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Welcome back to the second half of the autumn term in school.
The half-term has got off to a flying start with the 'Taste of Democracy Week. This has been a highly successful way to teach the children about the British value of democracy in an age-appropriate way. There has been much discussion about the different qualities of each sweet treat and the children have been learning new vocabulary such as vote, polling station and ballot. You can read more about this in latest news below. Thank you to Mrs Joy from Marlow Council for organising this activity for us.
We are very excited to be expecting delivery of some saplings from the Woodland Trust to plant in our school grounds. We have a date in the calendar to plant them and also to do some work to get the wonderful wild areas that we have at school ready for winter. You will find details below, but it would be great to have a team of volunteers to help us with this - you don't have to come for the entire morning. As the old proverb goes - many hands make light work!
Mrs Reynolds
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Sandygate Star
- Ant – George for working hard to improve his handwriting
- Bee – Abir for listening to adults' instructions and showing greater understanding in lessons
- Butterfly – Oli for working hard to write and draw his story map
- Ladybird – Teddy for working incredibly hard this week and showing a great attitude to his learning
- Dragonfly – Wilbur for working hard when adding independently
- Grasshopper – Kathryn for trying hard with her handwriting and presentation in all of her lessons
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Value Award – Kindness
- Ant – Albie for setting an example to others and showing respect to adults and children
- Bee – Mehran for taking care of school property
- Butterfly – Esme for always staying behind to tidy up after independent learning
- Ladybird – Leighton for always being mindful and careful with school equipment
- Dragonfly – Jaxon for looking after the class equipment without being asked
- Grasshopper – Beth for demonstrating the value of respect by looking after school property and keeping her table tidy
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- Whole school (optional) –Bring in £3 to buy something for the Poppy Appeal
- Year 2 – Still need 3 more volunteers to walk to All Saints Church
- Ladybird class – Still need 4 more volunteers to walk with the class to the library
- Whole school – please wear correct PE uniform
- Whole school – Living Streets Travel Tracker scheme begins next week
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03 Nov 2023 Taste of Democracy week: 31st October - 3rd November | 03 Nov 2023 Rights Respecting Schools Article of the Week - Remembrance Day |
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Next Week's 'Learning at a Glance'
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General news and reminders
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Visit to the War Memorial – Year 2
We still need 3 more volunteers. If you are able to help, please contact the office.
As part of our Art learning this term, we are visiting All Saints Church on Tuesday 7th November. We will be leaving school straight after registration and aim to return by 12 noon. We will be looking at the Marlow War Memorial and creating crafts related to Remembrance Day and learning about our national history and talking about the bravery of war heroes. This is covered by the ‘Walks to the Local Area’ consent you completed when your child started school.
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Visiting Marlow Library – Year 1
We still need 4 more volunteers to walk with Ladybird class. If you are able to help, please contact the office.
Ladybird class will go on Wednesday 8th and Butterfly class will go on Wednesday 15th. We will leave school around 9:30am and return by 11:30am at the latest.
A library form will be coming home this afternoon with your child.
If you would like your child to receive a library card during their visit to the library, please complete and return the form on Monday.
If your child already has a library card, please make sure it is brought in on your allocated day.
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Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal 2023 – Whole school
We have been selling the poppies and other merchandise outside at drop off each morning. Next week, the school council will also take the boxes round to each class and the children will have the opportunity to buy something. The suggested donation for all items (other than the paper poppies) is £3 each.
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Anti-Bullying Week – Whole School
Anti-Bullying Week 2023 will take place in school from Monday 13th – Friday 17th November, with the theme 'Make A Noise About Bullying'. Our Rights Respecting Ambassadors will be leading school worship on Tuesday 14th November to tell the rest of the school all about it. The children will be learning about friendships and who to speak to if they need help.
We will also be holding Odd Socks Day in school on Thursday 16th November. All you need to do is wear odd socks! It's a great way to celebrate what makes us all unique in Anti-Bullying Week!
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PE uniform – Whole school
We have noticed that a number of children have been coming to school on their PE days in incorrect PE uniform. We would like to remind you that our PE uniform includes:
- Red t-shirt with logo
- Black shorts or tracksuit bottoms or leggings or skorts
- Black plimsolls or black trainers or white trainers
- Red hooded jumper with logo
Please do not send your children in with a long sleeved t-shirt/skins underneath their t-shirt or leggings/skins underneath their shorts/skorts.
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Home Learning and Class Home Pages
The Class Home Pages for this half-term are now live and contain information about the curriculum being covered over the next 6 weeks for all classes. Login to the school website to see your child's class home page.
Home Learning for each class is also available on Google Classrooms. Please log in using your child's login and password.
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Parent/carer regular helpers – Whole school
If you missed the training days and are interested in becoming a regular helper in school, we are running another training session on Friday 17th November, 11am-11.45am (Please note the new time). If you are interested, please click here to read the Confidentiality Policy and here to read the Child Protection Policy. Then click here to complete the form.
