Easter Service

On Tuesday 24th March from 9.45am-10.15am, we would like to invite all families to our Easter Service at All Saints Church.

We also need a number of parents to help walk to the church with the children. We will leave school at 9.15am and return by 10.45am. If you can help, please let us know below.

Please click here to volunteer

Hot Cross Buns

The children will receive a hot cross bun, following the Easter Service, to take home with them on Tuesday 24th March.

Thank you very much to those of you that have very kindly volunteered to help bag these up for us.

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Easter Competitions

• All entries brought in: Tuesday 24^th March and Wednesday 25^th March

It's that time of year again for our annual Easter Competitions!

We would like the children to bring their entries into school on Tuesday 24^th March and Wednesday 25^th March so that we can judge them and award the winners on Thursday 26^thMarch. Please don't bring them in before these dates as we don't have enough space to store them.

We are planning to have an Easter Hat parade on Thursday 26^thMarch at which the Year 2 children can show off their Easter Hats to the rest of the school.

The details of the competition for each year's groups are shown below. The categories are:

Reception – Easter Basket 

Create an Easter basket using recycled materials and using some of the symbols of Easter that you have been learning about.

Year 1 – Easter Garden 

An Easter garden is a traditional way of remembering what happened on Good Friday and usually includes a hill. As the bible says, Jesus was crucified on a hilltop, three crosses, a stone to represent the stone across the entrance to the tomb. Some simple instructions for a garden are shown below.

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Year 2 – Easter Hat

An Easter hat is any new hat worn traditionally on Easter Sunday. It is the tail end of an English tradition of wearing new clothes for Easter and is in keeping with the spirit of renewal and redemption at this time of the year.

For our Easter hats, we would like you to take the theme of renewal further by reusing and recycling materials for your hat. 

Class-led Worship

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We have been holding class-led worships over the last few weeks. Each class is basing their worship on their class value, and we would like to invite parents/carers to join in with the worship. Each class worship will be from 9am-9.30am. We are limiting 2 tickets per family. Please book your tickets below if you haven't already.

Bee Class: Thankfulness – Thursday 12^th March  Book Tickets

Ant Class: Kindness – Thursday 19^th March  Book Tickets

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End of Key Stage 1 Assessments

• Dates: First half of the summer term

It may seem a while away, but during the first half of the summer term, the Year 2 team will be conducting end of year assessments. These are assessments where teachers will use observations and assessments that they have conducted throughout the year to determine whether a child has met the end of Key Stage 1 standards. End of key stage assessments are no longer statutory, but we have chosen to use optional tests to help inform the teachers' judgements.

These tests will be administered in the classrooms, in a non-pressurised environment. We will call the tests 'booklets' and the children will have already seen and used similar papers in class, so they will be familiar with the format.

The test papers that we will be administering will be for reading and maths. The teachers will also use the end of key stage assessment frameworks to finalise their judgements.

There is more information on the Year 2 class homepages

The Department of Education has produced a leaflet about the optional Key Stage 1 assessments here

Outdoor learning

Due to children attending the Easter Service on Tuesday 24th at All Saints Church. Year 2 will have their outdoor learning session on Monday 23^rd March instead this week.

Phonics Screening Check

• Dates: June

During June, Year 1 children participate in a phonics screening check. The purpose of the phonics screening check is to confirm that all children have learnt phonic decoding to an age-appropriate standard.

With some exceptions, all pupils who have reached the age of 6 by the end of the school year must take the check during that academic year. For most pupils, this will be in Year 1.

This year the check will take place between 8-12th June and will be conducted on a 1:1 basis with your child's class teacher.

There are more details about the phonics screening check on the Year 1 class homepages.

The Department of Education has produced a leaflet about the phonics screening check here.

A Celebration of Javanese culture 

• Date: 25th March 2.00pm

This half-term, the children will be learning about the wildlife, geography and culture of Java.

Aris Daryono, who has been visiting our school for the past 13 years, will be in to share his passion for gamelan music, the art of Java, and will help the children make some wonderful shadow puppets.

We will soon be inviting the Year 1 families to come in to watch a puppet show, written and performed by the children. This will take place on Wednesday 25th March at 2.00pm. There will also be the opportunity to taste some Indonesian food and view some of the children's creations before settling down to watch the show.

