1st October 2021

I really enjoyed seeing so many red jumpers at All Saints ' church on Sunday. The Sandygate children sang so beautifully and it was a welcome return as a school to the church after so long not being able to go! 

This week we have seen some real autumnal weather and the Year 1 children rose to the challenge of dealing with the cold by making some warming soup Their trip to the market was a great success and we are truly thankful for the generosity of the stall holders at Dean Street market for donating the vegetables for making soup.

Next week we will have a harvest theme in school - the displays are up in the hall and the children are practising harvest poems to share with the rest of the school during our harvest festival. The thankfulness chains that the children have bought in have added to the theme and will soon be adorning the hall as well.

In computing this half term the children have been learning all about online safety and there are details below of short online courses that parents can undertake to help them understand more how to protect their children when they are online. I do encourage you all to have a look and try out some of the courses.

Mrs Reynolds

Year 1 Soup tasting

Rights Respecting School (RRS) Ambassadors

Marlow C of E Infant School has been a UNICEF Rights Respecting School (RRS) since 2017 and in Summer 2021 we achieved the highest level of the RRS Award - Gold:Rights Respecting. 

As a Rights Respecting School we have children's rights, as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, embedded throughout our school in our policies, practices and ethos. Everyone in our school is aware of those rights and they have a positive impact on teaching and learning.

We have a council of Rights Respecting Ambassadors which is led by Mrs Howarth. They meet regularly and discuss ways in which we can improve the rights of children both in our school, our community and the wider world. In the past the RRS Ambassadors have led school worship to explain some of the rights, to talk about bullying and have helped organise a Parliament week.

The RRS Ambassadors this year are:

• Ladybird - Kitty & Jack M
• Butterfly - Amber & Samuel
• Grasshopper - Poppy & Zach
• Dragonfly - Gracie & Annabelle

School Calendar

For dates beyond next week see the full calendar on the school website 

New dates added this week:

October

• 14th Maidenhead Advertiser My First Class edition

November

• 4th PFA meeting (change of date)

December

• 1st 2pm Advent Service at All Saints - details nearer the date
• 13th - 15th Nativity Plays (see article below)

Next Week's 'Learning at a Glance'

Year 2: Roman Day Tuesday 5th October

Year 2 will be spending the day as Romans on Tuesday - they will be making mosaics and pizza amongst other activities. We would love the children to come dressed in Roman costume and there were lots of ideas in last week's Newsletter. 

National Poetry Day Thursday 7th October

We will be marking National Poetry Day next week by sharing poems in class throughout the week. 

We are hoping to increase the choice of poetry books we have available in school and have a wishlist of books on Amazon if anyone would like to purchase one for the school.

https://amzn.eu/3epujzK

Harvest Festival Thursday 7th October

We will be holding our Harvest Festival in school next Friday, unfortunately we are not inviting parents for this service and so it will just be in school worship for the children. 

We are collecting once again for One Can Trust for our Harvest and so would like each child to bring one can/packet in next week by Thursday morning and we will display these during worship. If you are able to help us transport the donated items to One Can Trust in High Wycombe on Thursday after worship then please let the school office know. 

Here is a message from One Can Trust and below a list of their particular wants and needs at present :

Since 2011, One Can Trust has operated a foodbank based in High Wycombe, serving the town and South Buckinghamshire – up to Princes Risborough and out to Beaconsfield. 

We are currently preparing for Harvest and this is where we ask local churches, groups and individuals to consider donating their Harvest collections to us so we can distribute them to our clients around the local area. We find this is a busy time and it ensures that we can stock our shelves and prepare for the lead up to Christmas and the winter months.

See below a link to a video message from our Interim Operation Manager, Jo Belshaw, who will show you around our warehouse.

Video Tour

Reception: My First Class - Maidenhead Advertiser

A photographer from the Maidenhead Advertiser was in school this week to take photographs of the Ant and Bee classes for their 'My First Class' feature. This will be published on 14th October.

National Online Safety 

As we mentioned a few weeks ago we are taking part in the National Online Safety certification programme. As part of this there is a parent course available which we would encourage everyone to complete. The link for this is 

https://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/marlow-c-of-e-infant-school

The course is a series of short webinars (around 4 minutes each) presented by Myleene Klass on topics such as Online Gaming and Mental Health & Wellbeing.

You can also access #WakeUpWednesday via the free app which you can download from your app store, search for National Online Safety, details here https://info.nationalonlinesafety.com/mobile-app. The app provides great tips on how to check if children are playing online games such as Roblox safely.

School Photographs

The school photograph proofs are now available online with our school photographer, Stanley Baker. If you did not receive a QR code or did not register when they were taken last week then your child will be bringing home details today on how to access the photographs. 

Nativity Plays - save the dates!

Our school Nativity Plays will be taking place on the last week of term. We will have two separate plays for Reception and KS1 with several performances of each. Details for ordering tickets will come out after half-term and there will be two tickets per family . To allow for planning we are publishing  the dates now and they will be:

Reception Play

Tues 14th December 9.30am

Weds 15th December 9.30am

KS1 Play

Monday 13th December 2.00pm

Tuesday 14th December 10.30am

Wednesday 15th December 10.30am

School lunches change to ingredients

Due to supply issues, Dolce have changed the brand of jelly being supplied to our school. The jelly they are now serving contains beef gelatine. If your child should not be served this jelly for any reason please contact the school office so that we can ensure they are offered an alternative pudding.

Dragonfly Class - jumpers & hoodies

If anyone from Dragonfly class has lost a jumper, cardigan or hoody please come in to the office to check as we have a box of un-named items from that classroom. 

Circus News

Only one more sleep until the circus comes to school and we are all very excited. We want to say a great big thank you to everyone who has helped so far, to the bakers for the great biscuits and to each and every one of you for your kind tombola donations.

We hope that the sun shines and the day is dry but if not please remember to bring your umbrellas. We will utilise as much cover as possible in the outdoor areas and the BIG TOP is weatherproof of course. 

Gates open at 12 noon for the 2pm show and 2:45pm for the 4pm show. Tickets will be allocated at the gate. We still have a few tickets left for the 4pm show if anyone would like to purchase at the last minute. We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow. 

Other News

Bag2school is taking place on Monday 4th October. Please bring donations to the front of the school building before 9am as they will be collected shortly after. You can use any bag to drop off donated items. Donations that can be included are clothing, pairs of shoes, curtains, bedding, handbags and accessories. Further information can be found at https://bag2school.com/

This years PFA calendar photo shoot has taken place and the proofs should be in your child’s book bag today. Items will be available to order via ParentPay from this evening and the calendars and photos will be delivered to you in early December ready for Christmas gifting.

We are always looking for volunteers to help with fundraising and appreciate any time you can spare. Please do contact the email address at marlowcofepfa@gmail.com if you are able to offer any support .