St Christophers C E School

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Newsletter
No 23: Monday 16th July 2012

Dear Parents It has been a privilege to get to know you and your families during my seven years at St Christophers. I would like to wish you all the very best and thank you for your support of this truly wonderful school. Carol Phillips Acting Headteacher Quick Reminders
Friday 20th July 2012 Last day of term 9.15am Assembly Everyone Welcome. School Dinners for this term Thank you to those parents who have paid up to date with their dinners this term. If you think you may owe us or may be owed please call into the office so we can finalise these accounts by the end of term thank you. School Dinners from September will be 2.00 per meal as always cheques payable to Oxfordshire County Council please.

GOODBYE & GOOD LUCK!

I would like to congratulate our Year 6 children on their well-deserved and very pleasing end of KS2 Results and I am sure you will all join us in wishing them good luck at their new Secondary Schools. This year we wave goodbye to:Deryn Campbell Emily Cole Luke Curtis Robin Disbrey James Harden Felicity Holder Shaun Oakey Alex Richardson Jack Romanek Annabel Skidmore Scarlet Clements Oliver Cole Eleanor Daft Darcie Hambidge Jules Hird Aidan Jones Archie Pope-Kirby Pia Robinson Cameron Shankland Ciaran Watt

FRIDAY 20TH JULY 2012 LAST DAY OF TERM 1.30PM FINISH NON-UNIFORM DONATIONS OF 50P PLEASE

We are also saying goodbye and good luck to: Samuel Ainslie Phoebe Hichens Jonathan Peach Max Hichens Milly Ogden Kyle Thorne

:-TUESDAY 17TH JULY 2012 3.15PM 3.45PM All books will be available in the hall to purchase

SCPA BOOK SHOP

Miss Carol Phillips Mrs Marie Wargent, Mr Gez Cornish & Mrs Kirsty Reed wishing them all every success and happiness in the future.
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& last, but not least

SCHOOL UNIFORM St Christophers uniform can be ordered from: www.simplyschoolwear.co.uk Tel: 0800 404 6644 or tesco.com/ues

In addition to our text system, school closures will be broadcast on:

Emergency School Closures

HEART FM 102.6 FM /GWR96.3 FM/ BBC Radio Oxford95.2FM Or check local radio station websites

School Lunch Menus!

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Sausages With Mashed Potato, and gravy, & Seasonal Vegetables Fruit Muffin with glass of milk

Friday
Fish in Breadcrumbs With tomato ketchup, chunky chips, baked beans & peas Raspberry Ice Cream Sponge

Week Commencing 3rd September 2012 Roast Chicken Breast with Yorkshire Pudding , Roast Potatoes, & Seasonal Vegetables Strawberry Jelly & Fruit

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Week Commencing 10th September 2012 Pizza with Potato Wedges & Seasonal Vegetables Victoria Jam Sponge Finger Aberdeen Angus Beef Burger in Bap with Jacket Potato & Seasonal Vegetables Oat Crunch with Custard Roast Pork with Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Potatoes & Seasonal Vegetables Peach & Strawberry Sundae Chicken Pie, with New Potatoes & Seasonal Vegetables Syrup & Sultana Cookie & Glass of Milk Breaded Small Fry Fish, Chunky Chips & Peas/Baked Beans Fruit Rippled Ice Cream

Also available every day: Yoghurt, Fresh Fruit & Water - 2.00 per meal. Any cheques for dinners please make payable to Oxfordshire County Council.

BREAKFAST CLUB - DAILY FROM 7.45AM (PRE BOOKED) 3.00 / 8.15AM (DROP IN) 2.00
Booking forms for September now available from Mrs Brindle or the School Office

Dont forget over the summer to collect your Nestle Box Tops if your family eats Nestle cereals. 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

Diary Dates
3rd September 4th September 5th September
BACK TO SCHOOL

6th September

7th September

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9am Assembly Everyone Welcome

NO CELEBRATION ASSEMBLY

You are warmly invited to our

WELCOME ASSEMBLY
on Wednesday 5 September 2012 At 9am in the School Hall
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We hope you will be able to join us for this first assembly of the year

MOBILE LIBRARY
Please note that if you have any outstanding books at home that didnt quite make it back to the Mobile Library this week, then they can be dropped off at your local library over the holidays. Go for Gold at your local library! Story Lab is coming to a library near you from 14th July until 15th September for more information visit www.story-lab.org.uk.

