As next week is a shorter week than usual, it is envisaged that this will be the final newsletter of Term 4.
Sport Relief
Thank you all for your generous support of the School Council Fun Run which took place last week. Between us all, (pupils and staff!) we managed to run/walk a total of 163 miles! We were very pleased to collect £111 for Sports Relief.
Here is a report from the School Council:
On the 19th March the whole-school ran a certain number of laps around the school field for Sports Relief. Everyone did at least one mile including the Foundation Stage. We would like to thank everyone for all the money you’ve given, it makes a huge difference. So we would like to say a big, big THANK YOU!
Paying for School Meals
As all Primary Schools in Oxfordshire change their finance system to SAP on 1st April, there is a requirement for parents paying for school meals by cheque, from the 1st April, to make sure that cheques are made payable to “Oxfordshire County Council” and that they write “Stadhampton Primary School” on the back of the cheque, please.
Also, although the vast majority of parents do follow our regular reminders via the newsletter to pay for school meals on MONDAY MORNING, there are still a significant number of parents who have not yet consistently got into this habit! The organisation of school meals and banking of the monies collected is a time-consuming task and we do appreciate parents’ co-operation in this matter in order to keep the time involved to a minimum.
The change-over to SAP may also affect school trips/after school clubs,/swimming contributions to transport costs, etc which some parents pay for by cheque. We will endeavour to make it very clear on any such letter whether cheques would need to be made payable to Oxfordshire County Council or Stadhampton Primary School.
Thank you.
Swimming at Berinsfield
Class 2 pupils will begin a series of five swimming sessions on Monday 19th April. The other swimming sessions will be on 26th April, 10th May, 17th May and 24th May. As always, we appreciate a “voluntary contribution” of £1 per child, per swimming session, and for parents choosing to pay this cost by cheque, it would be £5 made payable to Stadhampton Primary School, please.
Class 2 Visit to Northmoor Trust – Report by Ella Mae White
Last Tuesday, Class 2 went to a Saxon day at the Northmoor Trust. We looked at a time spiral from about half a billion years ago to the present. Then we went to look at some pictures about what the Northmoor Trust would have looked like in Saxon and Viking times. Next we went to Castle Hill, which is one of two hills, and looked at a ditch dug out of the hill. We were told that it was for protection and then we ran down it! Later, we did some wattle weaving in the arboretum.
Class 3 Visit to Northmoor Trust – Report by Conall Fernie and Issy Matthews
On 16th March Class 3 went on a school trip to the Northmoor Trust in Little Wittenham. We did several activities based on teamwork. This included a lot of walking up and down hills and an accident or two along the way! Then we went off to do some den-making which we all found great fun. Next we played a game called “camouflage” where you have to find a hiding place in 5 seconds. We have tried to play this in our school field but there are not so many hiding places! The final game was a hiding game where we got into groups and hid one of the people in the group. Then the other group had to try and find them. We all loved this school trip and would really like to go again!
‘Mrs Wells’ Bench’
When Mrs Wells retired from school last summer she had plans to have a bench made for pupils and staff to sit on in the school grounds. This week a wonderful oak bench made by Mrs Wells’ brother arrived and has already become very popular with the children! We would all like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to Mrs Wells and we look forward to seeing her sitting on the bench too!
Little Bears News
We are getting ready for Easter this week at Little Bears. We are making cards, baskets and much more. We enjoyed the chocolate nests we made this week too, they had a healthy twist as we used All Bran to represent the twigs. We are having an Easter Cake Sale at 3.30pm on Wednesday 31st March, please come along and buy a tea/coffee & a cake.
Early wishes to everyone for a Happy Easter!
DIARY DATES:
Sunday 28th March
9.30am St John’s Church, Stadhampton. Come and follow the donkey from the Green.
Tuesday 30th March
Classes 2 & 3 visit the North Wall Theatre. Letters sent home on 17th March.
Little Cooks last session
Thursday 1st April
9.00am End of Term Assembly with Little Bears. Parents/carers welcome. Chocolate Raffle draw.
School finishes at 1.30pm for the April Holiday. No after –school football club.
Monday 19th April
Start of Term 5
Swimming begins for Class 2 pupils.
Tuesday 20th April
PTA meeting in The Crown as the school hall is being used by the Parish Council.
Wednesday 21st April
Mobile Library visit.
Monday 26th April
Governing Body meeting at 7pm.
Friday 30th April
“Clothes bags” collection – please bring bags into school by 9.00am. Unfortunately, as the portacabin is now in full-time use as a classroom, we do not have storage facilities to accept bags prior to the morning of collection.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Newsletter No 9 / 19th March 2010
Chair of Governors
We are delighted to announce that at the last meeting of the full Governing Body, Craig Tombling was voted in as Chair of Governors, following the resignation of Carl Mannering, with immediate effect.
Work Viewing Evening, Monday 15th March
Thank you to everyone who attended the Work Viewing Evening and to those parents who provided feedback to the Governing Body via the questionnaire. If anyone did not complete the questionnaire and would still like to do so, forms are available on a table in the hall and the suggestion box will remain in place for the next week or so.
Message from PTA
Easter Chocolate Raffle – 1 April. Tickets have gone out to parents for the raffle. We have only given out £4 worth of tickets in the hope that all parents buy the tickets, thereby enabling all children to have a chance at winning. Please send in your tickets stubs and money to Mrs Hopkins by Wednesday 31st March.
Chocolate Donations – all chocolate or Easter related donations gratefully received. Bring into school by Wednesday 31st March please.Clothes
Recycling 30th April - For those parents who have never done this before the general idea is to rummage round your house, find unwanted good condition clothes, bedding, shoes, handbags, towels, pop them in a sack which can be obtained from school or Sarah Madry, and deliver them to school on 30th April by 09.30am.
Little Bears News
We are having an exciting week exploring and investigating. The Little Bears are taking part in science experiments, growing cress and exploring porridge oats in the water tray. We would like to thank Mr & Mrs Birtles who very kindly donated daffodils on Friday. The children who attended Little Bears on Friday all took home a bunch of daffodils for their Mum for Mothering Sunday.
DIARY DATES:
Tuesday 30th March
Classes 2 & 3 visit the North Wall Theatre. Letters sent home on 17th March.
Thursday 1st April
9.00am End of Term Assembly with Little Bears. Parents/carers welcome. Chocolate Raffle draw.
School finishes at 1.30pm for the April Holiday. No after –school football club.
Monday 19th April
Start of Term 5
Swimming begins for Class 2 pupils – they will have 5 sessions.
We are delighted to announce that at the last meeting of the full Governing Body, Craig Tombling was voted in as Chair of Governors, following the resignation of Carl Mannering, with immediate effect.
