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15th September 2023 Newsletter
Apply by Monday! St Mark’s Elections
Children have the opportunity to apply for a school responsbility. Click here for full details, including the online application form.
Applications must be made by Monday 18th September, online, at home.
School Crossing Patrol – notice of redundancy
Lyn and Jane are possibly facing redundancy due to council budget cuts. They’ve asked us to share this news with you, in case you’d like to raise your voice with our councillors. A decision is being made on Monday 18th September, so you’ll need to act now:
stephen.reid@hants.gov.uk
Cllr.Rebecca.Bean@basingstoke.gov.uk
cllr.samir.kotecha@basingstoke.gov.uk
cllr.dan.putty@basingstoke.gov.uk
You may like to include these key points:
Congratulations!
Our huge congrats goes to Mrs Phillips and her family, following the successful arrival of their new baby daughter yesterday! Mum and baby doing well!
This week- Key Information Sessions
Don’t forget to attend these! At school (in person).
Tuesday September 19th
Year 4 – 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
Year 5 – 5:45 pm – 6:30 pm
Wednesday September 20th
Year 3 – 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
Year 1 – 5:45 pm – 6:30 pm
Thursday September 21th
Year 2 – 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm
Year 6 – 5:45 pm – 6:30 pm
Parent drop-in
Second Hand Uniform
Have you spotted our purple uniform bins at the school gates? We accept donations of good condition school jumpers and cardigans and clean and check them ready to re-home.
Jumpers and cardigans cost £2 and all funds go straight back to the school! Plus we are helping the environment by recycling! If you would like to find out which sizes and conditions we currently have please contact us: uniform.fosm@stmarksce.org.uk
From last week…
School Bag Promo Code
- Ordering a school bag? Don’t forget to use a promo code of COLLECTION for free delivery to the school.
Agents of Change
Don’t forget to send us any nominations. Just let us know how they’ve made the world a better place!
⭐ Star Learners ⭐
We celebrate our Star Learners every week. We’ll post them here on Fridays.
⭐ 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 97.5%. Yes!
Weekly Attendance by Class
School Dates, Lunches, and Clubs
In worship this week…
Music of the Week
Clarinet concerto in A major by Mozart
This concerto was composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Classical era.
