We would like to say goodbye and good luck to our Year 6 leavers; Alice Madry, Amy Akers, Chloe Brown, Benedict Diment, Ben Drake, Tom Leighfield, Andrew Oakley, Pola Onopiuk and Amber Tomkins, who are all transferring to Icknield Community College. We wish them all every success in the future.
New School Prospectus
Our updated school prospectus for the new academic year beginning in September has been uploaded onto the school website. It contains lots of information and some lovely new pictures, please take the time to have a look at it during the summer break.
Premier Sports Holiday Course at Stadhampton School
The holiday course will take place at Stadhampton School from 25th – 29th July for those pupils who have already booked a place. It is also possible to register and pay on the day. If the weather is good the course will be mainly outdoors but it will take place indoors if the weather is wet.
School Meals
Reminder school meals will increase to £2.10 per day when we return in September. Cheques for school meals should be made payable to Oxfordshire County Council with Stadhampton Primary School written on the back of the cheque please.
Swimming at Berinsfield Pool
Class 2 will start their swimming sessions at the Abbey Sports Centre in Berinsfield on Monday 12th September. They will have 6 sessions. For families new to these swimming sessions, pupils need to bring their own swimming trunks or costume, a swimming hat and a towel on Monday mornings. As always,we appreciate a “voluntary contribution” of £1, per child, per session towards the transport costs. Cheques for swimming should be made payable to Stadhampton Primary School, please.
School Grounds Working Party
Many thanks to the group of volunteer dads who provided our own version of Groundforce earlier this week. They helped clear the ground where the old climbing frame was, in preparation for seeding with grass.
School Council Talent Show
On Thursday 20th July Stadhampton School held a talent show, which featured acts from all year groups! Acts included some impressive piano playing, singing and dancing and even some comedy! Mrs Wilkin, Mrs Shortman and Naomi Manzie kindly judged the acts and declared Ella Perring the winner, due to her lovely rendition of “Part of their World.” Georgia Valentine and Millie Birtles came second with their gymnastics/dance act. Thank you to all school council members this school year who were all involved in the development and organisation of the final show.
P.T.A.
We were fortunate that the rain held off for Sports Night last Friday! A HUGE THANK YOU to Mr Gerring for sourcing the most delicious sausages and burgers for the BBQ; Shirley Bateman, Denise Shortman and Nikki Howlett for cooking and serving them; And finally Alan Manzie and Joy Hopkins for serving drinks and refreshments at the bar. A very good time was had by all and next year the P.T.A. will try and make sure the bar doesn’t run out of alcohol quite so quickly!
The best news has to be that we made a staggering £661.56 profit towards P.T.A. funds on the night, which is a truly fantastic way to end the school year.
Thank you to everyone who purchased food and refreshments for our final event of the year – it makes the effort all worth while!
As this is the last newsletter of the school year, the P.T.A. would like to thank all families, relations, members of the community, staff and friends who have supported us. Without your help and backing our school would not be able to give the pupils those very special extras that make their time at Stadhampton School a really positive experience. This year has resulted in being a truly fantastic one for the children with the new play equipment being installed well before the year sixes leave for secondary school.
The P.T.A. is very pleased to announce we have donated over £8,000 towards the school this year, £5,000 of which went towards the play equipment. Other purchases have included contributions towards French lessons for all pupils, visits by the Daylight Theatre Company, contributions to school trips for pupils to museums, new benches and drape posts around the mosaic and some new rugby shirts for the children to wear on sports events when visiting other schools.
This means our fundraising has to begin again with great enthusiasm next September and we hope you will all continue to support us to help provide some more wonderful experiences for the children – you make it possible, so on behalf of the all the pupils – THANK YOU.
Little Bears News
Little Bears newsletter which contains dates parents need to know about for September, as well as goodbyes to our leavers and welcome to our new pupils are available from Little Bears if you have not received an electronic copy.
DIARY DATES:
25th – 29th July Holiday course run by Premier Sports Group
Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th September Teacher INSET Days
Wednesday 7th September Pupils return to school
Wednesday 21st September School photographs
We wish everyone a great summer break!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Newsletter No 6 - 15th July 2011
Absence in this school year
Thank you to all parents for their support in trying to reduce the number of days pupils are absent from school. Absence figures relate to both sickness and holidays taken during term-time. In the present academic year, which is almost at an end, we have managed to reduce our absence figures from 3.3% to 3.2%. Our target for the academic year beginning in September is to reduce absence to 3% in total.
Fruit and Vegetables for breaktime
Just a general reminder that all pupils are welcome to have some fruit or vegetable at morning break. Pupils in Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 (Class 1) currently have fruit already available at school through a government funded scheme. Unfortunately this does not extend to pupils in Years 3-6 but pupils are welcome to bring their own in from home and keep it in their lunch bag or their drawer. As a health issue we request that other forms of snacks at breaktime (ie chewy bars/biscuits) are avoided.
Class 3 involvement in reading research for the University of Oxford PhD
Year 5 and Year 6 pupils were recently due to work with a PhD student from the University of Oxford. Unfortunately this has not been able to go ahead at this time due to reasons out of our control. There are plans for this to take place with Year 6 pupils next year.
Cycling Safely Training
Congratulations to the following pupils who have successfully passed their cycle training test: Alice Madry, Amy Akers, Andrew Oakley, Chloe Brown, Benedict Diment, Tom Leighfield, Ben Drake, Amber Tomkins and Pola Onopiuk. We are extremely grateful to Eileen Birtles, Sarah Green, Elaine Leighfield, Lisa Scragg and Emma Vale for giving up their time to provide pupils with their training.
Tuesday 19th July
All pupils are going to be treated to a day off timetable next Tuesday. There will be a morning of PE/outdoor activities after assembly followed by a Daylight Theatre performance of Robin Hood in the afternoon. Please ensure that all pupils have PE kit and plimsolls or trainers in school.
Premier Sports Holiday Course at Stadhampton School
Booking forms are now available for the sports course being held at Stadhampton School from 25th – 29th July from the school office. Please note that the cost of the course is now £6 a day for 9-3pm.
P.T.A.
Thank you so much to all families who have purchased food tickets in advance of tonight’s sports night. If the rain can hold off until at least 8.00pm then it should promise to be a great, fun filled evening! The P.T.A. would like to remind everyone to bring their food tickets along tonight to claim their burgers or hotdogs please. You will need them for proof of purchase and it will help us to give you the correct orders. Thank you! We look forward to seeing you on the school field from 6.00pm, when the bar should be open and the food ready to serve from this time onwards. Races will start promptly at 6.30pm.
Our collection of CD’s, DVD’s and computer games has grown to 70 plus! Thanks go to everyone who has already donated. Keep collecting over the holidays and the P.T.A. will remind you again in the new school year to bring any items into school to help raise extra funds and to get a free football kit for the school.
This is a plea from the P.T.A. to all strong, willing volunteers, who would like to do “their bit” for their child’s school! We have now managed to clear the site where the old equipment used to stand and are desperately in need of just a few more helping hands to rake, clear roots and weeds and make good the ground for sowing some grass seed. Bob Stewart has very kindly offered to lead a working party of willing volunteers for a couple of hours on Saturday 16th July from 10am–12pm. In the interest of health and safety, it would be easier if pupils were not on the school site at this time.
Chalgrove and Watlington Children’s Centre
“Promoting positive behaviour in children 0-12 years” at the Chalgrove Site on Tuesday 27th September 9.15-11.30am. For more information contact Jane Bellars on 07719 736673.
New After-School Club at Stadhampton School
Mrs Shortman has kindly offered to run an after-school cooking club from September 2011. The opportunity will be offered to a year group at a time and will run for 5 weeks. Places will be limited to ten pupils, offered on a first come-first served basis. The cost for the 5 sessions will be £20 in total which will also cover the cost of the ingredients. The emphasis of the club is to have fun and share in the enjoyment of preparing, cooking and presenting good home-made food whilst learning the importance of food and personal hygiene, basic knife skills, i.e. chopping, slicing and peeling. Pupils will learn some simple cooking techniques relating to pastries, cakes, soups and sauces.
Year 6 pupils will have the first opportunity, so look out for the letters in the first week of September.
Banbury Museum Visit – Report by Alice
“On Wednesday 11th July Class 3 went to Banbury Museum. When we first got there we went in to a room and talked about the Civil War. After that we all went upstairs and looked at the Civil War artefacts and then did some acting. It was quite strange pretending to be people back in those times! We then had lunch and had one last look around the museum before we left.”
