Newsletter for week ending 6 October 2017

 

Happy OCTOBER Birthday to: Noah Bevis, Wyatt Bullock, Laila Burnell, Ella Fulker, Mia Gravett, Jake Jones, Harvey Khan, Grace Monahan, Oliver Parkes and Harry Smith.

 

During October we are focusing on the core value of RESPONSIBILITY

 

Harvest Service in school tomorrow morning at 9.05am

Our annual Harvest Festival will take place in the Hall at 9.05am TOMORROW and families are most welcome to join us. Once again we will be supporting The Porch, (http://www.theporch.org.uk/)

an organisation which provides a stepping stone for homeless people in Oxford, with our Harvest Gifts. We hope that each child will be able to bring a small contribution into school before our service. The Porch prefer to receive non-perishable items such as packets of pasta, tins of beans, bars of chocolate, packets of biscuits, tins of tomatoes, tins of spaghetti, etc rather than fresh produce.

 

We hope that you will stay on afterwards and buy a tea or coffee with cake, to support the charity ‘Send a Cow.’ Class 1 will tell everyone about the charity during their part of Harvest and explain how it helps people in poverty in other parts of the world. If you can’t make it to our Harvest Celebration and would like to make a donation, then please do hand it into the office. Their website is: https://www.sendacow.org/about-us if you would like more details. Thank you.

 

Applications for Secondary Schools to start in September 2018

Children born between 1 September 2006 and 31 August 2007 (inclusive) need to apply for a secondary school place for their children. You can now apply online for a secondary school place. If you are unable to apply online, you can complete a paper application form. The deadline for receipt of secondary school applications is 31 October 2017.

Please note that UID numbers no longer work for online applications. Applicants now have to manually enter all requested details. If your application is late, it will be processed later in the year, and you are far less likely to get a place at one of your preferred schools.

 

Exciting English News

On Wednesday 11 October children in Yr1-6 will have the fabulous opportunity to watch the Quantum Theatre company perform their play called ‘The Writing on the Wall’, which has been written to tie in with the new English curriculum.

 

Local Funeral in Cratlands Close

Could we respectfully request please that the approach to school in Cratlands Close is kept as clear of cars as possible by 9.30am on Tuesday 10 October for the funeral of a local resident, Mrs Bartlett. Thank you in advance, for your respectful co-operation.

 

 

Swimming Contributions

Thank you to the families in Class 2 who have very kindly made a voluntary contribution for their child’s swimming transport to the Abbey Sports Centre this term. This is very much appreciated and really does help us to make our limited school budget stretch a bit further. Thank you again.

 

School Prospectus 2017-18

We have recently uploaded our new 2017-18 School Prospectus to the school website. It contains a wealth of information and some lovely pictures. Please do have a look at it by following this link: https://stadhampton-primary-school.secure-primarysite.net/prospectus/

 

Meerkat Champion of the week

Reception: Eva W

Class 1: Austin M-F

Class 2: Nate M-B

Class 3: Jake J

Congratulations to you all.

 

Message from Mrs Wilkin

It was a wonderful surprise to be presented with a mini 'This is Your Stadhampton Life' during my last lunchtime as a permanent employee of Stadhampton School.  The 'Book' which had contributions from all the children in School and lovely photographs and memories was brilliant. The flowers were, and still are, lovely. I also received lovely messages from many parents and staff. It is great to know that my efforts were so much appreciated. The amazing glassware serving dish, more flowers and afternoon tea voucher were unexpected and very welcome. The very special gift from Morgan - a shiny flint - has taken pride of place with a shell collection which has just been passed to me by my mother. She treasured those shells as they were given to her over the years by grandchildren. They are now carefully displayed as a garden feature with Morgan's present on top.

 

It has been a wonderful 9 years at Stadhampton and I am glad I am still going to come in on Thursday afternoons for the foreseeable future.  I would like to thank everybody for making me so welcome in the Stadhampton School family.

 

PTA News:

 

Thank you to everyone who came along to the Bingo evening last week.  We raised over £130.

 

Thank you also to everyone who came to the AGM on Tuesday.  We are pleased to let everyone know that Melanie Gravett, Rosie Thomson and Carol Holmes remain as PTA Chair, Secretary and Treasurer respectively. 

