Week ending 20 July 2018
Meerkat
Champion of the Week
Reception Harry
Class 1 Betsy
Class 2 George
Class 3 Gene
Congratulations to you all!
Year 6 Leavers
We say a fond farewell to our Year 6 pupils
as they leave Stadhampton School on Friday. We are very proud of you all; you
have contributed to the life of Stadhampton School and have achieved so many
things, academic and non-academic, during your time with us. We will miss you
all but know that you are ready for the next stage of your learning journey and
wish you every success at your secondary schools, which this year are Icknield
Community College, King Alfred’s in Wantage and Didcot Girls. We hope you will
all keep in touch.
We also wish Dexter Eliott every success in his new school and also say thank
you to Poppy Elliott for her support
of the school for many years as she leaves the staff team at Little Bears.
Staff
Changes
We wish Mrs Hopkins a long and happy retirement
as she leaves Stadhampton School on Friday after 21 years of looking after our
school administration and finances. Mrs Hopkins has made many significant
contributions to Stadhampton School over the years, not least of which is
ensuring that our budget is balanced! Mrs Hopkins will be missed by us all –
staff, pupils and parents alike – but we suspect that we shall still see her
from time to time! We will be saying ‘farewell’ to Mrs Hopkins at our End of
Year and Leavers Assembly on Friday morning and hope that many of you will be
able to join us to mark the occasion.
We are pleased to announce that Mrs Kate Kerbey has been appointed as
our new School Administrator from the start of the new academic year which
begins on Wednesday 5 September.
Thank
You
A huge thank you to the parents and
grandparents who have volunteered this year in school especially by hearing
children read and helping with Forest School sessions. We really appreciate
your help.
Thank you to Mr and Mrs Burnell and Mrs
Green for running a very popular gardening club for us again this year.
Thank you to Melanie Gravett and everyone
on the PTA committee who have worked so hard to continue to fundraise to
provide additional resources and treats for our pupils.
Thank you to Jane Duke for auditing our
local bank accounts.
And finally, thank you to our wonderfully
supportive parents. You continually rise to the challenge of providing costumes
for various events, pay for after school clubs, educational visits and
transport to sporting events and work collaboratively with us to ensure that we
provide our pupils with the best possible education we can during their time at
primary school. Thank you to you all.
Stadhampton’s
Got Talent
Last week, School Council held
Stadhampton’s Got Talent in order to raise money for Books2Africa. We
thoroughly enjoyed watching all the acts which ranged from whistling to
contortionism! We were amazed by the confidence and talents of the children who
entered.
The event raised £60.50 which is enough to buy boxes to parcel the
books in and to send them off to Africa. Thank you to everybody who supported
the event by donating money, performing and spectating! We hope to send the
books off this week and will keep you posted on with any updates we receive on
the whereabouts of our books.
Summer
Homework
Hopefully by now everyone has received
‘Maths Holiday Activities’ sheets given to all children in Reception through to
Year 5. Please read it all and then choose an activity which fits in with your
summer break and your child’s preferences. Also, do have fun with it and use it
as a starting point to showcase some maths interest. The younger children may
like to explore the start of one topic and some older ones might follow all of
the suggestions in one area. Please bring your homework in on our first day
back at school (Wednesday 5 September). Please keep it to A4 size format so
that the homework can be displayed in classrooms or in the hall. Mrs Manzie
(Maths Co-ordinator) will pick a few for a special mention in ‘Well Done
Stickers Assembly’ on Friday 7 September.
PTA
THANK YOU!
As we near the end of the school year, we wanted to say a huge thank you
to everyone who has volunteered, donated, baked, tidied up and supported our
PTA events and activities this school year. Our Cake Club has gone from
strength to strength raising over £400, our Film Nights have proved to be
popular raising nearly £500 and our Family Quiz raised over £200.
Overall, with just the disco to go, we have raised nearly £4,000 in
total. This money has gone straight back to your children, with the following
being just an example of items funded by the PTA this year:
- 21 iPads
- A variety of books for all classes
- Contributions to various class trips
throughout the year
- Contributions towards all pupils learning
French
- Contributions towards the Daylight Theatre treat
for all pupils this afternoon.
The
More the Merrier…
As we’re sure you know, school funding and falling budgets are hot topics at the moment. Every last penny the PTA raises goes directly back to school to help ease that squeeze. There are many ways you can offer your support and talents to help with PTA activities and raise as much money as we can for the children - if anyone would like to get involved in any way, shape or form, please do come along to the first PTA meeting of the new school year on 12th September and / or our AGM on 3rd October.
As we’re sure you know, school funding and falling budgets are hot topics at the moment. Every last penny the PTA raises goes directly back to school to help ease that squeeze. There are many ways you can offer your support and talents to help with PTA activities and raise as much money as we can for the children - if anyone would like to get involved in any way, shape or form, please do come along to the first PTA meeting of the new school year on 12th September and / or our AGM on 3rd October.
We
hope everyone has a great summer!
The
PTA Committee
Cake
Club
Well
done to Joshua for winning the cake made by Jo H. Thank you Jo. This week’s prize
is courtesy of Karen B.
I
would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported cake club this
year – to everyone who has paid to enter the draws and to everyone who has
kindly provided a cake.
Just
a reminder that Cake Club will be continuing in September. The cost per
week is 25p, which over the course of the school year amounts to £10.
However, by paying for the year in advance, 8 weeks are free so the cost
will be £8.
Vicky
Venner has very kindly offered to look after Cake Club again next year, so
please pass payment to Vicky either before the holidays or during the first
week back in September. Cheques should be make payable
to Stadhampton Primary School PTA.
The
first Cake Club draw will be on Friday 7th September. As ever, if anyone
would like to donate a cake for the draw over the course of the year, please
let Vicky know.
Summer Sports Course at Stadhampton School
Michael Hopkins will be leading a sports course at Stadhampton School on
Monday 13, Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 August. The cost is from 9am to 3pm and costs
£15 per day and is open to pupils aged 4 to 11. This course is run regularly at
Stadhampton School and is always very popular. Please book early to confirm
your place by e-mailing m.hopkins07@hotmail.com
or text Michael directly on 07846 012858; alternatively you may book with Mrs
Hopkins in the school office.
Diary
Dates:
July
2018
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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16
Swimming
for Class 3 pupils
Reception
& Class 1 visit to Tiddywinkles
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17
Y6 Forest
School session with lunch (£1.50 required for this please).
Daylight
Theatre end of school year treat
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18
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Disco
5.30-7pm
19
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20
End of School Year & Leavers Assembly
9.05am
School finishes to pupils for the Summer holidays
at 1.30pm
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LITTLE
BEARS NEWS:
It
is hard to believe that this is our last newsletter of the year. Our preschool
year is winding down and many of our preschoolers will be off to “Big School”
in the new autumn term. We wish them good luck in the next journey of
their learning.
We also want to thank everyone who has supported us throughout the year. We feel a close partnership with our parents - past and present and send you our best wishes for a restful summer.
We also say a sad farewell to Poppy this Friday and we all wish her luck and love in her next venture.
Community News :
- Tame the Thame Fun Run
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