Week Ending 28 September 2018

 

Applications for Secondary Schools to start in September 2019

Children born between 1st September 2007 and 31st August 2008 (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 2018.

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.

Flu Immunisations

Reminder: Children in Reception through to Year 5 who have been opted in for the NHS Flu Immunisation will receive this on Friday 5^th October during the morning.

Harvest Festival

Our annual Harvest Festival will take place in the Hall at 2.30pm on Friday 5^th 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. 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.

Forest School Volunteers

As you know, as a school we are in the very fortunate position of being able to offer Forest School sessions to all children on a regular basis.  We do, however, need parent volunteers to allow these sessions to go ahead, as this year we have more sessions than we have had previously. We need volunteers for all year groups, on a Tuesday morning (Years 3-6 in rotation), on a Tuesday afternoon (Reception) and on a Thursday morning (Years 1 & 2 in rotation).

The attached guidelines for helping at Forest School should give you an idea of what is needed, so if you are interested in helping either on a regular or ad-hoc basis, or if you need any further information, please let Melanie Gravett know.

Please be aware that all volunteers at Forest School (as with any volunteers in school) need to read and sign the volunteer’s code of conduct and anyone willing to volunteer on a more regular basis will need to apply for a DBS check.

 Request from the Ladybirds (Reception Class)

If anyone has any blue PE t-shirts that are no longer being used we would be very pleased to give them a home. We use them to wear over our school uniform when we are playing in the mud kitchen, painting or any other activity that might leave us a bit messy! If you could bring them round to our classroom that would be great. Thank you.

Open Morning – Wednesday 10^th October

In conjunction with Little Bears, the school will be open to visitors from 09.00am to 11.30am families now making their decisions about their choice of primary school for September 2019 as well as for families and the local community. 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!

 Change to the normal menu on Thursday 4th October

A change has been made to the normal meals menu for Thursday 4th October. The menu for the day is now beef burger in a bun with tomato sauce or vegetarian Burger in a bun with tomato sauce. All served with potato wedges and corn on the cob; Chocolate fudge cake for dessert or fresh fruit.

Abacus Active Learn – Maths Activities at Home

All KS1 and KS2 pupils will have received a letter and log-in details for ‘Active Learn’ which is an internet resource that links to the maths teaching program and resources that are used in school, in all classes.

Your child’s teacher sets activities regularly (sometimes each week or every other week) that links to the learning in class. Your child can then practice their Maths skills in a fun and engaging way. They will also be able to continue their learning, as well as consolidating their learning. Please help your child by giving them time on a computer, as well as helping them with their initial first log-in. For pupils who are not able to complete homework tasks at home, their class teacher will find a suitable part of the day and week for them to access it at school.

 Storytelling Pumpkin

This week, our school grounds were home to the Storytelling Pumpkin from the Story Museum.  Each class took part in two workshops in which they developed their storytelling technique and took part in the oral retelling of some classic stories based on Dragons and The Hobbit. The children had fun dramatising parts of the story in character. Next week, some children will build on their ideas to plan their own writing based on what they learnt.

 Meerkat Champion of the Week

Class 1  Grace 

Class 2  Maggie           
Class 3  Olivia  

Congratulations to you all!

There are currently no ‘Meercat Champion of the Week’ awards for children in Reception (Ladybirds) as they are still settling into school routines and are gradually being introduced to learning characteristics and skills through our ELLI Project (i.e. characteristics of teamwork, curiosity, perseverance and creativity, resilience, planning ahead, changing ideas and making links).

Oxfordshire County Music Service

Oxfordshire County Music Service have worked with Stadhampton School for many years and continue to offer instrument tuition for pupils in Years 3 – 6. If you would like to know more about what they can offer, please visit www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/musicinterest or phone 01865 816990.

PTA News:

Film Night

Thank you to everyone who supported our Film Night last week.  We raised £240.

PTA Committee AGM - Wednesday 3rd October, 8pm

Just a reminder about the PTA committee AGM on Wednesday 3rd October at 8pm.  Please come along if you can - all welcome.

 Book Swap - Friday 12th October, after school
We will be holding a book swap on Friday 12th October after school.  If you or your children have any books you no longer need, then please bring them along to the book swap.  For £1.50 per person, you can bring up to 20 books and then choose the same number of books to take away with you.

Bag2School Clothes Recycling - Tuesday 30th October 

By getting involved in our next Bag2School collection, you have an opportunity to sort through your cupboards and wardrobes and donate unwanted textiles in the bag provided – this can include anything from the list below;

Men’s, Ladies and Children’s clothing
Paired shoes (tied together or elastic band around)
Handbags/Hats/Bags/Scarves/Ties
Jewellery/Lingerie 

Socks/Belts 

Household linen /Curtains 

Towels 


Soft Toys
Bedding (bed sheets, pillow cases and duvet covers)

Collection bags will be delivered to school shortly, but you can use normal black bin bags as well. Funds paid to the PTA by Bag2School are based on weight so the more bags collected the more we raise!