Little Bears News
We are busy practicing for our sports day on Friday 22nd July at 11am. All parents are reminded to bring something to sit on and a picnic. We are also looking forward to having our reward from Elmer the Elephant!
DIARY DATES:
Wednesday 20th July Mobile Library. All books to be returned please.
Friday 22nd July End of school year assembly at 9.05am in hall. All welcome.
Term 6 ends at 1.30pm
25th – 29th July Holiday course run by Premier Sports Group
Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th September Teacher INSET Days
Wednesday 7th September Pupils return to school
Wednesday 21st September School photographs
Thank you to all parents for their support in trying to reduce the number of days pupils are absent from school. Absence figures relate to both sickness and holidays taken during term-time. In the present academic year, which is almost at an end, we have managed to reduce our absence figures from 3.3% to 3.2%. Our target for the academic year beginning in September is to reduce absence to 3% in total.
Fruit and Vegetables for breaktime
Just a general reminder that all pupils are welcome to have some fruit or vegetable at morning break. Pupils in Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 (Class 1) currently have fruit already available at school through a government funded scheme. Unfortunately this does not extend to pupils in Years 3-6 but pupils are welcome to bring their own in from home and keep it in their lunch bag or their drawer. As a health issue we request that other forms of snacks at breaktime (ie chewy bars/biscuits) are avoided.
Class 3 involvement in reading research for the University of Oxford PhD
Year 5 and Year 6 pupils were recently due to work with a PhD student from the University of Oxford. Unfortunately this has not been able to go ahead at this time due to reasons out of our control. There are plans for this to take place with Year 6 pupils next year.
Cycling Safely Training
Congratulations to the following pupils who have successfully passed their cycle training test: Alice Madry, Amy Akers, Andrew Oakley, Chloe Brown, Benedict Diment, Tom Leighfield, Ben Drake, Amber Tomkins and Pola Onopiuk. We are extremely grateful to Eileen Birtles, Sarah Green, Elaine Leighfield, Lisa Scragg and Emma Vale for giving up their time to provide pupils with their training.
Tuesday 19th July
All pupils are going to be treated to a day off timetable next Tuesday. There will be a morning of PE/outdoor activities after assembly followed by a Daylight Theatre performance of Robin Hood in the afternoon. Please ensure that all pupils have PE kit and plimsolls or trainers in school.
Premier Sports Holiday Course at Stadhampton School
Booking forms are now available for the sports course being held at Stadhampton School from 25th – 29th July from the school office. Please note that the cost of the course is now £6 a day for 9-3pm.
P.T.A.
Thank you so much to all families who have purchased food tickets in advance of tonight’s sports night. If the rain can hold off until at least 8.00pm then it should promise to be a great, fun filled evening! The P.T.A. would like to remind everyone to bring their food tickets along tonight to claim their burgers or hotdogs please. You will need them for proof of purchase and it will help us to give you the correct orders. Thank you! We look forward to seeing you on the school field from 6.00pm, when the bar should be open and the food ready to serve from this time onwards. Races will start promptly at 6.30pm.
Our collection of CD’s, DVD’s and computer games has grown to 70 plus! Thanks go to everyone who has already donated. Keep collecting over the holidays and the P.T.A. will remind you again in the new school year to bring any items into school to help raise extra funds and to get a free football kit for the school.
This is a plea from the P.T.A. to all strong, willing volunteers, who would like to do “their bit” for their child’s school! We have now managed to clear the site where the old equipment used to stand and are desperately in need of just a few more helping hands to rake, clear roots and weeds and make good the ground for sowing some grass seed. Bob Stewart has very kindly offered to lead a working party of willing volunteers for a couple of hours on Saturday 16th July from 10am–12pm. In the interest of health and safety, it would be easier if pupils were not on the school site at this time.
Chalgrove and Watlington Children’s Centre
“Promoting positive behaviour in children 0-12 years” at the Chalgrove Site on Tuesday 27th September 9.15-11.30am. For more information contact Jane Bellars on 07719 736673.
New After-School Club at Stadhampton School
Mrs Shortman has kindly offered to run an after-school cooking club from September 2011. The opportunity will be offered to a year group at a time and will run for 5 weeks. Places will be limited to ten pupils, offered on a first come-first served basis. The cost for the 5 sessions will be £20 in total which will also cover the cost of the ingredients. The emphasis of the club is to have fun and share in the enjoyment of preparing, cooking and presenting good home-made food whilst learning the importance of food and personal hygiene, basic knife skills, i.e. chopping, slicing and peeling. Pupils will learn some simple cooking techniques relating to pastries, cakes, soups and sauces.
Year 6 pupils will have the first opportunity, so look out for the letters in the first week of September.
Banbury Museum Visit – Report by Alice
“On Wednesday 11th July Class 3 went to Banbury Museum. When we first got there we went in to a room and talked about the Civil War. After that we all went upstairs and looked at the Civil War artefacts and then did some acting. It was quite strange pretending to be people back in those times! We then had lunch and had one last look around the museum before we left.”
Little Bears News
We are busy practicing for our sports day on Friday 22nd July at 11am. All parents are reminded to bring something to sit on and a picnic. We are also looking forward to having our reward from Elmer the Elephant!
DIARY DATES:
Wednesday 20th July Mobile Library. All books to be returned please.
Friday 22nd July End of school year assembly at 9.05am in hall. All welcome.
Term 6 ends at 1.30pm
25th – 29th July Holiday course run by Premier Sports Group
Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th September Teacher INSET Days
Wednesday 7th September Pupils return to school
Wednesday 21st September School photographs
Friday, July 8, 2011
Newsletter No 5 - 8th July 2011
Three Transition Days
It has been a pleasure to welcome our new Foundation stage pupils into school for three days this week. We look forward to them joining us full-time in September. All other pupils enjoyed spending three days this week practising being the year group that they will be in September.
Welcome to Charlie Austin
We were pleased to welcome Charlie Austin this week into Class 1. Charlie has now permanently transferred to Stadhampton School.
Home/School Agreement Consultation
A reminder that any responses to our recent letter regarding the Home/School Agreement should be returned to the office by Monday 11th July.
New Play Equipment and suitable footwear
Please could all pupils have trainers in school every day, both for outdoor PE and for accessing the new play equipment. Neither sandals nor wellies are suitable for wearing on the climbing equipment and we don’t want anyone to miss out! Thank you.
Premier Sports Holiday Course at Stadhampton School
Booking forms are now available for the sports course being held at Stadhampton School from 25th – 29th July from the school office. Please note that the cost of the course is now £6 a day for 9-3pm.
P.T.A. News
With only three weeks left of the school year the P.T.A. are looking forward to a very well earned rest. But before we put our feet up with a glass of something cold and refreshing, we are putting the final plans in place for the Sports Night next Friday 15th July 6.00pm onwards, on the school field. Today (Friday 8th) is your last chance to purchase food tickets for Hot dogs and Burgers, both at £2.00 each. You can still buy tickets from Joy Hopkins in the school office during today and Sarah Madry will be at the school gates with tickets from 3.00–3.30pm. (Cheques made payable to Stadhampton Primary School P.T.A. please.) There will be a Bar at the sports night selling alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and all proceeds from the Bar and the BBQ will go towards P.T.A. funds. Do please support us for our last event of the year where we can all meet up and socialise, whilst cheering on our children in the races.
Our CD/DVD/computer game collection is off to a brilliant start - we already have over 50 items! This means that we are well on the way of reaching our goal to obtain 250 discs to claim a free five-a-side football kit for the school and raise extra funds for the P.T.A. at the same time. To receive payment from musicMagpie (who will give the P.T.A. 50p per item) we need to collect CDs and DVDs that have their original notes and sleeves as well as a bar code on the reverse. Unfortunately we can’t send CDs or DVDs that have been given free in newspapers or magazines as these do not have a barcode. Also musicMagpie will only take CD albums, not singles. Computer games discs must be compatible with Playstation3, Xbox and Xbox360 consoles. WE CAN NOT SEND VHS VIDEOS! Please look through your CD and DVD collection, raid the unwanted computer games, ask relatives, neighbours and friends as well and bring any unwanted films, music and games into school and place in the red P.T.A. box in the hall. You can keep collecting over the summer holidays and bring them to school in September. If each family donates just five CDs, DVDs or computer games, we will raise £150.00 towards P.T.A. funds and get the free kit too! Thank you for giving.