 

Bags2School Clothes Recycling – Tuesday 14^th November


Our next Bags2School recycling date is Tuesday 14^th November. We will receive cash from Bags2School based on the total weight of the bags collected, so the more we collect, the more we raise.

 

 

Bags2School collection bags will be arriving in school shortly, but you are also able to use normal black bin bags in the meantime. Please fill your bags with any unwanted items from the list below:

 

• Men’s, Ladies and Children’s clothing 

• Paired shoes (tied together or elastic band around)
• Handbags/Hats/Bags/Scarves and ties Jewellery/Lingerie 

• Socks/Belts 

• Soft toys 

• Household linen /Curtains 

• Towels 

• Bedding (bed sheets, pillow cases and duvet covers)

 

 

Winter Fair – Friday 1^st December

We would also like to let everyone know that our annual Winter Fair will take place on Friday 1^st December at 6pm in the school hall.  Further details to follow!

 

Our next PTA meeting is on Wednesday 8^th November at The Crown, 8pm.  Everyone welcome.

 

Cake Club

Well done to Jude Bradley for winning last week's cake and what a cake it was! Thank you so much Ewa and we are looking forward to this week's cake from Angela Malley. Don't forget to see Vicky if you would like your child to be entered into the draw. All monies raised go to support the wonderful things our school does for our children. Thank you. 

 

Diary Dates:

 

 

 

Tuesday 10 October	Year 3 Forest School session Reception Forest School session
Wednesday 11 October	Quantum Theatre company
Friday 13 October	School Photographs – each child will be photographed in their school uniform individually and with their siblings automatically. If anyone would like to bring in younger siblings so that they can all be photographed as a family group please come into school as a group at 8.20am. Flu vaccination for Reception, Y1, Y2, Y3 & Y4 pupils – all forms must be returned please whether you would like your child to be vaccinated or not. Thank you.
Tuesday 17 October	Year 3 Forest School session Reception Forest School session
Wednesday 18 October	EYFS Parents Evening - 3.30pm – 5pm
Thursday 19 October	EYFS Parents Evening - 5pm – 7pm
Friday 20 October	Break up at 3.15pm for the October Holiday
Monday 30 October	Pupils and staff return to school for the second half of term
November (advanced warning of key dates)
Wednesday 1 November	Class 2 Chedworth Roman Villa trip
Monday 13 November	KS1 & KS2 Parents Evening – 3.45-7pm (more details to follow)
Wednesday 15 November	KS1 & KS2 Parents Evening – 3.45-5pm (more details to follow)
Friday 17 November	Children in Need (more details to follow)
Friday 24 November	Year 5 pupils visit Icknield Community College (more details to follow)

 

December (advanced warning of key dates)
Friday 1 December	PTA Winter/Christmas Fair – evening
Tuesday 12 December	KS2 matinee performance – pm (more details to follow) KS2 evening performance – (more details to follow)
Wednesday 13 December	KS1 matinee performance – pm (more details to follow)
Monday 18 December	Nativity in Church – pm (more details to follow)
Tuesday 19 December	End of Term Assembly Break up at 1.30pm for the Christmas Holiday

 

 

Advance Notice of a Christmas Sports Club:

Michael Hopkins, who is well-known to the school as a PE teacher will be leading a Christmas Sports Course on Wednesday 20 December and Thursday 21 December at Stadhampton Primary School. The course runs from 9-3pm each day and is open to all pupils (not necessarily just Stadhampton School) aged 4-11. The cost is £10 for the day and bookings can be made directly by e-mailing m.hopkins07@hotmail.com or via Mrs Hopkins in the school office.

 

LITTLE BEARS NEWS:

This week the children have enjoyed the book " Handas Surprise". We talked about all the different animals and all the different fruits Handa has in her basket. We have also enjoyed painting with oranges and creating pictures of all the different fruits. 

The children also enjoyed the book "Snake Skipping Rope". We used paper plates to make springy snakes and practised our scissor control. 

