Sports Day

• New Date: Monday 29th June, 9am – 11.30am

Timing of events:

9am Arrival PFA Refreshments 

9.30am Team Games

9.50am Break

10.15am Races 

(Please note these event times are not fixed, and may alter on the day. We would therefore advise spectators to attend the whole event to avoid disappointment)

Open Afternoon

• Date: Wednesday 8th July, 4pm – 6pm

Open Afternoon is a chance for your family to come in to see the school building and grounds in a very relaxed, social way after the school day. The children in Years 1 & R will have spent the previous morning in the classroom they are moving to in September and this will be an opportunity for them to show this to you. You can come and see some of the work the children have done, which is displayed in classrooms and communal areas. You do not have to stay for the whole time, but we would appreciate the children being there for their year group or club performance. It is a relaxed event and families can come and go as suits them and their other commitments.

Each year group is working on a short performance, a dance or a song, which they will give during the afternoon and the Maypole and Sandygate Singers will also perform. The timings below are rough ones, but the events will take place in this order:

• 4.00pm – Looking around classrooms/Book Look
• 4.30pm– Maypole Club
• 4.45pm – Reception
• 5.00pm – Year 1
• 5.15pm – Sandyate Singers
• 5.30pm – Year 2

Praise in the Park

• Date: Thursday 9^th July

Praise in the Park is where church schools in Marlow gather together to sing and retell bible stories through dance. This year we are being joined by Holy Trinity School, Little Marlow School and Saint Peter's School. The event will be held in Higginson Park on Thursday 9^th July from 1.30pm-2.30pm.

Parents, carers, grandparents are invited to join us as it's a whole community event.

We would like to give families the option to either collect your child at 3.15pm from school, or from Higginson Park, at 2.30pm after the event has finished. Please let us know which option you would prefer.

Creative Week Exhibition - 13^th July

We are excited to announce that Creative Week begins on the 13^th July, and we will be kicking things off with a special exhibition of children's artwork. 

Parents and carers are warmly invited to visit The Barn after school from 3:00 - 4:00pm to view their child's creative masterpieces. Artwork will be available to purchase for £10 per piece, and we kindly ask that cash payments only are made.

We are also looking for a parent volunteer to help with handling artwork purchases during the exhibition from 3:00-4:00pm. If you are available to help, please let us know. 

If you are unable to purchase your child's artwork on the day, please don't worry. Artwork will be held until the end of Creative Week to allow time for any last-minute orders.

Legacy Books

It's that time of year again when we kindly ask Year 2 families to donate a legacy book (or more than one) in memory of their child's time at our school. We will label these to show who they were donated by. They will really help with our Core Read Aloud programme and to instil a love of reading in our pupils in the future. 

Purchase a book from our wish list

Moving on to Holy Trinity?

Holy Trinity are offering school-ready pencil cases filled with all the supplies your child needs for September. They will be available to buy at the parent’s information evening on July 7th, on ParentPay (for existing Holy Trinity parents) or order via the Google form.

Click here to order

Act of Service

This half-term, our school value in focus is Service. Children will be learning that service is about thinking of and helping others without expecting a reward.

Both Year 2 classes will be walking to May Balfour Gardens to perform their Act of Service. Dragonfly class will be going on Wednesday 1st July and Grasshopper class will be visiting on Thursday 2nd July.

We will be leaving school around 9am, walking to May Balfour Gardens, litter picking, planting bulbs and washing the sundial for the community to benefit from. We plan to return to school before 12.00pm. If your child has a litter picker and would like to bring it in, that would be much appreciated.

Footsteps Training Programme

We will be offering Year 2 children the chance to take part in the Footsteps Training Programme again this year. Last year, it was a huge success, and it helped the Year 2s become safer, more confident, independent pedestrians.

Mrs Higham and a couple of parent helpers will be taking the children out twice during the following afternoons from 1.15pm-3.00pm:

• Monday 29^th June
• Tuesday 30^th June
• Monday 6th July
• Tuesday 7^th July

We would like all the children to take part, but we do need to have your permission for them to participate. It's not too late please sign up here!