Calling all Dads! - This is a plea from the P.T.A. to all strong, willing fathers, who would like to do “their bit” for their child’s school! As you know, the School and P.T.A. have managed to achieve their goal of replacing the old play equipment with some fantastic new apparatus that has made a huge difference to the children’s playtime. With the help of Ian Burnell (thank you!) we have now managed to clear the site where the old equipment used to stand and are desperately in need of just a few more helping hands to rake, clear roots and weeds and make good the ground for sowing some grass seed. Bob Stewart has very kindly offered to lead a working party of willing volunteers for a couple of hours on Saturday 16th July from 10am–12pm. We would also be very grateful for some volunteers to clean up the picnic benches and maybe give them a new coat of wood preserver. If you fancy helping and are free on the above date, please could you contact the school office for more information. Thank You!
Rounders Tournament
Well done to our rounders team who played really well at the recent tournament. Here is a tournament report by one of the pupils:
Report by Ella Mae (Year 5)
On the 6th July a group of 9 pupils from Stadhampton School participated in a rounders tournament at Icknield Community College. We played 4 matches and got through to the final. In the first rounds we won two games and lost one. In the end we lost to RAF Benson in the final by only half a rounder!
Healthy Snack Competition
Pupils will be bringing home today a poster about a healthy snack competition which will take place on Friday 15th July.
Little Bears News
We are looking forward next week to our “Dino Cave” and “Dino Dig” in the garden. We can’t wait to hear how our Little Bears got on in Reception Class this week! Happy Birthday to Archie Dickens and Freya Clapton who both turned 3 and to Mya Khan who will be 3 soon.
DIARY DATES:
Wednesday 13th July Class 3 visit to Banbury Museum
Friday 15th July Sports evening (weather permitting)
Wednesday 20th July Mobile Library. All books to be returned please.
Friday 22nd July End of school year assembly at 9.05am in hall. All welcome.
Term 6 ends at 1.30pm
25th – 29th July Holiday course run by Premier Sports Group
Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th September Teacher INSET Days
Wednesday 7th September Pupils return to school
Wednesday 21st September School photographs
It has been a pleasure to welcome our new Foundation stage pupils into school for three days this week. We look forward to them joining us full-time in September. All other pupils enjoyed spending three days this week practising being the year group that they will be in September.
Welcome to Charlie Austin
We were pleased to welcome Charlie Austin this week into Class 1. Charlie has now permanently transferred to Stadhampton School.
Home/School Agreement Consultation
A reminder that any responses to our recent letter regarding the Home/School Agreement should be returned to the office by Monday 11th July.
New Play Equipment and suitable footwear
Please could all pupils have trainers in school every day, both for outdoor PE and for accessing the new play equipment. Neither sandals nor wellies are suitable for wearing on the climbing equipment and we don’t want anyone to miss out! Thank you.
Premier Sports Holiday Course at Stadhampton School
Booking forms are now available for the sports course being held at Stadhampton School from 25th – 29th July from the school office. Please note that the cost of the course is now £6 a day for 9-3pm.
P.T.A. News
With only three weeks left of the school year the P.T.A. are looking forward to a very well earned rest. But before we put our feet up with a glass of something cold and refreshing, we are putting the final plans in place for the Sports Night next Friday 15th July 6.00pm onwards, on the school field. Today (Friday 8th) is your last chance to purchase food tickets for Hot dogs and Burgers, both at £2.00 each. You can still buy tickets from Joy Hopkins in the school office during today and Sarah Madry will be at the school gates with tickets from 3.00–3.30pm. (Cheques made payable to Stadhampton Primary School P.T.A. please.) There will be a Bar at the sports night selling alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and all proceeds from the Bar and the BBQ will go towards P.T.A. funds. Do please support us for our last event of the year where we can all meet up and socialise, whilst cheering on our children in the races.
Our CD/DVD/computer game collection is off to a brilliant start - we already have over 50 items! This means that we are well on the way of reaching our goal to obtain 250 discs to claim a free five-a-side football kit for the school and raise extra funds for the P.T.A. at the same time. To receive payment from musicMagpie (who will give the P.T.A. 50p per item) we need to collect CDs and DVDs that have their original notes and sleeves as well as a bar code on the reverse. Unfortunately we can’t send CDs or DVDs that have been given free in newspapers or magazines as these do not have a barcode. Also musicMagpie will only take CD albums, not singles. Computer games discs must be compatible with Playstation3, Xbox and Xbox360 consoles. WE CAN NOT SEND VHS VIDEOS! Please look through your CD and DVD collection, raid the unwanted computer games, ask relatives, neighbours and friends as well and bring any unwanted films, music and games into school and place in the red P.T.A. box in the hall. You can keep collecting over the summer holidays and bring them to school in September. If each family donates just five CDs, DVDs or computer games, we will raise £150.00 towards P.T.A. funds and get the free kit too! Thank you for giving.
Calling all Dads! - This is a plea from the P.T.A. to all strong, willing fathers, who would like to do “their bit” for their child’s school! As you know, the School and P.T.A. have managed to achieve their goal of replacing the old play equipment with some fantastic new apparatus that has made a huge difference to the children’s playtime. With the help of Ian Burnell (thank you!) we have now managed to clear the site where the old equipment used to stand and are desperately in need of just a few more helping hands to rake, clear roots and weeds and make good the ground for sowing some grass seed. Bob Stewart has very kindly offered to lead a working party of willing volunteers for a couple of hours on Saturday 16th July from 10am–12pm. We would also be very grateful for some volunteers to clean up the picnic benches and maybe give them a new coat of wood preserver. If you fancy helping and are free on the above date, please could you contact the school office for more information. Thank You!
Rounders Tournament
Well done to our rounders team who played really well at the recent tournament. Here is a tournament report by one of the pupils:
Report by Ella Mae (Year 5)
On the 6th July a group of 9 pupils from Stadhampton School participated in a rounders tournament at Icknield Community College. We played 4 matches and got through to the final. In the first rounds we won two games and lost one. In the end we lost to RAF Benson in the final by only half a rounder!
Healthy Snack Competition
Pupils will be bringing home today a poster about a healthy snack competition which will take place on Friday 15th July.
Little Bears News
We are looking forward next week to our “Dino Cave” and “Dino Dig” in the garden. We can’t wait to hear how our Little Bears got on in Reception Class this week! Happy Birthday to Archie Dickens and Freya Clapton who both turned 3 and to Mya Khan who will be 3 soon.
DIARY DATES:
Wednesday 13th July Class 3 visit to Banbury Museum
Friday 15th July Sports evening (weather permitting)
Wednesday 20th July Mobile Library. All books to be returned please.
Friday 22nd July End of school year assembly at 9.05am in hall. All welcome.
Term 6 ends at 1.30pm
25th – 29th July Holiday course run by Premier Sports Group
Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th September Teacher INSET Days
Wednesday 7th September Pupils return to school
Wednesday 21st September School photographs
Friday, July 1, 2011
Newsletter No 4 - 1st July 2011
Happy JULY Birthday to: Georgia Day, Benjamin Drake, Ayisha Hall and Andrew Oakley.
During July we are focusing on the core value of FREEDOM
School Meal Price Increase
We have been advised that the price of a school meal will rise to £2.10 per day from 1st September. We should remind everyone that school meals need to be ordered and paid for, please, on the first morning of the school week or in advance for the term. Cheques for school meals should be made payable to Oxfordshire County Council with Stadhampton School written on the back of the cheque. The school’s financial accounting package (SAP), requires payment for school meals to be kept entirely separate from payments for swimming, after-school clubs or trips. Thank you to all parents for their co-operation in this matter.
Premier Sports Holiday Course at Stadhampton School
Booking forms are now available for the sports course being held at Stadhampton School from 25th – 29th July from the school office. Please note that the cost of the course is now £6 a day for 9-3pm.
Samba Drumming Workshops
On Friday 24th June you may have heard the unmistakeable sounds of Notting Hill Carnival emenating from school. All pupils participated in a series of Samba drumming workshops which, as the weather was dry, we were able to hold in our new outdoor classroom. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed this event and a number of parents were able to come to the short presentation at the end of the afternoon. This event was funded by Extended Services to tie in with the Watlington Partnership of Schools link with schools in Argentina. The drumming was much louder than any of us had anticipated and I apologise if the noise inconvenienced anyone – it will not be a regular event!
Partnership Tennis Tournament – Report by Class 3
On Monday 27th June, 9 pupils from Stadhampton School attended the Icknield Partnership Tennis Tournament. The final was all Stadhampton pupils with Andrew and Tom finishing as runners-up and the winners were Ben and Benedict. Congratulations to all who took part.
