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.
Y6 Confirmation 2023
On Monday 13th February 2023, eleven of our Year 6 children children received the Sacrament of Confirmation. It was wonderful to welcome Bishop David Evans to our Parish. The children read beautifully and were well prepared, demonstrating their reverence and...
Year 6 Sacrament of Reconciliation
On Thursday 9th February, Year 6 received the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Before receiving the Sacrament, we completed an examination of conscience, reflecting on the Ten Commandments. Year 6 spent time in prayer and added their sorry prayers to the prayer tree...
Y1 celebrate St. Josephine Bakhita’s Feast Day
Year 1 learnt all about St Josephine Bakhita today. They created necklaces with pictures of her on and wrote how they could find happiness just like she did. Naomi "My necklace says I will love God because he loves us. Forgive people who hurt us like St Josephine.”...
Y4 Meditation
Year 4 enjoyed some time to reflect and participate in meditation prior to their lesson. They have been exploring different ways to pray and spend time with Jesus. The children appreciated the calmness created by the atmospheric music and the gentle glow of light form...
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord 2023
On Thursday 2nd February, we had a whole school Mass to celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Before the celebration, each class created something to display on the altar to show that Jesus is the light of the world. Year 5 lead us in the Mass...
Year 6 Confirmation Workshop 2023
On Tuesday 31st January 2023, in preparation for our Year 6's to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation, we held a Confirmation Workshop after school. The workshop was an evening filled with prayer, liturgy and reflection. Our Year 6 Confirmandi worked alongside their...
St. John Bosco Day in Year 4
On 31st January, we celebrated St. John Bosco Day in school. We explored why we think St John Bosco is a good Saint for our MAC and each class had a key question to explore. In Year 4 our key question was: How did St. John Bosco use his skills to preach the word of...
Nativity Production
Our EYFS and Key Stage 1 pupils performed our Nativity production this December. This years performance told of the journey of Mary and Joseph to the birth of Jesus through a Christmas chart show named - It’s Christmassssss! With some some charismatic hosts and...
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...