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

• Easter gardens

  Fri 31 Mar 2023 Mrs Smith

  Today Year 1/2 made beautiful Easter Garden's as part of our RE unit. The children invited their families to come a view their creations and explained to them the symbolism of each part. Well done Year 1/2, you spoke confidently about the Easter story and could explain how these gardens helped you understand the death and resurrection of Jesus. 

  

• PTA Easter Egg Competition and Hunt

  Fri 31 Mar 2023 Mrs Smith

  A huge thank you to the PTA for organising this year's decorate an egg competition and a super Easter egg hunt, that was damped by todays rather wet weather! There were some fabulous entries on the theme of celebrations - well done everyone! The children had lots of fun today hunting for clues around the school and were all very pleased to receive their delicious editable prizes!

  

• Pause Day and Easter Service

  Wed 29 Mar 2023 Mrs Smith

  On Wednesday 29th March, we held our annual Pause Day which included our Easter Service at St Mark's Church. During the morning the children visited prayer stations set up the hall, allowing time for reflection and quiet. In the classrooms each class focused on "witnesses" during the Easter story. A beautiful end to day was to celebrate in church with our families and the St Mark's congregation. The children retold parts of the Easter story, using songs, poems, actions and bible passage. Yr5/6 wrote a fitting prayer to conclude our service. A huge thank you to Rev Stephen Mourant for coming to spend the day at St Mark's, he helped with our prayer stations, was quizzed by each class with their "big questions" and finally lead our service at the church.

  It was a very special day for the children to "pause" and reflect on the things which are important to them.

   

  

• Science Ambassador Training

  Fri 24 Mar 2023 Miss Jackson

  Today our four Science Ambassadors attended a training session with other schools in the Farnborough Ogden Trust Partnership. They tried different experiments that they will then be able to demonstrate to their friends.

   

  They will all be fantastic Science Ambassadors!

  

• Comic Relief Day 2023

  Fri 17 Mar 2023 Mrs Smith

  Today St Mark's marked Comic Relief by adding a red accessory to our school uniform. The children bought in donations to add to our weekly T-set contributions which this week will be donated to Comic Relief.  

  Thank you for all your donations for this important charity.

  

• SCARF workshop

  Wed 15 Mar 2023 Mrs Smith

  St Mark's welcomed Sarah from Coram Life to host our wonderful SCARF workshops. Year R focused on "All About Me" and Year 1/2 looked at Feelings. In the Juniors, Year 3/4 discussed "It's great to be me" and Year 5/6 explored "Decisions".

  A huge thank you to Sarah for these brilliant workshops that gave the children such important messages and reinforced our PSHE lessons.