St Christophers C E School

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

Newsletter
No 17: Friday 17th May 2013

Dear Parents/Carers
What a testing week it has been J. Many of you will be aware that the last week has seen the majority of the schools taking various tests; with the Year 6 children taking the compulsory national SATs. The children have been focused on doing their best and showing us what they are capable of. I have been particularly impressed by our Year 6 children who have worked tirelessly throughout the week. They have shown such a positive attitude to the assessments and persevered through all the tests. Rarely do you hear children say they are looking forward to a test, but I heard it on numerous occasions this week. Thank you Miss Hill, it is a testament to all your hard work this year that they had such a positive approach. Irrespective of the final outcomes we are extremely proud of our children! As this will be the last newsletter before half term, I hope you have a great break and I do hope that we get to see some more of the sun!

M r Shaw G oodwin - H eadteacher

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.

Tuesday 21st May Year 4 Violin Lesson & Thursday 23rd May 2.30pm Year 4 Violin Assembly in School Hall dont forget your instruments! Donations of plants greatly received for School Plant Sale on Friday 24th May 3.15pm Wednesday 22nd May 6pm 2014 Residential to Pioneer Centre Presentation Evening (current Yr 5) Class Photographs are being sent home today. Please return any orders to the office by Friday 24th May 2013 at the latest. The framed photographs are displayed in the School Hall if you wish to pop in and take a look.

Quick Reminders

SCPA BOOK SHOP

BREAKFAST CLUB
DAILY FROM 7.45AM (PRE BOOKED) 3.00 8.15AM (DROP IN) 2.00 Booking forms for June now available from Mrs Brindle or the School Office

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

SCHOOL UNIFORM St Christophers uniform can be ordered from: www.simplyschoolwear.co.ukTel: 0800 404 6644 or tesco.com/ues
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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 20 May 2013 Roast Pork With Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Potatoes & Seasonal Vegetables Fruity Yoghurt
rd th

Thursday

Friday

BBQ Chicken Pasta Seasonal Vegetables Shortbread & Orange Juice

Chicken & Potato Pie Seasonal Vegetables Lemon Iced Sponge

Aberdeen Angus Burger in Bap Diced Potatoes & Seasonal Vegetables Summer Fruit Salad

Breaded Fish Chunky Chips & Baked Beans & Peas Chocolate Ice Cream Sponge Roll

Week Commencing 3 June 2013 Jacket Potato With selection of fillings Seasonal Vegetables Cookie & Fruit Juice Roast Chicken With Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Potatoes & Seasonal Vegetables Chocolate Orange Mousse Sausages Mashed Potatoes, Gravy & Seasonal Vegetables Apricot Oat Crunch with Custard Breaded Chicken Fillet Chunky Chips & Baked Beans & Peas Raspberry Ripple Ice Cream

INSET

Also available every day: Yoghurt, Fresh Fruit & Water 2.00 per meal.

School Dinners must be paid in advance or on the day at the latest, sealed in a named envelope cheques payable to Oxfordshire County Council please

Diary Dates
20 May
th

21 May

st

22nd May

Year 4 Violins Ginkgo & Oak Swimming 3.15pm Nature Club 3.15pm Rounders Club 7.30pm Cotswold Voices

Forest School Cherry & Year 1 3.15pm Zumba 6pm 2014 Residential Presentation Evening

23rd May Mr Bassett from Burford Secondary to visit Year 6 children SCPA Lunchtime Bookshop 2.30pm Year 4 Violin Assembly in the School Hall 3.15pm Football Club

24th May LAST DAY OF TERM 8.00am Multi skills & Breakfast 2.45pm Celebration Assembly 3.15pm Kwik Cricket Club 3.15pm Plant Sale Cook4Books - Cherry

HALF TERM 3rd June 4th June 5th June 6th June NO SCPA LUNCHTIME BOOKSHOP Year 4 Violins 3.15pm Football Club 3.15pm Trampoline Club 7th June KS2 TRIP TO NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE COACH IS LEAVING AT 8.00AM PROMPT AS ADVISED 2.45pm Celebration Assembly

Oak & Willow Swimming INSET 3.15pm Athletics Club 7.15pm Cotswold Voices

Forest School Cherry & Year 1 3.15pm Chess & Board Games Club

SPORTS DAY FRI 21ST JUNE 2013 KS2 PERFORMANCE - TUES 9TH JULY (AFTERNOON) & WED 10TH JULY (EVENING) CHERRY & MAPLE PERFORMANCE - WEDS 10TH JULY (MORNING) FURTHER DETAILS WILL FOLLOW IN DUE COURSE

YEAR 1
Please note that all Year 1 Children will be participating in the Statutory National Year 1 Reading Screening during the week commencing Monday 17th June 2013. This will be incorporated with the work Maple Class undertake during the week.

