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January 2013

Marcham Primary School

Newsletter

Marcham CE Primary School

Morland Road, Marcham

Abingdon, Oxon

OX13 6PY

Dear Parents and Carers,

Happy New Year!

Please excuse the slightly delayed newsletter, however the sentiments aresincere. I hope that you had a fabulous Christmas and many opportunities for sharing good times with familyand friends. All the staff at Marcham would like to thank you for cards and gifts received. They are generousgestures which we are humbled by. Thank you. Lets hope that 2013 is a good year for us all.

The children have returned full of enthusiasm and are already immersed in their learning. Clubs have be-gun. This is a reminder of what is happening this term:

Monday - Football 3.15 to 4pm, Years 4,5&6

Tuesday - Cross Country Club 3.15 to 4pm, Years 3 & 4

Tuesday - Bridge Club 3.15 to 4.15pm, Years 5&6

Wednesday - Orchestra 3.15 to 4pm There will be no orchestra practice on 23rd January

Thursday - High 5s, 3.15 to 4pm, Years 4, 5 & 6

Diary DatesThursday 17th January - Giraffes Parents assembly, 2.30pm in the school hallFriday 18th January - Mobile Library

School Closure

In the event of school closures next week we will contact parents electronically by ParentMail. We would askyou not to call the school but to keep an eye on your email and listen to the local radio stations who we will,of course, contact immediately should we need to close.

The local radio stations who list school closures are;

BBC Radio Oxford VHF/FM 95.2

Heart FM VHF/FM 102.6

Jack FM 106.8.

In the event of snowy weather please make sure you child is dressed appropriately. It would be useful ifevery child had a change of socks or tights and possibly track suit bottoms to change into should theirclothes become wet. All children should have indoor footwear to change into and preferably wellies or otherweather proof boots for outdoor play.

School Lunch on Friday 18th January

We had to put emergency measures in place on Friday 18th January as we were not able to have our nor-mal lunch delivery. We will not be charging for the hot meals served on that day. All payments will be car-ried over for your future use.

Our value this term is

Compassion

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School Website

The school website is currently under reconstruction. There will be much more information on ournew website due to new government requirements. The new site should be up and running thismonth, or early February, and we hope it will hold more useful information for parents and visi-tors, including forms for ordering lunches, uniform and for booking school absences as well as anup to date diary and policy information. We will let you know as soon as it goes live.

Welly WaddleThe Early Years Partnership raised a fantastic 645.26 from their Welly Waddle, well done toeveryone who joined in.

P.T.AThe Christmas Fayre raised an amazing 1400 this year which is a record amount. Thank you toall the hard working P.T.A members who organised and ran this event. Our thanks also go tothose who volunteered to help run stalls on the evening and of course everyone who came alongand contributed. We hope you all enjoyed the evening.

Headlice

Cases of head lice have been noted in school.Please check your childs hair today.

To detect lice easily use the Bug Busting Way: Use your normal shampoo and conditioner

Wash and condition the hair well, with conditioner still in the hair slot a fine tooth comb intothe hair at the roots.

Holding the comb tight against the scalp, draw it down the length of the hair

Rinse the comb in between each stroke to remove any lice and to avoid combing

the lice back into the hair

Repeat all over the hair, combing small sections of hair at a time, move onto another sectionof hair after each section is louse free.

Rinse hair and with the hair still wet, repeat the bug busting combing method

as before (the combing procedure can be a good time to read with your child).

Further information can be obtained from the school office.

The library will visit onthe afternoons of;

22nd Feb 2013,

22nd March,

3rd May,

7th June, and5th July.

Term Dates 2012/13

Term 3

Mon 7th Jan to Fri 8th Feb 2013

Term 4

Mon 18th Feb to Thurs 28th Mar 2013-

1.30pm finish

Fri 29th March - Good Friday

Term 5

Mon 15th Apr to Fri 24th May 2013

Mon 6th May - May Day holiday

Term 6

Mon 3rd Jun to Fri 19th July 2013 -

1.30pm finish