Act of Service

This half-term, our school value in focus is Service. Children will be learning that service is about thinking of and helping others without expecting a reward.

The Year 1 children will be performing an act of service by singing to invited members of the church and local community in the school hall.

Their Act of Service will take place on Monday 29^th June.

Reception Act of Service – trip to All Saints Churchyard 

*Date Change*

This will now take place on Thursday 16th July. 

The Reception children will be walking to All Saints Church to perform their act of service. 

We will be leaving school around 9.00am, walking to the church and tidying churchyard. We plan to return to school around 11.30am. 

Thank you to those parents & carers who volunteered for the initial date. If you are able to volunteer for this new date, please indicate below.

Cotswold Wildlife Park Visit

When: Friday 10th July

Last week, parents & carers should have received a letter via email which contains the full details about this trip.

On Friday 10th July Reception will be taking a trip to Cotswold Wildlife Park. Today you should have all received an email with a letter attachment containing all the information you will need.

The trip will take place during the normal school day. Please provide consent via ParentPay by 1st July.

We will require some parent helpers for this trip. If you are available and wish to join us on the trip, please let us know via ParentPay. For safeguarding purposes, all children will be required to attend the trip briefing on Monday 6th July at 9am. 

• Small change challenge: Monday 22nd June onwards
• Camp night!: Saturday 18th July
• Ice Cream Fridays: Every Friday @ Pick Up until the end of term

When: 22^nd June onwards

Our Small Change Challenge started this week! Children are invited to bring in any spare change or notes to add to their classroom bucket.

The class that raises the highest total by the end of the challenge will win a non-school uniform day! 

Thank you for your support! 

Orders close: 10th July

Year 2 parents can now order a JPEG copy of their child’s first day at school photo via ParentPay for £5.

It’s a lovely keepsake to remember your child’s time at Sandygate, you’ll be amazed at how much they’ve grown!

Please note: orders will close on ParentPay on Friday 10th July. If your child was not in school on the first day, or joined later in the year, unfortunately a photo will not be available. Thank you for your understanding.

When: Saturday 8^th June at Sandygate's Summer Fair 

When: 8th July 4 to 6pm

Open Afternoon will be taking place once again this year. It’s a lovely, social afternoon that the school organise where parents are invited to watch performances, take a look at their classrooms (old and new) and a chance to say hello to your children’s teachers (present and future!)

To add to the event the PFA will be offering a tuck shop to accompany the afternoon, as well as the opportunity to order pizzas for a social picnic tea on the school field! If you would like to place an order, they will be available on ParentPay from today! 

When: 18^th July from 4pm 

The ever-popular camp night is on its way! Sandygate's annual camp out is a night of pizzas, treats and great merriment – a big social event for the whole family!

Pack your tents and your sleeping bags to join us from 4pm on the school field for a night of fun and novelty!

Available on ParentPay NOW –there are a limited number of pitches available, so make sure not to miss them and book yours!

When booking please specify how many adults and children will be in your tent, and we kindly ask you only bring your own children.

Blown away is an understatement. Beyond proud, flabbergasted and smitten with our school community is getting there! Thank you so much to all of those who volunteered, showed up, indulged, made memories!! Because of all of you, we raised a HUGE £6,500, which adds to our fundraising target in a big way. We still can't quite get our heads around it! This is one of our biggest fundraising opportunities in the school year, so we are incredibly grateful.

Thank you to the wonderful Aimee at Celebrate Balloons (and Sandygate mum!) for donating our wonderful, colourful balloon arch which really made the Colour Run feel like a party!

We'd also like to extend one final large thank you to our Colour Run sponsors: Flow Marlow, This is FST, Millar's Eatery and SIYAN. With their generous donations, we were able to raise even more from the Colour Run! 

With summer fast approaching, many of us will be considering childcare throughout the holidays. Barracudas High Wycombe provide exciting activity day camps and are offering £20 off if you book 2 or more days, and in return they will give a generous £5 donation per booking towards the school!  

To apply the discount when booking, enter our unique code: MISPTA26