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Wild World at school – Thursday 16th November
We are looking for a handful of parent/carer volunteers to help with our Wild World program from 9am – 1pm. There will be some light digging, pulling up vegetation, some hazel coppicing and planting some young saplings. We will also ensure that paths are clear for the children to use.
Tash Somers, Urban Rewilder, Wild Marlow and Pocket Wilding and former parent, will be leading the work and will be able to share with you why this work is important and how it helps nature around us.
You will need appropriate weather gear and any gardening hand tools you might like to use. No power tools please.
If you are interested and are happy to help, please click here.
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Walk to School Week & Road Safety Week – Whole school
Walk to school week is back! From Monday 20th – Friday 24th November we will be holding our first walk to school event of the year.
Walking, cycling or scooting has so many benefits from helping us to stay healthy, helping the children be ready to learn once at school, helping the environment and reducing traffic around our school and local area.
We would love as many pupils to take part as possible. We recognise that not everyone is able to complete their whole journey sustainably, but there are still ways to be involved. For example, park further away from school and then walk part of the journey.
There are lots of events happening over the week:
- We have relaunched the Living Streets Travel Tracker scheme and the children are recording how they travel to school daily. Those who regularly travel sustainably (at least 3 times per week) will receive a badge at the end of the month. This will begin next week.
- All children will be given an 'I spy sheet' to tick off things in nature that they see on their way to school.
- The Eco Warriors and Rights Respecting Schools Ambassadors will be working together on a petition for improved signs along Seymour Park Road which they will send to Marlow Town Council.
- On Tuesday 21st all the children will take part in safety day, which will include, Scootability scooter training, first aid, and, in KS1 the children will learn about looking after their bikes.
- On Friday 24th all the pupils who have made a commitment to travel sustainably through the week will receive a flapjack at the end of the day.
We hope it will be a fun week and that everyone enjoys taking part.
The Travel Plan Team
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Buggy Store – Whole school
Did you know if you needed to bring your buggy to school, we now have an allocated storage area. This can be found in front of the Eco-Barn, next to where the children store their bikes and scooters.
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Reading for pleasure – Whole school
This week's recommendation comes from Sophia A and Jack in Ant Class. Their chosen book is 'Dogs don't do ballet' by Anna Kemp.
They both like the book because it is very funny. Jack said, 'It is about a dog called Biff who really likes to do ballet. I liked it when the girl fell in the trumpet'.
Sophia said, 'I like it when he was wearing a pink dress'.
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Books for Spring Term
We have made a wish list of books we would like in school as these will really help with our Core Read Aloud programme and to instil a love of reading in our pupils in the future.
If you would like to purchase a book from our wish list, please click here. We will label these to show who they were donated by.
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Christmas Wreath Making – Thursday 30th November
Tickets for our annual Christmas wreath making evening are selling well, but there are still some left. We're hoping that you can all join us and craft a beautiful wreath under the guidance of our expert. The cost is £30 per person, which includes all the materials needed to make your beautiful wreath and a few glasses of mulled wine. Tickets are available via ParentPay, and you're welcome to bring friends and family from outside school.
Christmas Disco – Saturday 25th November
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2pm – 3:30pm & 4pm – 5:30pm
Sales for this event have now closed. The PFA are busily preparing a fun-filled Disco for your children. As we have begun spending money on this event, we are unable to offer a refund if your child can no longer go to the disco. We will be in touch with everyone over the next week with further details and to ask for volunteers to help with this event.
Christmas Mufti Day – Friday 24th November
The PFA are delighted to invite your children to come to school on Friday, 24th November in mufti. In return, we are asking for donations of Mince Pies or Gifts (suitable to be made into a raffle hamper prize e.g. Bottles, Smellies, other gifts). The PFA organise drinks, mince pies and a raffle for the guests invited to the Big Sing, and we have the annual Sandygate Raffle which will be drawn at our Bake Sale on 15th December; in order to run these we need your help!
PFA Calendars & Photos
This week your child brought home a thumbnail and order information for our annual PFA calendars. These photo calendars are a great fundraiser for the school. They are A4 laminated and personalised with a print of your child’s photo plus all the school term dates on it, as a helpful reminder. Not only are they useful to have at home, they make great Christmas presents for family members too. You can also buy a copy of your child’s photo as a print or in digital form.
- Laminated Calendar – £4 each
- Digital JPEG of Image – £5 each
- 7x5 Colour Print – £2.50 each
Please order all items via ParentPay no later than Friday 10th November.
If you do not have the thumbmail, your child was absent on the day the photos were taken. If you would like to have a calendar made with a photo of your own, please send a high quality JPEG to pfa@marlow-infant.bucks.sch.uk and we will arrange to have one made with this instead. Please send these along with order details on the above date.
Coming up…
- Light Trail: Sunday 12th November
- Christmas disco & Santa visit: Saturday 25th November
- Wreath Making Workshop: Thursday 30th November
- Second hand uniform: 1st December
- Late Night Shopping: Thursday 7th December
- Christmas Bake Sale and Raffle: Friday 15th December
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