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Sports Centre Takeover

Good morning everyone,

Please find attached a flyer from Spotlight UK about a sports centre takeover taking please this Saturday.  All details of how to book are on the flyer.

Mrs Greer 🤸‍♀️🏊‍♀️

 

Sports Centre Takeover

26th November Newsletter – Baby news, Survey results, Christmas dates, Simba’s teaching and more!

A note from Mr Applegate

I know you’ll join me in sending huge congratulations to Mrs Mitchell and family- they are delighted to share their news of new baby Evie Rae! Mother and baby are doing well!

The children continue to work exceptionally hard. I’m so pleased with their attitude towards their learning! As is Simba, who thought he might teach in 6B today!

Do take time to read throrugh our survey results below. We want to be transparent in what’s working well and how we can improve, and really appreciate your feedback. 100% of the 235 responses said they would recommend our school to others, which is great.

We’ll have an update about school bags coming soon – please don’t bring them in yet and especially please don’t go out and buy one!

Reminders:

  • Please help you child not to run on the green hills/meadow areas, but to walk on the paths.
  • Please email us if your child goes for a PCR, and also when the result comes back – covid@stmarksce.org.uk
Finally, a huge thank you to B&M Fencing who are helping us with the delivery of our new barrier, saving over £200 as it needed specialist delivery! We really appreciate it!
 
Have a great weekend! Mr Applegate :)
Simba

Survey results!

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Christmas at St Mark’s!

Christmas Cards – If your child would like to send cards to other children in our school, please bring them in by Tues 14 Dec. Remember to put the recieving child’s name and class or year group on the envelope!

Christmas Lunch – Thursday 16th Dec (already ordered)

Christmas FOSM Party – Friday 17th Dec- bring a donation for FOSM, enjoy a brilliant party!

Christmas Jumpers – Friday 17th Dec – whether homemade, decorated or purchased, wear them today!

Carols around the Tree:

Instead of our normal carol services inside, we’re doing things a bit differently this year. Come and join for “Carols around the tree” on our KS1 playground. Fingers crossed for the weather!

Each year group will be performing 1 song, and there will be several Christmas songs for everyone to sing together (we’ll provide the words!). Wrap up warm and perhaps wear your Christmas jumper. Join in the magic of Christmas!

Your children will need to be with you throughout the event, apart from the time when they are performing their chosen song.

When and where?

All on the KS1 playground. Enter the school via the side gates as usual.

  • Year R & 6 – Tues 7th Dec, 5-6pm
  • Year 1 & 5 – Weds 8th Dec, 5-6pm
  • Year 2, 3 & 4 – Thurs 9th, 5-6pm

Upcoming Dates for your diary

  • Election Day – Friday 3rd Dec
  • Carols around the Christmas Tree – Outside on KS1 playground.      Year R & 6 – Tues 7th Dec, 5-6pm     Year 1 & 5 – Weds 8th Dec, 5-6pm          Year 2, 3 & 4 – Thurs 9th, 5-6pm
  • Christmas Lunch – Thursday 16th Dec
  • Christmas FOSM Party & Christmas Jumpers – Friday 17th Dec

Ideas for Christmas presents?

FOSM Raffle – Teepee Birthday Party!

FOSM are happy to announce that we have won a raffle prize for a Sleepy Teepee Party voucher worth £140.00. If you would like to be in with a chance of winning simply send in £2.50 for each raffle ticket, in an envelope clearly marked with the child’s name, class, number of entries wanted and the amount enclosed. Change will not be given. Cheques made payable to Friends of St Marks. Closing date for entries will be Friday 10th December. The draw will be made as soon as we have counted and collaborated the entries. Good Luck!!

Vaccancies at St Mark’s

We are looking for 2 friendly, reliable and enthusiastic people to join our amazing cleaning team.

Hours of work are 3.30pm to 6.30pm Monday to Friday with an hourly rate of £9.25 per hour.

If you would like to apply for the position please email the school office for an application form at adminoffice@st-markscofe.hants.sch.uk

This week in worship…

We talked about the need to do what is right, whatever the situation. It requires courage and perservenance!

Star Learners

Star Learner Awards:

  • Year R: Evie (Parrots), Alfie C, Finn B
  • Year 1: Eli S, Alfie J, Kara
  • Year 2: Jessica, Evie, Jackson
  • Year 3: Max, Nyasha, Ollie P, Allfie
  • Year 4: Theo A, Abigail, Rebecca
  • Year 5: Sam C, Eunice, Aarav
  • Year 6: Emily, Phoebe, Craig

Rock Stars 

Best effort of the week:
  • Year 3: Tomasz, Navlyn, Lottie R, Grace, Benjamin
  • Year 4: George H, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Sebastian
  • Year 5: Marcus, Sophie G, Liam, Amelia W
  • Year 6: Madison P, Sophie, Igor, Harry
 
Numbots best effort:
  • Year1: Oliver, Eva B, Zoe
  • Year 2: Mia, Amy, Avani

Star Reader Awards:

  • Year 1: Samuel, Harrison, Jack
  • Year 2:  Daisy Bre, Aria, Florence
  • Year 3: Isabelle C, Amber Daniel, 
  • Year 4: Florence, William, Imogen
  • Year 5: Alexis, Imogen, Irebami
  • Year 6:  Scarlett, Madison S, Zach H

Year R Tours for September 2022

Are you thinking about your child joining us in September 2022? Come and find out more about us at our onsite tour!

