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Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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He is back! Our VIS returns from deployment.
Sat 27 Feb 2016It seems such a long time ago when our VIS was deployed to Afghanistan with Wing Commander Mahon and this week we saw the return of both Wing Commander Mahon and our Very Important Squirrel, George! We received many e-blueys from George whilst he was away and we heard of the adventures he had in our special assembly this week. Wing Commander Mahon handed George back over to one of our children to take back to his friends in the Wessex Room. George is now having a few weeks off and awaiting his next assignment.
Thank you Wing Commander Mahon for looking after George so very well and helping him with his adventures.
We wonder where George will be off to next....?
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Cross Country at Chiltern Edge School (RG4 9LN) Saturday 27th February 2016 - South Oxfordshire County Championship
Sat 27 Feb 2016This is the last race of the season and all children in Years 1 to 6 are invited to compete in one race. There is a fee of £2.00 per car and refreshments are available. If you can car share and stagger arrival times this will help with parking. When the car park is full please park in the nearby village and walk up to the school.
Children need to wear their school PE kit and trainers. Registration is from 9.00 am and parents of children in Years 3 to 6 need to register at the shed on arrival.
There will be two medal presentations for those children coming 1st, 2nd and 3rd in their race. The Year 1 and 2 presentation will be at 10.20 am and the Years 3 to 6 presentation will be at 11.50 am.
Race times and approximate distances are:
9.45 am - Year 1 girls and boys - 640m
10.00 am - Year 2 - girls and boys - 640m
10.30 am - Year 3 girls and boys and Year 4 girls - 1100m
11.00 am - Year 4 boys, Year 5 girls and boys - 1500m
11.30 am - Year 6 girls and boys - 1800m
The postcode for Chiltern Edge School is RG4 9LN
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Newsletter Subscription
Thu 25 Feb 2016Newsletter - Just a reminder in order to receive our newsletter you will need to subscribe. Please copy and paste the link below into your browser in order to join. Once you have completed the form you will have a confirmation email where you will need to click on a link to confirm – look out for this as it may creep into your junk box by mistake! Alternatively, our newsletters will be posted in the ‘Newsletter’ section on our school website.
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Active Kids Vouchers
Thu 25 Feb 2016We are collecting Active Kids vouchers again this year. The vouchers are available from Sainsbury's up until 3 May 2016 and you will receive a voucher for every £5.00 you spend. Please place vouchers in the collection box outside the school hall. Once the collection is complete we can exchange them for sports and cooking equipment to use in school. Thank you for your support. -
Year 5 Swimming
Mon 08 Feb 2016Year 5 swimming lessons were really successful and lots of progress was made. Well done Year 5! -
Cross Country Event
Sat 06 Feb 2016RAF Benson Community Primary School Annual Cross Country Event
John William Stacey Memorial Races
Saturday 6th February 2016
The school will be hosting its 12th Annual Cross Country event on Saturday, 6th February 2016. The event is held on the field adjacent to the school and the races are open to all pupils in Years 1 to 6. The first race will start at 10am and registration will be from 9.30am. There is NO entry fee and children just need to wear their PE kit and training shoes. The presentations will commence as soon as the results have been verified at the end of the last race.
Year
Distance (M) Approximate
Start Time
1G
640
1000am
1B
640
2G
640
1015am
2B
640
3G
1100
1030am
3B
1100
4G
1100
1045am
4B
1100
5G
1300
1100am
5B
1300
6G
1700
1130am
6B
1700
All visitors will need to check-in at the RAF Guardroom before joining the event so please allow extra time for these formalities. To ease traffic onto the Station we ask parents to car share where possible and also stagger their arrival times for the later age groups. Cars are to be moved from the entrance car park to one of the designated race car parks.
To speed up the booking in process this year, please let your child's school know if your child is attending and the names of the adults accompanying your child along with their car details – make, model, registration and colour.
All runners will be welcome on the day, whether their names are on the list or not but booking in will be a slower process.
Please Note: All adults (whether pre-booked in or not) will require valid photo ID to enter RAF Benson, a photo card driving licence or passport are currently the only acceptable forms of identification. Without one of these items access will not be permitted to RAF Benson – we do not want anyone to be turned away. Many thanks!
Visitors are kindly requested not to bring dogs to the race. -
Cross Country
Sat 06 Feb 2016The 12th Annual John William Stacey Memorial Cross Country Trophy Event is fast approaching!! It will be held on the sports field, adjacent to our school, on the morning of Saturday 6th February. A well-established event in the county cross country calendar, it is the only race held on camp, making it a very convenient venue for our children.
All children in Yrs 1-6 are warmly invited to attend, and will compete in one race alongside children from other schools.Typically, we have 200-300 runners from more than 15 schools. The races are free to enter, and the children just need to turn up in school PE kit and trainers - underlayers and joggers might be a good idea if the morning is cold! Distances and race times are below. Refreshments are kindly being sold by our PTA : bacon rolls, cakes and hot and cold drinks.
We hope to have at least 3 of our children in each race, as then the race scores can count towards the trophy! We came 3rd last year, but so far, 1st place has eluded us. The race routes are posted on the school FB page and are displayed on the wall near Mrs Fawdry's office, so please have a look. Some of the children are practising the courses during cross country sessions on Monday and Wednesday (for yrs 3-6, 12-12:30, all welcome) and during PE. Knowing where they will be running will hopefully reduce any pre-race jitters. We hope to see many of you there, both running and cheering on our children! It is always a really enjoyable event.
Registration from 09:30am
Y1 Girls then Y1 boys10:00am (640m)
Y2 Girls then Y2 Boys
10:15am (640m)
Y3 Girls then Y3 boys
10:30am (1100m)
Y4 Girls then Y4 boys
10:45am (1100m)
Y5 Girls then Y5 boys
11:00am (1300m)
Y6 Girls then Y6 boys
11:30am (1700m)If you can offer any help on the day, please contact the office. There are lots of jobs, including being a hare (running in front of the pack to show the way), and we would be grateful for any help.
Finally, are you a baker? We need lots of home-baked or store-bought goodies to sell on the day. Please bring your donations to the school office on Friday or on Saturday morning, in a named container if you would like it back. Many thanks!