Thank you for your ongoing support. 

Christmas Fundraising

We know…..it is too early in the year to be talking about Christmas! However, we want to give everyone advance notice of changes to our plans for PTA fundraising this year.  

At our PTA committee meeting last week, we had a long discussion about the annual Winter Fair and other Christmas events at school in December and following that discussion, we have decided to give the Winter Fair a well deserved rest for 2018.

This year we will have a children’s Christmas disco (with Santa hopefully!) and a raffle for adults / families, as well as a Christmas Film Night for the children.  As ever, the PTA will run a bar at the evening performance of the KS2 Christmas play and we are also hoping our popular Wreath Evening will go ahead.  We are also trialling a new Christmas card company, with a more varied product range, so look out for your children’s artwork soon!

Further details will follow as we progress through the year.  We look forward to your ongoing support.

 
Cake Club
Well done Finlay for winning Friday’s cake, very kindly made by Rosie – thank you. This week’s cake is being provided by Becca K-B. Thank you all for your support.

 Diary Dates:

October 2018

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
01 Swimming for Class 2 pupils	02 Y4 Forest School session am; Reception FS session pm.   Afterschool Karate Club	03 PTA Annual General Meeting (AGM) 8pm School Hall	04 Y1 Forest School session am     Afterschool Multisports Club	05 Flu Immunisations Years R to 5     Harvest Festival 2.30pm School Hall
08 Swimming for Class 2 pupils	09 Y4 Forest School session am; Reception FS session pm.   Afterschool Karate Club	10 Open Morning 9am to 1130am All Welcome	11 Y1 Forest School session am     Afterschool Multisports Club	12 Book Swap After school

 

Advanced Warning of Key Dates
Wednesday 17 October	Reception Class Parents’ Evening (more details to follow)
Thursday 18 October	Reception Class Parents’ Evening (more details to follow)
Wednesday 31 October	Application deadline date for Year 6 Secondary School Applications
Monday 12 November	KS1 and KS2 (Classes 1 to 3) Parents’ Evening (more details to follow)
Wednesday 14 November	KS1 and KS2 (Classes 1 to 3) Parents’ Evening (more details to follow)
Tuesday 11 December	KS2 matinee performance – pm (more details to follow) KS2 evening performance – (more details to follow)
Wednesday 12 December	KS1 matinee performance – pm (more details to follow)
Monday 18 December	Nativity/Carol Service – pm (more details to follow)
Tuesday 21 December	End of Term Assembly 09.05am Break up at 1.30pm for the Christmas Holiday

 

Community News

St John the Baptist Stadhampton Church are holiding their Harvest Festival on Sunday 7^th October at 9.30am.

Week Ending 21 September 2018

Class Curriculum Overviews – ‘Jigsaws’

Termly curriculum overviews for the Autumn Term, which comprises a coloured ‘jig-saw’ with each coloured ‘piece’ representing a subject area, have now been completed and uploaded to the school website under the ‘Classes’ section. Please also have a look at page 2 of each jigsaw which provides additional important curriculum information. Thank you.

School Photographs - Reminder

Fish Pole Photography will be visiting school tomorrow Friday 21^st September to take individual photographs of children and groups of siblings within school. If you wish to allow your child to bring a hairbrush for their own personal use please do so.

Harvest Festival

Our annual Harvest Festival will take place in the Hall at 2.30pm on Friday 5^th 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. 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.

Swimming for Class 2

As always, we are very grateful to receive a ‘voluntary contribution’ towards the cost of the swimming transport to the Abbey Sports Centre, so a voluntary contribution of £2 per child per swimming session (£12 for the 6 sessions) would be very much appreciated. Cheques for swimming contributions should be made payable to Stadhampton Primary School. Thank you.

 

Request from the Ladybirds (Reception Class)
If anyone has any blue PE t-shirts that are no longer being used we would be very pleased to give them a home. We use them to wear over our school uniform when we are playing in the mud kitchen, painting or any other activity that might leave us a bit messy! If you could bring them round to our classroom that would be great. Thank you.

 

Open Morning – Wednesday 10^th October

In conjunction with Little Bears, the school will be open to visitors from 09.00am to 11.30am 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!

Abacus Active Learn – Maths Activities at Home
All KS1 and KS2 pupils will have received a letter and log-in details for ‘Active Learn’ which is an internet resource that links to the maths teaching program and resources that are used in school, in all classes.

Your child’s teacher sets activities regularly (sometimes each week or every other week) that links to the learning in class. Your child can then practice their Maths skills in a fun and engaging way. They will also be able to continue their learning, as well as consolidating their learning. Please help your child by giving them time on a computer, as well as helping them with their initial first log-in. For pupils who are not able to complete homework tasks at home, their class teacher will find a suitable part of the day and week for them to access it at school.

