Week Ending 26 April 2019

 

Welcome back to everyone for the start of the Summer Term!

 

Welcome to Mrs James
We welcome Mrs Heather James as Class 2 teacher this half of term. We also extend a warm welcome to Lewis, who has joined Class 2 this term. It’s lovely to see how quickly Mrs James and the children in Class 2 have settled in to the new term.

Book Fair from 22^nd May

Once a year we have a Book Fair which will be arriving this year on Wednesday 22 May. There will be a great selection of books (look out for the leaflet in book bags which illustrates a selection of them) chosen carefully to inspire and entertain young readers and earn, by way of commission, free books for school. The Book Fair will be open on the following days;

Wednesday 22^nd May – after school only

Thursday 23^rd May – before and after school

Friday 24^th May – before and after school.

This year we have a special offer of 3 books for the price of 2 and we look forward to seeing you there! Thank you.

Afterschool Karate

We currently do not have enough children signed up for Karate Club. If you have not already done so, please let the school office know by 2.30pm today (Friday 26^th April) if you wish for your child to participate in this club. Thank you

Key Stage 2 SATs Week
A reminder that the national KS2 SATs take place throughout the week starting Monday 13 May 2019. Please avoid any routine doctor’s or dentist appointments for pupils during this week. The national SATs tests are timetabled for Year 6 pupils that week, however all KS2 pupils have formal assessments the same week. Thank you.

 Key Stage 1 SATs Week

KS1 SATs will take place the week before our KS2 SATs, commencing Tuesday 7^th May. Please endeavour to ensure that all pupils in Year 2 attend school that week and avoid medical appointments wherevever possible. Please see Mrs Manzie if you have any concerns. Thank you.   

Swimming after the Easter Holiday

Swimming will commence for Class 2 after the holidays. They will have 5 sessions in total (April 29^th, May 13^th & 20^th, June 3^rd & 10^th. As always, we are most grateful to receive a ‘voluntary contribution’ from parents towards the cost of the transport (currently £75 a visit) in cash or by cheque please (for £10 for the five sessions,) with cheques made payable to Stadhampton Primary – Acer Trust. Class 3 will commence swimming on Monday 17^th June for 5 weeks.

Meerkat Champion of the Week

The Meekat will return next week!

PTA News

Bag2School Clothes Recycling - Thursday 2nd May

Please don’t forget the next Bag2School Clothes Recycling collection next week 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 went into bookbags before the holidays 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. 

Bingo Evening - Friday 17th May
We will be holding a bingo evening on Friday 17th May from 6pm at school.  This time it’s for everyone - children, parents, siblings, friends, family - everyone welcome, the more the merrier!

More details to follow.

 Our next PTA committee meeting will be on Wednesday 8th May, 8pm at school.  All welcome.

Cake Club

Well done Olivia K  for winning last week’s cake, kindly provided by Monika K.  We are looking forward to next weeks being provided by Anett.

April/May 2019

 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
29 Swimming for Class 2 Pupils	30 Year 3 Forest School – morning   Reception Forest School  - afternoon   Afterschool Karate Club	1	2 Bag2School Clothes Recycling collection – am   Year 1 Forest School – morning   Afterschool Multisports	3
6	7 Year 3 & Y4 Forest School – morning   Reception Forest School  - afternoon   Afterschool Karate Club	8	9 Year 1 Forest School – morning   Afterschool Multisports	10
13 KS2 SATs Week   Swimming for Class 2 Pupils	14 KS2 SATs Week   Reception Forest School  - afternoon   Afterschool Karate Club	15 KS2 SATs Week	16 KS2 SATs Week   Year 1 Forest School – morning   Afterschool Multisports	17 KS2 SATs Week
20 Swimming for Class 2 Pupils	21 Year 1 Forest School – morning   Reception Forest School  - afternoon   Afterschool Karate Club	22	23   Year 1 Forest School – morning   Afterschool Multisports	24   School finishes for all pupils at 3.15pm
27	28	29	30	31

June 2019

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3 Pupils return to school   Swimming for Class 2 Pupils   Afterschool Archery Club	4 Year 4 Forest School – morning   Reception Forest School  - afternoon   Afterschool Karate Club	5	6 Year 1 Forest School – morning   Afterschool Multisports	7

 

Community

Wraparound Care 

As most of you know, this service is currently being researched as per the previous detail in this newsletter and on the Facebook PTA page - please appreciate that this takes time. We're asking if you have any knowledge or experience in this area or would like to understand more about what is required, to please get in touch with community governor Anita Rowberry at anitarowberry@hotmail.com. Thank you. 