 

Community News:

 

Children’s Centre activities in October 2017 attached

 

Job Vacancy: Stadhampton Primary School Cleaner

16 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Hours of work: 3.30pm to 5.30pm

@ £7.50 per hour

Experience desirable but not essential as training will be provided

Successful candidate subject to DBS checks

For more information and an application form please contact Nicola on 07710 844174

Nicola.Thompson@carillionplc.com

 

Newsletter for week ending 29 September 2017

 

Open Morning – Tuesday 3 October

A reminder that the school and Little Bears will be open to visitors from 9.00 to 11.45am for current families and the local community, as well as for the families now making their decisions about their choice of primary school for September 2018. Please do come along and see the school at work between these times if you are able, whether you are a prospective parent or an existing one!

 

Applications for Secondary Schools to start in September 2018

Children born between 1 September 2006 and 31 August 2007 (inclusive) need to apply for a secondary school place for their children.

From 8 September 2017 you can apply online for a secondary school place. If you are unable to apply online, you can complete a paper application form. The deadline for receipt of secondary school applications is 31 October 2017.

Please note that UID numbers no longer work for online applications. Applicants now have to manually enter all requested details. If your application is late, it will be processed later in the year, and you are far less likely to get a place at one of your preferred schools.

 

Local Funeral in Cratlands Close

Could we respectfully request please that the approach to school in Cratlands Close is kept as clear of cars as possible by 9.30am on Tuesday 10 October for the funeral of a local resident, Mrs Bartlett. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.

 

Change to the normal menu on Thursday 5 October 2017

Food and More have made a change to the normal meals menu for Thursday 5 October. The menu for the day is now Beef Burger in a bun or Hot Dog or Vegetarian Burger. All served with sweet potato wedges and salad; strawberry shortcake for dessert or fresh fruit.

 

Harvest Festival

A reminder that our annual Harvest Festival will take place in the Hall at 9.05am on Friday 6 October and families are most welcome to join us. Each class will present what they have been finding out about Harvest as well as singing lots of lovely songs. We hope that each child will be able to bring a small contribution into school before our service. We pass on our Harvest gifts to The Porch Centre in Oxford who prefer to receive non-perishable items such as packets of pasta, tins of beans, bars of chocolate, packets of biscuits, tins of tomatoes, tins of spaghetti, etc rather than fresh produce. Thank you.

 

We hope that you will stay on afterwards and buy a tea or coffee with cake, to support the charity ‘Send a Cow.’ Class 1 will tell everyone about the charity during their part of Harvest and explain how it helps people in poverty in other parts of the world. If you can’t make it to our Harvest Celebration and would like to make a donation, then please do hand it into the office. Their website is: https://www.sendacow.org/about-us if you would like more details. Thank you.

Meerkat Champion of the week

Reception: No one child selected for the week

Class 1: Jake M

Class 2: Bella J

Class 3: Mya K

Congratulations to you all.

 

PTA News:

 

Thank you to those who are supporting the PTA Children’s Bingo night– if anyone has a last minute change of mind, please come along this evening at 5.30pm.

 

PTA's Annual General Meeting (AGM) – Tuesday 3rd October, 8pm in the School Hall

As you know, the PTA’s AGM is taking place on Tuesday 3^rd October at 8pm in the School Hall.    Please come along if you can to find out more about what the PTA committee does and how you can support us through the forthcoming year.

 

Cake Club

Well done to Betsy Clarke-Bye for winning last week's cake and a huge thank you to Ami Martins for supplying it. Thank you so much to Ewa Klorek for this week's prize and to all those who have offered their support this year, your generosity is amazing. Please see Vicky, (Joel's mum, Class 1), if you would like to enter this week's draw.

 

Diary Dates:

 

 

 

Tuesday 3 October	Open Morning Year 1 Forest School session Reception Forest School session PTA Annual General Meeting at 8pm
Friday 6 October	Harvest Service in school – parents welcome to attend at 9.00am – please could every child bring a small gift for ‘The Porch’. Refreshments sale for ‘Send a Cow’ charity. Thank you.
Friday 13 October	School Photographs – each child will be photographed in their school uniform individually and with their siblings automatically. If anyone would like to bring in younger siblings so that they can all be photographed as a family group please come into school as a group at 8.20am. Flu vaccination for Reception, Y1, Y2, Y3 & Y4 pupils – all forms must be returned please whether you would like your child to be vaccinated or not. Thank you.

