Residential Trip – the Year 6’s have had a wonderful week, despite the mixed weather. They are due back at the slightly later time of 6pm so as to be able to visit the Clifton Suspension Bridge on the way home. The Year 6 parents can find out more information about the week’s activities at an Open Afternoon in Willow Class on Thursday 26th May between 2pm-3pm.
Lunch time Rugby – Mr Rod Horsley will be starting a new Summer lunch time Tag Rugby Club for Key Stage 2 children. It will be on Thursday lunch times from 12.25 – 12.55pm on our school field and will start on Thursday 26th May. If your child would like to take part please complete a slip available in the Foyer and return it to Mrs Mason in the office. Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Sports Day – this year’s Sports Day will be on Thursday 23rd June. If the weather prevents the day from taking place, an alternative day of Wednesday 29th June will be used.
KS2 Sports will be on the Langtree field from 9.30am to lunch time.
KS1 Sports will be on the Woodcote field from 1.15 – 3.15pm.
Next week’s INSET day – school will finish next week for half term on Thursday 26th May at normal time. Friday 27th May is an INSET day. There is a further INSET day on Friday 1st July 2016 for staff training. School will be closed to pupils on these days.
Class Photographs – Tempest Photography will be coming in to take Class Photos on Monday 6thJune, the first day back after half term. Please ensure children have the correct uniform. Tempest will create order forms and send them through to us as soon as possible after the event.
FOWPS Newsletter – May/June 2016
Coffee Shop
Thank you for everyone’s help on Saturday 7th May. The coffee shop went really well and we raised £215.
FOWPS organises the Coffee Shop in the community centre 3 times a year on Saturday mornings. We often run a tombola as well.
To run the event we require parents to volunteer for a couple of hours to help out and also to bake about 10 -12 cakes. I think Woodcote Primary has quite a good reputation for fantastic cakes – We have some really good bakers amongst us! It’s really well supported by helpers, bakers and people coming along too with their families.
We often raise more than £200 from the morning. We also love running it as it’s such a popular Woodcote Community event.
100 Club Winner
The 100 Club prize winner for April is Liz Dickins. She has won £30.
Pub Walk
We were thrilled to have a warm and balmy evening for the 43 ladies who joined in for the annual Ladies Pub Walk and Talk organised by FOWPS. The entire walk is around 3 miles and is fairly level. It is a lovely way to spend an evening and to chat to other ladies in the school community who you might otherwise not have the chance to speak to. We would especially recommend coming along to our next one if you are new to the school.
This event is open to all local ladies so were pleased that we had past and current parents, aunts, friends and teaching staff represented. With 43 ladies in attendance we raised around £360 for various projects around the school. Thank you!
We look forward to having many of you again next year and hopefully a few more new faces too…
Summer Fair – Friday 17th June 5pm – 8pm
In acknowledgment of the Olympics taking place later this year, we are having a sports themed summer fair. There will be netball hoops to shoot, penalty shootout at football goals, a bouncy castle, tennis skills, horse rides, throwing at targets, long jump, skittles and a variety of food stalls. There will also be a face paint and nail polish stall. There’s a mini Olympics activity course to complete with a lucky dip prize to all who finish!
We have asked various groups to put on displays, including our own year 6 class. The choirs will entertain us with musical offerings to.
Raffle – to be drawn at the Summer Fair
This year, for the raffle, we will be focussing on themed hampers. We already have three fabulous top prizes but need your generosity to create some smaller hamper gifts. You will be asked to bring in items to suit the hamper themes. For example, you might be asked to donate bath time goodies (these would include soaps, towels, shampoo, bubble bath, bath crayons, sponges, face cloths, candles or bath salts). Once everyone has brought in their items, we will create hampers using those items. These will then be raffled off.
Collection for bottle and jolly jars tombola
As always, we will be organising the ever popular jolly jar stall and bottle tombola.
We are collecting for the Summer Fair Tombolas, starting next week. We will collect items in the playground each morning. Please don’t take them to your classroom!
Week beginning 23rd May: Bottles for the tombola. (Make sure the contents are in date to at least July 2016)
Week beginning 6th June: Jolly Jars
*We will be collecting your hamper donations alongside these other collections between 23rd of May and the 15th of June. Look out for themed bags/boxes to put your items into.
This year, the competition for bringing in the most will be run in the school house teams (Owls, Red kites, Kestrels, Eagles & Hawks). There will be a bag for each team for the collection of hamper donations and the team that brings in the most each week will win a Dress Down Day!
