Monkston Primary School

A huge thank you to all families who were able to donate towards the Food Bank this year. Please see image below for a thank you also from MK Food Bank

Please don't forget to share our open day dates below and encourage friends and family to contact the school office for a place. Thank you!

We would love for you to please share our Open Day post below with dates for tours for children starting school in September 2024. Please spread the word!

Just a reminder for Foodbank contributions this Monday please.

Is your young person showing an interest in music? Are they interested in learning an instrument, but not sure which? Come and try out with us at our ‘learn to play’ event on Sat 7th October….

A huge thank you to all the parents and carers who attended our Phonics and Early Reading event last night! People found it extremely useful and we hope it has helped you to further support your child at home with their reading journey 📕📗📘📙

Next week, we will be holding our annual Harvest food collection for the MK Food Bank If you are able to send in any of the following items, we would be very grateful. Please send items into school from tomorrow (Wed 20th). The items will be displayed at our Harvest assembly on Monday 25th September and will be collected by the Food bank on Tuesday 26th September.

We urgently need the following products:

- Tinned meat

- Tinned fish

- Long life milk

- Juice or squash

- Cooking oil

- Spreads - jam, peanut butter or chocolate spread

- Tinned pasta

- Pasta sauce

- Tinned fruit

- Dried rice - 500g

- Tinned veg

- Dried pasta

- Tinned soups

- Savoury snacks/ cereal bars

- Toiletries

We would love for you to please share our Open Day post below with dates for tours for children starting school in September 2024. Please spread the word!

Yesterday quite literally kicked off our autumn clubs, with year 3/4 boys’ football being a particular hit! ⚽️⚽️⚽️

A huge welcome back to our Monkston families! We have had a fantastic first week, including starting our new Commando Joes sessions (with Commando Aaron). Please follow this link to learn more about the Commando Joe's programme and the amazing opportunities our children will have to practise and hone their personal skills.

“OMG so adorable!” 🥰📸 Most of us don’t think twice about posting images of our children on social media … but maybe we ought to. This week’s guide highlights the possible risks of sharing family photos 👀

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Don't forget that not only can you get 10% off climbing sessions with Climb Quest Milton Keynes by using our special code, but you can also earn the school free climbing places for students as well: mkmonkston2

KS2 loved taking part in their World Cup football matches over the last two weeks - even with a little rain! Spain 2-0 Wales for Y3/4 and Belgium 1-0 England for Y5/6.

Year 6 have had an emotional, yet fun last few days! We wish them well on the next step of their journey!

Years 3 and 2 have loved completing their design technology projects this week.

Year 4 loved making and then eating their own sushi last week when learning more about Japanese traditions.

Year 5 have been on a number of walks through the local community of Monkston for their geography work recently, looking at the local environment and discussing what they can see around them.

Year 5 enjoyed a visit from Broughton Fire Station last week learning all about fire safety and being able to take a look at the essential equipment and truck that the firefighters use every single day.

The school library has now closed for the term. Please can you ensure that any outstanding library books are returned to school by Friday 7th July 📕📗📘

Year 6 History Day learning all about the suffragette movement.

Congratulations to Oak, winners of the KS2 Sports Day!

Year 4 girls have enjoyed a series of friendly matches in a festival of football at Fairfields. Early defeats to Bushfield and Giles Brook's first team were cancelled out by impressive wins against Wavendon Gate and Giles Brook's reserves. The final game was a goal-fest against SMSG. Mr Newberry and Mr Craggs hope the girls continue their footballing journey. Well done girls! ⚽️⚽️⚽️

Year 6 enjoyed a little trip over to last week to experience some secondary school maths problems … not long until this is you every day, year 6! ✏️📒📐

Please check your email for a very exciting newsletter telling you who your child’s new teachers for September will be, along with details of some staff moving on and some new staff joining us!

What a great Sports Day for EYFS and KS1 this week - congratulations to Beech House!

The athletics team did themselves proud at Stantonbury with some strong performances across the track and field events and even securing medals for the team! Between events, many children took the opportunity to try some circus activities too. A great way to spend an afternoon! 🏅🏅🏅

Fun at the summer disco!

A group of children had fun last week on a trip over to Willen Lake to help improve confidence and resilience. They had a fantastic time and were an absolute asset to the school!

A message from Friends of Monkston ...

HELP NEEDED PLEASE!

We need:

1 volunteer for the KS1 Disco THIS THURSDAY 4PM - 5:30 PM

1-2 volunteers for the Father's Day Shop THIS FRIDAY 8:40 AM - finish (usually 10:30-11AM)

LOTS of volunteers for the SUMMER FAIR - adults please sign up here: volunteersignup.org/4YRK8

NEW FOR 2023!! Ages 11-16 please sign up here: volunteersignup.org/DWRPT

Please sign up above or get in touch on [email protected] if you can help!

Thank you SO much for your support 🙂
The Friends of Monkston team

Summer Fair 2023 Sign Up - For Ages 11-16 Volunteer signup sheet

Before half term, the Eco-Council were busy refreshing their planters from the front entrance and planting summer seeds. A big thank you to Willow’s family for donating the plants!

A huge thank you to Ruby and her family for donating a beautiful copper birch tree to commemorate the coronation of King Charles. Year 6 Eco-School Council members loved helping Ruby (and Mrs Winship!) plant it for everyone to see each day on their way to school! Thank you! ❤️🌳👑

History Day! A huge thank you to parents and carers who came in this afternoon to help with their child’s history project. A fun time was had by all! 👑🚂🏺

Just a reminder that the Eco-Council is still in need of summer bulbs and spare plugs of plants to fill in the gaps and help our new Queen Elizabeth II to develop - it is already looking glorious! Please send in anything you can spare when planting up your own gardens for the summer. Thank you so much!🌻🌼🌸🌺🌷

A big thank you to year 1 for planting seeds for our garden ☺️🌱

Year 6 have arrived back safely from their residential and are ready for parents to pick up, as usual, at 3.10pm 👍

Monkston has just been awarded the Bronze Young Carers in School award! Please check out our website for more information about this amazing programme - https://www.monkston.org/young-carers/

Last morning of activities!

With the Year 6 girls enjoying their residential, Monkston took a squad of Y4/5 players to complete the remaining football league fixtures. Although the team did not secure the wins they craved, we were all proud of the effort against older more experienced players. The future looks bright for the teams next year!

An evening of climbing and getting dirty with ‘Above & Beyond’ 👍

Monkston Primary is a school that genuinely cares about each individual pupil, without compromising on educational standards. It offers exceptional pupil behaviour, with supportive and nurturing staff and proven high academic results.

The school’s ‘heart and soul’ approach to teaching and caring for children ensures that we can make a positive, tangible impact on society by helping our children develop into enthusiastic, honest, compassionate and responsible UK and global citizens.

If you are looking for a place for your child in September 2023, Monkston Primary School has a few remaining spaces available. If you would like to find out more about our school or to make an application, please visit our website

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A day of archery and climbing!