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FOSM Summer Fun Day – This Saturday – Video with details
We’re excited about our Summer Fun day – this Saturday. Have a great day with your family :) See the video for details about how it all works!
Reminders!
- The only entrance to the fun day is via the KS1 gate!
- Please be mindful of our neighbours, if they have no choice than to drive. Please park sensibly and with respect. The community centre isn’t available for parking, nor is the school.
Year 3 – A couple of reminders
The children are really enjoying learning about the Titanic.
We just wanted to send a couple of reminders:
Monday 27th June
Year 3 will be having an experience day all linked to our project ‘Titanic’. The children will be allowed to come to school in non-uniform. We are inviting them to wear smart clothes (No football kits) to board the Titanic. On arrival to school that morning the children will randomly choose their ‘ticket and class’ and this will help them to experience what it was like to be on the titanic. Throughout the day they will take part in activities and answer our big question ‘Is segregation ever a good thing?’
Thursday 30th June
This is non-uniform day in exchange for a contribution for the FOSM tombola. Can we please remind you that PE will be taking place still on this day, so the children should wear suitable clothes and footwear to take part in PE.
Friday 8th July
School trip day to Seacity Museum. Thank you to everyone who volunteered to help on this trip. We had many offers and have been in contact with those parents we will be taking. Sorry if we didn’t have space for you to come this time, we can’t do these trips without your help. The children will need to be in uniform and have a pack lunch on this day.
Thank you for your continued support,
Year 3 Team
24th June Newsletter – FOSM update, transition details, Uniform discount and more
A note from Mr Applegate
- Don’t miss the Skoolkit discount for jumpers – details here. A reminder that school bags must be drawstring bags for Years R-5 – full details here.
- We look forward to our FOSM summer fun day on Sat 2nd July – details below.
- Non-uniform day Thursday 30th June – in return for Tombola items for the summer fun day- details below.
- Weds 6th July – our transition day for children in Years R-5. They will find out their new class teachers and spend an hour in their new class groupings. Children in Y6 still need to come in!
- What a week! Our BPSM Choir, Orchestra and Dancers performed at the Anvil on Tuesday and Wednesday, and were amazing. We’re so proud of them. Thanks to the staff team that made it possible, led by Mrs Chapman.
- Year R enjoyed a trip to Bucklebury Farm, and Year 2 went to Hilliers Garden this week – with an extra adventure on the way home (thank you to all who helped!).
- We are excited to announce we are supporting The Mud House Children’s Foundation, a charity working with children in the Maasai region of Tanzania. This will be an on-going relationship across the years, and is part of our vision for children to (a) see themselves as part of our world (b) see that our actions have an impact on others (b) see that they can make a positive difference to others. See here for more information. We will finish our support of Raising Hope Foundation.
Reminder of latest covid guidelines here.
FOSM Events
Also at the Summer Fun Day…
What’s your child learning this term?
- Y1 Flower Power Curriculum Information.pdf
- Y1 Flower Power Knowledge Organiser.pdf
- Y2 Oh the places you'll go Curriculum Information.pdf
- Y2 Oh the places you'll go Knowledge Organiser .pdf
- Y3 Beneath the Shadows Curriculum Information.pdf
- Y3 Beneath the Shadows Knowledge Organiser.pdf
- Y4 Uneathing Angle-land Curriculum Information.pdf
- Y4 Uneathing Angle-land Knowledge Organiser.pdf
- Y5 Vikings Curriculum Information.pdf
- Y5 Vikings Knowledge Organiser.pdf
- Year R newsletter Summer 2 2022.pdf
(Year 6 to come!)
Update on our Fundraising!
A massive thank you for growing £420 into £7,428.67 through our grow a 70p campaign! We’re still counting the extras handed in this week. Thank you for your generosity at all of our events and activities!
