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Summer Newsletter

Dear Parent / Carer

St Mark’s Primary School are very proud to support three former pupil who has been selected by East Renfrewshire Council as part of group of 24 pupils from across East Renfrewshire going to volunteer in the Dambo School, Kaponda in October. Mrs Robertson will also be on the staff team leading this mission. They will work in partnership with the Betty Cunningham International Trust to enhance the lives of children who attend the school.

So far in Kaponda the Trust has achieved a great deal. They have built a health clinic, dug a well to provide villagers with fresh drinking water and constructed two pre-schools. The hope is to raise sufficient funds to enable the construction of five new buildings in Kaponda. These will house ten classrooms in which to educate and feed all of the remaining children.

We are also hoping that at this time of year, as you are preparing for a new school year, you consider donating items which will be transported out to the village of Kaponda. The trust have asked especially for items such as old clothes, trainers, football strips, school bags, pencil cases, stationery which likely would be replaced during the school holidays. We are asking all of our pupils to donate one of the above items that they will no longer use and leave it on their desk when they finish school this week.

If anyone feels inclined to make a further donation this can be done using the following link.

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/EastRen-Malawi2018

Yours sincerely

Natalie Fitzsimmons
Head Teacher

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Sports Day 2018

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Summer Show June 17

Parents have an important role to play in supporting the work of our school and we value your views.  I believe St Mark’s is a happy, hardworking school where everyone strives to be the best they can be.  We recognise our strengths and know that in order to progress we must continue to improve.

Therefore I’d be grateful if you would join us for a short time on Thursday 31^st May at 2pm in our Family Room to have your say and talk to your child so that we can use this process as another way of taking your views into account.  We can then use this information when considering the key themes for our School Plan 2018-19.

Many thanks for your continued support.

Kind Regards

Natalie Fitzsimmons

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School Improvement Workshop

Check the numeracy advice for families on the family toolkit.

http://www.familymathstoolkit.org.uk/advice-for-families

#numberspeople

Try out some of the free numeracy activities on the family maths tool kit:

http://www.familymathstoolkit.org.uk/activities-for-children

#numberspeople

Today is National Numeracy Day.  Use the website to increase your skills and confidence.

https://www.numeracyday.com/whats-issue

#numberspeople

Today at assembly we will focus on Numeracy.  Please click on the link below to view lots of interesting information about Numeracy.

Numeracy Day Assembly

First Numeracy Day is tomorrow!  Why not take the numeracy assessment to see where your skills could be developed?

https://www.numeracyday.com/whats-issue

#numberspeople

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Supported Carer Campaign

Our winner this week is…….

In St Mark’s we are continually looking for ways to improve.  At this time of year we look back on this year’s progress and set targets for next session.  We would like to seek your views and ask you to spend 5 minutes discussing our targets with your child. Your views will be taken into consideration in writing our new plan for session 2018 – 19.    You can access this via:

School Website
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/StMarks/

Twitter
https://twitter.com/StMarksPrimary1

Mobile devices – download free QR reader app on your phone and scan the code below:

Please contact the school if you have any difficulty accessing any of these links or need further advice.

Please complete by Thursday 24^th May 2018.

Yours sincerely

Mrs Natalie Fitzsimmons
Head Teacher

First Communicants, Confirmandi
and
children of the Parish are invited to attend

May Procession, Sunday 13th May
&
Corpus Christi Procession, Sunday 3rd June.

Both 10am Mass.

First Communicants may wear their outfits to both and share their
celebration with the wider Parish.

We are looking for volunteers to assist us on the walk to St John’s Church on Thursday morning.  If you are able to help, please contact the Office on 0141 570 7400.