 

 

Advance Notice of a Christmas Sports Club:

Michael Hopkins, who is well-known to the school as a PE teacher will be leading a Christmas Sports Course on Wednesday 20 December and Thursday 21 December at Stadhampton Primary School. The course runs from 9-3pm each day and is open to all pupils (not necessarily just Stadhampton School) aged 4-11. The cost is £10 for the day and bookings can be made directly by e-mailing m.hopkins07@hotmail.com or via Mrs Hopkins in the school office.

 

 

 

LITTLE BEARS NEWS:

Next week the children will be learning about Harvest and how it is celebrated. We will talk about where our crops come from and how they are harvested. We will also discuss what different fruits and vegetables they can pick themselves! 

 

Community News:

 

Job Vacancy: Stadhampton Primary School Cleaner

16 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Hours of work: 3.30pm to 5.30pm

@ £7.50 per hour

Experience desirable but not essential as training will be provided

Successful candidate subject to DBS checks

For more information and an application form please contact Nicola on 07710 844174

Nicola.Thompson@carillionplc.com

 

Please be aware that Councillor Caroline Newton has been elected uncontested for the Haseley Brook District By-Election.  At the close of nominations on Friday 22 September only one nomination paper had been received and therefore an election is not required to be held on Thursday 19 October 2017.  You will have received a poll card for this by-election which will now no longer be required.  Any queries please feel free to contact the Elections Team on elections@southandvale.gov.uk or on 01235 422528.

 

Primary School Health Nurse Team Newsletter for September 2017 attached

Newsletter for week ending 22 September 2017

 

Change to the normal menu on Thursday 5 October 2017

Food and More have made a change to the normal meals menu for Thursday 5 October. The menu for the day is now Beef Burger in a bun or Hot Dog or Vegetarian Burger. All served with sweet potato wedges and salad; strawberry shortcake for dessert or fresh fruit.

 

This week Mrs Sheridan has been sent to help another school whilst their cook is off sick. We hope that she will return shortly.

 

Open Morning – Tuesday 3 October

In conjunction with Little Bears, the school will be open to visitors from 9.00 to 11.45am for current families and the local community, as well as for the families now making their decisions about their choice of primary school for September 2018. Please do come along and see the school at work between these times if you are able, whether you are a prospective parent or an existing one!

 

Admissions to infant and primary schools

Applying to start infant and primary school for the first time - Children born between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014 (inclusive) will be starting Reception from September 2018.

 

How to apply

From 25 October 2017 applications can be submitted for primary and infant schools.

If you cannot apply online, you can request a paper application form from schools and from the School Admissions Team.

The deadline for receipt of primary and infant school applications is 15 January 2018.

If your application is late, it will be processed later in the year, and you are far less likely to get a place at one of your preferred schools.

Everybody needs to apply. Even if your child attends nursery classes within a primary school, you must still apply for a place in the main school.

 

Mrs Wilkin

Mrs Wilkin has decided to retire from her current Teaching Assistant role and will be leaving on 28 September. However, we are delighted that we will still see Mrs Wilkin on a regular basis as she will be in school as usual on Thursday afternoons working with pupils in Class 1. Mrs Wilkin has been a much valued member of our team since she joined us in 2008. We will particularly miss her contribution to school plays where she has used her ideas and talents to produce amazing scenery, some memorable choreography and singing and also her invaluable support of children in need of additional help. We would like to present Mrs Wilkin with a retirement gift and would welcome contributions from parents. We also have a card for parents to sign.

 

 

 

Harvest Festival

Our annual Harvest Festival will take place in the Hall at 9.05am on Friday 6 October and families are most welcome to join us. Once again we will be supporting The Porch, (http://www.theporch.org.uk/)

an organisation which provides a stepping stone for homeless people in Oxford, with our Harvest Gifts. We hope that each child will be able to bring a small contribution into school before our service. All Harvest gifts bought into school will be taken to the village church and put on display for the Harvest Service there on Sunday 8 October, before being taken on to The Porch. The Porch prefer to receive non-perishable items such as packets of pasta, tins of beans, bars of chocolate, packets of biscuits, tins of tomatoes, tins of spaghetti, etc rather than fresh produce. Thank you.