Dates for your diary
Upcoming School Trips & Events
- Transition Day: 6th July
- Year 5 Taster Day at Brighton Hill School: 7th July
- Year 3 Seacity Trip: 8th July
- Year 4 New Barn Field Centre Residential: 11th-13th July
- Year 5 Ufton Court: 14th July
NSPCC Assemblies
- Week of the 27th June, with workshops for Years 5 &6 on 27th, 28th June
FOSM Summer Fun Day – Sat 2nd July
Inset Days – Thursday 1st September, Friday 2nd September, Tuesday 3rd January 2023, Friday 31st March 2023, Monday 5th June 2023
September Meals
A reminder for Year 2 parents… at present, your child can have meals for free because the government pays for them (Universal Infant Free School Meals). This however stops when they begin Year 3. Meals then cost £2.60- and will be under our amazing new catering service provided by Pabulum!
Natterhub
The topic this week is….
Tiny Voice Talks: “Teaching Children Is About Giving Them Lifelong Learning Skills”
Foundation Governor Required!
We have a brilliant governing body, and have a vacancy for a foundation governor. Why not join us?
A foundation governor is appointed to the governing body to support the religious character of the school. In church schools, governors are guardians of the vision and Christian ethos, keeping it alive and ensuring that it is implemented.
Being a governor also involves meeting with other governors (12 meetings across the year), meeting with staff a few times across the year, and visiting the school to help us show we are doing all that we need to be doing!
If you are interested in finding out more, please email the office here. Or why not suggest this to someone you think might be interested?!
⭐ Star Learners ⭐
Star Learner Awards:
- Year R: Ezra, Ruby, Laura
- Year 1: Alfie, Logon, Charlotte
- Year 2: All of Year 2!
- Year 3: Ruby, Emily, Sophie
- Year 4: Joe, Jakob, Lara, Taya
- Year 5: Cristina, Emilia, Oliver
- Year 6: – Charlie A, Cameron M, Brody
Rock Stars
- Year 3: Angelina, Liam H, Emily H
- Year 4: Olivia N, Harry B, Elizabeth B
- Year 5: Eunice, Marcus, Felicity
- Year 6: Sophia M, Amelia G
Most active class in each year group:
- Year 3: 3T
- Year 4: 4T
- Year 5: 5SP
- Year 6: 6C & 6S
- Year 1: Louie, Alfie J, Joshua E
- Year 2: Sienna, Jackson, Lola
Star Reader Awards:
- Year 1: Max T, Owen, Konrad
- Year 3: Max, Eli, Braden
- Year 4: Zac, Gabriella, Harry
- Year 5: Amelia W, James S, Izzy L
- Year 6: Zac P, David, Samanta
Music of the week!
Vivaldi was an Italian baroque composer. The Four Seasons Suite is one of his most recognisable pieces of work that give character to the 4 seasons of the year.
Simba’s pool
Simba has been enjoying splashing in the pool in the hotter weather!
If you’ve got some communicty news you’d like to share, let us know.
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.
- 25th April 2025 Newsletter – Summer leaflets, FOSM Readathon, DanceLive and more
- Summer term learning in Year R: ‘What an adventure!’
- 4th April 2025 Newsletter – Easter Readathon, Girls Football, New Summer PE Days, Clubs and Forest School Days
- New Year R Sept 2025
- 28th March 2025 Newsletter – Dance Live & MudHouse, Yr 3 & 4 Easter Performance and Competition Winners
- 21st March 2025 Newsletter – Comic Relief, World Down Syndrome Day & Cake Sale
Year 2 – Our Trip- An Adventure we never expected!
We thought the trip was over as we climbed onto the bus for our return trip home, but unfortunately were thrust onto another adventure when the coach broke down. For many children this was probably the highlight of the day! A little less so for the staff! The children again did us proud and were amazing in our unexpected circumstances. We were lucky to manage to get to a place of safety quickly – the garden of a pub, The White Horse, in Ampfield, where the generous and helpful owners John and Gaye Armstrong kindly allowed us to take refuge in their gardens and provided drinks for the adults and children (as well as letting many children use the toilets). We are so grateful for their kindness and support in what was a challenging situation. The children will be writing their own letters of thanks this week.