St Christophers C E School

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Newsletter
No 4: 14th October 2011

Dear Parents/Carers
It was lovely to meet some new families at our Open day event. There were many comments on the exciting Maths Morning and the beautiful autumn displays around school. Thank you to parents and governors who came to support this event. It is a great opportunity to come and see the school in action. Many parents came to support the Picnic Lunchtime event on Friday and shared books with their children despite the cooler weather! There has been some sad news this week as Sue Lafford has decided it is time to reduce her work commitments and will be retiring from her role as Lunchtime Supervisor on Friday 2nd December 2011. Sue has been a member of staff for many years here at St Christophers and her leaving will mark the end of an era. Details about a celebration to mark Sues long service at the school will follow shortly.

Carol Phillips Acting Headteacher

CHRISTMAS CARDS
All the children have been busy designing Christmas cards which will be going home separately today in their book bags. If you would like to place an order please note that all orders must be in school at the latest by:-

Wednesday 19th October 2011 Thank you

Friday 21st October Cook 4 Books Monday 31st October Deadline to apply for a Secondary School Place if your child is in Year 6. Year 1 & 2 Forest School please return your slips if you have not already done so. French Caf please return your slips, again, if you have not already done so - thank you. Please ensure all gum shields are brought to school in a named case or plastic bag thank you. There will be NO ZUMBA CLUB next week on Wednesday 19th October 2011 due to Claire being called for Jury Service.

Quick Reminders

PARENTS & GRANDPARENTS OF THE WEEK A BIG THANK YOU TO:

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: www.simplyschoolwear.co.uk Tel: 0800 404 6644

Mrs Disbrey, Mrs Hambidge , Mrs Harrison Pope, Mrs Holder & Mrs Wybrants

For volunteering and transporting the Year 5/6 children to the Football Tournaments at Carterton Primary School. Without continued support we would not be able to participate in such events so - Thank

you

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

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School Lunch Menus!

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Thursday

Friday

Week Commencing 17 October 2011 Pizza Baked Beans, Coleslaw Jacket Potato /New Potatoes Apple Crumble & Custard

Spaghetti Bolognaise Sweetcorn & peas Strawberry Dessert

Roast Pork with Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Potatoes Carrots & Cabbage Jelly & Cream

Turkey Meatballs in curry sauce, Naan Bread, Sweetcorn and Broccoli Fruit Cookie with Milk

Salmon Fish Fingers, Chunky Chips, Baked Beans and Peas Chocolate Crispy Cake

Also available every day: Yoghurt, Fresh Fruit & Water - 2.10 per meal. Any cheques for dinners please make payable to

Oxfordshire County Council.

NEW FOOD WITH THOUGHT MENU AFTER THE HALF TERM BREAK TO BE ADVISED WHEN AVAILABLE !

Diary Dates
17th October 18th October 19th October 20th October 21st October

FRENCH FOCUS WEEK

Year 3 & 6 Swimming 9.30am Toddlers 3.15pm Recorders 3.15pm Computer Xplorers 3.30pm Tennis 7.30pm Cotswold Voices Year 6 Boulogne Trip 8.40am Choir Yr 2 Forest School Christmas Card Orders Deadline
NO ZUMBA

1.30pm Year 4 OCC VIP Violins in the hall Year 4 Parents & Families Welcome

2.45pm Celebration Assembly 3.15pm SCPA Cook 4 Books 3.15pm Nature Club

HALF TERM HOLIDAY 24th 28th October 2011

31 October Back to School
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1 November Year 3 & 4 Swimming

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2nd November
Bag 2 School Collection Yr 1&2 Forest School

3rd November Year 6 Forest School Day

4th November Operation Christmas Child - Box Collections 2.30pm Divali Assembly

SCPA CHRISTMAS FAYRE FRIDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2011

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHER
The School Photographer, Tempest, will be visiting on Monday 7th November 2011 to take portrait photographs of the children, individually and with their siblings who are at the school, as appropriate. If you would like a photograph taken to include all family members (pre school siblings, parents etc), then please indicate on the attached slip and return by Friday 21st October 2011. These will be taken first at 8.30am and must be booked in as once the individual photographs are taken it will not be possible to go back to photograph groups. ..

