St Christophers C E School

Email: office.3555@st-christophers.oxon.sch.uk www.st-christophers.oxon.sch.uk

Newsletter
No 4: 19th October 2012

Dear Parents/Carers
We are quickly approaching the end of term 1 and what a fabulous term it has been but its not over yet! Maple Class lead our first Class Assembly of the school year today, Open Day next Tuesday and the Year 6 children embark on their adventure to Boulogne on Wednesday. Thank you to Mr Turberville and Mr Turner who put themselves forward for election as Parent Governors. I am pleased to announce they were both elected unopposed. I would also like to thank you all for your consideration during the morning drop off and afternoon pickup. After a couple of incidents early on in the term things seem to have settled down and I was pleased to hear from our PCO who confirmed that things looked good on the parking front.

Mr Shaw Goodwin - Headteacher Absent from School ?

If your child is absent from school for any reason, please dont forget to let us know. Absences are recorded in our registers with the appropriate reason code, i.e illness, holiday, medical appointment etc. Where no reason is given the absence is recorded as unauthorised and may be investigated by the Educational Welfare Officer. Please remember that requests for holiday should be authorised before booking. See website for Absence Policy for further details. Please notify us about the absence by telephoning school on 01367 860318 and selecting option 1 to leave a message. Thank you. Wednesday 24th October 2012 - Year 6 Boulogne Trip dont forget packed lunches/medicines etc & dont be late! Friday 26th October 2012 Cook 4 Books 27th October 2012 deadline for Christmas Card orders. 31st October 2012 deadline for applying for secondary school places. If you are unable to apply online please contact the school office. Friday 2nd November 2012 Little Faringdon Guy Fawkes Party 6.45pm onwards we hope you can make this fabulous annual event which is again supporting the school details attached. Monday 5th November 2012 new term starts swimming and forest school start first week back dont forget kit/outdoor wear as appropriate.

Quick Reminders

BREAKFAST CLUB
DAILY FROM 7.45AM (PRE BOOKED) 3.00 8.15AM (DROP IN) 2.00 Booking forms for November now available from Mrs Brindle or the School Office SCHOOL UNIFORM St Christophers uniform can be ordered from either: www.simplyschoolwear.co.uk / Tel : 0800 404 6644 OR - tesco.com/ues
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SCPA BOOK SHOP

EVERY THURSDAY LUNCHTIME
for reserved books and stamps
Dont forget your pennies in a sealed envelope please!

Emergency School Closures

In addition to our text system, school closures will be broadcast on: HEART FM 102.6 FM GWR 96.3 FM BBC Radio Oxford 95.2 FM Or check local radio station websites

School Lunch Menus!

Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Week Commencing 22
nd

Thursday
Honey Roast Ham & Pineapple, new potatoes & Seasonal Vegetables Carrot Cake with yoghurt & honey topping

Friday

October 2012

Pizza With Jacket Potato Seasonal Vegetables Iced Bun

Chicken Breast in Bap, with Potato Wedges & Seasonal Vegetables Oaty Flapjack & Custard

Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Potatoes & Seasonal Vegetables Apple & Strawberry Mousse
th

Breaded Fish, Chunky Chips, Peas/Baked Beans Sticky Toffee Ice Cream

Week Commencing 5 November 2012

Pizza With Jacket Potato Seasonal Vegetables Apple Crumble & Custard

Chicken & Bacon Pasta Seasonal Vegetables Chocolate Sponge with Chocolate Sauce

Roast Pork, Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Potatoes & Seasonal Vegetables Krispy Cake

Cottage Pie & Seasonal Vegetables Flapjack

Breaded Fish Fillet, Chunky Chips Peas/Baked Beans Neapolitan Ice Cream with Fruit

Also available every day: Yoghurt, Fresh Fruit & Water - 2.00 per meal. Any cheques for dinners please make payable to Oxfordshire County Council. DINNER REGISTERS are taken in class every morning. The children tell the teacher whether they are having dinners
(hot school meal) or sandwiches. There have been a few instances of children being recorded as sandwiches but actually having dinners, and vice versa. Please could you help minimise this problem by reminding your child whether they are dinners or sandwiches in the morning, as unfortunately, this does cause confusion and may result in parents being charged for meals not taken thank you.

Diary Dates
22nd October 23rd October St Christophers Open Day Swimming Ginkgo & Willow 3.15pm Athletics Club 7.30pm Cotswold Voices 6th November Swimming Ginkgo & Willow 3.15pm Nature Club 3.15pm Hockey Club 7.30pm Cotswold Voices 24th October
Year 6 Trip to Boulogne Forest School Cherry & Year 1 3.15pm Zumba parents welcome

25th October Year 4 Violins Lunchtime Bookshop 3.15pm Football Club 8th November Year 4 Violins Lunchtime Bookshop 3.15pm Football Club

3.15pm Nature Club

26th October Cook 4 Books 8.00am Multi-skills & Breakfast 2.45pm Celebration Assembly 3.15pm Drama Club 9th November 8.00am Volleyball & Breakfast 2.45pm Celebration Assembly 3.15pm Drama Club 3.15pm Outdoor Games Club

HALF TERM MONDAY 29TH OCTOBER TO FRIDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 2012

5 November
th

7th November
Forest School Cherry & Year 1

3.15pm Zumba

ZUMBA CLUB Wednesday 24th October 2012 - Claire Payne would very much like to invite all parents/carers/families to come along and watch the children perform the fantastic dance routines they have been working on this term. Please arrive at 4pm. OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD please bring to school for collection the week beginning the 12th November 2012. Further forms are available outside the School Office.

