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

• KS2 Dr Who art competition & raffle

  Mon 28 Nov 2016

  Jacqueline Rayner, author of numerous Dr Who books, and other stories, has kindly autographed two books for us: 'Magic of the Angels' and her new novel 'Twelve Doctors of Christmas' (in which she authored two of the twelve short stories).

   

  We are running two competitions in the run-up to Christmas: An art competition and a raffle.

   

  We introduced the competitions to Years 3-6 in worship and Jac kindly sent us a personal video introducing herself and sharing her ideas about telling stories.

   

  Art competition

  1st prize: A signed copy of Twelve Doctors of Christmas (signed by the author) [released 6/10/16].

  2x Runner up prizes: £10 book voucher.

  Closing date Friday 2 December.

  Children to draw their favourite Dr Who character or design a new Dr Who character.

  Draw/paint/colour/collage anything really! Ideally, A4 size. Make sure name and class are on the back. Entries to Mr Bright via the school office.

  Finalists will be judged by Jaqueline Rayner and winners announced in the last week of term.

   

  Raffle

  Raffle prize is a signed copy of Magic of the Angels (signed by the author).

  Tickets on sale before and after school from Mrs Coles from 28 November – 9 December (5 for £1).

  Winner will be announced in the last week of term.

  Proceeds to purchase more Dr Who books for the library.

• 2HA Remembrance Poems

  Fri 18 Nov 2016

  For homework this week, Year 2 have been thinking about Remembrance and written some lovely poetry. Mr Hall has selected a few pieces of work which captured the mood particularly well. Well done to all of Year 2 for such thoughtful and emotive work. Well done.

  

• Facebook

  Fri 18 Nov 2016

  We are aware that parents communicate via various unofficial St. Mark’s Facebook groups.  Whilst we appreciate the supportive nature of peer to peer groups, may we take this opportunity to remind you that this is not an official line of communication with the school and is not monitored or administered by us.  Views expressed on Facebook are individuals’ views and may not accurately represent the school. 

   

  Should you have any concerns or queries regarding any aspect of your child’s school life, please talk to us directly.  You can contact your child’s teacher at the end of the day outside the school gate or via the office at any other time or through the parentmail email address (parentmail@st-marks.bournemouth.sch.uk).  Please also see this website for information/policies and advice, as well the Useful Information (Q&A) section (under Parents), which includes details of who to contact should you have a concern which the teacher cannot completely help you with.

• School photo order deadline 10/11/16

  Tue 08 Nov 2016

  You will have recently received your proofs of the recent school photographs.

  If you would like to purchase any items, please ensure that you have returned your completed order form by the end of school on Thursday 10th November.

  After this date, it will only be possible to place orders online, for which there will be a £4 surcharge.

• The Pod - Community Meal club

  Mon 07 Nov 2016

  The community lunch club runs on the first Saturday of every month and everyone is welcome. Come and enjoy a delicious hot meal, great company and meet old friends and new. New volunteers are also always welcome whether you can cook, chop or serve!

   

  Roast dinner and a dessert

  £1 or donations / or free if you can't afford to donate.

   

  Next event:

  6th December 2014, 12:30 – 14:30 St Thomas' Church, Barns Road, Ensbury Park, BH10 5BN

  Contact: Sandy Williams, POD co-ordinator: 07706 541188 email: infothepod@yahoo.co.uk

  Visit the website: click here

• Parking

  Fri 04 Nov 2016

  We are fortunate that the Talbot Village Trust permit the use of their car park. A number of schools locally do not have parking provision for parents.

   

  In recent weeks we have received a number of complaints regarding inconsiderate parking. Not only does this cause inconvenience, it does pose a potential risk to safety.

   

  This morning we put some 'no waiting' cones down the lane in order to highlight the double yellow lines. You can see the success of this from the picture below. Whilst we appreciate that parking can be difficult, we do rely on people parking reasonably, so that traffic can circulate as freely as possible. 

   

  With the weather not being great, I did go to help the flow of traffic - not helped by those parked inconsiderately.

  Thank you to those of you who were pleasant to me and supportive of the necessary 'stop-starting' to free up the flow of traffic.

  

• School Games Mark - Silver award!

  Tue 01 Nov 2016

   

  Prior to half term, Mr Vacher had a meeting regarding our Sainsbury's School Games mark and we are delighted that they have raised our rating to a Silver level from bronze (yay!). During the meeting we were advised that we are well on to achieving a Gold level which would be brilliant. Thank you to everyone involved in our sporting successes.

  

• Measles alert for South West England

  Tue 01 Nov 2016

  The following information has been released today by The Village Surgery, Talbot Village. We currently have no reported cases in school.

   

  MEASLES OUTBREAK

  There is currently a measles outbreak in South West England and we are taking steps to minimise the risks to our patients.

   

  The signs of measles are as follows:

   

  • Fever followed by a cough, runny nose and sometime conjunctivitis.
  • Spots which usually appear during the first stage of the illness.
  • A rash which starts on day 3-4 initially in the hair line which then spreads to the face, trunk and limbs.
  • The fever persists once the rash has disappeared.

   

  If you have a rash and feel very unwell - DON'T come to the surgery, walk-in centre or the local A&E departments.  CALL AHEAD, that way if you do have measles, you won't pass it on to others and we can give you advice on what to do.