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Welcome to Year 6!

Welcome back to school and the beginning of Year 6!

What a successful start to the year so far! It has been wonderful to see the children settle into their new classes so quickly and enjoy being able to play with their friends from the other classes as we reunited as a whole year group bubble!

We have begun our brand new topic ‘Ola Brazil!’, a geography based topic studying the diverse and unique culture of Brazil. On Tuesday, the children certainly had a taste of Brazil as we tried some of the country’s favourite foods: pineapple, mango, bananas and brigadeiro (Brazilian Chocolate Truffles!) This was a welcomed treat after decorating Carnival masks for our bright and beautiful display board where lots of our work this half term will be celebrated.

Just a little reminder that PE begins next Wednesday 15th September and they need to come into school in their PE kits. Please also remind your children to come into school with raincoats each day as this morning’s shower certainly caught a lot of them by surprise!

Please find our Knowledge Organiser and Curriculum Information for this half term below.

Y6 Curriculum Information

Y6 Knowledge Organiser

We are looking forward to a wonderful year with our superstar Year 6 children! If you have any questions throughout the year, please feel free to email year6@stmarksce.org.uk

Many thanks,
Mrs Silvester, Mrs Chapman and Miss Barnett

 

Welcome to Year 3

We have had a great start to Year 3 and the children have settled quickly into their new classrooms. On Monday, we started the day with a letter from Mr Blake. During the holidays he had discovered a possible site that would be of interest to archaeologists, so asked if we could help him and become archaeologists. We started by learning all about our new role and then headed to the site to complete our dig. We had to be very careful as the artefacts we found looked extremely old. Once we were back in the classroom, we examined what we had found and then decided to send away the items to the lab at the official Forensic Archaeological Society.

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On Wednesday, we received a thank you letter and they confirmed the artefacts we found were very old, and were from the year 5432BCE. We then completed an activity to make a timeline (Using a toilet roll) to help us understand just how long ago the Stone Age was.

The children will be bringing home a copy of our Knowledge Organiser for this half term. Our project is called ‘Dig and Discover’ and will be History led. We have also attached our topic web for you to see what your child will be learning this half term.

Knowledge Organiser – Dig and Discover
Dig and Discover topic web

A couple of notes:

  • Homework will be set on google classroom in your child’s class
  • Isolating work can be found in the Year 3 isolating classroom – please note we will get this online as soon we are aware of your circumstances
  • Children have been issued with their reading books – we have use of the main library on Tuesday’s and Year 3/4 library on Tuesdays and Thursdays
  • PE starts next week and is Friday – the children will come to school in PE kit
  • Don’t forget that your child can bring fruit for playtimes, please be aware that they only have 15 minutes for morning play so, one piece of fruit is more than enough

If you have any concerns or questions please don’t hesitate to contact us on year3@stmarksce.org.uk

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Boyle, Mrs Spiers, Miss Crow and Miss Tamblyn

10th September Newsletter – Important FOSM Meeting, Key Information Sessions, Parents’ Evenings and more

A note from Mr Applegate

Your children have been a delight! We’ve had an amazing week, and it’s been great to see how the children have settled in so quickly and enjoyed being back at school. 

In worship this week, we learned about ‘growing’ – we are all growing in lots of different ways, and we’ll grow across the year too. Not only in height and shoe size but in our reading skills, frienships, confidence, kindness, handwriting and so much more. Ask your child about the plant they are growing in class!

Our new Year R children have settled in so well this week, and will be wearing their school uniforms next week for their next step into ‘big school’. They’ve been great.

As always, please don’t hestiate to contact us if you have any questions. And please join us for the FOSM PTA Meeting on Tuesday. We need you!

Have a great weekend, Mr Applegate.

Summary

  • Please join our FOSM Meeting on Tuesday 14th Sept, 7:30pm, via Zoom – link is here. Details below.
  • Reminder- we’re a nut-free school! This includes chocolate spreads!
  • Parking – please be mindful of residents, particularly with our afternoon pickup times being closer together (and so busier). We’ve asked the police to do regular drop-ins.
  • What is your child learning this term? Click here to find out!

What’s the FOSM meeting about?

FOSM is our school’s PTA. The meeting is open to all parents and carers, and we really encourage you to come along. You’ll hear about what FOSM has done last year, and what is to come, and how you can help out. Your help really is essential, so thank you for taking the time out. 7:30pm-8:30pm

FOSM AGM Tues 14th Sept 7:30pm
Zoom link is here
Meeting ID: 885 2832 6389
Passcode: 126304

Timings of pickups and dropoffs

  • Based on surnames
  • Drop-off: A-L 8:30-8:40am, M-Z 8:40am to 8:50am
  • Collection: A-L 3:10-3:15pm, M-Z 3:15pm-3:20pm
  • Map is here.

COVID Updates

  • Please be mindful  – we have had positive cases in the school – COVID hasn’t gone away. However, rules have changed meaning that classes won’t be sent home.
  • Please can all parents/carers/relatives wear masks when on site.

