Lunchtime Supervisors – After half term there will be a vacancy for a Lunchtime Supervisor 12.00 to 1.00pm.
Please ask in the school office for more details and an application form if you are interested in this position. A Supervisor is required for five days each week, however if you are only able to offer part of the week please do ask in the office as this may be possible.
Please find a link to our most recent key stage 2 Performance Tables published by the Secretary of State on the Department for Education’s website.
Woodcote Primary KS2 results 2013
Lunchtime Supervisors – After half term there will be a vacancy for a Lunchtime Supervisor 12.00 to 1.00pm. Please ask in the school office for more details and an application form if you are interested in this position. A Supervisor is required for five days each week, however if you are only able to offer part of the week please do ask in the office as this may be possible.
Class Assembly Dates for your diary –
Oak class assembly Wednesday 5th February at 9.10am
Willow class assembly Wednesday 12th February at 9.10am
Maple class assembly Wednesday 5th March at 9.10am
Other classes will hold their assemblies in the summer term
KS2 Cross Country Event – Yesterday 22 pupils took part in the 4th of a series of 4 cross country events which took place at Langtree School with other Primary schools from the area. All the children performed very well with our school coming second overall for the four events.
Yesterday our school results included: Year 5/6 boys team – 1st Year 3/4 boys team – 3rd
Year 5/6 girls team – 2nd Year 3/4 girls team – 2nd
Individual results – Year 3/4 girls – 1st – Courtney Greenford
Year 5/6 boys – 1st David Carr, 2nd Adam McBride 3rd Andrew Carr
Early Morning Activities – Mrs Bodeker our PE co-ordinator would like to start a couple of early bird activities (before school starting at 8.00 until 8.35am) and would appreciate it if you could answer the questions in the questionnaire on the back of this newsletter so she can gauge interest and start the most popular choices. Please return these questionnaires to the school office as soon as possible.
Emergency Closures – In the event of bad weather any closure or late opening will be announced on the radio by 8.00am, earlier if possible (BBC Radio Oxford and Heart FM Oxfordshire) and will appear on their websites.
We will also inform the Woodcote and Cabin Pre-Schools.
School closures are listed on the County website: http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/schoolclosures and we will also notify parents of opening/closing on our school website: www.woodcote-primary.co.uk
FOWPS Newsletter w/e Friday 24th January 2014
Cake Sale – There will be a cake sale on Friday 31st January hosted by Rowan and Maple classes. Plates will be sent out next week.
Paintballing Voucher – We still have a Deltaforce Paintballing voucher which we were not able to put in the silent auction at the Christmas Market. It is worth £100 and entitles the holder to free entry for
10 people at any of the 35 Deltaforce paintballing centres. If you would like to bid for this item please do so via email to fowps@woodcote-primary.co.uk. The closing date for bids will be Friday 31st January.
Amy Fletcher, Acting Headteacher
EARLY MORNING ACTIVITIES QUESTIONNAIRE
Child’s Name ……………………………………………… Class ……………………………………
Would you be interested in your child attending an activity? Yes No
If so, which morning would you prefer? MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
The provider Sports Xtra are able to offer a wide variety of activities,
which would be your choice (please tick option(s)
Mini Fencing
Dodgeball
Rockitball
Non-contact boxing
Tennis
Football/Futsal
Kwik Cricket
Athletics
Basketball
Multi Sports (a combination of any of the above)
The price point is likely to be around £4.00 per session for a 10 week term,
would you be prepared to pay this?
Yes No
As from January 2014, parents/carers for pupils at Woodcote Primary School will be able to pre book and pay for school lunches via our on line system. If you have access to the internet – you can log on to our site and sign up to your own account, and register your child/children’s details.
http://www.aspens-services.co.uk/schools/pri-woodcote.php
This link will be available from 1st January 2014 along with the new menu for the Spring term.
You can then go through the menu and pre select meals for the days you choose. Our payments are taken via PayPal with credit & debit card and PayPal accounts. There is a minimum order to the value of 5 meals. The cost of dinners is currently £2.00 per meal.
For more information, please read the attached letter from Aspens:
Welcome – to Miss Eilish McLaughlin who has joined us this week as the new Beech class teacher until the summer holidays. She will be taking over teaching the class from me so that I can concentrate on Acting Headteacher duties. In addition, I am pregnant and will be going on maternity leave in the summer term.