Onsite Tours:

  • Please register here.
  • Dec 2nd Year R Tour 5-6pm
  • Come along to the main entrance and we’ll direct you.

Hire our facilities!

We’re opening up again, so why not hire our hall, field or facilities for a birthday party, fitness class or training event? Click here to find out more.

Children in Need

Thank you for your generosity last Friday, we raised an amazing £865.33 for this fantastic cause.

 

🎵 Music of the Week 🎵

Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. Lots of his music have been used in ballets. This piece of music is from The Nutcracker which is all about a nutcracker that comes alive on Christmas Eve.

SCL Christmas Holiday Club

FOSM – Support Our School!

About FOSM

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

Join our Facebook group here.

Regular Notices

Latest Posts

Year 6 SATs Presentation

Dear Parents/Carers, 

Thank you so much to everyone who joined our presentation evening on Monday to find out more about the Year 6 SATs in May. 
Below you will find the Powerpoint slides (which contains additional notes below each slide), or a PDF version of the presentation (without the notes). 
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at year6@stmarksce.org.uk 
Many thanks,
Year 6 Team
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19th November Newsletter – Odd Socks, Christmas, Vacancies and more!

A note from Mr Applegate

We’ve had lots going on this week! Our focus on ‘One Kind Word’ and Odd Socks Day has had the children thinking about why we must be kind and understanding that everyone is different and that is good! Thank you to everyone who sent in pictures of your odd sock locations!

Thank you for your generosity today for Children In Need, too. It’s been a fun day all round.

We’re also getting ready for Christmas. It’s lovely to hear the children singing and practicing songs for videos and carol singing – see below.

A huge welcome to Mrs Villeneuve, who joins us as our new Finance Assistant in our office team. And a huge well done to Mrs Barbour, who is our new Site Manager!

Finally, two jokes from Oliver in Y5, to bring a smile this weekend:    Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field!    What do you call a group of cows? A commoooonity!
 
Have a great weekend! Mr Applegate :)
 
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Vaccancies at St Mark’s

We are looking for 2 friendly, reliable and enthusiastic people to join our amazing cleaning team.

Hours of work are 3.30pm to 6.30pm Monday to Friday with an hourly rate of £9.25 per hour.

If you would like to apply for the position please email the school office for an application form at adminoffice@st-markscofe.hants.sch.uk

Christmas at St Mark’s!

Instead of our normal carol services inside, we’re doing things a bit differently this year. Come and join for “Carols around the tree” on our KS1 playground. Fingers crossed for the weather!

Each year group will be performing 1 song, and there will be several Christmas songs for everyone to sing together (we’ll provide the words!). Wrap up warm and perhaps wear your Christmas jumper. Join in the magic of Christmas!

Your children will need to be with you throughout the event, apart from the time when they are performing their chosen song.

When and where?

All on the KS1 playground. Enter the school via the side gates as usual.

  • Year R & 6 – Tues 7th Dec, 5-6pm
  • Year 1 & 5 – Weds 8th Dec, 5-6pm
  • Year 2, 3 & 4 – Thurs 9th, 5-6pm

Upcoming Dates for your diary

  • Year 6 SATs information evening – Monday 22nd Nov, 5pm, on Google Meet (via Google Classroom)
  • Election Day – Friday 3rd Dec
  • Carols around the Christmas Tree – Outside on KS1 playground.      Year R & 6 – Tues 7th Dec, 5-6pm     Year 1 & 5 – Weds 8th Dec, 5-6pm          Year 2, 3 & 4 – Thurs 8th, 5-6pm

What’s my child learning this term?

Basingstoke and Deane Inclusion and Diversity Partnership

St Mark’s is part of a key initiative which aims to promote inclusion and diveristy within our area. It’s a joint venture with schools and organisations within Basingstoke. The images below are from our launch event.

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School Car Park

Could we please remind all parents that only parents with permission to use our car park should be parking there for drop-off and pick-up.

If you are coming in for Breakfast Club, you can use the car park too.

Since the barrier was damaged, we have noticed a huge increase in cars using the car park every day, which is causing congestion and difficulty for staff to park.

We really appreciate your co-operation and understanding to avoid using the school car park and parking at the community centre instead.

For those who do need to use the car park, please avoid parking in the spaces next to Dandelions Pre-School, as these are reserved for Dandelions staff.

Thank you

Flu Vaccines

Please see the message below from the School Age Immunisation Team

The E-Consent programme for your school is now closed, but will reopen the day after the flu immunisation session. Any parent/carer who still wishes to consent for flu immunisation will be able to do so then and book onto a local clinic. Please ensure that you have the school code from the original email to add to the school field on the form.