Big Science Event
Yet again Stadhampton School pupils have reached the final of the Oxfordshire Big Science Event. This is an annual event which, this year, involved over 3000 children in Oxfordshire. Pupils work in small groups over a period of a few months to independently conduct a science investigation of their own design. Then they need to create a poster displaying all their findings. These are then judged in school against a detailed criteria and then the school winners are judged by a representative from Science Oxford. Here is a report from our team:
“On 30th June 2011 Chloe Hindmarch, Chloe Scragg, Matty Green and Ewan Madry went to the Big Science Event final. Out of 3000 children across Oxfordshire who entered, only ten groups got to the final. We didn’t win but we enjoyed the day anyway. We also learnt a lot.”
P.E. Kits in School
Please could all pupils have their PE kits in school every day. As Sports Evening approaches we will be taking advantage of additional opportunities to practice! Also pupils in Reception will need to have their PE kit in on Thursday as they will be taking part in a Premier Sports
led PE session as part of their Transition Day. Thank you.
Thank you
We are very grateful to Mr Burnell and to Mr Leighfield for their recent help with our on-going school grounds improvements.
P.T.A. News
A reminder that food tickets are available from the school office for Sports Evening on 15th July and are on sale until Friday 8th July. Please note: We will not be able to offer any tickets for sale after Friday the 8th July. You can purchase a Hot dog or a burger for the very reasonable price of £2.00 each and there is no limit as to how many you may wish to buy. This is the perfect way to end the school year – so order your food now and don’t miss out!
The P.T.A. is hoping that you will be able to support our last fundraising venture of the school year by donating any unwanted CDs and DVDs. If we can manage to collect a minimum of 250 discs, we can claim a free five-a-side football kit for the school! The P.T.A. has worked out if each family donates just five CDs or DVDs we will reach our goal easily and also raise £150.00 towards P.T.A. funds. If we exceed this amount the P.T.A. will obviously receive more money – plus the free kit!
To receive payment we need to collect CDs and DVDs that have their original notes and sleeves as well as a bar code on the reverse. Unfortunately we can’t send CDs or DVDs that have been given free in newspapers or magazines as these do not have a barcode. Also musicMagpie will only take CD albums, not singles.
Many thanks once again to all who entered cakes for The Great Stadhampton Bake Off 2011, it was a lovely event and the standard of the entries was extremely high! Extra special thanks must go to Miss Mould and Mrs Leiper for their help with refreshments and to former pupils Conall Fernie and Jessica Tombling for their help in setting up and clearing up after the event.
We are delighted to announce that the PTA will be producing a booklet with cake recipes and pictures very shortly so you and your families can try baking some of the entries yourselves over the summer holidays. There are still some Tupperware cake boxes left so if you are missing one please get in touch with Eimer Fernie or Diana Woodwards.
If you’re shopping online please remember to consider using The Giving Machine, the more money spent through The Giving Machine the more money the school receives! Their retailer list is huge and includes names such as, M&S, Early Learning Centre, Boots, Carphone Warehouse, Clarks, Matalan and Debenhams, link is below. You can set The Giving Machine as your homepage or add it to your bookmarks by clicking in the top right hand corner on their website.
http://www.thegivingmachine.co.uk/
Little Bears News
Little Bears Pre-school will be holding their hugely popular Strawberry Fair once again on THURSDAY 7 JULY from 3pm onwards. There will be lots to do - tombola, lucky dip, craft stalls and more, plus lots to eat and drink as well as goodies to win.
Please join us and support Little Bears in the process - we're fundraising towards improvements for our garden area too!
DIARY DATES:
Wednesday 6th July, Thursday 7th July, Friday 8th July Transition days for all pupils. Reception Class mini-topic will be “All About Me”, Class 1 mini-topic will be “The Seaside”, Class 2 mini-topic will be “Cats” and Class 3 mini-topic will be “Pinocchio.”
Wednesday 13th June Class 3 visit to Banbury Museum
Friday 15th July Sports evening (weather permitting)
Wednesday 20th July Mobile Library
Friday 22nd July End of school year assembly at 9.05am in hall. All welcome.
Term 6 ends at 1.30pm
25th – 29th July Holiday course run by Premier Sports Group
Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th September Teacher INSET Days
Wednesday 7th September Pupils return to school
Wednesday 21st September School photographs
During July we are focusing on the core value of FREEDOM
School Meal Price Increase
We have been advised that the price of a school meal will rise to £2.10 per day from 1st September. We should remind everyone that school meals need to be ordered and paid for, please, on the first morning of the school week or in advance for the term. Cheques for school meals should be made payable to Oxfordshire County Council with Stadhampton School written on the back of the cheque. The school’s financial accounting package (SAP), requires payment for school meals to be kept entirely separate from payments for swimming, after-school clubs or trips. Thank you to all parents for their co-operation in this matter.
Premier Sports Holiday Course at Stadhampton School
Booking forms are now available for the sports course being held at Stadhampton School from 25th – 29th July from the school office. Please note that the cost of the course is now £6 a day for 9-3pm.
Samba Drumming Workshops
On Friday 24th June you may have heard the unmistakeable sounds of Notting Hill Carnival emenating from school. All pupils participated in a series of Samba drumming workshops which, as the weather was dry, we were able to hold in our new outdoor classroom. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed this event and a number of parents were able to come to the short presentation at the end of the afternoon. This event was funded by Extended Services to tie in with the Watlington Partnership of Schools link with schools in Argentina. The drumming was much louder than any of us had anticipated and I apologise if the noise inconvenienced anyone – it will not be a regular event!
Partnership Tennis Tournament – Report by Class 3
On Monday 27th June, 9 pupils from Stadhampton School attended the Icknield Partnership Tennis Tournament. The final was all Stadhampton pupils with Andrew and Tom finishing as runners-up and the winners were Ben and Benedict. Congratulations to all who took part.
Big Science Event
Yet again Stadhampton School pupils have reached the final of the Oxfordshire Big Science Event. This is an annual event which, this year, involved over 3000 children in Oxfordshire. Pupils work in small groups over a period of a few months to independently conduct a science investigation of their own design. Then they need to create a poster displaying all their findings. These are then judged in school against a detailed criteria and then the school winners are judged by a representative from Science Oxford. Here is a report from our team:
“On 30th June 2011 Chloe Hindmarch, Chloe Scragg, Matty Green and Ewan Madry went to the Big Science Event final. Out of 3000 children across Oxfordshire who entered, only ten groups got to the final. We didn’t win but we enjoyed the day anyway. We also learnt a lot.”
P.E. Kits in School
Please could all pupils have their PE kits in school every day. As Sports Evening approaches we will be taking advantage of additional opportunities to practice! Also pupils in Reception will need to have their PE kit in on Thursday as they will be taking part in a Premier Sports
led PE session as part of their Transition Day. Thank you.
Thank you
We are very grateful to Mr Burnell and to Mr Leighfield for their recent help with our on-going school grounds improvements.
P.T.A. News
A reminder that food tickets are available from the school office for Sports Evening on 15th July and are on sale until Friday 8th July. Please note: We will not be able to offer any tickets for sale after Friday the 8th July. You can purchase a Hot dog or a burger for the very reasonable price of £2.00 each and there is no limit as to how many you may wish to buy. This is the perfect way to end the school year – so order your food now and don’t miss out!
The P.T.A. is hoping that you will be able to support our last fundraising venture of the school year by donating any unwanted CDs and DVDs. If we can manage to collect a minimum of 250 discs, we can claim a free five-a-side football kit for the school! The P.T.A. has worked out if each family donates just five CDs or DVDs we will reach our goal easily and also raise £150.00 towards P.T.A. funds. If we exceed this amount the P.T.A. will obviously receive more money – plus the free kit!
To receive payment we need to collect CDs and DVDs that have their original notes and sleeves as well as a bar code on the reverse. Unfortunately we can’t send CDs or DVDs that have been given free in newspapers or magazines as these do not have a barcode. Also musicMagpie will only take CD albums, not singles.
Many thanks once again to all who entered cakes for The Great Stadhampton Bake Off 2011, it was a lovely event and the standard of the entries was extremely high! Extra special thanks must go to Miss Mould and Mrs Leiper for their help with refreshments and to former pupils Conall Fernie and Jessica Tombling for their help in setting up and clearing up after the event.
We are delighted to announce that the PTA will be producing a booklet with cake recipes and pictures very shortly so you and your families can try baking some of the entries yourselves over the summer holidays. There are still some Tupperware cake boxes left so if you are missing one please get in touch with Eimer Fernie or Diana Woodwards.
