Primary 7 attended Lockerbie Manor residential outdoor centre last week. They were joined by Primary 7’s from St John’s and St Thomas’ and lots of new friends were made. The children enjoyed a week of abseiling, obstacle courses, zip wires, archery and so much more .
Stuart Reid
Stuart Reid came in to see Primary 4-7. He spoke to them about his work and had everyone in stitches. Primary 5 were lucky enough to have a personal visit from Stuart to find out more about creative writing.
St mark’s recently received a cheque for £500 from Tesco. We plan to use it on PE equipment for the school. Thanks, Tesco!
Primary 6a, P6b and P6 of P6/7 attended a special screening of the BBC’s Ten Pieces Project at Eastwood Theatre today. This term St Mark’s Primary 6 classes will be focussing on the piece “In the Hall of the Mountain King”. They will respond to the music through Art, Dance and drama. Later they will compose music to accompany the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.
You can watch the introduction show here BBC Ten Pieces
FOR THE ATTENTION OF ALL CAR USERS
Parking around the school is a cause for concern for both pupils and residents.
Inconsiderate parking of motor vehicles particularly at the start/finish of the school day results in:
A hazardous environment for children going to and from school.
Please allow sufficient time for your child to be dropped off in an area that does not inconvenience others, and where possible, avoid arriving at the last minute with the expectation of parking outside the front gates.
It is appreciated that drop off times in the morning extend over a period of time, and this spreads the number of cars and pedestrians outside the school at any one time.
At the end of the school day, all the children are leaving at the same time, and naturally parents/guardians have gathered to collect them resulting in a higher volume of vehicle/pedestrian traffic in the vicinity, causing congestion.
Drivers are reminded that parking restrictions are placed around the school with a view to ensuring a safe environment for children, and to allow other road users freedom of movement. These restrictions should be complied with.
The school asks all parents and drivers to be considerate and help create safe surroundings for all our children.
Local police officers will be monitoring driver behaviour around schools over the coming weeks, and will take the appropriate action.
The co-operation of all concerned in this matter is appreciated.
PC Michael Goldie
School Campus Officer
Find out what’s on in Eastwood Park Theatre including performances, exhibitions, drama classes, art workshops and holiday activities.
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School reopens on Monday 11th August for teachers and on Wednesday 13th August at 9am for pupils.
All new Primary One pupils should arrive at school at 9.30am and finish at 2.45pm. Pupils enter via the entrance at the car park end of the school. This arrangement is for the first day only.
On all other days, the school day will commence with an informal entry staring at 8:45am (supervised by Pupil Support Assistants), with the school day starting at 9am and finishing at 3pm.
School uniforms can be collected from the School Office, after 11am on the two in-service days.
All pupils and staff will be walking to 10am Mass at St. John’s Church on Friday 15th August, leaving school at 9.15am. We would be grateful for parent helpers to walk with us.
Play Tennis for FREE!
Booking Required
Cowan Park, Barrhead
Saturday 21st June 10:30-3:30pm
Activity for all the family including Min tennis, cardio tennis, adult coaching.
Rouken Glen Park is set to become a show ground for the Armed Forces on Saturday 21 June, 12pm – 4:30pm.
East Ren’s Armed Forces Day is a spectacular and FREE family-friendly event to celebrate and remember our Armed Forces and to offer visitors a taste of military life.
There will be a host of attractions for all ages including a pop-up military mess offering tasty treats, a variety of military displays, live events arena, climbing wall and assault courses and a fairground for the little ones. There will also be a farmers market with fresh local produce to sample and buy.
Check out our programme for the day:
Main Arena |
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| 1pm – 1.25pm | Depute Lord Lieutenant and Provost on Dias |
| 1.30pm – 1.50pm | Neilston Pipe Band & East Renfrewshire Schools Pipe Band |
| 2pm – 2.25pm | Swords of Dalriada (Battle Re-enactment) |
| 2.35pm – 2.50pm | Scottish Dance Display by Le Dance Studio of Barrhead (Gillian Anderson) |
| 3pm – 3.25pm | Band of the Kings Division |
| 3.35pm – 4.05pm | Swords of Dalriada (Battle Re-enactment) |
| 4.15pm – 4.40pm | Scottish Dance Display by Le Dance Studio of Barrhead (Gillian Anderson) |
The small arena events include:
Small Arena |
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| 2pm, 3pm & 4pm | 360 Bike Display Team |
The full list of attractions is:
The event opens at 12:15pm with the raising of the Armed Forces Day Flag at Rouken Glen Pavilion.
You can take time out at the pavillion to meet local veterans from Barrhead and hear their memories and experiences of life in the armed forces between 1 – 4pm outside Rouken Glen Visitor Centre.
It is a fantastic day out in the park and it is free for all those who want to attend.
Armed Forces Day is a national celebration designed to give people the opportunity to show support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community, from serving troops to service families and from veterans to cadets.
Our new extension was officially opened last week.
Barrhead gala is the much loved local Gala day of the community of Barrhead in East Renfrewshire. The event runs every year in the summer, hosting a fantastic day out for the family. Through out the day, you will see many exciting things, from the kids football tournament, to the funfair rides, to the live performances on the stage and the live float parade through barrhead center and main street.
The day is much loved by families all across East Renfrewshire and beyond, and we are over the moon to announce that the even will be back and will run again!
This year, will see our biggest and best gala yet! Come along and enjoy the fun!
| Date(s): | 07 June 2014 |
| Time(s): | 12pm – 5pm |
| Where: | Cowan Park, Barrhead |
| Price: | This is a free event |
Good Luck to Kirsten in P5a who is this year’s Gala Queen!
East Renfrewshire Summer Activities
Have fun, meet new friends and try new activities on our Summer Holiday Activities Programme. For more details and to view the full programme follow the link.
A quick reminder that the school is closed Friday 23rd, Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th May.
This term in Primary 3b we are reading the novel Esio Trot by Roald Dahl. It is about a man called Mr Hoppy who secretly loves his neighbour, Mrs Silver. She longs for her pet tortoise to grow, so Mr Hoppy makes a tortoise catcher to swap the tortoise for a bigger one each week! Our homework task was to make a tortoise catcher of our own and these are the photographs of our incredible inventions! We had to deliver a presentation about our catcher and then we voted for the one that we thought was the best. Antonia and Emma were the joint winners and shared the prize of a book token and sweets!
Take a look at some of our incredible inventions P3b Inventions
Academy uniforms will visit the school on Tuesday 3rd June between 3-4pm to measure and take orders from parents/carers wishing to have their child measured for a school jacket or blazer. If you do not need your child measured you are still very welcome to order and pay for these items via the school prior to the 3rd June. Please note, delivery of blazers and jackets will be made to the school and available for pick up on the in-service day 11th August 2014 (if items are deliverd prior to this date we will contact parent/guardian) Orders will not be taken for jackets or blazers after 3rd June.
This year, St Mark’s have a limited stock of school uniforms available to purchase directly from the school. This makes the task of purchasing these items both convenient and economical for parents/carers.
Order forms/pricing have been issued to your child today.Please return the order form via your child’s teacher prior to June 3rd.
As mentioned previously, stock is limited and will be sold on a first come basis.
St Mark’s celebrated French culture on Friday. Before break the children enjoyed jus d’orange, pain au chocolat and croissants. After break the whole school participated in a French quiz followed by an afternoon of singing in French. C’était fantastique!
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