Work Viewing Evening, Monday 15th March
Thank you to everyone who attended the Work Viewing Evening and to those parents who provided feedback to the Governing Body via the questionnaire. If anyone did not complete the questionnaire and would still like to do so, forms are available on a table in the hall and the suggestion box will remain in place for the next week or so.
Message from PTA
Easter Chocolate Raffle – 1 April. Tickets have gone out to parents for the raffle. We have only given out £4 worth of tickets in the hope that all parents buy the tickets, thereby enabling all children to have a chance at winning. Please send in your tickets stubs and money to Mrs Hopkins by Wednesday 31st March.
Chocolate Donations – all chocolate or Easter related donations gratefully received. Bring into school by Wednesday 31st March please.Clothes
Recycling 30th April - For those parents who have never done this before the general idea is to rummage round your house, find unwanted good condition clothes, bedding, shoes, handbags, towels, pop them in a sack which can be obtained from school or Sarah Madry, and deliver them to school on 30th April by 09.30am.
Little Bears News
We are having an exciting week exploring and investigating. The Little Bears are taking part in science experiments, growing cress and exploring porridge oats in the water tray. We would like to thank Mr & Mrs Birtles who very kindly donated daffodils on Friday. The children who attended Little Bears on Friday all took home a bunch of daffodils for their Mum for Mothering Sunday.
DIARY DATES:
Tuesday 30th March
Classes 2 & 3 visit the North Wall Theatre. Letters sent home on 17th March.
Thursday 1st April
9.00am End of Term Assembly with Little Bears. Parents/carers welcome. Chocolate Raffle draw.
School finishes at 1.30pm for the April Holiday. No after –school football club.
Monday 19th April
Start of Term 5
Swimming begins for Class 2 pupils – they will have 5 sessions.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Newsletter No 8 / 12th March 2010
Book Fair
Thank you to everyone who bought books from the Book Fair which we had in school recently in conjunction with World Book Day. Although the Book Fair was very small, with only two cases of books, we sold books to the value of £150 (excluding WBD vouchers) which resulted in £150 worth of commission, taken in books for school pupils.
World Book Day, Friday 5th March
Many thanks to all the children (and staff!) who entered into the spirit of the day so enthusiastically and to all the parents who enabled this to happen! There were some very imaginative costumes for a wide range of book characters (ranging from Little Red Riding Hood to Horrid Henry!) and each “character” read an extract from their chosen book to the rest of their class. Other activities were carried out in each class, including character “hot seating”, creating character profiles and developing new stories involving curious character combinations. All pupils designed a bookmark and a selection of the best designs have been entered in a national “Design a Bookmark” competition linking with World Book Day.
Work Viewing Evening, Monday 15th March
A reminder that parents are invited to view their children’s work, in each class, between 3.30 and 6pm on Monday 15th March. Teaching staff will be available in the classroom for brief consultation, if required, but there is no appointment system on this occasion. In addition, several of our school governors will be serving tea/ coffee/squash in the Hall, enabling parents to meet them informally. The governors will also be providing parents with an opportunity to make suggestions which may shape the future of Stadhampton School. The governors will have a “suggestion box” in which parents are invited to post their responses to the question “How would you like the school to look in 3 years time?” Cards will be provided for parents to complete. Suggestions will be discussed at the next Governors’ Meeting with a view to being part of a wider consultation process.
PTA NEWS
Chocolate Easter Raffle –The raffle will take place on 1st April which is the last day of school before we break up for Easter. Please look out for the raffle ticket envelopes in your child’s reading folder today; there is one envelope per family. Please return all ticket stubs and money to school in the envelopes by Wednesday 31st March to be entered into the raffle as tickets will be drawn on the Thursday morning. We are also looking for donations which are chocolate related, i.e Easter eggs, biscuits, cakes, bars of chocolate, packets of chocolate or even chocolate drinks. All donations to be brought into school week commencing 29th March, thank you.
Clothes Recycling – 30th April is the date for collections so start clearing out your winter wardrobe now. Bags will be available from School or Sarah Madry.
Chiltern Chase 13th June – Start training now to run either the 5k or 10k race. Sponsorship forms will be available after Easter.
Summer Fete 12th June – We are open to ideas as to what to include in the summer fete this year so please either come along to the PTA meeting next Tuesday or let an active member of the PTA know. All ideas and help welcomed.
PTA meeting – Tuesday 16th March @8pm at School, all welcome.
Nit Alert
Thank you to a parent in Class 2 for letting us know that she has treated her child for head lice this week. In order to eradicate this problem quickly, please could all parents check, and treat their children’s hair this weekend if necessary.
Sports Relief Fun Run, Friday 19th March
The School Council, along with Miss Shah and Mrs Manzie, are planning to hold a Fun Run in support of Sports Relief on Friday 19th March (weather permitting!). This will take the same format as similar fun runs held in school over recent years. The run will take place entirely within the school grounds and will comprise of a number of circuits of our sports field. Mrs Manzie has measured the route and each “lap” of the grounds is half a mile! Pupils in Reception and Class 1 will be challenged to 2 circuits (1 mile), pupils in Class 2, 4 laps (2 miles) and pupils in Class 3, 6 laps (3 miles). We hope that everyone will complete a minimum of 1 mile – we aim to complete at least 100 miles between us all and will keep a “running” total. A minimum donation of 50p would be appreciated – this could be extended to 50p per lap for those who complete additional laps. Please bring donations in on the day. Pupils can wear school PE kit, or a Sports Relief T-shirt, or dress up as an Olympic athlete, just for the run. However pupils will need trainers whatever clothing is worn!
We appreciate that some pupils will need to walk some of the course and this is not a problem. We hope that all pupils will participate but please let your child’s teacher know if your child will not be taking part. Thank you.
Daffodils
We would like to say “thank you” to Mr and Mrs Birtles for very kindly donating, again this year, a bunch of daffodils for each child for Mother’s Day.
Little Bears News
Another busy week for the Little Bears, - unfortunately it's all a bit of a surprise. Mum's you'll find out on Sunday! We continue to enjoy our Thursday mornings with Miss Mould and her class. Our singing is really improving (I mean the staff of course, the children are fantastic!) We hope Mum's you have a wonderful day on Sunday and love your surprises as the children have put a great deal of care and concentration into them. Our Website is now live, please visit www.little-bears.co.uk
DIARY DATES:
Monday 15th March Work Viewing Evening 3.30 – 6pm
Tuesday 16th March Classes 2 and 3 visiting the Northmoor Trust, Little Wittenham
PTA Meeting at 8pm at school. All welcome.
