Events Gallery
Enjoy some of the special events and activities that go on at our school.
Alton Castle 2023
After a busy SATs week, our Year 6's went off on their residential to Alton Castle. They spent 2 nights and 3 days away from home, a first for most of the children, and enjoyed a range of outdoor activities, inspiring retreat experiences, lovely meals together and...
World Baking Day 2023
Our Guardian Angels have been busy making cornflake cakes as part of World Baking Day 2023. They then sold the cakes at our May Procession to raise money for their chosen charity - Birmingham Children's Hospital. They were very successful and raised £71 for the...
Prayer and Liturgy in May
During the month of May, a group of children planned a prayer service. We looked at different images of Mary, sang Ave Maria, heard stories about Mary's life and prayed a decade of the Rosary.
St. Mark’s Feast Day 2023
On Tuesday 25th April, we celebrated the Feast of St. Mark. Father Matthew joined us to celebrate our Patron Saint's feast day and we were joined by our friends, family members and people from our local community. After Mass Year 5 showed us their Lion King dance and...
St. Oscar Romero’s Feast Day 2023
After the success of our Advent Challenge, the Catholic Life Leaders set a new challenge as part of our St. Oscar Romero feast day celebrations. They did an assembly for the whole school and set them a half term challenge to create something related to St. Oscar...
Opera Music Workshop – Year 4 and Year 5
On 21st April, Year 4 and Year 5 enjoyed a workshop delivered to them by Welsh National Opera. They were exposed to a range of opera music, vocal exercises, singing opportunities and musical games. "I thought opera music was boring but actually it's quite cool." Y5...
Y1 Prayer and Liturgy – Lent
Year 1 planned, prepared and lead a prayer service about Lent. The children sang beautifully, acted out Jesus' teachings and shared some important words for us to reflect on. Well done Year 1. "I chose the purple cloth and the sand because it tells me about when Jesus...
St. Mark’s Day of Fasting
On Tuesday 14th March 2023, St. Mark's School held a day of fasting to raise money for the CAFOD Turkey and Syrian Earthquake Appeal. We fasted from our usual luxuries and treats. Mrs Beresford made us a simple lunch and at playtime we went without our footballs and...
SPaG Workshops
Throughout the Spring Term, teachers have been delivering SPaG workshops. Parents were invited into school to complete spelling, punctuation and grammar activities with their children.
World Book Day 2023
On Thursday 2nd March, all of the children at St. Mark's celebrated World Book Day! We all came into school dressed in our pyjamas. Every class read the book The Invisible by Tom Purnell and completed a piece of writing all about the story. We all had a great day!