PHOTOGRAPHY IN SCHOOL From time to time children are photographed at school for internal displays and we would like to use these photos on our website. Occasionally, the local press may wish to use photographs to celebrate events happening in school. Unless you inform us to the contrary, we will assume that you are happy for your childs photo to be used in this way.

commencing Tuesday 4th June 2013 for all children in Oak & Willow Classes. Once again, we will use Brize Norton swimming pool and transport will be provided by Rebound Coaches. To help cover the cost of the coach, instructors and lifeguards, we need to ask parents to pay a contribution of 1.50 per lesson form attached. The dates this term are:-

Swimming Programme - Swimming will continue again after the Half Term Break

4th June

11th June

18th June

25th June

2nd July

ON THE 25TH JUNE 2013 ALL CHILDREN IN YEAR 3, 4, 5 & 6 WILL BE SWIMMING IN THE ST CHRISTOPHERS SCHOOL SWIMMING GALA AT BRIZE NORTON. PLEASE COMPLETE THE FORMS BELOW AS APPROPRIATE. It is important that all children attend the swimming sessions available to them as the ability to swim is a requirement of the National Curriculum. 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 - forms available from the school office if you have not already done so this school year. 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.

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SWIMMING PROGRAMME
Cheques payable to Oxfordshire County Council please

I enclose a contribution of 7.50 per child to cover the costs for Term 6. (Oak & Willow) Oops ! forgot Term 5 and enclose a contribution of 15.00 per child to cover the costs of Term 5 & 6. I enclose a contribution of 1.50 to cover the costs for the 25th June 2013 (Ginkgo) Name/s Class : Willow / Oak / Ginkgo

Signed ... (Parent/Guardian)

Date ..

Help us keep the spread of germs in school to a minimum by following this advice from the NHS.

Active Kids
Many thanks for the vouchers you are sending in. Sainsburys Active Kids will be available to collect until the 22nd May 2013. Please help us to collect as many vouchers as possible as they really do make a difference. The collection box is outside the office.

CATCH IT germs spread easily. Always

carry tissues and use them to catch your cough or sneeze.

BIN IT germs can live for several hours on

tissues. Dispose of your tissue as soon as possible.

KILL IT hands can transfer germs to every

surface you touch. Clean your hands as soon as you can.

PLEASE NOTE that if your child has

unfortunately had sickness and/or diarrhoea the recommended period by the Health Protection Agency & the School Nurse, for children to be kept away from school is 48

hours from the last episode of diarrhoea

and/or vomiting.

If your family eats Nestle cereals, please remember to tear off the token on the top of the box and bring it in to school. It takes as little as 10 tokens to get one book so the more tokens we collect the more books we can receive for school. The collection box is outside the office.

BREAKFAST CLUB
If you are having a tidy up over the May half term and come across any unwanted colouring books, puzzles and/or board games these will be greatly appreciated and put to great use at Breakfast Club. Please hand in to the School Office, as appropriate, and as always, thank you for your kind support.

ST CHRISTOPHERS PLANT SALE FRIDAY 24TH MAY 2013 AT 3.15PM

A good range of school clubs will start again after the half term break 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 Athletics

Led by
Janet Hobbs Joanne Brownjohn

Time
3.15-4.15pm 3.15pm4.15pm 3.30pm 3.15pm4.15pm 3.15pm4.15pm 3.15pm 4.30pm 8.00am8.45pm 3.15pm4.15pm

Year Group
All All

Cost Numbers
Max 20 8.00

Dates

Tennis Club

Chris Hand Karen Fox

Yr 1-6 Yr 1-6

Wed Thurs

Chess & Board Games Football Trampoline Club

Oxford United Forms from office Jono Atmore

All KS2

10th, 17th & 24th June & 1st July Min 10 10.00 4th, 11th, 18th 25th June & 2nd July To book Tel 07970 481707 or cd.hand@yahoo.co.uk Min 10 10.00 5th, 12th, 19th & Max 20 26th June & 3rd July 30 max 36.00 18th April 11th July 2013 16 Max (forms will be sent home in book bags when available Any 6.00 Min 10 6.00 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th June & 4th July 14th & 28th June & 5th July 14th & 28th June & 5th July

Fri

Multi Skills & Breakfast Kwik Cricket (Boys & Girls)

Joanne Brownjohn Steve FindlayWilson

All KS2

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:

Club Nature Club Athletics Chess & Board Games Multi Skills & Breakfast Kwik Cricket No. of Sessions 4 5 5 3 3 Contribution 8.00 10.00 10.00 6.00 6.00

Tick/Initials

I enclose (cheques payable to St Christophers School please) Preferred telephone number in case of emergency/club cancelled: Child(rens) name(s): .. Class(es) .. .... .

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