SCPA CHRISTMAS FAYRE SATURDAY 8H DECEMBER 2012 11AM CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCES WEDNESDAY 19 TH DECEMBER 2012 CHERRY & MAPLE NATIVITY IN SCHOOL HALL (MORNING) GINKGO, OAK & WILLOW CAROL SERVICE AT ST MATTHEWS CHURCH (EVENING) .

PARENTS EVENINGS SCHOOL COUNCIL

I was delighted that so many children had taken the time to write to me and was very impressed with the reasons given by the children for wishing to take up the position of School Councillor. I was inundated with applications and it was great to see the enthusiasm and commitment the children want to make to ensure our school is an even better place for all the children, parents and staff. I am, therefore, delighted to announce that the new School Councillors are:YEAR 1 Alfie Conner Freddie Driver Charlie Greenslade Oliver Sherratt Oliver Baldry Evy Farmer Freddie Harden Elliot Harris Jacob Holden Rosie Hopcroft-Pope Thomas Shaw Eve Wheaton Jamie Wehrle Rory Jones Jemima Keen Malik Khazir Erin Robinson Daniel Tyrrell Charlotte White Charlie Driver Charles Harden Lucy Hatton Billy Wotton Taylor Cowling Charlotte Holder Chloe Rodger Libby Shaw Ben Taylor Lucy Taylor Parents Evenings are scheduled to take place on Monday 12th November and Wednesday 14th November 2012. To arrange an appointment please return the Parents Evening Form, sent home today, to your Class Teacher as soon as possible. For the convenience of everyone, please do try and be punctual, and remember that appointments are for 10 minutes only if you require a longer appointment please arrange another time. We appreciate it may not be possible to get childcare for your child/ren whilst you are at Parents Evening. If you have to bring them to school with you please ensure that they are with an adult at all times and not left unattended on the school premises. During the evening, the childrens work will be available in the hall for you to look through.

YEAR 2

YEAR 3 YEAR 4

Now the weather is turning autumnal, please could the children bring in to school their coats as wherever possible we like the children to play outside at morning break and lunchtimes thank you.

SATURDAY 8TH DECEMBER 2012

If anyone would like to have a stall at the Christmas Fayre please email/ring Emma Keating on 07717 149888 or emmakeating@hotmail.co.uk

YEAR 5

YEAR 6

Bags are being sent home today and will need to be dropped off at school by 9am on

WEDNESDAY 21ST NOVEMBER 2012

ready for collection. Further bags are available from the School Office. Thank you for your continued support last time you raised over 313! SCPA

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL ! Mr Goodwin - Headteacher

Swimming Programme 2012/2013

This years swimming programme will continue after the October Half Term break on Tuesday 6th November 2012. Once again, we will use Brize Norton swimming pool and transport will be provided by Rebound Coaches. To cover costs we need to ask parents to pay a contribution of 1.50 per lesson. Please see below which year groups will be swimming which term.

Term 2
Ginkgo & Willow 6th Nov 13th Nov 20th Nov 27th Nov 4th Dec

Term 3
Oak & Willow 8th Jan 15th Jan 22nd Jan 29th Jan 5th Feb

Term 4
Ginkgo & Oak 19th Feb 26th Feb 5th Mar 12th Mar 19th Mar

Term 5
Ginkgo & Oak 23rd Apr 30th Apr 7th May 14th May 21stMay

Term 6
Oak & Willow 4th June 11th June 18th June 25th June 2nd July

Children will need a swimming kit, which must include a swimming hat in a suitable bag. Boys must wear swimming trucks, not shorts. Oxfordshire County Councils policy does not allow children to wear goggles. If your child needs to wear goggles they need to be BS 5883:1996 - please return the permission form below. Please ensure that all watches and earrings are left at home on swimming days Please note that a letter from a parent is required if a child is to miss a swimming lesson for any reason. Generally, if a child is well enough to be at school then they are well enough to swim.

.. REPLY SLIP
Goggles in Swimming - (please only return if you have not already done so last term) I wish to request that my child .. be allowed to take part in swimming lessons wearing his/her goggles which meet BS 5883:1996. I understand that the regulations recommend that goggles are not worn for school swimming lessons. I further understand that in the event of injury arising from my child wearing goggles, neither the County Council nor the Governors of the School will be prepared to accept liability for such injury.

Signed . (Parent/Guardian) SWIMMING PROGRAMME

Date ..