Dates for your diary
Week beginning 10th February – Parents’ Evenings
Monday 10th – All classes
Tuesday 11th – Oak, Beech, Ash and Rowan classes
Wednesday 12th – Hornbeam and Maple classes
Sheets will go up in the foyer on Monday 3rd February to sign up for an appointment.
Monday 10th – Friday 14th February – Travelling Book Fair, more details later.
Monday 17th – Friday 21st February – Half Term.
Monday 3rd March – Art Week begins.
Thursday 6th March – World Book Day when we will hold events before and after school.
Wednesday 2nd April – Rowan and Ash classes performance of ‘Jonah and the Whale’ at 7pm.
Friday 4th April – End of term
Monday 7th – Monday 21st April – Easter holidays
Tuesday 22nd April – Inset Day
Wednesday 23rd April – Summer term starts.
Monday 5th May – Spring Bank holiday.
Monday 26th May – Friday 30th May – Half Term.
Tuesday 22nd July – End of term
School Dinners – Online ordering – A reminder that if your child is absent, on a school trip or simply changes their mind, their school dinner must be cancelled by you via the Aspens website before 9am on the day.
Wildlife Area. Work is continuing on the wildlife area this Saturday (18th Jan). If you are able to come along and help, even for an hour or so, that would really help. If you have a wheelbarrow and certainly some wellies, even better. We will be there from 10 – 4 pm (weather permitting). All support is much needed and appreciated.
Box Top Tokens – Please keep bringing the tokens into school as this offer finishes in March. Since September we have collected 385 tokens which have enabled us to receive over 80 books for classes.
Emergency Closures – In the event of bad weather any closure or late opening will be announced on the radio by 8.00am, earlier if possible (BBC Radio Oxford and Heart FM Oxfordshire) and will appear on their websites.
We will also inform the Woodcote and Cabin Pre-Schools.
School closures are listed on the County website: http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/schoolclosures and we will also notify parents of opening/closing on our school website: www.woodcote-primary.co.uk
Welcome – I would like to welcome everyone back to school for the Spring Term and wish you a Happy New Year. We are very pleased to welcome to our school this week Malachi Easton who has joined Rowan class.
Goodbye – At the end of next week, we will be saying goodbye to Mrs Beeton, one of our Teaching Assistants in Oak class. We are very sorry to lose her but wish her well in her new position.
Dates and Events – A list of term dates for your diary and dates of events planned for this term will be included on next week’s newsletter.
Emergency Closures – In the event of bad weather any closure or late opening will be announced on the radio by 8.00am, earlier if possible (BBC Radio Oxford and Heart FM Oxfordshire) and will appear on their websites.
We will also inform the Woodcote and Cabin Pre-Schools.
School closures are listed on the County website: http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/schoolclosures and we will also notify parents of opening/closing on our school website: www.woodcote-primary.co.uk
School Admissions – A reminder that if any parents have pre-school children born between 1stSept 2009 and 31st Aug 2010, due to start school in Sept 2014, applications for a school place must be made by next Thursday 15th January. Applications can be made online at www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/admissions but if you are not able to do this, please ask in the school office for a booklet which includes a form to complete and send to Oxfordshire Admissions Department.
School Dinners – Earlier this week you should have again received a letter from Aspens, the school dinner provider, regarding the ability to pre-book and pay for school lunches via their online system. The school will continue to take payments for dinners but must ask that families stick to one method of payment – either online or payment to the school. If you wish to order and pay for your meals online then please complete the slip on the end of the Aspens letter and return it to the office. If your child is ill and will not require the dinner that day it can be cancelled online up to 9.15am and you will not be charged.
If you wish to continue paying through the school office please send in your payment on a Monday morning in an envelope (an old one will do) clearly marked with your child’s name and the days they require dinner that week. You can pay for more than one week if you wish, any payment for dinners not taken will be carried forward.
Please do not send in loose money. The envelopes can be put through the letter box or given to your child’s teacher who will then send it through to the office with the dinner register.
Free School Meals –are available for children in families claiming Income Support, Income Based Jobseeker’s Allowance or Child Tax Credit. If you think you would be entitled to free meals for your child (even if they do not usually have dinners or will only require a dinner occasionally) please ask in the school office for a form to complete so that your entitlement can be checked. It is important that we have this information since it affects school funding as we can claim extra Pupil Premium Grant which is used to help children who need more assistance in school.
