Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Lest We Forget

  Mon 12 Nov 2018 Mr Bright

  FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY 2018
  This term’s new worship theme is ‘Respect’, which links well to this year's international
  centennial commemorations of the 1918 Armistice. We would like to thank Year 6 for leading
  such moving and reflective services in church. They have also produced some beautiful and poignant work.

   

  A PRAYER THAT WE MAY LIVE PEACEABLY
  O God, all holy one, you are our Mother and our Father and we are your children. Open our eyes
  and our hearts that we may discern your work and see your features in every one of your children.
  May we know that you want us to care for one another as those who know that they are sisters
  and brothers, members of the same family. Help us to live in harmony, wiping away the tears
  from the eyes of those who are less fortunate than ourselves. And may we know war no more,
  as we strive to be what you want us to be: your children. Amen.
  Archbishop Desmund Tutu, adapted.

  

• Echo First Class - Reception

  Wed 17 Oct 2018 Mr Bright

  Our reception children were in the Bournemouth Echo First Class supplement yesterday! They all looked very smart and smiley!

  Images (c) Bournemouth Echo.

  Copies are available to purchase via the Echo website:

  RCN Photo

  RAG Photo

   

  

• Reception Next Steps meeting slides

  Mon 15 Oct 2018 Mr Bright

  Thank you to all parents who attended Friday’s Reception Next Steps meeting.

  We really value our partnerships with parents and this home-school contact is very important to us.

  We hope you found the meeting useful and informative. Below is a link to the presentation slides and links to phonics videos which you can use to support your child’s reading at home.

  If you have any queries, please see your child’s class teacher.

   

  Presentation slides can be found here:

  http://www.st-marks.bournemouth.sch.uk/teacher-meetings/ 

   

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ksblMiliA8

   Listen to the 42 letter sounds of Jolly Phonics, spoken in British English. Each letter sound is clearly spoken twice, before an example word is given.

   https://www.phonicbooks.co.uk/2011/03/13/how-to-say-the-sounds-of-letters-in-synthetic-phonics/

   Tami Reis-Frankfort, reading specialist and trainer, demonstrates how to pronounce the sounds of the English Phonic Code, when teaching children to read with Synthetic Phonics.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx4Jj69J1-I

   Jolly Phonics Songs (Letters and Sounds)

   

• Questions, concerns or queries?

  Fri 05 Oct 2018 Mr Bright

  Please do pop and talk to us if you have any queries, questions or concerns. Usually, the class teacher will be the first port of call and it is best to catch them on the gate at the end of the day.
  If you need to pass a message in the morning, please pop in to the office and pop a note in the post box. Alternatively, send any queries by email to parentmail@st-marks.bournemouth.sch.uk.
  You can also have a word with Mrs Burn and Mr Bright on the doors in the mornings, or Mrs Biles and Mrs Nickols, who are our parent support workers. If you ever have a safeguarding concern, please ask to speak to Mrs Burn, Mr Bright or Mrs Brewer.

  
  In addition to these options, Mr Bright runs a regular ‘parent surgery’ – this is a drop-in session and is open to any parent. The next parent surgery is on Wednesday 10 October between 8:40-9:30am. No appointment necessary, just drop into the office and sign in.

• Allergy awareness for children

  Fri 05 Oct 2018 Mr Bright

  With recent news coverage of the seriousness of anaphylactic allergies, we are sharing some age-appropriate advice with the children next week on caring for their peers and others who suffer from these acute sensitivities.

  There is further advice available online, including these US resources:

  https://www.foodallergy.org/education-awareness/be-a-pal

  https://www.kyledine.com/store.html

   

  Can we remind parents that we have several children with acute sensitivities and are therefore a NUT-FREE school. Please be mindful of this when preparing snacks and packed lunches.

• Soundstorm Guitar Concert

  Fri 28 Sep 2018 Mr Bright

  Children in Years 3,4,5&6 were treated to a free guitar concert today by two Soundstorm musicians: Chris Woods on guitar and Harkiret Singh-Bahra on percussion.

  The chilled ethereal melodies soothed the soul on a Friday morning and the children were enthralled. One child even asked if Chris was Jimi Hendrix - high praise indeed!

   

  You can listen to some of the music at The Chris Woods Groove Orchestra on YouTube.

   

  Thanks to Chris and Harkiret. It was great!

  

• Spiritual Art Competition

  Thu 06 Sep 2018 Mrs Harley

  Well Done to our 2018 entrants in the SPIRITED ARTS IN HEAVEN COMPETITION

  At the end of the Summer Term, Year 5 used art to explore the theme ’Making Peace’. They also had to write a written commentary about their artwork. Mrs Burn chose 10 entrants which have been sent off to the competition.

  They are:

  Jessica M

  Lily B

  Lucas R

  Eden C

  Sophie B

  Samuel W

  Katie F

  Freya F

  Emily S

  Amelia H

  

• Summer home learning challenges

  Fri 20 Jul 2018 Mr Bright

  If it's too hot to be outside... or the rain arrives and you have to stay inside... why not keep those little grey cells ticking over with a Summer Home Learning Challenge?!!

   

  Make sure you choose the one for your NEW year group in September.

   

  Challenges can be found under  the 'children' tab. Or click here.

  http://www.st-marks.bournemouth.sch.uk/summer-challenges/

   

  Don't forget, if you already use IXL or TTRockstars, you can still use these throughout the summer.

• Sports Day 2018

  Wed 27 Jun 2018 Mr Bright

  Yesterday's sports day was a huge success.

  Thank you to all those parents, family and friends who were able to come and support the event. There was a wonderful party (some people even said 'carnival') atmosphere. The children all worked brilliantly together and we saw some amazing displays of fair play (no need for VAR replays here!).

  The staff were 'sporting' their new kit, generously supported by the S&PA - a huge thank you to them.

  It was a brilliant day and the warm June sunshine.

  

• GDPR - New Privacy notice

  Thu 17 May 2018 Mr Bright
  The security and proper use of your data is important to us. Please see our Privacy Notice under 'Policies and Info' in the Key Information tab.