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10th November 2023 Newsletter
A note from Mr Applegate
Thank you in advance to Rhoda and Felix from Year 6 who are representing St Mark’s at the Basingstoke Remembrance Service on Sunday.
We’re celebrating Anti-Bullying Week next week. Don’t forget to wear Odd-Socks on Monday, to remind us that we’re all unique!
Christmas Ticket Requests Close on 13th November. Click here to complete the form.
See our email from the office about choices of clubs for Spring 2023. The form closes on Monday at 9am.
Have a great weekend.
Mr Applegate :)
Parent Drop-In
Our next pastoral parent drop in will be held on Monday 20th 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.
Book Fair – Years 1 and 6
If you would prefer to pay online and not physically visit the book fair, you can do so here.
Monday 13th November
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1BB, 1TM, 1M during the school day
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6C, 6F, 6B during the school day
Photo Newsreel – Scroll across!
How to talk to children about war
Some parents have askeed if there is advice on how to do this. We have found some helpful principles here, if you feel this is appropriate to do.
⭐ Star Learners ⭐
⭐ Star Readers ⭐
⭐ Quietest Classes ⭐
Penguins, 6C
⭐ 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%. Great!
Weekly Attendance by Class
School Dates, Lunches, and Clubs
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.
3rd November 2023 Newsletter
A note from Mr Applegate
Update on Hatch Warren After School Club Closure – we are working closely with SCL to increase capacity. Please do share this link if you feel anyone would be interested in working for SCL at St Mark’s. https://scl.kallidusrecruit.com/VacancyInformation.aspx?VId=18622
School Book Fair – starts next Wednesday – see details in this newsletter.
PGL Trip – Our Year 6 pupils have had a fantastic week on their PGL residential trip this week. We’re proud of how they’ve represented St Mark’s, and also how they’ve challenging themselves in doing things they didn’t think they could!
Bags2School- Look out for the Bags2School drop-off on Thurs 9th November – details below.
Parking – continues to be challenging. Thank you to those who walk, and those who park and drive respectfully.
We look forward to our Remembrance worship on Monday.
Have a great weekend.
Mr Applegate :)
Tanzania Day
You raised of a massive £500 on Tanzania Day for The Mud House Children’s Charity. We would also like to thank Sylvia Goodall MBE, the charity’s founder, for coming in to talk to many of the children too.
National Gallery
Well done to our pupils who put this amazing art collage together. It’s for a competition to be shown at the National Gallery in London! We’ll keep you posted.
Year R Digger Background
Thank you to FOSM for funding this amazing background for our Year R digger, Mr Morse for designing it, and Mr Calver and Mrs Barbor for installing it!
⭐ FOSM Updates ⭐
– Do any parents work for a company who could donate a prize for the raffle?
– Do any parents work for a supermarket and could use their discount to buy some items for the Christmas Fayre? (paid for by FOSM of course!)
Contact FOSM if so! secretary.fosm@stmarksce.org.uk
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Bags2School – Are you having a clear out of clothes? Bring them to school and raise money for school funds! Two drop-off points/times on Thursday 9th November:3-4pm community centre car park (look for FOSM)
4-6pm school car parkThank you!
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Starting next week, we have our school book fair. It’s a chance for children to become excited about books and enjoy reading. There are a variety of books on sale, and the school gets commission for each book sold.
If you’d like your child to buy a book from the book fair, please send them in with an amount between £3 and £10 in cash in a named envelope on the day below. For Year R the book fair is after school in the Church – please can parents/carers attend with your child.
If you would prefer to pay online and not physically visit the book fair, you can do so here.
When is my child visiting the book fair?
Wednesday 8th November
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2CL, 2B, 2G during the school day
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Year R- Puffins, Penguins & Parrots after school in the Church (please pick up your child and then enter via the reception door on the playground side)
Thursday 9th November
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5SP, 5E, 5DS during the school day
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4SB, 4C, 4PR during the school day
Friday 10th November
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3SG, 3D, 3W during the school day
Monday 13th November
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1BB, 1TM, 1M during the school day
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6C, 6F, 6B during the school day
Thank you for your support!
⭐ Star Learners ⭐
⭐ Star Readers ⭐
⭐ Quietest Classes ⭐
1TM, 5DS
⭐ 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 97.2%. Great!
Weekly Attendance by Class
School Dates, Lunches, and Clubs
In worship this week…
…we looked at spreading compassion and understanding.
Music of the Week
Spartacus by Khachaturian
Aran Khachaturian was an Armenian composer. He wrote the ballet ‘Spartacus’ in 1956 during the Modern era.
Year 3 – The Awe of Stonehenge
Welcome Back to Autumn 2!
The children are still talking with such enthusiasm about our trip to Stonehenge. It was truly amazing to see the stones up close, trying to imagine the strength and effort required to build such a special monument. We were able to go inside the Neolithic houses and discover how the Stone Age people might have lived with such simple tools and resources. One of our favourite parts was the museum, where the building of Stonehenge was brought to life through projections on the walls. It was here that we were able to put ourselves in the shoes of the Stone Age people, imagining us stood in the middle of the stones during the summer or winter solstice. We are so proud of how well the children represented our school. A number of the Stonehenge staff and members of the public commented on what a delight they were. Well done, Year 3!
Enjoy some of the photos of our wonderful day…
Our learning of Stonehenge really inspired our artwork. The children produced their final piece ‘Stonehenge at Sunset’ after practising many skills in art lessons last half term. How beautiful they are!
The Mystery of Metal
The children have been excited to discover what our new topic for this half term is – The Mystery of Metal, a science based unit. They used their computing skills to go on a QR hunt, discovering clues about different metals. Why not ask them some of these questions and see if they can remember the answers?
– Which metal does Mexico produce the largest amount of?
– Which is the weakest metal on Earth?
– Which metal is used to make famous statueslike the Statue of Liberty?
We look forward to investigating metals and magnets in our science lessons this half term. You will soon see our knowledge organiser and curriculum information leaflet on our website.
Some dates for your diary
‘The Christmas Journey’ Workshop at St Mark’s Church
On Monday 4th December, Year 3 will be walking to St Mark’s Church on Homesteads Road for a lovely workshop about the Christmas journey. An email will be sent shortly to inform you about this.
Christmas Carol Concerts
Monday 11th December at 2pm
Tuesday 12th December at 6:30pm
Wednesday 13th December at 10am
Ukelele Concert – Tuesday 12th December
Please arrive for the time below at the main reception area where you will be met and taken down to the small hall for your child’s class to perform…
3W – 9:50am
3D – 10:45am
3SG – 11:40am
Year 3 Team
Live Travel Updates
We’ll update this post with travel updates and return times. Keep refreshing this page!
- Update (2) Coaches are doing well. ETA for both coaches is 445pm. Please park responsibly in the local area – walking is always appreciated.
Update (1) – Coaches left PGL at 2:20pm. ETA for arrival at St Mark’s is 4:45pm-5pm. Likely to be 5pm given Friday traffic.