Once you have completed the form and received the confirmation email, please go to:

https://www.southernhealthimmunisations.co.uk/ClinicBooking/Booking

You will be able to select a clinic, date and time. You will need your booking reference to book a clinic appointment, if this is not on your confirmation email, please email your child’s name, date of birth and school to northwesthantsimmunisationteam@southernhealth.nhs.uk and we can provide this.

Please note our school code is SH131450

Star Learners

Well done to:

  • Year R: Charlie B, Caleb, Dominic

  • Year 1: Gracie H, Prannav, Zoe

  • Year 2: Noah K, Bailey, Elodie

  • Year 3: Isabelle Ru, Ava, Keya

  • Year 4: Harry S, Keegan, Imogen

  • Year 5 : Amelia S, Cara, Isaac

  • Year 6: Thomas, Aidan, Alex

Rock Stars 

Best effort of the week:
 
Year 6 – Madison P, Chelsea, Igor
Year 5 – George Chloe G, Noah W, Eleanor
Year 4 –  Harry B, George H, Jack Daw, Elizabeth
Year 3 – Tomasz, Benjamin, Evie, Freddie
 

Numbots best effort:

Most improved accuracy

  • Year1: Enrique, Ollie, Charlie G
  • Year 2: 

Star Reader Awards:

  • Year 1: Thompson, Lucas, Ayla
  • Year 2: Daisy Bro, Mia, Robyn
  • Year 3:  Navlyn, Liam, Freyja
  • Year 4: George P, Ethan, Theodore
  • Year 5: AJ, Mikey Eleanor
  • Year 6: Ruby, Issac, David

Year R Tours for September 2022

Are you thinking about your child joining us in September 2022? Come and find out more about us at our onsite tour!

Onsite Tours:

  • Please register here.
  • Dec 2nd Year R Tour 5-6pm
  • Come along to the main entrance and we’ll direct you.

🎵 Music of the Week 🎵

Chopin was a polish composer in the romantic period. All of his compositions involve the piano.

 

Hire our facilities!

We’re opening up again, so why not hire our hall, field or facilities for a birthday party, fitness class or training event? Click here to find out more.

Learn about The Bristol Bus Riots

 

volunteers needed poster
spotlight uk poster
food bank volunteers

FOSM – Support Our School!

About FOSM

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

Join our Facebook group here.

Regular Notices

Latest Posts

Year 2 Surprising Journeys

What a fun couple of weeks we have had! The children have settled back well this half term and we are racing quickly towards Christmas!  They have worked hard with their learning about the Great Fire of London and now know lots of amazing facts. Please use our knowledge organiser below to quiz your child and see what they have learnt about how the fire started and why it spread so quickly. They should also be able to tell you about how London changed after the fire.  

Year 2 Surprising Journeys Knowledge Organiser 2021

We have also had a great time learning about the surprising journey of the Rainbow Crow in the lovely book  ‘The Crow’s Tail’ written by Naomi Howarth. We have just written our own story based on Michael Morpurgo’s beautiful book ‘Coming Home’, where the children used the skills that they had learnt from our sentence stacking lessons to write their own exciting journey story. 

In our next unit, we will use our history learning to write some historical diary entries about the Great Fire of London. 

Hey Ewe!

Christmas is quickly approaching and we have begun talking about our Christmas play. Due to the ongoing need to keep everyone well during the Christmas period, we are again doing this by video. Children have been invited to take part in the play as either speaking actors, actors with no lines, narrators, dancers or instrumentalists. Please reassure children that there will be plenty of time to practise and that there will be no live audience to worry about. We will send lines out today (Friday) and will begin rehearsals next week. Parts will be split across the threes classes and most of those with speaking parts will only have a few lines to learn. Please support your child in learning any lines that we send home. Thank you. 

We will require some simple costumes and a letter is also coming home about this. There is no expectation to buy expensive costumes and we would encourage you to use items that you or the children already have at home. If you have any difficulties, please speak to your child’s class teacher as we may be able to support with items that we have in school. 

PE

Our PE day will continue to be Wednesday but we will be using our hall slot to rehearse for the play so will be doing outdoor PE lessons on the Wednesday, where this is possible. Please ensure children are dressed in appropriate outdoor PE kit on these days. They should no longer be wearing shorts and should now be in jogging bottoms. Coats should be brought in everyday and children can also bring in named hats, scarfs, gloves and ear muffs. 

Election Call!

Please remember that the closing dates for applications for School Council, Eco-Committee and Christian Voice Ambassadors is: Wednesday 24th November. Completed forms MUST be handed in by this date (and ideally before). Children are also encouraged to make posters to promote themselves amongst their classes. These will be put up in classrooms and children will be given the opportunity to tell their classes why they think they would be good at the role. We are delighted that the children will again be able to take on these important roles to support our year group and school community. 

 

Thank you for all of your support. If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at year2@stmarksce.org.uk

Year 2 Team 

 

 

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