2023 – St Mark's CofE Primary School

November 17, 2023

17th November 2023 Newsletter

A note from Mr Applegate

The children had a great time with David Ribi from this year’s Peter Pan 2 Anvil Panto. The Anvil have given us a family ticket for the 6pm showing on Friday 15th December for our Fosm Christmas raffle !! Tickets have been sent home and stubs/ money needs to be back in by this Wednesday. Thank you.

The children also enjoyed learning about anti-bullying week and have written some amazing poems. We are very proud of each and every child.

Finally, Year R-6 Christmas tickets have been emailed out this week. The children are getting prepared!

Have a great weekend, Mr Applegate :)

Years 1-6 - What is your child learning next week?

Click here to find out what your child is learning next week.

We’re trialling this as feedback from the parent survey suggested parents would like to know a bit more about what their child is learning on a more regular basis. We’d value your feedback, as always!

Read an update from SCL here

We at SCL wanted to take this opportunity to update you regarding the After School Care Club that we operate. We have had quite a turbulent term in terms of staffing but are now in a position to provide a positive update. We have a new Site Leader currently on boarding with us aswell as another permanent assistant that will enable us to return to a more consistent delivery team moving forwards. We are hoping to have both staff members in the business by the beginning of December and will continue to update regarding this. We are also aware that the provision at Hatch Warren Community Centre is due to close on Friday 24th November. We are continuing to recruit for further staff members that will enable us to offer additional spaces to facilitate the increased the demand that this service closing will bring. We will continue to update you and as soon as we are in position to increase capacity we will notify the school that additional spaces have become available. As always, if you have any queries then please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us via our customer service team using the email enquiries@wearescl.co.uk

Reminder - Tombola - Non -Uniform Day - Fri 24th Nov

FOSM Upcoming events
FOSM Christmas Fayre

Parent Drop-In

Our next pastoral parent drop in will be held on

Monday 20^th November

in the church from

8.30-9.30am.

The focus of the drop in will be on

What to do when your child doesn’t want to come to school

Mrs Delves and Mrs Elms will be on hand to offer support, both in school as well as home approaches.

Message from your JRSO Pupils!

Friday 24^th November Non-Uniform Day

If you would like to, you can bring in some money so that you can purchase some of our ‘Be Bright, Be Seen’ slap bands for £1 or reflectors for 50p. We will be selling these during playtimes and lunchtimes next week.

School Photoreel

David Ribi and Hannah (Y5), who are both performing in the panto!

David teachers us the Milkshake Dance

A poem from 3W :)

An incredible brochure by Oliver!

⭐ Star Learners ⭐

⭐ Star Readers ⭐

⭐ Quietest Classes ⭐

1M, 4C

⭐ Attendance Updates ⭐

Our target over the year is 97%. Last year’s attendance was 95.8% – above national levels, but we’d like it to be much higher.

Our current attendance percentage is 97.0%. Great!

Weekly Attendance by Class

What's the impact on missing school?

Categories	Learning days lost
Acceptable sickness & unforeseen absences.	98% = 4 days
	97% = 6 days
	96% = 8 days
Attendance below 95% is of concern to the school & you will be contacted automatically.10 days unauthorised absences for holidays over the year mean you will only achieve 95% attendance. Sickness & medical appointments, although usually unavoidable & authorised, will add further to your child’s absence record.	95% = 10 days
	94% = 12 days
	93% = 14 days
	92% = 16 days
Poor attendance Attendance below 90% is a serious concern. Your child has now missed nearly 4 weeks’ education. You may be referred to the Early Help team at the local authority.	91% = 18 days
	90% = 20 days
	89% = 21 days
	88% = 23 days
	87% = 25 days
	86% = 27 days
Very poor attendance	85% = 29 days
	84% = 31 days
	82% = 35 days
	80% = 39 days

School Dates, Lunches, and Clubs

View the full calendar here. Alternatively, subscribe to our online calendar to keep up-to-date on your mobile. Click on either Chrome/ Android or Apple depending on your phone/computer.

Meals
PE Days
Status: running as usual

Autumn 2
- Year R – Mondays (indoors) and Thursdays (indoors)
- Year 1 – Mondays (outdoors) and Thursdays (indoors)
- Year 2 – Tuesday (indoors) and Wednesday (outdoors)
- Year 3 – Mondays (outdoors) and Thursdays (outdoors)
- Year 4 – Mondays (outdoors) and either Tues/Weds/Thurs Forest school (outdoors)
- Year 5 – Tuesdays (outdoors) and Wednesdays (outdoors)
- Year 6 – Wednesday (indoors) and Friday (outdoors)
What to wear

Children should wear PE kit to school on the days they have PE. When children have gym, please can they bring or wear shorts underneath. PE kit guide:
- Navy or black shorts. Jogging bottoms for outside in cold weather (leggings are fine too).
- PE skirts with cycling-style shorts are acceptable.
- White t-shirt. Please also wear the school jumper to school on PE days. Football shirts are not acceptable as PE kit.
- Trainers for all children.
After School Clubs
- When do clubs start? KS1 and KS2 choirs start week beginning Monday 11th September. Planet Education clubs start week beginning Monday 18th September. All other clubs start week beginning Monday 18th September.
- Click here to see the clubs lists and dates.
Music Info
Full School Calendar
Information - breakfast and afterschool clubs, uniform etc
- Breakfast Club – just show up – details here.
- SCL after-school club – click here for full details.
- Uniform – click here for details, including Skoolkit ordering
- School bags – can be ordered here
- Absence – Please report absences via phone or email here by 9am. If you need to request a future absence, please use this form.
- Are you eligible for Free School Meals and further funding for the school? Check online here.
Foodbank Support

In worship this week…

Music of the Week

Benedictus by Karl Jenkins

Karl Jenkins is a composer of contemporary music. This piece is from his famous choral works ‘The Armed Man: A mass for Peace’ which premiered in 2000.

17th November 2023 Newsletter

A note from Mr Applegate

Parent Drop-In

Message from your JRSO Pupils!

School Photoreel

⭐ Star Learners ⭐

⭐ Star Readers ⭐

⭐ Quietest Classes ⭐

⭐ Attendance Updates ⭐

Weekly Attendance by Class

School Dates, Lunches, and Clubs

In worship this week…

Music of the Week

Community News

Regular Notices

Does your child need after school care?

How to talk to your child about online safety

Going to be absent?

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