What a fabulous evening, celebrating with Swanage Carnival team and so many charities. Swanage is really quite a community and St Marks plays a huge part in that.  

Our school inspires, educates, supports and has the well being of every pupil and their families in our hearts! 

Today, St Marks received a huge donation of £1000 to help new projects within our school.
 
The donation was received by Miss Canning and Beth (PTA Chair), who thanked the whole carnival team, and all the supporters! Let the projects begin! 👏❤️👏❤️

Last Friday evening saw one of our St Mark’s Yr 6 pupils join two older students from The Swanage School on the stage at the Mowlem Theatre as part of the Planet Purbeck Festival. 
The ‘Celebrating Purbeck’ event saw the 3 young people interview Mr Johnson  about his work to help people better connect each other with nature. 
The evening also included inspirational films and other speakers about their work in the great outdoors!

The evening also included inspirational films and other speakers about their work in the great outdoors! What a wonderful night! Well done Mr J! 👏👏👏

🚴🚴‍♀️Friday - bike day!  🚴🚴‍♀️
Year 4,got to do their Level 1 Cycling Proficiency with Bike Ability. 
This course was off-road, and completed on our school playground. It teaches children how to prepare for a ride, control their bike, and pedal with confidence.🚴🚴‍♀️ Well done everyone 👏🚴👏

We have some amazing news!  

Today, we received notification that we have been awarded the  PLATINUM SCHOOL GAMES AWARD for the 2023/24 academic year! 👏👏👏

The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.

We couldn’t have done this without the commitment  from our very own Mrs Davies -PE lead, she plans, leads, organises and co ordinates clubs, attends countless sporting fixtures every Thursday at The Purbeck School and inspires all our children to ‘have a go’ and take part and be the best they can. 
 
Our sporting achievements this year include:

Running a total of 4️⃣5️⃣ clubs FREE of charge. 🤩

97% of children and 100% of parents said that their child enjoyed PE at St Mark's 🤩

Participation in 3️⃣0️⃣sports competitions/festivals.🤩

Excellent links with the local community sports clubs. 🤩

84% of our KS2 pupils competed in local inter-school competitions this year! 🌟🌟🌟

We are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our competitions possible. 👏👏👏👏

It’s an absolute honour to finally share our Eco-Schools Green Flag Award with Distinction flag and certificate with you😊

 👏This award is the highest level of award given to schools that go above and beyond the requirements for a Green Flag. 

We are so proud of all the hard work that has been done and continues to be done, within our Eco Club, Forest School, Gardening clubs and throughout our school. 

Thank you to Ms Le Roux, Mr Johnson for leading this and of course thank you to all the staff, pupils and your support!

Happy 10th anniversary St Marks! 🎉🎂🎈👏

Today, we celebrate ten years since our doors opened on the High Street. 

Over those years, so many children have made  their remarkable Primary School journey in this building and we couldn’t be prouder. ❤️

Have a look at how the building and the grounds have  changed with the love of the staff and children, past and present.