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

👏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!

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❤️

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.

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 🌎

Our beautifully decorated cross suspended over our Library, still amazes us all, especially when the sun beams through the skylight window.

Here’s a little sneak preview of what’s happening up in our gardens! 
Mr Johnson has been busy building new beds… now what should we plant? 🫛🪴🪻🌱

Our final Terrific Thursday sporting event for this term. Today, we took a team of eight, year 5 & 6 pupils to play in the Football Festival at The Purbeck School. They played in 8 games and won 2 but as per usual their team spirit and sportsmanship made them winners!

Thank you to the staff Mrs Davies, Miss Canning, Miss Kemp and Mr Gregory for your time and commitment to ensuring we can attend these events. 

Well, it’s been a busy last day of term. Today we had Dorset County Council in to talk about Recycling, Reusing and Reducing waste. 
Food waste, textile recycling and Climate change were all talked about and how or what we can do to reduce our carbon footprint. 
Then they went on to make fridge magnets to take home and stick on their fridge as a reminder not to waste food!