If you’re shopping online please remember to consider using The Giving Machine, the more money spent through The Giving Machine the more money the school receives! Their retailer list is huge and includes names such as, M&S, Early Learning Centre, Boots, Carphone Warehouse, Clarks, Matalan and Debenhams, link is below. You can set The Giving Machine as your homepage or add it to your bookmarks by clicking in the top right hand corner on their website.
http://www.thegivingmachine.co.uk/
Little Bears News
Little Bears Pre-school will be holding their hugely popular Strawberry Fair once again on THURSDAY 7 JULY from 3pm onwards. There will be lots to do - tombola, lucky dip, craft stalls and more, plus lots to eat and drink as well as goodies to win.
Please join us and support Little Bears in the process - we're fundraising towards improvements for our garden area too!
DIARY DATES:
Wednesday 6th July, Thursday 7th July, Friday 8th July Transition days for all pupils. Reception Class mini-topic will be “All About Me”, Class 1 mini-topic will be “The Seaside”, Class 2 mini-topic will be “Cats” and Class 3 mini-topic will be “Pinocchio.”
Wednesday 13th June Class 3 visit to Banbury Museum
Friday 15th July Sports evening (weather permitting)
Wednesday 20th July Mobile Library
Friday 22nd July End of school year assembly at 9.05am in hall. All welcome.
Term 6 ends at 1.30pm
25th – 29th July Holiday course run by Premier Sports Group
Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th September Teacher INSET Days
Wednesday 7th September Pupils return to school
Wednesday 21st September School photographs
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Newsletter No 3 - 24th June 2011
Playground Developments
As you may be aware, for several years it has been our intention to replace our well-used but tired old climbing frame and, finally, it has happened! The children have been very excited watching the new equipment being installed and it looks fantastic! They have also been very patient waiting for the concrete “footings” to set but we have had the “all-clear” for Friday 24th June and each class will have their opportunity to explore the new equipment then. The children can’t wait and I notice a little look of envy from the adults.... I would like to say a big “thank you” to the PTA for their interest in, and generous financial support of, this development.
Spring Concert – Report by Amber and Pola
“The Spring Concert was very enjoyable for both children and adults. Everyone had lots of fun listening to children playing clarinets, recorders, piano and guitar, as well as singing “Mr Miller!” We raised £200.14 for the “Smiles and Dreams:Tohoku Children’s Project” in Japan and £46.85 for Save the Children Emergency Fund.
Premier Sports Holiday Course at Stadhampton School
Booking forms have been distributed this week for the sports course being held at Stadhampton School from 25th – 29th July. More forms are available from the school office. Please note that the cost of the course is now £6 a day for 9-3pm which equates to £1 an hour!
Coat left at the Concert
A rather nice coat was left at school by someone who watched the concert.
School Car Park
Thank you to those families who have relieved the congestion in the car park by walking or parking further away and walking down to school this week. It has made a noticeable difference and it is appreciated.
P.T.A. News
Just to remind you that The Great Stadhampton Bake Off is being held this Saturday 25th June in the school hall – our specially selected panel of judges will be judging in secret at 1.45 and the doors will open at 2.30pm when there will be refreshments for all including tea, coffee, homemade lemonade, your chance to place your vote for the People’s Choice and of course, most importantly CAKES!!!!!
We have been donated some wonderful prizes by Gatineau in Summertown, Steamer Trading in Thame, Little Cooks, Bonne Maman and Gu so do please enter a cake for your chance to win one of them.
If you have any questions or if you want to enter a cake to the competition but are unable to attend, please contact Diana and Eimer to arrange this (numbers below).Thank you and we look forward to seeing you!
The P.T.A. is gearing up for the last few weeks of the school year and we are hoping for the weather to improve (drastically!) in time for the school sports evening on Friday 15th July from 6.00pm. This event is a great chance for families to come together and watch the children compete in both running and fun filled obstacle races.
The P.T.A. will be providing a bar, generously run by Mrs Hopkins and Mr Manzie, with beer, wine, cider, Pimms, coke and squash for the children.
This year we have managed to source some locally made sausages and beef burgers courtesy of Mr Gerring who lives in the village and Mrs Shortman, Nikki Howlett and Shirley Bateman have very kindly offered to come along and cook the B.B.Q. for us. So that we have an indication of how many sausages and burgers we will need to order, we are selling tickets in advance and would like to request that families pay for hot dogs and burgers before the night. Food tickets are available from the school office via Joy Hopkins and are on sale from Monday 27th June till Friday 8th July. Please note: We will not be able to offer any tickets for sale after Friday the 8th July. You can purchase a Hot dog or a burger for the very reasonable price of £2.00 each and there is no limit as to how many you may wish to buy. This is the perfect way to end the school year – so order your food now and don’t miss out!
The P.T.A. is hoping that you will be able to support our last fundraising venture of the school year by donating any unwanted CDs and DVDs you may have. We have signed up with a company called ”musicMagpie” who will pay the P.T.A. 50p per item. They in turn, recondition each disc and resell them to other countries around the world. You can find out more about them by visiting their website on www.musicMagpie.co.uk. There is also an added bonus for us - If we can manage to collect a minimum of 250 discs, we can claim a free five-a-side football kit for the school! The P.T.A. has worked out if each family donates just five CDs or DVDs we will reach our goal easily and also raise £150.00 towards P.T.A. funds. If we exceed this amount the P.T.A. will obviously receive more money – plus the free kit!
To receive payment we need to collect CDs and DVDs that have their original notes and sleeves as well as a bar code on the reverse. Unfortunately we can’t send CDs or DVDs that have been given free in newspapers or magazines as these do not have a barcode. Also musicMagpie will only take CD albums, not singles. The company are happy to accept computer games discs but they can only be donated if they are compatible with Playstation3, Xbox and Xbox360 consoles.
This is such a wonderfully easy way to raise extra funds for the children and to get a brand new football kit for the school too! Please look through your CD and DVD collection, ask relatives, neighbours and friends as well and bring any unwanted films or music into school and place in the red P.T.A. box in the hall. Many thanks for your support and let’s see if we can get the free football kit!
Little Bears News
Little Bears Pre-school will be holding their hugely popular Strawberry Fair once again on THURSDAY 7 JULY from 3pm onwards. There will be lots to do - tombola, lucky dip, craft stalls and more, plus lots to eat and drink as well as goodies to win.
Please join us and support Little Bears in the process - we're fundraising towards improvements for our garden area too!
DIARY DATES:
Tuesday 28th June Cycling Safety Test – Year 6 pupils
Thursday 30th June Reception and Class 1 pupil visit to Outdoor Discovery Post
Wednesday 6th July, Thursday 7th July, Friday 8th July Transition days for all pupils. Reception Class mini-topic will be “All About Me”, Class 1 mini-topic will be “The Seaside”, Class 2 mini-topic will be “Cats” and Class 3 mini-topic will be “Pinocchio.”
Wednesday 13th June Class 3 visit to Banbury Museum
Friday 15th July Sports evening (weather permitting)
Wednesday 20th July Mobile Library
Friday 22nd July End of school year assembly at 9.05am in hall. All welcome.
Term 6 ends at 1.30pm
25th – 29th July Holiday course run by Premier Sports Group
Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th September Teacher INSET Days
Wednesday 7th September Pupils return to school
Wednesday 21st September School photographs
As you may be aware, for several years it has been our intention to replace our well-used but tired old climbing frame and, finally, it has happened! The children have been very excited watching the new equipment being installed and it looks fantastic! They have also been very patient waiting for the concrete “footings” to set but we have had the “all-clear” for Friday 24th June and each class will have their opportunity to explore the new equipment then. The children can’t wait and I notice a little look of envy from the adults.... I would like to say a big “thank you” to the PTA for their interest in, and generous financial support of, this development.
Spring Concert – Report by Amber and Pola
“The Spring Concert was very enjoyable for both children and adults. Everyone had lots of fun listening to children playing clarinets, recorders, piano and guitar, as well as singing “Mr Miller!” We raised £200.14 for the “Smiles and Dreams:Tohoku Children’s Project” in Japan and £46.85 for Save the Children Emergency Fund.
Premier Sports Holiday Course at Stadhampton School
Booking forms have been distributed this week for the sports course being held at Stadhampton School from 25th – 29th July. More forms are available from the school office. Please note that the cost of the course is now £6 a day for 9-3pm which equates to £1 an hour!
Coat left at the Concert
A rather nice coat was left at school by someone who watched the concert.
School Car Park
Thank you to those families who have relieved the congestion in the car park by walking or parking further away and walking down to school this week. It has made a noticeable difference and it is appreciated.
P.T.A. News
Just to remind you that The Great Stadhampton Bake Off is being held this Saturday 25th June in the school hall – our specially selected panel of judges will be judging in secret at 1.45 and the doors will open at 2.30pm when there will be refreshments for all including tea, coffee, homemade lemonade, your chance to place your vote for the People’s Choice and of course, most importantly CAKES!!!!!
