St Mark's Catholic Primary School
St Mark's Catholic Primary School
Zoom Session with Author, Pari Thomson

Zoom Session with Author, Pari Thomson

On Wednesday 25th April, Year 3 and Year 5 enjoyed a Zoom session with Pari Thomson the author of Greenwild. We had the pleasure of listening to her speak about how she wrote her book, where her inspiration comes from and how she edited her work many, many times to...
Anchor Education Workshop

Anchor Education Workshop

On Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th April, we had the pleasure of a visit from George from Anchor Education. Both KS1 and KS2 children had assemblies where George played his guitar and sand SPaG songs. Each class then had a workshop on a different aspect of SPaG. “I...
Tree Planting – St Columbans

Tree Planting – St Columbans

Laudato Si Leaders worked alongside other children from across schools in Birmingham and Solihull today to plant tree hedges at St. Columban’s centre in Solihull. Look out for more work we are doing with St Columban’s to care for our common home. Back to Events...
Safer Internet Day 2024

Safer Internet Day 2024

This year’s Safer Internet Day UK was on 6th February. The theme for the event was “Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online.” During the day, all classes took part in activities based around the Theme....
Good Shepherd Appeal 2024

Good Shepherd Appeal 2024

On 6th February, Jo and Kevin from Fr. Hudson’s led an assembly to launch the Good Shepherd Appeal. They told the children about the work of Fr Hudson’s and where the money raised by the Good Shepherd Appeal will be going. The Mini Vinnies have been...
St John Bosco’s Feast Day

St John Bosco’s Feast Day

At St. Mark’s we celebrate the feast of St John Bosco (who our MAC is named after). Children from our mission teams went to St Mary’s in Wednesbury to celebrate a special feast day Mass with our other MAC schools. Meanwhile, at school, all classes planned...
St. Mark’s Family Mass

St. Mark’s Family Mass

On Sunday 21st January, we celebrated this half term’s family Mass at Holy Name Church. Our children led the Mass beautifully by reading, sharing their liturgy, singing a song linked to the Gospel and carrying the offertory. It was a wonderful Mass and lovely to...
Grandparents Christmas Dinner

Grandparents Christmas Dinner

On Monday 4th December, our Catholic Life Leaders and Guardian Angels organised a Christmas dinner for our grandparents and the elderly in our community. It was a brilliant evening, where staff donated food and a delicious meal was cooked by Mrs B and the kitchen...
Dads and Lads Workshop

Dads and Lads Workshop

On Monday 27th November, we held a ‘Dads and Lads’ Workshop. It was a great session lead by Matt from Lily-Mae Foundation. We explored the importance of creating a safe space to share our worries and how to support our boys with feeling confident to talk. Thank you to...