Thank you so much for your support and generosity. It will really help the Summer Fair be a success.
We need volunteers!
There will be a sign up sheet for anyone who wishes to help in any capacity, whether it be setting up or clearing away or manning a stall for a period of time. Please look out for these sheets in the front of the school over the coming weeks. We do need your help to make the event successful. So please give some time, even if it is only 30 minutes.
We arrived safely, accompanied by our Woodcote Wanderer Teds, and had time for a paddle in the sea!
Back at base we got settled in and tried on our fabulous hoodies!
Thank you – to all the parents and staff that came along on Saturday to help with our Ground Force Day. After a great deal of work, we managed to achieve some noticeable improvements, especially at the front of the school where we have taken out several hedges and developed some open borders. There is still a lot to do over the next few weeks to complete the work, so please bear with us.
Aspens Menu Change – on Thursday 19th & Friday 20th May Aspens have swapped the menu so that Fish Fingers & Chunky Chips will be on the menu for Thursday not Friday. The swap is only for these dates. Please check your orders have been changed if necessary. Aspens have also asked that parents check with their children whether they have enjoyed the meal ordered for them. With the new summer term menu from Aspens, we have found a lot of children have not liked the meals ordered for them and therefore eat very little.
Lunch time Rugby – Mr Rod Horsley will be starting a new Summer lunch time Tag Rugby Club for Key Stage 2 children. It will be on Thursday lunch times from 12.25 – 12.55pm on our school field and will start on Thursday 26th May. If your child would like to take part please complete the slip below and return it to Mrs Mason in the office. Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Sports Day – this year’s Sports Day will be on Thursday 23rd June. This date is an amendment to the one shown on the Head’s WPS update sent out earlier this term (Wednesday 22nd June is the Langtree Taster Day for Year 6.) If the weather prevents the day from taking place, an alternative day of Wednesday 29th June will be used.
KS2 Sports will be on the Langtree field from 9.30am to lunch time.
KS1 Sports will be on the Woodcote field from 1.15 – 3.15pm.
INSET days reminder – please note the 2 INSET days before the end of the summer term. Friday 27th May & Friday 1st July 2016 for staff training. School will be closed to pupils on these days.
Summer Term Tag Rugby Club – (please return to school office)
My child……………………………………………………… in Key stage 2, would like to take part in the lunch time Tag Rugby Club, to be held on the school field, on Thursdays between 12.25 – 12.55pm. Mr Rod Horsley will be taking the club which will start on Thursday 26th May 2016.
I will provide a PE kit and trainers………………………………………………………………………
Signed ……………………………………………………….Date……………………………
Year 6 residential – next week Willow Class and 3 members of staff are going off on their residential trip to PGL at Barton Hall, in Torquay. We hope they have a wonderful time and that the weather stays kind for them. There will be photo updates via the school website as often as staff are able to post them (or have access to the limited WiFi).
FOWPS Newsletter W/ending:13th May 2016 Email: fowps@woodcote-primary.co.uk
13th May – Our final disco for this academic year. For Woodcote Primary School children only.
£3 per child. KS1 5:30pm -6:20pm & KS2 6:30pm -7:30pm.
Under 5’s must be accompanied by an adult.
We will also be offering temporary tattoos for an additional nominal fee of 50p per tattoo. If your child would like to have one please add the amount for the tattoo to the entrance fee and sign to give consent for us to give your child the temporary tattoo.
Don’t Forget – The Summer Fair is 17th June 2016
A warm and balmy evening greeted the 43 ladies who joined in for the annual Ladies Pub Walk and Talk organised by FOWPS. After a quick catch up and drink, we left the Red Lion Pub in Woodcote around 7:15pm on Friday night. We ambled gently (to Mrs Bodeker’s disgust..I do believe I heard her say; “Come on ladies, pick up the pace. How can you work up an appetite at this speed!”) uphill along Whitehouse road til we reached Long Toll. After a short walk passed the Greenmore ponds, we turned into Shirvel’s Hill and then took a left into the woods. Thankfully, because of the lovely weather in the week leading up to the walk, the usual muddy patches were fairly dry and easy to navigate.
The bluebells greeted us in abundance. It was a beautiful sight and the lovely fresh scent of the woods and warm breeze created a wonderful atmosphere. We continued through the woods until we reached The Sun Pub in Whitchurch. The walk had taken us around 45 minutes to this point. Everyone was thirsty by then, so a few drinks were had whilst sitting and chatting in groups- both inside the pub and in their garden area out back.
