Monkton Park Newsletter Friday 12th July 2024

Librarian visit

This week we had Tracey from the Library in for a visit.to talk about the Summer Reading Challenge. You can sign up from this Saturday and read 6 books across the summer to complete the challenge. They also have a whole host of free activities on over the summer. https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/#library

School Dinners

Due to a change in menu, meals will need to be rebooked for Monday 22nd July. You can order school lunches on School Grid.

Summer Term Dates

Term 6 is always busy in school, with lots of exciting things going on. Please see below for some of the key dates.

Thursday 18th July - Leavers Assembly - 1400 (Y6 families only)

Friday 19th July - Leavers BBQ - 1630 (Y6 families only)

Wiltshire Council Wraparound Care Survey

Wiltshire Council has been allocated money to develop wraparound childcare (before and after school places) and parents should expect to see more availability from September 2024. To enable Wiltshire Council to build a picture of where wraparound childcare needs to be developed, they are running a parent/carer survey on what unmet demand for wraparound childcare exists.

https://surveys.wiltshire.gov.uk/s/Wraparound

Weekly Achievement Awards

Achievement certificates

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

Congratulations this week to: All of Fieldmice class, Hattie M, Evie B, Louie, Harper, Isaac, Revie, Evie & Nellie

Hot Chocolate Friday

Congratulations to this weeks hot chocolate winners.

This weeks achievers are: Oscar,Melody, Ben, Anika, Zander, Arthur, Aayan, Penny & Eleanor

Star Writer

Our Star Writers this week are: Clara, Oscar, Jessica, Brook, Ella, Patrick, Georgie, Nia & Samuel

FOMPS

🗓️ Upcoming Events:

1. Last Meeting of the Year: Join us on Monday, 15th July at 8:30 PM in the bungalow for our final meeting of this school year. Your input matters!

2. Annual General Meeting (AGM): Mark your calendars for Thursday, 26th September at 6:30 PM in the school hall. Let’s shape the future of FOMPS together.

🌱 Why We Need You: FOMPS has been busy organising discos, the Christmas Fair, mufti days, cake sales, book swaps, and the Scarecrow Trail. We’ve repaired, created, cleaned, and fundraised—all to enhance the school experience. But here’s the challenge: as children move on, we need fresh faces to keep FOMPS thriving.

🙌 Step Up and Get Involved: Can you spare a few hours? Whether you’re a seasoned volunteer or a newcomer, your contribution matters. Join us, be part of the magic, and help FOMPS continue its vital work. Together, we’ll create lasting memories and support our wonderful school community!

For more information, reach out to Dan or any committee member via email at fompspta@gmail.com. Let’s make a difference! 🌈

Affordable Schools

At Monkton Park School, we have recently engaged with Wiltshire’s ‘Affordable Schools’ strategy because we understand it can be difficult to talk about money worries. People finding it hard to make ends meet often hang on and try and sort things out themselves; not seeking help until the situation has become very difficult. Whatever the issues you are facing, we would encourage you to ask for support. With guidance from the ‘Affordable Schools’ strategy, we have created a page on our website under the ‘Parents’ tab that signposts support and guidance. Alternatively, please feel free to get in touch with us here at school. You can contact our Family Link Worker, Jen Marshall or contact the office in school on admin@monktonpark.wilts.sch.uk.

Parent Resource - online safety

In a survey with pupils in Y3-Y6 we found that lots of children have very active online lives. Many use apps such as WhatsApp or Snapchat and we would recommend regular checks with your child to see which groups they are part of. Some groups can contain over 100 people and can lead to children being exposed to inappropriate language. This is always best done in a supportive way with your child and the recording below has lots of advice. Other children said that they use games which are not age appropriate e.g. Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto.

Please see links below to the parent resources and recording of the Online Safety talk

Parents resource pack

Recording Link (please do NOT to share this link publicly online / social media etc)