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Stoke Row CE School Stoke Row CE Stoke Row CE School Founded 1853 ‘Shine Like Stars’- Philippians 2 v.15-18 8 July 2016 NEWSLETTER Year 5/6 county tennis finals On Thursday our year 5/6 tennis team went to the county finals tennis competition at The Vale of Whitehorse REMINDERS : for the coming Tennis Centre in Abingdon. Each of the children played week: five matches against their equivalent seed. The children played so well; every one of them progressing with their game as we moved through each stage of the Monday : Year 6 end of year trip competition. Many of the matches were narrowly contested, often with just one point deciding the winner. Tuesday : Overall we finished 5 th making us the 5 th best tennis team in Oxfordshire- an amazing achievement for our small school! Well done Ocean Class! Wednesday : Thursday : AM/PM Forest School 3.15pm - New Class Parent Meetings Horseriding Last week our horseriders performed an externally assessed dressage course. They all performed to an extremely high standard and Mrs Fraser was really impressed with how much they progressed since she last went along to watch. Thank you so much to the RDA who provide such fantastic sessions for our school and Pam for taking the children along. Well done to all our horseriders! Stoke Row, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. RG9 5QS Headteacher: Miss Charlotte Harris Telephone: 01491 680720 Fax: 01491 680019 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stoke-row-school.co.uk Stoke Row CE School Founded 1853 ‘Shine Like Stars’- Philippians 2 v.15-18 New Class Parent’s Meetings- Thursday 14th July 2016 On Thursday, 14 th July we will be holding parent welcome evenings straight after school as an opportunity for parents to meet their child’s class teacher and understand the expectations of their new class next year. This is mainly relevant for pupils who are actually changing classes e.g. moving from Foundation to year 1 or year 2 to year 3 but all are welcome. We will be providing you with information about topics next year and answering any questions you may have. Bubble Class Do you have any unwanted bits at home? Bubble Class are looking for: small world resources such as: • Thunderbirds island, rockets, boat/ship, castles and little people. • under the sea toys • bottle top lids, corks, plastic pots, cardboard, kitchen roll tubes etc for making and creating • larger spades and forks • plastic milk crates • old off-cuts of material Raindrop Class Please can parents of children in Raindrop class bring in any old plastic milk bottles you may have so that we can use them in our Art lessons. Running Club Running Club finishes on Tuesday 12 July (rather than Wednesday 13 July). It’s the same time, same place just a different day. Thank you. Year 6 Leavers Service On Wednesday 20 July, we will be finishing for the summer term. We would like to invite you all to attend the Leaver’s Service in Stoke Row Church at 1pm. The service usually takes place for an hour and will finish at approximately 2pm when the children will collect their things from school and say farewell to their friends at Stoke Row. Running Club Our July handicap race was won by Ben Wallis with personal bests also recorded by Charlotte Svendsen, Ebie Roper, Elise Dosanjh, Eli Wallis, Rocco Shaw, Charlotte Wilson and Reggie Lambert. Our 2016 Champion is Charlotte Wilson followed closely by Harry Roberts, Rocco Shaw, Charlotte Svendsen and Freddie Carter. We hold 11 races over the year (with the best 8 counting for the championship). Particular praise is due to Charlotte, Harry and Reg who were the only runners not to miss a single race. Next week’s Running Club –which is the last one of term- will be on Tuesday morning not Wednesday. Stoke Row, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. RG9 5QS Headteacher: Miss Charlotte Harris Telephone: 01491 680720 Fax: 01491 680019 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stoke-row-school.co.uk Stoke Row CE School Founded 1853 School Cross Country‘Shine (XC) Like Stars’- Philippians 2 v.15-18 Last Friday we held our 3rd and final school XC of 2015/16. Bubble class made their debut around the Recreation Ground and we look forward to seeing them venture into the woods (and mud) for the first time next term. This week’s Raindrop Class race was won by Noah Akers with Ben Wallis 2nd and Rocco Shaw 3rd. Personal bests (PBs) were also achieved by Ebie Roper, Max Hunter, Joe Sandham, Lexi Kershaw, Dominic Joyce, Theo McGregor, Zac Salter, James Blaker, Taran Sandhu, Isla Kitty Lawrence, Lydia Carter, Eli Wallis, Maisie Redston, Nathalie Bowman, Ivy Cuthbert and Eve Chater. The 2016 Year 1 XC Champion is Rocco Shaw winning all 3 races and the Year 2 Champion is Noah Akers who won all 3 races and, last week, lowered his own course record. The River Class race was won by Jacob Wallis with Cale Dosanjh 2nd and Archie Lowe 3rd. Cale and Archie ran PBs as did Delphine Roff, Bella Cuthbert, Pavan Sandhu, Freddie Carter, Bethany Redston, Rachel