

 

National Storytelling Week

We had an unusual delivery at school on Monday 29 January - an old brown suitcase containing an odd selection of objects from far and wide! Who did the suitcase belong to and why was it delivered to school? The children have looked closely at the objects and formed their own ideas about how they link together. They then wrote their own story about the mysterious suitcase and in Wednesday’s assembly we heard a selection of the stories from across the school. The children listened silently to other people’s amazing ideas.

 

We would also like to thank all those parents and grandparents who came in to share stories with the children last week, an experience we hope you enjoyed as much as the children did. Thank you.

 

Any children who have particularly enjoyed writing their stories may like to be aware that there is an annual BBC Radio 2 '500 Words' story writing competition. The competition is open to children from age 5 to 13 and further details, including how to enter online and a description of the spectacular prizes, can be found on the BBC website via the following link https://www.bbc.co.uk/500wordscompetition/login

Good luck to anyone who enters - the deadline for entries is 22nd February!

 

Advance Notice of the Date for Work Viewing Evening

Parents will have an opportunity on Monday 12 March between 3.30pm and 6pm to see their children’s work. The class teacher will be on hand in the classroom to answer any questions you may have but no formal appointment system is in place for this work viewing evening.

 

PTA News:

Just a reminder that our next PTA meeting has now been brought forward to Wednesday 21st February, 8pm, The Crown.  All welcome!

Please do come along with any ideas for fundraising events - tried and tested or new - or if you can’t make the meeting, please pass on your ideas to any member of the committee.  A list of committee members is on the noticeboard outside Class 1.

 

Cake Club

Thank you so much to Annette for bringing in such a fab cake and well done to Dexter for winning it. This week’s cake is being provided by Becca K-B, thank you Becca and good luck everyone.

 

Diary Dates:

 

February 2018

 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
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 for participating pupils	22 ELLI Project Assembly	23
26 Class 3 Swimming Session	27 Special PE Event – Chinese Ribbon Day Y4 Forest School session; Reception FS session pm	28 Science Club for participating pupils

 

LITTLE BEARS NEWS:

We began our week by focusing on our favourite stories again starting with “The Gruffalo”, “The Hungry Caterpillar” and our all time favourite “We’re going on a Bear Hunt!” We also looked at how to keep ourselves healthy and made our own healthy sandwiches for a snack.

The children have also been drawing and presenting family portraits which are now displayed on the Little Bears gallery. 

We hope everyone has a peaceful break.

 

Advance Notice of an Easter Sports Club:

Michael Hopkins, who is well-known to the school as a PE teacher will be leading an Easter Sports Course on Monday 9, Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 April 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.

 

Community News:

·         Primary Health Team School Newsletter attached

·         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.

 

We hope everyone has an enjoyable half term break and look forward to welcoming everyone back to school on Monday 19 February when Class 3 will be swimming.