.
Cheques payable to Oxfordshire County Council

I enclose a contribution of 7.50 per child to cover the costs for Term 2 Oops ! forgot Term 1 and enclose a contribution of 15.00 per child to cover the costs of Term 1 & 2. Name Class ; Ginkgo / Willow Date ..

Signed ... (Parent/Guardian)

LITTLE FARINGDON GUY FAWKES PARTY FRIDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 2012 GATE OPENS AT 6.45PM
TICKETS ON THE GATE 5.00 ADULT & 2.50 CHILDREN (SUGGESTED DONATION) THERE WILL BE MULLED WINE, BEER, HOTDOGS, BURGERS, HOT CHOCOLATE & MORE PLUS A RAFFLE ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DIVIDED BETWEEN HELEN & DOUGLAS HOUSE ST MARGARETS, LITTLE FARINGDON CHURCH AND ST CHRISTOPHERS CE PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANGFORD

Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal

We will be supporting the Poppy Appeal again this year. Next week and after half term, poppies will be available in school and outside the school office. Please support this appeal and pop in for your poppy!

THE MUSIC FOR SCHOOLS FOUNDATION

Pat Aitkin from the Music for Schools Foundations visits the school every Monday and teaches brass and woodwind instruments. If you would like further details about how your child/ren can learn a musical instrument with The Music for Schools Foundation please contact Music for Schools direct on 0845 375 2466 or visit www.mfsf.org.uk / info@mfsf.org.uk .

AT THE HILL END CENTRE, EYNSHAM ROAD, OXFORD, OX2 9NJ ON MONDAY 29 TH OCTOBER 2012 from 10am-3pm, Cost: 17 per family (concessions available) Apple Day will be a fun day out for all the family at the Hill End Centre. No booking is required, just turn up with a picnic and have fun. Activities on the day will include, apple bobbling, apple pressing, camp fire, arts and crafts. For further details contact : The Hill End Centre Tel: 01865 863510 hill.end@oxfordshire.gov.uk

APPLE DAY

The Old School Broadwell GL7 3QS Broadshires Pre-School is situated in the beautiful West Oxfordshire village of Broadwell, just outside Carterton. The PreSchool is a small and friendly group, dedicated to the education and care of children aged 2 years to primary school age. Broadshires Pre School is registered with and regularly inspected by OFSTED and the Oxfordshire Early Years Development and Child Care Partnership. If you would like more information please contact us on 01367 860729 or visit our website at www.broadshires-preschool.org.uk

A good range of school clubs will start again this term please see below. We request a voluntary contribution to help cover resources and staff costs. To register your child(ren), please return the reply slip attached

Club Mon Tues

Nature Club Hockey Tennis Club

Led by
Janet Hobbs Joanne Brownjohn Chris Hand Claire Payne Oxford United Joanne Brownjohn Lindsey Henderson Steve FindlayWilson

Time
3.15-4.15pm 3.15pm4.15pm 3.30pm 3.15pm4.15pm 3.15pm4.15pm 8.00am 8.45pm 3.15pm4.15pm 3.15pm4.15pm

Year Group
Any Any Yr 1-6 KS2 All All KS2 KS2

Numbers
Max 20

Cost
8.00

Dates

Wed

Zumba

Thurs Football* Fri

Volleyball & Breakfast Musical Mania! Drama Club Outdoors Games Club **

5th, 19th, 26th Nov & 3rd Dec Min 10 10.00 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th Nov & 4th Dec To book Tel 07970 481707 or cd.hand@yahoo.co.uk Min 10 8.00 7th, 21st & 28th Nov & 5th Dec 15 max 18.00 8th Nov 13th Dec (6 weeks) Any 10.00 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th Nov & 7th Dec Min 15 Min 10 8.00 10.00 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th November 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th Nov & 7th Dec

* additional spaces are available starting 8th November. Forms available from the School Office. **basketball, rugby, wide games etc Please note: Once your child registers, we do expect that they will attend each session For ease of banking & administration, payments are due at the start of the course Payment and commitment is for the whole course to cover staff/coach costs & resources For children attending an afterschool club please note the finish time for the club their child is attending as indicated above. At this time the club leader will bring the children to the main entrance and see them out of the main door to parents/carers who are waiting. Please note that the bell should not be rung prior to this time as staff cannot allow Parents/Carers to wait unaccompanied inside the school building. Please collect your child promptly as staff may need to go home!

CLUBS:

Please register my child(ren) for the following clubs:

Tick/Initials Club
Nature Club Hockey Zumba Volleyball & Breakfast Music Mania Drama Club Outdoor Games Club

No. of Sessions
4 5 4 5 4 5

Contribution
8.00 10.00 8.00 10.00 8.00 10.00

I have deducted 4.00 per child in respect of Athletics Club which was cancelled on the 2nd & 8th October 2012. Please reimburse me 4.00 per child in respect of Athletics Club which was cancelled on the 2nd & 8th October 2012.

I enclose (cheques payable to St Christophers School please)

Child(rens) name(s): .. Class(es) .. ..

.. .... ..

Preferred telephone number in case of emergency/club cancelled: