Celebrating Our Faith
Here at St. Mark’s, we celebrate Our Faith in many different ways. Look at some of the special events that take place during our school year that have a particular focus or importance to our Catholic Faith.
Mini Vinnies’ Food Bank
Well done to our Mini Vinnies, who have launched our Food and Clothes Bank today to support our St. Mark's families and local community. All families and members of the community are welcome to help themselves to whatever will help them over Christmas. We look forward...
Advent Challenge 2022
During Advent, we ran a whole school competition. Rather than the class prayer bags, each child was given a purple napkin to create their own prayer space at home. They then sent all their pictures and these were shared on Class Dojo. Our Catholic Life Leaders voted...
A Thanksgiving Mass for Mrs Usowicz
On Thursday 15th December, we had a whole school thanksgiving Mass for Mrs Usowicz. Mrs Usowicz has been a much-loved member of our school community for over 15 years and has made a difference to many children's lives. We give thanks for Mrs Usowicz and wish her a...
Carol Concert
Key Stage Two retold the Nativity Story to friends, family and parishioners at Holy Name Church. They sang, acted, and read scripture throughout the performance. The children did an amazing job of reminding us about the ‘reason for the season’ when God sent his only...
MAC Carol Concert 2022
On Thursday 6th December 2022, St. Mark's participated in our MAC Carol Concert. All the primary schools in the MAC gathered together on a Teams meeting and we each took it in turns to sing a carol for the rest of the schools. We joined in prayer together and it was a...
Guardian Angels – Feeding the Homeless Project
Staff at St. Mark's have recently been participating in 'Let's Feed Brum', a charity that helps feed and support homeless people living on the streets of Birmingham. When our Guardian Angels heard about this, they asked if they could help by making sandwiches. Our...
Remembrance Day
The Mini Vinnies led the whole school in a Remembrance Day Assembly. During this time, the whole school were able to reflect, pray and remember the fallen soldiers.
All Souls’ Day 2022
On Wednesday 2nd November 2022, we had a whole school assembly lead by Mrs Linley. She shared with us all about All Souls' Day and who we remember on this special day. The Catholic Life Leaders were inspired to demonstrate their understanding and lead others in prayer...
Harvest
The harvest collection led by The Mini Vinnies has been a huge success. The generous donations from this year's harvest collect will be going to SIFA Fireside, a local charity, who support the homeless or vulnerably housed.
St. Mark’s Family Mass at Holy Name Church
On Sunday 16th October 2022, we had our first Family Mass at Holy Name Church. It was a wonderful Mass where the children did the readings, wrote and read their own bidding prayers and helped with the offertory. The younger children went with Mrs Linley and some of...