Week Ending 05 October 2018
Happy October Birthday to:
Noah, Laila, Ella, Mia, Harvey, Oliver, Harvey and Harry.
During OCTOBER we are focusing on the core value of APPRECIATION
Applications
for Secondary Schools to start in September 2019
Children born between 1st September 2007
and 31st August 2008 (inclusive) need to apply for a secondary school place for
their children. You can now apply online for a secondary school place. If you
are unable to apply online, you can complete a
paper application form. The deadline
for receipt of secondary school applications is 31 October 2018.
Please note that UID numbers no longer work
for online applications. Applicants now have to manually enter all requested
details. If your application is late, it will be processed later in the year,
and you are far less likely to get a place at one of your preferred schools.
Open
Morning – Wednesday 10th October
In
conjunction with Little Bears, the school will be open to visitors from 09.00am
to 11.30am families now making their decisions about their choice of primary
school for September 2019 as well as for families and the local community.
Please do come along and see the school at work between these times if you are
able, whether you are a prospective parent or an existing one!
Forest School
Volunteers
As
you know, as a school we are in the very fortunate position of being able to
offer Forest School sessions to all children on a regular basis. We do,
however, need parent volunteers to allow these sessions to go ahead, as this
year we have more sessions than we have had previously. We need volunteers
for all year groups, on a Tuesday morning (Years 3-6 in rotation), on a Tuesday
afternoon (Reception) and on a Thursday morning (Years 1 & 2 in rotation). The attached guidelines for helping at Forest School should give you an idea of what is needed, so if you are interested in helping either on a regular or ad-hoc basis, or if you need any further information, please let Melanie Gravett know.
Please be aware that all volunteers at Forest School (as with any volunteers in school) need to read and sign the volunteer’s code of conduct and anyone willing to volunteer on a more regular basis will need to apply for a DBS check.
Meerkat
Champion of the Week
Class 1 Rosie Class 2 Mim
Class 3 Morgan
Congratulations to you all!
Science Club returns!
Advance
notice that we will be offering a series of after school Science club sessions
later this term for pupils in Years 3-6. We are fortunate to continue to secure
the services of Mr Bob Heath-Whyte, a STEM ambassador, to help run this club.
This is a
popular club but restricted to a maximum of 14 children so is operated on a
‘first come, first served’ basis. We will be sending out further information
/permission slips shortly but we can confirm that the club is planned to take
place after school between 3:15 and 4:30 on the following 4 Wednesdays; 31st
October, 7th November, 28th November and 5th December.
Oxfordshire County
Music Service
Oxfordshire
County Music Service have worked with Stadhampton School for many years and
continue to offer instrument tuition for pupils in Years 3 – 6. If you would
like to know more about what they can offer, please visit www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/musicinterest
or phone 01865 816990.
PTA Committee AGM
Thank you to everyone who came to the PTA committee
AGM meeting on Wednesday. Thank you to Melanie Gravett and Carol Holmes,
who were re-elected as Chair and Treasurer respectively and Rosie Thomson who
was re-elected as Secretary with Carly Mason-Fowler. We will be holding a book swap on Friday 12th October after school. If you or your children have any books you no longer need, then please bring them in to school on the Friday morning. For £1 per person, you can bring up to 20 books and then choose the same number of books to take away with you.
Bag2School Clothes Recycling - Tuesday 30th October
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
Soft Toys
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!
Cake
Club
Thank you to Bella for making Friday’s cake and well done to
Nate and Amelia for winning. This weeks cake is being kindly provided by
George, thank you. Good luck everyone.
Diary
Dates:
October
2018
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
08
Swimming
for Class 2 pupils
|
09
Y4
Forest School session am; Reception FS session pm.
Afterschool
Karate Club
|
10
Open
Morning
9am
to 1130am
All
Welcome
|
11
Y1
Forest School
session
am
Afterschool
Multisports
Club
|
12
Book
Swap
After
School
|
15
Swimming
for Class 2 pupils
|
16
Y4
Forest School session am; Reception FS session pm.
Afterschool
Karate Club
|
17
Reception
Class Parents Evening
|
18
Y1
Forest School session am
Reception
Class Parents Evening
Afterschool
Multisports
Club
|
19
Pupils finish for half term at
3.15pm
|
Advance Warning of Key
Dates
|
|
Wednesday 17 October
|
Reception
Class Parents’ Evening (more details to follow)
|
Thursday 18 October
|
Reception
Class Parents’ Evening (more details to
follow)
|
Wednesday 31 October
|
Application deadline date for Year 6 Secondary School Applications
|
Monday 12 November
|
KS1
and KS2 (Classes 1 to 3) Parents’ Evening (more details to follow)
|
Wednesday 14 November
|
KS1
and KS2 (Classes 1 to 3) Parents’ Evening (more details to follow)
|
Tuesday 11 December
|
KS2 matinee
performance – pm (more
details to follow)
KS2 evening
performance – (more
details to follow)
|
Wednesday 12 December
|
KS1 matinee
performance – pm (more
details to follow)
|
Monday 18 December
|
Nativity/Carol
Service – pm (more
details to follow)
|
Tuesday 21 December
|
End of Term
Assembly 09.05am
Break up at
1.30pm for the Christmas Holiday
|
Community
News
St John the Baptist Stadhampton Church are holding
their Harvest Festival on Sunday 7th October at 9.30am.
October Sports Course at Stadhampton School
Michael Hopkins will be leading a sports course at Stadhampton School on
Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd October. 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.