Wednesday 17th March Mobile Library
Thursday 1st April 9.00am End of Term Assembly. Parents/carers welcome.
School finishes at 1.30pm for the April Holiday. No after –school football club.
Monday 19th April Start of Term 5
Thank you to everyone who bought books from the Book Fair which we had in school recently in conjunction with World Book Day. Although the Book Fair was very small, with only two cases of books, we sold books to the value of £150 (excluding WBD vouchers) which resulted in £150 worth of commission, taken in books for school pupils.
World Book Day, Friday 5th March
Many thanks to all the children (and staff!) who entered into the spirit of the day so enthusiastically and to all the parents who enabled this to happen! There were some very imaginative costumes for a wide range of book characters (ranging from Little Red Riding Hood to Horrid Henry!) and each “character” read an extract from their chosen book to the rest of their class. Other activities were carried out in each class, including character “hot seating”, creating character profiles and developing new stories involving curious character combinations. All pupils designed a bookmark and a selection of the best designs have been entered in a national “Design a Bookmark” competition linking with World Book Day.
Work Viewing Evening, Monday 15th March
A reminder that parents are invited to view their children’s work, in each class, between 3.30 and 6pm on Monday 15th March. Teaching staff will be available in the classroom for brief consultation, if required, but there is no appointment system on this occasion. In addition, several of our school governors will be serving tea/ coffee/squash in the Hall, enabling parents to meet them informally. The governors will also be providing parents with an opportunity to make suggestions which may shape the future of Stadhampton School. The governors will have a “suggestion box” in which parents are invited to post their responses to the question “How would you like the school to look in 3 years time?” Cards will be provided for parents to complete. Suggestions will be discussed at the next Governors’ Meeting with a view to being part of a wider consultation process.
PTA NEWS
Chocolate Easter Raffle –The raffle will take place on 1st April which is the last day of school before we break up for Easter. Please look out for the raffle ticket envelopes in your child’s reading folder today; there is one envelope per family. Please return all ticket stubs and money to school in the envelopes by Wednesday 31st March to be entered into the raffle as tickets will be drawn on the Thursday morning. We are also looking for donations which are chocolate related, i.e Easter eggs, biscuits, cakes, bars of chocolate, packets of chocolate or even chocolate drinks. All donations to be brought into school week commencing 29th March, thank you.
Clothes Recycling – 30th April is the date for collections so start clearing out your winter wardrobe now. Bags will be available from School or Sarah Madry.
Chiltern Chase 13th June – Start training now to run either the 5k or 10k race. Sponsorship forms will be available after Easter.
Summer Fete 12th June – We are open to ideas as to what to include in the summer fete this year so please either come along to the PTA meeting next Tuesday or let an active member of the PTA know. All ideas and help welcomed.
PTA meeting – Tuesday 16th March @8pm at School, all welcome.
Nit Alert
Thank you to a parent in Class 2 for letting us know that she has treated her child for head lice this week. In order to eradicate this problem quickly, please could all parents check, and treat their children’s hair this weekend if necessary.
Sports Relief Fun Run, Friday 19th March
The School Council, along with Miss Shah and Mrs Manzie, are planning to hold a Fun Run in support of Sports Relief on Friday 19th March (weather permitting!). This will take the same format as similar fun runs held in school over recent years. The run will take place entirely within the school grounds and will comprise of a number of circuits of our sports field. Mrs Manzie has measured the route and each “lap” of the grounds is half a mile! Pupils in Reception and Class 1 will be challenged to 2 circuits (1 mile), pupils in Class 2, 4 laps (2 miles) and pupils in Class 3, 6 laps (3 miles). We hope that everyone will complete a minimum of 1 mile – we aim to complete at least 100 miles between us all and will keep a “running” total. A minimum donation of 50p would be appreciated – this could be extended to 50p per lap for those who complete additional laps. Please bring donations in on the day. Pupils can wear school PE kit, or a Sports Relief T-shirt, or dress up as an Olympic athlete, just for the run. However pupils will need trainers whatever clothing is worn!
We appreciate that some pupils will need to walk some of the course and this is not a problem. We hope that all pupils will participate but please let your child’s teacher know if your child will not be taking part. Thank you.
Daffodils
We would like to say “thank you” to Mr and Mrs Birtles for very kindly donating, again this year, a bunch of daffodils for each child for Mother’s Day.
Little Bears News
Another busy week for the Little Bears, - unfortunately it's all a bit of a surprise. Mum's you'll find out on Sunday! We continue to enjoy our Thursday mornings with Miss Mould and her class. Our singing is really improving (I mean the staff of course, the children are fantastic!) We hope Mum's you have a wonderful day on Sunday and love your surprises as the children have put a great deal of care and concentration into them. Our Website is now live, please visit www.little-bears.co.uk
DIARY DATES:
Monday 15th March Work Viewing Evening 3.30 – 6pm
Tuesday 16th March Classes 2 and 3 visiting the Northmoor Trust, Little Wittenham
PTA Meeting at 8pm at school. All welcome.
Wednesday 17th March Mobile Library
Thursday 1st April 9.00am End of Term Assembly. Parents/carers welcome.
School finishes at 1.30pm for the April Holiday. No after –school football club.
Monday 19th April Start of Term 5
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Newsletter No 7 / 5th March 2010
Chess Club
Stadhampton are yet again taking part in the British Land UK Chess Challenge! Every Tuesday lunchtime 27 children from Years 2 to Year 6 are competing in tournaments against each other at Chess Club, run by Miss Shah. Reverend David has also been assisting at these sessions. Hopefully we will produce some strong candidates to take part in the County events in a few months time!
Dance and Gym Festival at ICC – Report by Amy Akers
On Friday 26th February Class 3 went to Icknield Community College for our Partnership Dance Festival. There were lots of dances and schools, including Chalgrove, RAF Benson, Lewknor and more. Our dance was a Turkish dance. The other dances were mostly pop dances and we showed everyone in the large school hall. We enjoyed the dance festival which included an extra dance lesson for us given by some of the Icknield students.
Mid-Year Summary Reports and Work Viewing Evening
Every child should have brought home their Mid-Year Summary Report today. This single-page report provides information about pupil progress towards key targets for their year group. This report is shortly followed by our Work Viewing Evening from 3.30 to 6.00pm on Monday 15th March. This provides parents with an opportunity to look at their child/ren’s work, with or without child/ren. Although there is no appointment system, teachers will be available in their classrooms for parents to consult with, briefly.
