• Tuesday, 27th September - Curriculum Briefing for Year 1 and Year 2 parents from 7pm-8pm in the Pre-Prep Hall

• Friday, 30th September - Girls' Hockey U11A & U11B v Cokethorpe has been cancelled.

Just to let parents know that Wednesday and Friday evenings are currently full in the Boarding House. Thursdays are also full for boys but we do have a few spaces for girls.

If you have any boarding requests, please either email Mr and Mrs Watson at boarding@st-hughs.co.uk or complete a boarding request form, available on the website and from Mrs Nobes.Thank you.

A FOSH Halloween Fireworks Party will be held on Monday, 31st October from 5.30 pm to 7.00 pm. Please get the date into your diary and look out for tickets which will be on sale next week.

Apart from the fireworks, there will be a pumpkin competition, an open air Halloween disco and lots more. We shall be selling burgers and hot dogs as well as hot soups made especially by our own chefs.

Much more news to follow but please look out for tickets, as these will sell quickly and will be on sale only until we break up for half-term.

What a busy week in the Cottage! The week began by looking at this week's text of 'This is the Bear' and 'The Picnic Lunch' by S. Hayes. We enjoyed listening to the story and then making our own sandwiches for a picnic in the woods. On Wednesday, we enjoyed a fun 'Show and Tell' where the children brought in their favourite teddy bears from home. There was an assortment of shapes and sizes and we even had time to put them in height order.

We continued our bear theme outside, where the new playhouse has been transformed into a deep dark bear cave complete with bear books and bear masks. During Creative sessions, the children have used potatoes to print bear paw prints and in PE we threw and caught teddy bears in the Sports Hall and played What's the time Mr Bear!

Have a super weekend.
Jessica Blythe

Next week's special events to note:
Monday: Individual children's photographs-– wash, scrub and brush!
Library: Please return last week's book to change over
Tuesday: PE - plimsolls required
Science Day!
Wednesday: Show and Tell - anything!
Thursday: PE - plimsolls required

Please click here to view this week's photographs.

For parents interested but unable to make the tennis presentation last Monday in the Barn, the notes for this can be found on the website in the sports section under activites/sport/tennis presentation. There was also a short presentation on a fantastic opportunity for families and children to compete and play in a tournament in the Algarve next Easter. A poster outlining all the details for this is attached.

Hockey
 v St Andrew's
1sts Won 9-0 (Scorers: G Henderson x1, A Simpson x1, F Blackburn x2, H McLintock x5; Players of the match: H McLintock & L Lovell)
U11A Lost 0-3 (Player of the match: M Selby-Lowndes)
U11B Won 2-1 (Scorers: F Jones & L Lucas-Clements; Player of the match: W Stobart)

 v Hatherop Castle
2nds v 1sts Lost 0-3 Players of the match: L Walker & S Cammack

Netball
v St Andrew's
U10A Won 2-1 (Player of the match: E Graham-Campbell)
U10B Lost 0-5 (Player of the match: K Jennings)
U9A Lost 0-3 (Player of the match: E Cope)
U9B Drew 3-3 (Player of the match: T Johnson)
U9C Drew 1-1 (Player of the match: A Lawson-Smith)

Rugby
 v Christ Church Cathedral School
1sts Won 37-7 (Tries: L Lewis, E Adamson, C Lay x2, B Byrne, J Mitchell, H Cover; Conversions: E Flower x 2)
2nd Won 45-7 (Tries: H Power, B Yorston, E Cope, A Alder, H Graham-Campbell, J Dee, H Emmott; Conversions: A Alder x 5)(Man of the match: H Emmott)
Colts A/B Won 43-31 (losing 14-31 at half time) (Tries: R Walker, E Bremner, S Mitchell, G Edgedale, L Needham x2) (Man of the match: Ned "The Beast" Batstone)

'A Fete Worse than Death'
Murder, Mystery & Mayhem in Bampton Village Hall
An evening of fun on Friday, 14th and Saturday 15th October. Tickets £12.50 to include a fish & chip supper. Available from Emmies Newsagent in Bampton or Eli Medd 850007/Ali Mayfield 852702 (or through Suzy Macpherson at St Hugh's). Cheques payable to 'Bampton Community Church' and all proceeds will go to St Mary's Church (where we held the Carol Service last year).

Four bedroom town house for sale in Moncontour, Vienne, France (just south of the Loire Valley).
Property can be rented to enable interested parties to visit and get to know the area first.
Please click here to see full details.

Baby-Sitting
Rebecca Taylor, currently a GAP student at St Hugh's, is available for baby-sitting and can drive! Contact details: 07707398180

Au Pair/Mother's Help
Au pair aged 25, Italian, post grad. Experienced with all ages of children, driver, at college in Witney. Existing family in Lyford moving to Italy end of Sept. References available. If interested, please call Claudia on 07521 668 838 or email claudiabonifazio@libero.it (Recommended by Deborah Lewis 01235 868 536 a St.Hugh's parent.)

For Sale
Yamaha upright P116N (approx 14-16 years old) excellent condition.
£1300 . Will need collecting from Bampton.
Please contact Sue Helm: sue@shelm.co.uk mobile: 0777 420 5972 or 01993 851842

DMW Landscapes: Bare Root Trees Now Available for Sale
We have a large selection of bare root trees available for planting from November:
Fruit, (espaliers or standards) ornamental and native trees.
Please click here for full details.