At around 8:30 we did the route in reverse. Back through the woods, almost dark enough to use torches, but not quite. We arrived back at the Red Lion at around 9:15 and were treated to sandwich platters and bowls of chips.
The entire walk is around 3 miles and is fairly level. It is a lovely way to spend an evening and to chat to other ladies in the school community who you might otherwise not have the chance to speak to. We would especially recommend coming along if you are new to the school.
This event is open to all local ladies so were pleased that we had past and current parents, aunts, friends and teaching staff represented. With 43 ladies in attendance we raised around £360 for various projects around the school. Thank you!
And of course, a big thank you to the Red Lion for supporting us by providing the sandwiches at the end of the walk!
We look forward to having many of you again next year and hopefully a few more new faces too…
Ground Force Day – Saturday 7th May 10am-2pm. As Summer time approaches, the school would like to improve the school grounds with the help of as many parents as possible. It will involve some trimming, weeding, planting and clearing of paths. The large planter and seat outside the Annex building will be removed as the wooden frame is now rotting. It will be replaced, in due course, with play equipment once funds have been raised. If you would be able to help, even for a short time, we would be very grateful for your support. The more the merrier!!
Thank you – Ash Class had a very successful Open afternoon yesterday, demonstrating their coding knowledge with parents. Thank you to all the parents who came along to support the event.
Foundation Stage Open morning – Oak Class invite parents to their open morning on Monday 9th May between 9am-10am.
Yr 1 & Yr 4 Open Afternoon – All parents of children in years 1 and 4 are invited to join us for an ‘Open Afternoon’ Tuesday 10th May from 1.30-3pm. The children and teachers would love to have you in class with them; Year 4 will be covering Buddhism in R.E. and Science while Year 1 will be doing Gymnastics followed by a lesson on this term’s topic ‘Out and About’. Tea and coffee will be available.
Yr 5 Open Afternoon – parents of children in Maple Class are invited to join the class for a Science Open Afternoon from 1.30pm on Thursday 12th May. The children would like to show you their lifting experiments and hope that you will take part.
Year 6 SATS – these statutory tests will be taking place for Year 6 children each morning of next week. There will be no Music for Schools tuition this week.
Aspens Menu Change – on Thursday 19th & Friday 20th May Aspens have swapped the menu so that Fish Fingers & Chunky Chips will be on the menu for Thursday not Friday. The swap is only for these dates. Please check your orders have been changed if necessary. Aspens have also asked that parents check with their children whether they have enjoyed the meal ordered for them. With the new summer term menu from Aspens, we have found a lot of children have not liked the meals ordered for them and therefore eat very little.
Elms Sports Camp – please see the flier regarding the Elm’s Multi-Sports Camp at Woodcote Primary School at half term – 31st May – 2nd June.
Happy’s Circus – please see the attached flier regarding the circus at Checkendon School on Wednesday 18th May 2016 at 4.30pm.
Langtree Production – ‘The Little Shop of Horrors’ is being performed on 20th, 21st, 22nd June with curtain up at 7.30pm each evening. Tickets are available at the Langtree school office.
INSET days reminder – please note the 2 INSET days before the end of the summer term. Friday 27th May & Friday 1st July 2016 for staff training. School will be closed to pupils on these days.
Sainsbury’s Active Kids – Please bring in any vouchers you have collected by 13th June 2016 and post them in the collection box or post them through our post box. Please do not staple them together. The more vouchers are collected, the more we can spend on additional resources for school.
FOWPS Newsletter W/ending:6th May 2016 Email: fowps@woodcote-primary.co.uk
There are lots of exciting events coming up over the next few weeks:
6th May – Pub walk – Ladies ONLY event. We walk from The Red Lion in Woodcote to The Sun and back again. Ticket price of £8.50 includes a light supper of chips and sandwiches. We LEAVE the Red Lion at 7pm. Please pay your money to a FOWPS member or the school office in a sealed envelope.
7th May 10am – 12:30pm – Coffee Shop at the community centre. Please come along to support your school.
13th May – Our final disco for this academic year. For Woodcote Primary School children only. £3 per child. KS1 5:30pm -6:20pm & KS2 6:30pm -7:30pm. Under 5’s must be accompanied by an adult.
We will also be offering temporary tattoos for an additional nominal fee of 50p per tattoo. If your child would like to have one please add the amount for the tattoo to the entrance fee and sign to give consent for us to give your child the temporary tattoo.
Don’t Forget – The Summer Fair is 17th June 2016.