Tag Rugby Coaching
We are very pleased to welcome Mr Andy Highton, a R.F.U rugby coach into school this term. He is providing tag rugby coaching for pupils in Classes 2 and 3 on Friday afternoons until the Easter Holidays. Please ensure all pupils in Classes 2 and 3 have their outdoor PE Kit in school on Fridays.
Premier Sports Coach
We also welcome Mr Leo Brooks, our new Premier Sports Coach, who will be working with all pupils in Years 1 – 6 on Thursday afternoons.
Marie Curie Cancer Care – Great Daffodil Appeal
The annual Marie Curie Cancer Care Great Daffodil Appeal takes place again during March. Once again we are pleased to support this appeal by displaying a box of buttonhole daffodils in the hall. Daffodils are available, for a donation, and these donations will help Marie Curie Cancer Care to provide a nurse to care for someone with terminal cancer locally. Thank you.
Little Bears News
The Little Bears enjoyed another assembly with FS1 & Class 1 on Monday. To support our “Spring Baby Animals” theme this week, the children have produced some wonderful craft, particularly the lambs. It's as if our Little Bears have transformed into lambs this week skipping around the garden in the beautiful sunshine! The staff at Little Bears would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Burnell (Beau's dad) for taking time out of his extremely busy schedule to do some repairs in our garden. We are very grateful for the fantastic work he has done.
DIARY DATES:
Monday 8th March School Governors’ Meeting at 7pm
Monday 15th March Work viewing evening 3.30 – 6pm
Tuesday 16th March Classes 2 and 3 visiting the Northmoor Trust, Little Wittenham
PTA Meeting at 8pm at school. All welcome.
Wednesday 17th March Mobile Library
Thursday 1st April 9.00am End of Term Assembly. Parents/carers welcome.
School finishes at 1.30pm for the April Holiday. No after –school football club.
Monday 19th April Start of Term 5
Stadhampton are yet again taking part in the British Land UK Chess Challenge! Every Tuesday lunchtime 27 children from Years 2 to Year 6 are competing in tournaments against each other at Chess Club, run by Miss Shah. Reverend David has also been assisting at these sessions. Hopefully we will produce some strong candidates to take part in the County events in a few months time!
Dance and Gym Festival at ICC – Report by Amy Akers
On Friday 26th February Class 3 went to Icknield Community College for our Partnership Dance Festival. There were lots of dances and schools, including Chalgrove, RAF Benson, Lewknor and more. Our dance was a Turkish dance. The other dances were mostly pop dances and we showed everyone in the large school hall. We enjoyed the dance festival which included an extra dance lesson for us given by some of the Icknield students.
Mid-Year Summary Reports and Work Viewing Evening
Every child should have brought home their Mid-Year Summary Report today. This single-page report provides information about pupil progress towards key targets for their year group. This report is shortly followed by our Work Viewing Evening from 3.30 to 6.00pm on Monday 15th March. This provides parents with an opportunity to look at their child/ren’s work, with or without child/ren. Although there is no appointment system, teachers will be available in their classrooms for parents to consult with, briefly.
Tag Rugby Coaching
We are very pleased to welcome Mr Andy Highton, a R.F.U rugby coach into school this term. He is providing tag rugby coaching for pupils in Classes 2 and 3 on Friday afternoons until the Easter Holidays. Please ensure all pupils in Classes 2 and 3 have their outdoor PE Kit in school on Fridays.
Premier Sports Coach
We also welcome Mr Leo Brooks, our new Premier Sports Coach, who will be working with all pupils in Years 1 – 6 on Thursday afternoons.
Marie Curie Cancer Care – Great Daffodil Appeal
The annual Marie Curie Cancer Care Great Daffodil Appeal takes place again during March. Once again we are pleased to support this appeal by displaying a box of buttonhole daffodils in the hall. Daffodils are available, for a donation, and these donations will help Marie Curie Cancer Care to provide a nurse to care for someone with terminal cancer locally. Thank you.
Little Bears News
The Little Bears enjoyed another assembly with FS1 & Class 1 on Monday. To support our “Spring Baby Animals” theme this week, the children have produced some wonderful craft, particularly the lambs. It's as if our Little Bears have transformed into lambs this week skipping around the garden in the beautiful sunshine! The staff at Little Bears would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Burnell (Beau's dad) for taking time out of his extremely busy schedule to do some repairs in our garden. We are very grateful for the fantastic work he has done.
DIARY DATES:
Monday 8th March School Governors’ Meeting at 7pm
Monday 15th March Work viewing evening 3.30 – 6pm
Tuesday 16th March Classes 2 and 3 visiting the Northmoor Trust, Little Wittenham
PTA Meeting at 8pm at school. All welcome.
Wednesday 17th March Mobile Library
Thursday 1st April 9.00am End of Term Assembly. Parents/carers welcome.
School finishes at 1.30pm for the April Holiday. No after –school football club.
Monday 19th April Start of Term 5
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Newsletter No 6 / 26th February 2010
PTA NEWS
Bingo Night – the event due this Friday has been cancelled due to low demand. This is very disappointing as it is a lost opportunity to raise funds for PTA, however we tried and learnt. Anyone who donated prizes will have them returned or can donate them to the spring raffle if they prefer.
Clothes Recycling – the next date for clothes recycling is 30 April so please start to dig out those unwanted clothes ready for the school collection.
Easter Chocolate Raffle – 1 April. Raffle tickets will be sent out in the next couple of weeks to parents. Whilst out shopping please would you look out for those buy one get one free offers as we will need plenty of chocolate related goodies for the raffle.
Next PTA Meeting – Tuesday 16th March @ 8pm at School. All welcome again.
New Waiting Area
Welcome to our new on-site waiting and collecting area! We are very pleased to be able to provide a waiting area within the school grounds. This area has been designed and developed to improve pupil safety. Parents and carers of pupils in Classes 1, 2 and 3 are requested to wait inside the waiting area to collect pupils at the end of the school day. Parents and carers of pupils in our Foundation Stage class should continue to collect their children directly from the portacabin. We are awaiting delivery of a tree seat which should further enhance this area.
“World Book Day”
A reminder that we shall be holding a Book Fair in school next week in association with “World Book Day”.
Each child will have be given today a £1 World Book Day token which may be spent at the Book Fair towards the purchase of a book priced at £2.99 or more, or for the purchase of one of six specially produced books priced at £1. The voucher is attached to an explanatory letter from Children’s Laureate Anthony Browne.
Next Friday, 5th March, we will be celebrating “World Book Day” in school. Children are invited to bring a favourite book to school, and come dressed as one of the characters. There will be an opportunity for older children to read an extract from their chosen book to their class, and for younger children to tell their class about their character/story. There will be lots of fun activities on the day, based around books the children have chosen to bring in. if any parents would like to join in by reading a story to a class or small group of children, you would be very welcome. Please contact the class teacher to arrange a convenient time.
