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
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...
St Valentine’s Feast Day
Mrs B, our school cook, was very busy baking lovely cake for Valentine’s Day. All of our families had the opportunity to buy cakes to spread love to others and raise money for our St. Mark’s Friends (school PTA). A big thank you to everyone that got...
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
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
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
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
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...