St Christophers C E School

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

Newsletter
No 5: 9th November 2012

Dear Parents/Carers - Its a warm welcome back and I do hope you managed to have a good half term break
and recharge the batteries ready for the next very busy seven weeks. Looking at the school diary just brought home how much is going on - Children in need, Anti-bullying week, the excited build up to the school Christmas fair and then finally our Christmas celebrations. This brought home to me how much the school asks of you as parents and carers at this time of year. I just wanted to say a big thank you to all of you for all your contributions; without them the school would not be able to provide such a broad and rich set of experiences for the children. A few parents have asked me about the Christmas pantomime. Unfortunately the school wont be attending this year, which I know may come as a disappointment to many of you.

Mr Shaw Goodwin - Headteacher Quick Reminders

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.

Tomorrow Saturday 10th November 2012 Autumn Tidy Up 9am onwards Everyone Welcome! Parents Evenings Monday 12th & Wednesday th 14 November 2012 (no clubs on these days) Mobile Library Thursday 15th November 2012 dont forget to return books. Friday 16th November Children in Need please see info attached. Wednesday 21st November Bags2School please bring to school by 9am for collection thank you. Thursday 22nd November 7pm Parent Questionnaire & Feedback Evening details attached. The children have been making junk at lunchtimes. If you have any cardboard boxes/tubes you wish to donate they will be put to good use!

BREAKFAST CLUB
DAILY FROM 7.45AM (PRE BOOKED) 3.00 8.15AM (DROP IN) 2.00 Booking forms for December 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 or tesco.com/ues
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Please bring your boxes in to school by Friday 16th November 2012 further forms available outside the school office thank you

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

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

Monday
Beef Burger in Bap With diced potatoes Seasonal Vegetables Chocolate Marble Cake with Custard

Tuesday
Sausages in onion gravy with mashed potatoes Seasonal Vegetables Sticky Toffee Pudding with Custard

School Lunch Menus! Wednesday Thursday

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Friday

Week Commencing 12 November 2012

Roast Chicken Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Potatoes & Season Vegetables Jelly with Fruit

Pasta Bolognaise Choice of Vegetables Shortbread With glass of milk

PUDSEY BEAR SCHOOL LUNCH PRE ORDERED ONLY

Week Commencing 19th November 2012 Gammon & Pineapple With Jacket Potato Seasonal Vegetables Cinnamon Bun Lasagne Seasonal Vegetables Syrup Sponge with Custard Roast Beef Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Potatoes & Seasonal Vegetables Oak cookie with glass of orange juice Chicken Pie Seasonal Vegetables Lemon Cake With Custard Breaded Fish Chips, Peas or Beans Ice Cream with Toffee Sauce

Also available every day: Yoghurt, Fresh Fruit & Water - 2.00 per meal. Cheques for dinners please make payable to

Oxfordshire County Council.

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 reminder that 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 recommend the bottles be named!

Diary Dates
12th November 13th November 14th November 15th November Mobile Library The Magic Club (Anti Bullying) Parents Evening Swimming Ginkgo & Willow 3.15pm Hockey Club 7.30pm Cotswold Voices 20th November
Forest School Cherry & Year 1

Year 4 Violins Lunchtime Bookshop 3.15pm Football Club

Parents Evening

19th November

21st November

22nd November Year 4 Violins

16th November CHILDREN IN NEED NON UNIFORM 8.00am Volleyball & Breakfast 2.45pm Celebration Assembly 3.15pm Drama Club 3.15pm Outdoor Games Club 23rd November 8.00am Volleyball & Breakfast 2.45pm Celebration Assembly 3.15pm Drama Club 3.15pm Outdoor Games Club 30th November Non School Uniform Day 8.00am Volleyball & Breakfast 2.45pm Celebration Assembly 3.15pm Drama Club 3.15pm Outdoor Games Club

NATIONAL ANTI BULLYING WEEK Swimming Ginkgo & Willow 3.15pm Nature Club 3.15pm Hockey Club 7.30pm Cotswold Voices 26th November 27th November Swimming Ginkgo & Willow 3.15pm Nature Club 3.15pm Hockey Club 7.30pm Cotswold Voices
Forest School Cherry & Year 1 3.15pm Zumba

