Monkton Park Newsletter Friday 9th June 2023

Class Lists

It is that time of year where we are starting to plan class lists for next year. As with previous years we are asking parents to record three friend's names. We will always try to make sure that your child is with at least one person on their list of friends. Please click here to submit the names.

Art Bytes

We were very proud to see some of our Y5 art work on display in the Neeld hall this week as part of the Art Bytes competition. The three winners from Monkton Park were also invited to the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol . Well done to all the children involved and massive thanks to Mrs Hamilton for making sure our pupils had the chance to take part.

Health Eating Week

Next week is The British Nutrition Foundation’s Healthy Eating Week (12th - 16th June). This campaign is all about supporting and promoting healthier lifestyles. This year’s theme is, Healthy Eating Week - For Everyone!

The daily themes are:

Focus on fibre

Get at least 5 a day

Vary your protein

Stay hydrated

Reduce food waste

Sports day (reminder)

Subject to weather we can confirm that Sports Day will be held on Tuesday 27th June. As in previous years KS2 (Y3-Y6) will be at 9.30am and KS1 (YR-Y2) will start at 1.30pm. We hope to see you there!

Weekly Achievement Awards

Achievement certificates

Achievement certificates are awarded to one child per class every week in our celebration assembly.

Congratulation in week 1 to:Amelia, Anya, Finlay, Phoebe, Isabella, Aylah, Aayan, Archie & Vianne.

Hot Chocolate Friday

Teachers chose one child from each class who has gone over and above during week in helping others. The selected children then have a hot chocolate with Mr Rafferty & Mr Williams.

This weeks achievers are: Jaxon, Dorothy, Jasmine, Louie, Josie, Alfie, Ben, Ivy-Rose, Elsie

Star Writer

Our Star Writers this week are: Emmy, Sam, Lyla, Olivia, Nia, Darius, Eli, Annabella & Saskia

Opal (reminder)

We are excited to invite you to an OPAL play afternoon on Friday 23rd June from 1:45-2:45. This is an opportunity for families to experience our fun-filled outdoor play.

We are currently replenishing our equipment and loose parts so any donations of sandpit toys, old computer keyboards and office phones, yoga mats (ideally plastic-coated), large cardboard boxes and anything for water-play (bottles, scrubbing brushes, watering cans etc.) would be much-appreciated please.

More details will be released closer to the time.

Class assemblies & Y6 Leavers Assembly

Parents of children in the class are always welcome to attend our class assemblies. Please see below for the next dates.

Tuesday 13th June (9.15am): Badgers

Tuesday 11th July (2.30pm): Leavers assembly for all of Y6

Jumpers & Sun Hats

Now that the sun has finally made an appearance, please can children to bring in sun hats to school. Please can you ensure that these are clearly labelled along with school jumpers and Cardigans. We have an every growing pile without names that cannot be returned!

Children can bring in suncream but again, this must be labelled and not shared with others! There are many suitable 8 hour creams that can be applied before school.

Summer Holiday Club

Places are filling up and so we would recommend that you book sooner rather than later. Please use ParentPay to book your sessions for the summer.

Summer Holiday Club Monday 31st July – Friday 25th August

You are now able to make bookings for Summer Holiday Club

There are 2 sessions available:

Breakfast Summer Holidays 8.00am – 9.00am. Breakfast included £3.50 per child per session

Holiday Club 9.00am – 4.00pm Snacks and water will be provided but please bring a packed lunch and any other drinks £30 per child per session, £25 per sibling per session.

Bookings must be made by Friday 7th July.

How to Book

Using childcare vouchers or your tax free childcare account Please email the school office to book. We will then let you know the total cost.

ParentPay

If you would like to book via ParentPay please pay the total amount and any sibling discounts will be processed by school. Booking instructions are below:

1. Go to www.parentpay.com and log in

2. Select the child to make bookings for

3. Select Book meals and places/Make bookings

4. Select Breakfast Summer Holidays or Afternoon (Holiday Club)

5. Select the week to view

6. Select Make or view bookings

7. You will then be presented with a booking screen

 Book a session for a specific day/week

8. Make the required bookings

9. A summary will be displayed at the bottom of the page

10. Review the booking summary, and select Confirm booking.

11. Any credit in your Parent Account will be used to pay for the meals. Any remaining cost can be paid by Bank Transfer (if enabled), Visa Checkout or Other payment method

WARNING: Any bookings must be confirmed and paid for within 2 hours of selecting them. Failure to do so will result in the bookings being automatically cancelled.

FOMPS

We hope everyone has had a lovely half term break!

Just a reminder we have our scheduled evening FOMPS meeting on Monday 12th June at 7.30pm at Rivo Lounge. We hope as many of you can join this as possible! If there is anything anyone would like to discuss please let us know or come along to the meeting.

Also we also have our Summer Picnic on Sunday 2nd July so please save the date and come join us for a fun filled afternoon! We are also looking for volunteers to help us run this. Link below.

https://volunteersignup.org/Y3FRH

We can't put these events on without your support so we thank each and every one of you, whether it's buying a tea towel to donating some teddies and especially if you able to donate your time! That is invaluable so please even if it's just half an hour please do let us know.

We hope to see you there!

Now I'd like to come back to the Scarecrow Trail!

We are very pleased to announce we raised an incredible £3475!

Now we couldn't have done this without everyone who attended the event but also to everyone behind the scenes organising so I'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated their time to make this event as incredibly successful as it was!

Watch out for next year's 15th Anniversary special!

Thank you to all our sponsors for the event and a big thank you to those companies that came and made it the weekend it was.

Chippenham Uniform Exchange

Claire's Circus

Bulldog Bouncers

Really Awesome Coffee

And a huge shout out to Matt and Marisa who supported us with slushies, popcorn and candy floss, who made an incredible donation to us. You'll find them usually at the kiosk in John Coles Park!

Thanks

FOMPS Committee

Secondary School Open Days