Week Ending 29 March 2019

Woodlands Residential Visit

As many of you will know, Class 3 children have been away this week on a 5–day residential visit to Woodlands Outdoor Education Centre, near Hay on Wye. The group has been blessed with amazingly good weather which makes all outdoor activities all the more enjoyable! They have shown a great team spirit and positive attitude to all tasks and activities – accompanied by plenty of smiles! I was able to join them for two whole days and accompanied them on their canoeing and caving days; they have much to be proud of and will have many memories to treasure. No doubt they will each have their own special memories to share with their families once they are back on Friday!

 The highly qualified Woodlands staff provide all the technical equipment and instruction but school staff are responsible for the supportive pastoral care of our pupils at all times and work very long hours each day, starting before the children get up and finishing long after they’ve gone to bed, are on standby overnight and accompany the children on all their activities. I am enormously grateful to all the adults who kindly agreed to accompany the children – without them we wouldn’t be able to offer this fantastic opportunity!

 Woodlands is one of the Oxfordshire Outdoors centres and this is our fourth visit there – we highly value what they offer. As Woodlands is a much sought after residential centre amongst schools within Oxfordshire and beyond, parents of children currently in Years 3 and 4 may like to know that we have already made a provisional booking there for May 2021.

 Mrs Turner

Swimming Contributions Class 3

Thank you to those parents who have already given their swimming contribution. 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 (£10 in total) should be made payable to Stadhampton School. Thank you, in advance, for your continued support, it is very much appreciated.

Swimming 01.04.2019 – Important information for Class 3!

On Monday 1^st  April Class 3 will be taking part in life saving activities during their swimming lesson. Please can they bring pyjamas or an old T-shirt and tracksuit bottoms for swimming to go over their swimsuits. Thank you.

Meerkat Champion of the Week

Congratulations to;

 Class 1 - Tommy

Class 2  - Zac
Class 3  - Away at Woodlands

SENCo Update 

As you know Mrs Garrard is retiring from her role as the Class 2 teacher at the end of this term, however she has very kindly agreed to continue in her role as our school Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo) for the summer term and will be in school from time to time throughout that term, and there will be opportunities in that time to thank Mrs Garrard for her valued contributions to school. 

Wraparound Care 

Thank you to all the parents who contacted the school to register interest and who completed the SPTA Facebook poll. We were really pleased with the number of people wanting the service and it's clearly something we need to consider offering. In order to get this off the ground though, we need help - we are researching what's required - logistics of using the school, staffing (qualifications, availability, commitment), legalities, finance - at least a start up fund to pay for staff, training (e.g. First Aid, Safeguarding), breakfast/snacks etc. are you interested in being involved in this? Are you able to help make this happen? 

Have you been involved in setting up this sort of thing before? 
Are you interested in working for this provision? 

If so, please contact Anita Rowberry (Community Governor) at anitarowberry@gmail.com. 

 

PTA News

Easter Cupcake Competition and Cake Sale - Wednesday 3rd April
Following the success of our Easter cake competition last year, we will be holding another Easter cupcake competition for the children on Wednesday 3rd April, together with a cake sale on the same day after school.

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 50p (not £1 as said previously).  There will be a prize for the best decorated cake in each year group.  Unless otherwise specified, all cakes will then be sold as part of the cake sale after school. 

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

Bag2School Clothes Recycling - Thursday 2nd May

Advance notice of the next Bag2School Clothes Recycling collection on Thursday 2nd 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!

Cake Club

Well done Eva for winning last week’s cake, kindly provided by Melanie S. This week’s cake is courtesy of Faye A. Thank you all.

April/May 2019

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1 Swimming for Class 3 Pupils  –  note please bring pyjamas	2 Year 3 Forest School – morning   Reception Forest School  - afternoon   Afterschool Karate Club	3             After school Singing Club KS2	4 Year 2 Forest School  - morning         Afterschool Multisports Club	5 End of Spring Term   Pupils finish @ 1.30pm
8 Easter Holidays	9 Easter Holidays	10 Easter Holidays	11 Easter Holidays	12 Easter Holidays
15 Easter Holidays	16 Easter Holidays	17 Easter Holidays	18 Easter Holidays	19 Bank Holiday
22 Bank Holiday	23 First day back after half term 9am   Year 3 Forest School – morning   Reception Forest School  - afternoon	24	25 Year 1 Forest School  - morning	26
29   Swimming for Class 2 Pupils	30 Afterschool Karate Club   Year 3 Forest School – morning   Reception Forest School  - afternoon	1	2 Year 1 Forest School  - morning         Afterschool Multisports Club	3

 

Community

Easter Sports Course at Stadhampton School 
Michael Hopkins will be leading a sports course at Stadhampton School on Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th April 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. 

Mother’s Day event at St John's 

We are holding a special service for Mother's Day on Sunday at 10am in the village church. We would love children and their families to come along to read a poem or prayer and also to sing – particularly the school singing group members to lead us in ‘Million dreams’. It will be a musical and fun interactive service with bouquets for mums and refreshments for all. Everyone is welcome so please do come along.