Week ending 2 March 2018

 

 

Happy March Birthday to: Dixi Burnell, Jem Burnell, Sassie Burnell, Cara Gravett, Alana Hyde, George Saunders, Frederick Tarry, Joel Venner and Benjamin Walker.

 

Welcome back to Mrs Baker!

 

During March we are focusing on the core value of TRUST

 

School Closures

Please check the school website in the first instance if it looks like a possibility that the school may be closed due to snow. Mrs Hopkins will aim to put a message on there this evening or early tomorrow if the school is going to be closed. Please also listen to local radio stations for updates if for any reason the website has not been updated or you don’t have internet access:

Closures are announced during the breakfast shows on:

·         BBC Radio Oxford (95.2 FM)

·         Heart FM (102.6 or 97.4 FM)

·         JACK 2(107.9 FM and DAB)

·         Banbury Sound (107.6 FM)

·         Jack FM (106.8 FM, 106.4 FM and DAB)

·         Witney Radio (99.9FM).

 

Meerkat Champion of the Week

Reception        Sassie B

Class 1                         Grace M

Class 2             Oliver L

Class 3                         Wyatt B

Congratulations to you all!

 

World Book Day

Thank you to everyone for your support of World Book Day on Thursday March 1st. Each class had good fun investigating the props that children and staff had brought in and guessing which book they had come from and who the author was. We also had a whole-school assembly with groups of children sharing their props and the children learnt more about the popular books and authors in other classes as well as their own. It was an enjoyable way to promote books and authors which is what the day is about!

 

 

 

Reminder for Year 6 Parents about the SATs meeting

A reminder that there is a SATs meeting for Y6 parents with Mrs Turner and Mrs Wahid between 3.15pm and 3.30pm on Tuesday 6 March.  At this meeting the format for the week will be discussed, the timetable explained and there will be an opportunity to ask questions. We do hope that all Year 6 parents will be able to attend.

 

Name the Food Waste Truck Competition

Thank you to all parents and members of staff who voted for our contribution to the South Oxfordshire District Council's 'Name the Food Waste Truck Competition'. Waste Warrior, the name put forward by this school following voting amongst the KS2 children, was in the top most voted for names! Congratulation to Jake J for coming up with this name! Jake wins a family swimming pass for GLL Leisure centres in the area and £150 worth of book tokens for the school - thank you Jake!

We understand that there were 71 names put forward by schoolchildren across the area. Thousand of residents across South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse voted online for the names they wanted to see printed on the new trucks. The twelve names that came out on top will now be printed on the 12 new food waste lorries recently introduced across the two district council areas. 

 

The Food Waste Team reminded us that everyone can recycle all cooked and uncooked food waste using the council's household collection service. This is collected weekly and taken to an aerobic digestion plant near Wallingford where it is recycled into gas for electricity and fertiliser for local farmland. We have invited the Waste Team to visit us and explain more about recycling through their educational workshops and activities programme.

 

Chinese Ribbon Dance Workshop

On Tuesday 27th February we were lucky enough to have Polly from One Day Creative come to school to show each class how to dance with ribbons. She started each session with a story about why the Chinese perform Ribbon Dances and then showed us some moves. Classes then put the moves they had been shown into a short dance to music. The older children also practised writing their names with the ribbons. The children were all very enthusiastic and concentrated hard on what they were doing. Definitely a skill to continue practising!

 

Swimming Contributions – Class 3 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 (£12 in total) should be made payable to Stadhampton School. Thank you to those parents who have already made a contribution, your continued support is very much appreciated.

 

PTA News:

Film Night - Friday 23rd March

Due to the success of our Film Night last term, we are planning to hold another one on Friday 23rd March.  We are hoping to show the film Paddington 2.  

 

This will take place straight after school until 5.45pm and this time we will be providing pizza, hotdogs, cakes, fruit and drinks for £5 per child.  Further details with permission slips will follow in book bags shortly.

 

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.

Family Quiz Night - Friday 18th May

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

 

Thank you to everyone who came to our PTA committee meeting on Wednesday and also to those parents who were not able to come but sent suggestions for fundraising events.  Our next PTA meeting is on Wednesday 25th April, The Crown, 8pm.  All welcome.

 

Cake Club

Well done to Laila for winning the Smartie muffins very kindly provided by Charlotte H. Thank you to Faye Adams for donating this week’s prize and to all of the parents for your continued support – it really is appreciated.

 

Diary Dates:

 

March 2018

 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
5 Class 3 Swimming Session	6 Y4 Forest School session; Reception FS session pm	7 Class 2 Highclere Castle 9.20am   KS1 gymnastics festival t.b.c. Science Club 3/4	8 Multisports afterschool club	9
12      Science Week   Class 3 Swimming Session   Work Viewing Evening 3.30 – 6pm	13   Science Week Y5 Forest School session; Reception FS session pm	14  Science Week   After school Science Club 4/4   Pop Concert	15      Science Week   Multisports afterschool club	16    Science Week Tag Rugby & Netball – details to follow
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	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:

Our topic this week is Rainbows! We have been learning how rainbows form and beginning to learning more about the weather in our discussions about rain. The colour spectrum  will be explored through many wonderful books, art creations, and discovery based science 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 rain sticks to enjoy in our music and movement time also.

We will also use the “rainbow” to continue on with personal health and begin discussing nutrition and the importance of eating a “rainbow” of growing food continuing with our healthy eating topic. 

 

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:

MUSIC OPEN DAY

Our open day at Matrix Music School, Sutton Courtenay is coming up on Sunday 11th March with Yamaha music courses for children aged 2 – 7 years.

At the open day, children aged 4 – 7 years can have a free trial lesson and parents of children aged 2 – 3 years can come to an information session.

 

How to book: http://matrixmusicschool.co.uk/try-lesson

Information about the Yamaha courses: http://matrixmusicschool.co.uk/yamaha-music-school-lessons