Sainsburys and Tesco Vouchers
Please collect these vouchers again and send them into school. We are able to improve the school’s resources significantly by collecting these vouchers each year.
Jian-Zi Competition 2010
This year we held our annual jian-zi (Chinese “keepy-uppy”) competition on Friday 12th February, just before Chinese New Year. The competition was keenly contested, especially by pupils in Class 3, and our ultimate winner was Robbie Scragg (Year 6) with a score of 28. Winners in the other year groups were Benedict Diment (Y5) 21, Ella Mae White (Y4) 5, Hannah Tombling (Y3) 3, Owen Cove (Y2) 3, Oliver Lowman (Y1) 2, and Ollie Stewart (R) 2. Congratulations to all!
Once again, we held the competition in conjunction with our partner school in Hazlach, Poland. Last year we drew with them, but this year they were clear international winners with Dominik Mendrok’s score of 101 and Szymon Szajter their runner-up with 38. We look forward to challenging them again next year and hopefully regaining the trophy!
Uncollected plates and tins
Following your generous support of the School Council’s recent cake sale to raise money for UNICEF’s Haiti Earthquake Appeal, we still have a number of unclaimed plates and tins! Please reclaim them – they are usually accessible from the Hall or the Library. Thank you.
Little Bears News
Well, we hoped Spring would be in the air on our return from the half term break.
It may not be outside, but the Little Bears are “willing on” spring indoors by making beautiful paintings of daffodils and crafting other spring flowers. We are looking forward to another singing session with FS pupils on Thursday morning. All who attend have a very positive approach to this session, and are very keen to take a turn choosing songs on the interactive white board.
DIARY DATES:
Wednesday 3rd March Maths Master Class at ICC for participating pupils
Thursday 4th March BOOK FAIR in school in association with World Book Day.
Friday 5th March Parents receive Mid-Year Summary Reports
World Book Day activities
Monday 8th March School Governors’ Meeting at 7pm
Monday 15th March Work viewing evening 3.30 – 6pm
Tuesday 16th March PTA Meeting at 8pm at school. All welcome.
Bingo Night – the event due this Friday has been cancelled due to low demand. This is very disappointing as it is a lost opportunity to raise funds for PTA, however we tried and learnt. Anyone who donated prizes will have them returned or can donate them to the spring raffle if they prefer.
Clothes Recycling – the next date for clothes recycling is 30 April so please start to dig out those unwanted clothes ready for the school collection.
Easter Chocolate Raffle – 1 April. Raffle tickets will be sent out in the next couple of weeks to parents. Whilst out shopping please would you look out for those buy one get one free offers as we will need plenty of chocolate related goodies for the raffle.
Next PTA Meeting – Tuesday 16th March @ 8pm at School. All welcome again.
New Waiting Area
Welcome to our new on-site waiting and collecting area! We are very pleased to be able to provide a waiting area within the school grounds. This area has been designed and developed to improve pupil safety. Parents and carers of pupils in Classes 1, 2 and 3 are requested to wait inside the waiting area to collect pupils at the end of the school day. Parents and carers of pupils in our Foundation Stage class should continue to collect their children directly from the portacabin. We are awaiting delivery of a tree seat which should further enhance this area.
“World Book Day”
A reminder that we shall be holding a Book Fair in school next week in association with “World Book Day”.
Each child will have be given today a £1 World Book Day token which may be spent at the Book Fair towards the purchase of a book priced at £2.99 or more, or for the purchase of one of six specially produced books priced at £1. The voucher is attached to an explanatory letter from Children’s Laureate Anthony Browne.
Next Friday, 5th March, we will be celebrating “World Book Day” in school. Children are invited to bring a favourite book to school, and come dressed as one of the characters. There will be an opportunity for older children to read an extract from their chosen book to their class, and for younger children to tell their class about their character/story. There will be lots of fun activities on the day, based around books the children have chosen to bring in. if any parents would like to join in by reading a story to a class or small group of children, you would be very welcome. Please contact the class teacher to arrange a convenient time.
Sainsburys and Tesco Vouchers
Please collect these vouchers again and send them into school. We are able to improve the school’s resources significantly by collecting these vouchers each year.
Jian-Zi Competition 2010
This year we held our annual jian-zi (Chinese “keepy-uppy”) competition on Friday 12th February, just before Chinese New Year. The competition was keenly contested, especially by pupils in Class 3, and our ultimate winner was Robbie Scragg (Year 6) with a score of 28. Winners in the other year groups were Benedict Diment (Y5) 21, Ella Mae White (Y4) 5, Hannah Tombling (Y3) 3, Owen Cove (Y2) 3, Oliver Lowman (Y1) 2, and Ollie Stewart (R) 2. Congratulations to all!
Once again, we held the competition in conjunction with our partner school in Hazlach, Poland. Last year we drew with them, but this year they were clear international winners with Dominik Mendrok’s score of 101 and Szymon Szajter their runner-up with 38. We look forward to challenging them again next year and hopefully regaining the trophy!
Uncollected plates and tins
Following your generous support of the School Council’s recent cake sale to raise money for UNICEF’s Haiti Earthquake Appeal, we still have a number of unclaimed plates and tins! Please reclaim them – they are usually accessible from the Hall or the Library. Thank you.
Little Bears News
Well, we hoped Spring would be in the air on our return from the half term break.
It may not be outside, but the Little Bears are “willing on” spring indoors by making beautiful paintings of daffodils and crafting other spring flowers. We are looking forward to another singing session with FS pupils on Thursday morning. All who attend have a very positive approach to this session, and are very keen to take a turn choosing songs on the interactive white board.
DIARY DATES:
Wednesday 3rd March Maths Master Class at ICC for participating pupils
Thursday 4th March BOOK FAIR in school in association with World Book Day.
Friday 5th March Parents receive Mid-Year Summary Reports
World Book Day activities
Monday 8th March School Governors’ Meeting at 7pm
Monday 15th March Work viewing evening 3.30 – 6pm
Tuesday 16th March PTA Meeting at 8pm at school. All welcome.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Newsletter No 5 / 12th February 2010
UNICEF Charity Day – Friday 5th February
Many thanks for your generous contributions to and support of our two charity events held in school last Friday. In the morning we raised £169.77 for UNICEF’s Day for Change appeal, which this year focuses on developing education and health facilities for children in Mozambique. The School Council’s after-school cake sale was very popular, with a huge selection of cakes and many enthusiastic buyers! As a result of the cake sale, and the sale of books and dolls, we raised a total of £197.40 for the people of Haiti. In total that comes to the magnificent sum of £367.17 for UNICEF. Thank you all.