Dates for your diaries

Year Group Key Information Session – Online, using Google Meet. Make sure you can login to Google Meet before the meeting! It’s a chance to meet the teachers and find out important information about your child’s learning for the year. Links will be posted on the Google Classroom Stream just before the session begins.

  • Monday 27th Sept – Y4 – 4pm
  • Monday 27th Sept – Y6 – 5pm
  • Tuesday 28th Sept – Y2 – 4pm
  • Tuesday 28th Sept – Y3 – 5pm
  • Thursday 30th Sept – Y1 – 4pm
  • Thursday 30th Sept – Y5 – 5pm

Parents’ Evenings will be a 10 minute slot, online. Further details will follow, but dates/times are:

  • Monday 18th Oct, 4-6:30pm
  • Tuesday 2nd Nov 3:40-5:50pm
  • Thursday 4th Nov 4-6pm

School Payments

Just a reminder that we remain a cashless school.

Please pay for Breakfast Club, school dinners, trips and any other items via your ScoPay account. Thank you

Lollipop Crossing, Lower Woodbury Road

Graham, the lollipop man, is due back on Monday 13th September.

Flu Vaccines

The School Nursing Team will be here on Wednesday 17th November to administer the Flu Vaccine for all children Year R-Year 6.

Consent forms will be sent home shortly.

Star Learners

Well done to:

  • Year 1: Maxwell, Lewis , Finley

  • Year 2: George F, George J, Aman K

  • Year 3: Ruby C, Dexter M, Thomas B

  • Year 4: Aimee R, Jas L, Seth S

  • Year 5: Amelia W, Scarlett E, Izabella M

  • Year 6: James H, Lucy L, Darcy E, Chelsea P

Rock Stars best effort:

Starting next week!
 

Numbots best effort:

  • Year 1: Eva B, Alfie P, Daniel C
  • Year 2: Lucia G, Noah S, Armaan K
 

Year R Tours for September 2022

Are you thinking about your child joining us in September 2022? Come and find out more about us at our online and onsite sessions!

Zoom Information Session:

  • No need to book! Both Zooms are the same.
  • Oct 7th Year R Info Zoom – 5pm Link here
  • Nov 15th Year R Info Zoom – 6pm Link here

Onsite Tours:

  • Please register here.
  • Oct 12th Year R Tour – 6-7pm
  • Nov 9th Year R Tour 5-6pm
  • Dec 2nd Year R Tour 5-6pm
  • Come along to the main entrance and we’ll direct you.

Brighton Hill Open Evening

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FOSM – Support Our School!

About FOSM

blankThe ‘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

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Regular Notices

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Welcome to Year 1

What a great start to Year 1! The children have all settled in well and are adjusting to all the new routines of Year 1. They have enjoyed exploring our new classrooms and completing our daily challenges through discovery. In maths this week, we have been thinking about our numbers within 10 and exploring different ways of making them. We have also been enjoying our writing by thinking about what we are ‘thankful’ for. 

This term we will be thinking about ‘Sensational Senses’, where we will be learning about our senses and parts of the body. We will also be exploring colour through our art and painting. Further details about our project can be found in the attached knowledge organiser and topic web.

Reading Books:

  • Your children should already have brought home a reading book, which will be changed each week when they read with an adult in class. This book is linked to a colour band.
  • Today they will bring home a library book to share with you. Please make sure this is in school every Friday so they can change it.
  • Next week, they will be given a Read Write Inc reading book linked to their phonics group, which they will have from Monday to Friday.
  • Please make sure your child’s reading books are in school everyday so that they can be read with.

We have all really enjoyed our first week with your children and we look forward to the year ahead with them. Please do not hesitate to contact the team with any concerns or questions using the year group email: year1@stmarksce.org.uk

Thanks for all your support

Mrs Carter, Mrs Lee, Mrs Callaghan, Mrs Phillips

2021 Sensational Senses knowledge organiser.docx

2021 Year 1 Sensational Senses Topic web

Welcome to Year 5!

Year 5 Autumn 1 – Connections Topic Overview

What an amazing first week! The children have absolutely blown us away with their enthusiasm and hard work this week and we are so very excited to spend this academic year working with them all. 

Tomorrow, the children will be bringing home a paper copy of our Knowledge Organiser and Topic Web for this half term but we have attached a copy on the above link for you too. We are learning all about… SPACE! You can read about this half term’s learning for each subject and also practise some of the Space facts with your child using this document. Can the children already remember the order of the planets in our solar system? Why not have a competition to see whether you or your child can learn them the quickest?

We also have an exciting trip coming up – to the Winchester Science Centre! Please let your child’s class teacher know if you may be able to help on the day of the trip – Thursday 21st October. We will need a small handful of DBS cleared adults and so will select names at random should lots of adults put their name forward. 

Here’s to a fantastic half term and a brilliant year! 

Mrs Poole, Mrs Stone, Miss Fowler & Miss Pettitt

 

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