A Visiting Pumpkin!

We are very excited to reveal that for two days next week (Tuesday and Wednesday) our school field will be the home to a gigantic pumpkin. The Pumpkin is a large storytelling tent that is on tour as part of The Story Museum’s outreach work while the building in Oxford is being refurbished. All classes will benefit from workshops in the Pumpkin, as it helps us develop our storytelling and consequently writing ability. We will let you know all about what we have learnt after the visit.

 

School Council

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

Year 6  Olivia and Archie  

Year 5  Amaya and Nate  
Year 4  Harry V and Alana  
Year 3  Leo and Mya  
Year 2  Rosie and Austin  

Congratulations to you all!

 

Meerkat Champion of the Week

Class 1 Harry T
Class 2 Alana
Class 3  Casey

Congratulations to you all!

There are currently no ‘Meercat Champion of the Week’ awards for children in Reception (Ladybirds) as they are still settling into school routines and are gradually being introduced to learning characteristics and skills through our ELLI Project (i.e. characteristics of teamwork, curiosity, perseverance and creativity, resilience, planning ahead, changing ideas and making links).

Parents’ Evening

We thought you would like to receive advanced notice of parents evening dates this term.

Reception Class Parents Evening will take place after school on 17^th and 18^th October.

KS1 and KS2 (Classes 1 to 3) Parents Evenings will take place after school on 12^th and 14^th November.

Further details to follow.

Go Guitar Tuition

If you have a child in Year 3 upwards who would like to start guitar lessons please contact Mr Payne on 07921087816 or  goguitarmail@yahoo.co.uk.

Oxfordshire County Music Service

Oxfordshire County Music Service has worked with Stadhampton School for many years and continues to offer instrument tuition for pupils in Years 3 – 6. If you would like to know more about what they can offer, please visit www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/musicinterest or phone 01865 816990.

PTA News

Official Notice of the PTA's Annual General Meeting (AGM) – Wednesday 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 for the forthcoming academic year, please speak to Melanie Gravett (PTA Committee Chair) in advance of the meeting.  Further details of each role are below.

 

Chair 

The Chair directs committee meetings, making sure everyone’s views are heard and everyone is involved in the meeting. It is the Chairperson’s responsibility to co-ordinate the organisation of all PTA events and to liaise regularly with the Headteacher to ensure the PTA is working effectively with the school.

 

Secretary

The Secretary supports the Chair to build effective communication links with the school.  The Secretary is responsible for maintaining accurate records by preparing meeting agendas and minutes and dealing with any correspondence and applications for event licences. 

 

Treasurer

The Treasurer ensures accurate financial records are kept and best practice procedures are followed for counting money, banking and making payments. They should keep the committee updated with regular reports, and ensure end of year reports are completed for the AGM.

Book Swap - Friday 12th October, after school

We will be holding a book swap on Friday 12th October after school.  If you or your children have any books you no longer need, then please bring them along to the book swap.  For £1.50 per person, you can bring up to 20 books and then choose the same number of books to take away with you.

Further details to follow.

Christmas Fundraising
We know…..it is too early in the year to be talking about Christmas! However, we want to give everyone advance notice of changes to our plans for PTA fundraising this year.  

At our PTA committee meeting last week, we had a long discussion about the annual Winter Fair and other Christmas events at school in December and following that discussion, we have decided to give the Winter Fair a well deserved rest for 2018.

This year we will have a children’s Christmas disco (with Santa hopefully!) and a raffle for adults / families, as well as a Christmas Film Night for the children.  As ever, the PTA will run a bar at the evening performance of the KS2 Christmas play and we are also hoping our popular Wreath Making Evening will go ahead.  We are also trialling a new Christmas card company, with a more varied product range, so look out for your children’s artwork soon!

 Further details will follow as we progress through the year.  We look forward to your ongoing support.

Cake Club
Well done to Mrs Stafford for winning the amazing cake made by Elaine B. This week’s cake is being kindly provided by Rosie T, thank you so much. It’s not too late to enter. Good luck everyone!

Diary Dates:

September/October 2018

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
24 Swimming for Class 2 pupils	25 Y3 Forest School session; Reception FS session pm   Afterschool Karate Club   Class 1 visit to Pizza Express	26	27 Y1 Forest School session am     Afterschool Multisports Club	28
01 Swimming for Class 2 pupils	02 Y4 Forest School session am; Reception FS session pm.   Afterschool Karate Club	03	04 Y1 Forest School session am     Afterschool Multisports Club	05 Flu Immunisations Years R to 5     Harvest Festival 2.30pm School Hall

 

October Sports Course at Stadhampton School

Michael Hopkins will be leading a sports course at Stadhampton School on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd October. The cost is from 9am to 3pm and costs £15 per day and is open to pupils aged 4 to 11. This course is run regularly at Stadhampton School and is always very popular. Please book early to confirm your place by e-mailing m.hopkins07@hotmail.com or text Michael directly on 07846 012858.