PTA Message – BINGO NIGHT 26th February.
We are running this hugely popular and great fun event on Feb 26th at the school in the evening. There will be an optional fish and chip supper and a PTA bar so please pass the word around to friends and neighbours as this promises to be an entertaining evening. If you have never taken part in Bingo before then this is the opportunity to have a go in the safety of a village event; so why not get a group of friends together and have a good laugh as you try to spot the numbers. Tickets are on sale from the school office or Sarah Madry. If you have any unwanted Christmas presents going spare, or the odd bottle of wine, we would appreciate a few donations as prizes for the evening.
Date of next PTA Meeting – March 16th @ 8pm at school – all welcome.
Administration of medicines to pupils in school
The school staff and governing body have recently reviewed the school Medicine Policy. In compliance with this policy, and in the best interests of your children, parents wishing to request that school staff administer essential medicine during school time to their child/ren now need to complete an “Administration of Medicine at Stadhampton School” parent request form. This form now replaces the need for parents to write a letter and ensures school staff receive all the necessary information regarding dosage, timings, etc. Forms are available from each class teacher. A reference copy of the Medicine Policy is available, upon request, in the school office.
Cyberbullying and Internet “grooming”You may have been aware of recent media attention highlighting the risk of children’s vulnerability to the misuse/abuse of the internet by adults. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), a government organisation, focused public attention with a Safer Internet Day on 9th February. They have developed a cartoon to raise awareness, and help children protect themselves from, internet abuse. This can be accessed on www.ceop.gov.uk. At school our internet system is filtered by OCC and pupils do not have unsupervised access to the Internet.
Unnamed Lost Property
There is a variety of unnamed small size school sweatshirts and cardigans in the lost property box. Please have a look through the box if you have lost any school uniform items recently.
Storytelling Workshops with the Creation Theatre Company
On Tuesday 9th February all pupils took part in a series of dramatised story-telling activities and workshops led by Richard Kidd (actor) and Helen Morley (education assistant) from the Creation Theatre Company. Foundation Stage pupils were treated to animated re-telling of some of Grimm’s Fairy Tales; pupils in Years 1-3 took part in workshops dramatising a story from the Arabian Nights culminating in a presentation to other pupils; pupils in
Years 4 -6 took park in workshops dramatising the Ancient Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, also culminating in a presentation to other pupils. We were very lucky to be allowed to use the head of ‘the beast’, from the Creation Theatre Company’s most recent production of Beauty and the Beast, as the head of the Minotaur.
It was a very successful day; pupils participated enthusiastically and both Richard and Helen praised the behaviour and attitude of our pupils – they clearly enjoyed their day too. This day, whilst fun, also helps develop pupils speaking and listening skills which are fundamental to developing good literacy skills.
Key Stage 1 Drama Workshops by the Creation Theatre Company
The series of after-school drama workshops for pupils in Year 1 and 2, run by the Creation Theatre Company, have now, sadly, finished. The children presented a performance of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves to their families as a ‘grand finale’. This was much enjoyed by everyone present – thank you to all who were able to attend. This opportunity was made possible through the financial support of Extended Services.
Haiti Singing
On Saturday, 30th January over 100 singers, including Mrs Wilkin, came together to learn and record the Haitian folk song Fey-O – a Creole song about suffering and relief. The choir, consisting of students and members of local choirs, came together on the day under the directorship of David Crown, and the solo was provided by the baritone, Christopher Purves. The local media have been supportive in covering this endeavour and now the song is available for download. If you would like to make a donation to the Haiti Appeal – please visit the following site which will allow you to download the track www.haitisinging.com
Book Fair – 4 March 2010
We are looking forward to holding a Book Fair in the school hall from Thursday 4th March until Wednesday 10th March, both before and after school, in association with World Book Day. The commission from the fair allows us to buy books for each classroom and the non-fiction library, so every purchase helps us to get new books for school. This Book Fair is from a new company which we are trialling and we are assured there will be hundreds of exciting books to choose from. We would be interested to receive feedback from parents and pupils on the quality of this Book Fair.
Little Bears News
"Love is in the air this week at Little Bears" - we have made decorative hearts using salt dough to represent St. Valentine’s Day. The children made them for the people they love. We have also made Tiger masks to support Chinese New Year. We really enjoyed assembly with FS1& Class 1 on Monday afternoon. The Little Bears were impeccably behaved, joined in beautifully with the singing and made Little Bears staff very proud!
We hope you have a very relaxing half term & look forward to seeing you on our return.
DIARY DATES:
Monday 22nd February Return to school after the February Holiday
Swimming sessions begin for Class 3 pupils (6 sessions in total)
After-school Hockey club
Tuesday 23rd February First “Little Cooks” session for participating pupils
Wednesday 24th February Year 5 pupils visit ICC for an English lesson
Mobile Library
After school Netball and Multisports clubs
Thursday 25th February After-school football club
Friday 26th February PTA – Bingo Event – evening
Wednesday 3rd March Maths Master Class at ICC for participating pupils
Thursday 4th March BOOK FAIR in school in association with World Book Day. New company being trialled.
Friday 5th March Parents receive Mid-Year Summary Reports
Monday 15th March Work viewing evening 3.30 – 6pm
Many thanks for your generous contributions to and support of our two charity events held in school last Friday. In the morning we raised £169.77 for UNICEF’s Day for Change appeal, which this year focuses on developing education and health facilities for children in Mozambique. The School Council’s after-school cake sale was very popular, with a huge selection of cakes and many enthusiastic buyers! As a result of the cake sale, and the sale of books and dolls, we raised a total of £197.40 for the people of Haiti. In total that comes to the magnificent sum of £367.17 for UNICEF. Thank you all.
PTA Message – BINGO NIGHT 26th February.
We are running this hugely popular and great fun event on Feb 26th at the school in the evening. There will be an optional fish and chip supper and a PTA bar so please pass the word around to friends and neighbours as this promises to be an entertaining evening. If you have never taken part in Bingo before then this is the opportunity to have a go in the safety of a village event; so why not get a group of friends together and have a good laugh as you try to spot the numbers. Tickets are on sale from the school office or Sarah Madry. If you have any unwanted Christmas presents going spare, or the odd bottle of wine, we would appreciate a few donations as prizes for the evening.
Date of next PTA Meeting – March 16th @ 8pm at school – all welcome.