We have been donated some wonderful prizes by Gatineau in Summertown, Steamer Trading in Thame, Little Cooks, Bonne Maman and Gu so do please enter a cake for your chance to win one of them.
If you have any questions or if you want to enter a cake to the competition but are unable to attend, please contact Diana and Eimer to arrange this (numbers below).Thank you and we look forward to seeing you!
The P.T.A. is gearing up for the last few weeks of the school year and we are hoping for the weather to improve (drastically!) in time for the school sports evening on Friday 15th July from 6.00pm. This event is a great chance for families to come together and watch the children compete in both running and fun filled obstacle races.
The P.T.A. will be providing a bar, generously run by Mrs Hopkins and Mr Manzie, with beer, wine, cider, Pimms, coke and squash for the children.
This year we have managed to source some locally made sausages and beef burgers courtesy of Mr Gerring who lives in the village and Mrs Shortman, Nikki Howlett and Shirley Bateman have very kindly offered to come along and cook the B.B.Q. for us. So that we have an indication of how many sausages and burgers we will need to order, we are selling tickets in advance and would like to request that families pay for hot dogs and burgers before the night. Food tickets are available from the school office via Joy Hopkins and are on sale from Monday 27th June till Friday 8th July. Please note: We will not be able to offer any tickets for sale after Friday the 8th July. You can purchase a Hot dog or a burger for the very reasonable price of £2.00 each and there is no limit as to how many you may wish to buy. This is the perfect way to end the school year – so order your food now and don’t miss out!
The P.T.A. is hoping that you will be able to support our last fundraising venture of the school year by donating any unwanted CDs and DVDs you may have. We have signed up with a company called ”musicMagpie” who will pay the P.T.A. 50p per item. They in turn, recondition each disc and resell them to other countries around the world. You can find out more about them by visiting their website on www.musicMagpie.co.uk. There is also an added bonus for us - If we can manage to collect a minimum of 250 discs, we can claim a free five-a-side football kit for the school! The P.T.A. has worked out if each family donates just five CDs or DVDs we will reach our goal easily and also raise £150.00 towards P.T.A. funds. If we exceed this amount the P.T.A. will obviously receive more money – plus the free kit!
To receive payment we need to collect CDs and DVDs that have their original notes and sleeves as well as a bar code on the reverse. Unfortunately we can’t send CDs or DVDs that have been given free in newspapers or magazines as these do not have a barcode. Also musicMagpie will only take CD albums, not singles. The company are happy to accept computer games discs but they can only be donated if they are compatible with Playstation3, Xbox and Xbox360 consoles.
This is such a wonderfully easy way to raise extra funds for the children and to get a brand new football kit for the school too! Please look through your CD and DVD collection, ask relatives, neighbours and friends as well and bring any unwanted films or music into school and place in the red P.T.A. box in the hall. Many thanks for your support and let’s see if we can get the free football kit!
Little Bears News
Little Bears Pre-school will be holding their hugely popular Strawberry Fair once again on THURSDAY 7 JULY from 3pm onwards. There will be lots to do - tombola, lucky dip, craft stalls and more, plus lots to eat and drink as well as goodies to win.
Please join us and support Little Bears in the process - we're fundraising towards improvements for our garden area too!
DIARY DATES:
Tuesday 28th June Cycling Safety Test – Year 6 pupils
Thursday 30th June Reception and Class 1 pupil visit to Outdoor Discovery Post
Wednesday 6th July, Thursday 7th July, Friday 8th July Transition days for all pupils. Reception Class mini-topic will be “All About Me”, Class 1 mini-topic will be “The Seaside”, Class 2 mini-topic will be “Cats” and Class 3 mini-topic will be “Pinocchio.”
Wednesday 13th June Class 3 visit to Banbury Museum
Friday 15th July Sports evening (weather permitting)
Wednesday 20th July Mobile Library
Friday 22nd July End of school year assembly at 9.05am in hall. All welcome.
Term 6 ends at 1.30pm
25th – 29th July Holiday course run by Premier Sports Group
Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th September Teacher INSET Days
Wednesday 7th September Pupils return to school
Wednesday 21st September School photographs
Friday, June 17, 2011
Newsletter No 2 - 17th June 2011
Industrial Action by Teachers
You may be aware that teachers in some schools are planning to strike on Thursday 30th June. We would like to inform you that, on this occasion, teachers at Stadhampton School will not be taking industrial action and school will function as normal.
Drumming Workshop and Parent Presentation – Friday 24th June
As part of the international activities carried out in the primary schools within the Watlington Partnership, Extended Services are funding a Samba Drumming Workshop for each school. This ‘Latin American’ theme links with our partnership connection with schools in Buenos Aires. Each class will have their own workshop and from 2.45 to 3.00pm there will be a short presentation in the Hall for parents and carers. We do hope you will be able to join us!
Partnership Tennis Tournament – Wednesday 22nd June at Watlington Tennis Club
The annual Icknield Partnership Tennis Tournament is an open tournament. This means that anyone in Year 4, 5 or 6 can enter. They do not need to go with a partner as these will be sorted on arrival. If they would like to play with a certain partner, then they can arrange this beforehand and let Mrs Manzie know. To enter, please would parents see Mrs Manzie by Monday 20th June, so that she can send the names to the Icknield PE Department. There is no transport for this event, parents must arrange this for themselves and I would encourage you to share where possible. The pupils will need to leave our school a little early and have permission to leave at 3pm.
Parking in the School Car Park
We encourage parents to walk with their children to/from school whenever possible but realise that this is not an option for some families. Increased use of the school car park has led to an increase in potential hazards and frequent congestion, and we ask all parents to show consideration to others, as well as be mindful of safety when using the car park and parking in Cratlands Close.
Please could parents only use the designated parking bays and NOT PARK in front of the large gate which leads onto the netball court. Not only is this the access point for grounds maintenance and emergency vehicles but it is also causing a significant problem for pedestrians with pushchairs entering and exiting Little Bears. It would be acceptable for one car to park briefly on the left hand side nearest to the school but the main problem arises when two cars park in that area as parents with pushchairs are being forced onto the muddy grassed area rather than being able to use the path or dropped-kerb access point.
Please do not park alongside the kerb directly outside school at the end of the school day as this is the area where taxis wait to collect children. We must ensure that the right children go into the right taxis and that children being transported are wearing their seatbelts; this is very difficult to monitor if the taxi drivers are not able to park right outside school and are forced to wait further up in Cratlands Close.
Some families may be able to alleviate this congestion by parking elsewhere in the village and walking the rest of the way to school.
We would be grateful for all parents’ assistance in this matter and thank you, in advance, for your co-operation.
Little Bears News
Next week we are going down to the jungle and we will be making monkeys and parrots.
We are continuing with our good behaviour reward chart, Elmer elephant is starting to get lots of patches!
Little Bears Pre-school will be holding their hugely popular Strawberry Fair once again on THURSDAY 7 JULY from 3pm onwards. There will be lots to do - tombola, lucky dip, craft stalls and more, plus lots to eat and drink as well as goodies to win.
Please join us and support Little Bears in the process - we're fundraising towards improvements for our garden area too!
Sainsbury Vouchers
Thank you so much for collecting these for us. The last opportunity for bringing in your Sainsbury vouchers is on Monday morning. We will be sending off our order for Sports Equipment at lunchtime on Monday.
P.T.A. News
The P.T.A. would like to ask if anybody has any cake knives, cake stands or table cloths that they would be willing to lend for the Great Stadhampton Bake Off on Saturday 25th June, 2.30pm.
Little Bears News
Next week we are going down to the jungle and we will be making monkeys and parrots. We are continuing with our good behaviour reward chart, Elmer elephant is starting to get lots of patches!
Little Bears Pre-school will be holding their hugely popular Strawberry Fair once again on THURSDAY 7 JULY from 3pm onwards. There will be lots to do - tombola, lucky dip, craft stalls and more, plus lots to eat and drink as well as goodies to win.
Please join us and support Little Bears in the process - we're fundraising towards improvements for our garden area too!
Extended Services Opportunities
Please find attached the summer activity programme for 10 years + being hosted at Icknield this summer.
