Week Ending 08 February 2019

Staff Recruitment

We have had several applicants for the KS2 teacher post vacancy and will be interviewing on Wednesday 13^th February. Part of this interview involves a teaching activity which will take place in Class 2. We plan to share the outcomes of the interview process in our next newsletter.

Shelter Box Update

The Shelter Box Trust have now received our collective donation of £590 and extended a big ‘Thank You’ to everyone. We have arranged for a representative from Shelter Box to talk to us in an assembly on Wednesday 27^th February and show us some of the contents of the box and explain the work of the charity.

Our donation and the photograph of our Year 6 pupils in their Aladdin costumes (thank you to all the Year 6 parents for your permission) form part of the Shelter Box Facebook Live presentation, which can be found on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/ShelterBox/videos/386280635267714/

 

Chinese New Year

We welcomed in the Chinese ‘Year of the pig’ this week, with a whole school assembly and each class carrying out different activities to mark the occasion with our annual Jianzi Tournament after half term, in conjunction with our friends at Haźlach School in Poland. We have had a delivery of jianzi for the event and a number of children have been spotted concentrating hard on practising, so we look forward to some high scores!

Payments

Please be aware that with our conversion to the Acer Trust, cheques made out to OCC can no longer be accepted by the school. Please make any cheques to school payable to: Stadhampton Primary – Acer Trust. Thank you.

Advance Notice of the Date for Work Viewing Evening

Parents will have an opportunity on Monday 11 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.

Emergency Access

We appreciate that the car park gets very busy during our morning drop off and pick up times, however we ask that people please do not park in front of the school playground gates. These gates are for use by emergency vehicles and as such it is important that they are kept clear and unblocked at all times. We also ask that car park users please be considerate of others and only use our disabled parking space if necessary.

Internet Safety Day

On Wednesday this week Mrs Manzie took an assembly on staying safe online in conjunction with ‘Internet Safety Day 2019’. KS1 & KS2 pupils were shown a PowerPoint about safety online and how to be careful not to share personal details. They were also encouraged to involve their parents with their online activities and questions to help them think about how to behave online. If you want to know more, then do check out the website:- www.saferinternet.org.uk. Another useful site we recommend is www.thinkuknow.co.uk and staff have used resources from both of these sites.

Meerkat Champion of the Week

Class 1 - Sassie

Class 2 - Cara
Class 3 - Jem

Lost Property

Mrs Burnell is kindly pulling out all our pupil lost property which has accumulated in the School Hall. This will be held outside Class 1 on Friday 8^th February. Please take a look J

Diary Dates:

February 2019

 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
11 Swimming for Class 2 Pupils	12 Year 5 Forest School – morning   Reception Forest School  - afternoon   Afterschool Karate Club	13	14 Year 1 Forest School  - morning   Afterschool Multisports Club	15 School breaks for February halfterm at 3.15pm
18	19	20	21	22
25 Swimming for Class 3 Pupils	26 Year 4 Forest School – morning   Reception Forest School  - afternoon   Afterschool Karate Club	27 Shelter Box Assembly (am)	28 Year 2 Forest School  - morning   Afterschool Multisports Club

 

Advance Warning of Key Dates
Friday 15 – 22 February	Half Term
Monday 25 February	Pupils return to school
Friday 8 March	World Book Day Events in school – more details to follow
Monday 11 March	Pupils work viewing evening – 3.30-6pm
Friday 15 March	Comic Relief – more details to follow
Monday 25 – 29 March 2019	Woodlands Residential – Class 3 only

 

Cake Club

Sorry that there was no cake club draw of Friday due to the bad weather school closure. This week’s prize is being kindly provided by George R. Thank you.

Community News:

Sue Rider Charity

For your information, Myles Dobson, a former pupil at Stadhampton Primary School and now a student at ICC, has had all his hair shaved off to raise money for the Sue Rider charity. This is a charity close to our hearts as well as to the Dobson family. Myles has set up a Just Giving page – if you would like to support him, here is the link:  https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Rowena-Dobson3

Advance Notice of February Sports Course at Stadhampton School 
Michael Hopkins will be leading a sports course at Stadhampton School on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th February 2019. 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. Poster attached. 

 Email Attachments:

• Michael Hopkins Sports Course