Administration of medicines to pupils in school
The school staff and governing body have recently reviewed the school Medicine Policy. In compliance with this policy, and in the best interests of your children, parents wishing to request that school staff administer essential medicine during school time to their child/ren now need to complete an “Administration of Medicine at Stadhampton School” parent request form. This form now replaces the need for parents to write a letter and ensures school staff receive all the necessary information regarding dosage, timings, etc. Forms are available from each class teacher. A reference copy of the Medicine Policy is available, upon request, in the school office.
Cyberbullying and Internet “grooming”You may have been aware of recent media attention highlighting the risk of children’s vulnerability to the misuse/abuse of the internet by adults. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), a government organisation, focused public attention with a Safer Internet Day on 9th February. They have developed a cartoon to raise awareness, and help children protect themselves from, internet abuse. This can be accessed on www.ceop.gov.uk. At school our internet system is filtered by OCC and pupils do not have unsupervised access to the Internet.
Unnamed Lost Property
There is a variety of unnamed small size school sweatshirts and cardigans in the lost property box. Please have a look through the box if you have lost any school uniform items recently.
Storytelling Workshops with the Creation Theatre Company
On Tuesday 9th February all pupils took part in a series of dramatised story-telling activities and workshops led by Richard Kidd (actor) and Helen Morley (education assistant) from the Creation Theatre Company. Foundation Stage pupils were treated to animated re-telling of some of Grimm’s Fairy Tales; pupils in Years 1-3 took part in workshops dramatising a story from the Arabian Nights culminating in a presentation to other pupils; pupils in
Years 4 -6 took park in workshops dramatising the Ancient Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, also culminating in a presentation to other pupils. We were very lucky to be allowed to use the head of ‘the beast’, from the Creation Theatre Company’s most recent production of Beauty and the Beast, as the head of the Minotaur.
It was a very successful day; pupils participated enthusiastically and both Richard and Helen praised the behaviour and attitude of our pupils – they clearly enjoyed their day too. This day, whilst fun, also helps develop pupils speaking and listening skills which are fundamental to developing good literacy skills.
Key Stage 1 Drama Workshops by the Creation Theatre Company
The series of after-school drama workshops for pupils in Year 1 and 2, run by the Creation Theatre Company, have now, sadly, finished. The children presented a performance of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves to their families as a ‘grand finale’. This was much enjoyed by everyone present – thank you to all who were able to attend. This opportunity was made possible through the financial support of Extended Services.
Haiti Singing
On Saturday, 30th January over 100 singers, including Mrs Wilkin, came together to learn and record the Haitian folk song Fey-O – a Creole song about suffering and relief. The choir, consisting of students and members of local choirs, came together on the day under the directorship of David Crown, and the solo was provided by the baritone, Christopher Purves. The local media have been supportive in covering this endeavour and now the song is available for download. If you would like to make a donation to the Haiti Appeal – please visit the following site which will allow you to download the track www.haitisinging.com
Book Fair – 4 March 2010
We are looking forward to holding a Book Fair in the school hall from Thursday 4th March until Wednesday 10th March, both before and after school, in association with World Book Day. The commission from the fair allows us to buy books for each classroom and the non-fiction library, so every purchase helps us to get new books for school. This Book Fair is from a new company which we are trialling and we are assured there will be hundreds of exciting books to choose from. We would be interested to receive feedback from parents and pupils on the quality of this Book Fair.
Little Bears News
"Love is in the air this week at Little Bears" - we have made decorative hearts using salt dough to represent St. Valentine’s Day. The children made them for the people they love. We have also made Tiger masks to support Chinese New Year. We really enjoyed assembly with FS1& Class 1 on Monday afternoon. The Little Bears were impeccably behaved, joined in beautifully with the singing and made Little Bears staff very proud!
We hope you have a very relaxing half term & look forward to seeing you on our return.
DIARY DATES:
Monday 22nd February Return to school after the February Holiday
Swimming sessions begin for Class 3 pupils (6 sessions in total)
After-school Hockey club
Tuesday 23rd February First “Little Cooks” session for participating pupils
Wednesday 24th February Year 5 pupils visit ICC for an English lesson
Mobile Library
After school Netball and Multisports clubs
Thursday 25th February After-school football club
Friday 26th February PTA – Bingo Event – evening
Wednesday 3rd March Maths Master Class at ICC for participating pupils
Thursday 4th March BOOK FAIR in school in association with World Book Day. New company being trialled.
Friday 5th March Parents receive Mid-Year Summary Reports
Monday 15th March Work viewing evening 3.30 – 6pm
Friday, February 5, 2010
Newsletter No 4 / 5th February 2010
School Term & Holiday Dates for 2010 - 2011
All families should have received a colour-printed A4 sheet with the school term and holiday dates for the next school year via pupils’ book bags, earlier this week.
Family Holidays during term time
It is an appropriate time to clarify the situation regarding holidays in term time.
Families are reminded that holidays should be avoided during term time and we thank the majority of families who arrange their holidays accordingly. The Education Social Work Service have provided a document entitled ‘Taking Holidays during School Terms’ which clarifies the situation regarding the law and school attendance. A reference copy of this documentation is available to parents in the school office. The document points out that if a child is absent from school for two weeks every year, the child will miss more than six months education during the time they are of statutory school age. There is clear evidence that pupils who have significant periods of absence progress less well than their peers. In essence the law says:-
• That parents/carers do not have a right to take a child out of school for holiday leave during term time.
• Schools have discretionary powers in exceptional circumstances, to grant up to 10 days holidays during term time.
Where holidays during term time are unavoidable, a Holiday Report Form should be obtained from, and returned to, the school office with details of the reason(s) for the exceptional circumstance, so that the Headteacher can carefully consider the application. Absence statistics are monitored by our Local Authority Education Officers and by OFSTED. Indeed, absence figures are one of the key factors that are considered by OFSTED when making their inspection judgments (i.e. a school cannot be judged ‘good’ overall if their absence data is not categorised as ‘good’.)
Mid-Year Summary Reports and Pupil Work Viewing Evening for Parents
Following our well-received introduction of Mid-Year Summary Reports and a mid-year Pupil Work Viewing Evening last year, we now intend to make these annual events. This year Mid-Year Summary Reports for each pupil, including the Foundation Stage, will be issued on Friday 5th March. These identify pupil progress towards key objectives in Literacy, Maths and Science.
The Pupil Work Viewing Evening for Parents will take place from 3.30 to 6pm on Monday 15th March. During this time parents are invited to view the work their child/ren have carried out during this school year. Pupils are welcome to accompany their parents and look through their own work together – pupils are often proud to do this! Although there will be no formal appointment system, teachers will be available in their classrooms for parents to consult with, briefly. In addition, during the evening, tea and coffee will be available in the Hall, served by some of our School Governors. This provides an opportunity for parents to meet and chat with governors on an informal basis.
