Another huge thank you to Swanage Community Pantry and CoOp for their very generous donation of fresh vegetables.

Once again,we put it out on our community table at the end of school and everything was taken!  Communities that help each other! 
Thank you for helping our families.

Todays thought: 
 
“Without thankfulness, nobody would forgive others.

Thankfulness looks like a big world that is always caring, without it there would just be a big, empty space. 

Thankfulness is like a big ‘thumbs up’; it makes you feel happy inside.

If people were not thankful, the world would come to a standstill and democracy would not be able to work. There would be no rules which would likely result in one angry ‘outburst’.

Without thankfulness, everyone would be ungrateful, selfish and more likely to turn against each other and we would not understand what it means to be ‘content’.

Thankfulness is about being grateful for what you have.”

🎄From all the staff at St Mark’s CE Primary School, happy Christmas 🎄

Almighty God,
you make us glad with the yearly remembrance
of the birth of your Son Jesus Christ:
grant that, as we joyfully receive him as our redeemer,
so we may with sure confidence behold him
when he shall come to be our judge;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.

❤️Heart warming post alert!  ❤️
Our very own Mrs Stephens has been out in Tanzania! she went to visit her son who has been out there since January 2021, setting up a charity ‘Umoja Naomi’ which is helping support the development of a preschool and a place to teach.  But Mrs Stephens being her loving self, clearly has been getting involved! … we cannot wait to hear all about it!

A massive thank you to CoOp, the Community Pantry for the donations of cakes and bread,  that we are able to put out for free at the end of school to help our families out. 

Also, a heartfelt thank you to the Well-being group who have been busy knitting and crocheting blankets to give away to families that need a little extra homemade warmth. 

We are enternally grateful for your kindness and support.

‘The people who give you their food, give you their heart’… 
the staff at St Mark’s took the opportunity to bring in a contribution to a staff shared lunch and what a treat it was! It was an opportunity to see everyone together (which rarely happens) in the staff room, chat, laugh and start to feel Christmassy after a busy few weeks. Thank you Mrs Routledge for organising it.

For Remembrance Day, we sold Poppies to help support the Royal British Legion. Today, we received a little thank you.

Today, each class received a new bible with Queen Elizabeth reigned 1952-2022 inscribed on the cover. 
Also, the Christmas story books were given to us from Revd David to give to each child in school.

Reminder: St Mark’s School is closing on Friday 16th December at 13:15

We return on Wednesday 4th January 2023. Tuesday the 3rd  is an inset day. 

We hope you all have a relaxing and safe Christmas break.

We love sharing news with you all! so brace yourselves… 🥰
Firstly, our Jingle Bell Jog raised a fantastic total of £398.12 and the kindness of our PTA will be rounding it up to £450. This will be added to Mrs Martin’s Go Fund London Marathon page, for Young Minds charity. 

Then, we had our Christmas Fayre and this raised £425.57 for the PTA to filter back into the school to help towards supporting trips, equipment cost or anything that is beneficial to our children. 

We cannot thank you enough for your continued support in some of the toughest times. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

🏅Medals from The School Run 🏅