Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Year 6 water fight!

  Fri 19 Jul 2019

  What a way to end their time at St Mark's! This was the wettest water fight ever!!

  Goodbye and Good Luck Year 6!

  

• Legoland 2019

  Thu 18 Jul 2019
  Despite the drizzly start to the day, our prayers were answered and once we arrived at Legoland, we were blessed with glorious, dry weather for the whole day! Each year group had a carefully planned day of their very own -packed full of fun and adventure. The children were impeccably behaved and all the staff were incredibly proud of the was they showed their CIRCLE vales. During the day, all year groups attended the Education Centre for a carefully planned session with the Legoland Education team and all the children thoroughly enjoyed the day. Well done St Mark's - you all truly deserved this day out to acknowledge your consistent hard work all year!

  

• Year 6 pass the candle

  Wed 17 Jul 2019

  Year 6 led worship this morning to pass the candle of light to the Year 5 children. This candle was presented to our children during the beautiful Leavers Service which we attended at Guildford Cathedral earlier this month.

   

  "Father God, you wanted your light to be passed on to others. You are the light of the

  world and you call us to be lights to the world.  Help us not to hide our light away, keeping it to ourselves. You want us to be lights that bring light to as many people as possible."

   

  

• Year 6 Bowling

  Tue 16 Jul 2019
  Year 6 all enjoyed a fun evening of bowling and pizza at the Farnborough Bowling Centre. This was a special treat for them to celebrate a hugely successful year. Well done Year 6! We are all very proud of you! 

  

• End of Year Awards 2019

  Tue 16 Jul 2019
  This morning we held our annual end of year awards ceremony in the playground. We celebrated 100% attendance awards, class star awards and many different trophies for art, drama, endeavour and the prized St Mark's Stick of Rock award. St Mark's are incredibly proud of every single one of our pupils and all their achievements over the year. We also said fond goodbyes to two families and two teachers leaving us for pastures new, we will forever hold them in our hearts and wish them every success in the future. 

  

• Activity Morning with the Princes Trust

  Mon 15 Jul 2019
  The whole school enjoyed a wonderful morning of activities on the field, supported by the Princes Trust. Activities included: Football, Golf, Rounders, Cricket, Dodgeball, Egg and Spoon relays and Parachute games. The children worked with their year group and rotated around the stations, having the opportunity to try each sport. Our thanks go to the Princes Trust for their help and it's safe to say the children all had a very active morning!

  

• Year 6 Leavers Service

  Sun 14 Jul 2019

  The whole school community came together to celebrate with the Year 6 children. They led a beautiful service at St Mark's Church using the theme of Friendship to reflect on their time at primary school. 

  "There’s a miracle of friendship that dwells within our hearts

  And we don’t know how it happens, or where it all starts

  But the happiness it brings us always gives a special lift

  And we realise that friendship, is God’s most perfect gift!"

  The children thought about the ingredients of true friendship and broke it down into four categories; Unconditional Love, Unwavering Support, Willingness to Challenge and Full of Grace. Each of these were explained and linked to meaningful quotes from the Bible. The Year 6 children also wrote dedications to their friends and received a stunning, personalised spoon with the message "True friends are never apart, may be in distance but never in heart". There was not a dry eye in sight while they read their reflective poems, describing what St Mark's meant to them. 

  We are extremely proud of Year 6 and the service was a wonderful way to cherish their time at St Mark's and start them on their journey to secondary school. Well Done Year 6, you were true St Mark's sticks of rock!

  

• Infant Show - Hats Off

  Tue 09 Jul 2019

  The Infants put on a hilarious show this week called "Hats Off". It told the story of Apple the pony, who found a mysterious hat but couldn't seem to find the right time of the year to wear it. A collection of farm animals, including the chilly chickens and party pigs, ably assisted her and with the help of her close friends, Cuddles the sheep, Einstein the cow, Buster the puppy and a very hippy goat, she discovered that her hat was in fact a summer hat! The children sang with great enthusiasm and showed how the weather and plants change through out the seasons. A huge thank you to everyone who helped with costumes, props and scenery.

  Please visit the Year 1/2 class page to see more photographs of our budding actors.

  

• 'St Mark's Got Talent' Show

  Sat 06 Jul 2019

  The children of St Mark's put on some prime time Saturday night entertainment for the school community and their families. 

   

  To say that the standard of talent was high - is an understatement! There are definitely some future stars here at St Mark's who destined for great things. 

   

  The evening was packed full of fabulous acts from dancing to judo, magic and poetry, singing and gymnastics and even piano playing! We had a FULL audience who were lovingly looked after by our fantastic PTA. The whole event had a complete feel of community spirit and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. 

   

  All the children were presented with awards for showing us their amazing talents. Congratulations to you all, we were all very proud of you.