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHER MONDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2011

We will be attending the family group session from 8.30am

Name/s. Class/es .. ST (please reply by Friday 21 October 2011)

PARENTS EVENINGS
Parents Evenings are scheduled to take place on Monday 7th November and Tuesday 8th November 2011. 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. During the evening, the childrens work will be available in the hall for you to look through.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

Once again this year, St Christophers will be participating in Operation Christmas Child please see leaflet enclosed with ideas such as tennis ball, skipping rope, baseball hat, small football, inflatable beach ball, stop watch, sweat bands, swim goggles, toy medals or some other sports items that would bring a smile to a child! You could decorate your shoebox with sporty stickers, drawings or make your own Olympic-themed wrapping paper and add a message stating the shoebox has come from the home of the next Olympics and that you hope they enjoy the items in their box! Last year the school were delighted to collect an outstanding amount of boxes for delivery to children not as lucky as ours, and we sincerely hope parents and children will help make Operation Christmas Child a success again this year.

Jumble Sale - Langford Village Hall Saturday 15th October

Bric-a-Brac, books, nearly new, cake stall and raffle. Light refreshments available. The hall will be open on Friday 14th October from 6 to 7pm to accept goods. Contact Cherry on 01367 860304 or Doreen on 01367 860060 Proceeds split 50/50 in aid of the Village Hall and St Matthews Church

The boxes need to be in school for collection by

Friday 4th November 2011

Thank you.

An exclusive offer for St Christophers Mums and Dads! The Filkins Village Shop is offering St Christophers families a 10% discount off their first purchase in the shop. Located in the centre of Filkins village, next to the village swimming pool. Just off the A361 and B4477, its the perfect school run pit stop for childrens teas, family suppers, wine, milk, bread or ice creams. Packed full of local produce, Kelmscott meat, local bread, eggs and honey as well as all your essential household items and of course a wide selection of penny sweets! We stock a full range of delicious Cook ready meals cook from frozen pies, stroganoff, lasagnes, curries childrens portions or family sized. Our wine selection includes Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, Veuve Monnier Champagne, Pignot Grigio Sparkling Rose, Fleurie Cave du Chateau de Chenas . Run by volunteers, we are a thriving local asset, but we need your support to keep growing. Mention St Christophers for your discount offer runs until November 30th 2011.

We look forward to seeing youOpening hours: Mon-Sat Sundays 10am til 12noon and 3pm til 5pm, 3pm til 5pm

WHOLE SCHOOL VISIT TO THE PANTOMIME (. OH NO IT ISNT !!!)

On Thursday 8th December 2011 we will be making our annual visit to the Pantomime. Once again, we will be going to The Theatre, Chipping Norton, where we will make up almost the entire audience! The production this year is Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves and I am sure that all the children who have previously attended our pantomime visits will agree that this is a wonderful treat, and a lovely way to get into the Christmas Spirit! We will leave school promptly after morning registration. The bus will leave Chipping Norton at 12.30pm, returning to school for a packed lunch before the afternoon session, weather and traffic dependant. All children will, therefore, need to bring a packed lunch into school this day as school dinners will not be available. As usual, we have booked a few extra seats in case you want to join us and bring siblings. These seats will be offered on a first-come, first served, basis please complete the form attached. We have managed to keep the cost at 12.00 each for the ticket and transport. Ice cream (vanilla tub) will also be available at a cost of 2.00 which must be pre-ordered. So we can allocate seats, we would be grateful if you could return the reply by Friday 18th November 2011 - Thank you.

Pantomime Reply Slip

Please Reply by Friday 18th 2011 thank you !
Please tick

Yes My child(ren) would like to attend the pantomime visit I enclose .. for ..ticket/s (at 12.00 per person) I enclose .. for .ticket/s including tubs of vanilla ice-cream (at 14.00 per person) Yes My child(ren) would like to attend the pantomime visit. I would like tickets. I would like to order tubs of vanilla ice-cream I would like to pay later by Friday 18th November 2011 at the latest No My child(ren) would not like to attend the pantomime visit Pantomime Extras I/We would also like to attend the pantomime. Could we have . extra seat(s) ( . per person) Name(s)

. Class(es) .. ..

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