UNICEF Day for Change
Thank you to everyone who brought in loose change today for this annual fundraising event. We shall let you know how much money was collected for this cause in next week’s newsletter.
Haiti Appeal
Thank you to everyone who made cakes and bought cakes today for the Haiti Appeal. We shall let you know in next week’s newsletter how much money we raised for this appeal. Thank you also to everyone who bought a china doll (kindly donated by Mrs Hopkins’ daughter, Clare). The sale of dolls raised £60 to help the people of Haiti.
National Storytelling Week
To link with National Storytelling Week, this week, we have been reading additional stories in each class. We have posted some information about National Storytelling Week onto the Learning Platform. If you are unable to access the Learning Platform, please let Mrs Hopkins know. Storytelling, of course, is not confined only to a specific week; it forms an integral part of our Literacy Curriculum and on Tuesday next week we will be working with educational staff from the Creation Theatre Company dramatising well-known myths and legends.
Watlington Partnership Spring 2010 Information Sheet
A copy of this valuable information sheet was sent home earlier this week to each family via book bags. Details are provided of our after school clubs, as well as information about local childcare, community clubs and activities, and events for children and their families this term.
Little Bears News
The Little Bears have had another busy week. We have made binoculars and bird feeders to support our bird watching week. We went into the Foundation Stage class with Miss Mould again on Thursday for a singing session using the interactive whiteboard. We went last Thursday too, and the children really enjoyed this and we hope to be able to do this every week. We say a sad goodbye and a huge thank you to Lisa Scragg for all the support she has given during the many years she has been associated with Stadhampton Pre-School and Little Bears.
DIARY DATES:
Sunday 7th February Christingle Service at St John the Baptist Church, Stadhampton at 4.00pm
Tuesday 9th February Drama Workshop for Class 1 pupils 3.15-4.15pm with Creation Theatre Company with parent participation
Friday 12th February “Jian-zi” competition
Break up for February Holiday at 3.15pm
Monday 22nd February Return to school after the February Holiday
Swimming sessions begin for Class 3 pupils (6 sessions in total)
Tuesday 23rd February First “Little Cooks” session for participating pupils
Wednesday 24th February Year 5 pupils visit ICC for an English lesson
Mobile Library
All families should have received a colour-printed A4 sheet with the school term and holiday dates for the next school year via pupils’ book bags, earlier this week.
Family Holidays during term time
It is an appropriate time to clarify the situation regarding holidays in term time.
Families are reminded that holidays should be avoided during term time and we thank the majority of families who arrange their holidays accordingly. The Education Social Work Service have provided a document entitled ‘Taking Holidays during School Terms’ which clarifies the situation regarding the law and school attendance. A reference copy of this documentation is available to parents in the school office. The document points out that if a child is absent from school for two weeks every year, the child will miss more than six months education during the time they are of statutory school age. There is clear evidence that pupils who have significant periods of absence progress less well than their peers. In essence the law says:-
• That parents/carers do not have a right to take a child out of school for holiday leave during term time.
• Schools have discretionary powers in exceptional circumstances, to grant up to 10 days holidays during term time.
Where holidays during term time are unavoidable, a Holiday Report Form should be obtained from, and returned to, the school office with details of the reason(s) for the exceptional circumstance, so that the Headteacher can carefully consider the application. Absence statistics are monitored by our Local Authority Education Officers and by OFSTED. Indeed, absence figures are one of the key factors that are considered by OFSTED when making their inspection judgments (i.e. a school cannot be judged ‘good’ overall if their absence data is not categorised as ‘good’.)
Mid-Year Summary Reports and Pupil Work Viewing Evening for Parents
Following our well-received introduction of Mid-Year Summary Reports and a mid-year Pupil Work Viewing Evening last year, we now intend to make these annual events. This year Mid-Year Summary Reports for each pupil, including the Foundation Stage, will be issued on Friday 5th March. These identify pupil progress towards key objectives in Literacy, Maths and Science.
The Pupil Work Viewing Evening for Parents will take place from 3.30 to 6pm on Monday 15th March. During this time parents are invited to view the work their child/ren have carried out during this school year. Pupils are welcome to accompany their parents and look through their own work together – pupils are often proud to do this! Although there will be no formal appointment system, teachers will be available in their classrooms for parents to consult with, briefly. In addition, during the evening, tea and coffee will be available in the Hall, served by some of our School Governors. This provides an opportunity for parents to meet and chat with governors on an informal basis.
UNICEF Day for Change
Thank you to everyone who brought in loose change today for this annual fundraising event. We shall let you know how much money was collected for this cause in next week’s newsletter.
Haiti Appeal
Thank you to everyone who made cakes and bought cakes today for the Haiti Appeal. We shall let you know in next week’s newsletter how much money we raised for this appeal. Thank you also to everyone who bought a china doll (kindly donated by Mrs Hopkins’ daughter, Clare). The sale of dolls raised £60 to help the people of Haiti.
National Storytelling Week
To link with National Storytelling Week, this week, we have been reading additional stories in each class. We have posted some information about National Storytelling Week onto the Learning Platform. If you are unable to access the Learning Platform, please let Mrs Hopkins know. Storytelling, of course, is not confined only to a specific week; it forms an integral part of our Literacy Curriculum and on Tuesday next week we will be working with educational staff from the Creation Theatre Company dramatising well-known myths and legends.
Watlington Partnership Spring 2010 Information Sheet
A copy of this valuable information sheet was sent home earlier this week to each family via book bags. Details are provided of our after school clubs, as well as information about local childcare, community clubs and activities, and events for children and their families this term.
Little Bears News
The Little Bears have had another busy week. We have made binoculars and bird feeders to support our bird watching week. We went into the Foundation Stage class with Miss Mould again on Thursday for a singing session using the interactive whiteboard. We went last Thursday too, and the children really enjoyed this and we hope to be able to do this every week. We say a sad goodbye and a huge thank you to Lisa Scragg for all the support she has given during the many years she has been associated with Stadhampton Pre-School and Little Bears.
DIARY DATES:
Sunday 7th February Christingle Service at St John the Baptist Church, Stadhampton at 4.00pm
Tuesday 9th February Drama Workshop for Class 1 pupils 3.15-4.15pm with Creation Theatre Company with parent participation
Friday 12th February “Jian-zi” competition
Break up for February Holiday at 3.15pm
Monday 22nd February Return to school after the February Holiday
Swimming sessions begin for Class 3 pupils (6 sessions in total)
Tuesday 23rd February First “Little Cooks” session for participating pupils
Wednesday 24th February Year 5 pupils visit ICC for an English lesson
Mobile Library
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