SCHOOL DINNERS – IMPORTANT INFORMATION
After Easter there will be a change of caterer for our school dinners. The Langtree kitchen will now be run by a company called Aspens. With this newsletter you will receive a letter from Aspens giving more detail and you will see from this that the current system of pre-ordering and payment on line will not be available immediately although Aspens are working towards making this an option. Direct Debit Payment for meals taken during this last term will be made on 19thApril and you will be informed by email from Dolce about this.
In the meantime the price for a school meal remains at £2.00 and children will be able to order school meals on a daily basis in the classroom, paying in advance with cash or by cheque on a Monday morning (cheques remain payable to ‘Oxfordshire County Council’). All payments must be in a sealed envelope marked with your child’s name, which meals they are taking and the amount enclosed in the envelope.
Comic Relief – The amount raised in the school for Comic Relief this year was £201 which has now been donated to the appeal fund.
Thank you – We are very grateful to Sue Palmer for her donation of books to the Year 3 class. .
Woodcote Easter Holiday Club – The Cabin and Woodcote Pre-school are again organising an Easter Holiday Club for children aged 2 ½ -7 years. Children can bring their own bike or scooter. There will be Arts and crafts and Outdoor games. The club will be held in and around The Cabin Pre-school and Woodcote primary school and will be fully insured.
Runs Tuesday 2nd April – Friday 12th April, 9am – 3pm with ‘Early bird sessions too!!
Call 01491 680854 or 682300 to Book now! Also open for the summer as usual.
New Term – The new term starts for the children on Tuesday 16th April (we have an Inset day on Monday 15th).
Lunchtime Supervisor – The school still has a vacancy for a lunchtime supervisor. If you, or someone you know, would like to apply for this position please ask in the school office for more details and an application form.
Big Bang Science Fair – Last week a group of children from Year 5 and Year 6 attended the Science Fair held at the Excel Arena in East London. The children enjoyed:
Our children talked to staff from various companies and universities:
– staff from the Bloodhound SSC team involved in the World Land Speed Record attempt.
– University of Leicester fossil finding
– Two shows, one of amazing ‘visual’ experiments involving light and another about deep space, from
the University of Plymouth.
It was extremely busy but well worthwhile.
Security Marking of Bicycles – Next Tuesday, starting at 2.45pm, the local Community Police Officer will be on the school site to security mark bicycles, scooters and mobile phones with your postcode. If you would like anything marked in this way please bring them into school on that day.
French classes – A reminder that the last French lesson this term will be during lunchtime on the last day of term, 28th March.
Woodcote Easter Holiday Club – The Cabin and Woodcote Pre-school are again organising an Easter Holiday Club for children aged 2 ½ -7 years. Children can bring their own bike or scooter. There will be Arts and crafts and Outdoor games. The club will be held in and around The Cabin Pre-school and Woodcote primary school and will be fully insured.
Runs Tuesday 2nd April – Friday 12th April, 9am – 3pm with ‘Early bird sessions too!!
Call 01491 680854 or 682300 to Book now! Also open for the summer as usual.
Lost Property – Our lost property box is quite full at present so if your child/children have lost anything, especially gloves and hats, then please ask in the school office. We will dispose of anything left at the end of term. Can I also remind everyone that all items of clothing should be clearly named so that it does not end up in the lost property box.
End of Term – This term ends on Thursday 28th March at the earlier time of 1.00pm. The new term starts on Tuesday 16th April as we have an Inset day on Monday 15th April.
Lunchtime Supervisor – The school still has a vacancy for a lunchtime supervisor. If you, or someone you know, would like to apply for this position please ask in the school office for more details and an application form.
Colouring Competition – This colouring competition in aid of cancer research organised by Ben King’s mother and Iona Bielby’s mother was won by Keira Cox and Lara Clifford-Zyms in KS1 and Della Preshner and Anna Paskins in KS2.. Prizes included colouring pens and books plus vouchers from Krazy Playdays.
Beech class assembly – This will be held on Wednesday 20th March at 9.05am. Everyone welcome.
French classes – As the French teacher was unable to come in this week due to illness, these lessons will now take place at lunchtime on the last day of term, 28th March.
End of Term – This term ends on Thursday 28th March at the earlier time of 1.00pm. The new term starts on Tuesday 16th April as we have an Inset day on Monday 15th April.
Lunchtime Supervisor – The school has a vacancy for a lunchtime supervisor. If you, or someone you know, would like to apply for this position please ask in the school office for more details and an application form.
Book Week – We had a fantastic Book Week this week and all the children enjoyed the full range of activities and events that took place.
On Monday we had storytellers in and children listened to stories from the Christian, Jewish and Islamic religions, with the theme of women.
During the week, children visited the African storytent in the hall and listened to stories from different cultures.
On Tuesday children got together in their team point groups to share stories. It is always a pleasure to see the older and younger children interacting together at these meetings.
On Wednesday evening we had bedtime stories for children in Oak, Hornbeam and Beech classes. Children enjoyed cookies, cocoa and bedtime stories read by teachers.
On Thursday, World Book day, we had a book stall to raise money for Book Aid International. We also had the family reading café, which was very well attended and raised £80.72 for the Charity.
Miss Burrell and Mrs Farrant led the family literacy morning, a workshop for Oak class parents. This was aimed at parents who wish to find out how to support their children with reading, writing and phonics at home in a fun way, and look at how we teach early literacy skills in school.
We also had a pupils verses staff eggheads quiz and voting for Woodcote Primary School’s favourite book.
All in all, we had a fantastic week. A big thank you must go to Miss Burrell, our Literacy Co-ordinator, for working so hard to organise this very successful week.
Parents Evenings – These will be held during week commencing 11th March as follows. Please sign up on the lists in the school hall if you have not already done so. Please allow time between appointments.
Willow, Maple, Hornbeam, Beech and Oak classes – Monday 11th and Wednesday 13th March starting at 3.30pm except for Maple class which will start at 3.50pm on Wednesday due to a school trip.
Rowan and Ash classes – Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th March starting at 3.30pm.
Music Lessons – The lessons normally held on Tuesday each week will be on Thursday next week.
Piano lessons – These will also be held on Thursday next week instead of Wednesday.
Comic Relief – This year we have decided that children can come to school next Friday in non-uniform with the theme of ‘Red’. All donations (minimum £1) will be paid into the Comic Relief appeal.
Lunchtime Supervisor – The school has a vacancy for a lunchtime supervisor. If you, or someone you know, would like to apply for this position please ask in the school office for more details and an application form.