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4 October 2024 – Newsletter – Foodbank, Disco, Parents’ Evenings and more
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- If you are able, please bring in a food item for our Harvest worship on Monday. List is here.
- Christmas shoebox details are here. Bring in an item by 8th October please.
- Thank you for everyone who supported our census by having a school dinner. It makes a HUGE difference :)
Have a great weekend, Charles
Final call – Parents Evenings
Booking for our Autumn Term parents evenings is now open. Click here to book.
You are invited to book a 10 minute appointment to meet with your child’s class teacher(s) in person. Appointments will run from 3:40pm to 6:50pm on both evenings. You will have received an email from school on Tuesday 24th September with details about how to book online. Bookings will close on Monday 14th Oct at 12pm.
- Weds 16th October (1/2) 3:40pm-6:50pm
- Weds 23rd October (2/2) 3:40pm-6:50pm
Come to our Parent Drop-In
Our next session will be on Monday 14th October at 8:30am-9:30am in the church.
During the session, the school nursing team will be in attendance to support with any toiletting, eating or sleeping concerns you may have.
Mrs Elms and Mrs Haynes will be there to welcome you with tea, coffee and biscuits. Younger children are also able to attend.
Have you done this yet? Free money for St Mark’s
Asda donate a £1 just for signing up. They also give 0.5% cashback on spends, too.
Just install the ASDA Rewards App – Android link – iPhone link and select our school!
Glow In The Dark Disco!
Please help us to help us to reduce the queues for this fantastic and very popular event by booking online and in advance here! 
⚠️ Jars Update⚠️
Please can you send in a jam jar filled with sweets for the Sweet Tombola at the Christmas Fayre? Any donations would be greatly received. Thank you!
⭐ Star Learners ⭐
⭐ Star Readers ⭐
⭐ 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 97.1% 😊
Weekly Attendance by Class
School Dates, Lunches, and Clubs
In worship this week…
Music of the Week
I Giorni by Ludovico Einaudi (1955-)
Einaudi is an Italian composer (still alive today). Lots of his compositions are used in films and television adverts.
Managing your child’s emotional outbursts: Setting boundaries and ways of dealing with tantrums
Read a helpful article from the BBC here.
Parental control guides
