Football Friendlies vs Grestone
We welcomed a group of children from Grestone Academy over to play a 5-a-side football festival on our astro. Each school had two teams and all four teams played against each other during the afternoon, ending with the two St Mark’s teams having fun playing...
Warwickshire Cricketers Visit St Mark’s
We were delighted to be joined by Warwickshire cricketers Will Rhodes and Jake Lintott to officially open our new astro facility. The children were really excited and had prepared questions in advance for the players as part of a Q&A assembly. Following the...
African Drumming Workshop
On Friday 8th October, we were extremely lucky to have African drumming workshops in school as part of our Black History Month celebrations. We started off the day by having a KS2 assembly in the hall where we were treated to a mini concert from the performers. After...
World Book Day 2020
This year for World Book Day St Mark’s did something different and new. Instead of dressing up as our favourite book characters we dressed up a word. As vocabulary and language is something we are developing as a school it was so great to see so many new words to...
Disability Awareness Day
We were very lucky to receive a visit from John McKorkill who has a physical disability. He delivered an assembly on his life and how we can become more aware of disability in our every day life. We also explored Paralympians and different people in our society with a...
Reading Breakfast Mornings
Parents/Carers joined their children for a reading breakfast as part of an initiative to encourage parent/carer and child reading. It was so lovely to see so many families enjoying storytime together. A huge thank you to everyone who supported this event. We look...
Safer Internet Day
During internet safety day Reception learnt a new song to remind us of how to stay safe online and when using the tablets from Buddy the dog. Buddy’s ‘Use Your Tablet Safely’ Song (Sung to the tune of Frère Jacques): Ask your grown-up, Ask your grown-up, Ask for help!...
Safety Day
Reception discussed rules and why have them. We discussed the fact that rules are made to keep us safe and that all of us in school have a right to be safe. We came up with our own classroom rules to keep us all safe during our school day. Year 1 learnt about rights....