The Year 1s will be selling tickets for their performance during the week of 16th March.  This will take place at drop off and pick up at the front of school. The cost of the tickets will be £1 each, and we would like them to be purchased with cash! There will initially be a limit of 2 tickets per child. 

We would like to ask for 4 volunteers to help the children to prepare the Indonesian food on Wednesday 25th in the morning.

Reception parent workshops

• Date: Monday 23rd March, 2-3pm

Our second workshop will be based on Phonics.

Please let us know if you would like to attend so we can prepare enough resources for the workshop.

Click here to sign up

National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP)

Just as a reminder, an email was sent out before half-term regarding the Buckinghamshire Nursing Team visiting the school on Tuesday 10th March, to carry out a height and weight check as part of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) with the Reception Children.

More information can be found in the email along with how you can register for the online Parent Portal and opt-out if you do not wish for your child to be screened. 

• Sandygate Outdoor Adventure!: 21st March @ 2.30pm or 4.30pm
• Sandygate Easter Trail: 27th March - 13th April
• Golf Tournament: 24th April
• Summer Fair and colour run: 20th June

Date: Saturday 21st March 2.30pm to 4pm / 4.30pm to 6.00pm

We’re very excited to announce the PFA and the Outdoors Project will be hosting an afternoon of scavenger hunts, exciting games along with marshmallows round the campfire to celebrate Spring! 

We will be holding two sessions at 2.30-4pm and 4.30-6pm with a limited number of tickets for each, so we suggest that you discuss with your child's friends which session they will be going to so they don't miss out.

Tickets are £15 and available now on ParentPay!

We don't want any child to miss out on this experience, so if it is financially difficult for you, please contact the school office.

Unfortunately, we can only accommodate pupils who attend Marlow Infants to ensure everyone at the school can be included.

WE NEED YOU! This year we would like to set up the Sandygate Easter Trail over the holidays, but we need some wonderful families to help us put our eggs on the map! All we need is a sprinkle of creativity, and a window to display your lovely creations! 

If you would be willing to display your artwork in a window at home and be a part of the Easter trail, then please email us at: pfa@marlowinfant.uk with your address, and we will provide you with an option of templates to choose from so you can start decorating! 

The deadline for Trail entries will be Friday 13th March, so that we can get your template to you!

The Easter trail will run from the 27th March until 13th April, and we will be selling Easter trail packs which will include a special map, some activities and treats! 

Date: Monday 16^th March

Keep your eyes peeled! Tickets for the PFA Easter Raffle will be sold from Monday 16^th March. For your chance to win some beautiful prizes, make sure to catch us outside the school!

If you would like to donate to this fundraiser, then please bring any donations to school and hand them to Nina, Gabi or the office. Thank you very much in advance!

Date: Friday 24^th April 2026

Tee Off for a Great Cause! 

Join us for the 4th Holy Trinity & Sandygate Charity Golf Day — a brilliant day of golf, prizes and community spirit, all in support of two fantastic local schools.

Every swing helps raise vital funds for the Holy Trinity and Sandygate PFAs, making a real and lasting difference for our children. Thank you in advance for your generosity!

Team competition or sign up as an individual and win the Prize for Best Individual Golfer!

Amazing prizes to be won, generously donated by local Marlow businesses and sponsors.

Whether you’re playing to win or just playing for fun, it promises to be a great day on the course for an even better cause.

We’d love you to join us — sign up and be part of it!

Live on ParentPay from today!

Thank you to all those who participated in the Readathon this year – with all of your efforts we have managed to raise an incredible £1800! We are amazed at how much your bookworms took to the challenge. We really hope they got something out of it too, and maybe some inspiration for World Book Day yesterday! Once again, we are so grateful for your commitment to these fundraisers. Not only do you help support the school in providing the best experience they can, you make them fun!

Thank you to all of those who attended this week’s fundraising meeting – it was a very busy session with new ideas and planning for our summer events already! If you would like to see the minutes from the meeting, help us fundraise or volunteer in some way, please email the PFA inbox at pfa@marlowinfant.uk. The more, the merrier! Our next meeting will take place on Wednesday 22nd April at 7.30pm, and it would be great to see you!