Reception children had a great time working with our parents in the ICT suite. Mrs Dykes led a workshop on the computing curriculum in Reception and gave parents an overview of the skills we would be covering over the year and how these would help us in our future....
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 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...
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...
On Wednesday 13th November 2019 St Mark’s took part in ‘No Pens Wednesday’ in partnership with I CAN the communication trust, where our pens and pencils were put to one side and the day is devoted to speaking and listening instead. The Communication Trust...