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

• We welcome the High Sheriff of Dorset

  Thu 29 Jun 2023

  We are so excited to be welcoming the High Sheriff of Dorset -Sibyl  King to our school tomorrow!  

  She has funded our ‘Nature Heals’ project at St Marks  and The Swanage School - family forest school and family gardening, which we are eternally grateful to be able to do and offer to our children.

  

• Working with Sustainable Swanage

  Thu 22 Jun 2023

  This morning,  our  Reception class and  Year 5 pupils took part in a ‘Bioblitz’ around our extensive and beautiful school grounds. 

  Sarah and Dave from Sustainable Swanage led a series of engaging activities to help us count nature in specific areas and recording as many things as possible! 

  Our pupils were all engaged and enjoyed sharing their own knowledge of the wildlife around us and together were helped to identify species and learn about new ones, including insects, birds and flowering plants to name a few. 

  With this knowledge, we can help boost wildlife and habitats in and around our school. 

  We all had a great morning and loved connecting, helping nature and it has given us the drive and inspiration to do more and go out and find out more!
  Sustainable Swanage

  

• Flower bed clearing!

  Fri 16 Jun 2023

  Being outside and exploring nature is not only fun but also a good life lesson for kids. Seeing for themselves how things grow and exploring nature with their own hands and eyes is a wonderful experience for kids of all ages.
  Let them observe, listen, and smell nature.
  Ask them questions like what can they see, which animals can they hear, how can you tell which season we have, and so on.

  Our Year 3, Year 6 and Year 2 have been helping Mrs Stephens clear our flower beds, ready for some colourful planting!

  

• PTA events coming up!

  Tue 13 Jun 2023

  Please help support our PTA. 

  

• Letterbox parcels - all free books to listen to , plus games and activities.

  Fri 09 Jun 2023

  We work with Book Trust to support reading and a love of books for pupils in school and at home. We thought the following links with free resources might be enjoyable for you all.

   

  Stories for kids online and fun games to play | BookTrust

   

  Have some fun | BookTrust

• KS1 Sports Day

  Thu 08 Jun 2023

  ☀️What a scorcher of a day for our KS1 sports afternoon! ☀️
  We had an amazing turn out of family and friends wanting to support our pupils. It was hats, sun cream, water, deckchairs and huge amounts of determination and sportsmanship afternoon… simply amazing. 
  A huge thank you again, to Mrs Davies for organising these events, The Swanage School for their sports leader’s assistance in the smooth running of the events, Explorers Childcare Group for cheering on everyone as they crossed the finish line, each and every KS1 pupil for participating smiling and doing your best all the time (you are amazing!), our superb PTA for supplying ice lollies as a reward and finally … you- the parents/guardians, family and friends who continually support St Marks.  👏👏👏

  

• KS2 Sports Day

  Mon 05 Jun 2023

  What a fab way to start our Summer term! Our KS2 Sports Day was brilliant… we had brilliant weather, sportsmanship,  competitors, family support, support from The Swanage School and of course our brilliant staff who organised it and helped it run so smoothly. 
  A huge thank you to Mrs Davies, as organising such an event is not for the faint hearted!
  Congratulations to everyone involved and the results are as follows:
  1st - LOVE
  2nd- RESPECT
  3rd- TRUST
  4th - INSPIRE

  KS1 will be held on Thursday, 1.15 to 3pm