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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

☀️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

Platinum Sports Award

Fri 12 May 2023

👏Well today really does need the title ‘FANTASTIC FRIDAY!’ 👏
We have proudly been awarded the Platinum School Games Award.

This award was presented to Mrs Martin during assembly from Dan Moody - School Games Organiser.

Dan announced that we are the ONLY school in Purbeck to receive this award, and it’s for St Mark’s commitment and engagement to all the sports fixtures we attend.

Dan and our school also thanked Mrs Davies, as without her we wouldn’t have teams to attend the fixtures and her commitment to all the school sports clubs within our school… she really is fantastic!

Join us for breakfast!

Wed 10 May 2023

Our Breakfast Club is supported by the Greggs Foundation.
Any of our pupils can come in at 8.30am and have breakfast with their friends before starting the school day.

If you would like to send your child in, please let the school office know or a member of staff on the school gates.

❤️A good start to the day; a good start in life❤️

St Mark’s Day Celebration

Sun 30 Apr 2023

Today, some of our staff attended the St Mark’s Day Celebration Service at St Mark's, Herston
The service celebrated the St Mark’s community, St Mark’s School and past pupils.
Mr Johnson did a reading and then Marion Marchant (an ex Governor of our School) read out a beautiful prayer:
We pray for St Marks school, for all who have been a part of the School community in years past, and for the children, the teachers, support staff and the governors in the school today. Thank you for their enthusiasm commitment and hard work that makes St Marks school a good place to learn and open doors for the children in their journey of life.

Thank you so much for a beautiful service.

World Earth Day

Fri 21 Apr 2023

Tomorrow, is World Earth Day. As a school we have teaching what World Earth Day is about, how we can invest in our planet, how can we play our part in protecting our Earth, discussing Climate Change and remembering the SOE- protecting our Self, Others and the Environment 🌎