Dear Parents and Carers
Please check the weather forecast for this Friday (Sports Day) – if it is likely to be sunny please apply sun cream to your child before they come into school, and also please be sure to send in a water bottle and a hat for them.
Please click on this link to see further details of the sports day including timings etc St Mark’s Sports Day (as shared earlier).
We hope to see you then!
School Office.
Wow, what a way to end last half term’s learning, with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations! It was so special to come together as a whole school on such a sunny day; singing, dancing and having fun together. The Year R children particularly enjoyed eating their lunch with their buddies and sharing an extra playtime on the field. Did your child mention that Her Majesty was able to drop in to see us too?!
We are continuing on our hot air balloon adventure this term, taking off from Windsor castle on Tuesday. We are looking forward to finishing our journey around the world and also look forward to our special events along the way; sports day, our trip to Bucklebury Farm Park and our mock wedding!
You can find out more about our topic and other learning for this half term in our newsletter here.
During this term we will also be preparing the children for the changes which will come in September when they move up to Year 1. Please be assured that we will approach this very carefully and ensure that all the children are prepared as best as we can. We will be arranging story swaps with the Year 1 staff soon, and they will visit the classrooms for some of these too. We will let you know via the Walk and Talk board when these have happened so you can follow it up at home that day.
The Year R team
What a busy half term we have had! The children have thoroughly enjoyed our Geography based project ‘Nurturing Nature’. We started this project with a mystery bag from ‘Edward’, where we discovered a plant and all the nutrients needed to keep it healthy. We then heard about Edward’s story ‘The Last Tree in the City’ and how he managed to change a concrete city into a beautiful colourful city, full of flowers and plants.
Within this project they have learnt lots about keys for maps, reading maps, looking at physical and natural objects and (even in a little rain for 3T and 3SB) they loved our field work task around Beggarwood Park. We were very proud of how they represented the school during this walk too. The conversations about the changes that have taken place over the last few years and changes that are still happening were brilliant.
In Science, the children carried out many investigations where we answered the following key questions:
We learnt lots from all these investigations and completed our own investigation booklets.
In our final week of this term we completed a D&T castle unit, where the Queen tasked us with planning, designing and making a castle for her special Jubilee celebrations. Take a look below at our super work.
Ending this term with our Jubilee party, which was fantastic! Making Historic memories that will hopefully stay with your children forever! Don’t forget your Grow a 70p for the Jubilee!
Have a lovely half term break.
Year 3 Team
Sports Day – Friday 10th June: full details are here! If you’ve not done the sports day lunch form, please do so here.
How can you help?
Help on our summer fun day – Sat 2nd July. Choose from these options: (a) 9am-12pm set up (b) 12pm-3pm for the event (c) 3pm until breakdown of event has finished (d) 9am-3pm set up and event (e) 12pm-3pm event and breakdown (f) The full event! Email us here to let us know what you can do.
We shared this slide in worship today – click here for the full letter.
We are pleased to share the news that:
Both mums and babies are doing well
Congratulations to both families!
Congratulations to Alfie (5SP) and his team (the U12s Ice Hockey team for Basingstoke) as last week they entered a huge league competition! They made the final and came second, winning silver.
They are officially now the second best team in England! Alfie scored the equalising goal in the semis to get them into the final and has a trophy for winning spirit of the game. We are so proud of him!
Walk To School Week – Monday 16th May to Friday 20th May
School Trips
NSPCC Assemblies
FOSMSchool Disco – 10th June; Summer Fun Day – Sat 2nd July
Inset Days – Monday 6th June 2022, Thursday 1st September, Friday 2nd September, Tuesday 3rd January 2023, Friday 31st March 2023, Monday 5th June 2023
We’re pleased to announce that as from September, Pabulum will be providing our school meals. We’d like to thank the staff of HC3S for their efforts over the years, particularly during the pandemic. However, we feel it is time for a change, and after a rigourous tendering process, Pabulum have been chosen. We’re excited about the change, and know our children will love the food and the new dining experience. More details to follow, including a form for children with food allergies.
We have a brilliant governing body, and have a vacancy for a foundation governor. Why not join us?
A foundation governor is appointed to the governing body to support the religious character of the school. In church schools, governors are guardians of the vision and Christian ethos, keeping it alive and ensuring that it is implemented.
Being a governor also involves meeting with other governors (12 meetings across the year), meeting with staff a few times across the year, and visiting the school to help us show we are doing all that we need to be doing!
If you are interested in finding out more, please email the office here. Or why not suggest this to someone you think might be interested?!
On Thursday we had a visit from Cllr Stephen Reid and Cllr Dan Putty, who are interested in improving road safety in our community.
Star Learner Awards:
Rock Stars
Most active class in each year group:
Star Reader Awards:
One of Handel’s best-known works, Zadok the Priest has been sung prior to the anointing of the sovereign at the coronation of every British monarch since its composition. It would have been played at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
The ‘Friends of St Mark’s’ (FOSM) was formed early in the life of the school. All parents are automatically members and our committee organises social events for children and adults and fund-raising events such as Key Stage discos, Easter Egg Hunts and Summer Fun days.
Over the last few years the ‘Friends’ have donated money that has contributed towards extra resources to benefit the children at St. Mark’s which has included playground equipment, books for the school library, and general school funds. We are now a registered charity, too. Charity number: 1188879
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