Craft Session at Stadhampton Village Hall 

Kate Bodle Craft Scrapbooking and Art, Saturday 4^th May 2019 0930 – 1700, St John Village Hall Stadhampton. Poster attached.
 
Stadhampton Village Do - Saturday 6 July, 2pm 
The village is having a party - Saturday 6 July, from 2pm, on the village green. There'll be music from local artists, pony rides and face-painting, food and drinks from The Crown and Brownings Pizzas, football games, tug of war as well as the village Brook Race and lots more. It's for all the family so please make a note and come along with your gazebo, picnic table, chairs etc and keep everything crossed for good weather! 

Week Ending 5 April 2019

 

During April we are focusing on the core value of Humility

Happy April Birthday to: Tommy, Orla, Cianna, Zac, Louis, Elsa and Harry

 

Class 2 Teacher update

Following Mrs Garrard’s retirement from teaching at the end of this term, we are pleased to announce that Mrs Heather James has been appointed as a long-term supply teacher for Class 2 for the term. Mrs Moore and Mrs Bartlett will continue to teach in Class 3 to maintain continuity during Mrs Wahid’s on-going absence. A letter providing further details of staffing arrangements for the Summer Term is being circulated by email and via bookbags today.

End of Term Assembly

We will be having our usual End of Term Assembly on Friday morning. Please do come and join us for 9.05am.

 

Forest School Summer Term Dates

All the dates highlighting pupil’s participation in Forest School during our Summer Term can be found on our website, please follow the pathway Parents/Forest School.

A reminder that children in Year 3 and Ladybirds will have a Forest School session on the first day back after the holidays.

School Meals Menu

The new 3 week menu for the Summer Term can now be found on our website, please follow the pathway Parents/School Meals.

 Our Easter Eggstravaganza meal will be on Wednesday 24^th April – roast chicken / quorn roast, stuffing, roast potatoes, yorkshire pudding and gravy, cabbage and carrots - followed by Chocolate crispy cake.

 Key Stage 2 SATs Week

A reminder that the national KS2 SATs take place throughout the week starting Monday 13 May 2019. Please avoid any routine doctor’s or dentist appointments for pupils during this week. The national SATs tests are timetabled for Year 6 pupils that week, however all KS2 pupils have formal assessments the same week. Thank you.

Key Stage 1 SATs Week

KS1 SATs will take place the week before our KS2 SATs, commencing Tuesday 7^th May. Please endeavour to ensure that all pupils in Year 2 attend school that week and avoid medical appointments. Please see Mrs Manzie if you have any concerns. Thank you.

 

Chess Club

Chess Club this year had attendees from Yr1-Yr5. We started some match games straight away for some children, whilst others practised and learnt how to play. All club members became confident enough to play matches by the end of the 8 weeks we had been meeting for. We had a tie of 2 pupils with the most points and had to have an extra ‘play-off’ match to decide the final position and also for 3^rd place.

Nate MB and Jude B played for 3^rd place, and drew. Noah B and Peter F-V played for the trophy and Noah won. Well done to Noah, and to all who took part and played with good sportsmanship!

Swimming after the Easter Holiday

Swimming will commence for Class 2 after the holidays. They will have 5 sessions in total (April 29^th, May 13^th & 20^th, June 3^rd & 10^th. As always, we are most grateful to receive a ‘voluntary contribution’ from parents towards the cost of the transport (currently £75 a visit) in cash or by cheque please (for £10 for the five sessions,) with cheques made payable to Stadhampton Primary – Acer Trust. Class 3 will commence swimming on Monday 17^th June for 5 weeks.

Meerkat Champion of the Week

Congratulations to;

Class 1 - Danny

Class 2  - Alana
Class 3  - Freddie

We wish everyone a very Happy Easter and look forward to seeing everyone back in school on Tuesday 23^rd April

 

PTA News

Easter Cupcake Competition and Cake Sale

Thank you to everyone who supported our cake competition and cake sale yesterday. We raised an impressive £130.

 All the cake and biscuits were very creative and a lot of hard work had obviously gone into decorating them with an Easter theme. Mrs Turner had a hard job judging the competition and the winners will be announced in the end of term assembly on Friday morning. 

 

Bag2School Clothes Recycling - Thursday 2nd May

Just a reminder about 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 went into bookbags this week 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. 

Happy Easter from everyone on the PTA committee!

Cake Club

Well done Ivy for winning last week’s cake, kindly provided by Faye A.  Cake Club returns after the Easter Break with a cake courtesy of Monika K. Thank you all.

April/May 2019

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
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