Our regular volunteers:Mrs Burch, Mrs Cartwright, Mrs Cutmore, Mr Cutmore, Mrs Daft, Mrs Dallyn, Mrs Dixon, Mrs Driver, Mrs Godwin, Mrs Hobbs, Mrs Horner, Ms Lawton, Mrs Mansfield, Miss Oakey, Mrs Sherratt & Mr Watt & all of the SCPA We really do appreciate you spending precious time at the school and supporting the staff and children.

All parents, friends and families (adults only!) are welcome to come along to the School Hall on

Thursday 19th July 2012 from 7.30pm onwards

for an informal fun farewell to staff. Please bring nibbles and drink, as appropriate.

It was great to see lots of families and friends on Saturday at the Barn Dance and we are delighted to announce that we raised just over 500. It was great to see everyone fiddling & feeting . Without your support events like these would not be possible so a big thank you. Wishing you all a sunny and restful break and see you in September!

Provided by Petit Enfant @ St Christophers Please contact Kelly on 01993 841700 or 07584661571 for further details.

AFTER SCHOOL CARE

We will again be raising funds via the Bag 2 School Scheme. If you have any unwanted clothes, shoes, textiles, soft toys etc then you may wish to donate them through this scheme. Further details will follow next term along with bags you can fill up with your donated items and a date for collection.

Sports Day on the Friday. In case you missed it, a parents view of the day is below and the winning team was Greece. Congratulations to:Felicity Holder Otto Richards India Harvey Dan Brindle Aidan Jones Gabriel Moxon-Pope Benjamin Krouwel Caspar Richards Annabel Skidmore Tom Brindle Erin Robinson Oscar McCree Charlotte Holder Charlie Driver Laurie Moxon-Pope Freddie Driver

SPORTS DAY 2012 We hope all the children enjoyed Healthy Living Week ending with

Wow! Langford 2012 Sports Day was an amazing day! The Olympian themed torch bearing opening ceremony started the day and once the weather had decided to dry the grass the hurdle races warmed up the children and the crowd. All children competed by ability groups in track and field events so we had many events to entertain us. After a sportsman's lunch we all joined in the Para Olympics events wearing blindfolds or kneeling down. The whole school field became a moving body of sport. At the award ceremony there were over 140 bronze and silver certificates and truly amazing gold medals for the winners. The closing ceremony was choreographed around the events that would take place later at London 2012 and it was a superb close to the day

BURFORD PARTNERSHIP OF SCHOOLS FOUNDATION MULTI-SKILLS

On a very wet and rainy Monday last week, the Foundation children were transported off to Burford Secondary for the Burford Partnership of Schools Multi-skills workshop. This was led by Mrs Brownjohn and the Year 6 children from St Christophers. Ninety partnership children took part and the skills the children participated were related to improving the childrens agility, co-ordination and balance which included activities such as throwing, catching, target practice, over and under and hurdles and tag. I really enjoyed leading the younger children; it was very useful in teaching us about leadership. We were teaching the Foundation Children different skills. In the end, because it was raining, we couldnt use the school field so we went to Burford Secondary School and used the big Sports Hall. The Year 6 children really enjoyed sharing their skills with the Foundation children. If Mrs Brownjohn didnt help us we wouldnt have been able to run it and all the Year 6s enjoyed themselves very much By Eleanor Daft Year 6 Willow Class

BURFORD PARTNERSHIP OF SCHOOLS SWIMMING GALA

Like the past years, there was a Burford Partnership Swimming Gala on the 3 rd July 2012 at Carterton Leisure Centre with four schools taking part; St Christophers, Brize Norton, Wychwood and Burford. As a team we won most of our races and all of our relays. In the overall scores Wychwood came 4 th with 77 points, Burford were 3rd with 80 points, Brize Norton came 2nd with 84 points and we won by 42 points so we had 126 points! Everyone had fun and thats all thanks to Mrs Brownjohn.! By Annabel Skidmore Year 6 Willow Class

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL !

Jacob Smith, Rory Jones, Tia Collett, Sammy Cartwright, Milly Ogden William Daft, Billy Wotton, Charlie Driver, Rosie Horner, Alice Lawton-White, Laura Turberville Taylor Cowling, Henry Findlay-Wilson, Euan Tyrrell, Ella Charles, Libby Shaw, Charlotte Holder Jules Hird, Luke Curtis, Felicity Holder, Emily Cole, Annabel Skidmore