Each week in Celebration worship this term, children share their favourite reads with the rest of the school. This week it was the turn of Dragonfly class. Their favourite book is Little Lamb by Piers Harper.

Fleur, Elliot, Macy and Calum said: We like Little Lamb because there are dragonflies and ladybirds in the story. We enjoyed the adventure of the story and the places that Little Lamb visited. We liked the bit when the lamb found its mummy.

Home Learning & Class Home Pages

The Class Home Pages for next half-term are now live and contain information about the curriculum being covered over the next 7 weeks for all classes. Login to the school website to see your child's class home page.

Home Learning for each class is available on Google Classrooms for next half term from Friday 8th November. Please log in using your child's email address and password.

Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal 2024

We received the traditional poppy boxes this week, so after half-term the school council and school staff will be selling the poppies and other merchandise outside school at drop-off and pick-up each morning. The suggested donation for all items is £1. We also have a small supply of metal pin badges for adults, for a donation of £3.

Parent/carer regular helpers

Thank you to those who have offered their help already and attended the training. We look forward to having you in school after half-term. All those who attended the training should have an email confirming your time to come to school. If we are applying for DBS clearance for you, you will need to wait for this to come through before you can start your regular help.

If you missed the training days and are interested in becoming a regular helper in school, we are running another training session on Friday 15^th November, 9am-9.45am.

If you are interested in becoming a regular helper, please click here to read the Confidentiality Policy and here to read the Child Protection Policy. Then click here to complete the form.

Anti-Bullying Week

Anti-Bullying Week 2024 will take place in school from Monday 11^th – Friday 15^th November, with the theme 'Choose Respect'. Our Rights Respecting Ambassadors will be leading school worship on Tuesday 12^th 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 Tuesday 12^th 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!

ASDA Cashpot

Parentkind – the charity that supports school PTAs - have teamed up with ASDA, who is making millions of pounds available to donate to primary schools across the UK through their ‘Cashpot for Schools’ initiative – all you have to do is, opt in through the ASDA Rewards app, choose Marlow Infants and shop and scan in store or shop online until 30^th November 2024.

ASDA will donate 0.5% of the value of your shop to our Marlow Infants. Also, every time somebody opts in, ASDA will give an additional £1 to the school Cashpot. Plus, it doesn’t stop there – ASDA are also giving £50 to every school to get them started.

Please see the flyer at the bottom of the newsletter for more information.

MDSA vacancy

We currently have a Midday Supervising Assistant (MDSA) vacancy. We are looking to appoint a responsible and enthusiastic individual who will ensure the safety, welfare and good conduct of the children during the lunchtime period. You will be part of a friendly and supportive team working with happy and friendly children. 

The full job description and details of how to apply can be found on the school website here.

Visiting the War Memorial at All Saints Church

• Date: Friday 8^th November

On Friday 8^th November, Year 2 will be walking to All Saints Church and visiting the War Memorial for their topic, as well as marking Remembrance Day.

We still need 6 parents from Dragonfly class and 1 parent from Grasshopper class to help walk the children down safely from 9am to 12 noon. We may not be able to go if we don't get enough helpers.

Please click here to volunteer

Visiting the Wycombe Museum

• Date: Monday 25^th November

On Monday 25^th November, Year 2 are going to Wycombe Museum for our topic - Lest we forget. We will be sending out more information about this soon.

We still need 5 more parents to help on this day from 9.30am until 2.45pm.

Please click here to volunteer

• Date: Saturday 30^th November 1pm-2.30pm & 3pm-4.30pm

Ho ho ho, it’s Christmas disco time! Our festive themed disco parties will be held on Saturday, 30^th November and, like last year, we will run 2 identical discos to ensure there is enough space for every Sandygate child to attend. These will be 1-2.30pm and 3-4.30pm.

There will be music, fun and games, a half-time snack and a visit from Santa with a small Christmas gift to take home. Tickets are £15 per child (Sandygate students only, we're afraid) and are available to book on ParentPay.

There are a limited number of tickets per disco so we'd advise you to discuss with your child's friends which disco they're booking, to avoid disappointment. We don't want any child to miss out on this experience, so if it is financially difficult for you, please contact the school office.

We are currently working hard to put together an incredible silent auction. Hopefully you will all be able to find something to bid on to help with your Christmas shopping! Thanks to the generosity of our Sandygate parents, we already have some impressive offerings. But we would be really grateful if you or your business/employer could help donate a prize. It could be for a physical gift, an experience, tickets to an event, a voucher or service. No prize is too big or too small. The more prizes we can get the better!

The benefit to you/your business is through people accessing the online silent auction website and the extra advertising and business this may lead to. The auction tends to go beyond the reach of just our school community as we share the link on the Marlow Facebook groups. 

If you have any prize you can donate, please either let your year reps know, or you can contact Cori on pfa@marlow-infant.bucks.sch.uk

Thank you so much, we really appreciate all the help you are giving us!

• Date: Sunday 1^st December 9am

Are you entering the Marlow Santa Fun Run this year? How do you fancy raising money for school? The PFA are a registered charity and can be nominated as your charity; if you raise £50 in sponsorship money, the Rotary club will match it.

Charity name: Marlow C of E Infant School Parents & Friends Association. Registered Charity No. 275299

• PFA Fundraising Meeting: Thursday 7^th November 
• Brickes: Sunday 17^th November 
• Wreath making: Thursday 28^th November 
• Christmas disco & Santa visit: Saturday 30^th November