1. St Mark’s C of E Primary Academy
Parents’ Forum and RE Open Afternoon
Wednesday 21st March 2018

2. Almighty God, We pray for our school
Almighty God, We pray for our school. We give thanks for our staff, pupils, parents and governors. Guide us Lord, in all our doings with your most gracious favour, And further us with your continual help; That in all our works begun, continued and ended in you, We may glorify your name, Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

3. We are a Good School!
We are continuing on our journey to embed the Good Ofsted and SIAMS judgement
Visitors, including monitoring visits, comment on the following:
The positive and welcoming ethos of the school
The behaviour and conduct of the children – both in school and out on school trips
How articulate our children are
The standards in children’s workbooks
The exciting curriculum
Our good punctuality and attendance

4. Next steps We need to keep on doing the things we do well!
Develop children’s reasoning skills in Maths
Continue to develop our reading so that children develop a passion for reading
Improve children’s progress in skills across the wider curriculum
Build children’s resilience and ability to succeed in test situations.

5. Next steps – raising the profile of our school
We need to increase our pupil numbers as we are under capacity and this affects funding
We are looking at different ways to market our school – including banners, leaflets, advertising …and word of mouth
We are considering ways of raising extra funds for the school
Can you help?

6. Next Steps – working with the community and courageous advocacy
Each class has undertaken to do a good deed this term:
Year R taking cake , biscuits and prayer to the Fountain Group
Year 1 Helping to clean up in The Mase Nursing Home
Year 2 Making Easter Cards and singing for the elderly
Year 3 Write and send Easter poems to patients at Mayday Hospital
Year 4 Writing individual prayers for elderly residents
Year 5 Writing letters and prayers to the young man killed on Albert Road
Year 6 Organising World Peace Day to raise funds for our global community

7. The Bishop’s Lent Call
St Mark’s Day
The Royal Wedding Celebrations

8. Next steps – improving our environment
We have requested some extra funding from Reach 2 to make improvements, which we hope will take place in the summer:
Refurbishment of the KS1 toilets
Improved security
Playground and car park work
The school is also buying some playground equipment for KS2 (jointly with the Parents’ Association) and some fencing to improve security

9. Any Other Business Parent Governor Parents’ Association
Timing for Parents’ Forum meetings
Future topics