DIARY DATES:
Tuesday 21st June Class 2 visit to Sulgrave Manor
Wednesday 22nd June Y5 Students visiting ICC – Creative Arts lesson
Mobile library visit
Saturday 25th June PTA Bake off at 2.30pm
Tuesday 28th June Cycling Safety Test – Year 6 pupils
Thursday 30th June Reception and Class 1 pupil visit to Outdoor Discovery Post
Wednesday6th July, Thursday 7th July, Friday 8th July Transition days for all pupils
Wednesday 13th June Class 3 visit to Banbury Museum
Friday 15th July Sports evening (weather permitting)
Wednesday 20th July Mobile Library
Friday 22nd July End of school year assembly at 9.05am in hall. All welcome.
Term 6 ends at 1.30pm
25th – 29th July Holiday course run by Premier Sports Group
Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th September Teacher INSET Days
Wednesday 7th September Pupils return to school
Wednesday 21st September School photographs
You may be aware that teachers in some schools are planning to strike on Thursday 30th June. We would like to inform you that, on this occasion, teachers at Stadhampton School will not be taking industrial action and school will function as normal.
Drumming Workshop and Parent Presentation – Friday 24th June
As part of the international activities carried out in the primary schools within the Watlington Partnership, Extended Services are funding a Samba Drumming Workshop for each school. This ‘Latin American’ theme links with our partnership connection with schools in Buenos Aires. Each class will have their own workshop and from 2.45 to 3.00pm there will be a short presentation in the Hall for parents and carers. We do hope you will be able to join us!
Partnership Tennis Tournament – Wednesday 22nd June at Watlington Tennis Club
The annual Icknield Partnership Tennis Tournament is an open tournament. This means that anyone in Year 4, 5 or 6 can enter. They do not need to go with a partner as these will be sorted on arrival. If they would like to play with a certain partner, then they can arrange this beforehand and let Mrs Manzie know. To enter, please would parents see Mrs Manzie by Monday 20th June, so that she can send the names to the Icknield PE Department. There is no transport for this event, parents must arrange this for themselves and I would encourage you to share where possible. The pupils will need to leave our school a little early and have permission to leave at 3pm.
Parking in the School Car Park
We encourage parents to walk with their children to/from school whenever possible but realise that this is not an option for some families. Increased use of the school car park has led to an increase in potential hazards and frequent congestion, and we ask all parents to show consideration to others, as well as be mindful of safety when using the car park and parking in Cratlands Close.
Please could parents only use the designated parking bays and NOT PARK in front of the large gate which leads onto the netball court. Not only is this the access point for grounds maintenance and emergency vehicles but it is also causing a significant problem for pedestrians with pushchairs entering and exiting Little Bears. It would be acceptable for one car to park briefly on the left hand side nearest to the school but the main problem arises when two cars park in that area as parents with pushchairs are being forced onto the muddy grassed area rather than being able to use the path or dropped-kerb access point.
Please do not park alongside the kerb directly outside school at the end of the school day as this is the area where taxis wait to collect children. We must ensure that the right children go into the right taxis and that children being transported are wearing their seatbelts; this is very difficult to monitor if the taxi drivers are not able to park right outside school and are forced to wait further up in Cratlands Close.
Some families may be able to alleviate this congestion by parking elsewhere in the village and walking the rest of the way to school.
We would be grateful for all parents’ assistance in this matter and thank you, in advance, for your co-operation.
Little Bears News
Next week we are going down to the jungle and we will be making monkeys and parrots.
We are continuing with our good behaviour reward chart, Elmer elephant is starting to get lots of patches!
Little Bears Pre-school will be holding their hugely popular Strawberry Fair once again on THURSDAY 7 JULY from 3pm onwards. There will be lots to do - tombola, lucky dip, craft stalls and more, plus lots to eat and drink as well as goodies to win.
Please join us and support Little Bears in the process - we're fundraising towards improvements for our garden area too!
Sainsbury Vouchers
Thank you so much for collecting these for us. The last opportunity for bringing in your Sainsbury vouchers is on Monday morning. We will be sending off our order for Sports Equipment at lunchtime on Monday.
P.T.A. News
The P.T.A. would like to ask if anybody has any cake knives, cake stands or table cloths that they would be willing to lend for the Great Stadhampton Bake Off on Saturday 25th June, 2.30pm.
Little Bears News
Next week we are going down to the jungle and we will be making monkeys and parrots. We are continuing with our good behaviour reward chart, Elmer elephant is starting to get lots of patches!
Little Bears Pre-school will be holding their hugely popular Strawberry Fair once again on THURSDAY 7 JULY from 3pm onwards. There will be lots to do - tombola, lucky dip, craft stalls and more, plus lots to eat and drink as well as goodies to win.
Please join us and support Little Bears in the process - we're fundraising towards improvements for our garden area too!
Extended Services Opportunities
Please find attached the summer activity programme for 10 years + being hosted at Icknield this summer.
DIARY DATES:
Tuesday 21st June Class 2 visit to Sulgrave Manor
Wednesday 22nd June Y5 Students visiting ICC – Creative Arts lesson
Mobile library visit
Saturday 25th June PTA Bake off at 2.30pm
Tuesday 28th June Cycling Safety Test – Year 6 pupils
Thursday 30th June Reception and Class 1 pupil visit to Outdoor Discovery Post
Wednesday6th July, Thursday 7th July, Friday 8th July Transition days for all pupils
Wednesday 13th June Class 3 visit to Banbury Museum
Friday 15th July Sports evening (weather permitting)
Wednesday 20th July Mobile Library
Friday 22nd July End of school year assembly at 9.05am in hall. All welcome.
Term 6 ends at 1.30pm
25th – 29th July Holiday course run by Premier Sports Group
Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th September Teacher INSET Days
Wednesday 7th September Pupils return to school
Wednesday 21st September School photographs
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Newsletter No 1 - 10th June 2011
Welcome back!
Happy June Birthday to: Megan Barber, Olivia Dallimore, Betsy Elliott, Ella Gravett, Chloe Hindmarch, Zara Hopkins, James Lowman, Josh Matthews and Georgia Valentine.
During JUNE we are focusing on the core value of HONESTY
Transition Days
In order for pupils to experience, and become more familiar with, classroom arrangements for September, we have planned a series of ‘moving up’ days in July. These will take place on Wednesday 6th, Thursday 7th and Friday 8th July. During these three days Year 6 pupils will be visiting Icknield Community College for their transition days and the Foundation Stage pupils due to start Stadhampton School in September will be in our Reception class with Miss Mould. Therefore, for all three days, current Foundation Stage pupils and Year 1 pupils will be in Class 1 with Mrs Manzie, current Year 2 and Year 3 will be in Class 2 with Mrs Garrard and Mrs Turner and current Year 4 and Year 5 pupils with be in Class 3 with Miss Shah. During these three days pupils in each class will carry out a mini project, details of which will be announced nearer the time.
Swimming in the School Pool
We have received a clean bill of health for the school pool and it is now ready for use. We shall begin using it when the weather warms up a bit! Please send your child into school with swimming kit from next week.
Swimming at Berinsfield Pool
A reminder that Class 2 pupils will have their final swimming session at Berinsfield on 13th June. We would be pleased to receive any outstanding “voluntary donations” towards the transport costs from those families who have not contributed as yet. Swimming will then begin for Class 3 pupils on Monday 20th June – they will have 5 sessions finishing on 18th July.
Premier Sports Holiday Course
Michael Hopkins, will be leading another holiday course at Stadhampton School on behalf of the Premier Sports Group, for 5 days beginning Monday 25th July. Booking forms are not available as yet, but we thought parents would find it helpful to know in advance, that this course will be running again for that one week.
Tesco Vouchers
Many thanks for collecting these for us – we have now posted our order off. We have chosen to exchange our vouchers for literacy, numeracy and music resources. We are still collecting Sainsbury vouchers and we intend to exchange those vouchers for sports equipment, so please keep sending them in!
P.T.A. News
Many thanks to everyone who donated clothes for the clothes recycling collection. The bags weighed a whopping 582 kilos and resulted in us receiving a total of £291.00 from Bags2School towards P.T.A. funds. We will be organising another clothes collection for the autumn, so start bagging and saving any clean, good quality children’s and adults clothing, shoes, bags, bedding, towels, curtains and soft toys. We will let you know the collection date in the new school year.
Come and join us on Saturday June 25th for The Great Stadhampton Bake Off!
We are running two baking competitions on the day; one for adults and one for children, entrants can enter as many cakes as they like and if you simply wish to sample and enjoy the entries we will be offering tea, coffee and other delicacies too.
There will be prizes for the best entries and entry is £3 per person or £5 per family. Doors open from 2.30pm but cakes for the competition will need to be with us by 1.30pm.
