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FOSS RAISES £18,513 in AUTUMN TERM - FOR DETAILS ON HOW THIS MONEY WAS SPENT AND ALL THE LATEST FOSS NEWS, TURN TO PAGE THREE. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO FOSS AND ALL OUR PARENTS. THESE MONIES MAKE SUCH A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE TO THE RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN OFFER OUR CHILDREN.
FOSS RAISES £18,513 in AUTUMN TERM - FOR DETAILS ON HOW THIS MONEY WAS SPENT AND ALL THE LATEST FOSS NEWS, TURN TO PAGE THREE. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO FOSS AND ALL OUR PARENTS. THESE MONIES MAKE SUCH A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE TO THE RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN OFFER OUR CHILDREN.
DATES AND REMINDERS
(Dates may be subject to change. For a full list of our yearly dates please check our 'Summary of Dates' page on our website)
Friday 20th December - Term ends 2.15pm
Monday 6th January - Staff Inset Day
Tuesday 7th January - Children return to school
Wednesday 15th January - Coffee Morning for parents with the Wellbeing Team (MHST) find out more about how we support every child's wellbeing and mental health in school - School Studio - 9am
Monday 20th January - Friday 24th January (AM) Year Six Kamkwamba class - Bikeability
Wednesday 22nd January - Reception Trip to The Brooklands Museum
Wednesday 22nd January - Class assembly - Year Two - Earhart (tbc)
Friday 24th January - School nurse workshop for Reception and Y1 parents 'Healthy 5 year olds' - 2:30pm - Hall
Monday 27th January - Friday 31st January (AM) Year Six Obama class - Bikeability
Thursday 30th January - FOSS Silent Disco Reception
Friday 31st January - FOSS Silent Disco Year One to Six
Friday 31st January - Let's Talk About Sleep and Wellbeing session for parents - with guest speaker Charlie Pratten Queen's Nurse - 9am Studio
Monday 3rd February - FOSS - The Great St Stephen's Bake Off
Friday 7th February - Class assembly - Year Four - Rashford (tbc)
Friday 7th February - Reception and Y1 school nurse drop-in session for parents - 9am Studio
Saturday 8th February - FOSS rugby stall fundraiser
W/c Monday 10th February - Interfaith Week
Tuesday 11th February - Safer Internet Day
Tuesday 11th February - Year Four PGL Residential Trip Parent Meeting
Wednesday 12th February - RE Day
Monday 17th - Friday 21st February - Half term holiday
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Children return to school on Tuesday 7th January 2025
OUR SPRING TERM KICKS OFF WITH A STAFF INSET DAY ON MONDAY 6TH JANUARY. WE WILL WELCOME OUR CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL ON TUESDAY 7TH JANUARY. BEST WISHES FROM ALL THE ST STEPHEN'S STAFF TEAM
IMPORTANT REMINDER - THE WINCHESTER ROAD AREA ADJACENT TO OUR SCHOOL IS A DESIGNATED 'SCHOOL STREET.' PLEASE CAN WE REMIND YOU NOT TO PARK IN THIS AREA. BEING A SCHOOL STREET MEANS THIS AREA IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO MOTOR TRAFFIC DURING SCHOOL DROP OFF AND COLLECTION. THIS KEEPS OUR CHILDREN AND PARENTS SAFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.
FOSS CHRISTMAS MARKET TRIUMPH
A fabulous festive highlight for our children (and us, if we are honest) is the fantastic FOSS Christmas Market in the Winchester Hall. Brimful of top quality presents, the shoppers filled their bags with loads of splendid Christmas booty to give to parents and family. We cannot thank FOSS enough for putting on this magnificent event for our children and to our generous parents who donated lashings and lashings of high quality merchandise for our shoppers to peruse. Here is a glimpse of the market and the FOSS elves who worked so hard to set it up. Stocks were soon diminished by our little shoppers who shopped 'til they dropped. More news on FOSS and the market on page three. Thank you so much to FOSS and all our parents for the support they give us, it makes such a huge difference to the resources and educational facilities we can offer our children.
YEAR TWO STEALS THE SHOW AT OUR CHRISTMAS SERVICE
YEAR TWO STEALS THE SHOW AT OUR CHRISTMAS SERVICE
Our whole school services at St Stephen's Church are always a treat and never more so than when our Year Two children give us their Christmas Nativity. An angel looking for his wings was the hero of this festive retelling of the birth of Jesus and in the course of his search he encountered kings, donkeys, shepherds, stars, angels and, last but not least, the holy family. This whole journey was a metaphor for expressing the importance of Jesus' birth to the world and also incorporated Christian values, such as kindness and love. As well as the stellar acting, the young thespians delighted us with some of our favourite Christmas songs. Thank you to the whole Year Two team for putting on this wonderful Nativity - Mrs Lesch, Miss Collins, Mrs Cryan, Mrs Warburton, Miss Abdurahaman and Miss Schoonenberg. Thank you - the rehearsals certainly paid off. The Nativity was a wonderful way to remind us of the true meaning of Christmas.
As well as the Year Two performers, we were thrilled to have Maestro Tim Wilford and the St Stephen's School orchestra on the stage to accompany our choir and whole school singing so beautifully. Carols and Christmas songs aplenty were performed with gusto by the whole school. Our school choir also took to the stage with our music teacher Jane Lindenberg, who has worked so hard with our children in our singing assemblies and at choir practice to produce some pitch perfect singing. Thank you.
ALL SEWN UP FOR CHRISTMAS
ALL SEWN UP FOR CHRISTMAS
Take a look at these magnificent hanging decorations. No, they are not from Santa's Workshop at the North Pole, but have been sewn by our Year Four elves in their Design and Technology lessons. First up, the young designers sketched a plan and looked at all the materials they would need to bring their two dimensional creations to life. Then, scissors at the ready, they cut out the template from the finest felt. Afterwards, they took up their needles to sew, with great neatness, the aforementioned designs. Hey presto, we give you their festive three dimensional creations. Ready to hang on a tree or mantle near you. Here you see them adorning the tree in our Reception area.
RECEPTION NATIVITY - LAST WEEK WE GAVE YOU SOME ACTION SHOTS OF THE YOUNG THESPIANS IN ACTION. THIS WEEK WE BRING YOU CLOSE UPS OF THE CAST. TURN TO PAGE FIVE.
RECEPTION NATIVITY - LAST WEEK WE GAVE YOU SOME ACTION SHOTS OF THE YOUNG THESPIANS IN ACTION. THIS WEEK WE BRING YOU CLOSE UPS OF THE CAST. TURN TO PAGE FIVE.
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