Week ending 16 March 2018

 

 

Work-Viewing Evening

Thank you to the many families who came along to our annual Work-Viewing Evening last Monday. We value your support and hope you found it a useful opportunity to share your child’s work with them.

 

Meerkat Champion of the Week

Reception        Max W

Class 1                         Harvey K

Class 2             Alana H

Class 3                         Thomas W

Congratulations to you all!

 

Sports Relief Week

Next week is Sports Relief Week and with the National Challenge of a billion steps a day we at Stadhampton are also planning ways of seeing how many steps we can do a day. Each day we will have a different way of travelling 80 metres (our running track) and then we will add them together to create a class and whole school total. How many steps do you think our whole school will manage over the week? Let us know how many steps you think by entering our competition, please put your answers in an envelope with your child’s name on with a £1.00 donation. Donations will go to Sports Relief and there will be a prize for the person closest to the final amount!

 

Jian-Zi Tournament 2018

On Friday 9^th March we held our (postponed) annual “Jian-Zi” Tournament, linked with Chinese New Year. A “jian-zi” is a feathered toy, not unlike a shuttlecock, which is popularly used in China by children to play a version of “keepy-uppy”. Ask the children for further details!

Children in all classes have been practicing over recent weeks and the top three scorers in each year-group go through to the tournament final. This year the winner in each year-group is as follows:-

 

            Year 6              Sam S              35

            Year 5              Joshua H          10       

            Year 4              Harvey S          36       

            Year 3              Dexter E          3

            Year 2              Ollie P             20

            Year 1              Harvey K          4

 

As you can see, it was a close result but our school champion this year is Harvey S who will have his name added to our “Jian-Zi” trophy. Well done Harvey! All pupils in Reception had the same score so they have a class jian-zi to practise with ready for next year! Well done and thank you to all who took part. We await the result of the event held at our partner school in Hazlach, Poland, to find out who the international winner is!

 

A big thank you to Austin and Sydney’s grandad, who lived in China and very generously donated this year’s jian-zas.

Gardening Club

We are grateful to Mr and Mrs Burnell and Mrs Green for offering to run a Gardening Club again on Friday lunchtimes for pupils, beginning on Friday 23 March and then continuing after Easter. Pupils will need to wear wellies for the Club, be in Years 3-6 and be willing to commit to attending each week. A maximum of 15 pupils may participate so that pupils who are interested in gardening can start to develop some gardening skills under close supervision. At the present time this opportunity has been offered initially to Class 3 pupils, who have already signed up for all of the available places.

 

Easter Lunch

There is a special Easter Lunch on Wednesday 28 March: Roast chicken or Quorn Roast, Yorkshire Pudding and stuffing, roast potatoes, carrots, broccoli, gravy; Easter Chocolate Fudge Pudding. Please order and pay as normal.

 

School Council Easter Competition

The school council have hatched a plan to launch an egg-citing Easter competition. Children are asked to decorate a hard-boiled egg in a creative way. The cost of entry will be 50p and a winner will be chosen from each year group to win an egg-cellent prize. Please bring entries in on Tuesday 27^th March (no earlier due to lack of storage) and ensure name labels are underneath each entry so judging can be done anonymously. Winners will be announced on Thursday 29^th March.

We look forward to seeing lots of imaginative entries!

 

PTA News:

Film Night - Friday 23rd March

Our next Film Night will take place straight after school on Friday 23rd March until 5.45pm, where will be showing Paddington 2.  This time we will be providing pizza, hotdogs, cakes, fruit and drinks for £5 per child.  Letters were in book bags last week, so please complete the permission slip and return to the school office with your £5 payment as soon as possible.

 

Easter Cupcake Competition and Cake Sale - Wednesday 28th March

We will be holding an Easter cupcake competition for the children and cake sale on Wednesday 28th March.  

 

If your child would like to enter, please make sure their Easter themed cupcakes (or biscuits) are brought into school on the Wednesday morning for judging, along with the entry fee of £1.  There will be a prize for the best decorated cake in each class.  

