Year 6 trip to Stratford-upon-Avon
On Monday 25th November, Year 6 went to Stratford-Upon-Avon to visit Shakespeare’s birth place. A lady spoke to us about primary sources and explained how these would have been obtained and what they had. We then used the sources to discover more about a man named...
Vocations Talks with Sister Margaret
On Friday 22nd November, we were visited by Sister Margaret. Sister Margaret visited different classes to talk about her vocation. She shared with us her journey to becoming a Sister and her role as a Sister. Sister Margaret then prayed the Rosary with our Spiritual...
Year 5 at Birmingham Museum and Gallery
On Friday 22nd November, Year 5 visited Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. In the morning, we had the opportunity to explore the museum. We looked at lots of different artefacts from Ancient Egyptian times, Ancient Greek times and artefacts from the Roman era. After...
Children Reviewing the Curriculum in School
A group of children met Mrs Linley and Mrs Picart (the Vice-Chair of Governors) to review the creative books on 18th November 2019. The discussion started with the children reviewing the action points from the last term’s scrutiny and the children were looking at...
Vocations Week
Vocations week in Reception linked in well with our topic on People who help us. We had visits from the fire service, police force and Sister Margaret. We found out all about these roles and thought about our calling by God. We discussed what we wanted to be when we...
Year 1 at the Wildlife Conservation Park
On Friday 15th November, Year 1 went to The Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park as part of their Science unit Animals including Humans. Year 1 had a great day, they saw mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds. They also learnt about carnivores, herbivores and...
Reception at the Thinktank
Reception had a fun filled day at the Thinktank museum. They visited minibrum! A mini version of our city centre and role-played different occupations throughout the city. We got our hair restyled at the hairdressers, new clothes in the fashion section of the...
Year 6 Bingo Evening
On Thursday 14th November, Year 6 ran a bingo event for the elderly in our community. It was a fantastic evening, where Year 6, the whole of St Mark’s community and residents from Grove Court and Homelands came together. We played bingo, had a raffle and sold poppies...