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Information about Christmas Shoeboxes
Christmas Shoeboxes for Rotary Shoebox Scheme
You may have heard about bringing in an item for the shoebox appeal. To summarise:
- Each class is putting together a shoebox full of items to be sent to children in Moldova, Montenegro, Romania and Ukraine
- Your child’s teacher will share with them information about what to bring, as well as the intended age and gender of the child.
- See the list below. Any spare items will be used to form additional shoeboxes.
- Please bring these in by Tuesday 8th October, and earlier if possible.
Welcome to Year 3
Awesome Artefacts
We were lucky to have a History box delivered filled with amazing artefacts to explore. The children got to handle these, find out facts and ask questions.
Year 3 – Dig and Discover Curriculum Information
Amazing Artwork!
Later in the week, the children began to observe artwork from the Stone Age period. They identified that natural materials were used as media. Following this, they sourced their own chalk and mud from the school grounds and made a paint like consistency with water to create imagery similar to that shown in Stone Age caves.
Dates for your diary…
- Every Tuesday and Thursday – PE
- Monday 7th October – Stonehenge Consent and Medical Form due
- Wednesday 16th October – Parents evening
- Wednesday 23rd October – Parents evening
- Friday 25th October – Stonehenge Trip
- HALF TERM – Monday 28th– Friday 1st November
- Tuesday 31st October – Payment for Stonehenge trip due
- Monday 9th December – Trip to St Mark’s Church in Kempshott
- Monday 16th December – 2pm Carol Concert Years 3/4
- Tuesday 17th December – 6.30pm Carol Concert Years 3/4
- Wednesday 18th December – 10am Carol Concert Years 3/4
School Starts Wednesday 4th Sept 2024
Welcome back!
We trust you’ve had a good summer break and are ready for your child to return to school! A couple updates/reminders for you:
- School starts Wednesday 4th September – 8:30-8:48am (gates close at 8:48am).
- Action required – Have you complete the permissions form for this year? If not, please fill it in here. We need 100% return. One per child.
- School Bags – a reminder that school bags MUST be draw string bags, not back packs. Only year 6 children can have back packs, and this is due to space. More details and ordering of special St Mark’s schools bags are here.
- “Key Information Sessions” – Find out all about your child’s year ahead! A seperate 45 minute session for each year group held in the main hall, apart from Year R which is online. See the school calendar below for your child’s date/time.
- Breakfast Club – just show up – details here.
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School dinners have increased in price from £2.80 to £3 from September, as previously shared. We return on Week 1 – usual menu here.
- School Car Park – very, very, very limited. We’re starting from scratch again, so if permission was given previously, it’s been removed. Please avoid! If you feel you need one of the few places for drop-offs/pickups, please complete this form. We’ll likely say no, so please don’t be disappointed.
- Join our FOSM AGM on Monday 9th Sept, 7:45pm, main hall. We’d love to have your input!
- Have your financial circumstances changed? You could be elligible for school support. Check here.
- Have your contact details changed? New mobile number? Change in family circumstances? New allergies or medical information? Please let us know via the school office email here.
See you on Weds morning! Best wishes, Charles Applegate, Head Teacher.
Key questions you may have!
- When does PE begin? PE begins W/B 9th Sept unless otherwise stated in the PE Days section below.
- What about Forest School? Year 2 and year 6 have Forest School in Autumn 1. We’ll email out more details to you. The PE days section below has more information too.
- When do private music lessons begin? If you are signed-up for lessons, you’ll receive an email soon with specific details.
- When do clubs start? You’ll be informed of Autumn term club allocations during the week of 9th September, with clubs starting week beginning 16th September.
- What about contacting teachers? Each year group has an email address to contact teachers at, in the format of yearX@stmarksce.org.uk . A gentle reminder this is not checked during the day, won’t always get an immediate response on the same day, and definitely not at weekends! For anything general or urgent, please use the adminoffice@st-markscofe.hants.sch.uk email address.
- What about the new attendance rules from the government and increased fines? We’ll be reviewing these as a governing body in September, and will inform you fully soon. Please note these are national guidelines set by the government.
Thank you.
School Dates, Lunches, and Clubs
⭐ 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.
One word to sum up your child’s 23/24 year!
We asked our parents to give 1 word that sums up their child’s year. This is what we got from 307 responses!