Charity Spring Concert in the Hall on Friday 17th June
At 6.30pm pupils in Classes 2 and 3 are presenting a Spring Concert to raise funds for a charity providing short-term and long-term support for children affected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. There is much musical talent at Stadhampton School which we would like to celebrate and pupils will be playing clarinets, guitars, piano and recorders. Parents and families of pupils in Classes 2 and 3 have had priority seating but we would like to extend the invitation to all interested families. We are not selling tickets as we will be making a collection during the event, however, to ensure we provide enough seating please inform the school if you would like to attend. We expect the concert to last about an hour and light refreshments will be available afterwards.
Working with the University of Oxford
Once again we are pleased to be working with a doctoral student at the University of Oxford who is undertaking research into how children process words when reading. Only pupils in Class 3 are involved in this current study but, hopefully, eventually we will all benefit from the findings of this research!
International links with Tomas Guido School, Buenos Aires
Along with other primary schools in the Watlington Partnership of Schools, we are developing a link with a group of primary schools in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Our partner school is called Tomas Guido School which is in central Buenos Aires. The link is part of a “connecting classrooms” programme administered by the British Council. The main purpose of the link is for us to develop an understanding of each other’s cultures by exchanging information about national and local festivals and customs. At this stage Class 3 have been closely involved by sending information about April Fools Day and the Royal Wedding and receiving letters from pupils at Tomas Guido School outlining their hobbies and favourite food – it’s amazing how popular football is! Two representatives of our School Council, along with their counterparts from the other schools in the Watlington Partnership recently attended an “Argentina” meeting held in Watlington Town Hall and some members of Class 3 have taken part in a skype link which was very exciting.
Little Bears News
Little Bears Pre-school will be holding their hugely popular Strawberry Fair once again on THURSDAY 7 JULY from 3pm onwards. There will be lots to do - tombola, lucky dip, craft stalls and more, plus lots to eat and drink as well as goodies to win.
Please join us and support Little Bears in the process - we're fundraising towards improvements for our garden area too!
Chalgrove & Watlington Children’s Centre
Chalgrove & Watlington Children’s Centre are looking for ‘bank staff’ for the Childrens Centre. Please contact centre manager Helen Rints 07504 958334 or Helen.Rints@Oxfordshire.gov.uk for further details.
DIARY DATES:
Friday 17th June Spring Concert (in aid of Japan Appeal)
Wednesday 22nd June Y5 Students visiting ICC – Creative Arts lesson
Mobile library visit
Tuesday 28th June Cycling Safety Test – Year 6 pupils
Wednesday6th July, Thursday 7th July, Friday 8th July Transition days for all pupils
Friday 15th July Sports evening (weather permitting)
Wednesday 20th July Mobile Library
Friday 22nd July End of school year assembly at 9.05am in hall. All welcome.
Term 6 ends at 1.30pm
Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th September Teacher INSET Days
Wednesday 7th September Pupils return to school
Wednesday 21st September School photographs
Happy June Birthday to: Megan Barber, Olivia Dallimore, Betsy Elliott, Ella Gravett, Chloe Hindmarch, Zara Hopkins, James Lowman, Josh Matthews and Georgia Valentine.
During JUNE we are focusing on the core value of HONESTY
Transition Days
In order for pupils to experience, and become more familiar with, classroom arrangements for September, we have planned a series of ‘moving up’ days in July. These will take place on Wednesday 6th, Thursday 7th and Friday 8th July. During these three days Year 6 pupils will be visiting Icknield Community College for their transition days and the Foundation Stage pupils due to start Stadhampton School in September will be in our Reception class with Miss Mould. Therefore, for all three days, current Foundation Stage pupils and Year 1 pupils will be in Class 1 with Mrs Manzie, current Year 2 and Year 3 will be in Class 2 with Mrs Garrard and Mrs Turner and current Year 4 and Year 5 pupils with be in Class 3 with Miss Shah. During these three days pupils in each class will carry out a mini project, details of which will be announced nearer the time.
Swimming in the School Pool
We have received a clean bill of health for the school pool and it is now ready for use. We shall begin using it when the weather warms up a bit! Please send your child into school with swimming kit from next week.
Swimming at Berinsfield Pool
A reminder that Class 2 pupils will have their final swimming session at Berinsfield on 13th June. We would be pleased to receive any outstanding “voluntary donations” towards the transport costs from those families who have not contributed as yet. Swimming will then begin for Class 3 pupils on Monday 20th June – they will have 5 sessions finishing on 18th July.
Premier Sports Holiday Course
Michael Hopkins, will be leading another holiday course at Stadhampton School on behalf of the Premier Sports Group, for 5 days beginning Monday 25th July. Booking forms are not available as yet, but we thought parents would find it helpful to know in advance, that this course will be running again for that one week.
Tesco Vouchers
Many thanks for collecting these for us – we have now posted our order off. We have chosen to exchange our vouchers for literacy, numeracy and music resources. We are still collecting Sainsbury vouchers and we intend to exchange those vouchers for sports equipment, so please keep sending them in!
P.T.A. News
Many thanks to everyone who donated clothes for the clothes recycling collection. The bags weighed a whopping 582 kilos and resulted in us receiving a total of £291.00 from Bags2School towards P.T.A. funds. We will be organising another clothes collection for the autumn, so start bagging and saving any clean, good quality children’s and adults clothing, shoes, bags, bedding, towels, curtains and soft toys. We will let you know the collection date in the new school year.
Come and join us on Saturday June 25th for The Great Stadhampton Bake Off!
We are running two baking competitions on the day; one for adults and one for children, entrants can enter as many cakes as they like and if you simply wish to sample and enjoy the entries we will be offering tea, coffee and other delicacies too.
There will be prizes for the best entries and entry is £3 per person or £5 per family. Doors open from 2.30pm but cakes for the competition will need to be with us by 1.30pm.
Charity Spring Concert in the Hall on Friday 17th June
At 6.30pm pupils in Classes 2 and 3 are presenting a Spring Concert to raise funds for a charity providing short-term and long-term support for children affected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. There is much musical talent at Stadhampton School which we would like to celebrate and pupils will be playing clarinets, guitars, piano and recorders. Parents and families of pupils in Classes 2 and 3 have had priority seating but we would like to extend the invitation to all interested families. We are not selling tickets as we will be making a collection during the event, however, to ensure we provide enough seating please inform the school if you would like to attend. We expect the concert to last about an hour and light refreshments will be available afterwards.
Working with the University of Oxford
Once again we are pleased to be working with a doctoral student at the University of Oxford who is undertaking research into how children process words when reading. Only pupils in Class 3 are involved in this current study but, hopefully, eventually we will all benefit from the findings of this research!
International links with Tomas Guido School, Buenos Aires
Along with other primary schools in the Watlington Partnership of Schools, we are developing a link with a group of primary schools in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Our partner school is called Tomas Guido School which is in central Buenos Aires. The link is part of a “connecting classrooms” programme administered by the British Council. The main purpose of the link is for us to develop an understanding of each other’s cultures by exchanging information about national and local festivals and customs. At this stage Class 3 have been closely involved by sending information about April Fools Day and the Royal Wedding and receiving letters from pupils at Tomas Guido School outlining their hobbies and favourite food – it’s amazing how popular football is! Two representatives of our School Council, along with their counterparts from the other schools in the Watlington Partnership recently attended an “Argentina” meeting held in Watlington Town Hall and some members of Class 3 have taken part in a skype link which was very exciting.
Little Bears News
Little Bears Pre-school will be holding their hugely popular Strawberry Fair once again on THURSDAY 7 JULY from 3pm onwards. There will be lots to do - tombola, lucky dip, craft stalls and more, plus lots to eat and drink as well as goodies to win.
Please join us and support Little Bears in the process - we're fundraising towards improvements for our garden area too!
Chalgrove & Watlington Children’s Centre
Chalgrove & Watlington Children’s Centre are looking for ‘bank staff’ for the Childrens Centre. Please contact centre manager Helen Rints 07504 958334 or Helen.Rints@Oxfordshire.gov.uk for further details.
DIARY DATES:
Friday 17th June Spring Concert (in aid of Japan Appeal)
Wednesday 22nd June Y5 Students visiting ICC – Creative Arts lesson
Mobile library visit
Tuesday 28th June Cycling Safety Test – Year 6 pupils
Wednesday6th July, Thursday 7th July, Friday 8th July Transition days for all pupils
Friday 15th July Sports evening (weather permitting)
Wednesday 20th July Mobile Library
Friday 22nd July End of school year assembly at 9.05am in hall. All welcome.
Term 6 ends at 1.30pm
Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th September Teacher INSET Days
Wednesday 7th September Pupils return to school
Wednesday 21st September School photographs
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