 

Meerkat Champion of the week

Reception: Elsa J

Class 1: Anna F-N

Class 2: Freddie W

Class 3: Ruby C

Congratulations to you all.

 

School Council

The following pupils have been elected by their peers to sit on the School Council this term;

Year 6     Izzy K & Billy B

Year 5     Elizabeth M & Jack A

Year 4     Emily H & Freddie W

Year 3     Cianna B & Oliver L

Year 2     Anna F-N & Jack F

Congratulations to them all!

Mrs Wahid has kindly offered to work with the School Council during Miss Raval’s absence.

 

PTA News:

 

Children’s Bingo Night - Friday 29^th September, 5.30pm in the School Hall

Letters with further details of the Bingo Night have now been sent out in bookbags so please return the permission slip and payment to the office as soon as possible if your child would like to come along.

 

Official Notice of the PTA's Annual General Meeting (AGM) – Tuesday 3rd October, 8pm in the School Hall

The PTA plays a vital part in the school community and all parents, as members of the PTA, are invited to support the AGM. This is your chance to hear and see how the funds you have helped to raise have been used for the benefit of the children at our school.

  

The PTA Committee (Chair, Treasurer, Secretary) will be elected at the AGM so if you are interested in taking on one of these roles, please speak to Melanie Gravett who can give you more details about what is involved.

 

We would like the AGM to be a relaxed and informal meeting – drinks and nibbles will be provided.  Please come along to find out more about what the PTA committee does and how you can support us through the forthcoming year.

 

PTA Facebook Page

Just another reminder that the PTA has a Facebook page used to promote our fundraising events, to remind parents when events are coming up and to ask parents for donations or additional help.   (Individual concerns about our children or what happens in the classroom during the school day are outside of the PTA remit and should not be raised on the PTA Facebook page – the page is monitored by the PTA committee).

 

The link is below.

http://www.facebook.com/groups/765910023426217

 

It is a closed group, so you will need to make a request to join the group.  When requesting to join, please include your name, your child’s name and their year group. 

 

Cake Club

Well done to Bella Jones and Harvey Khan who were this year's first Cake Club winners!
A huge thank you to Kylie Smith for providing the amazing cupcakes and to Ami Martins for supplying this week's prize.
Don't forget to see Vicky if your child would like to enter the draw. 20p per week or £7 for the year (cheques made payable to Stadhampton Primary School PTA).

We will need volunteers to donate the cake prize each week (they don’t have to be home made!) so please also speak to Vicky if you would be willing to put your name on the rota. 

 

Diary Dates:

 

 

 

Tuesday 26 September	Year 1 and Year 2 Forest School session Reception Forest School session
Friday 29 September	PTA Children’s Bingo event
Tuesday 3 October	Open Morning Year 1 Forest School session Reception Forest School session PTA Annual General Meeting at 8pm
Friday 6 October	Harvest Service in school – parents welcome to attend at 9.00am – please could every child bring a small gift for ‘The Porch’. Thank you.
Friday 13 October	School Photographs – each child will be photographed in their school uniform individually and with their siblings automatically. If anyone would like to bring in younger siblings so that they can all be photographed as a family group please come into school as a group at 8.20am. Flu vaccination for Reception, Y1, Y2, Y3 & Y4 pupils – all forms must be returned please whether you would like your child to be vaccinated or not. Thank you.

 

Advance Notice of a Christmas Sports Club:

Michael Hopkins, who is well-known to the school as a PE teacher will be leading a Christmas Sports Course on Wednesday 20 December and Thursday 21 December at Stadhampton Primary School. The course runs from 9-3pm each day and is open to all pupils (not necessarily just Stadhampton School) aged 4-11. The cost is £10 for the day and bookings can be made directly by e-mailing m.hopkins07@hotmail.com or via Mrs Hopkins in the school office.

 

 

LITTLE BEARS NEWS:

The Little Bears have been learning all about bodies. We have enjoyed lots of fun activities including drawing around ourselves and identifying body parts and we look forward to creating some self portraits. Little Bears have also welcomed 5 new editions  - our 5 stick insets!