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St Christophers C E School
Email:
office.3555@st-christophers.oxon.sch.ukwww.st-christophers.oxon.sch.uk
NewsletterNo 21: Friday 15th June 2012
Welcome back. It is hard to believe we are now in the final term
of this year,
especially as the weather this week has hardly been very
summery! We had an incident this week where a cardrove through a
puddle and drenched two of our pupils on their way to school. The
driver did not stop to see if
these children were okay but the girls sensibly went home to get
dry. However, this meant they arrived at
school late for lessons. Please can I urge drivers to be careful
and considerate especially during the wetweather on these narrow
roads. This term marks the start of many changes at St
Christopher's. We are
delighted to announce that we have appointed an experienced
teacher, Mrs Rachael Long, to join our staff team.
We are also in the process of advertising for another teacher
and will update you as soon as we have more news.
Absent from School ?
If your child is absent from school for any reason,
please dont forget to let us know. Absences arerecorded in our
registers with the appropriate
reason code, ie illness, holiday, medical appointment
etc. Where no reason is given the absence isrecorded as
unauthorised and may be investigated
by the Educational Welfare Officer. Please
remember that requests for holiday should beauthorised 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
Quick Reminders Year 5 LeaWood Outdoor Centre Residential
please ensure forms OA1 & OA2 are returned asap if
you have not already done so thank you.
Tuesday 20th & 27th June 2012 FoundationChildren joining
Year 1 & 2 children for Forest School
dont forget permission slips back and change of
clothes as advised
Tuesday 26th June 2012 Swimming Gala allchildren in Years 3, 4,
5 & 6 to swim dont forget kit!
Wednesday 27th June 2012 Foundation &Keystage 1 Music
Festival permission slips please by
22nd June 2012 at the latest.Dinners should be paid in advance
on a Monday of the
week in which dinners are taken. As usual, the
correct money in a named envelope is very much
appreciated. Cheques payable to Oxfordshire CountyCouncil.
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
Missed a Newsletter?
If you have missed a newsletter, they are available on our
website www.st-christophers.oxon.sch.uk
BREAKFAST CLUB
DAILY FROM 7.45AM (PRE BOOKED) 3.008.15AM (DROP IN) 2.00
Booking forms for July now available from
Mrs Brindle or the School Office
Parking Around SchoolAs we are at the start of a new term,
please may we
remind parents to respect our neighbours when
parking near the school. From time to time we do
receive complaints please help us keep this to a
minimum by not blocking drives and gateways and
keeping clear of the zig-zag lines thank youSCHOOL UNIFORM St
Christophers uniform can
be ordered from:
www.simplyschoolwear.co.uk- Tel: 0800 404 6644
or
tesco.com/ues
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Children in all classes are expected to have their PE kits
in school all week. PE kits may be taken home over the
weekend for washing, but please make sure its back in
school on Monday morning. No football kits may be
worn for PE lessons. May we remind parents that all
children are expected to wear school uniform withsuitable school
shoes (no trainers or open-toed sandals)
and long hair must be tied back for health and safety
reasons. Children will also need to bring their coats to
school as wherever possible we like the children to play
outside at morning break and lunchtimes.
MEDICINES IN SCHOOL
If your child has a medical condition or allergy e.g
asthma, that may require medication e.g inhalers,during school
hours, then please send in to school
in a clear plastic box/bag, with a photograph of
your child along with a completed medical consent
form which can be obtained from the school
office.
In accordance with our policy, we are not able to
administer non prescribed medicine at school (this
includes, calpol, soothers, lip balms etc.Prescribed medicines
are permitted at the
discretion of the Headteacher. Any medicines
should be handed to an adult as children must not
have unsupervised access to medicines. Further
clarification and details can be found in the FirstAid & the
Management of Medicines in SchoolPolicy, a copy of which can be
found on the
website.
FREE SCHOOL MEALS
Entitled to Free School Meals? Children whose
parents/carers receive the following support payments
may be entitled to the Free School Meal scheme:
Income support/Employment support
Income based job seekers allowance Support under the Immigration
& Asylum Act
1999
The Guarantee element of State Pension
Child Tax Credit - providing that Working Tax
Credit in not included and that the annual
income for Tax Credit purposes is within the
guideline set for the financial year.
If you feel this applies to you, then please call into the
school office for an application form.
THE SCHOOL BUS - Please notethat the school bus service is
provided directly byOxfordshire County Council, who are
responsible
for the bus contract not the school. Below are
the contact details for OCC Integrated Transport
Services. If you experience any problems with
the bus service provided we would be grateful if
you could report them directly to OCC.Oxfordshire County
Council
Integrated Transport Service
Tel: 01865 871670
25TH 29TH JUNE 2012
We are currently busy planning a fun filled
Healthy Living Week for everyone to enjoy.
The week will end with Sports Day taking place
all day on the Friday. Food with Thought willbe providing a BBQ
lunch at 12.30pm for
adults and children which can be ordered onthe attached form.
Please watch out for theprogramme of events which will be sent
out
soon!
HEALTHY EATING - All Foundation, Year 1
and Year 2 children are given a healthy snack
daily. Key Stage2 children may bring in a healthy
snack, no crisps or chocolate, if they wish.
WATER BOTTLES - Just a quick reminderthat we do encourage all
children to bring a water
bottle to school each day. Water bottles (with a
sports style top) can be kept on desks for
continuous use during the day. We recommendthe bottles be
named!
As the weather gets warmer please ensure
your child has a sunhat and suncream too thank
you.
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SPORTS DAY MENU FRIDAY 29th JUNE 2012
Food with Thought will offer a barbecue lunch at 12.30pm for
both children and adults, on Sports Day as
per menu below.