 

Unless otherwise specified, all cakes will then be sold as part of the cake sale which will take place after school. 

 

Donations of cakes or biscuits (Easter themed or not) for the cake sale are also very welcome.

 

Bag2School Clothes Recycling - Thursday 3rd May

By getting involved in our next Bag2School collection, you have an opportunity to sort through your cupboards and wardrobes and donate unwanted textiles in the bag provided – this can include anything from the list below.  

• Men’s, Ladies and Children’s clothing 
• Paired shoes (tied together or elastic band around) 
• Handbags/Hats/Bags/Scarves/Ties 
• Jewellery/Lingerie 

• Socks/Belts 

• Household linen /Curtains 

• Towels 

• Bedding (bed sheets, pillow cases and duvet covers

Collection bags will be delivered to school shortly, but you can use normal black bin bags as well. Funds paid to the PTA by Bag2School are based on weight so the more bags collected the more we raise!

 

Bag2School do also accept soft toys - we do need some soft toys for use at Forest School so if you are happy to donate toys to Forest School instead, please let Melanie Gravett know.

 

Family Quiz Night - Friday 18th May

We will be holding a Family Quiz Night on Friday 18th May.  Further details to follow.

 

 Our next PTA meeting is on Wednesday 25th April, The Crown, 8pm.  All welcome.

 

Cake Club

Well done to Jake in Y1 for winning last week’s cake and many thanks to Gemma A for providing it. This week there are two cakes in the draw! If you haven’t already paid for your child to be in the draw and would like to, please see Mrs Venner in Class 1. Thank you.

 

Diary Dates:

 

March 2018

 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
19  Sports Relief Week Class 3 Swimming Session Governors Meeting at 7pm	20  Sports Relief Week   Y5 Forest School session; Reception FS session pm	21  Sports Relief Week   Science afterschool club	22  Sports Relief Week   Multisports afterschool club	23  Sports Relief Week
26 Class 3 Swimming Session	27 Y6 Forest School session; Reception FS session pm	28 “A Life” workshop day 9.10-10.10 - Y3-Y6 – Healthy Workshop 10.10-11.10 – KS1 & EYFS– Healthy Workshop 1.10-1.55 – Y3 & Y4 Circuits Fitness 1.55-2.40 – Y5 & Y6 Circuit Fitness 2.45-3.15 – KS1/EYFS Fun Fitness 3.30-4.30 Staff Training	29 End of Term Assembly 9.10am   School finishes for pupils @1.30pm

LITTLE BEARS NEWS:

The Little Bears continued with the ‘weather’ topic this week and made a huge collage Rainbow! The children spent a long time carefully sticking and cutting paper ready to match the colours on our rainbow. We continue to learn how rainbows form, beginning with more information about the weather in our discussions about rain. We have enjoyed many wonderful books, art creations, and many discovery based colour activities. We have been learning new songs “Rain , Rain Go Away”, “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring”, “I can sing a rainbow” and more. We will be crafting our own musical instruments to enjoy in our music and movement time also.

 

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:

• Cross –Country Competition flyer for event taking place on 24 March at RAF Benson School

 

STADHAMPTON PARISH COUNCIL PARISH CLERK / RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL OFFICER 

Flexible working from home for 12 hours per week (£10.739 to £12.161 per hour according to experience). Travelling and other approved expenses will be paid in addition.

Stadhampton Parish Council wish to appoint a Parish Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer. The hours will be mainly working at home plus regular monthly/2 monthly council meetings at Stadhampton village hall where the clerk takes the minutes. 

The applicant will have the ability to administer council business including a budget of up to £20,000 and will need to be able work on initiative. The role is varied and interesting. Candidates should possess a high standard of oral and written communication skills, be proficient in Word and Excel, be capable of working independently and have the ability to deal with a wide range of issues. Previous experience in a similar role would be beneficial although not essential. Access to transport and an internet connection (preferably high speed) are necessary. 

INTERESTED? Please apply to Councillor Sarah Davis by emailing your details for this vacancy to 

s-jdavis@sky.com. Closing date for applications: 28 March 2018.