Events Gallery
Enjoy some of the special events and activities that go on at our school.
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 against...
Basketball and Dodgeball Fun
We once again welcomed children from St John Bosco to join us on our astro for some sporting activities. This time, it was the turn of some year 4 and 5 children, and the sports were dodgeball and cricket. The dodgeball was great fun, with the teams regularly changed...
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...
St Mark’s enjoy success at first sporting event of 2021
We were delighted to welcome children from St John Bosco for our first competitive sporting event since before Covid. Our children looked smart in new kit and were very excited to get going. The afternoon included separate games for boys and girls in basketball and...
Harvest Mass Donations
Following our assembly on food waste in the world, our School Councillors invited all families to donate any excess food they may have had at home to support those in need in our local community. This is was an opportunity for us to think about others who may not have...
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...
Birmingham International Dance Festival Workshop
We were very fortunate to receive a visit from some of the performers involved in this year’s Birmingham International Dance Festival, thanks to our dance partners DanceXChange. Classes 3 and 4 did a workshop with the professionals before the whole of KS2 were treated...
Sports Day
Following the installation of our brand new astroturf facility, we took full advantage and decided to run a sports day, especially as we didn’t get the opportunity to do so in the summer. It was a great day, with all classes taking part in a number of races, competing...
Grove Court Raise Funds for our Sports Kit
During the summer, residents at the local Grove Court very kindly thought of us and decided to raise some funds towards the new sports kits we planned to purchase. They held a couple of events including a cake sale and raised £70 for us, which we are very grateful...
Year of the Word
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales have designated 2020 as The God who Speaks: A Year of the Word to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Verbum Domini - Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Exhortation on ‘The Word of the Lord’. This also commemorates the...