 

 

Week Ending 14 September 2018

Flu Immunisations

Children in Reception through to Year 5 should have brough home NHS Flu Immunisation consent forms this week (unfortunately the NHS are not offering this for Y6). Please be reminded that these must be filled in and returned to school by THURDAY 20^th SEPTEMBER regardless of whether or not you choose to have your child immunised.  Thank you

Swimming For Class 2

As always, we are very grateful to receive a ‘voluntary contribution’ towards the cost of the swimming transport to the Abbey Sports Centre, so a voluntary contribution of £2 per child per swimming session (£12 for the 6 sessions) would be very much appreciated. Cheques for swimming contributions should be made payable to Stadhampton Primary School. Thank you.

Class Curriculum Overviews – ‘Jigsaws’

Termly curriculum overviews for the Autumn Term, which comprises a coloured ‘jig-saw’ with each coloured ‘piece’ representing a subject area, have now been completed and uploaded to the school website under the ‘Classes’ section. Please also have a look at page 2 of each jigsaw which provides additional important curriculum information. Thank you.

Harvest Festival

This year our Harvest Festival celebrations will take place in school at 2.15pm on Friday 5^th October. All families are warmly welcome. Further details to follow.

 

Open Morning – Wednesday 10^th October
In conjunction with Little Bears, the school will be open to visitors from 09.00am to 11.30am 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!

 

School Photographs

Fish Pole Photography will be visiting school on Friday 21^st September to take individual photographs of children and groups of siblings within school. If you wish to allow your child to bring a hairbrush for there own personal use please do so.

Siblings from Little Bears are invited to have photographs taken with older brothers or sisters from 8.30am  -  please note that they must have a parent or guardian present for this. If you wish to bring your Little Bears child at this time please let Mrs Kerbey know. Thank you.

Forest School

Thank you to everyone who has already completed and returned the consent letter for pupils to take part in our Forest School sessions. A reminder that the letter must be completed and returned to school so that your child may participate in Forest School sessions. Thank you.

Sports Coach

We welcome Mr Waheed Ramzan as our new Sports Coach. Mr Ramzan has his own sports coaching company (WR Sports) and will teach children in Classes 1, 2 and 3 during our Enrichment Afternoon on Thursdays and run our Multisports After School Club on Thursdays. We look forward to working with Mr Ramzan this year.

Go Guitar Tuition

A reminder that for those children who have guitar lessons, Mr Payne’s lessons will be taking place on Fridays, with the first lesson commencing on on 21st September. If you have a child in Year 3 upwards who would like to start guitar lessons  please contact Mr Payne on 07921087816 or  goguitarmail@yahoo.co.uk.

Gardening Club

Could parents please ensure that all children attending Gardening club have wellies with them each week. Thank you.

Oxforshire County Music Service

Oxforshire County Music Service have worked with Stadhampton School for many years and continue to offer instrument tuition for pupils in Years 3 – 6. If you would like to know more about what they can offer, please visit www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/musicinterest or phone 01865 816990.

Cake Club

Well done Oliver and Daniel for winning the cakes last week. I hope they were OK. This week’s cake is being made be Elaine B, thank you Elaine. Its not to late to enter; £10 for the year or 25p per week. Please see Mel, Vicky or drop the money and name into the office.

Thank you

 

Diary Dates:

September 2018

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
17 Swimming for Class 2 pupils	18 Y3 Forest School session; Reception FS session pm   Afterschool Karate Club	19	20 Y1 Forest School session am     Afterschool Multisports Club	21 Guitar Lessons Start   Photographs with Fish Pole photography (individual/family)
24 Swimming for Class 2 pupils	25 Y4 Forest School session am; Reception FS session pm.   Afterschool Karate Club	26	27 Y1 Forest School session am     Afterschool Multisports Club	28

 

Little Bears News

We have all settled back into preschool life and enjoying fun filled days. 
We are enjoying making our own ‘moon sand’, mixing paint colours and making play dough. 
We look forward to this terms topic of ‘All About Me’ and lots of fun activities. 

Gemma 

October Sports Course at Stadhampton School

Michael Hopkins will be leading a sports course at Stadhampton School on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd October. The cost is from 9am to 3pm and costs £15 per day and is open to pupils aged 4 to 11. This course is run regularly at Stadhampton School and is always very popular. Please book early to confirm your place by e-mailing m.hopkins07@hotmail.com or text Michael directly on 07846 012858.
 

Community News

Icknield Community College are holding their Open Evening for this year on Thursday 20th September from 6.00pm to 8.00pm.