O’Byrne, Riley Salter and Thomas Sandham. The 2016 Year 3 XC Championship could not have been closer (the only year in the school that was close!): Archie Lowe was 3rd (with a 2nd, a 4th and a 3rd), Cale Dosanjh was 2nd (3rd, 2nd, 1st) and the winner was Cameron Reed (1st, 1st, 3rd). The 2016 Year 4 Champion was Jacob Wallis (1st, 1st, 1st). BUT Delphine is getting closer 3 2nd places – 62 seconds behind in the Autumn, 19 seconds behind in the Spring and last week only 13 seconds behind! There is a choice of 2 races for Ocean Class – the full 2 lap course for the majority or a single lap for those who don’t feel up to the full course. In the single lap race Madeline Pryce, James Cormack and Arabella Hall all ran PBs. Oscar McRobbie ran the single lap course for the 1st time and produced the 2nd fastest time the course has seen (8 seconds behind Harry Pragnell’s course record). The main race was won by Harry Roberts with Clemmie Thorpe in 2nd and Reggie Lambert in 3rd. Harry broke Kieran Lloyd’s all time course record by just 1 second – the record had stood since July 2013. Harry, Clemmie, Bea Bradley, Ella James and Chloe Cormack all ran PBs. The 2016 Year 5 XC Champion is Harry Roberts (1st, 1st, 1st and new course record). The 2016 Year 6 XC Champion is Charlotte Wilson (1st, 1st, 1st). The Stoke Row School overall champions for 2016 are: Boys – Harry Roberts (3 wins in our school races and County Champion) Girls – Clemmie Thorpe (3 2nds behind Harry and County Champion) The 2016 House XC Competition was won by Barbar with Horton 2nd, Tantor 3rd and Elmer 4th. Stoke Row, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. RG9 5QS Headteacher: Miss Charlotte Harris Telephone: 01491 680720 Fax: 01491 680019 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stoke-row-school.co.uk Stoke Row CE School Founded 1853 Sun and Water Safety ‘Shine Like Stars’- Philippians 2 v.15-18 As summer approaches with the promise of some good weather, please make sure your child wears sunscreen and covers their shoulders when outside – a hat is a good idea too. Please encourage children to drink plenty of water- they should always have a bottle of water that they can refill during the day. Some parents put their bottle in the freezer over night to ensure their child’s drink stays cold all day. It is also during these hot spells that young people are often tempted to cool off in the river. It is not safe to play in the river which often has deceptively strong currents. We will be advising them against this and hope you will reinforce this message at home too. Please find below some useful links: http://www.rospa.com/leisure-safety/water/advice/children-young-people/ National Book Tokens Would you like to help provide the school with a chance of being picked to win £5,000 worth of book tokens to revamp the school library? All you need to do is enter your email and school choice to then enter the ballot. The competition ends on 31st July 2016 . Please enter here: http://www.nationalbooktokens.com/schools Woodcote Rally Marshalls Woodcote Rally Marshalls are still needed for the weekend. If you have any questions, please to speak to Elise Way. It would be great to have some extra helpers. Thank you. Waitrose Green Tokens We have been chosen by Waitrose Caversham to be one of their Green Token Community Matters charities for the month of July. Please could we ask parents/grandparents to collect their tokens from now on and donate into the Caversham store in July, or to drop into the school office where there will be a box on the window sill. Please spread the word amongst friends and family and ask them to save their tokens for us to help us raise funds towards our Road Safety Signage appeal. We still have £5k to raise! Thank you. Child Safety Please can we kindly ask that no children play in the playground or on the equipment before or after school as there is no adult to supervise them. All children should go straight to class in the morning. Stoke Row, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. RG9 5QS Headteacher: Miss Charlotte Harris Telephone: 01491 680720 Fax: 01491 680019 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stoke-row-school.co.uk Stoke Row CE School Founded 1853 ‘Shine Like Stars’- Philippians 2 v.15-18 SUMMER DATES FOR 2016 ********** Tuesday 19 July Whole School Trip to Hill End Wednesday 20 July Last Day Term 6 Year 6 Leavers Service 1-2pm 2pm School closes NEW ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017 Thursday 1 September INSET Day Friday 2 September INSET Day Monday 5 September First Day Term 1 Friday 21 October Last Day Term 1 Monday 24 October to Friday 28 October (incl.) – AUTUMN HALF TERM Monday 31 October INSET Day Tuesday 1 November First Day Term 2 Friday 16 December Last Day Term 2 Monday 19 December to Friday 30 December - CHRISTMAS BREAK Monday 2 January Bank Holiday Tuesday 3 January INSET Day Wednesday 4 January First Day Term 3 Stoke Row, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
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