Lunchtime Bookshop 3.15pm Football Club 7.00pm Parent Questionnaire Evening 29th November Year 4 Violins Lunchtime Bookshop 3.15pm Football Club

28th November

Forest School Cherry & Year 1 3.15pm Zumba

CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCES WEDNESDAY 19TH DECEMBER 2012 CHERRY & MAPLE NATIVITY IN SCHOOL HALL (MORNING) GINKGO, OAK & WILLOW CAROL SERVICE AT ST MATTHEWS CHURCH (EVENING)

CHILDREN IN NEED 2012 SHOW YOUR SPOTS LETS RAISE LOTS FRIDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2012
We are pleased to advise that we are again this year supporting this worthwhile cause and Friday 16th November 2012 will be a Non Uniform Dress Up & Wear Lots of Spots Day for a suggested donation of 0.50p in aid of Children in Need. The children will be selling raffle tickets throughout the week at playtimes and lunch times. The prize will be a Pudsey Bear and a Blush Pudsey Bear (two teddies). Tickets will be 20p each. The children will also be running some fun and spotty fundraising activities on Friday please pop in the hall at 8.45am or at 2.30pm to support Spots in the Hall and a Cake Sale donations of cakes will be greatly appreciated . Suggested donations for each activity and for children to purchase cakes during the school day is 20p. There will also be a prize for the Best Spotty Outfit in each class. We hope all the children will enjoy raising funds and having fun! MRS BROWNJOHN PUDSEYS HELPER!

PARENT QUESTIONNAIRE & FEEDBACK EVENING

The school plans to run an information evening on Thursday 22nd November starting at 7pm. The idea of this and similar future meetings is to: Provide information on specific aspects of the school so as to help support you as parents. Give an opportunity for feeding back progress on any issues raised by the school family and community.

A chance to ask questions and help set the

agenda for future meetings.

In this first meeting we plan to cover :

How the school measures academic

achievement - attainment & progress.

The new school report card. Initial feedback from the latest
questionnaire.

Hopefully you have all received the SCPA letter which was sent home last term and have now put the date in your diary to pop along to the Christmas Fair on Saturday 8th December 2012 from 11am. The boxes will be in each classroom to collect goodies for the hampers from the 19th November 2012. Suggestions are chocolates, candles, Christmas decorations, food/drink items, toiletries etc etc; anything you would like to get in a hamper! The class colours/themes are Cherry Red / Maple Gold / Ginkgo Green / Oak White/Sparkly / Willow Silver. As advised, empty jars, to be filled with goodies as you wish, are available from the school office. COOK 4 BOOKS Thank you to Willow Class who raised 40.20 at their recent cake sale. The next sale will be on Friday 30th November 2012 and will be Cherry Class. Thank you, as always, for your continued support.

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Mr Shaw Goodwin - Headteacher

Parking Around School

As 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 you

THE SCHOOL BUS

Please note that the school bus service is provided directly by Oxfordshire 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

News from Gez Cornish in Richmond, N. Yorks

Having vanished from the life of St Christophers way back in July I thought I would seize this opportunity for a bit of free marketing space in the school newsletter! We have had a wonderful summer watching our house reduced to a dustcovered builders yard before re-emerging as a very lovely shell which we then spent hours painting, polishing and decorating. To see the results of our labours you can now visit our web site at: www.cordillerashouse.co.uk Or you can find us on Facebook at Cordilleras House B&B where you will find photos of the lovely surrounding area, and details of special winter offers to tempt you to our door. If you would like to contact us directly to complain about this blatant misuse of the schools newsletter as a marketing tool, or to say something a bit more positive, then we would love to hear from you, using our e-mail at: cordillerashouse@hotmail.co.uk Best regards Gez Cornish

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

CHRISTMAS CONCERT BY COTSWOLD VOICES

CORN EXCHANGE, FARINGDON ON FRIDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 2012 8PM (DOORS OPEN 7.30PM) BAR, RAFFLE, MULLED WINE, MINCE PIES, SHORTBREAD Adults 7.50 / Unders 16s 5.00 / Family 20.00 For further information contact Faith Carpenter on 01367 241237