SAUSAGE OR QUORN HOT DOG
SERVED WITH CORN ON THE COB, COLESLAW & DICED POTATOES
ICE CREAM
Child 2.10 / Adult 3.60
ALL LUNCHES MUST BE ORDERED IN ADVANCE(INCLUDING FREE SCHOOL
MEALSto ensure we
cater for all those who want the barbecue.
To order please complete and return the slip below by FRIDAY
22NDJUNE 2012 AT THE VERY LATEST
IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO ORDER AFTER THIS DATE.
REPLY SLIP SPORTS DAY LUNCH MENU
I would like to order a barbecue lunch as selected below:-
Choice Child/ren @ 2.10 Adult/s @ 3.60
Sausage Hot Dog
Quorn Hot Dog
I enclose a cheque for / I am entitled to free school meals
Names/s
Class/es
Date .. (cheques made payable to Oxfordshire County Council
please)
THE MUSIC FOR SCHOOLS
FOUNDATION
would like to invite parents, family andfriends of the children
who currently take
part in lessons on Mondays to join them in
the hall on:-
Monday 16th July 2012 at 2.45pm
as the children would like to share what
they have been learning this year
YEAR 4 VIP CONCERT
THURSDAY 28TH JUNE 2.00PM
Parents, friends and families are invited to join the
children in Year 4 and the children who have Cello andViolin
lessons, on Thursday afternoon in the school hall.
The children have worked very hard this year and arelooking
forward to sharing their music achievements with
you.
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AFTER SCHOOL CAREProvided by Petit Enfant
@ St Christophers
Please contact Kelly on 01993 841700 or07584661571 for further
details.
NATURE CLUB would like to thank everyonewho came and supported
their plant sale at the end of lastterm . They are delighted to
announce that they raised
63.50. SCPA raised 20.00 at the cake sale too!
Thank you for your continued support.
PHOTOGRAPHY IN SCHOOL
From time to time children are
photographed at school for internal
displays and we would like to use thesephotos 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 yourchilds photo to be used
inthis way.
END OF DAY TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
Please ensure that you let us know if arrangements change
during the year to keep our records up-to-date. Forms are
available from the School Office.
A Bus Register is taken daily at morning registration to
ascertain which children will be travelling home by bus at
theend of the school day.
It is, therefore, imperative that your child knows how they
aregetting home before they arrive at school in the morning to
ensure the register is correct for the member of staff on
bus
duty.
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 thank you
Thank you so muchfor all the vouchers which have been
handed in. We are pleased that we
have now finished counting and haveordered some money fans which
will
assist the children in their maths.
GUITAR LESSONS
Lessons started again this week. If your child will be in
Year 3 or above from September, and is interested in
learning the guitar, please contact the school office for a
form.
SCHOLASTIC BOOKS - We aresending home in Book Bags today the
latest Scholastic BookClub magazine. Please look through as there
are some very
good offers! Orders to be returned to the school by
Friday 22nd June 2012Cheques payable to Scholastic Books
please.
Come and visit us on Open Farm Sunday! @ Broadwell Manor farm
(follow the signs for
the dairy)Sunday 17th June 2012. 2pm -4.30pmFree entrance, free
teas (& cake!),
Tractor & Trailer ride round the farm, see a working
dairy,
meet the farmers and the animals.
Come see all the Machinery.Its Fathers day so what could be
better a (free) afternoon out!
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SCPA BOOK SHOP
Following on from our Feb newsletter, we have continued with
bookshop running in the following format:-
First full week Tues of the Term - 9.30 11.00 am, each class
visits us in the hall for a few minutes to
have a loo k at the whole range of books currently available
from ages 3+ through to 9+. The children may
choose a book to reserve in order to save for it or buy outright
within 6 weeks or before the end of the
term. Children do not have to reserve a book if they do not wish
to save for or buy anything at this time.
Every Thursday lunchtime - 12.15 12.45 pm, the reserved books
only are available for purchase usually in
Willow Class. Children are also able to buy savings stamps to
the value of 10p, 20p, 50p or 1 so this canbe placed on their
savings card and they can tell us any time if they no longer wish
to purchase the book
they have reserved.
Last Tues of term - 3.15 3.45 pm, all books currently available
are on sale in the hall for children, parents
or carers to come and buy.
As wed hoped, the children have been very keen to reserve a book
on the first Tues morning viewing,
which is great, however, only a few regularly return to bookshop
on a weekly basis to either purchase their
reserved book or buy stamps to save for another. We have also
found that the end of term after school
sale has only a few regular customers. With this in mind, we
would like to seek parent/carers opinions on
the current availability, usefulness and benefit of the school
bookshop facility to you and your children,
and would ask if you could please take a minute to tick one of
the boxes below and return to the school
office as soon as possible with any suggestions you may
have.
Many thanks
Jo and Paula - Bookshop
Volunteers-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REPLY SLIP - SCPA BOOK SHOP
I am happy with the current format & availability of
bookshop The availability of bookshop doesnt affect me either way I
am not happy with the current format of bookshop
I would like to recommend some changes (in writing please
addressed to SCPA c/o School Office)
SCPA FAMILY BARN DANCE SATURDAY 7TH JULY 2012
AT ST CHRISTOPHERS CE SCHOOL
DOORS OPEN 6PM FOR 6.30PM START UNTIL 9.00PM
MUSIC & CALLING BY FIDDLES & FEET
HOT FOOD / REFRESHMENTS INCLUDING BAR / RAFFLE
Dont forget to get your tickets further forms available outside
the school officePlease note that if insufficient tickets are sold
then this event may unfortunately, have to be cancelled.
