17th July 2026 Newsletter – Parent Survey, End of Year, Arbor Pay, Lions and more

A few notes from Mr Applegate

  • Well done to our Year 6 pupils – an incredible performance of ‘Shrek’, a brilliant Leaver’s Service today, and outstanding SATs results too. Enjoy the Leaver’s Disco this evening – you deserve it!
  • Win your class a prize by completing the end of year survey here. Deadline is Tuesday 12pm!
  • Lost property – we will put all the lost property out on the KS1 Playground at hometimes next week. On the last day, if there are unnamed items that you would like, please take them as they will be binned or charity shop’d if not taken.  
  • Our Giant Sand Pit begins to take shape this weekend – have a look at the lower corner of the top field on Monday! Thanks to Ben and Trevor for your hard work here.
  • Thanks to your generosity and FOSM’s hard work, we been able to purchase some new chromebooks and storage trolleys for school – meaning less sharing and better learning of important IT skills.
  • The last day of school is Wednesday 22nd July. We’ll return again on Thursday 3rd September for children.

Have a great weekend, Charles.

Before the end of term…

  • Bring a carrier bag or 2 for taking end of year things home – clearly named please.
  • Bring back all reading and library books
  • Log into Arbor or email for help if you can’t.
  • If you will be using a Childcare Payment scheme for Breakfast Club or Lions, please complete this form.
  • Need to apply for Free School Meals or check for additional Pupil Premium funding? Click here for an instant response.

Agents of Change Home Challenges

FOSM SAVE THE DATE!

Thank you all so much for your support at our FOSM events this year.  We have had lots of fun and raised funds to enrich the education of all the children. Please see attached a poster for the postponed colour run – please save the date! Ticket information, more details and prices will be  announced in September.

St Mark’s Wraparound Care

Breakfast Club 8:00-8:30am

In September, the arrangments for Breakfast Club will remain the same.  Charges will be arranged after your child attends a session and you do not need to book your child’s place in advance.  You are able to add a Top Up amount to your account for funds to be taken from.  Please see here for further details.

Lions 3:20 -6pm

As you know, we’re excited to be launching our very own provision for Afterschool Care from September. Click here to see details.

Ordering School Bags

A reminder that our drawstring school bags should be purchased here. 

Calendar Dates

Remember, our school calendar is here.

⭐Weekly Achievement and Attendance ⭐

Class and Year 6 Year Group Photographs

If you missed the deadline for ordering photographs, please note that you can still go ahead and order for home delivery.

The website for ordering from Cardwell and Simons is here.

The Warren – Summer Sessions

See Community section below for weekly session overviews.

 

School Dates, Lunches, and Clubs

View the full calendar here. Subscribe on either Chrome/ Android or Apple

 

Helpful Information

In worship this week…

Music of the Week

NHS Courses and Videos for Parents

Witherslack Group Parent Support Webinars

Community News

BDC

Regular Notices

Latest Posts